CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations DepartmentGAME 333 W. 35th StreetN Chicago,OTES IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Fax: 312-674-5847 Director: Bob Beghtol, 312-674-5303 Manager: Ray Garcia, 312-674-5306 Coordinators: Leni Depoister, 312-674-5300 and Joe Roti, 312-674-5319 © 2013 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com mlbpressbox.com Twitter: @whitesox CHICAGO WHITE SOX (60-93) at DETROIT TIGERS (90-64) WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN Record ..............................................60-93 LHP Chris Sale (11-13, 3.08) vs. RHP Rick Porcello (13-8, 4.45) Sox After 153/154 in 2012 ..... 82-71/82-72 Current Streak .................................Lost 2 Trip ........................................................0-1 Game #154/Road #78 Saturday, September 21, 2013 Last Homestand ....................................3-7 Last 10 Games .....................................2-8 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. DETROIT TIGERS Series Record ............................... 17-24-7 First/Second Half ................... 37-55/23-38 The Chicago White Sox have lost eight of their last 10 games The White Sox are 6-11 vs. Detroit this season … they are Home/Road ............................35-41/25-52 and 17 of the last 21 as they continue their fi nal trip of the season 2-5 at Comerica Park and went 4-6 at U.S. Cellular Field. Day/Night ............................... 23-32/37-61 tonight with the game of the series at Detroit. Chicago’s six wins vs. Detroit matches their 2012 total. Grass/Turf .................................. 58-88/2-5 Following this three-game set at Comerica Park, the Sox will The Sox are batting .276 (163-591) with 14 homers, a 3.46 Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ..... 32-53/28-40 vs. RHS/LHS ..........................48-68/12-24 return to Chicago for a makeup game on Monday vs. Toronto ERA (59 ER/153.1 IP) and have been outscored, 80-64. vs. AL East ........................................13-19 (7:10 p.m. CT) … following the makeup game, they will conclude Chicago is 17-42 vs. the Tigers since 9/7/10, going 12-19 at vs. AL Central....................................24-44 the trip, and their road schedule, at Cleveland from 9/24-25. U.S. Cellular Field and 5-23 at Comerica Park. vs. AL West .......................................15-18 The White Sox will fi nish the 2013 season with a four-game The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 1,013-1,045 … they Interleague ..........................................8-12 series vs. Kansas City from 9/26-29 at U.S. Cellular Field. are 541-493 at home (104-78 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 472- Comeback Wins .....................................32 Losses After Leading .............................39 552 in Detroit (63-61 at Comerica Park). TONIGHT’S STORYLINES Extra innings .......................................8-14 One-run/two-run games .........22-33/12-19 The White Sox need one win to surpass their total vs. Detroit YOUNG ARMS RACE Ahead after 6/7/8 .............46-13/45-9/48-3 from last season (6-12). The White Sox starting rotation features fi ve pitchers who are Trailing after 6/7/8 ..............7-65/4-66/2-76 The Sox 93 losses are their most since going 64-97 in 1976. 25 years or under … John Danks is the oldest at 28. Tied after 6/7/8 ...............7-15/11-18/10-14 Chris Sale is 3-1 with a 2.27 ERA (8 ER/31.2 IP) and 33 RHP Erik Johnson (23), LHP Jose Quintana (24), LHP Chris Sox/opp. quality start ............. 45-40/25-66 Sox/opp. score fi rst ................ 33-30/27-63 strikeouts in his last four starts vs. Detroit (four quality starts). Sale (24), RHP Andre Rienzo (25) and LHP Hector Santiago (25) Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................45-31/14-69 Chicago is 1-10 over its last 11 road games after winning six have recorded a combined 3.49 ERA (222 ER/572.0 IP) in 90 Sox/opp. score 3 or less ........ 