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 (62-96) at MINNESOTA TWINS (74-84) Sox After 159 | 160 in 2017 ..........66-93 | 66-94 Streak ...................................................... Lost 1 Game 1: RHP Reynaldo López (7-9, 3.94) vs. RHP Chase De Jong (0-1, 3.86) Last Homestand ...........................................2-4 Game 2: RHP Lucas Giolito (10-12, 5.81) vs. RHP José Berríos (11-11, 3.93) Last Trip ........................................................4-5 Last 10 Games .............................................3-7 Game #159-160 | Road #78-79 Fri., Sept. 28 1:10 p.m. & 7:10 p.m. Target Field Series Record ........................................14-30-8 NBCSCH (GM 1) WGN-TV (GM 2) WGN 720-AM NBCSportsChicago.com MLB.TV Series First Game.....................................18-34 First | Second Half ........................33-62 | 29-34 Home | Road ................................30-51 | 32-45 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. MINNESOTA Day | Night ....................................22-42 | 40-54 The Chicago White Sox have lost seven of the last 10 games The Twins lead the season series, 8-7 … the Sox are 3-3 at Opp. At-Above | Below .500 .........26-49 | 36-47 and 14 of the last 20 as they open the fi nal series of the 2018 Target Field and went 4-5 at Guaranteed Rate Field. vs. RHS | LHS ..............................47-71 | 15-25 season with a split doubleheader at Minnesota. Game 1 today is the fi nal makeup from three snow postpone- vs. AL East/Central/West ...16-16 | 29-40 | 10-24 Interleague..................................................6-14 RHPs Reynaldo López and Lucas Giolito, who are making ments at Target Field from 4/13-15. Comeback W's | L's After Leading ..........33 | 41 their fi nal starts of the season, will take the mound for the Sox. The White Sox are batting .247/.304/.403 with 17 home runs, Extra Innings.................................................5-5 The Sox are currently in third place in the American League and own a 3.64 ERA (55 ER/136.0 IP) with eight quality starts One-Run | Two-Run Games .........15-23 | 11-15 Central, 1.5 games behind third-place Detroit (64-95). … both teams have scored 64 runs this season. Ahead After 6 | 7 | 8 ............47-12 | 46-10 | 51-6 The White Sox went 2-4 on their fi nal homestand of the sea- The Sox are 8-11 in the last 19 games at Target Field. Trailing After 6 | 7 | 8 ...............9-71 | 8-76 | 2-85 Tied After 6 | 7 | 8 .....................6-13 | 8-10 | 9-5 son, losing two of three to both the Cubs and Cleveland … they Chicago is 3-12-2 in the last 17 season matchups (2001-17). Sox | Opp. Score First ..................35-35 | 27-61 fi nished with a 30-51 record at Guaranteed Rate Field. The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 432-481 … they are Sox | Opp. Score 4+ .....................53-29 | 20-82 The White Sox went 4-5 on their last trip at the Indians (1-2), 234-223 at home (120-104 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and 198- Sox | Opp. Score 3 or Less ............9-67 | 42-14 Baltimore (2-1) and Kansas City (1-2). 258 on the road (39-43 at Target Field). March/April | May | June .......8-18 | 8-19 | 12-17 July | August | September .....9-15 | 17-12 | 8-15 TODAY'S STORYLINES LACK OF CENTRAL COMMAND Average Time of Game ............................... 3:08 The White Sox need to win one of their fi nal four games to Chicago is 30-42 against the American League Central in 2018, UPCOMING PROBABLES avoid the fourth 100-loss season in franchise history. going 14-23 at Guaranteed Rate Field and 15-20 on the road. AT MINNESOTA TWINS The Sox are 15-8 (.652) on the road since 8/3, the fourth-best The White Sox will record a losing record vs. the AL Central Friday (Game 1): 1:10 p.m. CT | WGN-TV mark in MLB … pitchers own a 3.57 ERA (82 ER/206.2 IP) and for the sixth consecutive season. RHP Reynaldo López (7-9, 3.94) vs. .233 opponents average with 16 quality starts during that span. The Sox have lost eight of the last 11 overall but won 13 of 24. RHP José Berríos* (11-11, 3.93) Chicago has won six of the last nine games vs. Minnesota Chicago is 8-5 over the last 13 road games vs. the division. Friday (Game 2): 7:10 p.m CT | NBCSCH RHP Lucas Giolito (10-12, 5.81) vs. after losing fi ve of the fi rst six to start the season series. The White Sox are 320-420 vs. the AL Central since 2009, RHP Chase De Jong* (0-1, 3.86) The Sox are hitting .221/.281/.345 with 20 homers and 64 runs posting a losing record every season except 2012 (37-36). Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT | NBCSCH scored (3.2 R/G) in the last 20 games … have left 138 runners LHP Carlos Rodón (6-7, 3.61) vs. on base and own a .237 RISP mark (32-135) during that span. (DIS)COMFORT OF HOME RHP Kyle Gibson (9-13, 3.68) Reynaldo López is 3-0 with a 0.79 (3 ER/34.0 IP), 20 hits al- The White Sox lost nine of their last 11 games at Guaranteed Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT | WGN-TV Rate Field and fi nished 30-51 (.370) at home this season, the RHP Dylan Covey (5-13, 5.06) vs. lowed, 36 strikeouts, a .165 opponents average and 0.76 WHIP RHP Zack Littell (0-2, 7.04) over his last fi ve starts (see note below). second-worst mark in MLB ahead of Baltimore (27-50, .351). Lucas Giolito has worked at least 6.0 IP in each of his last This season marks the Sox fourth-worst home record in club SOX ON LAST HOMESTAND (2-4) eight road starts, going 4-2 with a 3.44 ERA (20 ER/52.1 IP), history, ahead of 1948 (27-48), 1932 (28-49) and 1970 (31-53). vs. CUBS | CLE ....................................1-2 | 1-2 .212 opponents average and seven quality starts. Chicago will fi nish with a sub-.500 record at home for the fi fth Runs Scored | Allowed ........................... 21 | 36 time in the last six seasons (45-36 in 2016). AVG | OBP | SLG | HR ...... .246 | .287 | .340 | 4 LAST NIGHT'S RECAP ERA | QS ..................... 5.83 (35 ER/54.0 IP) | 2 Cleveland scored 10 unanswered runs from the fi rst inning HOMER HAPPY BEST ROAD RECORDS IN through the sixth in its 10-2, series-clinching win. The Sox have hit 96 homers since 7/2, tied for the fourth- MLB SINCE 8/3 Francisco Lindor hit a leadoff home run to open the scoring, highest total in the American League and tied for seventh in MLB. Club W-L Pct. and the Indians added one run in the third, three in the fourth, The White Sox feature six players with 17-plus home runs this Houston Astros ........................ 17-6 ........... .739 two in the fi fth and three in the sixth. season, tied for the third-most in MLB (Dodgers, 8; Yankees 7). St. Louis Cardinals .................. 17-7 ........... .708 Jace Fry (1 ER/1.0 IP) suff ered the loss after making his fi rst Chicago has hit 98 HRs on the road, compared to 82 at home. Atlanta Braves ......................... 16-8 ........... .667 Chicago White Sox ................15-8 ........... .652 career start as part of a "bullpen day" for the White Sox. POWER AND SPEED Tampa Bay Rays ..................... 15-9 ........... .625 Kevan Smith and Adam Engel drove in the Sox only runs with Tim Anderson (20 HR/26 SB) is the fi rst White Sox shortstop to RBI singles in the ninth. MLB ERA LEADERS SINCE 8/29 record a 20-HR/20-SB season … he is four steals shy of joining Chicago struck out 13 times, recorded fi ve singles (six hits Pitcher, Club ERA Alex Ríos (2010) and Tommie Agee (1966) as the only Sox to total), went 2-8 with RISP and left eight runners on base. Reynaldo López, SOX .............................. 0.79 post 20 homers and 30 steals in one season. Luis Castíllo, CIN ........................................1.09 LET'S PLAY TWO Anderson, Boston's Mookie Betts, Cleveland's José Ramírez Blake Snell, T.B. ......................................... 1.17 Jon Lester, CUBS .......................................1.52 The White Sox are playing their fourth doubleheader of the and Colorado's Trevor Story are the only players in MLB with at Jameson Taillon, PIT .................................. 1.64 season and second at home … the Sox split twinbills on 4/28 at least 20 home runs and 25 stolen bases this season. ROOKIE HOME RUN LEADERS Kansas City, 6/5 at Minnesota and 6/22 vs. Oakland. PALKA POWER Below is additional White Sox doubleheader information: Player, Club 2018 Last time the Sox swept a DH: 9/13/14 vs. Minnesota. Daniel Palka is tied with Zeke Bonura (1934) for third place in Daniel Palka, SOX ........................................27 Last time the Sox were swept in a DH: 7/1/14 vs. Los Angeles-AL. White Sox single-season history among rookies with 27 home Ronald Acuña Jr., ATL ..................................