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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 DETROIT TIGERS (13-9) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (14-14) Sox After 28/29 in 2013 .............12-16/12-17 Current Streak .....................................Lost 1 RHP Max Scherzer (2-1, 2.45) vs. RHP Hector Noesi (0-1, 11.74) Current Homestand ..................................3-2 Last Trip ...................................................3-4 Game #29/Home #16 Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................6-4 Series Record ...................................... 3-4-1 Series First Game ....................................5-4 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE COUNTDOWN TO COOPERSTOWN First/Second Half........................... 14-14/0-0 The Chicago White Sox conclude a six-game homestand Frank Thomas will be inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame on July Home/Road ....................................... 9-6/5-8 this afternoon vs. Detroit … right-hander Hector Noesi starts for 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y. … joining Thomas in the Class of 2014 are Day/Night .......................................... 6-6/8-8 the White Sox, who are in fourth place in the American League pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux and managers Bobby Cox, Opp. Above/Below .500..................... 9-5/5-9 Tony La Russa and Joe Torre. vs. RHS/LHS .................................10-10/4-4 Central, 2.0 games behind the Tigers. vs. AL East ...............................................4-3 The Sox are 3-2 on this homestand, winning three of four “The Big Hurt”, the White Sox all-time leader in most offensive cat- egories, is one of four players in major-league history with a career .300 vs. AL Central ...........................................8-7 vs. AL West ..............................................1-2 games from Tampa Bay by a combined 25-15 margin before average, 500 home runs, 1,500 RBI and 1,000 runs scored and 1,500 Interleague ...............................................1-2 suffering a 4-3 loss last night. walks, joining Mel Ott, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams. Following today’s game and a day off tomorrow, the Sox take Comeback Wins/Losses...........................8/8 Extra innings ............................................1-1 a three-game trip to Cleveland before returning to Chicago for WHITE SOX VS. DETROIT One-run/two-run games .................... 3-3/3-4 four games vs. the Cubs, with two games at Wrigley Field (5/5-6) Detroit leads the season series, 3-2. Ahead after 6/7/8..................... 8-2/10-2/11-2 and two at U.S. Cellular Field (5/7-8). Chicago is hitting .269 (46-171) with a 4.81 ERA (23 ER/43.0 Trailing after 6/7/8 ..................... 2-8/1-9/1-10 Tied after 6/7/8 ............................4-4/3-3/2-2 The White Sox went 3-4 on their last trip to Texas (1-2) and IP) this season and has been outscored by Detroit, 24-22. Detroit (2-2). Sox/opp. quality start......................... 9-6/6-7 The White Sox are 21-48 against the Tigers since 8/14/10, Sox/opp. score fi rst ........................... 8-5/6-9 TODAY’S STORYLINES including a 12-22 record at U.S. Cellular Field. Sox/opp. score 4+ ......................... 12-7/4-13 The Sox trail in the all-time series, 1,016-1,049 … they are Sox/opp. score 3 or less.................... 2-7/9-2 Hector Noesi is scheduled to make his fi rst major-league start 541-494 at home (104-79 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 475-555 in Average time of game ............................3:17 since 5/16/13 at Yankee Stadium with Seattle. Detroit (66-64 at Comerica Park). The White Sox are averaging 5.46 runs per game, tied with UPCOMING PROBABLES Colorado for second-most in the majors. POSITIVE EARLY RETURNS The Sox bullpen has not allowed an earned run in 11.0 IP over T CLEVELAND INDIANS The White Sox lead the American League in OPS (.772) and Friday: 6:05 p.m. CDT, CSN the last four games. rank among the leaders in doubles (T1st, 55), runs per game LHP John Danks (2-1, 3.48) vs. Jose Abreu has set major-league rookie records with 10 home (2nd, 5.46), slugging percentage (2nd, .436), average (2nd, .272) RHP Danny Salazar (0-3, 6.04) runs and 32 RBI through April. Saturday: 5:05 p.m. CDT, CSN and