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 (56-89) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (49-95) Sox After 145 | 146 in 2017 ..........58-87 | 59-87 Streak ...................................................... Lost 6 LHP Carlos Rodón (6-5, 3.11) vs. LHP Eric Skoglund (1-5, 6.45) Current Trip...................................................0-2 Game #146 | Road #71 Wednesday, September 12 7:15 p.m. CT Kauffman Stadium Last Homestand ...........................................3-7 Last 10 Games .............................................2-8 NBC Sports Chicago WGN Radio 720-AM NBCSportsChicago.com MLB.TV Series Record ........................................13-27-8 Series First Game.....................................16-32 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. KANSAS CITY First | Second Half ........................33-62 | 23-27 Home | Road ................................28-47 | 28-42 The Chicago White Sox have lost seven consecutive games The White Sox lead the season series, 10-8, going 5-4 at Day | Night ....................................21-40 | 35-49 as they continue their penultimate trip of the season tonight with Guaranteed Rate Field and 5-4 at Kauffman Stadium. Opp. At-Above | Below .500 .........23-43 | 33-46 the series fi nale at Kansas City. Chicago is 5-8 over the last 13 games after winning the fi rst vs. RHS | LHS ..............................44-64 | 12-24 LHP Carlos Rodón, who has made fi ve straight quality starts fi ve of the season series in April. vs. AL East/Central/West ... 14-15 | 27-38 | 10-24 on the road, will take the mound for the White Sox. The Sox are hitting .280/.347/.502 with 33 home runs, own a Interleague..................................................5-12 Comeback W's | L's After Leading ..........30 | 40 The Sox have lost the fi rst two games of this series at Kauffman 3.69 ERA (66 ER/161.0 IP) and have made eight quality starts Extra Innings.................................................3-5 Stadium, scoring three runs in each contest. … they have outscored the Royals, 100-79. One-Run | Two-Run Games ...........13-23 | 8-14 Following tonight's series fi nale at the Royals and an off day The White Sox are 20-17 vs. Kansas City since 2017 after Ahead After 6 | 7 | 8 ..............43-11 | 42-9 | 48-5 tomorrow, the White Sox will continue the trip with three-game going 40-72 from 2011-16 … they are averaging 5.6 runs per Trailing After 6 | 7 | 8 ...............8-66 | 7-70 | 1-79 series at Baltimore (9/14-16) and Cleveland (9/18-20). game (207 runs) with 49 homers during the 37-game stretch. Tied After 6 | 7 | 8 .....................5-12 | 7-10 | 7-5 Sox | Opp. Score First ..................31-34 | 25-55 The Sox went 3-7 on their last homestand vs. Boston (2-2), The Sox lead the all-time series, 395-380 … they are 219- Sox | Opp. Score 4+ .....................48-28 | 16-75 Detroit (1-2) and the Angels (0-3) from 8/30-9/9 and 5-2 on their 174 at home (127-104 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and 176-206 Sox | Opp. Score 3 or Less ............8-61 | 40-14 last trip to Detroit (3-1) and New York-AL (2-1) from 8/23-29. on the road (165-184 at Kauffman Stadium). March/April | May | June .......8-18 | 8-19 | 12-17 July | August | September .......9-15 | 17-12 | 2-8 TONIGHT'S STORYLINES LOOKING FOR CENTRAL COMMAND Average Time of Game ............................... 3:07 The White Sox have lost seven consecutive games, one shy Chicago is 27-38 against the American League Central in 2018, UPCOMING PROBABLES of their season-long losing streak (eight from 6/14-22). going 13-21 at Guaranteed Rate Field and 14-17 on the road. AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS Chicago needs to win seven of its fi nal 17 games to avoid the The Sox need to win each of their fi nal 11 games vs. the divi- Wednesday: 7:15 p.m. CT | NBCSCH fourth 100-loss season in franchise history (on pace to go 63-99). sion to record a .500 mark this season. LHP Carlos Rodón (6-5, 3.11) vs. The Sox are 5-8 in the last 13 