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CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2017 GAME NOTES 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 © 2017 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox CHICAGO WHITE SOX (24-31) at TAMPA BAY RAYS (29-30) WHITE SOX 2017 BREAKDOWN Record ......................................................24-31 Sox After 55/56 in 2016 ..................29-26/29-27 LHP José Quintana (2-7, 5.60) vs. RHP Chris Archer (4-3, 3.74) Current Streak ......................................... Lost 5 Game #56/Road #33 Tuesday, June 6 6:10 p.m. CT Tropicana Field Last 10 Games .............................................4-6 Current Trip...................................................0-3 TV: WGN Radio: WLS-AM 890 Spanish Radio: None Last Homestand ...........................................4-3 Series Record ............................................7-9-2 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Series First Game.......................................5-13 WHITE SOX LIVE STREAMING INFORMATION First/Second Half ................................24-31/0-0 The Chicago White Sox have lost fi ve straight games as they For the fi rst time in 2017, every White Sox game will be live streamed Home/Road ....................................12-11/12-20 continue a nine-game, 10-day trip tonight with the opener in on phones, laptops and tablets … all CSN broadcasts will streamed live Opp. At-Above/Below .500 ............. 11-20/13-11 Tampa Bay … LHP Jose Quintana is scheduled to start for the at CSNChicago.com/WhiteSoxStream and via the NBC Sports app. vs. AL East/Central/West ..............2-7/17-16/3-4 White Sox, who are a season-high seven games under .500. All out-of-market and WGN games will be live streamed through Interleague....................................................2-4 The Sox opened the trip by suff ering a three-game sweep at whitesox.com, MLB.TV and via the MLB.com At Bat app. Comeback W's/L's After Leading ..............10/11 Extra Innings.................................................3-2 Detroit in which they were outscored, 32-10. WHITE SOX VS. TAMPA BAY One-Run/Two-Run Games .....................5-7/2-4 Following this three-game series, they will conclude their Ahead After 6/7/8 ........................19-0/20-0/21-0 fourth straight three-city trip this weekend with three games in The White Sox were 4-3 against the Rays in 2016, going 3-1 Behind After 6/7/8 .......................2-30/2-30/0-28 Cleveland (6/9-11). at home and 1-2 at Tropicana Field … three of the seven games Tied After 6/7/8 .................................3-1/2-1/3-3 The White Sox went 4-3 on their last homestand vs. Detroit were decided by one run. Sox/Opp. Score First ........................15-10/9-21 (3-1) and Boston (1-2) and 3-7 on their last trip to the Angels The Sox batted .243 (56-230) with a 2.95 ERA (20 ER/61.0 Sox/Opp. Score 4+ ...........................19-11/5-28 IP) and outscored the Rays, 29-22, last season. Sox/Opp. Score 3 or Less ..................5-20/19-3 (0-3), Seattle (3-1) and Arizona (0-3). April/May/June ..........................13-10/11-18/0-3 The White Sox lead the all-time series, 79-64, going 11-5-3 in Days in First/Second/Third Place ............5/6/16 TONIGHT'S STORYLINES the 19 season matchups … they are 42-28 at home and 37-36 Days in Fourth/Fifth Place ..........................36/0 The White Sox have lost six straight road games by a com- on the road. Average Time of Game ............................... 3:06 bined 50-21 margin and have gone 3-13 in their last 16 away LOOKING FOR EDGE VS. THE EAST UPCOMING PROBABLES from home. AT TAMPA BAY RAYS The Sox bullpen owns a 10.32 ERA (26 ER/22.2 IP) over the The White Sox are 2-7 vs. the American League East this *Tuesday: 6:10 p.m. CT, WGN* last fi ve games, raising their season mark from 2.46 to 3.45. season after going 19-14 in 2016. Starting with this three-game series, the Sox play 14 of their LHP José Quintana (2-7, 5.60) vs. Sox starters own a 3.30 ERA (27 ER/73.2 IP) with nine qual- RHP Chris Archer (4-3, 3.74) ity starts in thee last 11 games at Tropicana Field. next 23 games vs. the AL East, including four vs. Baltimore *Wednesday: 6:10 p.m. CT, CSN* José Quintana is 0-2 