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 CLEVELAND INDIANS (65-51) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (42-74) Sox After 116 | 117 in 2018 ...........45-71 | 45-72 Streak ...................................................... Lost 1 RHP Carlos Carrasco (13-6, 3.69) vs. RHP Dylan Covey (4-8, 5.58) Current Homestand ......................................1-4 Game #117 | Home #60 Sunday, August 12 1:10 p.m. CT Guaranteed Rate Field Last Trip ........................................................3-0 Last 10 Games .............................................5-5 WGN-TV WGN 720-AM WRTO 1200-AM MLB.TV Series Record ..........................................8-23-6 Series First Game.....................................12-26 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. CLEVELAND First | Second Half ..........................33-62 | 9-12 Home | Road ................................22-37 | 20-37 The Chicago White Sox have lost four of their last fi ve games as The Indians lead the season series, 9-3, going 6-0 at home Day | Night ....................................15-37 | 27-37 they conclude a six-game, seven-day homestand this afternoon and 2-4 in Chicago. Opp. At-Above | Below .500 .........19-39 | 23-35 against the Cleveland Indians. The White Sox are batting .182/.244/.316 (68-373) with a 4.85 vs. RHS | LHS ................................34-54 | 8-20 RHP Dylan Covey, who is 1-7 with an 8.24 ERA (40 ER/43.2 ERA (55 ER/102.0 IP) and have been outscored, 64-27. vs. AL East/Central/West ...10-12 | 17-29 | 10-21 Interleague..................................................5-12 IP) over his last nine starts, is scheduled to start for the Sox. The White Sox are 5-18 in their last 23 games vs. Cleveland. Comeback W's | L's After Leading ..........23 | 32 The White Sox are 1-4 on the homestand, splitting the fi rst The White Sox lead the all-time series, 1,083-1,069 … they Extra Innings.................................................3-4 two games of this series after suff ering a three-game sweep by are 572-502 at home (115-114 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and One-Run | Two-Run Games ...........11-20 | 7-12 the Yankees from 8/6-8. 511-567 on the road (96-109 at Progressive Field). Ahead After 6 | 7 | 8 ................31-9 | 30-8 | 35-5 Following today's game, the White Sox take a three-game trip Trailing After 6 | 7 | 8 ...............6-56 | 6-59 | 1-68 Tied After 6 | 7 | 8 .........................5-9 | 6-7 | 6-1 to Detroit (8/13-15) before returning home for fi ve games in six LOOKING FOR CENTRAL COMMAND The White Sox are 17-29 against the American League Central Sox | Opp. Score First ..................22-27 | 20-47 days vs. Kansas City (8/17-19) and Minnesota (8/21-22), with a Sox | Opp. Score 4+ .....................34-24 | 13-62 makeup date against the Twins set for 8/20 at Target Field. in 2018, going 9-16 at home and 8-13 on the road. Sox | Opp. Score 3 or Less ............8-50 | 29-12 The Sox went 3-0 on their last trip to Tampa Bay from 8/3-5 The Sox are 308-406 vs. the AL Central since 2009, posting March/April | May | June .......8-18 | 8-19 | 12-17 and 2-4 on their last homestand vs. Toronto (1-2) and Kansas a losing record every season except 2012 (37-35). July | August | September ...........9-15 | 5-5 | 0-0 Average Time of Game ............................... 3:07 City (1-2) from 7/27-8/2. WALK IT OFF UPCOMING PROBABLES TODAY'S STORYLINES Daniel Palka hit his fi rst career walkoff home run on Friday in the White Sox 1-0 victory vs. Cleveland. VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS White Sox starting pitchers own a 2.88 ERA (19 ER/59.1 IP) Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT | WGN-TV and .201 (44-214) opponents average over the last nine games. According to STATS, it was the Sox fi rst-ever walkoff homer in RHP Carlos Carrasco (13-6, 3.69) vs. The Sox are hitting .155 (26-168) with eight runs scored a 1-0 victory and the second in franchise history in a scoreless RHP Dylan Covey (4-8, 5.58) game … Don Buford was the fi rst to accomplish