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CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2021 GAME NOTES AND INFORMATION © 2021 Chicago White Sox Guaranteed Rate Field (1991) 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, Ill. 60616 Media Relations Department Phone: 312-674-5300 Email: [email protected] credentials.mlb.com whitesox.com loswhitesox.com whitesoxpressbox.com chisoxpressbox.com @whitesox @loswhitesox #WhiteSox TODAY'S GAMES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING TV/RADIO NETWORKS AND STREAMING: WHITE SOX 2021 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (6-8) at BOSTON RED SOX (10-4) Sox after 14 | 15 | 16 in 2020 .......8-6 | 8-7 | 8-8 Current Streak ......................................... Lost 2 Game 1: LHP Dallas Keuchel (0-0, 6.43) vs. RHP Tanner Houck (0-1, 3.00) Current Trip | Last Homestand .............0-1 | 3-3 Game 2: TBA vs. LHP Martin Pérez (0-0, 4.50) Last 10 Games .............................................4-6 Series Record ............................................1-1-2 Games #15-16 | Road #9-10 Sunday, April 18 12:10/4:10 p.m. CT Fenway Park Series First Game.........................................3-2 Home | Road ........................................3-3 | 3-5 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. BOSTON RED SOX Day | Night ............................................1-4 | 5-4 The Chicago White Sox have lost three of their last four games The Red Sox lead the season series, 1-0. Opp. At or Above | Below .500 ..............6-7 | 0-1 as they continue a six-game trip this afternoon with a split dou- The teams are scheduled to play seven times in 2021, including vs. RHS | LHS ......................................3-7 | 3-1 bleheader at Boston. a three-game series in Chicago from 9/10-12. vs. AL East | Central | West ..........0-1 | 3-3 | 3-4 Comeback W’s | L’s After Leading .............. 2 | 6 LHP Dallas Keuchel is scheduled to start the opener for the The Red Sox won the 2019 series, 5-2, taking three of four Extra Innings.................................................0-2 White Sox … the Game 2 starter is TBA. games in Chicago and two of three in Boston. One-Run | Two-Run Games .................1-2 | 0-3 The Sox opened the trip yesterday with a 7-4 loss to the Red The White Sox have gone 22-35 against Boston since 2012. Ahead After 6 | 7 | 8 ......................5-2 | 5-2 | 5-1 Sox after Friday's game was postponed due to inclement weather. Behind After 6 | 7 | 8 .....................0-4 | 0-3 | 0-6 RELIVING RODÓN'S NO-NO Following this series, the White Sox conclude the trip with Tied After 6 | 7 | 8 .........................1-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 Sox | Opp. Score First ..........................4-5 | 2-3 two games at Cleveland (4/20-21) before returning to Chicago Carlos Rodón threw the 20th no-hitter in franchise history Days in 1st | 2nd | 3rd Place .................. 0 | 2 | 7 for a nine-game, 10-day homestand vs. Texas (4/23-25), Detroit on Wednesday vs. Cleveland, marking the White Sox second no-hitter in the last 42 games regular-season games (Lucas Days in 4th | 5th Place ................................ 6 | 1 (4/27-29) and the Indians (4/30-5/2). April | May | June ..........................6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 The Sox went 3-3 on their last homestand vs. Kansas City Giolito on 8/25/20 vs. Pittsburgh). Average Time of Game ............................... 3:21 Rodón retired the first 25 batters before hitting Roberto Pérez (1-1; one rainout) and Cleveland (2-2) from 4/8-15. with a pitch … he did not issue a walk and struck out seven as UPCOMING PROBABLES TODAY'S STORYLINES he recorded his first career shutout and 9.0-IP complete game. AT BOSTON RED SOX Monday: 10:10 a.m. CT White Sox starting pitchers lead the American League with a Rodón became the first pitcher in American League history to RHP Lucas Giolito (1-0, 2.55) vs. 2.61 ERA (23 ER/79.2 IP), including a 1.59 mark (8 ER/45.1 IP) win his first two starts of a season while allowing two hits or less. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (2-1, 2.08) with 50 strikeouts over the last seven games. Some additional notes from his no-hitter. AT CLEVELAND INDIANS Since 2020, the White Sox are 17-1 vs. left-handed starters, u White Sox 20 no-hitters are the second-most in MLB history behind the Tuesday: 5:10 p.m. CT Dodgers (23) … first by a Sox pitcher since Lucas Giolito on 8/25/20 but 0-4 in seven-inning games. LHP Carlos Rodón (2-0, 0.00) vs. vs. Pittsburgh, and first by Sox LHP since Mark Buehrle's perfect game LHP Dallas Keuchel is 3-1 with a 2.61 ERA (14 ER/48.1 IP) in RHP Zach Plesac (1-1, 5.27) on 7/23/09 vs. Tampa Bay. Wednesday: 5:10 p.m. CT nine road starts since 2020. u Sixth pitcher in MLB history to throw a no-hitter with only baserunner RHP Lance Lynn (1-1, 0.92) vs. José Abreu is a career .337/.408/.663 (31-92) hitter with 12 reaching via HBP, a list that includes former Sox pitcher Joe Horlen on RHP Aaron Civale (3-0, 2.18) doubles, six home runs, 22 RBI and 14 runs scored in 23 career 9/10/67 vs. Detroit (Game 1). games at Fenway Park. u First pitcher in MLB history to throw a no-hitter within two years of WHITE SOX VS. BOSTON (0-1) undergoing Tommy John surgery (5/15/19). Abreu has reached base safely in all 14 games this season, All-Time: 945-991 (22-35 since 2012) u Joined Justin Verlander (No. 2 pick in 2004), Josh Beckett (No. 2 pick and Adam Eaton has reached safely in each of his 13. Home: 545-422 (57-64 at GRF) in 1999) and former White Sox RHP Philip Humber (No. 3 in 2004) as Road: 400-569 (353-501 at Fenway Park) ROSTER MOVES the only Top 3 draft picks to throw a no-hitter (Elias). u Zack Collins made his 15th career start at catcher, tied for the fifth-few- Date H/R Result WP LP The White Sox have recalled RHP Jonathan Stiever from the est in the MLB modern era before catching a no-hitter (1901-), per Elias. 4/16 R Ppd. due to inclement weather Schaumburg training facility to serve as the 27th man for today’s u Tony La Russa became the first manager in MLB history to oversee 4/17 R L, 4-7 Ottavino Heuer split doubleheader. two no-hitters in each league (also Oakland's Dave Stewart in 1990; 4/18 R 12:10 p.m. CT (7) St. Louis' José Jiménez in 1999 and Bud Smith in 2001). 4:10 p.m. CT (7) YESTERDAY'S RECAP u La Russa joined Whitey Herzog (Royals, Cardinals, Rangers) and 4/19 R 10:10 a.m. CT Fielder Jones (White Sox, Browns, Terriers) as the only managers to 9/10 H 7:10 p.m. CT Marwin González led off the eighth inning with a go-ahead oversee a no-hitter with three or more franchises. home run off Codi Heuer, and Boston added three more runs in 9/11 H 6:10 p.m. CT u Eddie Cicotte also threw a no-hitter for the White Sox on April 14 of 9/12 H 1:10 p.m. CT the frame to record a 7-4 victory over the White Sox. 1917, a year the Sox went on to win the World Series. Three Sox relievers gave up five runs on seven hits over 3.1 WHITE SOX ON THE TRIP (0-1) IP … Heuer, who suffered his first loss, struck out the side in the THE YERMÍN-ATOR at BOS | CLE ........................................0-1 | 0-0 Runs Scored | Allowed ............................... 4 | 7 seventh before running into trouble in the eighth. Rookie Yermín Mercedes leads the American League in av- AVG | OBP | SLG | HR ...... .265 | .333 | .324 | 0 erage (.457) and ranks among the leaders in OPS (3rd, 1.239), Starter Dylan Cease posted a ND, allowing two runs on six hits Average with RISP ............................167 (2-12) with three walks and six strikeouts over 4.2 IP. slugging percentage (3rd, .739) and OBP (4th, .500). ERA | QS ......................... 7.88 (7 ER/8.0 IP) | 0 José Abreu went 2-4 with a double and RBI, Adam Eaton was Some of Mercedes' notable accomplishments in 2021: BEST ERA IN AMERICAN LEAGUE 1-3 with a double, RBI and two walks, and Luis Robert collected u First player in White Sox history and 10th in MLB with four-plus three-hit efforts in his first 12 games Club Starters two hits. u Joined Joe DiMaggio (1936) and Dale Mitchell (1946) as the only players Chicago White Sox ................................... 2.61 ON THIS DATE … 2007 in AL history with four three-hit games in his first 11. Minnesota Twins ......................................... 2.86 u 12 hits were the most by any player in the modern era over his first four Cleveland Indians ....................................... 3.29 Mark Buehrle threw the 16th no-hitter in White Sox history in career starts. Texas Rangers............................................ 3.63 a 6-0 victory vs. Texas. u First player with 3-plus hits in a game three times in his first four career Club Overall Buehrle walked one, struck out eight and faced the minimum starts since Roy Campanella in 1948. Toronto Blue Jays ....................................... 3.12 27 batters in the Sox first no-hitter in Chicago since Joel Horlen u First player in MLB history to start a season 8-8, breaking the mark of Cleveland Indians ......................................