games vs. Kansas City after The White Sox have won 10 of the last 17 games by a 82-76 LHP Eric Skoglund (1-5, 6.45) winning the fi rst fi ve in 2018 … they are trying to avoid being margin … they have won three of the last fi ve games and six of AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES swept for the fi rst time since 7/21-23/17 at Kauffman Stadium. the last nine on the road. Friday: 6:05 p.m. CT | NBCSCH Chicago has scored four runs or less in each of the last eight The White Sox are 318-415 vs. the AL Central since 2009, RHP James Shields (6-16, 4.58) vs. games (2.5 R/G), its longest such streak since 7/22-30/17 (nine). posting a losing record every season except 2012 (37-36). TBA Carlos Rodón is 3-0 with a 2.34 ERA (9 ER/34.2 IP), .152 opp. Saturday: 6:05 p.m. CT | WGN-TV PALKA POWER RHP Reynaldo López (5-9, 4.22) vs. average, 1.04 WHIP and 26 strikeouts over his last fi ve road starts TBA Daniel Palka, who was claimed off waivers from Minnesota (fi ve QS) … he has allowed two runs or less four times. Sunday: 12:05 p.m. CT | NBCSCH Matt Davidson needs one home run to set a new club record on 11/4/17, ranks among the American League rookie leaders RHP Lucas Giolito (10-10, 5.76) vs. for homers vs. Kansas City in a single season. in home runs (3rd, 22), RBI (3rd, 57), extra-base hits (T3rd, 39), TBA total bases (5th, 173) and runs scored (5th, 48). WHITE SOX VS. KANSAS CITY (10-8) LAST NIGHT'S RECAP Palka's 22 homers are tied with Pete Ward (1963) for the most Date H/R Result WP LP Kansas City overcame an early one-run defi cit by scoring six by a left-handed hitting rookie in White Sox history. 3/29 R W, 14-7 Shields Duffy times from the third inning through the fi fth en route to a 6-3 win. His three pinch-hit homers this season are tied with Oscar 3/31 R W, 4-3 Farquhar Maurer Avisaíl García hit a RBI single in the third before the Royals Gamble (1977), John Romano (1959) and Ron Northey (1956) 4/1 R Ppd.; rescheduled as DH on 4/28 scored three in the third, one in the fourth and two in the fi fth. for the White Sox franchise record, and his nine RBI are the most 4/26 R W, 6-3 Giolito Junis Dylan Covey suffered the loss in his fi rst start since replacing by a Sox pinch-hitter since Jerry Hairston in 1987 (10). 4/27 R W, 7-4 (11) Infante Hill Michael Kopech in the Sox rotation … he allowed six runs (fi ve 4/28 R W, 8-0 Fulmer Oaks earned) on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 4.1 IP. POWER AND SPEED L, 2-5 Skoglund Covey 4/29 R L, 4-5 McCarthy Rondón Rob Scahill worked a scoreless eighth in his Sox debut. Tim Anderson (18 HR/26 SB) is one of four players in the major leagues with at least 18 home runs and 26 stolen bases 7/13 H W, 9-6 Shields Keller Tim Anderson went 1-4 with a RBI, and Yoán Moncada was 7/14 H L, 0-5 Duffy López 0-3 with two walks and a RBI … Chicago left eight runners on this season, joining Boston's Mookie Betts, Pittsburgh's Starling 7/15 H W, 10-1 Giolito Smith base, went 2-7 with RISP and struck out nine times. Marte and Cleveland's José Ramírez. 7/31 H L, 2-4 Duffy Shields Anderson is attempting to become the fi rst White Sox shortstop 8/1 H L, 5-10 Junis Covey RODÓN ON A ROLL to record a 20-HR/20-SB season, and could join Alex Ríos (2010) 8/2 H W, 6-4 Cedeño Adam Carlos Rodón is 5-2 with a 2.53 ERA (21 ER/74.2 IP), .171 opp. and Tommie Agee (1966) as the only players in franchise history 8/17 H W, 9-3 Shields Hill average and 1.04 WHIP in his last 11 starts (nine QS) … his 2.53 to post 20 homers and 30 steals in one season. 8/18 H L, 1-3 Keller Covey 8/19 H W, 7-6 Santiago Flynn ERA is third-lowest in the American League behind Cleveland's GRAB SOME BENCH 9/10 R L, 3-4 (11) Newberry Gomez Carlos Carrasco (2.43) and Boston's David Price (2.47). 9/11 R L, 3-6 Keller Covey Rodón's streak of nine straight quality starts while allowing Chicago has struck out 1,401 times in 2018, the most in MLB 9/12 R 7:15 p.m. CT NBCSCH fi ve hits or less from 7/5-8/27 was the longest such streak by a and the most in a single season in franchise history.