CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES
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WHITE SOX 2014 BREAKDOWN NEW YORK YANKEES (24-22) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (24-25) Sox After 49/50 in 2013 ...... 24-25/24-26 Current Streak ...... Won 1 RHP Hiroki Kuroda (3-3, 4.61) vs. RHP Hector Noesi (0-4, 7.31) Homestand ...... 1-0 Last Trip ...... 4-5 Game #50/Home #23 Friday, May 23, 2014 Last 10 Games ...... 5-5 Series Record ...... 5-9-1 Series First Game ...... 11-6 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE COUNTDOWN TO COOPERSTOWN First/Second Half...... 24-25/0-0 The Chicago White Sox have won three of the last four games Frank Thomas will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Home/Road ...... 12-10/12-15 and fi ve of eight as they continue their series vs. New York-AL. Fame on July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y. … joining Thomas in the Class Day/Night ...... 8-10/16-15 RHP Hector Noesi, who has worked 6.0 IP in each of his last of 2014 are pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux and managers Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ...... 13-8/11-17 Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre. vs. RHS/LHS ...... 18-19/6-6 two starts, takes the mound for the White Sox. vs. AL East ...... 5-3 Chicago is in fourth place in the American League Central, “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 ...... 11-11 vs. AL West ...... 3-6 6.0 games behind the division-leading Detroit Tigers. average, 500 home runs, 1,500 RBI and 1,000 runs scored and 1,500 Interleague ...... 5-5 Following this four-game series vs. the Yankees (5/22-25), the walks, joining Mel Ott, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams. Sox will continue the homestand vs. Cleveland (5/26-28) and San Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading ...... 14/11 Extra innings ...... 2-1 Diego (5/30-6/1) … the team has an off day on 5/29. WHITE SOX VS. NEW YORK YANKEES One-run/two-run games ...... 7-6/5-5 Ahead after 6/7/8...... 14-2/16-2/19-2 Chicago has won seven of the last 10 games overall but are TONIGHT’S STORYLINES Trailing after 6/7/8 ...... 4-18/3-19/2-21 The White Sox are trying to get to the .500 mark for the fi rst 13-15 since 2010, including a 8-6 mark at U.S. Cellular Field. Tied after 6/7/8 ...... 6-5/5-4/3-2 time since 5/10 (19-19). Each of the last three series have been sweeps … Chicago Sox/opp. quality start...... 14-11/10-13 The Sox have won seven consecutive home games vs. the recorded home sweeps from 8/20-22/12 and 8/5-7/13 … the Sox/opp. score fi rst ...... 15-8/9-17 Yankees won all three games in New York from 9/2-4/13. Sox/opp. score 4+ ...... 20-11/6-22 Yankees, the longest streak since 5/7/89-6/29/90 (also seven). Sox/opp. score 3 or less...... 4-12/17-5 The Sox are hitting .250 (8-32), own a 1.00 ERA (1 ER/9.0 Chicago is 13-8 vs. teams at or above .500 this season, Average time of game ...... 3:13 compared to an 11-17 mark vs. teams with a losing record. IP) and have outscored the Yankees, 3-2. Sox starters own a 2.33 ERA (5 ER/19.1 IP) with 22 strikeouts Chicago trails in the all-time series, 811-1,046 … it has gone and .197 opponents average (14-71) in the last three games. 