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 (71-84) at DETROIT TIGERS (86-69) Sox After 155/156 in 2013 .........60-94/62-94 Current Streak ....................................Won 1 RHP Chris Bassitt (0-1, 5.29) vs. LHP Kyle Lobstein (1-0, 3.58) Current Trip ..............................................3-3 Last Homestand .......................................5-2 Game #156/Road #79 Monday, September 22, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................6-4 Series Record .................................. 18-25-6 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Series First Game ................................27-22 PAUL KONERKO’S FAREWELL SEASON First/Second Half....................... 45-51/26-33 The Chicago White Sox have won seven of their last 11 games Paul Konerko is playing in his 18th and fi nal season, including 16 Home/Road ............................... 39-38/32-46 and eight of the last 13 overall as they continue their fi nal trip of with the White Sox … agreed to a one-year contract on 12/4/13. Day/Night .................................. 23-32/48-52 the season tonight with the series opener at Detroit. His 16-season tenure with the White Sox is the second-longest with Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ........ 41-46/30-38 RHP Chris Bassitt takes the mound for the White Sox, who a current team behind the Yankees’ Derek Jeter (20 seasons). vs. RHS/LHS .............................51-62/20-22 vs. AL East ...........................................16-18 have alternated wins and losses over their last six games. 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 .......................................31-38 The White Sox have seven games remaining this season, (Frank Thomas), RBI (Thomas) and games played (Luke Appling). vs. AL West ..........................................13-19 including three on the road and four at U.S. Cellular Field. The White Sox captain was part of the 2005 World Series champi- Interleague .............................................11-9 Following this series at Comerica Park, the Sox will return onship team, was named the ALCS MVP and is a six-time All-Star. Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading .........35/40 home for the fi nal four games of 2014 vs. Kansas City. Extra innings ............................................6-8 WHITE SOX VS. DETROIT TIGERS One-run/two-run games .............27-23/11-20 Leading after 6/7/8 ..............49-10/55-9/59-7 TONIGHT’S STORYLINES The season series is even at 8-8 … Chicago is 4-5 at U.S. Trailing after 6/7/8 ............... 10-61/5-65/4-70 Chicago is 5-3 over its last eight games at Comerica Park Cellular Field and 4-3 at Comerica Park … the Sox and Tigers Tied after 6/7/8 .................... 12-13/11-10/7-7 after losing 14 of the previous 17 contests in Detroit. have alternated wins and losses over the last nine games. Sox/opp. quality start................. 49-35/28-54 The White Sox are looking to win consecutive road games for The White Sox are hitting .276 with 13 homers, own a 4.40 ERA Sox/opp. score fi rst ................... 45-29/26-55 Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................... 55-28/20-72 the fi rst time since 7/24-26 at Minnesota (three straight). (69 ER/141.0 IP) and have been outscored 75-74, in 2014. Sox/opp. score 3 or less............ 16-56/51-12 The Sox need two wins to avoid losing 90-plus games in This series marks Paul Konerko’s fi nal games vs. the Tigers Average time of game ............................3:08 consecutive seasons for the fi rst time since 1988-89. … he leads active players with 45 HR and 152 RBI vs. Detroit. Jose Abreu ranks among the White Sox all-time rookie, single- The Sox have lost each of the last four season series, going UPCOMING PROBABLES season leaders in home runs (T1st, 35) and RBI (3rd,105). 34-55 since 2010 (15-28 mark on the road). Paul Konerko is a .288 hitter (256-890) with 45 home runs and Chicago trails in the all-time series, 1,022-1,054 … it has gone AT DETROIT TIGERS Monday: 6:08 p.m. CT, CSN 153 RBI over 243 career games vs. Detroit. 