CHI C A G O WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations DepartmentAME 333 W. 35th Street Chicago,OTES IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Fax: 312-674-5116 Director: Bob Beghtol, 312-674-5303G Manager: Ray Garcia, N 312-674-5306 Coordinator: Leni Depoister, 312-674-5300 © 2012 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (6-6) at SEATTLE MARINERS (7-7) Record ..................................................6-6 LHP Chris Sale (1-1, 3.09) vs. RHP Hector Noesi (1-1, 5.73) Streak ..............................................Lost 1 Last Homestand ....................................3-4 Game #13/Road #6 Friday, April 20, 2012 Last Trip ................................................3-2 Last Five Games ...................................1-4 Last 10 Games .....................................5-5 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. SEATTLE Series Record ................................... 2-2-0 Series First Game .................................2-2 The Chicago White Sox have lost four of their last five games The White Sox are 16-3 vs. Seattle since the start of the First/Second Half ........................... 6-6/0-0 as they open a six-game trip tonight in Seattle … left-hander Chris 2010 season and 25-9 since 2008, including a 10-game winning Home/Road .................................... 3-4/3-2 Sale takes the mound for the White Sox in the opener. streak at home from 4/29/09-6/7/11. Day/Night ....................................... 3-3/3-3 Following this three-game series, the Sox conclude the trip The Sox won the 2011 series, 7-2, their third series victory in Grass/Turf ...................................... 6-6/0-0 with three games in Oakland (4/23-25) … they then return to the last four seasons and sixth in the last eight. Opp. Above/Below .500 ................. 4-6/2-0 vs. RHS/LHS .................................. 4-4/2-2 Chicago for a seven-game homestand vs. Boston (4/26-29) and Chicago batted .267 (83-311) with a 1.96 ERA (18 ER/82.2 vs. AL ....................................................6-6 Cleveland (5/1-3). IP) in 2011 and outscored the Mariners, 41-19. vs. AL East ............................................1-3 The White Sox are coming off a 3-4 homestand vs. Detroit Chicago leads the all time series, 212-183 … the Sox are vs. AL Central........................................4-1 (2-1) and Baltimore (1-3), which ended yesterday with a 5-3 loss 120-79 at home (68-42 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 92-104 in vs. AL West ...........................................1-2 to the Orioles. Seattle (23-30 at Safeco Field). Interleague ............................................0-0 Chicago went 3-2 on its season-opening trip to Texas (1-2) Comeback Wins .......................................0 HOMestand RECAP Losses After Leading ...............................1 and Cleveland (2-0) from 4/6-11. W-L Last At-Bat .....................................1-1 The schedule includes a pair of three-city trips and four visits The White Sox went 3-4 on their seven-game homestand vs. Extra innings .........................................0-1 to the west coast … the Sox play the Cubs (twice), Houston, St. Detroit (2-1) and Baltimore (1-3), hitting .243 (56-230) with a 3.09 Ahead after 6/7/8 ..................... 5-1/5-1/5-1 Louis, the Dodgers and Milwaukee during interleague play. ERA (22 ER/64.0 IP) and a 29-27 edge in runs scored. Behind after 6/7/8 .................... 0-5/0-5/0-5 Tied after 6/7/8 ......................... 1-0/1-0/1-0 tonight’S STORYLINES SLOW DOWN Sox/opp. quality start ..................... 5-2/2-6 Sox/opp. score first ........................ 6-1/0-5 White Sox pitchers own a 3.09 ERA (22 ER/64.0 IP) in the last White Sox catchers have thrown out 85.7 percent (6-7) of at- Sox/opp. score 4+ .......................... 6-1/1-4 seven games, allowing 55 hits with 70 strikeouts. tempted basestealers, the best percentage in the major leagues Sox/opp. score 3 or less ................ 0-5/5-2 Chris Sale, the Sox No. 1 draft choice in 2010, makes his third … Tyler Flowers has thrown out all four attempted baserunners, Sox/opp. 10+ hits ........................... 3-0/2-2 major-league start and second on the road. while A.J. Pierzynski has thrown out 2-3. April/May/June ......................... 