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CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations Department 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Director: Bob Beghtol, 312-674-5303 Manager:G RayAME Garcia, 312-674-5306 N Coordinators:OTES Leni Depoister, 312-674-5300; Joe Roti, 312-674-5319 © 2014 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX 2014 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (59-69) at NEW YORK YANKEES (64-61) Sox After 128/129 in 2013 .........53-75/54-75 Current Streak .....................................Lost 4 RHP Scott Carroll (5-7, 4.99) vs. RHP Hiroki Kuroda (8-8, 3.97) Trip ...........................................................0-1 Last Homestand .......................................2-4 Game #129/Road #66 Saturday, August 23, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................3-7 Series Record .................................. 15-21-4 Series First Game ................................23-18 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE PAUL KONERKO’S FAREWELL SEASON First/Second Half....................... 45-51/14-18 The Chicago White Sox have lost four straight games and 11 Paul Konerko is playing in his 18th and fi nal season, including 16 Home/Road ............................... 31-32/28-37 of their last 15 as they continue a three-game trip in New York. with the White Sox … agreed to a one-year contract on 12/4/13. Day/Night .................................. 17-28/42-41 RHP Scott Carroll takes the mound for Chicago, who are com- His 16-season tenure with the White Sox is the second-longest with Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ........ 34-34/25-35 vs. RHS/LHS .............................42-52/17-17 ing off a 2-4 homestand vs. Toronto (2-1) and Baltimore (0-3). a current team behind the Yankees’ Derek Jeter (20 seasons). vs. AL East ...........................................14-15 Following this series and a day off Monday, the Sox are home Ranks among the franchise leaders in virtually every offensive cate- gory … is the club leader in total bases and ranks second in home runs vs. AL Central .......................................24-27 vs. AL West ..........................................10-18 for six games vs. Cleveland (8/26-28) and Detroit (8/29-31). (Frank Thomas), RBI (Thomas) and games played (Luke Appling). Interleague .............................................11-9 The White Sox are in fourth place in the American League The White Sox captain was part of the 2005 World Series champi- Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading .........26/33 Central, 12.5 games behind the fi rst-place Kansas City Royals. onship team, was named the ALCS MVP and is a six-time All-Star. Extra innings ............................................4-5 TODAY’S STORYLINES One-run/two-run games ............ 21-19/10-15 WHITE SOX VS. YANKEES Ahead after 6/7/8................. 42-10/47-9/51-7 The White Sox are a season-high 10 games under .500. New York leads the season series, 3-2 … the teams split a Trailing after 6/7/8 ................. 7-48/4-52/3-57 Chicago is trying to avoid matching their longest losing streak Tied after 6/7/8 ........................ 10-11/8-8/5-5 four-game series at U.S. Cellular Field on 5/22-25, with the White of the season (lost fi ve straight from 6/19-23). Sox/opp. quality start................. 39-27/20-40 Sox winning the fi rst two and the Yankees the fi nal two. White Sox starting pitchers own a 2.94 ERA (16 ER/49.0 IP) Sox/opp. score fi rst ................... 39-23/20-46 The Sox have lost six straight games at new Yankee Stadium, Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................... 46-23/16-62 over the last six road games. including a three-game sweep from 9/2-4/13. Sox/opp. score 3 or less.............. 13-46/43-7 Scott Carroll owns a 3.03 ERA (12 ER/35.2 IP) and .191 opp. Chicago is hitting .287 (49-171) with three homerss, a 3.55 Average time of game ............................3:08 average (25-131) in his last seven road games (fi ve starts). ERA (18 ER/45.2 IP) and have been outscored, 22-16. Jose Abreu has hit safely in seven of his last eight games, The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 813-1,045 … they UPCOMING PROBABLES batting .367 (11-30) with two home runs and seven RBI. are 446-489 at home (50-53 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 367-560 AT NEW YORK YANKEES Alejandro De Aza is 22-62 (.355) with fi ve doubles and two on the road (5-13 at new Yankee Stadium). Saturday: 12:05 p.m. CT, WGN RBI in his last 17 contests (hit safely in 