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CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2017 GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations Department 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Senior Director: Bob Beghtol Assistant Director: Ray Garcia Manager: Billy Russo Coordinators: Joe Roti and Hannah Sundwall © 2017 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox CHICAGO WHITE SOX (31-37) at MINNESOTA TWINS (34-33) WHITE SOX 2017 BREAKDOWN Record ......................................................31-37 Sox After 68/69 in 2016 ..................33-35/33-36 LHP Derek Holland (5-6, 3.79) vs. RHP Ervin Santana (8-4, 2.56) Current Streak ......................................... Lost 1 Game #69/Road #42 Tuesday, June 20 7:10 p.m. CT Target Field Last 10 Games .............................................6-4 Current Trip...................................................2-1 TV: WGN Radio: WLS-AM 890 Spanish Radio: None Last Homestand ...........................................3-1 Series Record ..........................................9-11-2 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Series First Game.......................................8-14 WHITE SOX LIVE STREAMING INFORMATION First/Second Half ................................31-37/0-0 The Chicago White Sox have won three of their last four games For the fi rst time in 2017, every White Sox game will be live streamed Home/Road ....................................15-12/16-25 and fi ve of seven as they continue a six-game, seven-day trip on phones, laptops and tablets … all CSN broadcasts will streamed live Opp. At-Above/Below .500 .............15-22/16-15 tonight with the opener in Minnesota … LHP Derek Holland is at CSNChicago.com/WhiteSoxStream and via the NBC Sports app. vs. AL East/Central/West ............8-11/18-18/3-4 scheduled to start for the White Sox, who are in last place in the All out-of-market and WGN games will be live streamed through Interleague....................................................2-4 American League Central despite a +4 run diff erential. whitesox.com, MLB.TV and via the MLB.com At Bat app. Comeback W's/L's After Leading ..............11/15 Extra Innings.................................................3-2 The Sox opened the trip by winning two of three games at WHITE SOX VS. MINNESOTA One-Run/Two-Run Games .....................5-7/4-7 Toronto, missing a chance for a sweep on Sunday with a 7-3 loss. Ahead After 6/7/8 ........................25-0/27-0/28-0 Following this three-game series, the White Sox are home The Twins lead the season series, 5-3. Behind After 6/7/8 .......................2-36/2-36/0-34 for 10 games vs. Oakland (6/23-25), the Yankees (6/26-29) and The White Sox are batting .195/.270/.305 with a 3.25 ERA Tied After 6/7/8 .................................4-1/2-1/3-3 Texas (6/30-7/2). (26 ER/72.0 IP) this season and have been outscored, 31-21. Sox/Opp. Score First ......................21-13/10-24 The White Sox went 3-1 on their last homestand vs. Baltimore The Sox were 12-7 vs. Minnesota in 2016 but are 3-11-2 in Sox/Opp. Score 4+ ...........................26-13/8-33 the last 16 season matchups. Sox/Opp. Score 3 or Less ..................5-24/23-4 (6/12-15) and 2-7 on their last trip to Detroit (0-3), Tampa Bay April/May/June ..........................13-10/11-18/7-9 The White Sox trail the all-time series, 421-466 … they are (1-2) and Cleveland (1-2) from 6/2-11. Days in First/Second/Third Place ............5/6/16 227-216 at home (114-97 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and 194- Days in Fourth/Fifth Place ........................ 37/11 TONIGHT'S STORYLINES 250 on the road (35-35 at Target Field). Average Time of Game ............................... 3:06 The White Sox are 9-5 in their last 14 games at Target Field UPCOMING PROBABLES after losing nine of their previous 10. SOUTH SIDE HITMEN Melky Cabrera is hitting .422 (19-45) with seven multihit ef- The White Sox are hitting .287/.336/.462 with 165 runs scored AT MINNESOTA TWINS (5.2 per game) in 32 games since 5/16 … the .287 average ranks *Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WGN* forts over his last 11 games and .364 (36-99) with fi ve home LHP Derek Holland (5-6, 3.79) vs. second in the majors. runs and 21 RBI over his last 25 … he is a career .338 (47-139) RHP Ervin Santana (8-4, 2.56) hitter at Target Field. A breakdown of the Sox off ense in 2017: *Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN* Tim Anderson is a career .346 (28-81) hitter in 19 career games Dates AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR OBP SLG OPS LHP David Holmberg (1-0, 2.63) vs. vs. Minnesota. 