CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations DepartmentGAME 333 W. 35th StreetN Chicago,OTES IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Fax: 312-674-5116 Director: Bob Beghtol, 312-674-5303 Assistant Director: Patrick O’Connell, 312-674-5306 Coordinator: Ray Garcia, 312-674-5300 © 2011 Chicago White Sox www.whitesox.com www.orgullosox.com OAKLAND A’S (4-5) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (6-3) WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN Record ..................................................6-3 LHP Dallas Braden (0-1, 6.43) vs. LHP Mark Buehrle (1-0, 7.36) Sox After 9 in 2010 ...............................4-5 Sox After 10 in 2010 .............................4-6 Game #10/Home #5 Monday, April 11, 2011 Streak ............................................. Won 2 Current Homestand ..............................3-1 Last Trip ................................................3-2 Last 10 Games .....................................6-3 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. OAKLAND Series Record ................................... 2-0-1 The Chicago White Sox have won four of their last fi ve games The White Sox were 4-5 in 2010, going 2-1 at home and 2-4 Series First Game .................................2-1 as they continue this homestand tonight with the opener of a in Oakland, to fall to 2-10-1 in 13 season matchups against the First/Second Half ........................... 6-3/0-0 three-game series vs. the Oakland A’s … left-hander Mark Buehrle A’s since 1998. Home/Road .................................... 3-1/3-2 Day/Night ....................................... 6-1/0-2 takes the mound for the White Sox, who are looking for their best The Sox batted .231 (68-295) with a 3.86 ERA (33 ER/77.0 Grass/Turf ...................................... 6-3/0-0 10-game start since 2005 (7-3). IP) last season and were outscored, 38-29. Opp. Above or at/Below .500 .........2-1/4-2 Following this series and a day off on Thursday, the Sox The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 261-283 … they are vs. RHS/LHS .................................. 4-3/2-0 conclude the 10-game, 11-day homestand with three games vs. 134-133 in Chicago (46-51 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 127-150 vs. AL East ............................................3-1 the Los Angeles Angels (4/15-17). at the Oakland Coliseum. vs. AL Central........................................3-2 vs. AL West ...........................................0-0 The Sox went 3-2 on their season-opening trip to Cleveland ON THE HOMESTAND Interleague ............................................0-0 (2-1) and Kansas City (1-1), which ended last Wednesday with Comeback Wins .......................................2 a 10-7 victory in 12 innings over the Royals. The Sox are 3-1 on the 10-game, 11-day homestand vs. Losses After Leading ...............................3 After the off day on 4/14, Chicago plays 20 consecutive days Tampa Bay (3-1), Oakland (4/11-13) and the Angels (4/15-17). W-L Last At-Bat .....................................1-2 from 4/15-5/4. Phil Humber (“Umber”), making his third career start and fi rst Extra innings .........................................1-1 Ahead after 6/7/8 ..................... 5-2/5-2/5-1 with the Sox, allowed one run on four hits over 6.0 IP in a 4-2 The schedule includes four trips of 10 games or more and two Behind after 6/7/8 .................... 0-2/0-2/0-2 to the west coast … the Sox play the Cubs (six times), Dodgers, victory over the Rays on Saturday. Tied after 6/7/8 .........................0-0/0-0/0-1 Arizona, Washington and Colorado in interleague action. The Rays scored fi ve runs in the ninth inning off Matt Thorn- Sox/opp. quality start ..................... 4-1/1-2 ton on Friday to record a 9-7 victory over the White Sox. Sox/opp. errorless .......................... 3-2/5-0 PERFECT MATCHUP Edwin Jackson struck out a career-high 13 batters over 8.0 Sox/opp. HR .................................. 3-2/2-3 Sox/opp. multiHR ...........................3-1/1-2 Tonight’s matchup between lefties Mark Buehrle and Dallas IP to lead the White Sox to a 5-1 win on Thursday … Jackson’s Sox/opp. score fi rst ........................ 4-3/2-0 Braden is the 21st in major-league history featuring opposing 13 strikeouts set a club record for a home opener (Elias). Sox/opp. score 4+ ..........................6-2/2-3 starting pitchers who have thrown perfect games and third in Sox/opp. score 3 or less ................ 