CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2017 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 Manager: Billy Russo Coordinators: Joe Roti and Hannah Sundwall © 2017 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox CHICAGO WHITE SOX (41-64) at BOSTON RED SOX (59-49) WHITE SOX 2017 BREAKDOWN Sox After 105/106 in 2016 ..............51-54/51-55 Current Streak ......................................... Lost 2 RHP Miguel González (5-9, 4.59) vs. RHP Rick Porcello (4-14, 4.55) Last 10 Games .............................................3-7 Game #106/Road #56 Thursday, August 3 6:10 p.m. CT Fenway Park Last Homestand ...........................................2-6 Last Trip ........................................................1-4 TV: CSN Radio: WLS-AM 890 Spanish Radio: None Series Record ........................................10-21-4 Series First Game.....................................12-23 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE First/Second Half ..............................38-49/3-15 WHITE SOX LIVE STREAMING INFORMATION Home/Road ....................................21-29/20-35 The Chicago White Sox have lost 19 of their last 23 games as For the fi rst time in 2017, every White Sox game will be live streamed Opp. At-Above/Below .500 .............21-38/20-27 they open a four-game series tonight in Boston … RHP Miguel on phones, laptops and tablets … all CSN broadcasts will streamed live vs. AL East/Central/West ........11-15/20-25/6-13 González, who is 1-1 with a 2.33 ERA (5 ER/19.1 IP) in three at CSNChicago.com/WhiteSoxStream and via the NBC Sports app. Interleague.................................................. 4-11 starts since returning from the disabled list, takes the mound for All out-of-market and WGN games will be live streamed through Comeback W's/L's After Leading ..............19/28 the White Sox. whitesox.com, MLB.TV and via the MLB.com At Bat app. Extra Innings.................................................3-4 One-Run/Two-Run Games ...............11-15/6-11 The Sox are coming off a 2-6 homestand vs. the Cubs (1-1), WHITE SOX VS. BOSTON Ahead After 6/7/8 ........................31-2/33-2/33-0 Cleveland (1-2) and Toronto (1-2), which ended yesterday with Behind After 6/7/8 .......................5-59/5-58/3-57 a 5-1 loss to the Blue Jays. Boston won two of three games in Chicago in the fi rst meeting Tied After 6/7/8 .................................5-3/3-4/5-7 Following this four-game series and a day off on Monday, the from 5/29-31. Sox/Opp. Score First ......................27-24/14-40 White Sox return home for six games vs. Houston (8/8-10) and Chicago is hitting .252/.306/.398 with a 4.33 ERA (21 ER/27.0 Sox/Opp. Score 4+ .........................34-24/11-58 Kansas City (8/11-13). IP) and has been outscored by the Red Sox, 21-13, this season. Sox/Opp. Score 3 or Less ..................7-40/30-6 April/May/June ......................13-10/11-18/11-16 The Sox went 1-4 on their last trip at Kansas City (0-3) and The White Sox went 4-3 against the Red Sox in 2015 and 2016 … they have won six of their last eight games at Fenway July/August/Sept.-Oct. ....................6-18/0-2/0-0 Wrigley Field (1-1). Days in First/Second/Third Place ............6/6/16 Park, and 16 of 26. Days in Fourth/Fifth Place ........................43/43 TONIGHT'S STORYLINES Chicago trails in the all-time series, 939-978, going 542-416 Average Time of Game ............................... 3:12 The White Sox are 6-2 at Fenway Park since 2015, winning at home (54-59 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and 397-561 on the UPCOMING PROBABLES three of four games in both 2015 and 2016, and have outscored road (350-493 at Fenway Park). the Red Sox, 51-38, during that span. AT BOSTON RED SOX LOOKING FOR AN EDGE VS. THE EAST *Thursday: 6:10 p.m. CT, CSN* The Sox are 3-15 after the break to fall a season-high tying The White Sox are 11-15 vs. the American League East this RHP Miguel González (5-9, 4.59) vs. 23 games under .500 (second time). RHP Rick Porcello (4-14, 4.55) Miguel González is 6-1 with a 3.09 ERA (24 ER/70.0 IP) in season (19-14 in 2016) but are 8-6 in their last 14 games. *Friday: 6:10 p.m. CT, CSN* 13 career games (11 starts) against Boston and 4-0 with a 2.59 The Sox play seven straight games vs. the AL East (vs. Toronto LHP Carlos Rodón (1-4, 5.23) vs. ERA (12 ER/41.2 IP) in eight games (six starts) at Fenway Park. and at Boston) from 7/31-8/6 … following the seven-game