CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2017 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 Manager: Billy Russo Coordinators: Joe Roti and Hannah Sundwall © 2017 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox CHICAGO WHITE SOX (30-36) at TORONTO BLUE JAYS (32-34) WHITE SOX 2017 BREAKDOWN Record ......................................................30-36 Sox After 66/67 in 2016 ..................33-33/33-34 RHP Mike Pelfrey (2-5, 3.88) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (7-2, 3.09) Current Streak .........................................Won 2 Game #67/Road #40 Saturday, June 17 12:07 p.m. CT Rogers Centre Last 10 Games .............................................5-5 Last Trip ........................................................1-0 TV: CSN | MLB Network Radio: WLS-AM 890 Spanish Radio: None Last Homestand ...........................................3-1 Series Record ..........................................8-11-2 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Series First Game.......................................8-14 WHITE SOX LIVE STREAMING INFORMATION First/Second Half ................................30-36/0-0 The Chicago White Sox have won four of their last fi ve games For the fi rst time in 2017, every White Sox game will be live streamed Home/Road ....................................15-12/15-24 as they continue a six-game, seven-day trip this afternoon in To- on phones, laptops and tablets … all CSN broadcasts will streamed live Opp. At-Above/Below .500 .............15-22/15-14 ronto … RHP Mike Pelfrey, who is 2-1 with a 2.08 ERA (6 ER/26.0 at CSNChicago.com/WhiteSoxStream and via the NBC Sports app. vs. AL East/Central/West ............7-10/18-18/3-4 IP) and 22 strikeouts over his last fi ve starts, is scheduled to start All out-of-market and WGN games will be live streamed through Interleague....................................................2-4 today for the White Sox. whitesox.com, MLB.TV and via the MLB.com At Bat app. Comeback W's/L's After Leading ..............11/14 Extra Innings.................................................3-2 The Sox opened the trip last night with an 11-4 victory over WHITE SOX VS. TORONTO One-Run/Two-Run Games .....................5-7/4-7 the Blue Jays, their fi fth straight win at Rogers Centre. Ahead After 6/7/8 ........................24-0/26-0/27-0 Following this three-game series and a day off on Monday, the The White Sox have won a club-record fi ve straight season Behind After 6/7/8 .......................2-35/2-35/0-33 Sox conclude the trip with three games in Minnesota (6/20-22). series against the Blue Jays (2012-16), going 25-13 in that span Tied After 6/7/8 .................................4-1/2-1/3-3 The White Sox went 3-1 on their last homestand vs. Baltimore (13-6 at Rogers Centre). Sox/Opp. Score First ......................20-12/10-24 (6/12-15) and 2-7 on their last trip to Detroit (0-3), Tampa Bay The Sox went 5-1 against the Blue Jays in 2016, batting Sox/Opp. Score 4+ ...........................25-13/8-32 .300/.359/.554 with a 3.33 ERA (20 ER/54.0 IP) and outscoring Sox/Opp. Score 3 or Less ..................5-23/22-4 (1-2) and Cleveland (1-2) from 6/2-11. April/May/June ..........................13-10/11-18/6-8 the Blue Jays, 36-20. Days in First/Second/Third Place ............5/6/16 TODAY'S STORYLINES Chicago's three-game sweep on 4/25-27 was its fi rst in To- Days in Fourth/Fifth Place ..........................37/9 The White Sox are hitting .290 (406-1,054) with 39 home ronto since 5/6-8/05. Average Time of Game ...............................3:07 runs and 157 runs scored (5.2 R/G) over the last 30 games. The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 188-200 … they are UPCOMING PROBABLES The Sox have won eight of their last nine games vs. Toronto 100-91 in Chicago (60-48 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 88-109 in AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS and are 25-11 dating back to 6/7/12 … they have won fi ve straight Toronto (55-69 at Rogers Centre). *Saturday: 12:07 p.m. CT, CSN* games at Rogers Centre (37-13 margin), two short of the club BUEHRLE TO BE IMMORTALIZED RHP Mike Pelfrey (2-5, 3.88) vs. record of seven set during the 1999-2000 seasons. RHP Marcus Stroman (7-2, 3.09) Melky Cabrera is hitting .421 (16-38) with six multihit eff orts The White Sox will honor Mark Buehrle on 6/24, retiring his *Sunday: 12:07 p.m. CT, WGN* over his last nine games and .359 (33-92) with fi