CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES 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 Coordinators: Joe Roti and Megan Golden Interns: Jon Farren and Melody Neer © 2015 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (62-70) @ KANSAS CITY ROYALS (82-51) Sox After 132/133 in 2014 ..............60-72/60-73 Streak ......................................................Won 1 LHP John Danks (6-12, 4.82) vs. RHP Kris Medlen (3-0, 3.51) Current Trip...................................................1-2 Last Homestand ...........................................3-4 Game #133/Road #68 Friday, September 4, 2015 Last 10 Games .............................................4-6 Series Record ........................................18-22-3 Series First Game.....................................20-23 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS First/Second Half ............................41-45/21-25 The Chicago White Sox have lost seven of their last 11 games The White Sox have lost 10 of 13 games this season, going Home/Road ....................................33-32/29-38 as they continue a six-game trip tonight at Kansas City … LHP 3-4 at U.S. Cellular Field and 0-6 at Kauffman Stadium … they Opp. At-Above/Below .500 .............37-48/25-22 John Danks, who has lost his last three starts and four of his last have lost five straight games and six of the last seven. vs. AL East/Central/West .......13-16/21-33/1910 Interleague.................................................. 9-11 five overall, takes the mound for the White Sox. Eleven of the 13 games have been decided by three runs or Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading .............. 28/25 The White Sox opened the trip by losing two of three games less, including six one-run affairs (Chicago is 1-5). Extra Innings...............................................12-3 at Minnesota, avoiding a sweep with a 6-4 win yesterday. The Sox are hitting .225 (100-444) with nine HRs, own a 4.46 One-Run/Two-Run Games .............24-26/13-12 Following this three-game series at Kauffman Stadium, the Sox ERA (59 ER/119.0 IP) and have been outscored, 59-40, in 2015. Ahead After 6/7/8 ........................39-5/46-4/50-2 will return to Chicago for a 10-game homestand vs. Cleveland, Chicago has lost seven consecutive games at the Royals and Trailed After 6/7/8 .....................10-54/6-57/4-63 Tied After 6/7/8 ...........................13-11/10-9/8-5 the Twins and Oakland (9/7-17; off day on 9/10). five consecutive season series, going 31-56 since 2011. Sox/Opp. Score First ......................44-18/18-52 The White Sox went 3-4 on their last homestand vs. Boston The White Sox lead the all-time series, 366-347 … they are Sox/Opp. Score 4+ .........................45-20/12-50 (1-2) and Seattle (2-2) from 8/24-30 and 3-4 on their last trip at 204-159 at home (112-89 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 162-188 on Sox/Opp. Score 3 or Less ..............17-50/50-20 the Angels (1-3) and Seattle (2-1) from 8/17-23. the road (151-166 at Kauffman Stadium). April/May/June ........................8-11/15-15/10-16 July/August/Sept-Oct. ...............16-10/12-16/1-2 tonight’S STORYLINES DIVISION DYNAMICS Average Time of Game ............................... 3:00 The White Sox are 4-10 in the last 14 road games but 15-11 The Sox have lost five of the last six games and are 20-33 vs. UPCOMING PROBABLES since 6/30, the second-best road mark in the AL. the American League Central this season (9-19 road mark). AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS Chicago has lost seven consecutive games and nine of the Chicago has been outscored by a 243-191 mark vs. the Cen- Friday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN last 10 at Kauffman Stadium (outscored, 54-32). tral division and is averaging 3.6 runs per game in 2015. LHP John Danks (6-12, 4.82) vs. RHP Kris Medlen (3-0, 3.51) Nine of the 13 games between the White Sox and Royals this The White Sox have gone 214-280 vs. the AL Central since Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT, WGN season