0-1/4-0 White Sox history. JAKE PEAVY UPDATE Sox/opp. outhit opp. .......................5-1/0-2 The last three matchups of perfect game pitchers have been Jake Peavy, who is on the 15-day disabled list to recover from Sox/opp. 10+ hits ...........................4-2/2-3 April/May/June ......................... 6-3/0-0/0-0 between David Wells and Randy Johnson, most recently on a detached latissimus dorsi, is scheduled to throw a bullpen ses- July/August/Sept. ..................... 0-0/0-0/0-0 4/24/07 when San Diego’s Wells (5 ER/5.0 IP) won over Ari- sion this afternoon. Average time of game .........................2:54 zona’s Johnson (6 ER/5.0 IP) at Chase Field. Peavy made his fi rst rehab start on Friday for Class AA Bir- Wells also was involved in both previous White Sox perfect- mingham at Montgomery, allowing two unearned runs on fi ve hits game matchups, facing Texas’ Kenny Rogers in back-to-back over 3.2 IP of a ND … he walked one, struck out four and threw SOX VS. OAKLAND (0-0) starts on 5/6/01 in Arlington and 5/11/01 in Chicago. 71 pitches (43 strikes). Date H/R Result WP LP Buehrle threw the 18th perfect game in major-league his- He is next scheduled to throw 90 pitches on 4/13 at a site to 4/11 H 7:10 p.m. CT tory and second in Sox history on 7/23/09 vs. Tampa Bay, while be determined. 4/12 H 7:10 p.m. CT Braden was perfect vs. the Rays on 5/9/10. 4/13 H 1:10 p.m. CT EARLY RETURNS 5/13 R 9:07 p.m. CT TONIGHT’S OTHER STORYLINES 5/14 R 3:07 p.m. CT The White Sox lead the American League in runs scored (62, 5/15 R 3:07 p.m. CT The White Sox have hit 9,999 home runs in the 112-year his- 6.9 per game), average (.307) and on-base percentage (.367) 6/10 H 7:10 p.m. CT tory of the franchise. … by comparison, the Sox ranked last in the AL in average last 6/11 H 7:10 p.m. CT White Sox starters own a 1.93 ERA (6 ER/28.0 IP) in the last April (.223), 12th in OBP (.308) and 11th in runs scored (92). 6/12 H 7:10 p.m. CT four games, while the bullpen has a 1.20 mark (2 ER/15.0 IP) in NO RISP, NO REWARD the last six. UPCOMING PROBABLES The Sox have led in all nine games this season. The White Sox lead the major leagues with a .389 (37-95) aver- VS. OAKLAND A’S Paul Konerko, who has recorded an RBI in eight of the Sox age with runners in scoring position … the Sox are 31-70 (.443) Monday: 7:10 p.m. CDT, CSN with RISP in their six wins and 6-25 (.240) in three losses. nine games, needs one home run to tie Ralph Kiner for 69th all- LHP Dallas Braden (0-1, 6.43) vs. time with 369. LHP Mark Buehrle (1-0, 7.36) Carlos Quentin has 99 career homers. HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CDT, WCIU The White Sox are 3-1 at home after going 45-36 (.531) at RHP Trevor Cahill (1-0, 1.42) vs. KONERKO HONORED home in 2010, their 19th winning record in 20 seasons at U.S. RHP Edwin Jackson (2-0, 1.93) Cellular Field. Wednesday: 1:10 p.m. CDT, CSN Paul Konerko has been named co-American League Player LHP Brett Anderson (0-1, 1.93) vs. of the Week with Cleveland’s Asdrubal Cabrera. Chicago is 897-688 (.566) at U.S. Cellular Field, the fi fth-best LHP John Danks (0-1, 4.50) Konerko batted .417 (10-24) with three home runs, eight RBI home winning percentage in the major leagues since 1991 be- All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM to garner his fourth career weekly honor … he tied for the AL hind New York-AL (.620), Atlanta (.610), Boston (.585) and St. lead in homers and RBI, ranked second in slugging percentage Louis (.582). (.833) and third in average. RECENT PERFECT GAMES QUALITY IS JOB ONE Carlos Quentin received the honor last week, marking the Pitcher, Club Date Opp. Since the start of the 2003 season, White Sox pitchers lead fi rst time Sox have players have received the award in consecu- Roy Halladay, PHI 5/29/10 vs. Fla. tive weeks since Jim Thome and Mark Buehrle in July 2009. the major leagues with 709 quality starts … the Sox ranked third Dallas Braden, OAK 5/9/10 vs. T.B. in the American League in 2010 with 94 quality starts, trailing Mark Buehrle, SOX 7/23/09 vs. T.B. YESTERDAY’S RECAP only Oakland (103) and Tampa Bay (95). Randy Johnson, ARI 5/18/04 at Atl. Gavin Floyd allowed one unearned run on four hits over 8.0 David Cone, NYY 7/18/99 vs. Mon. THAT’S GONNA LEAVE A MARK David Wells, NYY 5/17/98 vs.