CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations Department 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Director: Bob Beghtol, 312-674-5303 Manager:G RayAME Garcia, 312-674-5306 N Coordinators:OTES Leni Depoister, 312-674-5300; Joe Roti, 312-674-5319 © 2014 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX 2014 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (52-55) at DETROIT TIGERS (57-46) Sox After 107/108 in 2013 .........40-67/40-68 Current Streak ....................................Won 1 RHP Hector Noesi (5-7, 4.99) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (12-3, 3.37) Trip ...........................................................4-1 Last Homestand .......................................3-3 Game #108/Road #57 Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................6-4 Series Record .................................. 13-17-4 Series First Game ................................19-15 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE PAUL KONERKO’S FAREWELL SEASON First/Second Half........................... 45-51/7-4 The Chicago White Sox have won four of their last fi ve games, Paul Konerko is playing in his 18th and fi nal season, including 16 Home/Road ............................... 27-24/25-31 seven of 11 and 16 of 27 as they continue this seven-game, with the White Sox … agreed to a one-year contract on 12/4/13. Day/Night .................................. 15-24/37-31 eight-day trip tonight at Detroit. His 16-season tenure with the White Sox is the second-longest with Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ........ 29-24/23-31 vs. RHS/LHS .............................38-41/14-14 RHP Hector Noesi, who is looking to extend his winning streak a current team behind the Yankees’ Derek Jeter (20 seasons). vs. AL East ...........................................12-10 to a career-high three games, starts for the White Sox. Ranks among the franchise leaders in virtually every offensive cate- gory … is the club leader in total bases and ranks second in home runs vs. AL Central .......................................22-24 vs. AL West ............................................8-13 The Sox are in fourth place in the AL Central, 7.0 games behind (Frank Thomas), RBI (Thomas) and games played (Luke Appling). Interleague .............................................10-8 the fi rst-place Detroit Tigers (-5.5 in AL Wild Card). The White Sox captain was part of the 2005 World Series champi- Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading .........21/27 Following this series at Comerica Park, the Sox will host a onship team, was named the ALCS MVP and is a six-time All-Star. Extra innings ............................................2-5 Was a teammate of Hall-of-Famer Frank Thomas and replaced him six-game homestand vs. Minnesota (8/1-3) and Texas (8/4-6). One-run/two-run games ...............19-18/6-11 as the Sox starting fi rst baseman … currently serves as a mentor to AL White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper has missed the last Ahead after 6/7/8................... 38-8/42-7/45-6 Rookie of the Year candidate and starting fi rst baseman Jose Abreu. nine games due to a case of vertigo. Trailing after 6/7/8 ................. 6-38/4-41/3-45 Tied after 6/7/8 ............................8-9/6-7/4-4 TONIGHT’S STORYLINES WHITE SOX VS. DETROIT TIGERS Sox/opp. quality start................. 36-24/18-32 Sox/opp. score fi rst ................... 36-19/16-36 The White Sox are looking to move within two games of the The White Sox have won three of the last four games to even Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................... 41-22/13-48 .500 mark for the fi rst time since 6/18 (35-37). the season series at 5-5 … there are nine games left in 2014. Sox/opp. score 3 or less...............11-33/40-6 Chicago is hitting .337 (65-193) with seven homers, a 3.07 Chicago is hitting .269 (93-346) with nine homers, owns a Average time of game ............................3:08 ERA (15 ER/44.0 IP) and a 35-15 edge in runs scored in the last 4.30 ERA (42 ER/88.0 IP) and has outscored Detroit, 48-44. fi ve games (4-1) … it owns a .373 RISP mark (19-51). The Sox are 23-42 since 2011, including a 9-23 mark at UPCOMING PROBABLES The White Sox are trying to record their second series win at Comerica Park … they have two