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 (56-81) at NEW YORK YANKEES (74-64) WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN Record ..............................................56-81 RHP Erik Johnson (MLB Debut) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (12-11, 4.91) Sox After 137/138 in 2012 ..... 74-63/75-63 Current Streak .................................Lost 5 Current Trip ...........................................0-5 Game #138/Road #72 Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Last Homestand ....................................4-2 Last 10 Games .....................................4-6 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. NEW YORK-AL Series Record ............................... 16-21-7 First/Second Half ................... 37-55/19-26 The Chicago White Sox have lost fi ve straight games as they The White Sox lead the season series, 3-2, and need one win Home/Road ............................ 32-34/24-47 continue a 10-game trip tonight with the fi nale in New York … to clinch their second consecutive season series victory over the Day/Night ............................... 22-27/34-54 RHP Erik Johnson, whose contract was purchased from Class Yankees, a feat they last accomplished from 1993-95. Grass/Turf .................................. 54-76/2-5 AAA Charlotte yesterday, takes the mound for the White Sox. Chicago’s six-game winning streak against New York ended Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ..... 30-42/26-39 The Sox are 0-5 on the trip, losing the fi rst two games of this with Monday’s 9-1 loss. vs. RHS/LHS .......................... 43-60/12-21 vs. AL East ........................................12-15 series by a 15-5 margin after suffering a three-game sweep at The Sox are batting .276 (50-181) with a 3.71 ERA (19 ER/46.0 vs. AL Central....................................21-36 Boston last weekend. IP) and have been outscored, 23-22, in 2013. vs. AL West .......................................15-18 Following tonight’s game, the Sox conclude the trip with four The Sox went 5-2 in 2012, their fi rst season win since 2003. Interleague ..........................................8-12 games at Baltimore (9/5-8) before returning to Chicago for a 10- The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 810-1,045 … they Comeback Wins .....................................32 game homestand vs. Detroit (9/9-11), Cleveland (9/12-15) and are 443-487 at home (48-51 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 367-558 Losses After Leading .............................36 Extra innings .......................................9-13 Minnesota (9/16-18). on the road (5-11 at new Yankee Stadium). One-run/two-run games ..........20-29/11-17 Chicago went 4-2 on its last homestand vs. Texas (2-1) and Ahead after 6/7/8 .............41-13/41-9/43-3 Houston (2-1) and 6-1 on its last trip to Minnesota (3-1) and ON THE TRIP Trailing after 6/7/8 ..............7-55/4-56/2-65 Kansas City (3-0) from 8/15-21. The White Sox are 0-5 on this 10-game trip to Boston (0-3), Tied after 6/7/8 ................8-13/11-16/11-13 New York-AL (0-2) and Baltimore (9/5-8). Sox/opp. quality start ............. 41-37/25-56 TONIGHT’S STORYLINES New York broke open a 1-0 game with a eight-run fourth inning Sox/opp. score fi rst ................ 29-28/27-53 Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................40-29/14-59 RHP Erik Johnson makes his major-league debut. on Monday and went on to end a six-game losing streak to the Sox/opp. score 3 or less ........ 16-52/42-22 The White Sox have lost fi ve straight games after winning 10 White Sox with a 9-1 victory. Average time of game .........................3:02 of their previous 12. Chicago is looking to avoid its second three-game sweep at ROAD WOES new Yankee Stadium (also 8/28-30/09). The White Sox are 24-47 (.338) on the road, the second-lowest UPCOMING PROBABLES The Sox have committed fi ve errors in this series and 22 in winning percentage in the major leagues behind Miami (.333). AT NEW YORK YANKEES the last 20 games. The Sox have lost fi ve straight road games after winning six Wednesday: 6:05 p.m. CT, CSN RHP Erik Johnson (MLB Debut) vs. of their previous seven. Sox pitchers have walked 23 batters in the last fi ve games. LHP CC Sabathia (12-11, 4.91) LAST NIGHT’S RECAP NEW KID ON THE BLOCK AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES Thursday: 6:05 p.m. CT, CSN Avisail Garcia, who was acquired from Detroit on 7/30 as part New York scored fi ve runs off four pitchers in the eighth inning LHP Jose Quintana (7-5, 3.69) vs. to rally for a 6-4 victory over the White Sox. of the three-team trade that sent RHP Jake Peavy to Boston, is RHP Miguel Gonzalez (8-7, 4.11) Curtis Granderson tied the game with an RBI single off Donnie hitting .333 (30-90) in 24 games with the White Sox. Friday: 6:05 p.m. CT, CSN Veal, and Eduardo Nunez followed with a game-winning, two-run Garcia, 22, is hitting .364 (28-77) in 20 games since 8/13, the LHP John Danks (4-11, 4.35) vs. double off Matt Lindstrom. fi fth-highest average in the American League. RHP Scott Feldman (4-4, 4.18) Saturday: 12:05 p.m. CT, WGN The Sox suffered their 36th loss of the season after leading. QUALITY AND QUANTITY LHP Hector Santiago (4-8, 3.43) vs. Chris Sale posted a no decision, allowing three runs (two LHP Wei-Yin Chen (7-7, 3.87) earned) on fi ve hits over 7.1 IP … Sale struck out six batters, The White Sox have made 958 quality starts since 2003, the Sunday: 12:35 p.m. CT, CSN increasing his season total to 199. most in the majors … the Angels are second with 952. RHP Andre Rienzo (1-1, 5.03) vs. Alejandro De Aza went 3-4 with a home run (No. 15) and two The Sox rank fi fth in the American League with 78 quality RHP Bud Norris (4-1, 4.28) runs scored, and Gordon Beckham was 2-3 with a double, walk starts in 2013. All games carried live on WSCR 670-AM and two runs scored. and ESPN Deportes 97.5-FM LET’S PLAY SPOILER WELCOME TO THE SHOW The White Sox play 23 of 26 games from 8/20-9/15 vs. teams SOX ON THE TRIP RHP Erik Johnson will become the third White Sox pitcher this above .500, including three-game series vs. each fi rst-place team season to make his major-league debut as a starter, joining LHP in the American League (Texas, Boston and Detroit). Overall Record ......................................0-5 Chicago is a combined 13-10 against Atlanta (2-1), Baltimore at Bos./NYY/Bal. ......................0-3/0-2/0-0 Charlie Leesman and RHP Andre Rienzo. Average ............................... .217 (36-166) Rienzo allowed three runs on six hits over 7.0 IP on 7/30 at (2-1), Boston (2-4), New York (3-2) and Texas (4-2) in 2013. Home Runs ..............................................4 Cleveland, and Leesman gave up one run with eight strikeouts Runs Scored/Allowed .......................16/33 over 5.0 IP on 8/9-2 vs. Minnesota. YOUNG ARMS RACE ERA ...........................6.30 (28 ER/40.0 IP) Pittsburgh (Gerrit Cole, Brandon Crumpton and Phil Irwin) and The White Sox starting rotation features four pitchers who are Quality Starts ...........................................1 St. Louis (John Gast, Tyler Lyons and Michael Wacha) also have 25 years or under … John Danks is the oldest at 28. three pitchers who have debuted as a starter in 2013. LHP Chris Sale (24), LHP Jose Quintana (24), LHP Hector SOX VS. NEW YORK-AL (3-2) The last time three or more Sox pitchers made their major- Santiago (25) and RHP Andre Rienzo (25) have recorded a Date H/R Result WP LP league debut as starters was 1995: Luis Andujar, James Baldwin, combined 3.45 ERA (195 ER/508.0 IP) in 81 starts this season. 8/5 H W, 8-1 Quintana Pettitte Mike Bertotti, Brian Keyser and Mike Sirotka (Elias). NO SHORTAGE OF DRAMA 8/6 H W, 3-2 Sale Kuroda 8/7 H W, 6-5 Axelrod Warren 105 of Chicago’s 137 games (76.6 percent) in 2013 have been HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAWK 9/2 R L, 1-9 Huff Quintana The White Sox extend special happy birthday wishes to Ken decided by three runs or less. 9/3 R L, 4-6 Logan Jones “Hawk” Harrelson, who turns 73 today. The White Sox have played 49 one-run and 21 extra-inning 9/4 R 6:05 p.m. CT Harrelson, who is in his 29th season in the White Sox televi- games in 2013, both the highest totals in the major leagues. sion booth, also served as a play-by-play man for the Yankees’ CLEAN IT UP MOST AL QUALITY STARTS telecasts in 1987-88. The White Sox rank 14th in the American League with a .981 Club QS ROSTER MOVES fi elding percentage in 2013, a year after leading the major leagues Detroit 93 with a franchise-record .9883 mark.