444-487 at home (49-51 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 367-559 on UPCOMING PROBABLES Conor Gillaspie has hit safely in 15 of his last 17 games, bat- the road (5-12 at new Yankee Stadium). VS. NEW YORK YANKEES ting .344 (22-64) with fi ve doubles and six RBI (fi ve multihit). Friday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN WHITE SOX EXTEND CONDOLENCES RHP Hiroki Kuroda (3-3, 4.61) vs. LAST NIGHT’S RECAP The White Sox extend sympathies to the family and friends of RHP Hector Noesi (0-4, 7.31) Saturday, 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN Chris Sale extended his season-opening winning streak to Loretta “Grandma” Micele, who passed away last night at the age LHP Vidal Nuno (1-1, 5.82) vs. four games in the White Sox 3-2 victory over the Yankees. of 93 … Micele worked as a guest services staffer at Comiskey LHP John Danks (3-4, 5.64) Sale surrendered one hit with 10 strikeouts in 6.0 scoreless IP, Park and U.S. Cellular Field from 1947-2013 (67 seasons). Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN and was perfect through 5.2 IP … it was his second straight outing RHP Masahiro Tanaka (6-1, 2.39) vs. WEATHERING THE STORM RHP Andre Rienzo (4-0, 4.00) with 10 strikeouts and one hit allowed (also 4/17 vs. Boston). Ronald Belisario earned his second save, strucking out Alfonso There have been 186 combined games missed by eight White All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM Soriano to end the game with the tying run on fi rst … Zach Putnam Sox players (fi ve current) who made the Opening Day roster. and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes and Daniel Webb each worked a scoreless 1.0 IP in relief. A breakdown of players and games: Jose Abreu (5), Adam Eaton (14), Avisail Garcia (40), Nate Jones (46), Lindstrom (3), Alejandro De Aza and Adam Eaton gave the Sox an early 2-0 SOX VS. NEW YORK-AL (1-0) lead with RBI singles in the second … Adam Dunn added a RBI Felipe Paulino (32), Chris Sale (32) and Conor Gillaspie (14). INF Gordon Beckham (22 games) started 2014 on the DL. Date H/R Result WP LP single in the eighth … Chicago was 4-10 with RISP. 5/22 H W, 3-2 Sale Phelps MISSING IN ACTION 5/23 H 7:10 p.m. CT TWO-MAN CLUB 5/24 H 1:10 p.m. CT Chris Sale surrendered just one hit with 10 strikeouts over 1B Jose Abreu was placed on the 15-day disabled list on 5/25 H 1:10 p.m. CT 6.0 scoreless IP last night vs. the Yankees, his fi rst outing since 5/18 with infl ammation in his left ankle … he will be in a walking 8/22 R 6:05 p.m. CT being reinstated from the disabled list. boot during his recovery … no timetable is set for his return. 8/23 R 12:05 p.m. CT 8/24 R TBA He also allowed just one hit with 10 strikeouts in his last start Chicago is 3-2 since Abreu went on the disabled list. on 4/17 vs. Boston (ND; 1 ER/7.0 IP). Abreu ranks among the MLB leaders in homers (1st, 15), AB/ Sale is the second pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) to HR ratio (1st, 11.53), RBI (T2nd, 42), extra-base hits (3rd, 27), WHITE SOX ON HOMESTAND (1-0) allow one hit with 10-plus strikeouts in consecutive starts … the total bases (6th, 103) and slugging percentage (5th, .595). vs. NYY/CLE/S.D...... 1-0/0-0/0-0 Mets’ R.A. Dickey also accomplished the feat in 2012 (Elias). Abreu is the reigning American League Player and Rookie of Average ...... 250 (8-32) the Month, winning both honors in his fi rst month in the majors. Home Runs ...... 