home runs (T2nd, 32). Alexei Ramirez is tied with Paul Konerko for the franchise RHP Scott Carroll (1-0, 1.23) vs. The Sox have scored 153 runs, up from 97 at the same point record with 39 hits in April. RHP Justin Masterson (0-1, 4.84) in 2013 … they have scored six-plus runs 12 times, collected Sunday: 12:05 p.m. CDT, WCIU LAST NIGHT’S RECAP 10-plus hits 13 times and lead the major leagues with 66 runs RHP Andre Rienzo (2-0, 4.05) vs. RHP Corey Kluber (2-3, 4.14) Catcher Bryan Holaday’s bunt single off Ronald Belisario scored from the seventh inning on. with two outs in the ninth inning scored Austin Jackson with an The Sox offense after 28 games in 2013 and 2014: All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes unearned run as Detroit rallied for a 4-3 victory. Year AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OBP SLG With one out in the ninth, Jackson reached third when right 2014 .272 990 153 269 55 6 32 143 91 245 .335 .436 fi elder Dayan Viciedo misplayed his fl y ball … Belisario struck 2013 .227 919 97 209 36 2 34 92 64 235 .280 .382 SOX VS. DETROIT (2-3) Date H/R Result WP LP out Nick Castellanos, but Holaday delivered the bunt single. HIGH RISP, HIGH REWARD Belisario suffered the loss despite allowing one unearned run 4/21 R W, 3-1 Danks Sanchez The White Sox rank second in the American League with a over 2.0 IP … Jose Quintana (3 ER/6.0 IP) made a quality start 4/22 R L, 6-8 Verlander Leesman .293 (78-266) average with runners in scoring position, includ- 4/23 R W, 6-4 Rienzo Reed and struck out 10 batters, one off his career high, while Jake ing a .326 (35-107) mark over its last 11 games. 4/24 R L, 4-7 Scherzer Quintana Petricka pitched a 1-2-3 seventh. Alexei Ramirez (T2nd, .467), Jose Abreu (12th, .387), Conor 4/29 H L, 3-4 Chamberlain Belisario Sox pitchers struck out 14 with no walks (see note below). Gillaspie (T18th, .364) all rank among the AL Top 25 in RISP. 4/30 H 1:10 p.m. CT The White Sox scored three runs on four hits off Justin Ver- 6/9 H 7:10 p.m. CT lander in the third, including RBI doubles from Adam Eaton and CENTRAL COMMAND 6/10 H 7:10 p.m. CT Adam Dunn, but the Tigers tied it at 3-3 in the sixth. 6/11 H 7:10 p.m. CT The White Sox are 8-7 vs. the American League Central this Alexei Ramirez collected his 39th hit of the month, tying Paul 6/12 H 7:10 p.m. CT season after going 26-50 in 2013. Konerko for the franchise record in April. 7/29 R 6:08 p.m. CT Chicago has fi nished under .500 vs. the AL Central in four of 7/30 R 6:08 p.m. CT THAT’S A FIRST the last fi ve seasons, with the exception of 2012 (37-35). 7/31 R 12:08 p.m. CT 8/29 H 7:10 p.m. CT Last night’s loss was the fi rst in White Sox history when the TOUGH SLEDDING IN APRIL 8/30 H 6:10 p.m. CT pitching staff has struck out 14 or more batters without issuing a The White Sox play 23 consecutive games from 4/10-5/4 vs. 8/31 H 1:10 p.m. CT walk (STATS LLC). 9/22 R 6:08 p.m. CT teams who posted a winning record in 2013. 9/23 R 6:08 p.m. CT ROOKIE SENSATION The Sox are 10-9 so far in that stretch vs. Cleveland (3-1), 9/24 R 12:08 p.m. CT Rookie Jose Abreu leads the major leagues with 10 home Boston (1-2), Texas (1-2), Detroit (2-3) and Tampa Bay (3-1) with two games remaining vs. the Tigers and three at the Indians. runs and 32 RBI and tops the American League in slugging per- SOX ON THE HOMESTAND centage (.622) and extra-base hits (18). WHITE SOX 1-3 PUNCH Record......................................................3-2 A list of Abreu’s accomplishments in 2014: vs. T.B./Det. .......................................3-1/0-1 Alexei Ramirez (.355) and Dayan Viciedo (.341) rank fi rst and MLB rookie record 10 home runs and 32 RBI through April. Average ................................... .281 (47-167) 32 RBI: Most in Sox history by a player in fi rst 28 career games and third in the American League in batting average. Home Runs .................................................3 two short of MLB record 34 set by Cubs Mandy Brooks in 1925; tied Ramirez has hit safely in 26 of 28 games, including a franchise- Runs Scored/Allowed ...........................28/19 with Smead Jolley (July 1930) for the Sox rookie monthly record; tied record, 17-game streak to open the season, and needs just four ERA ..............................3.20 (16 ER/45.0 IP) for third-highest monthly total in franchise history (see box at right).