Chicago White Sox 2018 Game Notes and Information
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CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2018 GAME NOTES AND INFORMATION 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 © 2018 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com loswhitesox.com whitesoxpressbox.com chisoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX 2018 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (56-87) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (47-95) Sox After 143 | 144 in 2017 ..........57-86 | 57-87 Streak ...................................................... Lost 5 RHP Lucas Giolito (10-10, 5.85) vs. RHP Jakob Junis (8-12, 4.32) Last Homestand ...........................................3-7 Game #144 | Home #69 Monday, September 10 7:15 p.m. CT Kauff man Stadium Last Trip ........................................................5-2 Last 10 Games .............................................3-7 WGN-TV WGN Radio 720-AM MLB.TV Series Record ........................................13-26-8 Series First Game.....................................16-31 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. KANSAS CITY First | Second Half ........................33-62 | 23-25 Home | Road ................................28-47 | 28-40 The Chicago White Sox have lost fi ve consecutive games but The White Sox lead the season series, 10-6, going 5-4 at Day | Night ....................................21-40 | 35-47 won 14 of 25 and 19 of 36 as they begin their penultimate trip of Guaranteed Rate Field and 5-2 at Kauff man Stadium. Opp. At-Above | Below .500 .........23-43 | 33-44 the season tonight with the series opener at Kansas City. Chicago is 5-6 over the last 11 games after winning the fi rst vs. RHS | LHS ..............................44-62 | 12-24 RHP Lucas Giolito, who has made six consecutive quality starts fi ve in the season series. vs. AL East/Central/West ...14-15 | 27-36 | 10-24 on the road since 7/8, will make the start for the White Sox. The Sox are hitting .290/.358/.525 with 31 home runs, own a Interleague..................................................5-12 Comeback W's | L's After Leading ..........30 | 38 The Sox went 3-7 on their last homestand, their second-to-last 3.63 ERA (58 ER/144.0 IP) and have made seven quality starts Extra Innings.................................................3-4 of the season … they were swept by Angels over the weekend, … they have outscored the Royals, 94-69. One-Run | Two-Run Games ...........13-22 | 8-14 lost two of three to Detroit and split a four-game series vs. Boston. The White Sox are 20-15 vs. Kansas City since 2017 after Ahead After 6 | 7 | 8 ..............43-11 | 42-9 | 48-5 Following this three-game series at the Royals, the Sox will going 40-72 from 2011-16 … they are averaging 5.7 runs per Trailing After 6 | 7 | 8 ...............8-65 | 7-69 | 1-78 continue the trip with an off day Thursday, three games at Bal- game (201 runs) with 47 homers during the 35-game stretch. Tied After 6 | 7 | 8 .......................5-11 | 7-9 | 7-4 Sox | Opp. Score First ..................31-33 | 25-54 timore (9/14-16), an off day next Monday and fi nish with three The Sox lead the all-time series, 395-378 … they are 219- Sox | Opp. Score 4+ .....................48-28 | 16-73 games at Cleveland (9/18-20). 174 at home (127-104 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and 176-204 Sox | Opp. Score 3 or Less ............8-59 | 40-14 The Sox went 5-2 on their last trip to Detroit (3-1) and New on the road (165-182 at Kauff man Stadium). March/April | May | June .......8-18 | 8-19 | 12-17 York-AL (2-1) from 8/23-29. July | August | September .......9-15 | 17-12 | 2-6 RAISED VS. THE ROYALS Average Time of Game ............................... 