CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations DepartmentGAME 333 W. 35th StreetN Chicago,OTES IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Fax: 312-674-5116 Director: Bob Beghtol, 312-674-5303 Manager: Ray Garcia, 312-674-5306 Coordinator: Leni Depoister, 312-674-5300 © 2012 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox CHICAGO WHITE SOX (10-6) at OAKLAND A’S (8-10) WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN Record ................................................10-6 RHP Gavin Floyd (1-2, 4.58) vs. LHP Tommy Milone (2-1, 2.84) Sox After 16/17 in 2011 ................7-9/7-10 Streak ............................................. Won 4 Game #17/Road #10 Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Current Trip ...........................................3-0 Last Homestand ....................................3-4 Last Five Games ...................................4-1 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. OAKLAND Last 10 Games .....................................6-4 Series Record ................................... 3-2-0 The Chicago White Sox have won four straight games and The White Sox lead the season series, 1-0, after last night’s Series First Game .................................4-2 fi ve of their last six as they continue a six-game trip tonight in 4-0 victory, their fi rst shutout in Oakland since 4/25/05 (6-0). First/Second Half ......................... 10-6/0-0 Oakland … right-hander Gavin Floyd takes the mound for the Chicago went 6-4 against the A’s in 2011 to improve to 2-8-1 Home/Road .................................... 3-4/7-2 White Sox, who have moved into a fi rst-place tie with Detroit in in the last 11 season matchups … the Sox took two of three in Day/Night ....................................... 5-3/5-3 the American League Central. Oakland on 5/13-15, their third series victory at The Coliseum in Grass/Turf .................................... 10-6/0-0 Opp. Above/Below .500 ................. 5-6/5-0 the last four seasons. Following this three-game series, the Sox return to Chicago vs. RHS/LHS .................................. 8-4/2-2 for a seven-game homestand vs. Boston (4/26-29) and Cleveland Chicago trails all time vs. Oakland, 268-287 … the Sox are vs. AL ..................................................10-6 (5/1-3). 138-136 at home (50-54 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 130-151 at vs. AL East ............................................1-3 The White Sox went 3-4 on their last homestand vs. Detroit The Coliseum. vs. AL Central........................................4-1 (2-1) and Baltimore (1-3) and 3-2 on their season-opening trip to vs. AL West ...........................................5-2 Texas (1-2) and Cleveland (2-0) from 4/6-11. HUM-BELIEVABLE! Interleague ............................................0-0 Comeback Wins .......................................1 Philip Humber threw the 21st perfect game in major-league The schedule includes a pair of three-city trips and four visits Losses After Leading ...............................1 to the west coast … the Sox play the Cubs (twice), Houston, St. history on Saturday, striking out nine batters in a 4-0 victory at W-L Last At-Bat .....................................1-1 Louis, the Dodgers and Milwaukee during interleague play. Seattle … Humber, who was claimed off waivers from Oakland on Extra innings .........................................0-1 1/18/11, joins Buehrle (7/23/09) and Charlie Robertson (4/30/22) Ahead after 6/7/8 ..................... 9-1/9-1/9-1 TONIGHT’S STORYLINES as White Sox pitchers who have been perfect. Behind after 6/7/8 .................... 0-5/0-5/0-5 The White Sox are off to their best 16-game start since 2008 The White Sox and the Yankees are the only teams with three Tied after 6/7/8 .........................1-0/1-0/1-0 Sox/opp. quality start ..................... 8-2/4-6 when they also were 10-6. perfect games … Chicago is tied with Boston for second all-time Sox/opp. score fi rst ...................... 10-1/0-5 Paul Konerko needs one home run for 400 in his career. with 18 no-hitters, trailing only the Dodgers (20). Sox/opp. score 4+ ........................10-1/2-4 The White Sox have won six straight road games, their longest Humber has returned to Chicago to join his wife for the expect- Sox/opp. score 3 or less ................ 0-5/8-2 streak since 7/24-8/9/11 (also six) … their last seven-game road ant birth of their fi rst child. Sox/opp. 10+ hits ...........................5-0/2-2 winning streak came on 8/30-9/6/10. April/May/June ....................... 