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 GAME IS AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING TV/RADIO NETWORKS AND STREAMING: WHITE SOX 2021 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (8-8) at BOSTON RED SOX (10-6) White Sox after 16 | 17 in 2020 ............8-8 | 8-9 RHP Lucas Giolito (1-0, 2.55) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (2-1, 2.08) Current Streak .........................................Won 2 Current Trip | Last Homestand .............2-1 | 3-3 Game #17 | Road #11 Monday, April 19 10:10 a.m. CT Fenway Park Last 10 Games .............................................5-5 Series Record ............................................1-1-2 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. BOSTON RED SOX Series First Game.........................................3-2 Home | Road ........................................3-3 | 5-5 The Chicago White Sox continue a six-game trip today with The White Sox lead the season series, 2-1. Day | Night ............................................3-4 | 5-4 the series fi nale at Boston. The teams are scheduled to play seven times in 2021, including Opp. At or Above | Below .500 ..............8-7 | 0-1 RHP Lucas Giolito, who is 12-3 with a 2.93 ERA (43 ER/132.0 a three-game series in Chicago from 9/10-12. vs. RHS | LHS ......................................4-7 | 4-1 IP) and 179 strikeouts (12.2 per 9.0 IP) over 21 road starts since The White Sox have gone 24-35 against Boston since 2012. vs. AL East | Central | West ..........2-1 | 3-3 | 3-4 2019, is scheduled to start for the White Sox. José Abreu is a career .323/.391/.626 (32-99) hitter with 12 Comeback W’s | L’s After Leading ..............2 | 6 Extra Innings.................................................0-2 The White Sox have won two of the fi rst three games of this doubles, six home runs, 23 RBI and 15 runs scored in 25 career One-Run | Two-Run Games .................2-2 | 0-3 series, sweeping a doubleheader yesterday after dropping a 7-4 games at Fenway Park. Ahead After 6 | 7 | 8 ......................7-2 | 5-2 | 5-1 decision on Saturday … Friday's game was postponed due to Behind After 6 | 7 | 8 .....................0-4 | 0-3 | 0-6 THE YERMÍN˨ATOR inclement weather. Tied After 6 | 7 | 8 .........................1-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 Following today's game, the White Sox conclude the trip with Rookie Yermín Mercedes leads the American League in av- Sox | Opp. Score First ..........................6-5 | 2-3 two games at Cleveland (4/20-21) before returning to Chicago erage (.415) and ranks among the leaders in OPS (4th, 1.173), Days in 1st | 2nd | 3rd Place ..................0 | 2 | 8 Days in 4th | 5th Place ................................ 6 | 1 for a nine-game, 10-day homestand vs. Texas (4/23-25), Detroit slugging percentage (4th, .717) and OBP (4th, .456). Some of Mercedes' notable accomplishments in 2021: April | May | June ..........................8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 (4/27-29) and the Indians (4/30-5/2). Average Time of Game ............................... 3:13 The Sox went 3-3 on their last homestand vs. Kansas City First player in White Sox history and 10th in MLB with four-plus three-hit eff orts in his fi rst 12 games. UPCOMING PROBABLES (1-1; one rainout) and Cleveland (2-2) from 4/8-15. Joined Joe DiMaggio (1936) and Dale Mitchell (1946) as the only players AT CLEVELAND INDIANS PATRIOT'S DAY STORYLINES in AL history with four three-hit games in his fi rst 11. Tuesday: 5:10 p.m. CT 12 hits were the most by any player in the modern era over his fi rst four The White Sox are making their seventh attempt at moving LHP Carlos Rodón (2-0, 0.00) vs. career starts. RHP Zach Plesac (1-1, 5.27) above .500 for the fi rst time this season. First player with 3-plus hits in a game three times in his fi rst four career Wednesday: 5:10 p.m. CT The Sox are playing their fi rst scheduled morning game since starts since Roy Campanella in 1948. TBA vs. 9/22/07 at Minnesota (11:11 a.m. CT start). First player in MLB history to start a season 8-8, breaking the mark of RHP Aaron Civale (3-0, 2.18) White Sox starting pitchers lead the American League with a 7-7 set by Cincinnati's Chris Stynes in 2007 (Elias and STATS). Went 5-5 with a double and four RBI on 4/2 at