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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 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (64-60) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (58-65) Sox After 123/124 in 2013 .........49-74/50-74 Current Streak .....................................Lost 1 RHP Drew Hutchison (8-10, 4.60) vs. RHP Scott Carroll (4-7, 4.81) Current Homestand ..................................1-1 Last Trip ...................................................2-4 Game #124/Home #60 Sunday, August 17, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................3-7 Series Record .................................. 14-20-4 Series First Game ................................23-16 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE PAUL KONERKO’S FAREWELL SEASON First/Second Half....................... 45-51/13-14 The Chicago White Sox have lost nine of their last 13 games Paul Konerko is playing in his 18th and fi nal season, including 16 Home/Road ............................... 30-29/28-36 as they continue a six-game homestand this afternoon with the with the White Sox … agreed to a one-year contract on 12/4/13. Day/Night .................................. 16-28/42-37 fi nale vs. Toronto. His 16-season tenure with the White Sox is the second-longest with Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ........ 33-30/25-35 vs. RHS/LHS .............................41-49/17-16 RHP Scott Carroll takes the mound for the White Sox, who a current team behind the Yankees’ Derek Jeter (20 seasons). vs. AL East ...........................................13-11 collected 17 hits in an 11-5 victory on Friday before dropping a 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 ..........................................10-18 6-3 decision last night. (Frank Thomas), RBI (Thomas) and games played (Luke Appling). Interleague .............................................11-9 Following today’s game, the Sox conclude the homestand The White Sox captain was part of the 2005 World Series champi- Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading .........25/31 with three vs Baltimore (8/18-20) … after a day off on 8/21, they onship team, was named the ALCS MVP and is a six-time All-Star. Extra innings ............................................4-5 take a three-game trip to Yankee Stadium (8/22-24). One-run/two-run games .............. 21-18/9-14 Chicago went 2-4 on its last trip to Seattle (1-4) and San WHITE SOX VS. TORONTO Ahead after 6/7/8................. 41-10/46-9/50-7 Francisco (1-1) from 8/7-13 and 2-4 on its last homestand vs. The White Sox have won four of the last fi ve games to take Trailing after 6/7/8 ................. 7-45/4-49/3-54 Minnesota (1-2) and Texas (1-2) from 8/1-6. Tied after 6/7/8 ........................10-10/8-7/5-4 a 4-2 lead in the season matchup and clinch their third straight Sox/opp. quality start................. 39-26/20-37 TODAY’S STORYLINES season victory over the Blue Jays. Sox/opp. score fi rst ................... 39-21/19-44 The Sox are batting .271 (56-207) with a 3.73 ERA (22 ER/53.0 Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................... 45-23/15-58 Paul Konerko will make his fi nal career appearance today IP) and have outscored Toronto, 27-25. Sox/opp. score 3 or less.............. 13-42/43-7 against Toronto. Chicago is 14-9 against the Blue Jays since 2012. Average time of game ............................3:08 The Sox have won four of their last fi ve games against Toronto The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 177-196 … they are and 11 of their last 17. 94-89 at home (54-46 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 83-107 on the UPCOMING PROBABLES Chicago is batting .320 (88-275) with 39 runs scored in eight road (50-67 at Rogers Centre). home games during August. VS. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, WGN Jose Abreu is hitting .417 (10-24) with two home runs and six EDGE VS. THE EAST RHP Drew Hutchison (8-10, 4.60) vs. RBI in six games vs. Toronto this season. The White Sox are 13-11 vs. American League East teams in RHP Scott Carroll (4-7, 4.81) LAST NIGHT’S RECAP 2014, compared to 14-19 last season. VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES The Sox are 1-2 vs. Baltimore, 3-4 vs. Boston, 2-2 vs. New Monday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN Toronto scored three runs off Matt Lindstrom in the seventh York, 3-1 vs. Tampa Bay and 4-2 vs. Toronto. RHP Bud Norris (10-7, 3.75) vs. inning to break a 3-3 tie and went on to a 6-3 victory, snapping LHP Chris Sale (10-2, 2.01) Sox starters have recorded a 2.79 ERA (46 ER/148.1 IP) vs. a four-game losing streak to the White Sox. Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN+ the AL East. Lindstrom, making his second appearance since returning from RHP Chris Tillman (9-5, 3.68) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (6-9, 3.14) the disabled list, gave up four straight hits to start the seventh. SMOOTH SALE-ING Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN The Sox tied the game in the sixth with three runs off Mark LHP Chris Sale leads the American League in winning percent- TBA vs. Buehrle, including RBI singles from Avisail Garcia and Paul RHP Hector Noesi (7-8, 4.84) age (.833) and ranks second in ERA (2.01) and WHIP (0.88) and Konerko … Garcia, who was reinstated from the disabled list third in strikeouts per 9.0 IP (10.38), opponents average (.196) All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM prior to the game, went 2-4 with a double, RBI and run scored in and opponents OPS (.522). and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes his fi rst game since 4/9 at Colorado. Sale, who is attempting to become the fi rst White Sox pitcher Buehrle made his third career start against the Sox and his to lead the AL in ERA since Joel Horlen in 1967 (2.08), threw 8.0 SOX VS. TORONTO (4-2) fi rst as a visitor at U.S. Cellular Field. scoreless IP with a season-high tying 12 strikeouts in his last start Date H/R Result WP LP FOLLOW THE LEADER on 8/12 at San Francisco to lower his ERA to 2.01, second-best 6/26 R L, 0-7 Happ Carroll in the AL behind Seattle’s Felix Hernandez (1.99). 6/27 R W, 5-4 Danks Dickey Conor Gillaspie (7th, .311), Jose Abreu (10th, .306) and Adam He has struck out 12-plus batters a franchise-record nine times 6/28 R W, 4-3 Sale McGowan Eaton (11th, .304) rank among the American League leaders in and has fanned 10 or more 16 times, second-most in franchise 6/29 R W, 4-0 Quintana Buehrle batting average this season. history behind Ed Walsh (17). 8/15 H W, 11-5 Noesi Stroman According to STATS LLC, the last time two White Sox players 8/16 H L, 3-6 Cecil Lindstrom fi nished in the Top 10 in the AL in average was 1993 when Frank TEST VS. THE BEST 8/17 H 1:10 p.m. CT Thomas (.317) was sixth and Lance Johnson (.311) was 10th. The White Sox are in a stretch where they play 15 consecutive The last time three or more Sox fi nished among the AL leaders games vs. teams with winning records from 8/7-24 and 19 of 22 SOX ON THE HOMESTAND (1-1) in average was 1960: Al Smith, (2nd, .315), Minnie Minoso (3rd, to end August (3-5 so far). vs. Tor./Bal. ........................................ 1-1/0-0 .311), Roy Sievers (6th, .295) and Nellie Fox (9th, .289). Average ..................................... .365 (27-74) The Sox are 33-30 this season vs. teams with winning records Home Runs .................................................0 ON THE FARM and 25-35 vs. sub-.500 teams. Runs Scored/Allowed ...........................14/11 LHP Carlos Rodon, the No. 3 overall pick in the June draft, ERA ..............................5.50 (11 ER/18.0 IP) ONES THAT GOT AWAY Quality Starts...............................................1 has been promoted from Class A Winston-Salem to Class AAA Charlotte, where he will start on Tuesday vs. Gwinnett. The White Sox have lost 31 games this season after holding Rodon posted a 1.96 ERA (2 ER/9.2 IP) with 15 strikeouts in a lead, the fourth-highest total in the major leagues behind Texas MLB LEADERS (37), Arizona (33) and Toronto (33). four games (two starts) at Winston-Salem. Player, Club HR The Sox have suffered 12 losses this season after holding Class A Kannapolis RHP Andre Wheeler has thrown 17.0 Jose Abreu, SOX 31 consecutive scoreless IP over his last four games (three starts), a lead of two or more runs in the sixth inning or later, including Nelson Cruz, BAL 31 including 5.0 IP last night in a victory at Greensboro. three when they led by four-plus runs in the eighth. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 31 Wheeler, the Sox 15th-round pick in 2013, has gone 3-3 with QUALITY AND QUANTITY Player, Club RBI a 2.99 ERA (29 ER/87.1 IP) and 99 strikeouts in 26 games (14 David Ortiz, BOS 91 The White Sox have made 1,035 quality starts since 2003, starts) with Kannapolis this season.