0 STRIKEOUT MACHINE Runs Scored/Allowed ...... 3/2 DIGGING THE LONG BALL ERA ...... 1.00 (1 ER/9.0 IP) Chris Sale (64 career starts) recorded his second double-digit Quality Starts...... 1 strikeout game of the season last night and 12th career. The White Sox rank second in the AL with 52 home runs. He is tied with Alex Fernandez (197 starts with the White Sox) The Sox are 19-9 when hitting at least one homer and 12-3 for the fourth-most, 10-plus strikeout games in team history. when recording a multihomer game (5-16 when homerless). AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS The top three White Sox pitchers for double-digit strikeout ef- Chicago ranks among the MLB home run leaders in the follow- Club R/G forts are Ed Walsh (17; 312 starts), Juan Pizarro (15; 145 starts) ing categories: with two outs (T1st, 19), RISP (2nd, 17), seventh Oakland Athletics 5.17 and Javier Vazquez (13; 97 starts). inning or later (T2nd, 19) and RISP/two outs (T4th, 7). Los Angeles Angels 4.93 Toronto Blue Jays 4.90 Chicago White Sox 4.84 CAPTAINS SAY FAREWELL THE KIDS JUST WON’T QUIT Club RS White Sox captain Paul Konerko and Yankees captain Derek The White Sox have two wins when trailing after eight innings Oakland Athletics 243 Jeter are both playing their fi nal seasons in 2014. in 2014, matching their total from the entire 2013 season. Chicago leads the major leagues with 38 runs scored in the Chicago White Sox 237 Jeter (20 years; 1995-) and Konerko (16; 1999-) are the longest Toronto Blue Jays 235 tenured active players with their current clubs … Konerko also ninth inning … Cleveland ranks second with 25. played two seasons with the Dodgers and Reds (1997-98). Alexei Ramirez ranks among the American League leaders MLB BULLPEN ERA SINCE 4/26 Konerko is a career .316 hitter (119-377) with 23 home runs in batting average with two strikes (5th, .302), two outs (6th, and 65 RBI vs. New York, while Jeter is batting .288 (81-281) with .358) and RISP/two outs (T9th, .400). Club ERA seven homers and 25 RBI lifetime at U.S. Cellular Field … the Jose Abreu (1st, 6) and Marcus Semien (T9th, 3) rank among Washington Nationals 2.22 the AL leaders in home runs in the seventh inning or later. Atlanta Braves 2.31 Sox are 44-50 vs. the Yankees when Konerko and Jeter play. San Diego Padres 2.31 The White Sox will honor Jeter prior to Sunday’s game with a PROVIDING RELIEF San Francisco Giants 2.37 video and commemorative gifts to mark his fi nal series in Chicago Chicago White Sox 2.45 … Konerko will present the gifts on behalf of the Sox. Chicago relievers have allowed just fi ve earned runs over the last eight games (23.2 IP) … six outings have been scoreless. STREAKING THROUGH NEW YORK The bullpen owns a 2.45 ERA (22 ER/80.2 IP) with six saves, MOST 10+ HIT GAMES IN MLB Club Games The White Sox have won seven consecutive home games vs. 11 holds and a .175 average (50-285) since 4/26 (25 games), Colorado Rockies 27 New York-AL after winning last night’s series opener … they also lowering its season ERA from 5.20 to 3.83 during that span. The 2.45 mark is the lowest in the American League and the Los Angeles Dodgers 22 recorded sweeps in 2012 and 2013. Chicago White Sox 21 The Sox home winning streak over the Yankees is the longest fi fth-lowest in the majors since 4/26 (see box at right). Arizona Diamondbacks 21 since also winning seven straight from 5/7/89-6/29/90. Miami