the feat when through fi ve games of the homestand. AT DETROIT TIGERS Chicago has homered in 18 of its last 20 games (28 total). he hit a grand slam off Cleveland's Orlando Peña on 9/14/67. Monday: 6:10 p.m. CT | NBCSCH RHP Reynaldo López (4-9, 4.30) vs. José Abreu is hitting .352/.405/.732 (25-71) with six doubles, QUALITY AND QUANTITY seven homers, 15 RBI, 17 runs scored and 10 multihit eff orts in RHP Artie Lewicki (0-2, 4.76) The White Sox have made a major-league leading 1,367 Tuesday: 6:10 p.m. CT | WGN 18 games since 7/23 (see box at right). quality starts since the start of the 2003 season, three more RHP Lucas Giolito (7-9, 6.23) vs. Rookie Daniel Palka has seven home runs and 17 RBI over than the second-place New York Mets (1,363) and 47 more than LHP Blaine Hardy (4-4, 3.63) his last 21 games. Wednesday: 12:10 p.m. CT | NBCSCH Oakland (1,319), the next-closest American League team. LHP Carlos Rodón (3-3, 2.61) vs. LAST NIGHT'S RECAP RHP Jordan Zimmermann (5-4, 3.98) RODÓN ON A ROLL Francisco Lindor and José Ramírez hit back-to-back home Carlos Rodón is 2-0 with a 0.98 ERA (4 ER/36.2 IP) and .139 WHITE SOX VS. CLEVELAND (3-9) runs off James Shields to lead off the sixth inning, breaking a (17-122) opponents average over his last fi ve starts (since 7/11) Date H/R Result WP LP 1-1 tie, as Cleveland defeated the White Sox, 3-1. … his 0.98 ERA during that span is the lowest in the American 5/28 R L, 6-9 Plutko Volstad Shields suff ered the loss, allowing three runs (two earned) on League and second-lowest in the majors behind Pittsburgh's 5/29 R L, 3-7 Clevinger Giolito seven hits over 7.0 IP … he recorded his 2,200nd career strikeout 5/30 R L, 1-9 Kluber López Trevor Williams (0.68). in the fi fth inning (Brandon Guyer), and worked at least 6.0 IP for 6/11 H L, 0-4 Carrasco Giolito Rodón posted a no decision on Friday vs. Cleveland despite the 20th time in 25 starts this season. 6/12 H W, 5-1 Shields Plutko allowing four hits over 8.0 scoreless IP, which matched the longest Yoán Moncada gave the Sox a 1-0 lead with a solo homer off 6/13 H W, 3-2 Covey Bauer scoreless outing of his career (also 9/25/16 at Cleveland). 6/14 H L, 2-5 Clevinger Volstad Trevor Bauer in the third, his 15th of the season. 6/18 R L, 2-6 Bauer Covey The White Sox were limited to three hits as they scored three 20/20/20/20/20 VISION 6/19 R L, 3-6 Clevinger Rodón or fewer runs for the fi fth straight game. José Abreu has become the 19th player in major-league history 6/20 R L, 0-12 Kluber López to hit 20-plus home runs in each of his fi rst fi ve seasons and the 8/10 H W, 1-0 Fry Ramírez ON THE FARM 8/11 H L, 1-3 Bauer Shields fi rst player in White Sox history to accomplish the feat. RHP Michael Kopech threw 7.0 scoreless IP, and OF Eloy 8/12 H 1:10 p.m. CT WGN-TV Pete Incaviglia (1986-90), Eddie Murray (1977-81), Tony Coni- Jiménez hit a two-run homer as Class AAA Charlotte posted an 9/18 R 6:10 p.m. CT NBCSCH gliaro (1964-69), Ted Williams (1939-42, 1946) and Joe DiMaggio 8-0 victory at Rochester last night. 9/19 R 6:10 p.m. CT WGN-TV (1936-40) are the only players to accomplish the feat exclusively 9/20 R 6:10 p.m. CT NBCSCH Kopech, the No. 13 Prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline, in the American League (source: Baseball Reference). 9/24 H 7:10 p.m. CT WGN-TV gave up fi ve hits with no walks and nine strikeouts to improve to 9/25 H 7:10 p.m. CT NBCSCH 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA (8 ER/38.0 IP), four walks and 50 strikeouts DOUBLE TROUBLE 9/26 H 7:10 p.m. CT NBCSCH+ over his last six starts … he leads the minor leagues with 161 José Abreu has joined Magglio Ordóñez (1999-2003) as the strikeouts this season. SOX ON THE HOMESTAND (1-4) only players in White Sox history to hit 30-plus doubles in fi ve Jiménez is batting .400/.422/.788 (34-85) with nine doubles, vs. NYY/CLE...........................................0-3/1-1 straight seasons … he and Matt Carpenter are the only players Runs Scored | Allowed ............................. 8 | 21 eight home runs and 18 RBI in 21 games after the All-Star Break.