Angels, becoming the WHITE SOX VS. BOSTON (2-1) 2.61 ERA (23 ER/79.2 IP), including a 1.86 mark (11 ER/53.1 IP) fi rst player in MLB history to go 5-5 in his fi rst career start. All-Time: 947-991 (24-35 since 2012) with 55 strikeouts over the last nine games. Joined Washington's Cecil Travis (5-7 on 5/16/1933 vs. Cleveland) as Home: 545-422 (57-64 at GRF) RHP Lucas Giolito ranks second in the American League in the only players in the MLB modern era to collect fi ve hits in his fi rst Road: 402-569 (355-501 at Fenway Park) opponents average (.143) and slugging percentage (.222), fourth career start (STATS). Date H/R Result WP LP in WHIP (0.79) and strikeouts per 9.0 IP (4th, 13.25) and fi fth in RELIVING RODÓN'S NO˨NO 4/16 R Ppd. due to inclement weather SO/BB ratio (5.20). 4/17 R L, 4-7 Ottavino Heuer Luis Robert is hitting .421/.450/.632 (8-21) with four multihit Carlos Rodón threw the 20th no-hitter in franchise history 4/18 R W, 3-2 (7) Keuchel Houck eff orts over his last fi ve games. on Wednesday vs. Cleveland, marking the White Sox second W, 5-1 (7) Foster Pérez no-hitter in the last 42 games regular-season games (Lucas 4/19 R 10:10 a.m. CT YESTERDAY'S RECAP Giolito on 8/25/20 vs. Pittsburgh). 9/10 H 7:10 p.m. CT The White Sox swept a doubleheader at Boston by scores of Rodón retired the fi rst 25 batters before hitting Roberto Pérez 9/11 H 6:10 p.m. CT 9/12 H 1:10 p.m. CT 3-2 and 5-1, holding the highest scoring off ense in the American with a pitch … he did not issue a walk and struck out seven as League to three runs on 12 hits. he recorded his fi rst career shutout and 9.0-IP complete game. WHITE SOX ON THE TRIP (2-1) In the opener, Tim Anderson went 3-4 with his ninth career lead- Rodón became the fi rst pitcher in American League history to at BOS | CLE ........................................2-1 | 0-0 off home run, and Dallas Keuchel combined with Aaron Bummer win his fi rst two starts of a season while allowing two hits or less. Runs Scored | Allowed ........................... 12 | 10 AVG | OBP | SLG | HR ...... .289 | .333 | .422 | 2 and Liam Hendriks to limited Boston to eight baserunners. Some additional notes from his no-hitter. Average with RISP ............................222 (6-27) White Sox 20 no-hitters are the second-most in MLB history behind the Anderson homered on the fi rst pitch of the game off Tanner ERA | QS ..................... 4.09 (10 ER/22.0 IP) | 0 Houck to move into a tie with Adam Eaton and Tim Raines for Dodgers (23) … fi rst by a Sox pitcher since Lucas Giolito on 8/25/20 vs. Pittsburgh, and fi rst by Sox LHP since Mark Buehrle's perfect game second on the Sox all-time list (Ray Durham is fi rst with 20). BEST ERA IN AMERICAN LEAGUE on 7/23/09 vs. Tampa Bay. Club Starters Keuchel allowed two runs on six hits with no walks and one Sixth pitcher in MLB history to throw a no-hitter with only baserunner Chicago White Sox ...................................2.68 strikeout over 5.0 IP to improve to 4-1 with a 2.70 ERA (16 reaching via HBP, a list that includes former Sox pitcher Joe Horlen on Minnesota Twins .........................................2.86 9/10/67 vs. Detroit (Game 1). ER/53.1 IP) in 10 road starts since 2020. Texas Rangers............................................3.28 First pitcher in MLB history to throw a no-hitter within two years of Bummer (1.0 scoreless IP) posted his fi rst hold, and Hendriks Cleveland Indians .......................................3.30 undergoing Tommy John surgery (5/15/19). pitched a scoreless seventh for his second save. Tampa Bay Rays ........................................ 3.71 Joined Justin Verlander (No. 2 pick in 2004), Josh Beckett (No. 2 pick Former Red Sox farmhand Michael Kopech, making his fi rst in 1999) and former White Sox RHP Philip Humber (No. 3 in 2004) as Club Overall start since 9/5/18, held Boston to one run on one hit over 3.0 IP the only Top 3 draft picks to throw a no-hitter (Elias). Toronto Blue Jays .......................................3.07 in the nightcap … Kopech retired the fi rst nine batters in order. Zack Collins made his 15th career start at catcher, tied for the fi fth-few- Cleveland Indians .......................................3.14 Matt Foster (1.2 IP), Garrett Crochet (0.1), Evan Marshall (1.0) est in the MLB modern era before catching a no-hitter (1901-), per Elias.