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CHICAGO WHITE SOX 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 Coordinators: Joe Roti and Megan Golden © 2016 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX 2016 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (1-0) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0-1) Streak ......................................................Won 1 Current Trip...................................................1-0 LHP Jose Quintana (NR) vs. RHP Chris Bassitt (NR) Last Homestand .......................................... N/A Last 10 Games .............................................1-0 Game #2/Road #2 Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Series Record ............................................0-0-0 Series First Game.........................................1-0 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. OAKLAND First/Second Half ....................................1-0/0-0 Home/Road ............................................0-0/1-0 The Chicago White Sox continue the 2016 season tonight The White Sox posted a 4-3 victory last night to improve to Opp. Above/At-Below .500 .....................0-0/1-0 against the Oakland Athletics … LHP Jose Quintana, who ranked 2-2 all-time vs. Oakland on Opening Day. vs. AL East/Central/West ..................0-0/0-0/1-0 second in the American League with 25 quality starts in 2015, The Sox have won 12 of their last 17 games overall against Interleague....................................................0-0 takes the mound for the White Sox. the A's, including fi ve in a row at The Coliseum after losing the Comeback W's/L's After Leading ..................0/0 Extra Innings.................................................0-0 Quintana will be followed tomorrow by LHP Carlos Rodon and previous seven. One-Run/Two-Run Games .....................1-0/0-0 RHP Mat Latos in Thursday's fi nale. Chicago went 5-2 against Oakland last season (3-0 at The Ahead After 6/7/8 ..............................1-0/1-0/1-0 Following this four-game series, the White Sox open the home Coliseum) and won back-to-back season series (2014-15) against Behind After 6/7/8 .............................0-0/0-0/0-0 portion of their schedule with three games vs. Cleveland (4/8-10) the A’s for the fi rst time since 1993-95. Tied After 6/7/8 .................................0-0/0-0/0-0 before taking a six-game, seven-day trip to Minnesota (4/11-14) The White Sox trail the all-time series, 282-300 … they are Sox/Opp. Score First ..............................1-0/0-0 and Tampa Bay (4/15-17). 147-142 at home (88-82 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 135-158 on Sox/Opp. Score 4+ .................................1-0/0-0 Sox/Opp. Score 3 or Less ......................0-0/1-0 The Sox have one off day in April (4/12) before beginning a the road. April/May/June ..................................1-0/0-0/0-0 stretch of 19 straight games without an off day from 4/13-5/1 … July/August/Sept.-Oct. ......................0-0/0-0/0-0 they play 17 of their fi rst 27 games on the road and nine of their FAMILIAR FACES Average Time of Game ............................... 2:56 fi rst 42 outside the AL Central division. This series marks the return of shortstop Jimmy Rollins and coaches Todd Steverson and Greg Sparks to the Bay Area. UPCOMING PROBABLES TONIGHT'S STORYLINES Rollins graduated in 1996 from Encinal High School in Alam- AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS The White Sox are looking to start 2-0 for the third time in the eda and was selected by Philadelphia in the second round of Tuesday: 9:05 p.m. CDT, WGN LHP Jose Quintana (9-10, 3.36) vs. last four seasons and 2-0 on the road for the fi rst time since 2011. the 1996 draft. RHP Chris Bassitt (1-8, 3.56) The Sox have won fi ve straight games at The Coliseum fol- Steverson worked nine seasons in the Oakland organization, Wednesday: 9:05 p.m. CDT, CSN/ESPN lowing a seven-game losing streak … they are looking for their including two as the A’s fi rst base coach and two as the minor- LHP Carlos Rodon (9-6, 3.75) vs. fi rst six-game winning streak in Oakland since 8/3/89-9/18/90. league hitting coordinator. RHP Sonny Gray (14-7, 2.73) Jose Quintana, who makes his second career start at The Sparks spent 19 seasons (1997-2015) in the Athletics orga- Thursday: 2:35 p.m. CDT, CSN Coliseum, is 11-7 with a 2.88 ERA (52 ER/162.1 IP) over his last nization, including nine as the minor-league hitting coordinator. RHP Mat Latos (4-10, 4.95) vs. RHP Kendall Graveman (6-9, 4.05) 25 road starts dating back to 6/19/14. Adam Eaton has reached base safely in 