Marlins 20 MILESTONES WITHIN REACH The two longest home winning streaks in team history are nine games (6/4/72-7/10/73) and eight games (6/2/18-5/23/19). Ronald Belisario: Five games for 300 career. John Danks: 10 starts for 200, 26 strikeouts for 900 and AL HITS LEADERS WELCOME BACK, MATT 37.1 IP for 1,200.0 career. Player, Club HITS Scott Downs: 12 games for 600 career. Melky Cabrera, TOR 64 LHP Matt Thornton is back at U.S. Cellular Field for the fi rst Jose Altuve, HOU 63 time since being traded by Chicago to Boston on 7/12/13. Adam Dunn: Two home runs to tie Jeff Bagwell and Vladimir Alexei Ramirez, SOX 59 Thornton ranks among the White Sox all-time relief leaders in Guerrero (449) for 36th place all-time … fi ve walks to tie Edgar Robinson Cano, SEA 58 appearances (1st, 512), holds (1st, 164), strikeouts (2nd, 486), Martinez (1,283) for 44th place all-time. Ian Kinsler, DET 58 wins (T3rd, 31) and IP (5th, 463.1). Paul Konerko: Two homers to tie Andre Dawson and Jason Giambi (438) for 41st all-time… three games for 2,300 career.
World Champions: 1906, 1917, 2005 AL Champions: 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919, 1959, 2005 AL West Champions: 1983, 1993 AL Central Champions: 2000, 2005, 2008 #48 WHITE SOX STARTING PITCHER HECTOR NOESI RHP
Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 Age: 27 (January 26, 1987) 2014 GAME LOGS (10 G/4 GS) Born: Esperanza, D.R. Resides: Mao, D.R. Signed Through: 2014 Date Opp. W-L IP H R ER HR BB SO #P EXIT ERA 4/2 at LAA ND 1.0 1 2 2 0 0 2 25 — 18.00 4/3 at Oak. L 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 — 27.00 vs. Opp. vs. Opp. vs. Opp. 4/14 vs. Sea. ND 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 35 — 8.10 4/17 vs. Sea. ND 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 1 34 — 5.06 Pitcher 2014 2013 Career 2014 2013 Career 4/20 vs. Cws. ND 1.0 7 7 7 0 1 1 40 — 14.21 RHP Hector Noesi 0-4, 7.31 0-1, 6.59 4-19, 5.76 — 0-0, 0.00 0-1, 3.97 4/26 vs. TB. ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 30 — 11.74 RHP Hiroki Kuroda 3-3, 4.61 11-13, 3.31 71-73, 3.46 — 0-1, 4.73 2-2, 3.38 4/30 vs. Det. L 3.2 5 4 4 0 1 2 51 0-4 11.12 5/6 at Cubs ND 5.0 4 1 1 0 1 6 81 1-1 8.27 5/11 vs. Arz. L 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 4 117 1-3 7.25 NOESI AT A GLANCE 5/17 at Hou. L 6.0 8 6 5 2 3 6 109 3-5 7.31 The 27-year-old right-hander makes his 11th appearance (fi fth start) of the 2014 season … was claimed 2014 Totals 0-4 28.1 39 24 23 4 10 25 — — 7.31 off waivers from Texas on 4/25/14. Career Totals 4-19 218.2 251 145 140 34 83 159 — — 5.76 Has gone 0-3 with a 5.32 ERA (13 ER/22.0 IP) over fi ve appearances (four starts) with the White Sox. Italics denote relief appearances Is a combined 0-4 with a 7.31 ERA (23 ER/28.1 IP) over 10 games (four starts) between Seattle, Texas and the White Sox this season … was traded by Seattle to Texas for cash considerations on 4/12/14. 