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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 (56-62) at SEATTLE MARINERS (61-55) Sox After 118/119 in 2013 ......... 46-72/46-73 Current Streak ....................................Won 1 LHP John Danks (9-7, 4.93) vs. RHP Erasmo Ramirez (1-5, 4.35) Current Trip ..............................................1-2 Last Homestand .......................................2-4 Game #119/Road #62 Sunday, August 10, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................4-6 Series Record .................................. 14-19-3 Series First Game ................................21-16 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE PAUL KONERKO’S FAREWELL SEASON First/Second Half........................45-51/11-11 The Chicago White Sox have lost four of their last fi ve games Paul Konerko is playing in his 18th and fi nal season, including 16 Home/Road ............................... 29-28/27-34 and six of eight as they continue a six-game, seven-day trip this with the White Sox … agreed to a one-year contract on 12/4/13. Day/Night .................................. 16-26/40-36 afternoon with the series fi nale in Seattle. His 16-season tenure with the White Sox is the second-longest with Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ........ 31-27/25-35 vs. RHS/LHS .............................39-47/17-15 LHP John Danks takes the mound for the White Sox, who a current team behind the Yankees’ Derek Jeter (20 seasons). vs. AL East ...........................................12-10 rallied last night for a 2-1 victory in 10 innings. 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 .......................................24-27 vs. AL West ..........................................10-17 Following today’s game and a day off tomorrow, the Sox (Frank Thomas), RBI (Thomas) and games played (Luke Appling). Interleague .............................................10-8 conclude the trip with two games in San Francisco (8/12-13). The White Sox captain was part of the 2005 World Series champi- Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading .........24/30 Chicago went 2-4 on its last homestand vs. Minnesota (1-2) onship team, was named the ALCS MVP and is a six-time All-Star. Extra innings ............................................3-5 and Texas (1-2) and 5-2 on its last trip to Minnesota (3-1) and One-run/two-run games .............. 20-18/9-13 Detroit (2-1). WHITE SOX VS. SEATTLE Ahead after 6/7/8................... 39-9/44-9/48-7 The season series is even at three games apiece … the White Trailing after 6/7/8 ................. 7-44/4-46/3-51 TODAY’S STORYLINES Tied after 6/7/8 ..........................10-9/8-7/5-4 Sox are hitting .174 (36-207) with a 2.79 ERA (18 ER/58.0 IP) LHP John Danks is 7-1 with a 1.59 ERA (12 ER/68.0 IP) over Sox/opp. quality start................. 38-25/19-36 and have been outscored, 22-16. his last nine starts against the Mariners and 4-1 with a 1.81 ERA Sox/opp. score fi rst ................... 38-20/18-42 Chicago is 30-10 against the Mariners since 2010 (12-6 at Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................... 44-23/14-55 (9 ER/44.2 IP) over his last six at Safeco Field. Safeco Field) and 58-32 since 2004. Sox/opp. score 3 or less.............. 12-39/42-7 The White Sox have been outscored, 56-15, over their last The White Sox lead the all-time series, 226-190 … they are Average time of game ............................3:09 seven games. 129-82 at home (76-45 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 97-108 on the Jose Abreu has hit safely in 27 of his last 28 road games, road (38-37 at Safeco Field). UPCOMING PROBABLES going 44-111 (.396) with nine home runs and 24 RBI. Alexei Ramirez is hitting .360 (18-60) with 11 RBI in his last AT SEATTLE MARINERS TEST VS. THE BEST Sunday: 3:10 p.m. CT, WGN 12 games. The White Sox are in a stretch where they play 15 consecutive LHP John Danks (9-7, 4.93) vs. RHP Erasmo Ramirez (1-5, 4.35) LAST NIGHT’S RECAP games vs. teams with winning records from 8/7-24 and 19 of 22 to end August. AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Conor Gillaspie hit an RBI single off Fernando Rodney with The Sox are 31-27 this season vs. teams with