stretch, LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-3, 4.16) they don't play the division again until 9/1-3 vs. Tampa Bay. *Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT, WGN* José Abreu is hitting .340 (17-50) with six doubles, three home RHP James Shields (2-3, 6.19) vs. runs and nine RBI over his last 13 games … Abreu is a career ON THE FARM LHP Drew Pomeranz (10-4, 3.46) .408/.482/.796 hitter (20-49) with seven doubles, four home runs *Sunday: 12:35 p.m. CT, WGN* Class A Winston-Salem OF Eloy Jiménez and Class AAA and 14 RBI in 12 career games at Fenway Park. RHP Mike Pelfrey (3-9, 5.04) vs. Charlotte INF Jake Peter were named the White Sox Minor RHP Doug Fister (1-5, 6.27) YESTERDAY'S RECAP League co-Players of the Month for July, while Charlotte RHP WHITE SOX VS. BOSTON (1-2) J.A. Happ struck out 10 batters over 7.0 IP, and Steve Pearce Reynaldo López was named Pitcher of the Month. Date H/R Result WP LP and Josh Donaldson homered to lead Toronto to a 5-1 victory Jiménez, the No. 7 prospect in baseball according to MLB. com, batted .356 (21-59) with seven doubles, four home runs, 14 5/29 H W, 5-4 Minaya Barnes over the White Sox in the deciding game of the series. 5/30 H L, 7-13 Sale Quintana Derek Holland (2 ER/6.0 IP) suff ered the loss despite making RBI, 10 runs scored and a 1.095 OPS in 17 games after being 5/31 H L, 1-4 Pomeranz Swarzak his fi rst quality start since 6/25 vs. Oakland. acquired from the Cubs on 7/13. 8/3 R 6:10 p.m. CT CSN Tim Anderson went 2-5 with a triple, and Kevin Smith was Peter batted .364 (39-107) with fi ve doubles, four home runs, 8/4 R 6:10 p.m. CT CSN 2-5 with a walk while batting cleanup for the fi rst time in his 13 RBI, 21 runs scored and a .966 OPS in 27 games between 8/5 R 6:10 p.m. CT CSN 8/6 R 6:10 p.m. CT WGN career … Matt Davidson (wrist) and Yoán Moncada (knee) were Charlotte and Class AA Birmingham, including an 18-game hitting unavailable to play. streak from 7/8-28. SOX ON HOMESTAND RECAP (2-6) The Sox struck out 14 times, recorded seven singles, went López, the No. 59 prospect in baseball, posted a 2.10 ERA vs. CUBS/CLE/TOR .........................0-2/1-2/1-2 2-13 with RISP and left 10 runners on base. (7 ER/30.0 IP) with 38 strikeouts and a .183 (20-109) opponents Runs Scored/Allowed ...............................28/48 average over fi ve starts for Charlotte … he struck out 12 batters AVG/OBP/SLG/HR ...........222/.282/.410/12 HR FROM THE TRAINING ROOM on 7/16 vs. Gwinnett (12) and 10 on 7/26 vs. Columbus. ERA .................................. 5.50 (44 ER/72.0 IP) Quality Starts ................................................... 2 A CT scan taken yesterday in Chicago on OF Willy García REVOLVING RELIEF DOOR revealed a fractured right jaw … García, who suff ered the injury 2017 MLB ROOKIE HR LEADERS Since the All-Star break, the White Sox have traded reliev- on Monday during an outfi eld collision with 2B Yoán Moncada, Player, Club HR ers Dan Jennings, Tommy Kahnle, Anthony Swarzak and David will undergo a procedure to insert a plate into the jaw and is Aaron Judge, NYY .........................................34 expected to miss 4-6 weeks. Robertson … Nate Jones (elbow surgery) and Zach Putnam Cody Bellinger, LAD ...................................... 30 García, who is batting .258 (24-93) with two home runs and (Tommy John surgery) are out for the season. Matt Davidson, SOX .................................... 22 Hunter Renfroe, S.D. .....................................20 11 RBI, was placed on the seven-day disabled list on Tuesday. All but Kahnle were on the Sox Opening Day roster. Josh Bell, PIT ................................................ 19 Matt Davidson is day-to-day with a bruised right wrist suf- LONGBALL LOGISTICS fered on Tuesday vs. Toronto when he was hit by a Marcus Stro- WHITE SOX ROOKIE HR LEADERS Matt Davidson leads the White Sox and ranks third among man pitch … a CT scan taken yesterday on Davidson's wrist Player, Year HR major-league rookies with 22 home runs this season. was clean and confi rmed a contusion. José Abreu, 2014........................................... 36 Davidson's 22 homers rank third among major-league rook- Avisaíl García, who is on the 10-day disabled list with a Ron Kittle, 1983 .............................................35 ies and are tied with Tommie Agee (1966) and Pete Ward Zeke Bonura, 1934 ........................................27 sprained right thumb, has been cleared to begin light bat grips (1963) for the sixth-highest total in Sox history by a rookie.