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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 Director: Bob Beghtol, 312-674-5303 Manager:G RayAME Garcia, 312-674-5306 N Coordinators:OTES Leni Depoister, 312-674-5300; Joe Roti, 312-674-5319 © 2014 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX 2014 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (72-84) at DETROIT TIGERS (86-70) Sox After 156/157 in 2013 .........62-94/62-95 Current Streak ....................................Won 2 RHP Scott Carroll (5-10, 5.01) vs. LHP David Price (14-12, 3.37) Current Trip ..............................................4-3 Last Homestand .......................................5-2 Game #157/Road #80 Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................6-4 Series Record .................................. 18-25-6 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Series First Game ................................28-22 PAUL KONERKO’S FAREWELL SEASON First/Second Half....................... 45-51/27-33 The Chicago White Sox have won four of their last six games, Paul Konerko is playing in his 18th and fi nal season, including 16 Home/Road ............................... 39-38/33-46 eight of their last 12 and nine of 14 overall as they continue their with the White Sox … agreed to a one-year contract on 12/4/13. Day/Night .................................. 23-32/49-52 fi nal trip of the season tonight at Detroit. His 16-season tenure with the White Sox is the second-longest with Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ........ 42-46/30-38 RHP Scott Carroll, who is making his 19th and fi nal start of a current team behind the Yankees’ Derek Jeter (20 seasons). vs. RHS/LHS .............................51-62/21-22 vs. AL East ...........................................16-18 the season, takes the mound for the White Sox. Ranks among the franchise leaders in virtually every offensive cate- gory … is the club leader in total bases and ranks second in home runs vs. AL Central .......................................32-38 The White Sox have six games remaining this season, includ- (Frank Thomas), RBI (Thomas) and games played (Luke Appling). vs. AL West ..........................................13-19 ing two on the road and four at U.S. Cellular Field. The White Sox captain was part of the 2005 World Series champi- Interleague .............................................11-9 Following this series at Comerica Park, the Sox will return onship team, was named the ALCS MVP and is a six-time All-Star. Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading .........35/40 home for the fi nal four games of 2014 vs. Kansas City. Extra innings ............................................6-8 WHITE SOX VS. DETROIT TIGERS One-run/two-run games ............ 27-23/12-20 Leading after 6/7/8 ..............50-10/56-9/60-7 TONIGHT’S STORYLINES The White Sox lead the season series, 9-8, and are looking to Trailing after 6/7/8 ............... 10-61/5-65/4-70 Chicago is 6-3 in its last nine games at Comerica Park after win three straight games for the fi rst time since 8/4-13/10 (three) Tied after 6/7/8 .................... 12-13/11-10/7-7 losing 14 of the previous 17 in Detroit … it is looking to win three … Chicago is 4-5 at home and 4-3 at Comerica Park in 2014. Sox/opp. quality start................. 50-35/29-54 straight over the Tigers for the fi rst time since 8/4-13/10 (3). The Sox are hitting .270 with 14 homers, own a 4.14 ERA (69 Sox/opp. score fi rst ................... 46-29/26-55 Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................... 55-28/20-72 The White Sox are looking to win three straight road games ER/150.0 IP) and have outscored the Tigers, 76-75, in 2014. Sox/opp. score 3 or less............ 17-56/52-12 for the fi rst time since 7/24-26 at Minnesota (also three). This series marks Paul Konerko’s fi nal games vs. the Tigers Average time of game ............................3:08 Jose Abreu ranks among the White Sox all-time rookie, single- … he leads active players with 45 HR and 152 RBI vs. Detroit. season leaders in home runs (T1st, 35) and RBI (3rd,105). The Sox have lost each of the last four season series, going UPCOMING PROBABLES Tyler Flowers is 14-46 (.304) with six home runs and 10 RBI 34-55 since 2010 (15-28 mark on the road). over