2014 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN Went 0-1 with a 6.59 ERA (20 ER/27.1 IP) and 21 strikeouts over 12 games (one start) with the Mariners Category W-L ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO last season. Home 0-2 7.71 6-2 16.1 25 14 14 1 6 11 Is 0-2 with a 7.71 ERA (14 ER/16.1 IP) in six games at home this season. Road 0-2 6.75 4-2 12.0 14 10 9 3 4 14 Was originally signed as a free agent by New York-AL on 12/4/04. Day 0-3 9.16 5-3 18.2 31 20 19 3 9 14 Bio can be found in the supplemental bios packet. Night 0-1 3.72 5-1 9.2 8 4 4 1 1 11 Starter 0-3 5.66 4-4 20.2 25 14 13 3 8 18 LAST START Reliever 0-1 11.74 6-0 7.2 14 10 10 1 2 7 Suffered the loss on 5/17 at Houston, allowing six runs (fi ve earned) on eight hits over 6.0 IP … struck 1st Half 0-4 7.31 10-4 28.1 39 24 23 4 10 25 out six and walked three … the six strikeouts tied a season high (5/6 at Chicago-NL). April 0-2 11.12 7-1 11.1 19 14 14 1 3 9 May 0-2 4.76 3-3 17.0 20 10 9 3 7 16 Allowed four runs in the fi rst inning ... pitched a scoreless second, third and fourth inning ... left the game with the Sox trailing, 5-3, in the seventh ... threw 119 pitches (71 strikes). Category AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO GDP OBP SLG Total .331 118 39 12 3 4 10 25 2 .374 .585 STARTING NOTES vs. Left .322 59 19 5 1 4 5 12 0 .369 .644 vs. Right .379 59 20 7 2 0 5 13 2 .339 .525 Is 0-12 with a 5.81 ERA (60 ER/93.0 IP) over his last 17 starts … earned his last win on 5/6/12 vs. Min- nesota (1 ER/7.0 IP). NOESI’S GAME BESTS AS A STARTER Is 0-3 with a 5.66 ERA (13 ER/20.2 IP) over his four starts with Chicago. Has gone at least 5.0 IP in 16 career starts and has struck out fi ve or more in 10, including a career-high 2014 Career seven on 5/22/12 vs. Texas. SO 6 (2x, last, 5/17 at Hou, 6.0 IP) 7 (5/22/12 vs. Tex.) Low Hits 4 (5/6 at Cubs, 5.0 IP) 3 (3x, last on 5/16/13 at NYY) Earned the win on 4/14/12 vs. Oakland, tossing 8.0 scoreless IP while striking out six. IP 6.0 (2x, last on 5/17 at Hou.) 8.0 (3x, last on 5/27/12 vs. LAA) Has gone 2-16 with a 6.06 ERA (86 ER/127.2 IP) in 25 career starts. CG N/A N/A SHO N/A N/A RELIEF HIGHLIGHTS Win Streak N/A N/A Is 2-3 with a 5.34 ERA (54 ER/91.0 IP) and 73 strikeouts over 49 career relief appearances … 25 of his 49 appearances have been scoreless … has thrown 2.0 IP or more in 23 appearances ... struck out a NOESI VS. NEW YORK YANKEES career-high four batters as a reliever fi ve times (last, 6/5/13 vs. the White Sox). Player AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG Brendan Ryan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 VS. NEW YORK YANKEES Jacoby Ellsbury 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 Is scheduled to make his third career appearance (third start) vs. the Yankees … tossed 4.1 IP allowing Derek Jeter 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 one unearned run on three hits in his last appearance at New York on 5/16/13. Mark Teixeira 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 Spent the 2011 season as a member of the Yankees ... went 2-2 with a 4.47 ERA (28 ER/56.1 IP) in 30 Brett Gardner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Kelly Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 appearances (two starts). Ichiro Suzuki 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTER HIROKI KURODA VS. WHITE SOX LHP John Danks (3-4, 5.64) is scheduled to make his 10th start of the season and fi fth at home … is 2-1 with a 4.18 ERA (11 ER/23.2 IP) in four starts at home this season. Player AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG Suffered his fourth loss of the season on 5/18 at Houston ... threw 4.2 IP allowing eight runs (seven Alejandro De Aza 11 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 .545 .545 .909 Moises Sierra 