10-6/0-0/0-0 Gavin Floyd is 3-1 with a 2.35 ERA (10 ER/38.1 IP) and 35 ROAD WARRIORS July/August/Sept.-Oct. ............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 Average time of game .........................2:48 strikeouts in seven career starts against the A’s. The White Sox have won six straight road games to improve Sox pitchers own a 2.61 ERA (29 ER/100.0 IP) in the last 11 to 7-2 overall, their best start away from home since 2005 when games, allowing 75 hits with 110 strikeouts. they won 10 of their fi rst 12 on their way to a franchise-best 52-29 SOX VS. OAKLAND (1-0) Alex Rios owns an 11-game hitting streak, the second-longest record. Date H/R Result WP LP active streak in the American League behind Derek Jeter (13). 4/23 R W, 4-0 Peavy Colon SOX PUTTING UP A FIGHT AT THE COLISEUM 4/24 R 9:07 p.m. CT LAST NIGHT’S RECAP The White Sox have gone 9-6 in their last 15 games in Oak- 4/25 R 2:37 p.m. CT Jake Peavy recorded his sixth career shutout and 10th career land, compared to 6-28 (.214) in their previous 34. 8/10 H 7:10 p.m. CT complete game as the White Sox won their fourth consecutive A closer look at Chicago’s numbers at the Coliseum: 8/11 H 6:10 p.m. CT 8/12 H 1:10 p.m. CT game and sixth straight on the road, 4-0, at Oakland. Dates W-L AVG R R/G HR ERA IP ER SV-OPP Peavy allowed three hits, walked two and struck out fi ve to 8/16/08-current 9-6 .251 64 4.3 13 3.31 130.2 48 5-6 improve to 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA this season … all three of his 6/28/01-8/15/08 6-28 .221 106 3.1 29 4.70 285.1 149 4-10 UPCOMING PROBABLES complete games with the Sox have been shutouts. AT OAKLAND A’S Adam Dunn and Paul Konerko hit back-to-back home runs WINNING ON THE WEST COAST Tuesday: 9:07 p.m. CT, WGN off Bartolo Colon in the fourth inning, the fi rst time they have The White Sox are 33-22 playing at Seattle (14-7), Los An- RHP Gavin Floyd (1-2, 4.58) LHP Tommy Milone (2-1, 2.84) accomplished that feat … Konerko’s homer was the 399th of his geles-AL (10-8) and Oakland (9-7) since 2008, including a 20- Wednesday: 2:37 p.m. CT, CSN career, tying Andres Galarraga and Al Kaline for 48th all-time. 10 record since 2010 … by contrast, the Sox were 24-64 (.273) LHP Chris Sale (2-1, 3.50) Alex Rios (3-5) extended his hitting streak to 11 games, on the road vs. those three teams from 2001-07. RHP Jarrod Parker (NR) recording back-to-back three-hit games for the fi rst time since Sox are 5-2 vs. the American League West in 2012 and 48- VS. BOSTON RED SOX 6/24-25/08 with Toronto. 31 (.608) since 2010. Thursday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WGN Alejandro De Aza and Brent Morel each collected two hits. LHP Felix Doubront (0-0, 3.94) ON THE TRIP RHP Philip Humber (1-0, 0.63) PAULIE! PAULIE! The White Sox are 4-0 on this six-game trip to Seattle (3-0) and Friday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WCIU RHP Daniel Bard (0-2, 4.63) Paul Konerko is tied with Andres Galarraga and Al Kaline for Oakland (1-0), hitting .291 (41-141) with a 1.75 ERA (7 ER/36.0 LHP John Danks (2-2, 5.11) 48th place all-time with 399 home runs … Konerko is attempting IP) and 22-7 edge in runs scored. Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT, CSN to become the fourth player in White Sox history to hit a milestone The Sox opened the trip with a three-game sweep of the Mari- LHP Jon Lester (0-2, 6.00) homer of 400 or more (see box at right) … he has hit 392 of his ners, highlighted by Philip Humber’s perfect game on Saturday RHP Jake Peavy (3-0, 1.88) 399 homers in a Sox uniform. … Adam Dunn hit a pair of homers on Friday. Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN RHP Josh Beckett (pitching tonight) FIRING BLANKS GRAB SOME BENCH RHP Gavin Floyd (pitching tonight) Philip Humber recorded his fi rst career complete-game shut- White Sox pitchers rank second in the American League in All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes out on Saturday at Seattle, and Jake Peavy threw his sixth last strikeouts (143) and strikeouts per 9.0 IP (9.00) … the Sox have night. fanned eight or more batters in 11 of their last 12 games. It is the fi rst time White Sox pitchers have thrown complete- Chicago recorded a franchise-record 1,220 strikeouts in 2011, AL ERA LEADERS game shutouts in a span of three games or less since Jack Mc- eclipsing the mark of 1,149 set in 2010 … Sox pitchers registered Club ERA Dowell and Alex Fernandez accomplished the feat in back-to-back 10 or more strikeouts 41 times in 2011 (four with 15-plus), their Texas 2.75 games vs.