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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 (72-85) at DETROIT TIGERS (87-70) Sox After 157/158 in 2013 .........62-95/62-96 Current Streak .....................................Lost 1 LHP Chris Sale (12-4, 2.20) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (14-12, 4.68) Current Trip ..............................................4-4 Last Homestand .......................................5-2 Game #158/Road #81 Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................5-5 Series Record .................................. 18-25-6 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Series First Game ................................28-22 PAUL KONERKO’S FAREWELL SEASON First/Second Half....................... 45-51/27-34 The Chicago White Sox have won four of their last seven Paul Konerko is playing in his 18th and fi nal season, including 16 Home/Road ............................... 39-38/33-47 games, eight of their last 13 and nine of 15 overall as they con- with the White Sox … agreed to a one-year contract on 12/4/13. Day/Night .................................. 23-32/49-53 clude their fi nal trip of the season this afternoon at Detroit. His 16-season tenure with the White Sox is the second-longest with Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ........ 42-47/30-38 LHP Chris Sale, who leads the AL and ranks second in MLB a current team behind the Yankees’ Derek Jeter (20 seasons). vs. RHS/LHS .............................51-62/21-23 vs. AL East ...........................................16-18 with a 2.20 ERA, makes his fi nal start of the season. Ranks among the franchise leaders in virtually every offensive cate- gory … is the club leader in total bases and ranks second in home runs vs. AL Central .......................................32-39 The Sox (33-47) are going to fi nish under .500 on the road for (Frank Thomas), RBI (Thomas) and games played (Luke Appling). vs. AL West ..........................................13-19 the third straight season and sixth time in the last eight years. The White Sox captain was part of the 2005 World Series champi- Interleague .............................................11-9 Chicago will fi nish 2014 with four games vs. Kansas City. onship team, was named the ALCS MVP and is a six-time All-Star. Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading .........35/40 Extra innings ............................................6-8 TODAY’S STORYLINES WHITE SOX VS. DETROIT TIGERS One-run/two-run games ............ 27-24/12-20 Leading after 6/7/8 ..............50-10/56-9/60-7 The White Sox and Tigers have split their 18 games this The season series is even at 9-9 with Chicago going 4-5 at Trailing after 6/7/8 ............... 10-62/5-66/4-71 season … both teams have scored 79 runs. home and 5-4 at Comerica Park in 2014 … the White Sox are Tied after 6/7/8 .................... 12-13/11-10/7-7 Chicago is 6-4 in its last 10 games at Comerica Park after looking to win their second consecutive series in Detroit. Sox/opp. quality start................. 50-36/29-55 losing 14 of the previous 17 in Detroit. The Sox are hitting .268 with 14 homers and own a 4.10 ERA Sox/opp. score fi rst ................... 46-29/26-56 Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................... 55-28/20-73 The Sox are hitting .325 (53-163) and have scored 25 runs over (72 ER/158.0 IP) … both teams have scored 79 runs. Sox/opp. score 3 or less............ 17-57/52-12 the last six games when facing Justin Verlander … Detroit’s right- This series marks Paul Konerko’s fi nal games vs. the Tigers Average time of game ............................3:08 hander owns a 4.76 ERA (21 ER/39.2 IP) during that span. … he leads active players with 45 HR and 152 RBI vs. Detroit. Chris Sale is 3-1 with a 1.63 ERA (7 ER/38.2 IP) and 44 The Sox have lost each of the last four season series, going UPCOMING PROBABLES strikeouts over his last fi ve starts vs. Detroit (5 QS). 34-55 since 2010 (15-28 mark on the road). Jose Abreu ranks among the White Sox all-time rookie, single- Chicago trails in the all-time series, 1,023-1,055 … it has gone AT DETROIT TIGERS Wednesday: 12:08 p.m. CT, CSN season leaders in home runs (T1st, 35) and RBI (3rd,105). 