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 (56-85) at BALTIMORE ORIOLES (76-65) WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN Record ..............................................56-84 RHP Andre Rienzo (1-1, 5.03) vs. RHP Bud Norris (10-10, 4.01) Sox After 141/142 in 2012 ..... 76-65/76-66 Current Streak .................................Lost 9 Current Trip ...........................................0-9 Game #142/Road #76 Sunday, September 8, 2013 Last Homestand ....................................4-2 Last 10 Games .....................................1-9 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. BALTIMORE Series Record ............................... 16-22-7 First/Second Half ................... 37-55/19-30 The Orioles lead the 2013 matchup, 4-2, and have clinched The Chicago White Sox have lost nine straight games as they Home/Road ............................ 32-34/24-51 conclude a 10-game trip this afternoon in Baltimore … RHP Andre their fourth series victory in the last fi ve seasons (4-0-1). Day/Night ............................... 22-28/34-57 Rienzo, who owns a 2.99 ERA (23 ER/69.1 IP) on the road this Chicago is hitting .216 (43-199) with a 3.08 ERA (18 ER/52.2 Grass/Turf .................................. 54-80/2-5 season, takes the mound for the White Sox. IP) and has been outscored, 19-14. Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ..... 30-46/26-39 The Sox are 0-9 on the trip, losing the fi rst three games of The Sox trail in the all-time series, 384-366 … they are 199- vs. RHS/LHS .......................... 43-62/12-23 vs. AL East ........................................12-19 177 at home (55-46 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 167-207 on the this series by a combined 11-4 margin after suffering three-game vs. AL Central....................................21-36 sweeps at Boston (8/30-9/1) and New York-AL (9/2-4). road (49-43 at Camden Yards). vs. AL West .......................................15-18 Following today’s game, the White Sox return to Chicago for Interleague ..........................................8-12 a 10-game homestand vs. Detroit (9/9-11), Cleveland (9/12-15) ON THE TRIP Comeback Wins .....................................32 and Minnesota (9/16-18). The White Sox are 0-9 on this 10-game trip to Boston (0-3), Losses After Leading .............................38 New York-AL (0-3) and Baltimore (0-3) … six of the nine losses Extra innings .......................................8-14 Chicago went 4-2 on its last homestand vs. Texas (2-1) and One-run/two-run games ..........21-31/11-18 Houston (2-1) and 6-1 on its last trip to Minnesota (3-1) and have come by two runs or less, including four by one run. Ahead after 6/7/8 .............41-13/41-9/43-3 Kansas City (3-0) from 8/15-21. Baltimore has hit seven solo home runs in this series. Trailing after 6/7/8 ..............7-58/4-59/2-68 Tied after 6/7/8 ................8-14/11-17/11-14 TODAY’S STORYLINES WELCOME TO THE SHOW Sox/opp. quality start ............. 41-39/25-60 RHP Erik Johnson and 3B Marcus Semien made their major- Sox/opp. score fi rst ................ 29-29/27-56 The White Sox are a season-high 25.5 games out of fi rst place Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................40-30/14-62 and a season-high tying 29 games under .500 (also 8/5) … they league debuts in the starting lineup on Wednesday at New York-AL, Sox/opp. score 3 or less ........ 16-55/42-23 have not been 30 games under .500 since ending the 1976 season while RHP Daniel Webb also made his debut. Average time of game .........................3:01 at 64-97. Accoring to Elias, it marked the fi rst time that two White Sox The Sox have lost nine straight games and are looking to avoid played made their major-league debuts in the same starting UPCOMING PROBABLES going 0-10 on the trip (see “Road Woes” note below). lineup since 8/2/90 when 1B Frank Thomas (0-4, RBI) and Alex Chicago is looking to avoid its fi rst four-game sweep in Balti- Fernandez (2 ER/7.0 IP) debuted in a 4-3 victory at Milwaukee. AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES Sunday: 12:35 p.m. CT, CSN more since 7/19-22/90 at Memorial Stadium. It also marked the fi rst time since 9/7/99 that three Sox players RHP Andre Rienzo (1-1, 5.03) vs. made their major-league debut