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 earned) on 10 hits ... struck out seven and walked three ... failed to throw at least 5.0 IP for the fi rst time this Gordon Beckham 13 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 .385 .429 .538 season. Alexei Ramirez 18 6 1 1 1 6 0 1 .333 .333 .667 Went 4-14 with a 4.75 ERA (73 ER/138.1 IP) and 89 strikeouts over 22 starts last season … the 14 losses Adam Dunn 16 5 2 0 1 4 7 6 .313 .522 .625 were a career high. Paul Konerko 12 2 0 0 1 3 2 3 .167 .267 .417 Is one of two pitchers in White Sox history (along with Tommy Thomas, 1926-1931) to make at least 25 Conor Gillaspie 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .143 .143 Tyler Flowers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 starts in each of his fi rst fi ve seasons (2007-11). Dayan Viciedo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 Has gone 2-3 with a 7.11 ERA (25 ER/31.2 IP) in six career starts against the Yankees. WHITE SOX BULLPEN NOTES
TEAM BULLPEN NOTES Last Game: SV; 2 HLD; 1 ER/3.0 IP #57 ZACH PUTNAM, RHP Last Game: HLD; 0 ER/1.0 IP Series: SV, 1-1; 2 HLD; 1 ER/3.0 IP Homestand: SV, 1-1; 2 HLD; 1 ER/3.0 IP Homestand: HLD; 0 ER/1.0 IP Scoreless Streak: 4 (4.2 IP)
Saves: 9-14 (64.3) IR-IS: 86-26 (30.2) 1st Batter: 20-118 (.169) AL Rankings in 2014 2014 Holds: 5 (last, 5/22 vs. New York-AL) IR-IS: 11-0 (0.0) 1st Batter Faced: 1-11 (.091) Season Highs: IP (8.0; 4/16 vs. Bos.) … SO (6; 3x, 5/8 vs. Cubs) Career High In Relief: IP (2.2; 4/25/14 vs. T.B..) … SO (4; 4/22/14 at Det.) Category Rank No. Bullpen includes six right-handers and one lefty. Last Relief Outing: 5/22 vs. New York-AL (HLD, 5; 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO) Walks 1st 97 AL Relief Leaders: T1st-IRS % (0.0); T3rd-Opp. GIDP (5); 5th-GB % (65.4); T5th- Relievers are 2-0 with a 1.90 ERA (5 ER/23.2 IP), 19 1st Batter AVG 2nd .169 strikeouts and four saves over the last eight games … six IP 2nd 162.0 AVG vs. 1st BF (.091) and ERA (1.33); T7th-Opp. AVG (.154); T10th-wins (2). of the eight have been scoreless. Opp. AVG 3rd .224 Recorded his fi fth hold of the season last night, tossing his 10th scoreless appear- The bullpen ranks among the American League leaders Wins T3rd 9 ance (1.0 IP) … owns a 0.56 ERA (1 ER/16.0 IP) over his last 11 outings. since 4/26 in ERA (1st, 2.45), opponents average (1st, Holds T7th 24 Had his career-high 10.1 scoreless IP streak (4/25-5/9) snapped on 5/10. .175), wins (T1st, 5), IP (5th, 80.2) and SO (7th, 68). ERA 8th 3.83 Retired a career-high 15 straight batters from 4/30-5/9. IR Scored Pct. 8th 30.2 Sox relievers threw 23.1 consecutive scoreless IP from Has gone at least 2.0 IP in six of his 13 appearances in 2014. Save Pct. 11th 64.3 Opponents are 10-65 (.154) this season … righties are hitting .139 (5-36) and lefties 5/2-8, the longest streak since 7/31-8/12/91 (32.1 IP). Saves T11th 9 The Chicago bullpen has surrendered 46 home runs Strikeouts 12th 122 at .172 (5-29). since 2013, the fewest in the American League. #40 DANIEL WEBB, RHP Last Game: HLD; 0 ER/1.0 IP #54 RONALD BELISARIO, RHP Last Game: SV; 1 ER/1.0 IP Homestand: HLD; 0 ER/1.0 IP Scoreless Streak: 3 (4.0 IP) Homestand: SV, 1-1; 1 ER/1.0 IP Scoreless Streak: None 2014 Holds: 2 (last, 5/22 vs. New York-AL) IR-IS: 22-8 (36.4) 1st Batter Faced: 3-16 (.188) 2014 Saves: 2-2 (100.0) IR-IS: 5-2 (40.0) 1st Batter Faced: 