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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 WHITE SOX 2017 BREAKDOWN CLEVELAND INDIANS (82-56) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (54-83) Sox After 137/138 in 2016 ..............65-72/66-72 Current Streak ......................................... Lost 2 RHP Carlos Carrasco (13-6, 3.67) vs. RHP Reynaldo López (0-2, 6.06) Last 10 Games .............................................3-7 Game #138/Home #70 Wed., September 6 7:10 p.m. Guaranteed Rate Field Current Homestand ......................................2-3 Last Trip ........................................................0-3 TV: CSN Radio: WLS-AM 890 Spanish Radio: WRTO-AM 1200 Series Record ........................................14-25-5 Series First Game.....................................16-28 First/Second Half ............................38-49/16-34 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX LIVE STREAMING INFORMATION Home/Road ....................................32-37/22-45 The Chicago White Sox have lost six of the last eight games as For the fi rst time in 2017, every White Sox game will be live streamed Opp. At-Above/Below .500 .............31-52/23-31 vs. AL East/Central/West ......13-20/26-35/11-15 they continue their penultimate homestand tonight vs. Cleveland. on phones, laptops and tablets … all CSN broadcasts will streamed live Interleague..................................................4-13 RHP Reynaldo López takes the mound for the White Sox, who at CSNChicago.com/WhiteSoxStream and via the NBC Sports app. Comeback W's/L's After Leading ..............24/40 All out-of-market and WGN games will be live streamed through are on pace to go 64-98 this season ... the club is a season-high Extra Innings.................................................4-5 whitesox.com, MLB.TV and via the MLB.com At Bat app. tying 29 games below the .500 mark. One-Run/Two-Run Games ...............18-20/6-14 Chicago opened the homestand by going 2-1 vs. Tampa Bay. Ahead After 6/7/8 ........................40-3/42-4/43-1 WHITE SOX VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS Following tomorrow's series fi nale vs. the Indians, the White Behind After 6/7/8 .......................7-74/7-72/4-73 Sox will conclude the 10-game homestand with a three-game, The White Sox are 5-9 vs. Cleveland in 2017, going 2-6 at Tied After 6/7/8 .................................7-6/5-7/7-9 Sox/Opp. Score First ......................38-33/16-50 weekend series vs. San Francisco (9/8-10). Guaranteed Rate Field and 3-3 at Progressive Field … Chicago has lost fi ve of the last six games and eight of 11. Sox/Opp. Score 4+ .........................44-33/14-75 Chicago was swept in its brief trip at Minnesota last week from Sox/Opp. Score 3 or Less ................10-50/40-8 8/29-31, and went 5-3 on its last homestand vs. the Twins (3-2) The Sox are hitting .234/.305/.338 with nine homers, own a April/May/June ......................13-10/11-18/11-16 and Detroit (2-1) from 8/21-27. 4.26 ERA (59 ER/124.2 IP) and have been outscored, 62-46. July/August/Sept.-Oct. ................6-18/11-18/2-3 The White Sox are 11-12 in the last 23 games dating back Days in First/Second/Third Place ............6/6/16 TONIGHT'S STORYLINES to 8/17/16 … they have lost three of the last four season series Days in Fourth/Fifth Place ........................43/74 Average Time of Game ............................... 3:11 Chicago is looking to snap an opponent's winning streak of since 2013 (34-56 mark) … the lone win came in 2015 (10-9). 13 games or more for the fi rst time since 1987, when the club The White Sox lead the all-time series, 1,079-1,056 … they UPCOMING PROBABLES snapped Milwaukee's season-opening, 13-game streak (STATS). are 569-497 at home (112-109 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS The White Sox have won six of their last 10 games, and 11 of 510-569 on the road (95-101 at Progressive Field). *Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN* 19, at Guaranteed Rate Field. RHP Carlos Carrasco (13-6, 3.67) vs. LOOKING FOR CENTRAL COMMAND RHP Reynaldo López (0-2, 6.06) RHP Reynaldo López has allowed fi ve earned runs with 13 The White Sox are 26-35 vs. the American League Central *Thursday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WGN* strikeouts