with a 19.29 ERA (15 ER/7.0 IP) over (6/12-15), three at Toronto (6/16-18) and four vs. the Yankees RHP Mike Pelfrey (2-4, 3.86) vs. his last two starts after going 2-2 with a 2.70 ERA (12 ER/40.0 (6/26-29). RHP Jacob Faria (MLB Debut) *Thursday: 6:10 p.m. CT, CSN* IP) over his previous six. The White Sox are averaging 3.22 runs vs. the AL East and have posted a 5.45 ERA (46 ER/76.0 IP). LHP Derek Holland (4-5, 3.43) vs. Despite a 1-2 record, Quintana owns a 2.49 ERA (7 ER/25.1 RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-3, 3.53) IP) with 26 strikeouts over his last four starts vs. Tampa Bay. NOT SO RIGHTY TIGHTY AT CLEVELAND INDIANS SUNDAY'S RECAP The White Sox have gone 11-7 vs. left-handed starters this *Friday: 6:10 p.m. CT, WGN* season, compared to 13-24 in games started by right-handers. RHP Miguel González (2-7, 5.60) vs. Justin Upton hit a three-run homer off David Robertson with RHP Corey Kluber (4-2, 4.36) The Sox are hitting a major-league best .293 (158-539) vs. one out in the ninth inning as Detroit completed a three-game *Saturday: 6:15 p.m. CT, FOX* sweep with a 7-4 victory over the White Sox. lefties in 2017 and .238 (320-1,342) against right-handers, the LHP David Holmberg (2-4, 3.86) vs. The Sox scored twice in the eighth to tie the game at 4-4 25th-best mark in the majors. RHP Josh Tomlin (3-7, 5.54) *Sunday: 12:10 p.m. CT, CSN* but with runners on fi rst and third and one out, Tigers reliever Avisaíl García (.464) and José Abreu (.400) rank fi rst and fi fth in the majors in average vs. left-handers. LHP José Quintana (2-7, 5.60) vs. Shane Greene retired Adam Engel and Melky Cabrera to end RHP Carlos Carrasco (5-3, 3.36) the threat. ALL ABOUT AVI Chicago collected 13 hits, including four doubles, but left 11 WHITE SOX VS. TAMPA BAY (0-0) Avisaíl García ranks among the American League leaders in runners on base … Todd Frazier was 3-5 with a double, home Date H/R Result WP LP average (T4th, .330), multihit games (T5th, 20), RBI (T7th, 38) run and two runs scored, and Avisaíl García collected three hits 6/6 R 6:10 p.m. CT WGN and slugging percentage (T10th, .532). to raise his average to .330. 6/7 R 6:10 p.m. CT CSN A breakdown of García after 53 games in 2016 and 2017: 6/8 R 6:10 p.m. CT CSN The White Sox were swept in Detroit for the third time in the Year AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI OBP SLG OPS 9/1 H 7:10 p.m. CT CSN last four series. 9/2 H 6:10 p.m. CT CSN 2017 .330 203 29 67 11 3 8 38 .370 .532 .906 9/3 H 1:10 p.m. CT WGN READYING FOR RETURNS 2016 .260 192 25 50 7 1 5 24 .313 .385 .698 WHITE SOX ON THE TRIP (0-3) LHP Carlos Rodon is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment PITO POWER tonight with Class A Winston-Salem in game one of a double- at DET/TB/CLE .................................0-3/0-0/0-0 José Abreu has hit all 10 of his home runs on the road this header at Carolina (4:00 CT). Runs Scored/Allowed ...............................10/32 season, tied for the second-most in the major leagues. AVG/OBP/SLG/HR ..................... .288/.336/.404 Rodon, 24, was placed on the 10-day disabled list on 4/2 Abreu is 2-23 (.087) over his last six games after hitting ERA .................................11.47 (31 ER/24.1 IP) (retro to 3/30) with left biceps bursitis and transferred to the 60- .356/.406/.659 with 10 homers and 22 RBI over his previous 32. Quality Starts ................................................... 0 day disabled list on 5/4 … he went 9-10 with a 4.04 ERA (74 His eight hitting streaks of 10-plus games since 2014 are ER/165.0 IP) and 168 strikeouts over 28 starts last season. MOST AL RUNS SINCE 4/23 tied for third in the major leagues behind Washington's Daniel RHP James Shields began his rehab assignment with Club Runs R/G Murphy and Houston's Jose Altuve (nine each). Class AAA Charlotte on 6/3 at Buff alo, allowing three runs (one Houston Astros ..........................243 ..........6.08 Abreu (101 career) needs fi ve home runs to tie Adam Dunn earned) on three hits over 4.0 IP in his fi rst minor-league outing New York Yankees .....................203 ..........5.49 and Ray Durham (106) for 20th on the Sox all-time list. Detroit Tigers .............................206 ..........5.28 since 2006 with Class AAA Durham.