CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES AND INFORMATION Chicago White Sox Media Relations Department 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Senior Director: Bob Beghtol Assistant Director: Ray Garcia Manager: Billy Russo Coordinators: Joe Roti and Hannah Sundwall © 2018 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com loswhitesox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX 2018 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (2-1) at TORONTO BLUE JAYS (3-2) Record ..............................................................2-1 Sox After 3/4 in 2017 ..................................1-2/2-2 RHP Miguel González (NR) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (0-1, 3.86) Streak ...................................................... Lost 1 Game #4/Road #4 Tuesday, April 3, 2018 Rogers Centre Current Trip...................................................2-1 Last Homestand .......................................... N/A NBC Sports Chicago Plus WGN Radio 720-AM NBCSportsChicago.com Last 10 Games .............................................2-1 Series Record ............................................1-0-0 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. TORONTO Series First Game.........................................1-1 First/Second Half ....................................2-1/0-0 The Chicago White Sox continue this seven-day trip tonight in The Blue Jays lead the season series, 1-0. Home/Road ............................................0-0/2-1 Toronto … RHP Miguel González takes the mound for the White The White Sox are 5-0-1 in the last six season series, going 27- Day/Night ................................................1-0/1-1 Sox, who are in fi rst place in the American League Central. 17 during that span (14-8 in Toronto) … the six-season unbeaten Grass/Turf ...............................................2-0/0-1 The Sox are 2-1 on this trip, rallying to win both games of an streak against the Blue Jays is the longest in club history. Opp. Above/At-Below .500 .....................0-0/2-1 abbreviated two-game series in Kansas City before suff ering a The teams split the 2017 series, with each winning two of vs. RHS/LHS ..........................................1-0/1-1 4-2 loss last night in Toronto. three on the road … the Sox batted .277/.319/.451 (59-213) with vs. AL East/Central/West ..................0-1/2-0/0-0 Interleague....................................................0-0 Sunday's game against the Royals was postponed due to a 5.43 ERA (32 ER/53.0 IP) and were outscored, 32-31. Comeback Wins/Losses ...............................2/1 weather and rescheduled as part of split doubleheader on 4/28. The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 190-204 … they are Extra Innings.................................................0-0 Following this three-game series, the White Sox return to 101-93 in Chicago (61-50 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and 89-111 One-Run/Two-Run Games .....................1-0/0-1 Chicago for a six-game, seven-day homestand vs. Detroit (4/5, in Toronto (56-71 at Rogers Centre). Ahead After 6/7/8 ..............................1-0/1-0/2-0 4/7-8) and Tampa Bay (4/9-11). Behind After 6/7/8 .............................1-0/1-1/0-1 The Sox play 10 of their fi rst 25 games vs. American League LOOKING FOR AN EDGE VS. THE EAST Tied After 6/7/8 .................................0-1/0-0/0-0 The White Sox are 179-220 vs. the American League East Sox/opp. Score First ...............................1-1/1-0 Central opponents, compared to 25 of their fi rst 28 in 2017. Sox/opp. Score 4+ ..................................2-0/1-1 since 2007, with their only winning record during that span com- TONIGHT'S STORYLINES Sox/opp. Score 3 or Less .......................0-1/1-0 ing in 2016 (19-14). April/May/June ..................................2-1/0-0/0-0 Miguel Gonzalez is 7-4 with a 3.63 ERA (35 ER/86.2 IP) in 15 The Sox are 0-1 vs. the AL East this season after going 13-20 July/August/Sept...............................0-0/0-0/0-0 career games (14 starts) vs. Toronto, and 3-2 with a 3.42 ERA in 2017, including a 4-12 record on the road. Average Time of Game ............................... 