14; seven multihit). RHP Hiroki Kuroda (8-8, 3.97) vs. SMOOTH SALE-ING RHP Scott Carroll (5-7, 4.99) ROSTER MOVES Sunday: 12:05 p.m. CT, CSN LHP Chris Sale ranks second in the American League in Prior to today’s game, the White Sox reinstated RHP Javy LHP Chris Capuano (1-3, 4.35) vs. ERA (2.12), winning percentage (.769) and WHIP (0.92), third in Guerra from the Bereavement List (placed on 8/16). LHP Chris Sale (10-3, 2.12) strikeouts per 9.0 IP (10.46) and opponents OPS (.547), fourth Guerra takes the roster spot of LHP Eric Surkamp, who was in opponents average (.202) and eighth in strikeouts (158). VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS optioned to Class AAA Charlotte following last night’s game. Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN+ Sale is attempting to become the fi rst Sox pitcher to lead the AL Chicago also sent OF Adam Eaton on an injury rehabilitation LHP TJ House (2-3, 3.80) vs. in ERA since Joel Horlen in 1967 (2.08) … his 2.12 ERA would be assignment to Class AAA Charlotte (see note below). LHP Jose Quintana (6-10, 3.25) the lowest by a Sox starter since Wilbur Wood (1.91) in 1971. Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WCIU LAST NIGHT’S RECAP Sale has struck out 12-plus batters a franchise-record nine RHP Corey Kluber (13-7, 2.46) vs. times and has fanned 10 or more 16 times, second-most in RHP Hector Noesi (7-8, 4.39) Martin Prado hit a game-ending single off Daniel Webb in the Thursday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN franchise history behind Ed Walsh (17) … his 158 strikeouts are bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Yankees to a 4-3 win. RHP Carlos Carrasco (5-4, 3.14) vs. a franchise record through 20 starts of a season. Jose Abreu gave the White Sox a 3-0 lead in the fi rst with his LHP John Danks (9-8, 4.96) 33rd home run but the Yankees scored twice in the third and ANDERSON BACK IN ACTION All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM once in the fi fth to tie the game at 3-3. and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes SS Tim Anderson yesterday was returned from his rehab as- John Danks (3 ER/5.0 IP) received a no decision … he allowed signment with the AZL White Sox, reinstated from the disabled list his American League leading 24th homer (Martin Prado). (fractured right wrist) and promoted to Class AA Birmingham. WHITE SOX VS. YANKEES (2-3) Carlos Sanchez recorded his fi rst major-league hit as part Anderson, 21, went 3-3 with a double last night in his fi rst game Date H/R Result WP LP of a three-hit effort … he became the fi rst White Sox to have a with the Barons … he was Chicago’s fi rst-round pick in 2013. 5/22 H W, 3-2 Sale Phelps three-hit game within his fi rst two career contests since Craig He is hitting .301 (92-306) with 19 doubles, seven triples, eight 5/23 H W, 6-5 Webb Robertson Wilson and Brian Simmons in 1998. 5/24 H L, 3-4 (10) Betances Putnam homers, 33 RBI and 51 runs scored over 75 games in 2014. 5/25 H L, 1-7 Tanaka Rienzo ROOKIE PHENOM TEST VS. THE BEST 8/22 R L, 3-4 Robertson Webb Rookie Jose Abreu leads the major leagues in slugging per- 8/23 R 12:05 p.m. CT The White Sox are in a stretch where they play 22 straight centage (.600), is tied for the lead in RBI (93) and ranks second 8/24 R 12:05 p.m. CT games vs. teams above .500 to end August (4-9 so far). in home runs (33), extra-base hits (63) and OPS (.962). Chicago is 34-34 this season vs. teams with winning records Among Abreu’s notable accomplishments in 2014: WHITE SOX ON TRIP (0-1) and 25-35 vs. teams below the .500 mark. 33 home runs rank fourth in MLB history by a player in his fi rst 113 at NYY ......................................................0-1 games behind Mark McGwire (40 in 1986-87), Rudy York (35 in 1930) TURN TWO Average ..................................... .324 (11-34) and Ryan Braun (34 in 2007) … his 93 RBI are tied for ninth. Home Runs .................................................1 33 homers are the most by a rookie since Braun hit 34 in 2007 and The White Sox have turned a major-league leading 133 Runs Scored/Allowed ...............................3/4 second-highest total in Sox history behind Ron Kittle (35, 1983). doubles plays this season, including 36 in the last 30 games. ERA ..................................4.15 (4 ER/8.2 IP) Has driven in three-plus runs in a game 14 times this season, the Alexei Ramirez has been involved in 95 doubles plays this Quality Starts...............................................0 most by a rookie since Ryan Braun had 15 in 2007 and the second- season, most among major-league shortstops.