and a .200 opponents average (9-45) in his two starts RHP Corey Kluber (14-4, 2.56) vs. division this season (16-17 at home) after going 32-44 in 2016. this season at Guaranteed Rate Field (two quality starts). LHP Carlos Rodón (2-5, 4.15) Nicky Delmonico has reached base safely in 21 of his fi rst 22 Chicago has lost fi ve straight games, six of the last seven and VS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS games, joining Greg Mulleavy (1930), George Meyer (1938) and 15 of 22 vs. the division in 2017. The White Sox have gone 284-369 vs. the AL Central since *Friday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN* Eddie Malone (1949) as the only Sox to accomplish the feat. LHP Matt Moore (4-13, 5.42) vs. 2009, with their only winning record coming in 2012 (37-35). Avisaíl García has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games, hitting RHP Lucas Giolito (2-1, 2.25) .391 (18-46) with one home run, four RBI and a 1.013 OPS. *Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT, WGN* ABREU RECEIVES CLEMENTE NOD RHP Jeff Samardzija (9-12, 4.31) vs. ROSTER MOVE José Abreu has been named the organization's nominee for RHP James Shields (2-6, 5.72) *Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN* Prior to tonight's game, the White Sox reinstated INF/OF Nicky the 2017 Roberto Clemente Award … he will be honored in a pregame ceremony prior to tonight's game. LHP Madison Bumgarner (3-7, 3.15) vs. Delmonico from the 10-day disabled list. TBA Delmonico was placed on the DL on 8/25 with a sprained right The Roberto Clemente Award recognizes the player who best wrist ... he is batting .307 (23-75) with six homers, 12 RBI, and 15 represents the game of baseball through sportsmanship, com- WHITE SOX VS. CLEVELAND (5-9) walks over 22 games this season, his fi rst in the major leagues. munity involvement and positive contributions on and off the fi eld. Date H/R Result WP LP 4/11 R L, 1-2 (10) Shaw Kahnle LAST NIGHT'S RECAP PITO POWER 4/12 R W, 2-1 Holland Salazar 4/13 R W, 10-4 Swarzak Tomlin Cleveland scored six times over the fi rst three innings and According to STATS LLC, José Abreu is the fi rst player in 4/21 H L, 0-3 Kluber Quintana homered four times in its 9-4 win over the White Sox. White Sox history to begin his major-league career with four- plus consecutive 25-homer seasons, and the 10th in major- 4/22 H L, 0-7 Carrasco Pelfrey The Indians scored three times in the fi rst before the Sox 4/23 H W, 6-2 Holland Salazar league history to accomplish the feat (see list at right). answered with four runs in the bottom of the frame, highlighted 6/9 R L, 3-7 Kluber González by Matt Davidson's go-ahead, three-run home run. Abreu needs 18 RBI to become the third player ever to begin 6/10 R W, 5-3 Holmberg Tomlin Greg Allen put Cleveland ahead with a two-run double in the his career with four straight seasons of at least 25 HR/100 RBI, 6/11 R L, 2-4 Carrasco Quintana third, and the club added three runs in the ninth. joining Joe DiMaggio (1936-39) and Albert Pujols (2001-12). 7/28 H L, 3-9 Salazar Holland 7/29 H L, 4-5 Miller Bummer David Holmberg (6 ER/3.0 IP) suff ered the loss in his fi rst start Abreu is on pace to record career highs in extra-base hits 7/30 H W, 3-1 Clippard Shaw since 6/26 ... Mike Pelfrey and Carson Fulmer each worked 2.2 (79), total bases (334) and hits (187), while his 36 doubles are a career-high … the 79 extra-base hits and 334 total bases would 9/4 H L, 3-5 Bauer Shields scoreless IP in relief, and Jace Fry made his major-league debut. 9/5 H L, 4-9 Otero Holmberg Chicago went 1-8 with RISP, left 11 runners on base, struck each rank in the Top 5 in a season franchise club history. 9/6 H 7:10 p.m. CT CSN out 10 times and issued seven walks. 9/7 H 7:10 p.m. CT WGN LONGBALL LOGISTICS 9/29 R 6:10 p.m. CT CSN STRONG FIRST IMPRESSION Chicago has hit 156 home runs and is on pace to fi nish with 9/30 R 6:10 p.m. CT WGN 10/1 R 2:10 p.m. CT CSN RHP Michael Kopech went 9-8 with a 2.88 ERA (43 ER/134.1 184, which would mark its highest total since 2012 (211) ... Matt Davidson (24) ranks fourth among Sox rookies, trailing José IP), 172 strikeouts and a .193 (92-476) opponents average over WHITE SOX ON HOMESTAND (2-3) Abreu (36, '14), Ron Kittle (35, '83) and Zeke Bonura (27, '34).