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 NEW YORK YANKEES (24-23) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (25-25) Sox After 50/51 in 2013 .............24-26/24-27 Current Streak ....................................Won 2 LHP Vidal Nuno (1-1, 5.82) vs. LHP John Danks (3-4, 5.64) Homestand ...............................................2-0 Last Trip ...................................................4-5 Game #51/Home #24 Saturday, May 24, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................6-4 Series Record ...................................... 5-9-1 Series First Game ..................................11-6 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE COUNTDOWN TO COOPERSTOWN First/Second Half........................... 25-25/0-0 The Chicago White Sox have won four of the last fi ve games Frank Thomas will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Home/Road ............................... 13-10/12-15 and six of nine as they continue their series vs. New York-AL. Fame on July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y. … joining Thomas in the Class Day/Night .................................... 8-10/17-15 LHP John Danks, who is limiting opponents to a .220 average of 2014 are pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux and managers Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ...........14-8/11-17 vs. RHS/LHS .................................19-19/6-6 (20-91) at home, takes the mound for the White Sox. Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre. “The Big Hurt”, the White Sox all-time leader in most offensive cat- vs. AL East ...............................................6-3 Chicago is in third place in the American League Central, 6.0 vs. AL Central .......................................11-11 egories, is one of four players in major-league history with a career .300 vs. AL West ..............................................3-6 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 series vs. the Yankees, the Sox will continue the walks, joining Mel Ott, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams. homestand vs. Cleveland (5/26-28) and San Diego (5/30-6/1). Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading .........15/11 Extra innings ............................................2-1 TONIGHT’S STORYLINES WHITE SOX VS. NEW YORK YANKEES One-run/two-run games .................... 8-6/5-5 Ahead after 6/7/8................... 15-2/16-2/19-2 The White Sox are trying to move above the .500 mark for the The White Sox are looking to clinch their third straight home Trailing after 6/7/8 ................. 4-18/4-19/3-21 fi rst time since 5/9 (19-18) … the Sox last three wins, and four of series win … they recorded home sweeps in 2012 and 2013. Tied after 6/7/8 ............................6-5/5-4/3-2 their last six games overall, have been one-run decisions. Chicago has won eight of the last 12 games overall but are Sox/opp. quality start..................15-11/10-13 The Sox have won eight consecutive home games vs. the 14-15 since 2010, including a 9-6 mark at U.S. Cellular Field. Sox/opp. score fi rst ..................... 15-8/10-17 The Sox are hitting .300 (21-70), own a 3.00 ERA (6 ER/18.0 Sox/opp. score 4+ ........................21-11/7-22 Yankees, tied for the second-longest streak in team history. Sox/opp. score 3 or less................ 4-12/17-5 Chicago is 14-8 vs. teams at or above .500 this season, IP) and have outscored the Yankees, 9-7. Average time of game ............................3:14 compared to an 11-17 mark vs. teams with a losing record. Chicago trails in the all-time series, 812-1,046 … it has gone Sox starters own a 2.84 ERA (8 ER/25.1 IP) with 25 strikeouts 445-487 at home (50-51 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 367-559 on and .198 opponents average (18-91) in the last four games. the road (5-12 at new Yankee Stadium). UPCOMING PROBABLES Alexei Ramirez is 9-23 (.391) with two home runs, seven RBI VS. NEW YORK YANKEES DIGGING THE LONG BALL and six runs scored in the last seven games (three multihit). Saturday, 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN The White Sox rank second in the AL with 54 home runs. LHP Vidal Nuno (1-1, 5.82) vs. LAST NIGHT’S RECAP The Sox are 20-9 when hitting at least one homer and 13-3 LHP John Danks (3-4, 5.64) Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN Adam Dunn connected on a 431-foot, game-ending, two-run when recording a multihomer game (5-16 when homerless). RHP Masahiro Tanaka (6-1, 2.39) vs. home run off David Robertson in the bottom of the ninth inning Chicago ranks among the MLB home run leaders in the fol- RHP Andre Rienzo (4-0, 4.00) to lead the White Sox to a 6-5, comeback win over New York. lowing categories: two outs (T1st, 20), RISP (2nd, 17), seventh inning or later (2nd, 20) and runners on base (4th, 26). VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS The Sox held a 4-2 lead after six innings before the Yankees Monday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN scored two runs off Chicago relievers in the seventh inning. RISP-Y BUSINESS RHP Josh Tomlin (3-1, 2.91) vs. Starter Hector Noesi (3 ER/6.0 IP) received a no decision LHP Jose Quintana (2-4, 3.67) despite making his second quality start … Daniel Webb earned Chicago ranks second in the American League, and third in Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WCIU his fourth win after working 1.1 scoreless IP. the majors, with a .279 average with RISP (122-437) in 2014. RHP Justin Masterson (2-3, 5.32) vs. The White Sox are 19-66 (.288) with three doubles, three LHP Chris Sale (4-0, 1.89) Alexei Ramirez went 3-4, including a two-run homer (No. 7), Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN home runs and 27 RBI with RISP over the last eight games. surpassing his 2013 total (6) … Adam Eaton was 3-5 with a run RHP T.J. House (0-1, 6.43) vs. scored, and Tyler Flowers collected two hits. The Sox own a .337 mark (34-101) with three home runs and RHP Hector Noesi (0-4, 6.82) 37 RBI with RISP in the last 11 games at U.S. Cellular Field. WALKOFF RECAP All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM PROVIDING RELIEF and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes Adam Dunn hit his 10th career game-ending homer last night on an 0-2 pitch off David Robertson … the homer was the Sox Chicago relievers have allowed seven earned runs in the last nine games (26.2 IP) … six outings have been scoreless. third walkoff in 2014 and 49th all-time at U.S. Cellular Field. SOX VS. NEW YORK-AL (2-0) The bullpen owns a 2.58 ERA (24 ER/83.2 IP) with six saves, Dunn’s 10 game-ending shots are tied with Jason Giambi Date H/R Result WP LP 11 holds and a .182 average (54-296) since 4/26 (26 games), and Albert Pujols for the second-most among active players. 5/22 H W, 3-2 Sale Phelps The last White Sox to hit a walkoff home run on an 0-2 pitch lowering its season ERA from 5.20 to 3.87 during that span. 5/23 H W, 6-5 Webb Robertson was A.J. Pierzynski on 9/8/06 vs. Cleveland (source: Elias). The 2.58 mark is the lowest in the American League and the 5/24 H 1:10 p.m. CT Chicago leads MLB with three game-ending homers this fi fth-lowest in the majors since 4/26. 5/25 H 1:10 p.m. CT season … the last time it had three or more was 2008 (fi ve). 8/22 R 6:05 p.m. CT RAMIREZ ROLLS ON 8/23 R 12:05 p.m. CT STREAKING THROUGH NEW YORK Alexei Ramirez ranks among the American League leaders 8/24 R TBA The White Sox have won eight consecutive home games vs. in hits (3rd, 62), average with RISP (3rd, .396), multihit games New York-AL, tied for the second-longest home winning streak (T3rd, 19), average (4th, .325) and singles (4th, 45). WHITE SOX ON HOMESTAND (2-0) in team history (also 6/2/18-5/23/19). Ramirez has hit safely in 40 of Chicago’s 50 games and has vs. NYY/CLE/S.D. .......................2-0/0-0/0-0 Chicago recorded home sweeps in 2012 and 2013. gone hitless in consecutive contests just twice … has played in Average ..................................... .300 (21-70) Home Runs .................................................2 The Sox longest home winning streak over the Yankees is an AL leading 441.0 innings (out of a possible 445.0 IP). He is one of 10 AL players (also Jose Abreu and Marcus Runs Scored/Allowed ...............................9/7 nine games from 6/4/72-7/10/73. ERA ................................3.00 (6 ER/18.0 IP) Semien) to have multiple four-RBI games this season. Quality Starts...............................................2 NINTH-INNING NUMBERS WEATHERING THE STORM Chicago leads the major leagues with 40 runs scored in the AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS ninth inning … Cleveland ranks second in baseball with 25.