road series wins since 2011. AT DETROIT TIGERS Comerica Park over the last nine matchups (also 7/9-11/13). The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 1,019-1,051 … they Wednesday: 6:08 p.m. CT, CSN Sox starters are 11-2 with a 2.55 ERA (35 ER/123.1 IP) and are 543-496 at home (106-81 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 476-555 RHP Hector Noesi (5-7, 4.99) vs. .224 average (103-460) in the last 19 road games (14 QS). in Detroit (67-64 at Comerica Park). RHP Max Scherzer (12-3, 3.37) Jose Abreu owns a season-high matching, 18-game hitting Konerko leads active players with 45 homers and 151 RBI. Thursday: 12:08 p.m. CT, WGN streak (.392, 29-74; four home runs, 14 RBI) … he has hit safely LHP John Danks (9-6, 4.40) vs. LHP Drew Smyly (6-9, 3.77) in 36 of last 37 contests overall (only hitless game on 7/5). MINOR NOTES OF INTEREST Abreu is one game shy of tying Earl Sheely, Art Shires and RHP Tyler Danish is 3-1 with a 1.10 ERA (4 ER/32.2 IP) over VS. MINNESOTA TWINS Mike Kreevich for the third-longest Sox rookie hitting streak. six July starts with Class A Winston-Salem this season. Friday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN Danish is 7-2 with a 2.16 ERA (23 ER/96.0 IP) and 73 strike- LHP Logan Darnell (0-1, 7.88) vs. LAST NIGHT’S RECAP LHP Chris Sale (10-1, 1.88) outs in 19 starts between the Dash and Class A Kannapolis. Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT, WGN Jose Abreu and Adam Dunn hit back-to-back home runs in a Carlos Rodon, the White Sox fi rst-round pick in the 2014 RHP Yohan Pino (1-3, 4.38) vs. seven-run seventh inning to lead the White Sox to an 11-4 win. draft, has been assigned to Class A Winston-Salem. RHP Scott Carroll (4-6, 4.29) Abreu extended his hitting streak to a season-high matching 18 Rodon, who will pitch out of the bullpen, made his fi rst two Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN games … the last MLB player to record two such hitting streaks appearances with the AZL White Sox (1 ER/3.0 IP; 5 SO). RHP Kyle Gibson (9-8, 3.94) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (6-7, 3.15) in a season was Jacoby Ellsbury in 2011 (18 and 19 games). Abreu was 3-4 with a homer and four RBI, extending his MLB DIVISION DYNAMICS All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM lead in both categories … fell a triple short of the cycle. The White Sox are 5-3 during their current 13-game stretch and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes Jose Quintana (2 ER/6.0 IP) earned his sixth win and snapped of playing American League Central opponents. his streak of four consecutive no decisions. Chicago is 22-24 vs. the division (10-14 road mark) in 2014 SOX VS. DETROIT (5-5) Adam Eaton (3-5), Conor Gillaspie (3-5) and Tyler Flowers … the Sox have won fi ve of nine after losing nine straight. Date H/R Result WP LP (2-5) collected multihit efforts … the Sox went 6-12 with RISP. Jose Abreu has 12 homers and 34 RBI … Conor Gillaspie is 4/21 R W, 3-1 Danks Sanchez hitting .367 (47-128) with 13 doubles, two triples and 18 RBI. 4/22 R L, 6-8 Verlander Leesman ABREU JOINS ELITE CLUB Chicago went 26-50 vs. the AL Central in 2013. 4/23 R W, 6-4 Rienzo Reed 1B Jose Abreu extended his hitting streak to 18 games (7/6- 4/24 R L, 4-7 Scherzer Quintana current) last night with a fourth-inning single … it is his second LONGING FOR THE LONG BALL 4/29 H L, 3-4 Chamberlain Belisario hitting streak of 18 games this season (also 6/15-7/4). The White Sox have hit seven homers over their last four 4/30 H L, 1-5 Scherzer Noesi Abreu joined Hall-of-Famer Eddie Collins (21 and 22 games in games after connecting on just fi ve in their previous 11 contests 6/9 H W, 6-5 Noesi Porcello 6/10 H Ppd rain; rescheduled as DH on 8/30 1920) as the only players in White Sox history to record multiple … they have just two multihomer efforts in the last 15 games. 6/11 H W, 8-2 Danks Verlander hitting streaks of at least 18 games in a season (source: Elias). The Sox are 41-23 when hitting at least one homer, 23-7 when 6/12 H L, 0-4 Scherzer Sale Since 1949, the only other rookie to record two such hitting recording a multihomer game and 10-32 when homerless. 7/29 R W, 11-4 Quintana Sanchez streaks in a season is Ichiro Suzuki in 2001 (21 and 23). Chicago is 18-9 when Jose Abreu hits a home run. 7/30 R 6:08 p.m. CT 7/31 R 12:08 p.m.