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CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations DepartmentGAME 333 W. 35th StreetN Chicago,OTES IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Fax: 312-674-5847 Director: Bob Beghtol, 312-674-5303 Manager: Ray Garcia, 312-674-5306 Coordinators: Leni Depoister, 312-674-5300 and Joe Roti, 312-674-5319 © 2013 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com mlbpressbox.com Twitter: @whitesox NEW YORK YANKEES (57-55) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (42-69) WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN Record ..............................................42-69 LHP CC Sabathia (9-10, 4.78) vs. LHP Hector Santiago (3-7, 3.28) Sox After 111/112 in 2012 ...... 61-50/61-51 Current Streak ................................ Won 2 Current Homestand ..............................2-0 Game #112/Home #53 Wednesday, August 7, 2013 Last Trip ................................................0-7 Last 10 Games .....................................2-8 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. NEW YORK-AL Series Record ................................11-18-7 First/Second Half ..................... 37-55/5-14 The Chicago White Sox have won two straight games following The White Sox lead the season series, 2-0, with one game Home/Road ............................ 24-28/18-41 a 10-game losing streak as they continue the homestand tonight remaining in Chicago and three at Yankee Stadium. Day/Night ............................... 19-22/23-47 with the fi nale vs. the Yankees … LHP Hector Santiago, who Chicago is batting .348 (24-69) with a 1.00 ERA (2 ER/18.0 Grass/Turf .................................. 40-64/2-5 owns a 2.75 ERA (12 ER/39.1 IP) in his last six starts, takes the IP) and has outscored the Yankees, 11-3, in 2013. Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ..... 22-35/20-34 mound for the White Sox. The Sox went 5-2 in 2012 for their fi rst season victory since vs. RHS/LHS .......................... 32-51/10-18 vs. AL East ........................................11-10 Following tonight’s game and a day off tomorrow, the Sox 2003 … their three-game sweep on 8/20-22/12 at U.S. Cellular vs. AL Central....................................12-31 continue the 10-game homestand with four games vs. Minnesota Field was their fi rst at home vs. the Yankees since 8/6-8/91. vs. AL West .......................................11-16 (8/9-11, Friday doubleheader) and three vs. Detroit (8/12-14). The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 809-1,043 … they Interleague ..........................................8-12 The Sox lost 10 straight games from 7/26-8/4, their longest are 442-487 at home (47-51 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 367-556 Comeback Wins .....................................23 streak since 6/11-20/76, to fall 29 games under .500 for the fi rst on the road (5-9 at new Yankee Stadium). Losses After Leading .............................30 Extra innings .......................................5-12 time since ending the 1976 season at 64-97. ON THE FARM One-run/two-run games .........15-25/10-13 Chicago went 0-7 on its last trip to Cleveland (0-4) and Detroit Ahead after 6/7/8 ...............32-8/30-6/33-3 (0-3), the fi rst winless trip of seven games or more in franchise Class AAA Charlotte RHP Daniel Webb has thrown 11.1 con- Trailing after 6/7/8 ..............4-48/2-48/1-56 history, and 3-7 on its last homestand vs. Atlanta (2-1), Detroit secutive scoreless IP over his last eight appearances … Webb, Tied after 6/7/8 ...................6-13/9-15/7-10 (1-3) and Kansas City (0-3). acquired from Toronto on 1/1/12, is averaging 14.9 strikeouts per Sox/opp. quality start ............. 30-34/19-50 9.0 IP (31 SO/18.2 IP) with the Knights. Sox/opp. score fi rst ................ 22-25/20-44 TONIGHT’S STORYLINES Sox/opp. score 4+ ...................29-23/11-49 Class AA Birmingham LHP Scott Snodgress is 3-0 with a 0.87 Sox/opp. score 3 or less ........ 