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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 (88-68) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (61-95) Sox After 156 | 157 in 2017 ..........64-92 | 64-93 Streak ...................................................... Lost 3 RHP Trevor Bauer (12-6, 2.21) vs. RHP James Shields (7-16, 4.48) Current Homestand ......................................1-3 Game #157 | Home #80 Tuesday, Sept. 25 7:10 p.m. CT Guaranteed Rate Field Last Trip ........................................................4-5 Last 10 Games .............................................4-6 NBCSCH WGN 720-AM WRTO 1200-AM NBCSportsChicago.com MLB.TV Series Record ........................................14-29-8 Series First Game.....................................18-34 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. CLEVELAND First | Second Half ........................33-62 | 28-33 Home | Road ................................29-50 | 32-45 The Chicago White Sox have lost six of the last eight games Cleveland leads the season series, 13-4 … Chicago is 3-5 at Day | Night ....................................22-42 | 39-53 and 13 of the last 18 as they continue their fi nal homestand of Guaranteed Rate Field and 1-8 at Progressive Field, and has Opp. At-Above | Below .500 .........25-48 | 36-47 the season tonight with the second game vs. Cleveland. been outscored, 90-43, in 2018. vs. RHS | LHS ..............................46-70 | 15-25 RHP James Shields, who has worked 6.0-plus IP in 25 starts The White Sox are batting .190/.249/.325 with 16 home runs, vs. AL East/Central/West ...16-16 | 29-40 | 10-24 this season, takes the mound for the White Sox. and own a 4.83 ERA (79 ER/147.1 IP) with seven quality starts. Interleague..................................................6-13 Comeback W's | L's After Leading ..........32 | 41 The Sox are currently in fourth place in the American League The Sox have lost nine of the last 11 games overall, and nine Extra Innings.................................................5-5 Central, 2.0 games behind third-place Detroit (63-93). of the last 12 at Guaranteed Rate Field … they are 6-22 overall One-Run | Two-Run Games .........14-23 | 11-15 The White Sox opened this homestand by losing last night's in their last 28 games vs. the Indians dating back to 6/11/17. Ahead After 6 | 7 | 8 ............47-12 | 46-10 | 51-6 series opener to the Indians and two of three vs. the Cubs. Chicago has lost fi ve of the last six season series dating back Trailing After 6 | 7 | 8 ...............8-70 | 7-75 | 1-84 Following this series vs. Cleveland and Thursday's off day, the to 2013 (10-9 in 2015), going 39-73 during that span. Tied After 6 | 7 | 8 .....................6-13 | 8-10 | 9-5 Sox | Opp. Score First ..................34-35 | 27-60 Sox will fi nish 2018 with four games at Minnesota (DH on 9/28). The White Sox lead the all-time series, 1,084-1,073 … they Sox | Opp. Score 4+ .....................52-29 | 19-81 The White Sox went 4-5 on their last trip at the Indians (1- are 572-504 at home (115-116 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and Sox | Opp. Score 3 or Less ............9-66 | 42-14 2), Baltimore (2-1) and Kansas City (1-2), and 3-7 on their last 512-569 on the road (97-111 at Progressive Field). March/April | May | June .......8-18 | 8-19 | 12-17 homestand vs. Boston (2-2), Detroit (1-2) and the Angels (0-3). July | August | September .....9-15 | 17-12 | 7-14 TOUGH PROGRESSIVE RATES Average Time of Game ............................... 3:08 TONIGHT'S STORYLINES Chicago went 1-8 at Progressive Field in 2018, snapping a UPCOMING PROBABLES The White Sox need to win two of their fi nal six games to avoid nine-game losing streak in its last game on 9/20 (5-4 win). VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS the fourth 100-loss season in franchise history. The losing streak was the second-longest at Cleveland in Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CT | NBCSCH The Sox have lost eight of their last nine games at Guaranteed franchise history (11 in a row from 5/25/31-5/30/32). RHP Trevor Bauer (12-6, 2.21) vs. Rate Field, and have been outscored, 58-24. The Sox were outscored, 61-20, scored three runs or less RHP James Shields (7-16, 4.48) Chicago has lost nine of the last 11 games and 22 of the last eight times, and made just two QS during the losing streak. Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT | NBCSCH+ 28 vs. Cleveland … the White Sox have been outscored, 153-69, Chicago avoided going winless on the road vs. a single oppo- RHP Shane Bieber (10-5, 4.80) vs. TBA during the 28-game span (scored three runs or less 22 times). nent in nine games or more for just the second time in franchise The Sox are hitting .221/.278/.350 with 19 homers and 57 runs history (0-10 at the Boston Americans in 1901; STATS LLC). AT MINNESOTA TWINS scored (3.1 R/G) in the last 18 games … have left 121 runners Friday (Game 1): 1:10 p.m. CT | WGN-TV LACK OF CENTRAL COMMAND RHP Reynaldo López (7-9, 3.94) vs. on base and own a .229 RISP mark (27-118) during that span. TBA Chicago is 29-41 against the American League Central in 2018, James Shields needs 1.2 IP to reach 200.0 for the season ... Friday (Game 2): 7:10 p.m CT | NBCSCH it would mark his 10th season of 200.0-plus IP, the second-most going 13-22 at Guaranteed Rate Field and 15-20 on the road. RHP Lucas Giolito (10-12, 5.81) vs. in MLB since 2007 behind Justin Verlander (11). The White Sox will record a losing record vs. the AL Central TBA for the sixth consecutive season. Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT | NBCSCH LAST NIGHT'S RECAP The Sox have lost seven of the last nine but won 12 of 22. LHP Carlos Rodón (6-7, 3.61) vs. TBA Corey Kluber and two relievers combined on a four-hitter in Chicago is 10-11 in the last 21 games vs. the division at home. Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT | WGN-TV Cleveland's 4-0, series-opening win at Guaranteed Rate Field. The White Sox are 319-419 vs. the AL Central since 2009, RHP Dylan Covey (5-13, 5.06) vs. Brandon Guyer gave the Indians a 1-0 lead with a solo home posting a losing record every season except 2012 (37-36). TBA run off Ian Hamilton in the seventh … the club added three runs WHITE SOX VS. CLEVELAND (4-13) in the ninth, including a solo home run by Adam Rosales. HOMER HAPPY Starter Dylan Covey received a no decision despite allowing The White Sox have hit 95 home runs since 7/2, the fourth- Date H/R Result WP LP 5/28 R L, 6-9 Plutko Volstad six hits with seven strikeouts over 6.0 scoreless IP … Hamilton highest total in the American League and seventh-most in MLB. The Sox feature six players with 17-plus home runs this sea- 5/29 R L, 3-7 Clevinger Giolito (1 ER/1.0 IP) suff ered his second loss of the season. 5/30 R L, 1-9 Kluber López son, tied for the second-most in MLB behind the Dodgers (eight). Nicky Delmonico (2-3) recorded the Sox only multihit eff ort. 6/11 H L, 0-4 Carrasco Giolito The Sox recorded four singles, struck out 15 times, walked Chicago has hit 98 HRs on the road, compared to 81 at home. 6/12 H W, 5-1 Shields Plutko just once, went 0-3 with RISP and left fi ve runners on base. 6/13 H W, 3-2 Covey Bauer POWER AND SPEED 6/14 H L, 2-5 Clevinger Volstad 200 CLUB Tim Anderson (20 HR/26 SB) on Saturday became the fi rst 6/18 R L, 2-6 Bauer Covey James Shields is 1.2 IP shy of reaching 200.0 for the season White Sox shortstop to record a 20-HR/20-SB season … he is 6/19 R L, 3-6 Clevinger Rodón 6/20 R L, 0-12 Kluber López for the 10th time in his career ... he previously reached the mark four SBs shy of joining Alex Ríos (2010) and Tommie Agee (1966) as the only Sox to post 20 homers and 30 steals in one season. 8/10 H W, 1-0 Fry Ramírez in nine consecutive seasons from 2007-15. 8/11 H L, 1-3 Bauer Shields His nine seasons of 200.0-plus IP since 2007 are the second- Anderson, Boston's Mookie Betts, Cleveland's José Ramírez 8/12 H L, 7-9 Carrasco Covey most in MLB during that span behind Justin Verlander (11). and Colorado's Trevor Story are the only players in MLB with at 9/18 R L, 3-5 Kluber Rodón Since 2000, only former White Sox Mark Buehrle (14) and least 20 home runs and 25 stolen bases this season. 9/19 R L, 1-4 Perez Frare Verlander have more seasons of 200.0-plus IP. 9/20 R W, 5-4 Santiago Cimber PALKA POWER 9/24 H L, 0-4 Kluber Covey GUARANTEED HALF DOZEN Daniel Palka is tied with Zeke Bonura (1934) for third place in 9/25 H 7:10 p.m.