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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 (58-89) at BALTIMORE ORIOLES (42-105) Sox After 147 | 148 in 2017 ..........59-88 | 60-88 Streak ......................................................Won 2 RHP Reynaldo López (5-9, 4.22) vs. RHP Yefry Ramírez (1-5, 5.94) Current Trip...................................................2-2 Game #148 | Road #73 Saturday, September 15 6:05 p.m. CT Camden Yards Last Homestand ...........................................3-7 Last 10 Games .............................................3-7 WGN-TV WGN Radio 720-AM MLB.TV Series Record ........................................13-27-8 Series First Game.....................................17-32 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES First | Second Half ........................33-62 | 25-27 Home | Road ................................28-47 | 30-42 The Chicago White Sox have won two straight games following The White Sox lead the season series, 3-2, with two games Day | Night ....................................21-40 | 37-49 a seven-game losing streak as they continue their penultimate remaining in Baltimore. Opp. At-Above | Below .500 .........23-43 | 35-46 trip of the season tonight in Baltimore. The Sox are hitting .271/.352/.471 (46-170) with a 4.00 ERA vs. RHS | LHS ..............................45-64 | 13-24 RHP Reynaldo López, who is 1-0 with a 1.40 ERA (4 ER/25.2 (20 ER/45.0 IP) and have outscored the Orioles, 27-21. vs. AL East/Central/West ... 15-15 | 28-38 | 10-24 IP) and 29 strikeouts over his last four starts, will take the mound Chicago is 0-7-2 over the last nine season series since 2009, Interleague..................................................5-12 Comeback W's | L's After Leading .......... 31 | 40 for the White Sox. earning splits in 2011 and 2015 (last series win in 2008; 5-4). Extra Innings.................................................4-5 The Sox are 2-2 on the trip, posting an 8-6 victory last night The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 380-402 … they are One-Run | Two-Run Games .........13-23 | 10-14 against the Orioles after losing two of three games at Kansas 207-186 at home (63-55 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and 173-216 Ahead After 6 | 7 | 8 ..............44-11 | 43-9 | 49-5 City from 9/10-12. on the road (55-52 at Camden Yards). Trailing After 6 | 7 | 8 ...............8-66 | 7-70 | 1-79 Following this three-game series and an off day on Monday, Tied After 6 | 7 | 8 .....................6-12 | 8-10 | 8-5 EAST COAST VIBES Sox | Opp. Score First ..................32-34 | 26-55 the White Sox will conclude the trip with a three-game set at Sox | Opp. Score 4+ .....................50-28 | 17-75 The White Sox are 9-4 on the road vs. the American League Cleveland from 9/18-20. Sox | Opp. Score 3 or Less ............8-61 | 41-14 The Sox went 3-7 on their last homestand vs. Boston (2-2), East this season … they have won three of their four road series March/April | May | June .......8-18 | 8-19 | 12-17 Detroit (1-2) and the Angels (0-3) from 8/30-9/9 and 5-2 on their (went 1-2 from 4/2-4 at Toronto). July | August | September .......9-15 | 17-12 | 4-8 last trip to Detroit (3-1) and New York-AL (2-1) from 8/23-29. Sox pitchers own a 3.31 ERA (42 ER/114.1 IP), .210 opponents Average Time of Game ............................... 3:07 average and 107 strikeouts against the division on the road in UPCOMING PROBABLES TONIGHT'S STORYLINES 2018 … Sox starters have made seven quality starts over the AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES The White Sox need to win five of its final 15 games to avoid last eight road starts. Saturday: 6:05 p.m. CT | WGN-TV the fourth 100-loss season in franchise history. The Sox are 15-15 against the divison overall this season. RHP Reynaldo López (5-9, 4.22) vs. With a win, the Sox will secure their first season series victory RHP Yefry Ramírez (1-5, 5.94) over the Orioles since 2008 (5-4). PALKA POWER Sunday: 12:05 p.m. CT | NBCSCH RHP (10-10, 5.76) vs. The White Sox are 13-5 on the road since 8/3, the second-best Daniel Palka, who was claimed off waivers from Minnesota Lucas Giolito TBA record in the major leagues behind Houston (15-5) … they have on 11/4/17, ranks among the American League rookie leaders outscored their opponents, 91-71 during that span. in home runs (3rd, 22), RBI (3rd, 58), extra-base hits (4th, 39), AT CLEVELAND INDIANS total bases (5th, 175) and runs scored (5th, 49). Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CT | NBCSCH Reynaldo López is averaging 10.2 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (29 LHP (6-5, 3.10) vs. Palka's 22 homers are tied with Pete Ward (1963) for the most Carlos Rodón SO/25.2 IP) over his last four starts, up from 6.5 over his previous RHP Corey Kluber (18-7, 2.91) 16 outings. by a left-handed hitting rookie in White Sox history. Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT | WGN-TV Tim Anderson needs one home run to become the first White His three pinch-hit homers this season are tied with Oscar RHP Dylan Covey (5-13, 5.64) vs. Sox shortstop to record a 20-HR/20-SB season. Gamble (1977), John Romano (1959) and Ron Northey (1956) RHP Carlos Carrasco (16-8, 3.41) for the White Sox franchise record, and his nine RBI are the most Thursday: 7:10 p.m. CT | NBCSCH RHP (7-16, 4.53) vs. LAST NIGHT'S RECAP by a Sox pinch-hitter since Jerry Hairston in 1987 (10). James Shields RHP Josh Tomlin (1-5, 6.49) The White Sox built a 7-2 lead and then held off a late Baltimore rally to post an 8-6 victory in the series opener at Camden Yards. RODÓN ON A ROLL WHITE SOX VS. BALTIMORE (3-2) Ryan Cordell recorded his first major-league hit in the eighth Carlos Rodón is 5-2 with a 2.57 ERA (23 ER/80.2 IP), .177 Date H/R Result WP LP inning, a solo homer off Tanner Scott that traveled an estmated opp. average and 1.09 WHIP in his last 12 starts (10 QS) … his 5/21 H L, 2-3 Cashner Santiago 419 feet and extended the Sox lead to 8-6. 2.57 ERA during that span ranks fourth in the American League 5/22 H W, 3-2 Rondón Givens 5/23 H W, 11-1 Covey Cobb Omar Narváez and Avisaíl García each hit two-run homers for (see box at right). Rodón's streak of nine straight quality starts while allowing 5/24 H L, 3-9 Bundy Giolito the Sox, who improved to 13-5 over their last 18 road games … 9/14 R W, 8-6 Shields Ortiz five hits or less from 7/5-8/27 was the longest such streak by a Yoán Moncada reached base safely four times, going 3-4 with 9/15 R 6:05 p.m. CT WGN-TV a double, walk and run scored, and Daniel Palka was 2-4 with a White Sox pitcher since at least 1908 (Baseball Reference). 9/16 R 12:05 p.m. CT NBCSCH RBI and run scored. A breakdown of Rodón over his last 12 starts: WHITE SOX ON CURRENT TRIP (2-2) James Shields allowed two runs (both solo homers) on four Dates W-L ERA GS QS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG WHIP at K.C. | BAL | CLE .......................1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 hits over 6.0 IP as he recorded his first road victory since Opening 7/5- 5-2 2.57 12 10 80.2 49 25 23 7 39 62 .177 1.09 Runs Scored | Allowed ........................... 18 | 18 Day at Kansas City. AVG | OBP | SLG | HR ...... .207 | .294 | .400 | 7 Ian Hamilton (0.2 IP) and Jace Fry (1.0) posted holds, and REVOLVING CLOSING DOOR ERA .............................. 3.1550 (15 ER/38.0 IP) Nate Jones earned his first save since 5/22 vs. Baltimore. A White Sox franchise-record nine different pitchers have Quality Starts ................................................... 3 recorded at least one save this season, breaking the mark of HOMER HAPPY eight set five times (last 1988) … source: STATS LLC. BEST MLB ROAD RECORDS SINCE 8/3 The White Sox have hit 84 home runs in their last 64 games Only four of the nine pitchers currently are on the active roster, since 7/2, the fourth-highest total in the American League. and only Santiago has been with the club all season. Club W-L Pct. Houston Astros ........................ 15-5 ........... .750 The Sox, who feature six players with 17-plus homers this ABREU'S HISTORIC RUN Chicago White Sox ................ 13-5 ........... .722 season, are on pace to hit 101 on the road, which would be their Atlanta Braves ......................... 15-6 ........... .714 most since 1996 (119). José Abreu needs three homers to become the ninth player St. Louis Cardinals .................. 15-6 ........... .714 in MLB history with 25-plus homers in his first five-plus seasons. Oakland Athletics ....................... 9-5 ..........