6-6/0-0/0-0 A.J. Pierzynski has recorded a RBI in a career-high seven Sox catchers threw out 14.0 percent (22-157) of runners in July/August/Sept.-Oct. ............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 straight games (13 total), the longest streak by a Sox player since 2011, the lowest percentage in the AL. Average time of game .........................2:52 Paul Konerko (eight straight) from 5/28-6/7/11 (Elias). Paul Konerko has reached base safely in all 12 games this QUALITY IS JOB ONE SOX VS. SEATTLE (0-0) Since the start of the 2003 season, White Sox pitchers lead season … Pierzynski, Alexei Ramirez and Alex Rios all own Date H/R Result WP LP the major leagues with 801 quality starts, five more than the seven-game hitting streaks. 4/20 R 9:10 p.m. CT Angels … the Sox are tied for fourth in the American League 4/21 R 3:05 p.m. CT yesterday’S RECAP with seven quality starts in 2012. 4/22 R 3:10 p.m. CT The White Sox suffered a 5-3 loss to Baltimore, ending their 6/1 H 7:10 p.m. CT seven-game homestand with a 3-4 record. paULIE! paULIE! 6/2 H 3:10 p.m. CT Starter Gavin Floyd took the loss, allowing five runs on six hits Paul Konerko ranks 51st in major-league history with 397 6/3 H 1:10 p.m. CT 8/24 H 7:10 p.m. CT over 6.0 IP … rookie Nate Jones (2.0 IP) and Zach Stewart (1.0) home runs, one behind Dale Murphy for 50th … Andres Galar- 8/25 H 6:10 p.m. CT both made scoreless appearances in relief. raga and Al Kaline are tied for 48th with 399 all-time. 8/26 H 1:10 p.m. CT Adam Dunn went 2-4 with a double, RBI and walk, Paul Konerko, who has hit 390 of his 397 homers in a White Sox Konerko was 2-3 with a walk and run scored, and Alex Rios uniform, has reached base safely in all 12 games this season. was 2-5 with an RBI double to extend his hitting streak to seven UPCOMING PROBABLES games. SWING AND A MISS AT SEATTLE MARINERS The Sox struck out 16 times, their most in a nine-inning game The White Sox have struck out 111 times in 2012, tied with Friday: 9:10 p.m. CT, WGN since 9/17/05 at Minnesota (16) and left 11 runners on base. Baltimore for most in the American League, including games of LHP Chris Sale (1-1, 3.09) RHP Hector Noesi (1-1, 5.73) 16, 15 and 14. Tyler Flowers threw out both attempted basestealers, a career Saturday: 3:05 p.m. CT, FOX high, and is 4-4 on the season. Sox pitchers rank second in the AL with an average of 8.66 RHP Philip Humber (0-0, 1.69) strikeouts per 9.0 IP (103 SO/107.0 IP) and have fanned eight RHP Blake Beavan (1-1, 2.70) PITCHING AT SAFECO or more batters in eight straight games. Sunday: 3:10 p.m. CT, CSN LHP (1-2, 4.82) White Sox pitchers are 7-2 with a 1.41 ERA (13 ER/84.0 IP) John Danks RHP Kevin Millwood (0-0, 6.30) in their last nine games at Safeco Field, allowing 59 hits (two at THE HELM home runs) while holding Seattle to three runs or less in all nine Robin Ventura was named the 39th manager in White Sox AT OAKLAND A’S contests, including three shutouts. history on 10/6/11 … he earned his first major-league victory on Monday: 9:07 p.m. CT, CSN+ RHP (2-0, 2.75) 4/7 at Texas. Jake Peavy Sox pitching in their last nine games at Safeco Field: RHP (3-1, 2.63) Bartolo Colon Ventura batted .267 with 294 home runs and 1,182 RBI in Tuesday: 9:07 p.m. CT, WGN Pitching W-L ERA QS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG 16 major-league seasons … he won six Gold Gloves (1991-93, RHP Gavin Floyd (1-2, 4.58) Overall 7-2 1.41 9 83.0 59 13 13 2 24 79 .201 1996, 1998-99) and was a two-time All-Star (1992 and 2002). LHP Tommy Milone (2-1, 2.84) Starters 6-0 1.22 9 66.2 42 9 9 2 18 57 .182 Wednesday: 2:37 p.m. CT, CSN Relievers 1-2 2.20 — 16.1 17 4 4 0 6 22 .270 HOME AND ROAD LHP Chris Sale (pitching tonight) RHP Graham Godfrey (pitching tonight) WINNING ON THE WEST COAST The White Sox are 3-2 on the road and 3-4 at home … the All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM The White Sox are 29-22 playing at Seattle (11-7), Los An- Sox and Mets were the only major-league teams in 2011 with a and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes geles (10-8) and Oakland (8-7) since 2008, including a 16-10 winning record on the road but a losing mark at home. record since 2010 … by contrast, the Sox were 24-64 (.273) on Chicago went 43-38 (.531) on the road but was 36-45 (.444) the road vs.