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CHICAGO WHITE SOX VS. CHICAGO CUBS SUPPLEMENTAL WHITE SOX-CUBS GAME NOTES 2015 STORYLINES CLOSE CALLS WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN Since interleague play began in 1997, the Fifty-four of the 98 games (55.1 percent) have been Record ......................................................................52-46 White Sox lead the all-time series, 52-46, and have decided by three runs or less (Sox are 30-24) … the Streak ......................................................................Lost 1 outscored the Cubs, 456-445 … the Sox are 27-22 breakdown: Last Five Games ...........................................................3-2 at home and 25-24 at Wrigley Field. l The Sox are 15-14 in one-run games overall and Last 10 Games .............................................................4-6 The White Sox have won 22 of the last 35 games 10-6 at U.S. Cellular Field … they have won 10 of the 14 Series Record ........................................................21-11-2 and five of the last six season series. games between the teams decided by two runs, going Series First Game .....................................................21-13 U.S. Cellular Field/Wrigley Field .................... 27-22/25-24 The Sox have won 11 of the last 19 games at U.S. 8-2 at Wrigley Field and 2-2 at home. Day/Night ....................................................... 37-33/15-10 Cellular Field and 11 of 16 at Wrigley Field. l The Sox are 4-8 in three-run games, winning the Comeback Wins .............................................................14 The White Sox and Cubs will play two three-game most recent decision on 5/19/12 at Wrigley (7-4). Losses After Leading .....................................................17 series 2015, 7/10-12 at Wrigley and 8/14-16 at U.S. In addition, six of the games have gone into extra W-L Last At-Bat ...........................................................10-7 Cellular Field. innings, with the Sox winning four: Extra innings .................................................................4-2 Sox/Cubs quality start .................................... 34-12/18-33 The Sox took three of four games in 2014, Date Site Result Inn. Sox/Cubs errorless ........................................ 29-24/29-32 sweeping the two-game series at Wrigley Field … the Sox/Cubs HR ................................................. 44-28/25-39 6/5/98 Wrigley Cubs 6, Sox 5 12 Sox batted .275 (41-149) with a 3.92 ERA (17 ER/39.0 6/9/00 Wrigley Sox 6, Cubs 5 14 Sox/Cubs multiHR ......................................... 24-13/10-28 IP) and outscored the Cubs 21-17. 7/7/00 Wrigley Sox 4, Cubs 2 12 Sox/Cubs score first ....................................... 39-20/13-26 6/8/01 Comiskey Sox 7, Cubs 3 10 Sox/Cubs score 4+ ........................................ 40-15/15-38 WINS AND LOSSES 6/9/01 Comiskey Cubs 4, Sox 3 10 Sox/Cubs score 3 or less ................................. 10-31/37-8 Sox/Cubs 10+ hits.......................................... 28-13/10-25 The Sox have won 22 of the last 35 games and are 5/5/14 Wrigley Sox 3, Cubs 1 12 6-2 in the last eight series of at least three games. The Sox are 10-4-4 in season series, with their FANTASTIC FINISHES Wilson Alvarez threw the Sox only complete-game only losses coming in 1998 (0-3 at Wrigley Field), Eighteen of the 98 games have been decided in shutout in a 3-0 Sox win on 6/18/97 at Comiskey Park 2004 (2-4), 2007 (1-5) and 2013 (0-4) … the Sox best the final at-bat, most recently the Sox 3-1 win on 5/5/14 … Mark Buehrle threw a complete-game, two-hitter winning percentage was in 2014 (3-1, .750). (Marcus Semien’s eighth-inning, RBI double) … seven on 5/19/06 and Jake Peavy tossed a complete-game The Sox have won 11 of the 17 series at U.S. of the Sox 10 last at-bat wins have come at home … the on 6/19/12, while Matt Garza, Terry Mulholland, Jon Cellular Field, with the only losses coming in 1999, Sox have six walk-off wins vs. the Cubs: Lieber (twice), Mark Prior and Jeff Samardzija have 2005, 2007, 2012 and 2013 … the Sox are 10-7 in l July 9, 1999: Carlos Lee hits a sacrifice fly off gone the distance for the Cubs. the 17 series at Wrigley Field. Terry Adams with one out in the ninth inning, scoring Ray There have been two rainouts (5/28/13 at U.S. Each club has recorded three-game sweeps at Durham to give the