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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 CLEVELAND INDIANS (9-7) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (7-8) WHITE SOX 2017 BREAKDOWN Record ..............................................................7-8 Sox After 15/16 in 2016 ..........................10-5/10-6 RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-1, 2.33) vs. RHP Mike Pelfrey (NR) Current Streak ............................................. Lost 2 Game #16/Home #7 Saturday, April 22, 6:10 p.m. CT Guaranteed Rate Field Last 10 Games .................................................5-5 Current Homestand ..........................................0-1 TV: CSN Radio: WLS-AM 890 Spanish Radio: WRTO 1200 AM Last Trip ............................................................5-4 Series Record ................................................2-2-1 Series First Game.............................................1-5 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX LIVE STREAMING INFORMATION First/Second Half ........................................7-8/0-0 The Chicago White Sox continue a six-game homestand For the fi rst time in 2017, every White Sox game carried on CSN Home/Road ................................................2-4/5-4 tonight vs. the defending American League champion Cleveland Chicago will be live streamed … White Sox in-market games will be Opp. At-Above/Below .500 .........................7-8/0-0 Indians … RHP Mike Pelfrey, whose contract was purchased from streamed live at CSNChicago.com/WhiteSoxStream and via the NBC vs. AL East/Central/West ......................1-2/6-6/0-0 Class AAA Charlotte prior to the game, is scheduled to start for Sports app … out-of-market games will be live streamed on WhiteSox. Interleague........................................................0-0 com, MLB.TV and via the MLB.com At Bat app. Comeback W's/L's After Leading ......................3/2 the White Sox. Extra Innings.....................................................1-1 The Sox opened the homestand last night with a 3-0 loss to WHITE SOX VS. CLEVELAND One-Run/Two-Run Games .........................2-1/1-1 the Indians after going 5-4 on their last trip to Cleveland (2-1), Ahead After 6/7/8 ..................................5-0/6-0/6-0 Minnesota (2-1) and New York-AL (1-2) from 4/11-19. The season series is even at two games apiece … the Indi- Behind After 6/7/8 .................................1-7/1-7/0-7 Following this three-game series, the Sox conclude the home- ans won last night after the White Sox won two of three games Tied After 6/7/8 .....................................1-1/0-1/1-1 Sox/Opp. Score First ..................................3-2/4-6 stand with three games vs. Kansas City (4/24-26) … after an off on 4/11-13 at Progressive Field. The Sox are batting .207 (28-135) with a 2.45 ERA (10 ER/36.2 Sox/Opp. Score 4+ .....................................4-1/1-4 day next Thursday, they take a 10-day trip to Detroit (4/28-30), Sox/Opp. Score 3 or Less ..........................3-7/6-4 IP) and have outscored the Indians, 13-10. Kansas City (5/1-4) and Baltimore (5/5-7). April/May/June ......................................7-8/0-0/0-0 The White Sox have four scheduled off days in April (one in The Sox were 8-11 against the Indians in 2016, going 5-5 at Days in First/Second/Third Place ..................0/2/7 2016) and play 25 of their fi rst 28 games within the division. home and 3-6 in Cleveland. Days in Fourth/Fifth Place ..............................10/0 The White Sox lead the all-time series, 1,076-1,049 … they Average Time of Game ................................... 3:02 ROSTER MOVES are 567-492 at home (110-104 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and UPCOMING PROBABLES Prior to tonight's game, the White Sox purchased the contract 509-567 on the road (94-99 at Progressive Field). VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS of RHP Mike Pelfrey from Class AAA Charlotte, reinstated C Geo- LACK OF CENTRAL COMMAND Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT vany Soto (right elbow infl ammation) from the 10-day disabled RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-1, 2.33) vs. list and transferred OF Charlie Tilson (stress reaction in his right The White Sox have gone 264-340 vs. the American League RHP James Shields (1-0, 1.62) foot) to the 60-day disabled list. Central division since 2009, with their only winning record coming Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT RHP Danny Salazar (1-1, 3.57) vs. Prior to last night's game, the Sox placed RHP James Shields in 2012 (37-35). LHP Derek Holland (1-2, 4.32) on the 10-day disabled list (retro to 4/18) with a strained right lat The Sox are 6-6 vs. the AL Central this season after going and optioned C Kevan Smith to Charlotte following the game. 32-44 in 2016 when they lost 41 of their last 65 games. VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Monday: 7:10 p.m. CT The 40-man roster is at 40. NO RISP, NO REWARD LHP Jason Vargas (3-0, 0.44) vs. The White Sox have limited opponents to a .160 (17-106) av- RHP Miguel González (2-0, 2.84) TONIGHT'S STORYLINES Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CT RHP Mike Pelfrey makes his White Sox debut. erage with RISP in 2017, the second-best mark in the American LHP Danny Duff y (2-0, 1.32) vs. The Sox lead the major leagues with a 3.03 ERA, and the League behind Houston (.148). RHP Dylan Covey (0-1, 7.84) bullpen ranks second with a 1.32 ERA. The Sox have held the opposition hitless with RISP seven Wednesday: 1:10 p.m. CT RHP Nathan Karns (0-1, 6.35) vs. The White Sox have not faced an opponent this season with times this season. LHP José Quintana (0-4, 6.17) a losing record at the time of the game. QUALITY IS JOB ONE Sox pitchers have held Cleveland to a .063 (2-32) average SOX VS. CLEVELAND (2-2) The White Sox have made 1,259 quality starts since the with RISP this season. Date H/R Result WP LP start of the 2003 season, the second-highest total in the major Avisaíl García leads the American League and ranks second 4/11 R L, 1-2 (10) Shaw Kahnle leagues behind the Mets (1,261) and 54 more than the Angels, in the major leagues with a .400 (22-66) average. 4/12 R W, 2-1 Holland Salazar the closest American League team. 4/13 R W, 10-4 Swarzak Tomlin LAST NIGHT'S RECAP The Sox are 13th in the AL with seven quality starts this sea- 4/21 H L, 0-3 Kluber Quintana 4/22 H 6:10 p.m. CT CSN Corey Kluber threw a three-hit shutout as Cleveland record- son after ranking second with 95 in 2016 and leading the league with 100 in 2015. 4/23 H 1:10 p.m. CT WGN ed a 3-0 victory over the White Sox. 6/9 R 6:10 p.m. CT WGN LHP José Quintana suff ered the loss, allowing three runs on AT THE HELM 6/10 R 6:15 p.m. CT FOX fi ve hits over 6.0 IP to fall to 0-4 on the season … Quintana 6/11 R 12:10 p.m. CT CSN Rick Renteria was named the 40th manager in White Sox made his 10th consecutive quality start against the Indians. 7/28 H 7:10 p.m. CT CSN history on 10/3/16, replacing Robin Ventura. Anthony Swarzak (1.1 IP), Dan Jennings (0.1) and Nate Jones 7/29 H 6:10 p.m. CT CSN Renteria, the only current Latino manager in the major leagues, (1.1) combined for 3.0 scoreless IP in relief. 7/30 H 1:10 p.m. CT WGN spent 2016 as the Sox bench coach … he brings nine seasons 9/4 H 1:10 p.m. CT WGN Tim Anderson, Melky Cabrera and Omar Narvaez collected of managerial experience to the position. 9/5 H 7:10 p.m. CT CSN+ the White Sox hits … Avisaíl García went 0-3, ending his season- Renteria was selected by Pittsburgh in the fi rst round (20th 9/6 H 7:10 p.m. CT CSN opening streak of reaching base safely in 14 consective games. 9/7 H 7:10 p.m. CT WGN overall) of the 1980 draft … Cleveland manager Terry Francona 9/29 R 6:10 p.m. CT CSN WELCOME BACK, JERMAINE (22nd), Oakland executive vice president of baseball operations 9/30 R 6:10 p.m. CT WGN Jermaine Dye, Most Valuable Player of the 2005 World Series, Billy Beane (23rd) and Toronto manager John Gibbons (24th) 10/1 R 2:10 p.m. CT CSN were selected in succession later in the fi rst round of that draft. will join seven-year-old Jasper Damiano tongiht for a ceremonial SOX ON THE HOMESTAND (0-1) fi rst pitch on behalf of Fresh Start Caring for Kids Foundation. PROSPECT PROWESS vs. CLE/K.C. ...........................................0-1/0-0 Dye spent fi ve of his 14 major-league seasons with the White The White Sox minor-league system is rated by MLB.com as Runs Scored/Allowed ...................................0/3 Sox (2005-09), batting .278 (742-2,669) with 164 home runs, 461 No. 3 in baseball and by Baseball America as No. 5. AVG/OBP/SLG/HR ................... .111/.172/.111/0 RBI and 419 runs scored in 724 games.