have been decided by two runs or less … each of the 2009, with their only winning record coming in 2012 (37-35). LHP Jose Quintana (7-10, 3.75) vs. last three, and four of five, have been decided by one run. LHP Danny Duffy (7-6, 4.11) White Sox pitchers own 137 strikeouts and are averaging 10.5 PROVIDING RELIEF Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN strikeouts per 9.0 IP over the last 13 games (117.0 IP). The Sox bullpen has posted a 2.10 ERA (17 ER/73.0 IP) in RHP Erik Johnson (Season Debut) vs. John Danks is 4-2 with a 2.61 ERA (15 ER/51.2 IP) and .219 26 games since 8/5 and a 2.54 mark (45 ER/159.1 IP) since RHP Johnny Cueto (2-4, 4.21) opponents average over his last eight starts vs. Kansas City 6/30 (54 games), the second-best ERA in MLB (Toronto, 2.48). All games carried live on WSCR-AM 670 (seven QS) … has allowed two runs or less four times. David Robertson (5th, 12.23) and Zach Putnam (6th, 12.07) and WRTO-AM 1200 Univision Radio rank among the American League relief leaders in strikeouts WHITE SOX VS. KANSAS CITY (3-10) YESTERDAY’S RECAP per 9.0 IP … Zach Duke is tied for fifth in the AL with 22 holds. Date Opp. Result WP LP J.B. Shuck connected on a game-winning, pinch-hit, two-run The Sox bullpen since 6/30 and 8/5: 4/6 R L, 1-10 Ventura Samardzija triple in the seventh inning, and the bullpen worked 2.2 scoreless Dates G W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG 4/8 R L, 5-7 Davis Putnam IP with four strikeouts in the White Sox 6-4, comeback win. 8/5- 26 5-3 2.10 73.0 62 20 17 4 22 79 .229 4/9 R L, 1-4 Volquez Danks Minnesota took a 4-1 lead on Eddie Rosario’s grand slam in 6/30- 54 10-6 2.54 159.1 126 53 45 13 62 160 .219 4/23 H L, 2-3 (13) Morales Petricka the third inning off Jeff Samardzija … the Sox cut the lead to 4-3 4/24 H W, 3-2 Robertson Herrera after six before scoring three times in the seventh. SIGNIFICANT STRIKEOUTS 4/25 H Ppd rain; makeup as split DH on 7/17 Samardzija (W; 4 ER/6.1 IP) snapped his six-game losing Chris Sale is on pace to record a club-record 293 strikeouts, 4/26 H W, 5-3 Danks Volquez streak … Nate Jones struck out three in 1.2 scoreless IP, and which would be the most in MLB since 2002 (334 by Arizona’s 7/17 H L, 2-4 Young Samardzija David Robertson worked a perfect ninth for his 28th save. Randy Johnson and 316 by Arizona’s Curt Schilling). H W, 4-0 Danks Volquez 7/18 H L, 6-7 (11) Finnegan Jennings Sale’s 239 strikeouts rank second in the major leagues be- Shuck improved to 7-27 (.259) with five RBI as a pinch hitter 7/19 H L, 1-4 Duffy Sale … Avisail Garcia recorded two RBI and Jose Abreu went 3-4. hind Clayton Kershaw (251) and are the fifth-highest total in Sox 8/7 R L, 2-3 Volquez Danks history, 30 off the record of 269 set by Ed Walsh in 1908. 8/8 R L, 6-7 Guthrie Samardzja DANKS’ ROYAL FLUSH Sale is attempting to join Walsh (1908, ‘11) as the only pitch- 8/9 R L, 4-5 Herrera Petricka John Danks is 9-2 with a 2.69 ERA (38 ER/127.1 IP) and .233 ers in Sox history to lead the majors in strikeouts. 9/4 R 7:10 p.m. CT opponents average over 20 career starts vs. Kansas City (16 QS) 9/5 R 6:10 p.m. CT … he has allowed one earned run or less eight times. QUALITY AND QUANTITY 9/6 R 1:10 p.m. CT He owns the lowest ERA among active pitchers vs. the Royals The White Sox have made 1,136 quality starts since 2003, 9/29 H 7:10 p.m. CT 9/30 H 7:10 p.m. CT (minimum 100.0 IP), ahead of teammate Chris Sale (2.84). the second-highest total in the majors behind the Mets (1,149). 10/1 H 7:10 p.m. CT His nine wins are the most vs. any American League opponent, The Sox rank second in the American League with 77 quality and the 2.69 mark is his second-lowest (Oakland, 2.40). starts this season behind Houston (78) … Jose Quintana (T3rd, WHITE SOX ON TRIP (1-2) Danks owns a 2-2 record in 2015 after going undefeated over 20) and Chris Sale (5th, 19) rank among AL QS leaders. at MIN/K.C. .............................................1-2/0-0 his first 16 starts vs. the Royals … he is 5-0 with a 3.38 ERA (18 Chicago is 51-26 this season when receiving a QS. Runs Scored/Allowed ..............................