winning records Tuesday: 9:15 p.m. CT, WGN two outs in the 10th inning as the White Sox ended a four-game and 25-35 vs. sub-.500 teams. LHP Chris Sale (10-2, 2.14) vs. losing streak with a 2-1 victory. RHP Ryan Vogelsong (7-8, 3.77) Hector Noesi posted a no decision despite allowing one un- ROAD REVIVAL Wednesday: 2:45 p.m. CT, WGN earned run over 7.1 IP … Noesi is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (18.1 IP) RHP Scott Carroll (4-7, 4.81) vs. The White Sox have gone 12-8 (.600) on the road since 6/27, RHP Jake Peavy (0-3, 4.82) in four games (two starts) this season against his former team. tied with the Angels for the fourth-best winning percentage in the All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM Eric Surkamp recorded the fi nal out in the ninth for his fi rst American League. and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes victory with the White Sox, and Jake Petricka earned his eighth The Sox are 27-34 on the road this season, already surpass- save in 10 chances. ing their win total from 2013 when they went 26-55 (.321) to tie Alexei Ramirez went 2-4 with an RBI double, and Jose Abreu Miami for the lowest winning percentage in the major leagues. WHITE SOX VS. SEATTLE (3-3) collected two hits. Date H/R Result WP LP WEST COAST WOES THE CAPTAIN’S FAREWELL 7/4 H W, 7-1 Sale Elias The White Sox are 10-17 with a 5.22 ERA (137 ER/236.0 IP) 7/5 H L, 2-3 (14) Wilhelmsen Belisario Paul Konerko will make his fi nal career appearance today vs. the American League West in 2014 after combining to go 7/6 H W, 1-0 Noesi Walker against Seattle. 78-59 with a 3.52 ERA (480 ER/1,228.1 IP) from 2010-13. 8/7 R L, 3-13 Elias Carroll 8/8 R L, 1-4 Iwakuma Quintana Konerko is a .303 (145-479) hitter with 32 home runs and The Sox are 4-11 on the road vs. the AL West this season, 91 RBI in 128 career games vs. the Mariners and owns a .300 8/9 R W, 2-1 (10) Surkamp Rodney losing seven of their last eight by a combined 50-23 margin. 8/10 R 3:10 p.m. CT (66-220) average in 58 games at Safeco Field. He is one of eight active position players who played at The ONES THAT GOT AWAY Kingdome, joining Raul Ibanez, Derek Jeter, Jason Giambi, The White Sox have lost 30 games this season after holding SOX ON THE TRIP (1-2) Carlos Beltran, Torii Hunter, David Ortiz and A.J. Pierzynski … a lead, tied with Toronto for the second-highest total in the major at Sea./S.F......................................... 1-2/0-0 Average ................................... .206 (21-102) Konerko hit .235 (4-17) with two HR and 10 RBI in four games. leagues behind Texas (36). Home Runs .................................................2 FROM THE TRAINING ROOM The Sox have suffered 12 losses this season after holding Runs Scored/Allowed .............................6/18 a lead of two or more runs in the sixth inning or later, including ERA ..............................4.84 (14 ER/26.0 IP) OF Avisail Garcia (left shoulder), who has been on the dis- three when they led by four-plus runs in the eighth. Quality Starts...............................................1 abled list since 4/10, went 0-4 last night for Class AAA Charlotte vs. Pawtucket … Garcia is 13-30 (.433) in eight games on his FLOWERS IN BLOOM rehab assignment. BEST ROAD W-L SINCE 6/27 Tyler Flowers is batting .393 (24-61) with six doubles, three Club W-L Pct. RHP Matt Lindstrom (left ankle surgery), who has been on home runs, 13 RBI, eight runs scored and eight multihit efforts the disabled list since 5/20, has allowed seven runs on nine hits Tampa Bay 17-4 .810 in his last 19 games to raise his average from .213 to .248. Baltimore 12-6 .667 over 4.2 IP in four rehab outings (13.50 ERA). Flowers ranks second in the American League after the break Los Angeles-AL 11-7 .611 White Sox 12-8 .600 ON THE FARM in slugging percentage (.667), third in average (.386), and tied for eighth in on-base percentage (.435). Kansas City 12-9 .571 Class A Winston-Salem RHP Tyler Danish threw 6.0 hitless IP last night in a no decision at Lynchburg, striking out fi ve. QUALITY AND QUANTITY MLB LEADERS Danish, Chicago’s second-round pick in 2013, is 4-1 with a 0.81 The White Sox have made 1,033 quality starts since 2003, Player, Club HR ERA (4 ER/44.2 IP) and 40 strikeouts in his last eight starts.