545-498 at home (108-83 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 477-556 in RHP Chris Bassitt (0-1, 5.29) vs. Detroit (68-65 at Comerica Park). LHP Kyle Lobstein (1-0, 3.58) YESTERDAY’S RECAP Tuesday: 6:08 p.m. CT, CSN John Danks held Tampa Bay hitless over the fi rst fi ve innings, BOUNCE BACK IN THE MOTOR CITY RHP Scott Carroll (5-10, 5.01) vs. and Avisail Garcia hit a pair of home runs to lead Chicago to a The White Sox are 5-3 in the last eight games at Comerica LHP David Price (14-12, 3.37) 10-5, series-clinching victory at Tropicana Field. Park … they are hitting .303 (88-290) with eight homers and 45 Wednesday: 12:08 p.m. CT, CSN LHP Chris Sale (12-4, 2.20) vs. The Sox took an early lead by scoring four runs in the third runs scored (5.6 R/G) and own a 4.96 ERA (38 ER/69.0 IP). RHP Justin Verlander (14-12, 4.68) inning and tallied a six spot in the sixth By contrast, the Sox went 3-14 over their previous 17 games Danks allowed two earned runs over 6.0 IP to earn his 10th in Detroit from 5/4/12-9/21/13 … Chicago hit just .241, including a VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS win … he issued three walks before surrendering his fi rst hit, a .231 mark with RISP, and owned a 4.93 ERA (80 ER/146.0 IP). Thursday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN RHP James Shields (14-8, 3.18) vs. one-out double to Brandon Guyer in the fi fth. LHP Jose Quintana (9-22, 3.22) Chicago connected on three home runs after going homerless ABREU TIES CLUB RECORD Friday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WCIU over their previous fi ve contests. Jose Abreu hit his 35th home run in the ninth inning on 9/14 vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (12-11, 4.28) vs. Garcia, who went 3-5 with two runs scored, recorded his sec- Minnesota, tying Ron Kittle (1983) for the club rookie record. RHP Hector Noesi (8-10, 4.39) ond multihomer effort (also 4/8/14 at Colorado) … Marcus Semien He is just the 10th rookie in baseball history to hit 35 or more Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT, CSN LHP Danny Duffy (8-11, 2.42 + tonight) vs. (2-4, 3 RBI) connected on a three-run shot in the fourth. homers in a season … he is tied for sixth all-time with Kittle, Mike LHP John Danks (10-11, 4.82) Piazza (1993), Hal Trosky (1934) and Rudy York (1937). Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN HONORING THE CAPTAIN Abreu’s 35 home runs are the most by a player in his rookie RHP Yordano Ventura (13-10, 3.19 + Tues.) The White Sox will honor retiring captain Paul Konerko prior season since St. Louis’ Albert Pujols hit 37 in 2001. vs. RHP Chris Bassitt (pitching tonight) to their game on 9/27 vs. Kansas City … fi rst pitch is scheduled Abreu’s 105 RBI are the third-most by a Sox rookie. All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM for 6:10 p.m. CT and fans are encouraged to arrive early. and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes The pregame tribute will include a memorable presentation HARDWARE HOPEFULS with special guests, celebratory team-issued gifts and videos. SS Alexei Ramirez (Gold Glove® and Silver Slugger) and Tickets are available at whitesox.com, by calling 866-SOX- Chris Sale (Cy Young) join 1B Jose Abreu (Rookie of the Year) SOX VS. DETROIT (5-6) GAME or visiting the U.S. Cellular Field box offi ce. as candidates for American League postseason honors. Date H/R Result WP LP Ramirez leads AL shortstops in homers (15), RBI (72), extra- 4/21 R W, 3-1 Danks Sanchez STRONG AT THE START 4/22 R L, 6-8 Verlander Leesman base hits (49) and slugging (.413), ranks second in OPS (.720) 4/23 R W, 6-4 Rienzo Reed White Sox starters own a 3.12 ERA (34 ER/98.0 IP) in the last and is tied for second in fi elding percentage (.981). 4/24 R L, 4-7 Scherzer Quintana 16 games (since 9/5) … 12 of the starts have been quality. Sale leads the AL in SO/9.0 IP (10.61), ranks second in ERA 4/29 H L, 3-4 Chamberlain Belisario Starters have allowed two earned runs or less nine times. (2.20) and WHIP (0.96) and third in opponnents average (.205) 4/30 H L, 1-5 Scherzer Noesi Chicago’s offense has scored just 38 runs in support of the … he is attempting to become the fi rst Sox pitcher to lead the 6/9 H W, 6-5 Noesi Porcello starters over the 16 games (three runs or less 12 times). AL in ERA since Joel Horlen in 1967 (2.08).