Sox a 3-2 win at home. Cellular Field and 6/16/09 at Wrigley Field) and a Wrigley Field, with the Cubs accomplishing the feat in l June 9, 2000: Ray Durham’s single off Daniel pair of rain-shortened contests, both at Wrigley Field 1998, 2004 and 2008, and the Sox in 1999 and 2012 Garibay with one out in the 14th inning scores Herbert … the Sox won, 5-3, in six innings on 6/11/99 … the … each team has recorded one three-game sweep Perry in the 6-5 Sox win … Sammy Sosa forces extra game was called following a delay of 2:33 … the Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field: the Cubs in 2007 and the Sox innings with a two-out, two-run homer off Keith Foulke in won, 4-2, on 7/3/04 in a game that was delayed three in 2008 … the Sox have been in position to sweep the ninth inning. times for 3:02 before finally being called. the Cubs at home seven times (1-6 in finales). l June 8, 2001: Lee hits a grand slam off Courtney ROSTER FACTS The Sox five-game winning streak from 6/27/09- Duncan with two outs in the 10th inning, leading the Sox 6/12/10 is their longest in the series … the Cubs to a 7-3 win … it was the first-ever walkoff grand slam in A total of 178 players in major-league history have six-game winning streak from 2007-08 is the longest interleague history. played for both the White Sox and Cubs, including by either team. l June 27, 2003: Jose Valentin hits a solo home run Cubs pitchers Edwin Jackson and Clayton Richard The Sox posted a four-game winning streak off Antonio Alfonseca with one out in the ninth to give the and White Sox infielder Emilio Bonifacio, pitchers at home from 6/27/09-6/26/10, their longest in the Sox a 4-3 win … Valentin’s dramatics are set up when the Zach Putnam and Jeff Samardzija and catcher series … they recorded a four-game winning streak Cubs scored twice in the top of the ninth to tie the game, Geovany Soto … Richard was drafted by the White at Wrigley Field from 6/11/99-7/7/00 … the Cubs own 3-3. Sox in the eighth round of the 2005 draft while the three, three-game winning streaks at Wrigley Field, l June 28, 2003: D’Angelo Jimenez’s two-out single Cubs drafted Soto in the 11th round in 2001 and most recently on 6/20-22/08, and posted a four-game off Mike Remlinger scored Magglio Ordonez in a 7-6 Samardzija in the fifth round in 2006 … Soto earned winning streak at U.S. Cellular Field from 2006-07. victory … Aaron Rowand’s two-run homer off Alfonseca National League Rookie of the Year honors in 2008, The Cubs have swept the season series twice, in the eighth tied the game, 6-6. the last Cub to win the award. winning all three games in 1996 at Wrigley Field and l June 27, 2009: Gordon Beckham doubles off Jose Current White Sox bench coach Mark Parent all four games in 2013 (two at U.S. Cellular Field and Ascanio in the ninth inning for his first game-ending hit as played for the Cubs in 1994 and 1995 … Cubs bench two at Wrigley) … the Sox have yet to sweep a season the Sox defeated the Cubs, 8-7. coach Dave Martinez played for the White Sox from series. 1995-97 and with the Cubs in 1986-88 and 2000. THE COMEBACK Sox television analyst Steve Stone and radio STATISTICS The White Sox recorded the biggest comeback in the analyst Darrin Jackson also played for both teams. The Sox are hitting .253 (829-3,277) with 127 series on 6/28/02 at home when they rallied from an 8-0 SERIES HISTORY home runs and 456 runs scored (4.7 per game) all- deficit to defeat the Cubs, 13-9 … the Cubs built an 8-0 time … they own a 4.25 ERA (410 ER/868.0 IP) and lead after three innings … the Sox began their comeback Counting postseason, exhibition, spring training have outscored the Cubs, 456-445. with one in the fourth and three more in the fifth, including and regular-season games, the Sox own a 184-135-8 edge in the all-time series. At U.S. Cellular Field, the Sox are hitting .246 Paul Konerko’s two-run homer off Kerry Wood, to close (394-1,600) with a 4.00 ERA (199 ER/448.0 IP) and to within 8-4 … they added six more runs in the sixth, The Sox and Cubs have met 323 times (counting have outscored the Cubs, 222-215 … they have capped by Konerko’s second home run, a two-run shot only non-spring training site games), including the scored 10-plus runs three times: 6/28/02 (13-9), off Joe Borowski to give the Sox a 10-8 lead … the Sox 1906 World Series, won by the “Hitless Wonders” 6/24/05 (12-2) and 6/27/08 (10-3).