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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 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (10-10) at DETROIT TIGERS (9-7) Sox After 20/21 in 2013 .................8-12/9-12 Current Streak ....................................Won 2 LHP Charlie Leesman (NR) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (2-1, 2.08) Current Trip ..............................................2-2 Last Homestand .......................................4-3 Game #21/Road #11 Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................6-4 Series Record ..........................................2-4 Series First Game ....................................4-3 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE COUNTDOWN TO COOPERSTOWN First/Second Half........................... 10-10/0-0 The Chicago White Sox continue a seven-game trip tonight Frank Thomas will be inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame on July Home/Road ....................................... 6-4/4-6 in Detroit … left-hander Charlie Leesman takes the mound for 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y. … joining Thomas in the Class of 2014 are Day/Night .......................................... 5-5/5-5 the White Sox, who are tied for second in the American League pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux and managers Bobby Cox, Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ................ 3-2/7-8 Tony La Russa and Joe Torre. vs. RHS/LHS .....................................8-7/2-3 Central, 1.0 game behind the Tigers. vs. AL East ...............................................1-2 The White Sox are 2-2 on the trip, rallying last night for a “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 ...........................................7-4 vs. AL West ..............................................1-2 3-1 victory after losing two of three games at Texas … the Sox average, 500 home runs, 1,500 RBI and 1,000 runs scored and 1,500 Interleague ...............................................1-2 defeated the Rangers on Sunday, 16-2, after losing the fi rst two walks, joining Mel Ott, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams. games by a combined 18-3 margin. Comeback Wins ..........................................4 Losses After Leading...................................5 Following this four-game series, the White Sox close the month WHITE SOX VS. DETROIT Extra innings ............................................1-1 with a six-game homestand vs. Tampa Bay (4/25-28) and Detroit Chicago posted a 3-1 victory last night in the series opener. One-run/two-run games .................... 3-2/2-3 (4/29-30). The White Sox are 20-45 vs. Detroit since 8/14/10, including Ahead after 6/7/8......................... 5-2/7-2/8-2 Trailing after 6/7/8 ....................... 2-5/1-6/1-7 The Sox went 4-3 on their last homestand vs. Cleveland (3-1) an 8-24 record at Comerica Park … by comparison, they went and Boston (1-2) from 4/10-17 and 2-4 on its fi rst trip to Kansas Tied after 6/7/8 ............................3-3/2-2/1-1 68-38 in the previous 96 games in the series. Sox/opp. quality start......................... 7-4/5-5 City (1-2) and Colorado (1-2) from 4/4-9. The Sox went 7-12 in 2013 (4-6 in Detroit), hitting .274 with a Sox/opp. score fi rst ........................... 6-2/4-8 Sox/opp. score 4+ ............................. 8-5/2-9 TONIGHT’S STORYLINES 3.58 ERA … they were outscored, 90-76. The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 1,015-1,046 … they Sox/opp. score 3 or less.................... 2-5/8-1 The White Sox are averaging a major-league best 5.45 runs Average time of game ............................3:18 are 541-493 at home (104-78 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 473-553 per game. in Detroit (64-62 at Comerica Park). Charlie Leesman makes his second major-league start. UPCOMING PROBABLES Justin Verlander has allowed 12 runs (eight earned) on 22 hits QUALITY IS JOB ONE AT DETROIT TIGERS over 13.0 IP in his last two starts vs. Chicago (0-2 record). The White Sox have made a major-league leading 981 qual- Tuesday: 6:08 p.m. CDT, WCIU The Sox bullpen has thrown 6.2 scoreless IP over the last two ity starts since 2003, fi ve more than the Angels and Mets … the LHP Charlie Leesman (NR) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (2-1, 