his last 13 games (since 8/30) … he ranks second in homers Chicago trails in the all-time series, 1,023-1,054 … it has gone AT DETROIT TIGERS Tuesday: 6:08 p.m. CT, CSN and fourth in RBI among AL catchers during that span. 545-498 at home (108-83 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 478-556 in RHP Scott Carroll (5-10, 5.01) vs. Paul Konerko is a .288 hitter (257-893) with 45 home runs and Detroit (69-65 at Comerica Park). LHP David Price (14-12, 3.37) 153 RBI over 244 career games vs. Detroit. Wednesday: 12:08 p.m. CT, CSN BOUNCE BACK IN THE MOTOR CITY LHP Chris Sale (12-4, 2.20) vs. YESTERDAY’S RECAP The White Sox are 6-3 in the last nine games at Comerica RHP Justin Verlander (14-12, 4.68) Chris Bassitt worked 7.2 scoreless IP, and Tyler Flowers con- Park … they are hitting .290 (93-321) with nine homers and 47 VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS nected on a two-run home run to lead Chicago to a 2-0 win. runs scored (5.2 R/G) and own a 4.38 ERA (38 ER/78.0 IP). Thursday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN Bassitt allowed just six hits with one walk in his fi rst MLB win By contrast, the Sox went 3-14 over their previous 17 games RHP James Shields (14-8, 3.18) vs. … he became the fi rst Sox rookie to work 7.2 scoreless IP in his in Detroit from 5/4/12-9/21/13 … Chicago hit just .241, including a LHP Jose Quintana (9-22, 3.22) fi rst win since Brandon McCarthy on 8/30/05 at Texas (7.2 IP). .231 mark with RISP, and owned a 4.93 ERA (80 ER/146.0 IP). Friday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WCIU RHP Jeremy Guthrie (12-11, 4.28) vs. Flowers’ homer in the second extended his career-high mark RHP Hector Noesi (8-10, 4.39) to 15 … Carlos Sancez went 1-3 with a double and run scored. ABREU TIES CLUB RECORD Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT, CSN Jake Petricka retired all four batters he faced in the eighth and Jose Abreu hit his 35th home run in the ninth inning on 9/14 vs. LHP Danny Duffy (9-11, 2.32) vs. ninth to earn his 14 save of the season. Minnesota, tying Ron Kittle (1983) for the club rookie record. LHP John Danks (10-11, 4.82) He is just the 10th rookie in baseball history to hit 35 or more Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN HONORING THE CAPTAIN RHP Yordano Ventura (13-10, 3.19 + Tues.) homers in a season … he is tied for sixth all-time with Kittle, Mike vs. RHP Chris Bassitt (1-1, 3.65) The White Sox will honor retiring captain Paul Konerko prior Piazza (1993), Hal Trosky (1934) and Rudy York (1937). to their game on 9/27 vs. Kansas City … fi rst pitch is scheduled Abreu’s 35 home runs are the most by a player in his rookie All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes for 6:10 p.m. CT and fans are encouraged to arrive early. season since St. Louis’ Albert Pujols hit 37 in 2001. The pregame tribute will include a memorable presentation with special guests, celebratory team-issued gifts and videos. HARDWARE HOPEFULS SOX VS. DETROIT (9-8) Tickets are available at whitesox.com, by calling 866-SOX- SS Alexei Ramirez (Gold Glove® and Silver Slugger) and Date H/R Result WP LP GAME or visiting the U.S. Cellular Field box offi ce. Chris Sale (Cy Young) join 1B Jose Abreu (Rookie of the Year) 4/21 R W, 3-1 Danks Sanchez as candidates for American League postseason honors. 4/22 R L, 6-8 Verlander Leesman FIGHTING AT THE FINISH Ramirez leads AL shortstops in homers (15), RBI (72), extra- 4/23 R W, 6-4 Rienzo Reed The White Sox are 10-9 in September and attempting to record base hits (50) and slugging (.411), ranks second in OPS (.718) 4/24 R L, 4-7 Scherzer Quintana their second winning month in 2014 (14-12 in July). and ranks fourth in fi elding percentage (.978). 4/29 H L, 3-4 Chamberlain Belisario The Sox own a 3.44 ERA (65 ER/170.0 IP) this month, their Sale leads the AL in SO/9.0 IP (10.61), ranks second in ERA 4/30 H L, 1-5 Scherzer Noesi lowest monthly mark of the season (3.64 ERA in July) … the (2.20) and WHIP (0.96) and third in opponnents average (.205) 6/9 H W, 6-5 Noesi Porcello 6/10 H Ppd rain; rescheduled as DH on 8/30 starters have made 14 quality outings. … he is attempting to become the fi rst Sox pitcher to lead the 6/11 H W, 8-2 Danks Verlander By contrast, Chicago went 7-21 with a .236 average (226-956) AL in ERA since Joel Horlen in 1967 (2.08).