5/16- .287 32 1121 165 322 54 8 42 .336 .462 .798 RHP José Berríos (6-1, 2.74) *Thursday: 12:10 p.m. CT, CSN* Matt Davidson is hitting .357 (10-28) with fi ve home runs, 4/1-5/15 .237 36 1205 149 285 46 7 34 .302 .371 .673 LHP José Quintana (3-8, 5.07) vs. nine RBI and seven runs scored over his last seven games. DAVIDSON ON A ROLL TBA José Abreu owns a seven-game hitting streak (.414, 12-29) and has reached base safely in 15 straight games. Matt Davidson leads the White Sox and ranks second among WHITE SOX VS. MINNESOTA (3-5) American League rookies with 15 home runs this season … Date H/R Result WP LP ROSTER MOVES among AL players with at least 150 plate appearances, he ranks 4/7 H L, 1-3 Hughes Holland Prior to tonight's game, the White Sox recalled OF Adam Engel sixth with a 12.20 home run ratio. 4/8 H W, 6-2 Gonzalez Mejía from Class AAA Charlotte … Engel, 25, takes the roster spot of Davidson has homered in fi ve of his last seven games, in- 4/9 H L, 1-4 Santana Quintana INF/OF Leury García, who was placed on the disabled list on cluding four straight from 6/12-15, one short of the franchise 4/14 R W, 2-1 Jennings Pressly record … he became the fi rst Sox player to homer in all four 4/15 R L, 0-6 Santana Quintana Monday (retro to 6/16) with a sprained fi nger on his left hand. 4/16 R W, 3-1 Jones Pressly games of a four-game series (6/12-15 vs. Baltimore) since Paul He appeared in eight games in his fi rst stint with the Sox 5/9 H L, 2-7 Santiago Pelfrey from 5/27-6/9, going 6-20 (.300) with three runs scored and four Konerko from 7/26-29/10 vs. Seattle. 5/10 H Ppd. rain; makeup as DH on 8/21 stolen bases … he made his major-league debut in game one 5/11 H L, 6-7 Pressly Holland ALL ABOUT AVI of a doubleheader on 5/27 vs. Detroit. 6/20 R 7:10 p.m. CT WGN Avisaíl García is in position to become the fi rst Sox outfi elder 6/21 R 7:10 p.m. CT CSN SUNDAY'S RECAP to make the All-Star Team since Carlos Quentin in 2011 and the 6/22 R 12:10 p.m. CT CSN Toronto rallied from a 3-0 defi cit to defeat the White Sox, 7-3, fi rst native of Venezuela since Magglio Ordoñez in 2003. 8/21 H 4:10 p.m. CT WGN and avoid a three-game sweep. García ranks among the American League leaders in aver- H approx. 7:10 p.m. CT CSN age (2nd, .332), multihit games (3rd, 26), RBI (T3rd, 48), OPS 8/22 H 7:10 p.m. CT CSN Anthony Swarzak suff ered the loss, allowing two runs on 8/23 H 7:10 p.m. CT CSN+ three hits over 0.2 IP, and Dan Jennings gave up a two-run (11th, .912) and slugging percentage (11th, .538). 8/24 H 7:10 p.m. CT WGN homer to Kendrys Morales. He has 10 home runs and 48 RBI in 66 games, compared 8/29 R 7:10 p.m. CT CSN James Shields, who was reinstated from the disabled list to 12 and 51 in 120 games last season and 13 and 59 in 148 8/30 R 7:10 p.m. CT WGN prior to the game, posted a no decision in his fi rst start since games in 2015. 8/31 R 12:10 p.m. CT CSN García after 66 games in 2016 and 2017: 4/16, allowing three runs on seven hits over 5.2 IP … Shields SOX ON THE TRIP (2-1) held the Blue Jays scoreless through 4.0 IP. Year AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI OBP SLG OPS at TOR/MIN ............................................2-1/0-0 The Sox scored all three runs on four hits in the fi fth inning, 2017 .332 253 37 84 16 3 10 48 .374 .538 .912 Runs Scored/Allowed ...............................19/13 including a two-run single by José Abreu, but their six-game 2016 .243 235 30 57 8 1 5 27 .312 .349 .660 AVG/OBP/SLG/HR ..................... .283/.319/.472 winning streak at Rogers Centre came to an end. ERA .................................. 4.50 (13 ER/26.0 IP) READYING FOR A RETURN Quality Starts ................................................... 2 BUEHRLE TO BE IMMORTALIZED Carlos Rodón made his third rehab start on Saturday, allow- MLB AVERAGE LEADERS SINCE 5/16 The White Sox will retire Mark Buehrle's uniform No.