CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations DepartmentGAME 333 W. 35th StreetN Chicago,OTES IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Fax: 312-674-5847 Director: Bob Beghtol, 312-674-5303 Manager: Ray Garcia, 312-674-5306 Coordinators: Leni Depoister, 312-674-5300 and Joe Roti, 312-674-5319 © 2013 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com mlbpressbox.com Twitter: @whitesox CHICAGO WHITE SOX (56-79) at NEW YORK YANKEES (72-64) WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN Record ..............................................56-79 LHP Jose Quintana (7-4, 3.66) vs. RHP Phil Hughes (4-13, 4.91) Sox After 135/136 in 2012 ..... 73-62/74-62 Current Streak .................................Lost 3 Current Trip ...........................................0-3 Game #136/Road #70 Monday, September 2, 2013 Last Homestand ....................................4-2 Last 10 Games .....................................5-5 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. NEW YORK-AL Series Record ............................... 16-20-7 First/Second Half ................... 37-55/19-24 The Chicago White Sox have lost three straight games as they The White Sox lead the season series, 3-0, and need one win Home/Road ............................ 32-34/24-45 continue a 10-game trip today with the opener in New York … LHP to clinch their second consecutive season series victory over the Day/Night ............................... 22-26/34-53 Jose Quintana, who is 4-2 with a 3.27 ERA (26 ER/71.2 IP) and Yankees, a feat they last accomplished from 1993-95. Grass/Turf .................................. 54-74/2-5 71 strikeouts in his last 11 starts, takes the mound for the Sox. Chicago is batting .313 (36-115) with a 2.10 ERA (7 ER/30.0 Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ..... 30-40/26-39 The Sox opened the trip by being swept in a three-game series IP) and has outscored the Yankees, 17-8, in 2013. vs. RHS/LHS .......................... 43-58/12-21 vs. AL East ........................................12-13 at Boston, including a 7-6 loss yesterday. The Sox went 5-2 in 2012 for their fi rst season victory since vs. AL Central....................................21-36 Following this three-game series, the Sox conclude the trip with 2003 … their three-game sweep on 8/20-22/12 at U.S. Cellular vs. AL West .......................................15-18 four games at Baltimore (9/5-8) before returning to Chicago for Field was their fi rst at home vs. the Yankees since 8/6-8/91. Interleague ..........................................8-12 a 10-game homestand vs. Detroit (9/9-11), Cleveland (9/12-15) The White Sox trail in the all-time series, 810-1,043 … they Comeback Wins .....................................32 and Minnesota (9/16-18). are 443-487 at home (48-51 at U.S. Cellular Field) and 367-556 Losses After Leading .............................35 Extra innings .......................................9-13 Chicago went 4-2 on its last homestand vs. Texas (2-1) and on the road (5-9 at new Yankee Stadium). One-run/two-run games ..........20-29/11-16 Houston (2-1) and 6-1 on its last trip to Minnesota (3-1) and Ahead after 6/7/8 .............41-12/41-8/43-3 Kansas City (3-0) from 8/15-21. ON THE TRIP Trailing after 6/7/8 ..............7-54/4-55/2-63 The White Sox are 0-3 on this 10-game trip to Boston (0-3), Tied after 6/7/8 ................8-13/11-16/11-13 TODAY’S STORYLINES New York-AL (9/2-4) and Baltimore (9/5-8). Sox/opp. quality start ............. 41-36/25-56 Despite their current three-game losing streak, the White Sox Boston broke open a 2-2 tie with three runs in the fourth inning Sox/opp. score fi rst ................ 29-27/27-52 Sox/opp. score 4+ ..................40-28/14-57 have won 10 of their last 15 games and 16 of 26. on Saturday and went on to a 7-2 victory over the White Sox after Sox/opp. score 3 or less ........ 