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CHICAGO WHITE SOX (11-15) at (12-10) WHITE SOX SPRING SCHEDULE/RESULTS (11-15) LHP Chris Sale (0-1, 5.50) vs. RHP Aaron Harang (1-1, 3.86) Day Date Opponent Result Attend. Record Game #27/Road #12  Thursday, March 29, 2012 Mon. 3/5 LA Dodgers L, 4-6 5,788 0-1 Tue. 3/6 at LA Angels L, 2-6 5,369 0-2 Wed. 3/7 Milwaukee L, 6-10 4,656 0-3 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Thur. 3/8 at Texas W, 6-3 4,344 1-3  The Chicago White Sox, who dropped both split-squad games yesterday, look to bounce back Fri. 3/9 Cubs L, 1-5 10,327 1-4 today against the Los Angeles Dodgers at The Ballpark at Camelback Ranch in Glendale … Chris Sat. 3/10 Texas (ss) W, 3-2 6,218 2-4 Sale is looking for his fi rst win in his fi fth Cactus League start ... Sale allowed three runs on eight LA Dodgers (ss) L, 6-10 8,310 2-5 hits over 4.2 IP on 3/24 at Milwaukee. Sun. 3/11 at Colorado L, 2-5 11,135 2-6  The Sox have won eight of their last 13 games ... yesterday’s split-squad sweep was the team’s Mon. 3/12 Oakland L, 4-9 4,468 2-7 Tue. 3/13 at San Diego L, 3-6 3,687 2-8 fi rst back-to-back losses since 3/15-16 ... Chicago was outscored, 21-7, in the two defeats. Wed. 3/14 LA Angels W, 9-7 6,805 3-8  The White Sox play 16 games as the home team in Glendale, 16 as the road team and one in Thu. 3/15 at Cleveland L, 3-12 3,643 3-9 Tucson this spring … Chicago went 11-20-1 last season, moving their spring record to 39-56-7 Fri. 3/16 at Arizona L, 2-4 12,599 3-10 since moving their camp to Glendale, Ariz. in 2009 … the team was 16-29-3 all-time at Camelback Sat. 3/17 Seattle W, 5-0 8,332 4-10 Ranch (12-27-1 as home team) coming into the spring. Sun. 3/18 at Cubs W, 7-5 (10) 12,469 5-10 Mon. 3/19 Cincinnati L, 0-1 5,163 5-11 YESTERDAY’S RECAP Tue. 3/20 OFF DAY Wed. 3/21 at Seattle W, 13-8 9,244 6-11  The White Sox dropped the home half of their split-squad games to San Diego, 13-2 ... right- Thu. 3/22 Kansas City W, 16-4 4,942 7-11 hander Dylan Axelrod suffered the loss, allowing three runs on eight hits over 5.2 IP ... Ryan Fri. 3/23 vs. LA Dodgers# (ss) L, 4-17 10,894 7-12 Kussmaul worked 1.1 scoreless IP in relief. Arizona (ss) W, 6-3 6,518 8-12 Chicago also fell to Colorado, 8-5, at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale ... right- Sat. 3/24 at Milwaukee W, 6-4 6,548 9-12 hander Gavin Floyd suffered the loss, surrendering eight runs on seven hits over 5.2 IP ... Nate Sun. 3/25 San Francisco W, 5-2 9,319 10-12 Jones (0.1 IP), Will Ohman (0.2), Addison Reed (0.1) and Hector Santiago (1.0) combined to allow Mon. 3/26 at LA Dodgers L, 3-4 5,816 10-13 Tue. 3/27 Cleveland W, 7-1 4,504 11-13 just one over 2.1 scoreless IP in relief. Wed. 3/28 San Diego (ss) L, 2-13 3,637 11-14  Paul Konerko went 3-4, while Gordon Beckham had a pair of doubles and a RBI. at Colorado (ss) L, 5-8 11,077 11-15 Thu. 3/29 at LA Dodgers 1:05 p.m. CSN LEAVING ARIZONA ... FOR THE LONE STAR STATE Fri. 3/30 at Kansas City 6:05 p.m.  Following the conclusion of Cactus League play on 4/2 vs. Milwaukee, the Sox will fl y to Houston Sat. 3/31 Colorado 1:05 p.m. WSCR-AM whitesox.com for a pair of exhibition games vs. the Astros on 3/3 (7:05 p.m. CT) and 3/4 (1:05 p.m. CT). Sun. 4/1 at Cincinnati 1:05 p.m. CSN WSCR-AM The team will hold their fi nal pre-season workout on 4/5 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, one Mon. 4/2 Milwaukee 12:05 p.m. whitesox.com Tue. 4/3 at Houston@ 7:05 p.m. CSN day before their Opening Day matchup vs. the Rangers ... the workout will begin at 11:00 a.m. Wed. 4/4 at Houston@ 1:05 p.m. (CT) CT with media availability following the workout in the White Sox clubhouse. All games are Arizona Time OPENING DAY NODS Bold – home games (ss) – split squad games  John Danks is scheduled to make his fi rst career Opening Day start on 4/6 at Texas … Danks # – Tucson, Ariz. @ – Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas will become the third White Sox to start on Opening Day over the last 11 seasons, joining 2012 Spring Records 2012 Home Attendance Mark Buehrle (2002-2006, 2008-11) and Jose Contreras (2007). Overall: 11-15-0 Day: 10-14-0 Total: 79,356  Paul Konerko is scheduled to make his 12th consecutive Opening Day start at fi rst base, Home: 7-7-0 Night: 1-1-0 Average: 5,668 (14 games) extending his franchise record over Earl Sheely and Frank Thomas (seven each) … Konerko’s Road: 4-7-0 vs. AL: 7-3-0 Largest Crowd: 10,327, 3/9 vs. Cubs streak of 11 straight OD starts at fi rst base (2001-) is the second-longest active streak in , Neutral: 0-1-0 vs. NL: 4-12-0 trailing only Colorado’s Todd Helton (15, 1997-). 