3-18 (.167) Career High In Relief: IP (3.0; 4/16/14 vs. Bos.) … SO (3; 2x, last 4/30/14 vs. Det.) Career High In Relief: IP (3.0; 7/5/10 vs. Fla.) … SO (5; 2x, last 9/21/12 at Cin.) Last Relief Outing: 5/22 vs. New York-AL (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO) Last Relief Outing: 5/22 vs. New York-AL (SV, 2; 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO) AL Relief Leaders: T3rd-Wins (3); 10th-IP (25.0). Registered his second hold of the season last night (1.0 scoreless IP) … owns a 1.50 AL Relief Leaders: 2nd-IP (27.0); 3rd-GB % (65.8); Belisario’s Game ERA (2 ER/12.0 IP) over his last 10 games (nine of the 10 have been scoreless). T9th-Apps. (22); T10th-wins (2). Comparisons Converted his second straight save last night … tied a Fourteen of his 18 appearances this season have been scoreless. First 8 Stat Last 14 career-high with two saves in a season (also 2010). Recorded consecutive wins for the fi rst time in his career from 5/4-5. 12.91 ERA 0.93 Recorded his fi rst save of the season on 5/20 and fi rst Owns a 1.23 ERA (2 ER/14.2 IP) at U.S. Cellular Field this season (nine games). .394 Opp. Avg. .149 since 5/31/13 at Colorado … had his 9.1 scoreless IP 11 Runs Allowed 4 Left-handers are 6-44 (.136) this season and 12-67 (.179) in his career. streak snapped, allowing his fi rst earned run since 4/17. 7.2 IP 19.1 Opponents are 5-39 (.128) with 19 strikeouts with two strikes in 2014. Owns a 0.93 ERA (2 ER/19.1 IP) in his last 14 games. 13 Hits Allowed 10 Has held lefties to a .163 average (7-43) this season. 5 Strikeouts 16 WHITE SOX PITCHERS VS. NEW YORK-AL 4 Walks 2 Needs fi ve appearances for 300 and 8.0 IP for 300.0 2014 CAREER in his career. Pitcher ERA W L S IP ER SO ERA W L S IP ER SO Owns a career 62.0 ground ball percentage, the fourth-best among MLB relievers Belisario 9.00 0 0 1 1.0 1 2 3.18 0 1 1 5.2 2 2 since 2009. Carroll Right-handers are hitting just .209 (142-679) with 12 home runs lifetime. Danks 7.11 2 3 0 31.2 25 25 Downs 4.09 4 5 1 55.0 25 47 #67 SCOTT CARROLL, RHP Last Game: DNP Guerra Homestand: DNP Scoreless Streak: N/A Noesi 3.97 0 1 0 11.1 5 8 2014 Holds: N/A IR-IS: N/A 1st Batter Faced: N/A Petricka 0.00 0 0 0 2.2 0 2 Career High In Relief: IP (N/A) … SO (N/A) Putnam 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 Last Relief Outing: N/A Quintana 5.27 2 1 0 13.2 8 11 Was moved to the bullpen prior to last night's game as Chris Sale was reinstated Rienzo from the disabled list. Sale 0.00 1 0 0 6.0 0 10 0.85 3 0 0 31.2 3 40 Made 31 career relief appearances in the minor leagues, going 3-5 with a 5.72 ERA Webb 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 (39 ER/61.1 IP) and 37 strikeouts. TOTALS 1.00 1 0 1 9.0 1 13 Earned the win in his major-league debut on 4/27 vs. Tampa Bay, allowing one unearned run over 7.1 IP Made his major-league debut at the age of 29, becoming the oldest White Sox start- WHITE SOX PITCHING BREAKDOWN ing pitcher to make his debut since Ernesto Escarrega (32) on 4/26-2/82 vs. Boston. W-L ERA GS-QS Pct. CG SHO SV-OPP IP H R ER BB SO AVG Went 1-3 with a 6.49 ERA (19 ER/26.1 IP) over fi ve starts this season … posted a Starters 15-18 5.22 49-25 51.0 0 0 — 274.0 302 170 159 109 212 .279 0.68 ERA (1 ER/13.1 IP) in his fi rst two starts. Relievers 9-7 3.83 — — — — 9-14 162.0 133 77 69 97 122 .224 #37 SCOTT DOWNS, LHP Last Game: DNP Homestand: DNP Scoreless Streak: None WHITE SOX RELIEVER NOTES VS. NEW YORK-AL 2014 Holds: 3 (last, 5/19 at Kansas City) IR-IS: 15-3 (20.0) 1st Batter Faced: 5-20 (.250) Career High In Relief: IP (3.2; 5/4/05 vs. Bos.) … SO (4; 2x, last 4/22/08 at T.B.) Scott Downs owns a 2.70 ERA (4 ER/13.1 IP) over his last 14 appearances Last Relief Outing: 5/20 at Kansas City (0.