Chicago White Sox 2018 Spring Training Game Notes
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CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES © 2018 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com l loswhitesox.com l whitesoxpressbox.com l @whitesox CHICAGO WHITE SOX (15-12-3) at CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS (0-0) WHITE SOX SPRING SCHEDULE/RESULTS: 16-12-3 RHP Reynaldo López (1-1, 3.29) vs. RHP Donn Roach (NR) Day Date Opponent Result Attendance Record Fri. 2/23 at LA Dodgers L, 5-13 6,813 0-1 Game #32 | Road # 17 l Monday, March 26 l Charlotte, N.C. Sat. 2/24 at Seattle W, 5-3 5,107 1-1 Sun. 2/25 Cincinnati W, 8-5 2,703 2-1 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Mon. 2/26 Oakland W, 7-6 2,826 3-1 l The Chicago White Sox have won nine of the last 14 games (one tie) as they play an exhibition Tue. 2/27 at Cubs L, 5-6 10,769 3-2 game this evening vs. Class AAA Charlotte at BB&T Ballpark. Wed. 2/28 Texas W, 5-4 2,360 4-2 Thu. 3/1 at Cincinnati L, 7-8 2,271 4-3 l RHP Reynaldo López will make his fifth start this spring … he suffered the loss in his last start Fri. 3/2 LA Dodgers L, 6-7 7,423 4-4 on 3/16 vs. the Cubs, allowing four runs on eight hits over 4.1 IP. Sat. 3/3 at Kansas City W, 9-5 5,793 5-4 l The White Sox rank among spring leaders in triples (1st, 15), runs scored (4th, 187), RBI (4th, Sun. 3/4 San Diego L, 6-7 3,777 5-5 179), batting average (5th, .286), hits (5th, 307) and doubles (T8th, 62). Mon. 3/5 at Oakland T, 9-9 4,302 5-5-1 l The Sox will travel to Kansas City following tonight's game and be off on 3/27 … the club will Tue. 3/6 Milwaukee W, 6-4 3,954 6-5-1 Wed. 3/7 Cincinnati W, 14-12 3,586 7-5-1 hold a workout on 3/28 at Kauffman Stadium and play the Royals on Opening Day, Thursday, Thu. 3/8 Kansas City (ss) L, 0-12 3,419 7-6-1 3/29. at Texas (ss) L, 4-5 3,739 7-7-1 Fri. 3/9 at San Diego L, 0-2 5,331 7-8-1 YESTERDAY'S RECAP VS. MILWAUKEE Sat. 3/10 at Cubs T, 4-4 15,508 7-8-2 l The White Sox scored a spring-high 16 runs as they defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, 16-1, Sun. 3/11 Arizona W, 6-5 7,289 8-8-2 in their final Cactus League game at Camelback Ranch. Mon. 3/12 at Seattle W, 4-2 7,287 9-8-2 Tue. 3/13 OFF DAY l Eddy Alvarez went 2-4 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored, Joel Booker was 3-5 Wed. 3/14 at Milwaukee L, 3-11 5,497 9-9-2 with a RBI and run scored, Patrick Leonard went 2-2 with three runs scored, Jake Elmore was Thu. 3/15 at LA Angels W, 7-2 6,083 10-9-2 2-4 with a RBI and run scored, and Jameson Fisher went 2-4 with a run scored … Seby Zavala Fri 3/16 Cubs L, 3-6 13,044 10-10-2 (three-run) and Bryant Flete (two-run) recorded their first home runs of the spring. Sat. 3/17 LA Dodgers W, 5-2 13,199 11-10-2 l Starter Chris Volstad earned the win, throwing 3.0 scoreless IP … Gregory Infante (1.0 IP) and Sun. 3/18 at Oakland L, 0-14 6,227 11-11-2 Ryan Burr (1.0) made scoreless appearances. Mon. 3/19 at Arizona W, 15-2 10,299 12-11-2 Tue. 3/20 Texas W, 10-0 4,561 13-11-2 Wed. 3/21 San Diego L, 4-3 4,727 13-12-2 ROSTER MOVES Thu. 3/22 at Arizona W, 3-1 8,576 14-12-2 l Following Saturday's game vs. the Dodgers, the White Sox reassigned RHPs Jeanmar Gómez Fri. 3/23 Seattle T, 5-5 6,173 14-12-3 and Bruce Rondón to minor-league camp … the Sox have 27 players remaining in major-league Sat. 3/24 at LA Dodgers W, 7-3 13,160 15-12-3 camp: 14 pitchers, three catchers, six infielders and four outfielders. Sun. 3/25 Milwaukee W, 16-1 7,437 16-12-3 OPENING HONORS Day Date Opponent Radio TV/Web Time Mon. 3/26 at Charlotte Knights@ NBCSCH+ 5:05 p.m. CT l RHP James Shields has been named Chicago's Opening Day starter on 3/29 at Kansas City … it will mark his eighth career OD nod and first since 4/6/15 at the Dodgers with San Diego. All games are Arizona Time unless noted l Shields has gone 1-2 with a 4.75 ERA (22 ER/41.2 IP) and 30 strikeouts over his seven career Bold – home games (ss) – split squad games @ – BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte,N.C.) season-opener outings …he also made OD starts with Tampa Bay from 2008-10 and 2012, and with Kansas City from 2013-14. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS l Shields' seven OD starts are tied for fourth-most with the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw and Rang- l Monday, March 26 at Charlotte Knights (Charlotte, N.C.) - 5:05 p.m. CT ers' Bartolo Colon among active major-league pitchers … he is one of five active pitchers to start RHP Reynaldo López vs. RHP Donn Roach on OD for three different teams … Edinson Volquez is the only active pitcher to make an OD start for four teams … (source: STATS). SPRING TRAINING MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION l There have been just nine pitchers over the last 100 seasons to start OD for at least four dif- Spring Records Home Attendance ferent teams: Bret Blyleven (five teams); Gaylord Perry (five); Kevin Brown (four); John Burkett Overall: 16-12-3 Day: 13-12-3 Games: 15 (four); Livan Hernandez (four); Sad Sam Jones (four); Bobo Newsom (four); Mike Torrez (four); Home: 9-5-1 Night: 3-0 Total: 86,799 and Volquez … (source: STATS). Road: 7-7-2 vs. AL: 7-3-2 Average: 5,787 Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 9-9-1 Largest crowd: 13,199 (3/17 vs. LAD) SETTLED IN l The White Sox offense has scored 59 runs on 92 hits over the last seven games … the Sox WHITE SOX TOP PROSPECTS (BASEBALL AMERICA) are hitting .347 (92-265) with 16 doubles, 10 home runs and 57 RBI during that span. l 1) Eloy Jiménez, OF l 6) Zack Collins, C l 2) Michael Kopech, RHP l 7) Jake Burger, 3B l Chicago starters are 5-1 with a 2.05 ERA (7 ER/30.2 IP) over the last seven games. l 3) Alec Hansen, RHP l 8) Blake Rutherford, OF l l CACTUS LEAGUE LEADERS 4) Luis Robert, OF 9) Gavin Sheets, 1B l 5) Dane Dunning, RHP l 10) Dylan Cease, RHP l Matt Davidson ranks among the Cactus League leaders in RBI (1st, 19), hits (T4th, 21), total bases (8th, 38) and on-base percentage (8th, .411). WHITE SOX TOP PROSPECTS (MLB.COM) l Avisaíl García is tied for the CL lead in doubles (8), ranks fifth in average (.364) and is tied for l 1) Eloy Jiménez, OF l 6) Dane Dunning, RHP eighth in hits (20) … Yoán Moncada ranks second with 18 runs scored. l 2) Michael Kopech, RHP l 7) Blake Rutherford, OF l Reynaldo López ranks eighth in ERA (3.86). l 3) Luis Robert, OF l 8) Jake Burger, 3B l 4) Alec Hansen, RHP l 9) Zack Collins, C 2018 INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ON-SALE l 5) Dylan Cease, RHP l 10) Carson Fulmer, RHP l Individual game tickets to 2018 Sox home games are now on sale … fans can purchase tickets at whitesox.com, at the Guaranteed Rate Field Box Office or by calling 866-SOX-GAME. WHITE SOX IMPORTANT DATES l Individual games include new giveaways, such as the 1983 Road Replica Jersey giveaway l March 26: Exhibition game at Charlotte Knights (5:05 p.m. CT) on 6/2, Hawk "Solo" Bobblehead on Star Wars Night, presented by TransUnion, on 5/19 and l March 28: Workout Day at Kauffman Stadium Jim Thome Hall of Fame Bobblehead, presented by Wintrust, on 8/11 … the 2018 schedule also features fan-favorite theme nights, including Mullet Night and Fireworks presented by Great Clips l March 29: Opening Day at Kansas City (3:15 p.m. CT) on 6/15, and Country Music Night and Fireworks presented by Coca-Cola on 7/27. l April 5: Home Opener vs. Detroit (3:10 p.m. CT) TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER AT CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS TODAY'S LINEUP AND MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS l #40 RHP Reynaldo López — Biography on page 117 of the White Sox media guide. STARTING LINEUP: MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS: Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 10 Yoán Moncada (2B) 86 Bryant Flete (INF) 3/1 at Cin. 0-0 1-1 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 2 4.50 26 Avisaíl García (RF) 88 Trey Michalczewski (INF) 3/6 vs. Mil. 0-0 1-1 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 3 1.80 79 José Abreu (1B) 91 Eddy Alvarez (INF) 3/11 vs.