2012 Miscellaneous Breakdown 2012 Important Dates  A.J. Pierzynski is slated to make his 12th consecutive OD start behind the plate and eighth Extra : 1-0-0 April 5: Workout Day in Texas with the White Sox, third most in club history behind Ray Shalk (15) and Sherm Lollar (9). Ahead after 6/7/8: 8-0-0/9-0-0/8-1-0 April 6: Opening Day at Texas Behind after 6/7/8: 3-12-0/1-12-0/1-12-0 April 7-8: at Texas WHAT A RELIEF Tied after 6/7/8: 0-3-0/1-3-0/1-2-0 April 9-11: at Cleveland  Relievers Brian Bruney (0.74 ERA; 1 ER/12.1 IP), Will Ohman (1.08; 1 ER/8.1 IP), Hector Comeback Wins: 7 April 12: Off Day Santiago (1.00; 1 ER/9.0 IP), Eric Stults (2.89; 3 ER/9.1 IP) and Nate Jones (1.86; 2 ER/9.2 IP) Losses After Leading: 5 April 13: Opening Day at U.S. Cellular Field have allowed three earned runs or less over 8.0 IP or more this spring. vs. Detroit (1:10 p.m. CT)

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HITTERS HEATING UP  Paul Konerko is 11-14 (.786) with four runs and two RBI over his last four games and is hitting  Content, including game notes, stat packs, media clips, lineups and audio, is up- .407 (22-54) with nine runs and fi ve RBI in 18 total overall. dated prior to every White Sox spring/regular season game and will remain archived for the remainder of the season. Adam Dunn has recorded three homers, eight RBI and eight walks over his last 10 Cactus League games … Dunn leads the CL in walks (13) and ranks 10th in home runs (4).  See a Sox media relations representative to obtain the login info for the site. Gordon Beckham has hit safely in his last four games (.500, 7-14).  Eduardo Escobar is hitting .400 (17-43) with six RBI in 18 games. THURSDAY, MARCH 29 FRIDAY, MARCH 30 SATURDAY, MARCH 31 SUNDAY, APRIL 1 at Los Angeles-NL - 1:05 p.m. (AZT) at Kansas City - 6:05 p.m. (AZT) vs. Colorado - 1:05 p.m. (AZT) at Cincinnati - 1:05 p.m. (AZT) Chris Sale (L) vs. Aaron Harang (R) Eric Stults (L) vs. Sean O’Sullivan (R) John Danks (L) vs. TBA Jake Peavy (R) vs. Mat Latos (R) Clubhouse Open: 8:30-9:30 A.M., Clubhouse Open: 1:15-2:15 P.M., Clubhouse Open: 8:30-9:30 A.M., Clubhouse Open: 8:30-9:30 A.M., 11:15 A.M.-12:15 P.M. & after the game 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. & after the game 11:15 A.M.-12:15 P.M. & after the game 11:15 A.M.-12:15 P.M. & after the game TODAY’S  Chris Sale (LHP) — Has allowed three runs or more in three of his four Cactus League starts … his 15 are tied for a team high (Nate Jones) … tossed 6.0  Robin Ventura enters his fi rst season as White Sox manager after being named to IP and recorded six strikeouts in a scoreless start on 3/19 vs. Cincinnati … surrendered the post on 10/6/11 … is the 39th manager in White Sox history and the 18th former eight earned runs off 10 hits in his fi rst two starts, allowing a homer in each game. Sox player to manage the club … he and New York’s are the only current Year Club. W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA managers who are at the helm of their former major-league teams … rejoined the Sox on 6/6/11 as a special advisor to director of player development Buddy Bell. 3/9 vs. Cubs L 1-1 3.0 3 3 3 1 1 4 9.00 3/14 vs. LAA ND 1-1 4.1 7 5 5 1 0 2 9.82  Hit .267 (1,885-7,064) with 294 home runs and 1,182 RBI in 2,079 games over 16 3/19 vs. Cin. ND 1-1 6.0 2 0 0 0 0 6 5.40 major-league seasons with the White Sox (1989-98), (1999-2001), New 3/24 at Mil. ND 1-1 4.2 8 4 3 2 1 3 5.50 York Yankees (2002-03) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2003-2004) … won six Gold Gloves CL TOTALS 0-1 4-4 18.0 20 12 11 4 2 15 5.50 (1991-93, 1996, 1998-99) and was a two-time All-Star (1992 and 2002) … batted .274 (1,244-4,542) with 171 home runs and 741 RBI in 1,254 games over 10 seasons with ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH the White Sox.  