ve home runs No. 56 jersey during a special tribute before the 1:10 p.m. game RHP James Shields (1-0, 1.62) vs. and 21 RBI over his last 23. vs. Oakland. LHP JA Happ (1-4, 4.31) Matt Davidson is 8-20 (.400) with two doubles, four homers Buehrle will be the 12th player to have his number retired AT MINNESOTA TWINS and eight RBI during his fi ve-game hitting streak. by the Sox, including former teammates Paul Konerko (2015) *Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WGN* José Abreu has reached base safely in 14 straight games and Hall-of-Famer Frank Thomas (2010), and the fi rst in major- LHP Derek Holland (5-6, 3.79) vs. TBA and is hitting .448 (13-29) with seven RBI and eight runs scored league history to have No. 56 retired. *Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN* A 38th-round pick in 1998, Buehrle went 161-119 with a 3.83 in his last seven. RHP Miguel González (4-8, 5.49) vs. ERA, 27 complete games (eight shutouts) and 1,396 strikeouts TBA LAST NIGHT'S RECAP over 390 appearances (365 starts) with the Sox from 2000-11, *Thursday: 12:10 p.m. CT, CSN* José Quintana allowed two runs over 7.0 IP, and Melky Ca- making four American League All-Star Teams and winning three LHP José Quintana (3-8, 5.07) vs. brera went 2-4 with a double, home run, career-high tying fi ve AL Gold Gloves. TBA RBI and three runs scored as the White Sox built an early 7-0 WHITE SOX VS. TORONTO (1-0) lead and went on to an 11-4 victory over Toronto. COMING UP ACES Date H/R Result WP LP Three products of the White Sox Amateur City Elite (ACE) Quintana, who entered the game with a major-league worst 6/16 R W, 11-4 Quintana Biagini 2.65 run support average, received 11 runs of support to end a program were selected in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft: 3B 6/17 R 12:07 p.m. CT CSN personal four-game losing streak. Donivan Williams by St. Louis in the 14th round (Richards High 6/18 R 12:07 p.m. CT WGN He improved to 5-0 with a 1.08 ERA (4 ER/33.1 IP) in fi ve School), OF Ro Coleman by Detroit in the 34th round (Vander- 7/31 H 7:10 p.m. CT CSN career starts at Rogers Centre and 6-2 with a 1.77 ERA (12 bilt) and LHP Angelo Smith by the Sox in the 40th round (Rich- 8/1 H 7:10 p.m. CT WGN ER/61.0 IP) in nine career starts against the Blue Jays … all ards High School). 8/2 H 1:10 p.m. CT CSN nine starts have been quality. ACE, celebrating its 10th anniversary, provides inner city WHITE SOX ON THE TRIP (1-0) Rookie Alen Hanson, a late insert into the starting lineup, led youth with the opportunity to play baseball at a highly competi- at TOR/MIN ............................................1-0/0-0 off and reached base safely four times, setting career highs with tive level while preparing them for success beyond the fi eld. Runs Scored/Allowed ................................. 11/4 three hits and three runs scored. AVG/OBP/SLG/HR ......................359/.395/.590 SEARCHING FOR QUALITY José Abreu went 2-5 with a double, triple and three RBI, and ERA ...................................... 4.00 (4 ER/9.0 IP) Omar Narváez tied his career high with three hits (second time), Chicago's starting rotation owns a 6.03 ERA (77 ER/115.0 Quality Starts ................................................... 1 IP) over the last 24 games, making just four quality starts. going 3-4 with a double and two runs scored … the Sox scored MLB AVERAGE LEADERS SINCE 5/16 The White Sox went a franhicse-record 13 consecutive 10-plus runs for the seventh time in 2017 (nine in 2016). Club AVG games without a quality start from 5/29-6/12, which was the lon- Chicago White Sox ....................................290 SOUTH SIDE HITMEN gest streak in the American League since Toronto also went 13 Colorado Rockies ........................................286 The White Sox are hitting .290/.344/.466 with 157 runs scored in a row from 6/8-22/12 (STATS LLC). New York Yankees .......................................285 (5.2 per game) in 30 games since 5/16 … the .290 average leads The Sox are tied for last in the American League with 23 Houston Astros ............................................281 the major leagues. quality starts this season after fi nishing second in 2016 with 95. Pittsburgh Pirates ........................................279 A breakdown of the Sox off ense in 2017: READYING FOR RETURNS AVI GARCÍA AMONG AL LEADERS Dates AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR OBP SLG OPS James Shields, who has been on the disabled list since 4/21 Category Rank No.