2.08) games. Sox are tied for third in the American League with 11 quality Alexei Ramirez has hit safely in 19 of 20 games this season. Wednesday: 6:08 p.m. CDT, CSN+ starts in 2014. RHP Andre Rienzo (0-0, 0.00) vs. Paul Konerko needs four total bases to tie Frank Thomas for LHP Drew Smyly (1-1, 4.00) the franchise record of 3,949 and two hits for 2,300 career. ROAD WOES Thursday: 12:08 p.m. CDT, CSN The White Sox are 4-6 on the road this season after going LHP Jose Quintana (1-1, 3.75) vs. LAST NIGHT’S RECAP 26-55 (.321) away from home in 2013, tied with Miami for the RHP Max Scherzer (1-1, 2.33) Conor Gillaspie, Jose Abreu and Dayan Viciedo all doubled lowest winning percentage in the major leagues. All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM and during a three-run seventh inning as the White Sox rallied to 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes defeat Detroit, 3-1, in the series opener. SOUTHPAW SUCCESS White Sox LHP Chris Sale, Jose Quintana and John Danks are The Sox, who were shut out on one hit until the seventh, posted SOX VS. DETROIT (1-0) their fourth come-from-behind victory of the season. a combined 6-1 with a 2.93 ERA (25 ER/76.2 IP), 62 strikeouts Date H/R Result WP LP Starter John Danks earned the victory, allowing one run on six and 60 hits allowed in 11 starts this season. 4/21 R W, 3-1 Danks Sanchez hits over 6.1 IP to lower his ERA to 2.84 … Ronald Belisario threw Sale, 25, is signed through 2017 with club options for 2018 4/22 R 6:08 p.m. CT 1.2 scoreless IP for his third hold, and Matt Lindstrom pitched a and 2019, Quintana, 25, is signed through 2018 with club options 4/23 R 6:08 p.m. CT scoreless ninth for his second save. for 2019 and 2020, and Danks, 29, is signed through 2016. 4/24 R 12:08 p.m. CT The Tigers were 0-10 with runners in scoring position. 4/29 H 7:10 p.m. CT FLOWERS IN BLOOM 4/30 H 1:10 p.m. CT ROSTER MOVES C Tyler Flowers is hitting .389 (21-54) this season, which would 6/9 H 7:10 p.m. CT Prior to tonight’s game, the White Sox placed LHP Chris Sale lead the American League with the required plate appearances … 6/10 H 7:10 p.m. CT 6/11 H 7:10 p.m. CT his 21 hits have nearly doubled his total of 11 from April 2013. on the 15-day disabled list (retro to 4/18) with a fl exor muscle 6/12 H 7:10 p.m. CT strain in his left arm and recalled LHP Charlie Leesman from RUN PARADE 7/29 R 6:08 p.m. CT Class AAA Charlotte … Leesman will wear uniform No. 61. 7/30 R 6:08 p.m. CT The White Sox also assigned RHP Frank Francisco to Char- The White Sox scored 16 runs on Sunday at Texas, their most 7/31 R 12:08 p.m. CT lotte after a stint at extended spring training … Francisco was ever on the road against the Rangers/Senators franchise and 8/29 H 7:10 p.m. CT signed to a minor-league deal on 4/14. their most on the road since 5/25/09 at the Angels (17) … the 8/30 H 6:10 p.m. CT 16 runs also tied Tampa Bay (4/19 vs. NYY) for the single-game 8/31 H 1:10 p.m. CT FROM THE TRAINING ROOM high in the major leagues this season. 9/22 R 6:08 p.m. CT The Sox matched the franchise record for largest margin of 9/23 R 6:08 p.m. CT Following is a White Sox injury update: 9/24 R 12:08 p.m. CT 2B Gordon Beckham: 15-day DL (strained left oblique), rehabbing victory in Arlington (15-1 on 7/3/73), which was their largest on at Class AA Birmingham. the road since a 17-3 win on 5/25/09 at the Angels. OF Adam Eaton: day-to-day (mild left hamstring strain). SOX ON THE TRIP OF Avisail Garcia: Out for season (torn left labrum). ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END Record......................................................2-2 RHP Nate Jones: 15-day DL (left hip muscle strain). Alexei Ramirez recorded a franchise-record, 17-game hitting at Tex./Det. ........................................ 1-2/1-0 Average ................................... .246 (35-142) INF Jeff Keppinger: 15-day DL (recovery from right shoulder surgery), streak to open the season … Ramirez batted .379 (25-66) with rehabbing at extended spring training. Home Runs .................................................3 four home runs, 14 RBI and 14 runs scored during the streak, RHP Felipe Paulino: 15-day DL (rotator cuff infl ammtion). Runs Scored/Allowed ...........................22/21 ERA ..............................5.29 (20 ER/34.0 IP) LHP Chris Sale: 15-day DL (fl exor muscle strain).