3:04 (19 ER/50.0 IP) in nine games (eight starts) at Rogers Centre. UPCOMING PROBABLES José Abreu is hitting .330 (36-109) with eight doubles, four QUALITY IS JOB ONE AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS home runs and 23 RBI in 26 career games vs. Toronto. The White Sox have made a major-league leading 1,317 quality starts since the start of the 2003 season, fi ve more than Tuesday: 6:07 p.m. CT, NBCSCH+ Welington Castillo has seven home runs and 13 RBI in 22 RHP Miguel González (NR) vs. career games against the Blue Jays … three of his six career the Mets and 47 more than Oakland, the next-closest American LHP J.A. Happ (0-1, 3.86) multihomer games have come vs. Toronto. League team. Wednesday: 6:07 p.m. CT, NBCSCH Chicago has scored 88 runs over its last 11 games, including RHP Carson Fulmer (3-1, 3.86) vs. AT THE HELM RHP Aaron Sanchez (0-1, 6.35) spring training (8.0 per game). Rick Renteria is in his second season after being named the VS. DETROIT TIGERS LAST NIGHT'S RECAP 40th manager in White Sox history on 10/3/16. Thursday: 3:10 p.m. CT, NBCSCH Russell Martin hit a two-run homer off Danny Farquhar with Renteria was the only Latino manager in the major leagues in TBA vs. RHP James Shields (1-0, 6.00) two outs in the seventh inning to lift Toronto to a 4-2 victory over 2017 but has been joined by Boston's Alex Cora and Washing- ton's Dave Martinez in 2018. Saturday: 1:10 p.m. CT, WGN the White Sox in the series opener. TBA vs. Reynaldo López posted a no decision, allowing one run on ROSTER QUICK FACTS RHP Lucas Giolito (0-0, 4.50) two hits with six strikeouts over 6.0 IP Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, NBCSCH The White Sox 25-man roster includes 13 pitchers (three Welington Castillo recorded his sixth career multihomer game TBA vs. left-handers), two catchers, six infi elders and four outfi elders … RHP Reynaldo López (0-0, 1.50) (third vs. Toronto), hitting go-ahead solo shots off Jaime García the average age is 27.7, including 28.8 for pitchers and 26.4 for in the fourth and Seung Hwan Oh in the seventh. WHITE SOX VS. TORONTO (0-1) position players. José Abreu collected three of the White Sox six hits, including RHP James Shields (36) is the oldest player, and 2B Yoán Date H/R Result WP LP a double. Moncada (22) is the youngest … RHP Nate Jones (2012-) is the 4/2 R L, 2-4 Oh Farquhar 4/3 R 6:07 p.m. CT NBCSCH+ HOME OPENER INFO longest tenured, followed by OF Avisaíl García (2013-). 4/4 R 6:07 p.m. CT NBCSCH The White Sox open the home portion of their schedule on DAVIDSON'S DAY 7/27 H 7:10 p.m. CT NBCSCH+ Thursday vs. Detroit at 3:10 p.m. CT (NBC Sports Chicago). 7/28 H 6:10 p.m. CT WGN Matt Davidson became the fourth player in MLB history to hit 7/29 H 1:10 p.m. CT NBCSCH White Sox great and 2005 World Series Championship catcher three home runs on Opening Day, joining Toronto's George Bell will throw out a ceremonial fi rst pitch, and country music artist (1988), the Cubs' Tuff y Rhodes (1994) and Detroit's Dmitri Young WHITE SOX ON THE TRIP (2-1) Brandon Lay will perform the national anthem. (2005) … he set career highs with fi ve RBI and four runs scored. at K.C./TOR ............................................2-0/0-1 Parking lots open at noon and gates to the ballpark open at Davidson also became the 14th Sox player (15th time) to Runs Scored/Allowed ...............................20/14 AVG/OBP/SLG/HR ...................272/.370/.583/9 1:10 p.m. … fans are encouraged to be in their seats no later homer three times in one game and fi rst since Dan Johnson on than 2:15 p.m. for the opening ceremony. ERA .................................. 4.50 (13 ER/26.0 IP) 10/3/12 at Cleveland … Pat Seerey (7/18/48 at Philadelphia) Quality Starts ................................................... 2 Protective netting has been extended at Guaranteed Rate owns the club record of four. Field from the backstop to the outfi eld end of both dugouts … HIGHEST AVG VS. LHP SINCE 2017 the state-of-the-art netting extends across 21 sections (Sections ABREU IN ELITE COMPANY Club AVG 122-142) and matches the existing backstop’s 30-foot height. José Abreu is one of three players in major-league history Chicago White Sox ....................................281 to begin his career with at least four consecutive seasons of Colorado Rockies ........................................281 SOUTHPAW SUCCESS 25-plus homers and 100-plus RBI, joining Hall-of-Famer Joe Detroit Tigers ...............................................280 Houston Astros ............................................279 The White Sox lead the major leagues since 2017 with a .281 DiMaggio (1936-41) and Albert Pujols. Washington Nationals ..................................274 (423-1,505) average vs. left-handed pitchers … the Sox rank Abreu also has joined Al Simmons (11, 1924-34), Pujols (10, second in the American League this season with a .313 (15-48) 2001-10), Ted Williams (1939-42, '46-49) and DiMaggio (1936- MOST QUALITY STARTS, 2003- mark vs. lefties. 42) as the only players in history to record 100 or more RBI in Club QS Avisaíl García led the major leagues with a .424 (56-132) each of his fi rst four seasons. White Sox ................................................1,317 average vs.