Addison Reed (RHP) — Is tied for second among Sox with eight appear- ances … tossed 0.2 scoreless IP and struck out one on 3/25 vs. San Francisco ... allowed MINOR LEAGUE EXTRAS FOR TODAY’S GAME two earned runs on three hits in 1.2 IP on 3/22 vs. Kansas City … has not allowed an earned in six of his eight spring appearances.  #85 — Dan Wagner, INF (bio on page 310 of White Sox media guide)  #87 — Andy Wilkins, INF (bio on page 313 of White Sox media guide) Date Opp. W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA  #88 — Ken Williams, Jr. (bio on page 313 of White Sox media guide) 3/5 vs. LAD ND 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 3/11 at Col. ND 1-0 1.0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.00  #89 — Justin Greene, OF (bio on page 288 of White Sox media guide) 3/13 at S.D. ND 1-0 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 3.00  #90 — Jose Martinez, OF (bio on page 295 of White Sox media guide) 3/17 vs. Ari. ND 1-0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2.08  #91 — Kyle Shelton, INF (bio on page 305 of White Sox media guide) 3/19 vs. Cin. ND 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.69  #92 — Greg Golson, OF 3/22 vs. K.C. ND 1-0 1.2 3 2 2 0 1 2 3.86  #93 — Nick McCully, RHP (bio on page 296 of White Sox media guide) 3/25 vs. S.F. ND 1-0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.52 3/28 at Col. ND 1-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38  #94 — Brian Blough, RHP (bio on page 279 of White Sox media guide) CL TOTALS 0-0 8-0 8.0 8 4 3 0 4 10 3.38  #95 — Wes Whisler, LHP (bio on page 311 of White Sox media guide)  #96 — Erik Morrison, INF (bio on page 297 of White Sox media guide)  Matt Thornton (LHP) — Hasn’t allowed a hit in three of his six appearances this  #97 — Steve McCray, RHP (bio on page 296 of White Sox media guide) spring … surrendered his fi rst run of the spring on 3/24 vs. San Francisco after four consecutive scoreless outings (4.1 IP) to open Cactus League play … has allowed just SPRING PITCHING BREAKDOWN four hits and one walk. Pitchers W-L ERA G-GS SV-OPP IP H R ER HR BB SO Date Opp. W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Starters 7-9 5.14 26-26 — 105.0 117 65 60 11 33 65 3/6 at LAA ND 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 3/9 vs. Cubs ND 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Relievers 4-6 5.85 26-0 5-6 127.2 141 91 83 12 73 107 3/14 vs. LAA ND 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 3/22 vs. K.C. ND 1-0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 SPRING PLAYER APPEARANCES BY POSITION 3/25 vs. S.F. ND 1-0 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.93 3/27 vs. Cle. ND 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.59 Pitcher (34) — Jones (9), Bruney (8), Ohman (8), Reed (8), Santiago (7), Axelrod CL TOTALS 0-0 6-0 5.2 4 1 1 0 1 5 1.59 (6), Septimo (6), Stewart (6), Stults (6), Thornton (6), Carter (4), Danks (4), Her- nandez (4), Marinez (4), Sale (4), Veal (4), Crain (3), Floyd (3), Heath (3), Humber  Hector Santiago (LHP) — Recorded his fi rst of the spring after tossing 1.0 (3), Kloess (3), Leesman (3), Molina (3), Peavy (3), Quintana (3), Castro (2), Infante scoreless IP on 3/25 vs. San Francisco ... surrendered his fi rst run on 3/23 vs. Arizona (2), Kussmaul (2), Omogrosso (2), Buch (1), Corley (1), Doyle (1), Remenowsky (1), (1.0 IP) … has registered at least one in six of his seven appearances … made Rodriguez (1) four consecutive scoreless appearances (6.0 IP) to start Cactus League play … earned  Catcher (6) — Pierzynski (14), Flowers (13), Gimenez (13), Phegley (10), Blanke the Sox fi rst Cactus League win on 3/8 at Texas, allowing just two hits and striking out (3), Espino (1) three over 2.0 scoreless IP.  