545-498 at home (108-83 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 478-557 in LHP Chris Sale (12-4, 2.20) vs. Detroit (69-66 at Comerica Park). LAST NIGHT’S RECAP RHP Justin Verlander (14-12, 4.68) Miguel Cabrera hit a game-ending, RBI single in the bottom BOUNCE BACK IN THE MOTOR CITY VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS of the ninth inning to give Detroit a 4-3, walkoff win. The White Sox are 6-4 in the last 10 games at Comerica Park Thursday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN RHP James Shields (14-8, 3.18) vs. Trailing 3-0 in the ninth, Chicago tied the game on RBI singles … they are hitting .284 (101-356) with nine homers and 50 runs LHP Jose Quintana (9-22, 3.22) by Avisail Garcia (2 RBI) and Marcus Semien off David Price … scored (5.0 R/G) and own a 4.38 ERA (38 ER/78.0 IP). Friday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WCIU Carlos Sanchez fl ew out with the bases loaded to end the 9th. By contrast, the Sox went 3-14 over their previous 17 games RHP Jeremy Guthrie (12-11, 4.28) vs. Scott Carroll received a no decision despite allowing just two in Detroit from 5/4/12-9/21/13 … Chicago hit just .241, including a RHP Hector Noesi (8-10, 4.39) runs (one earned) on fi ve hits over 6.0 IP … Jake Petricka suffered .231 mark with RISP, and owned a 4.93 ERA (80 ER/146.0 IP). Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT, CSN LHP Danny Duffy (9-11, 2.32) vs. his sixth loss after allowing Cabrera’s game-ending single. LHP John Danks (10-11, 4.82) Alexei Ramirez went 2-4 with two doubles … Adam Eaton was FIGHTING AT THE FINISH Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN 2-4 after missing the previous two games (family reasons). The White Sox are 10-10 in September and attempting to RHP Yordano Ventura (14-10, 3.07) vs. record their second winning month in 2014 (14-12 in July). RHP Chris Bassitt (1-1, 3.65) SMOOTH SALE-ING The Sox own a 3.44 ERA (68 ER/178.0 IP) this month, their All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM Chris Sale is 3-1 with a 1.97 ERA (15 ER/68.2 IP), 69 strikeouts lowest monthly mark of the season (3.64 ERA in July) … the and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes and a .222 opp. average over 10 road starts (8 QS) this season starters have made 15 quality outings. … he would lead the AL in road ERA with the necessary IP. By contrast, Chicago went 7-21 with a .236 average (226-956) Sale is tied for seventh in MLB this season with a .165 average and 4.56 ERA (125 ER/246.2 IP) in September 2013. SOX VS. DETROIT (9-9) (20-121) vs. left-handers (2 XBH, 2 RBI and 6 BB). The White Sox have not fi nished above .500 in September/ Date H/R Result WP LP He needs two strikeouts to join Ed Walsh (1907-08, ‘10-12), October since going 16-14 in 2010. 4/21 R W, 3-1 Danks Sanchez Tom Bradley (1971-72) and Javier Vazquez (2007-08) as the only 4/22 R L, 6-8 Verlander Leesman 4/23 R W, 6-4 Rienzo Reed pitchers in club history to record 200 in consecutive seasons. ABREU TIES CLUB RECORD 4/24 R L, 4-7 Scherzer Quintana Sale is attempting to become the fi rst Sox pitcher to lead the Jose Abreu hit his 35th home run in the ninth inning on 9/14 vs. 4/29 H L, 3-4 Chamberlain Belisario AL in ERA since Joel Horlen in 1967 (2.08). Minnesota, tying Ron Kittle (1983) for the club rookie record. 4/30 H L, 1-5 Scherzer Noesi He is just the 10th rookie in baseball history to hit 35 or more 6/9 H W, 6-5 Noesi Porcello HONORING THE CAPTAIN homers in a season … he is tied for sixth all-time with Kittle, Mike 6/10 H Ppd rain; rescheduled as DH on 8/30 The White Sox will honor retiring captain Paul Konerko prior to Piazza (1993), Hal Trosky (1934) and Rudy York (1937). 6/11 H W, 8-2 Danks Verlander Saturday night’s game vs. Kansas City … fi rst pitch is scheduled Abreu’s 35 home runs are the most by a player in his rookie 6/12 H L, 0-4 Scherzer Sale for 6:10 p.m. CT and fans are encouraged to arrive early. season since St. Louis’ Albert Pujols hit 37 in 2001. 7/29 R W, 11-4 Quintana Sanchez 7/30 R L, 7-2 Scherzer Noesi The pregame tribute will include a memorable presentation He ranks third all-time among Sox rookies with 105 RBI.