13-46/31-20 The White Sox have won back-to-back games for the fi rst time ERA (4 ER/41.1 IP) over his last six starts. Average time of game .........................3:00 since 7/20-21 vs. Atlanta and are looking for their fi rst three-game OF Brandon Jacobs of Class AA Birmingham, acquired from winning streak since 6/8-10. Boston on 7/12 in exchange for LHP Matt Thornton, has hit safely Chicago has allowed 11 runs in its last fi ve games. in 19 of 20 games with the Barons (.299, 23-77). UPCOMING PROBABLES Sox starting pitchers own a 2.49 ERA (22 ER/79.2 IP) with 10 Advanced Rookie Great Falls INF Tyler Shryock’s 17-game VS. NEW YORK YANKEES quality starts over the last 12 games. hitting streak ended last night … Shryock hit .378 (28-74) during Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN LHP CC Sabathia (9-10, 4.78) vs. Hector Santiago owns a 3.15 ERA (31 ER/88.2 IP) with 96 the streak, which is the third-longest in the Pioneer League. LHP Hector Santiago (3-7, 3.28) strikeouts in 15 starts this season. QUALITY AND QUANTITY VS. MINNESOTA TWINS LAST NIGHT’S RECAP Friday (Game 1), 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN The White Sox have made 944 quality starts since 2003, the RHP Kyle Gibson (2-3, 6.69) vs. Chris Sale allowed just one unearned run on fi ve hits over most in the majors … the Angels are second with 940. TBA 7.1 IP, and the White Sox extended their winning streak over the The Sox rank fi fth in the American League with 64 quality Friday (Game 2), 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN Yankees to fi ve games with a 3-2 victory. starts this season, including 10 in their last 12 games. TBA vs. Sale posted his fi rst victory since 7/11 at Detroit and fi rst at LHP John Danks (2-9, 4.52) MAKING A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION Saturday: 3:05 p.m. CT, FOX home since 5/12 vs. Los Angeles-AL. RHP Mike Pelfrey (4-9, 5.23) vs. Gordon Beckham went 2-3 with a double and run scored, and Avisail Garcia went 2-4 last night for Class AAA Charlotte and RHP Andre Rienzo (0-0, 1.38) Alejandro De Aza was 2-4 with an RBI double. is hitting .409 (9-22) with one home run, seven RBI and six runs Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN The Sox recorded their 23rd comeback victory of the season scored in six games with the Knights. RHP Kevin Correia (7-8, 4.84) vs. and improved to 13-46 when scoring three runs or less. Garcia’s lines at three minor-league stops in 2013: LHP Jose Quintana (6-3, 3.51) All games carried live on WSCR 670-AM Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI OBP SLG SUPER SWEEPSTAKES and ESPN Deportes 97.5-FM Lakeland .417 6 24 9 10 0 2 1 4 .500 .708 The White Sox are in position to sweep the Yankees in back- Toledo .374 33 147 23 55 7 1 5 23 .410 .537 to-back series of at least three games for just the second time in Charlotte .409 6 22 6 9 0 1 1 7 .480 .636 SOX ON THE HOMESTAND franchise history (Elias) and fi rst in 100 years. Totals .393 45 193 38 74 7 4 7 34 .431 .570 Overall Record ......................................2-0 The other occurence came when the Sox swept a three-game WELL DUNN vs. NYY/Min./Det. .................... 2-0/0-0/0-0 series on 9/13-15/1912 and a four-game set on 5/15-18/1913, Average ................................. .348 (24-69) both at old Comiskey Park. Adam Dunn is hitting .305 (53-174) with 13 home runs and Average w/RISP....................... .269 (7-26) Chicago’s three-game sweep on 8/20-22/12 was its fi rst at 36 RBI over his last 50 games to raise his average from .156 to Home Runs ..............................................0 home vs. New York since 8/6-8/91. .225 … he has reached base safely eight times in the last three RS/RA .................................................11/3 games, going 5-10 with a home run and three walks. Runs Per Game ....................................5.5 YANKEE CLIPPERS Dunn’s numbers since 6/8: ERA .............................1.00 (2 ER/18.0 IP) Quality Starts ...........................................2 The White Sox have won fi ve straight games vs. New York (all AVG G AB R H HR RBI BB OBP SLG OPS at home by 29-13 margin) for the fi rst time since 6/15-23/00 and .305 50 174 25 53 13 37 32 .411 .563 .975 are looking for their fi rst winning streak of six-plus games since SOX VS. NEW YORK-AL (2-0) 7/1/90-4/16/91 (seven). LOOKING FOR A SILVER LINING Date H/R Result WP LP Chicago’s fi ve-game home winning streak vs. New York is its The White Sox are off to their worst start after 111 games since 8/5 H W, 8-1 Quintana Pettitte longest since 4/27-8/8/91 (fi ve) … the Sox won seven consecutive 1970 when they were 40-71. 8/6 H W, 3-2 Sale Kuroda 8/7 H 7:10 p.m. CT home games vs. the Yankees from 5/7/89-6/29/90. Since evening their record at 24-24 following a three-game 9/2 R 12:05 p.m.