First Base (7) — Konerko (13), Dunn (8), Gallagher (8), McPherson (8), Johnson Date Opp. W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA (6), Wilkins (4), Loman (3) 3/5 vs. LAD ND 1-0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00  Second Base (10) — Beckham (18), Olmedo (7), Saladino (6), Garcia (5), Kuhn 3/8 at Tex. W 1-1 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0.00 (3), Martinez (3), Lillibridge (2), Escobar (2), Morrison (1), Sanchez (1) 3/12 vs. Oak. ND 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00  Third Base (8) — Morel (16), Lillibridge (8), McPherson (7), Escobar (5), Olmedo 3/19 vs. Cin. ND 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 3/23 vs. Ari. ND 1-0 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1.29 (4), Saladino (4), Martinez (3), Morrison (1) 3/25 vs. S.F. SV 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.13  Shortstop (8) — Ramirez (15), Escobar (12), Olmedo (11), Saladino (4), Martinez 3/28 at Col. ND 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.00 (3), Lillibridge (2), Sanchez (1), Semien (1) CL TOTALS 1-0 7-1 9.0 5 1 1 1 5 11 1.00  Left Field (13) — Viciedo (15), Mitchell (12), Fukudome (4), Martinez (3), Williams (3), Lillibridge (2), Marrero (2), Dunn (1), Greene (1), Gallagher (1), Shoemaker (1),  Jesse Crain (RHP) — Is making his fi rst appearance since 3/12 vs. Oakland (1 ER/1.0 Short (1), Young (1) IP) … was scratched from his last scheduled appearance on 3/14 vs. Los Angels-AL  Center Field (9) — De Aza (18), Thompson (14), Danks (11), Fukudome (4), with a slight strain of his right oblique … has surrendered at least one hit and one walk Lillibridge (3), Colligan (1), Golson (1), Mitchell (1), Short (1) in all three outings this spring.  Right Field (13) — Rios (12), Danks (9), Fukudome (9), Gallagher (5), Young (5), Date Opp. W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Ciolli (2), Martinez (2), Mitchell (2), Colligan (1), Lillibridge (1), Marrero (1), Shoe- 3/7 vs. Mil. ND 1-0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 2 9.00 maker (1), Thompson (1) 3/9 vs. Cubs ND 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.50  Designated Hitter (12) — Johnson (10), Dunn (7), Konerko (5), Rios (4), Gallagher 3/12 vs. Oak. ND 1-0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 6.00 CL TOTALS 0-0 3-0 3.0 5 2 2 0 3 3 6.00 (4), Kuhn (3), McPherson (3), Marrero (2), Espino (1), Gilmore (1), Haddow (1), Viciedo (1) TOMORROW’S STARTING PITCHER RECENT TRANSACTIONS  Eric Stults (LHP) — Suffered his fi rst loss of the spring on 3/26 at Los Angeles-NL, allowing one run on one hit and two walks … earned the win in his fi rst start of the MARCH spring on 3/21 at Seattle, tossing 4.0 IP and allowing two runs while striking out two … 19 Optioned RHP Anthony Carter, RHP Simon Castro, RHP Deunte Heath, LHP Pedro extended his consecutive scoreless apperance streak to four after working 1.0 IP with Hernandez, LHP Charlie Leesman, RHP Jhan Marinez, INF Ozzie Martinez and two strikeouts on 3/16 at Arizona … has four strikeouts over his last three outings (5.1 LHP Donnie Veal to Class AAA Charlotte … optioned RHP Nestor Molina and IP). LHP Jose Quintana to Class AA Birmingham … reassigned C Michael Blanke, INF Tyler Kuhn, OF Jared Mitchell and OF Trayce Thompson to minor-league Date Opp. W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA camp. 3/7 vs. Mil. ND 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 27 Reassigned OF Jordan Danks, INF Jim Gallagher, INF Dan Johnson, INF Dallas 3/10 vs. Tex. ND 1-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 McPherson, C Josh Phegley and INF Tyler Saladino to minor-league camp. 3/13 at S.D. ND 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 3/16 at Ari. ND 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 3/21 at Sea. W 1-1 4.0 5 2 2 1 1 2 2.00 3/26 at LAD L 1-0 0.1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2.89 CL TOTALS 1-1 6-1 9.1 8 3 3 1 3 7 2.89