15-62/46-24 straight from 8/16-22 … it owns an 8-20 record over the last 28 starts this season (54 quality starts). Average time of game .........................3:02 games away from U.S. Cellular Field. Paul Konerko leads all active players with 45 home runs and GREAT SAVINGS 149 RBI over 236 career games vs. Detroit. Addison Reed’s career-high 38 saves in 2013 are tied for the UPCOMING PROBABLES fi fth-most in the AL and tied with Roberto Hernandez (1993 and AT DETROIT TIGERS LAST NIGHT’S RECAP 1996) for the fi fth most in a season in White Sox history. Saturday: 6:05 p.m. CT, CSN LHP Chris Sale (11-13, 3.08) vs. Detroit scored in four of the fi rst fi ve innings, including fi ve runs Reed is on pace for 40 saves, which would tie Bobby Jenks RHP Rick Porcello (13-8, 4.45) in the fi fth, en route to a 12-5 win over the White Sox. (2007) for the fourth-most in a season in Chicago history. Sunday: 12:05 p.m. CT, CSN Starter Dylan Axelrod suffered the loss after allowing seven He would become just the fourth White Sox pitcher to record RHP Erik Johnson (1-2, 2.87) vs. runs on 10 hits over 2.2 IP in his fi rst start since 7/10. 40-plus saves, joining Bobby Thigpen (57 in 1990), Keith Foulke RHP Anibal Sanchez (14-7, 2.51) Andre Rienzo was originally scheduled to make the start but (42 in 2001) and Bobby Jenks (41 in 2006; 40 in 2007). VS. TORONTO BLUE JAYS was scratched due to a blister on his right ring fi nger. Monday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN+ Avisail Garcia went 2-4 with a triple, homer (No. 5) and three NO SHORTAGE OF DRAMA LHP J.A. Happ (4-6, 4.82) vs. RBI after missing the previous four games (paternity leave). 112 of Chicago’s 153 games (73.2 percent) in 2013 have been LHP Jose Quintana (8-6, 3.49) Dayan Viciedo missed the game to be with his wife, who gave decided by three runs or less (49-63 record in those contests). All games carried live on WSCR 670-AM birth to the couples second child, daughter Dayana. The White Sox have played 55 one-run games (22-33), the and ESPN Deportes 97.5-FM most in the major leagues … their 22 extra-inning games are the STRIKEOUTS FOR SALE second most in baseball behind Arizona’s 23. Chris Sale is tied with Clayton Kershaw for third in the major WHITE SOX ON TRIP leagues with 214 strikeouts this season. CLEAN IT UP Overall Record ......................................0-1 The 214 strikeouts are the second-most by a White Sox left- Chicago has made fi ve errors in the last seven games. at DET/CLE ....................................0-1/0-0 Average ................................... .265 (9-34) hander … Gary Peters (215 in 1967) owns the team record. The White Sox rank last in the major leagues with a .979 Average w/RISP......................... .250 (2-8) Is on pace for 227 strikeouts, the fi fth-most in Sox history and fi elding percentage (117 errors) in 2013 … they led the major Home Runs ..............................................1 the most since Ed Walsh fanned 254 in 1912. leagues with a franchise-record .9883 mark (70 errors). Runs Scored/Allowed .........................5/12 His six starts with 10-plus strikeouts this season are tied with The Sox have made 14 errors over the last 12 games and ERA ...............................7.88 (7 ER/8.0 IP) Juan Pizarro (1961) for the second most in White Sox history … committed at least one in 21 of the last 30 contests. Quality Starts ...........................................0 Ed Walsh (seven in 1910) owns the single-season mark. SANTIAGO NAMED CLEMENTE NOMINEE SOX VS. DETROIT (6-11) LET’S PLAY SPOILER LHP Hector Santiago has been named the White Sox nominee Date H/R Result WP LP The White Sox will play eight of their fi nal nine games this sea- for the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award. 7/9 R W, 11-4 Quintana Verlander son vs. teams in contention for the American League playoffs. The award recognizes a player who best represents baseball 7/10 R L, 5-8 Porcello Axelrod Detroit leads the AL Central by 6.0 games … Cleveland (+0.5 through positive contributions on and off the fi eld, including good 7/11 R W, 6-3 Sale Sanchez game) currently owns the second Wild Card spot … Kansas City sportsmanship and community involvement. 7/22 H L, 3-7 Scherzer Sale (-2.5 games) is vying for a Wild Card spot. Fans can vote at ChevyBaseball.com … voting ends on 10/6 7/23 H L, 2-6 Porcello Santiago The Sox are 32-53 vs. teams above .500 this season … they and the winner will be announced at the 2013 World Series. 7/24 H L, 2-6 Sanchez Danks have gone 10-20 vs. AL fi rst-place teams. 7/25 H W, 7-5 Peavy Verlander WHITE SOX TICKET OFFER 8/2 R L, 1-2 Fister Santiago YOUTH MOVEMENT 8/3 R L, 0-3 Scherzer Danks Due to the rain delay on 9/15, the White Sox are offering fans 8/4 R L, 2-3 Rondon Axelrod Avisail Garcia is hitting .358 (19-53) with a triple, two homers, with tickets to that game a complimentary ticket to a home game 8/12 H W, 6-2 Sale Fister 10 RBI and seven runs scored over his last 14 games. in April 2014 (excludes Opening Day and Boston series).