23 consecutive games A BUSY OFFSEASON VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS dating back to 9/9/15, hitting .376 (35-93) with a .453 on-base The White Sox Opening Day roster featured eight players who Friday: 3:10 p.m. CDT, CSN RHP Cody Anderson (NR) vs. percentage and a .980 OPS. were acquired in the off season, compared to 12 in 2015. LHP John Danks (NR) C Alex Avila (11/25), C Dioner Navarro (12/4), RHP Mat Latos Saturday: 1:10 p.m. CDT, WGN LAST NIGHT'S RECAP (2/9), SS Jimmy Rollins (2/22) and OF Austin Jackson (3/7) were RHP Josh Tomlin (NR) vs. The White Sox scored all four of their runs in the third inning signed as free agents. LHP Chris Sale (1-0, 3.86) vs. and held on for a 4-3 victory over Oakland. INF Brett Lawrie (12/9 from Oakland) and INF Todd Frazier Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CDT, CSN Chris Sale earned the victory, allowing three runs on seven (12/16 from Cincinnati) were acquired via trade … INF/OF Jerry RHP Corey Kluber (pitching today) vs. hits with eight strikeouts over 7.0 IP … four relievers combined Sands (12/23 from Cleveland) was claimed off waivers. LHP Jose Quintana (pitching tonight) for 2.0 scoreless IP, with Zach Duke (0.1) and Nate Jones (0.2) All games carried on WLS-AM 890 and posting holds and David Robertson (1.0) earning the save. QUALITY IS JOB ONE select games in Spanish on WRTO-AM 1200 Adam Eaton gave the Sox a 1-0 lead with a RBI triple, Jimmy The White Sox have made 1,158 quality starts since the SOX VS. OAKLAND (1-0) Rollins followed with a RBI single and 1B Mark Canha's error start of the 2003 season, the second-highest total in the major Date H/R Result WP LP allowed two more runs to score. leagues behind the Mets (1,163). 4/4 R W, 4-3 Sale Hill The Sox led the American League with 98 quality starts in Rollins, 3B Todd Frazier, 2B Brett Lawrie, C Dioner Navarro 4/5 R 9:05 p.m. CT and CF Austin Jackson made their White Sox debuts. 2015, their highest total since 2003 (also 98) … Jose Quintana 4/6 R 9:05 p.m. CT (2nd, 25) and Chris Sale (5th, 23) ranked second and fi fth in the 4/7 R 2:35 p.m. CT OPENING DAY LEFTOVERS AL in 2015. 8/19 H 7:10 p.m. CT The White Sox have won six of their last eight season openers 8/20 H 6:10 p.m. CT to improve to 61-55 overall. ABREU IN ELITE COMPANY 8/21 H 1:10 p.m. CT Chris Sale improved to 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA (6 ER/22.0 IP) Jose Abreu (2014-15) and Albert Pujols (2001-02) are the SOX ON THE TRIP (1-0) only players in major-league history to record 30-plus home and 23 strikeouts in three career Opening Day starts. at Oak. ..........................................................1-0 SS Jimmy Rollins made his 16th consecutive Opening Day runs and 100-plus RBI in each of his fi rst two seasons. Runs Scored/Allowed ...................................4/3 start, tied with Albert Pujols for the longest active streak in the Abreu batted .290 with 30 homers and 101 RBI last season Average/OBP/SLG ..................... .212/.278/.303 major leagues … Rollins (37 years, 126 days) became the Sox after hitting .317 with 36 and 107 as a rookie in 2014. Home Runs...................................................... 0 oldest Opening Day shortstop since Luke Appling (42 years, 17 Pujols accomplished the feat in each of his fi rst 10 seasons ERA ...................................... 3.00 (3 ER/9.0 IP) days) in 1949. before the streak ended in 2011. Quality Starts ................................................... 1 Adam Eaton became the fi rst left-handed hitter to start in right AL QUALITY STARTS LEADERS HONORING EDDIE fi eld for Chicago on Opening Day since Harold Baines in 1987. Club 2015-16 The White Sox mourn the loss of sports broadcasting legend White Sox ..................................................... 99 HOW THE WEST WAS WON and long-time Sox executive Eddie Einhorn, who passed away Houston ......................................................... 94 The White Sox are 22-12 (.636) vs. the American League on 2/23/16 from complications involving a stroke. Cleveland.......................................................91 West since 2015, the second-best winning percentage in the Einhorn, who was 80 years old, served as vice chairman of Seattle ........................................................... 89 major leagues behind San Francisco (.650). the White Sox for 25 years and was the team’s president and Los Angeles-AL ............................................. 88 Sox pitchers have recorded a 3.32 ERA (117 ER/317.1 IP) chief operating offi cer from 1981-90 … he also was a member Pitcher, Club 2015 and have made 27 quality starts in 34 games.