16-51/42-22 The Sox have won six straight games vs. New York, all at home recording a 4-3 win in Friday’s opener. Average time of game .........................3:01 by 35-18 margin (see note below). Chicago pitchers issued 11 walks in the three-game series at ROSTER MOVES Boston, including eight in yesterday’s 7-6 loss. Prior to yesterday’s game at Boston, the White Sox recalled UPCOMING PROBABLES The White Sox bullpen owns a 1.82 ERA (12 ER/59.1 IP) over LHP Charlie Leesman and purchased the contract of C Bryan AT NEW YORK YANKEES the last 20 games. Anderson from Class AAA Charlotte. Monday: 12:05 p.m. CT, CSN LHP Jose Quintana (7-4, 3.66) vs. With the moves, Chicago’s active roster is at 27 and the 40- Avisail Garcia has hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games (.391, RHP Phil Hughes (4-13, 4.91) 27-69), and Alexei Ramirez is hitting .336 (38-113) in his last 26. man roster increases to 38. Tuesday: 6:05 p.m. CT, WGN LHP Chris Sale (10-12, 2.99) vs. YESTERDAY’S RECAP BULLPEN RELIEF RHP Hiroki Kuroda (11-10, 2.89) Boston built an early 5-0 lead and then held on for a 7-6 victory, White Sox relievers own a 2.88 ERA (38 ER/118.2 IP) in the Wednesday: 6:05 p.m. CT, CSN LHP Hector Santiago (4-8, 3.43) vs. completing its fi rst three-game sweep of the White Sox at Fenway second half, including a 1.82 mark (12 ER/59.1 IP) over their last LHP CC Sabathia (12-11, 4.91) Park since 4/18-20/86. 20 games. Starter Andre Rienzo suffered his fi rst major-league loss, al- By comparison, Chicago’s bullpen recorded a 4.12 ERA (150 AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES Thursday: 6:05 p.m. CT, CSN ER/328.0 IP) over the fi rst 114 games of the season. lowing fi ve runs on fi ve hits and four walks over 3.0 IP … LHP LHP John Danks (4-11, 4.35) vs. Charlie Leesman gave up two runs over 4.0 IP in his second QUALITY AND QUANTITY RHP Scott Feldman (4-4, 4.18) major-league appearance and fi rst in relief. Friday: 6:05 p.m. CT, CSN Alexei Ramirez went 3-5 with two runs scored and two stolen The White Sox have made 957 quality starts since 2003, the RHP Andre Rienzo (1-1, 5.03) vs. bases, Paul Konerko was 2-4 with an RBI, run scored and walk, most in the majors … the Angels are second with 952. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (7-7, 3.87) The Sox rank fi fth in the American League with 77 quality Saturday: 12:05 p.m. CT, WGN Conor Gillaspie drove in two runs and Tyler Flowers hit a solo LHP Jose Quintana (pitches today) vs. starts in 2013. home run (No. 10). RHP Bud Norris (pitches today) Robin Ventura received his seventh ejection as White Sox Sunday: 12:35 p.m. CT, CSN AUGUST RECAP manager and third of the season. LHP Chris Sale (pitches tomorrow) vs. The Sox fell to 20-29 this season in one-run games. The White Sox went 16-13 (.532) in August, the fi fth-best RH Chris Tillman (pitches tomorrow) record in the American League and their second winning month All games carried live on WSCR 670-AM YANKEE CLIPPERS of the season (14-13 in May). and ESPN Deportes 97.5-FM The White Sox have won six straight games vs. New York (all at The Sox ranked third in the AL with a 3.38 ERA (100 ER/266.2 IP) and posted monthly season bests with a .262 average and home by 35-18 margin), their longest streak against the Yankees SOX ON THE TRIP since taking seven in a row from 7/1/90-4/16/91. 117 runs scored. Overall Record ......................................0-3 Chicago’s six-game home winning streak vs. New York is its LET’S PLAY SPOILER at Bos./NYY/Bal. ......................0-3/0-0/0-0 longest since 5/7/89-6/29/90 (seven). Average ............................... .220 (22-100) The White Sox play 23 of 26 games from 8/20-9/15 vs. teams Home Runs ..............................................2 SUPER SWEEPSTAKES above .500, including three-game series vs. each fi rst-place team Runs Scored/Allowed .......................11/18 The White Sox have swept the Yankees in back-to-back series in the American League (Texas, Boston and Detroit). ERA ...........................6.00 (16 ER/24.0 IP) of at least three games (8/20-22/12 and 8/5-7/13) for just the Chicago is 30-40 vs. teams with winning records in 2013, Quality Starts ...........................................0 second time in franchise history and fi rst in 100 years (Elias). including a combined 13-7 record against Atlanta (2-1), Baltimore The other occurence came when the Sox swept a three-game (2-1), Boston (2-4), New York (3-0) and Texas (4-2). SOX VS. NEW YORK-AL (3-0) series on 9/13-15/1912 and a four-game set on 5/15-18/1913, YOUNG ARMS RACE Date H/R Result WP LP both at old Comiskey Park. The White Sox starting rotation features four pitchers who are 8/5 H W, 8-1 Quintana Pettitte 8/6 H W, 3-2 Sale Kuroda STREAKING SOX 25 years or under … John Danks is the oldest at 28.