in the same game: C Josh Paul, The Sox have lost 17 of its last 26 games at Camden Yards. RHP Bud Norris (10-10, 4.01) Chicago has been held to four runs on 17 hits in this series. RHP Aaron Myette and SS Jason Dellaero at Anaheim (Elias). VS. DETROIT TIGERS QUALITY AND QUANTITY Monday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN YESTERDAY’S RECAP RHP Max Scherzer (19-2, 2.88) vs. Matt Wieters hit a two-run single off Addison Reed with two The White Sox have made 960 quality starts since 2003, the LHP Chris Sale (10-12, 2.97) outs in the 10th inning to lift Baltimore to a 4-3 victory, extending most in the majors … the Angels are second with 955. Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WCIU the White Sox losing streak to nine games. The Sox rank fi fth in the American League with 80 quality RHP Rick Porcello (11-8, 4.76) vs. RHP Erik Johnson (0-1, 4.50) PH Conor Gillaspie gave the Sox a 3-2 lead in the top of the starts in 2013. Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN 10th with a solo home run off Tommy Hunter, the fi rst by a Sox SETTING SALE RHP Anibal Sanchez (13-7, 2.61) vs. pinch-hitter since Orlando Hudson’s grand slam on 9/29/12 vs. LHP Jose Quintana (7-6, 3.70) Chris Sale ranks among the American League leaders in Tampa Bay. All games carried live on WSCR 670-AM complete games (1st, 4), quality starts (T3rd, 21), strikeouts (4th, Dayan Viciedo went 2-3 with a double and solo homer (No. and ESPN Deportes 97.5-FM 12), and Paul Konerko was 2-4 with a double and RBI. 199), opponents average (4th, .226) and ERA (5th, 2.97). Starter Hector Santiago (2 ER/5.0 IP) posted a no decision, A look at Sale’s notable accomplishments in 2013: while Jake Petricka (1.0 IP), Matt Lindstrom (1.0), David Purcey Is on pace to record 229 strikeouts, which would rank fi fth in franchise SOX ON THE TRIP history and be the most since Ed Walsh fanned 254 in 1912. Overall Record ......................................0-9 (0.1) and Nate Jones (1.2) combined for 4.0 scoreless IP … Reed Needs one strikeout to join Gary Peters (215 in 1967 and 205 in 1964) suffered his third loss and sixth blown save of the season. at Bos./NYY/Bal. ......................0-3/0-3/0-3 and Wilbur Wood (210 in 1971) as the only lefties in Sox history to Average ............................... .204 (61-299) The White Sox suffered their 38th loss after leading and fell to fan 200 or more in a season. Home Runs ..............................................5 21-31 in one-run games and 8-14 in extra innings. Has struck out 10 or more batters six times in 2013, tied with Juan Runs Scored/Allowed .......................25/51 Pizarro (1961) for the second-highest, single-season total in Sox ERA ...........................5.25 (43 ER/73.2 IP) BARONS DROP GAME 3 history behind Ed Walsh (seven in 1910). Quality Starts ...........................................3 Has fanned 12-plus batters six times in his career, tied with Pizarro Class AA Birmingham dropped a 9-2 decision at Tennessee and Ed Walsh for the club record. (Cubs) on Saturday but still holds a 2-1 lead in its Southern League Lefties are hitting .139 (19-137), lowest among AL starters. SOX VS. BALTIMORE (2-4) playoff series. Tennessee broke open a 3-2 game with six runs in the eighth YOUNG ARMS RACE Date H/R Result WP LP inning and stayed alive in the best-of-fi ve series. The White Sox starting rotation features fi ve pitchers who are 7/2 H W, 5-2 Danks Hammel 7/3 H L, 2-4 O’Day Lindstrom Starter Spencer Arroyo (3 ER/6.0 IP) posted a no decision, 25 years or under … John Danks is the oldest at 28. 7/4 H W, 3-2 Reed Hunter and Kevin Vance gave up fi ve runs in 1.1 IP. LHP Chris Sale (24), LHP Jose Quintana (24), LHP Hector 9/5 R L, 1-3 Gonzalez Quintana Micah Johnson drove in both runs for the Barons, Cody Puckett Santiago (25), RHP Andre Rienzo (25), and Erik Johnson (23) 9/6 R L, 0-4 Feldman Danks went 3-4, and Tyler Saladino was 2-4 with a double, triple and have recorded a combined 3.51 ERA (203 ER/520.0 IP) in 83 9/7 R L, 3-4 (10) Hunter Reed two runs scored. starts this season (50 quality starts). 9/8 R 12:35 p.m. CT Game 4 of the best-of-fi ve series is this afternoon in Tennessee NO SHORTAGE OF DRAMA … LHP Scott Snodgress (11-11, 4.70) takes the mound as the MOST AL QUALITY STARTS Barons again attempt to close out the series.