3:07 TONIGHT'S STORYLINES Matt Davidson is 17-45 (.378) with eight home runs and 14 UPCOMING PROBABLES The White Sox have lost fi ve consecutive games, their longest RBI in 12 games vs. Kansas City this season. AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS losing streak since 7/4-10 (six straight). He is tied with Albert Belle (1998) and José Valentín (2003) Monday: 7:15 p.m. CT | WGN-TV Chicago needs to win seven of its fi nal 19 games to avoid the for the most homers by a Sox vs. the Royals in a single season. RHP Lucas Giolito (10-10, 5.85) vs. fourth 100-loss season in franchise history (on pace to go 63-99). The last player to hit eight homers vs. a team was Adam Dunn RHP Jakob Junis (8-12, 4.32) vs. The Sox are 5-6 over the last 11 games vs. Kansas City after (2013 vs. Minnesota), and the last to hit nine was Roy Sievers Tuesday: 7:15 p.m. CT | NBCSCH winning the fi rst fi ve in the season series. (1960 vs. Washington) … Gus Zernial, who hit 11 vs. the St. Louis TBA vs. RHP Brad Keller (7-6, 3.14) The Sox have scored four runs or less in each of the last six Browns in 1950, owns the club record (STATS LLC). Wednesday: 7:15 p.m. CT | NBCSCH games (2.3 R/G), batting .205/.259/.300 with four homers … they LHP Carlos Rodón (6-5, 3.11) vs. have been held to fi ve hits or less three times during that span. LOOKING FOR CENTRAL COMMAND LHP Eric Skoglund (1-5, 6.45) Lucas Giolito is 3-0 with a 2.01 ERA (7 ER/31.1 IP), .191 aver- Chicago is 27-36 against the American League Central in 2018, WHITE SOX VS. KANSAS CITY (10-6) age and 1.05 WHIP in fi ve career starts (four QS) vs. the Royals. going 13-21 at Guaranteed Rate Field and 14-15 on the road. Date H/R Result WP LP Matt Davidson needs one home run to set a new club record The Sox need to win 11 of their fi nal 13 games vs. the division to record a .500 mark, and 12 to fi nish above .500. 3/29 R W, 14-7 Shields Duff y for homers vs. Kansas City in a single season. 3/31 R W, 4-3 Farquhar Maurer The White Sox have won four of the last six games, and 10 4/1 R Ppd.; rescheduled as DH on 4/28 ROSTER MOVE of the last 15 by a 76-66 margin … they have won three straight 4/26 R W, 6-3 Giolito Junis Prior to tonight’s game at Kansas City, Chicago reinstated 1B games and six of the last seven on the road. 4/27 R W, 7-4 (11) Infante Hill José Abreu from the disabled list … he was placed on the DL on The White Sox are 318-413 vs. the AL Central since 2009, 4/28 R W, 8-0 Fulmer Oaks 8/22 following successful surgery to relieve a testicular torsion. posting a losing record every season except 2012 (37-36). L, 2-5 Skoglund Covey 4/29 R L, 4-5 McCarthy Rondón Following the move, the Sox active roster increases to 31. PALKA POWER 7/13 H W, 9-6 Shields Keller 7/14 H L, 0-5 Duff y López LAST NIGHT'S RECAP Daniel Palka, who was claimed off waivers from Minnesota 7/15 H W, 10-1 Giolito Smith José Alvarez struck out pinch-hitter Nicky Delmonico with the on 11/4/17, ranks among the American League rookie leaders 7/31 H L, 2-4 Duff y Shields tying run on third base and the winning run on fi rst to close the in home runs (3rd, 21), RBI (3rd, 55), extra-base hits (T3rd, 38), 8/1 H L, 5-10 Junis Covey Angels' 1-0 win, completing a series sweep. total bases (5th, 168) and runs scored (T5th, 47). 8/2 H W, 6-4 Cedeño Adam Kole Calhoun drove in the only run of the game with a RBI Palka's 21 homers are the second-highest total in Sox history 8/17 H W, 9-3 Shields Hill single in the seventh off rookie Caleb Frare. by a LH rookie, one behind Pete Ward's club record of 22 in 1963. 8/18 H L, 1-3 Keller Covey Starter Reynaldo López received a ND despite allowing just two His three pinch-hit homers this season are tied with Oscar 8/19 H W, 7-6 Santiago Flynn 9/10 R 7:15 p.m. CT WGN-TV hits with a season-high tying 10 strikeouts over 6.0 scoreless IP Gamble (1977), John Romano (1959) and Ron Northey (1956) 9/11 R 7:15 p.m. CT NBCSCH … rookie Ian Hamilton (1 ER/0.2 IP) suff ered his fi rst MLB loss. for the White Sox franchise record, and his nine RBI are the most 9/12 R 7:15 p.m. CT NBCSCH Yoán Moncada (2-3) recorded the Sox only multihit eff ort. by a Sox pinch-hitter since Jerry Hairston in 1987 (10). The White Sox were limited to fi ve hits (all singles), did not SOX ON LAST HOMESTAND (3-7) walk, struck out 14 times, went 0-5 with RISP and left six on base. POWER AND SPEED vs. BOS | DET | LAA .....................2-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 Tim Anderson (18 HR/26 SB) is one of four players in the Runs Scored | Allowed ........................... 33 | 54 HOME AWAY FROM HOME major leagues with at least 18 home runs and 26 stolen bases AVG | OBP | SLG | HR ...... .252 | .308 | .379 | 9 ERA .................................