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO) … 13 of the 14 have been scoreless. AL Relief Leaders: T2nd-Apps (24). Most Holds Among Had his 7.2 scoreless IP streak snapped Tuesday, al- Active Relievers INSTANT REPLAY REVIEWS/CHALLENGES (21) lowing his fi rst runs since 5/2 … 12 of his last 14 outings Pitcher HLD have been scoreless, including 10 straight from 5/3-19. LaTroy Hawkins 178 Date/Opp. Play Inn. Umpires Ruling Time Has struck out three batters twice in 2014 … accom- Matt Thornton 178 4/2 vs. Min. Eaton catch in CF 7th D. Scott/D. Iassogna Overturned 4:40 plished the feat just once from 2010-13. Scott Downs 169 4/4 at K.C. Abreu safe at 1B 6th T. Barrett/G. Gibson Stands 2:54 Has worked 2.0 IP three times this season … made Kyle Farnsworth 167 4/6 at K.C. Semien safe at 1B 6th T. Barrett/P. Schrieber Overturned 1:13 Chad Qualls 160 three such appearances from 2011-13. 4/6 at K.C. Hosmer safe at 1B 6th T. Barrett/P. Schrieber Stands 2:00 Needs 12 appearances for 600 career. 4/12 vs. Cle. Morgan pickoff at 1B 1st G. Davis/P. Cuzzi Overturned 1:02 Has limited lefties to a .202 mark (128-634) since 2007, the second-best mark among 4/13 vs. Cle. Viciedo double in CF 2nd G. Davis/B. Knight Stands 1:06 LHP relievers … lefties are hitting .161 (5-31) in 2014. 4/15 vs. Bos. Abreu out at 1B 2nd J. Joyce/C. Blaser Stands 2:44 Ranks among active LHP relievers in holds (2nd, 169), strikeouts (3rd, 391), IP (4th, 4/20 at Tex. De Aza strikeout 6th J. Hoye/J. Kellogg Stands 1:06 4/21 at Det. Castellanos safe at 1B 4th H. Gibson/D. Iassogna Stands 2:30 483.2) and appearances (6th, 538). 4/21 at Det. Abreu double fair 7th H. Gibson/D. Iassogna Stands 1:53 #41 JAVY GUERRA, RHP Last Game: DNP 4/21 at Det. Viciedo out at HP 7th C.B. Bucknor/D. Iassogna Overturned 2:28 Homestand: DNP Scoreless Streak: N/A 4/25 vs. T.B. Eaton safe at 1B 9th T. Timmons/T. Welke Confi rmed 2:21 4/28 vs. T.B. Ramirez safe at 2B 7th T. Welke/T. Timmons Stands 3:10 2014 Holds: N/A IR-IS: N/A 1st Batter Faced: N/A 4/30 vs. Det. Eaton safe at 2B 3rd J. Layne/H. Wendelstedt Overturned 0:44 Career High In Relief: IP (2.2; 8/1/12 vs. Arz.) … SO (3; 8/5/11 at Arz.) 5/3 at Cle. Cabrera HBP 6th C. Guccione/T. Hallion Stands TBA Last Relief Outing: N/A 5/5 at Cubs De Aza safe at 2B 5th J. Meals/P. Emmel Overturned TBA Had his contract purchased from Class AAA Charlotte on 5/20 … replaced Matt 5/5 at Cubs Castro out at 1B 9th J. Meals/T. Woodring Stands TBA Lindstrom on the active roster, who was placed on the disabled list with a sublexing 5/14 at Oak. Viciedo foulded tip 4th M. Gonzalez/F. Cullbreth Overturned 2:25 peroneal (outside) tendon in his left ankle. 5/17 at Hou. De Aza out at 2B 6th T. Barrett/W. Little Overturned 2:02 Went 1-1 with a 2.33 ERA (5 ER/19.1 IP) and three saves over 14 appearances with 5/19 at K.C. Ramirez out at 1B 5th S. Barber/T. Hallion Confi rmed 0:48 Charlotte this season, limiting righties to a .229 (8-35) average. 5/20 at K.C. Dyson safe at 2B 9th E. Cooper/T. Hallion Stands 2:30