CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2018 GAME NOTES AND INFORMATION 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 © 2018 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com loswhitesox.com whitesoxpressbox.com chisoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX 2018 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (59-91) at CLEVELAND INDIANS (84-66) Sox After 150| 151 in 2017 ...........60-90 | 60-91 Streak ...................................................... Lost 2 RHP Dylan Covey (5-13, 5.64) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (16-8, 3.41) Current Trip...................................................3-4 Game #151 | Road #76 Wednesday, September 19 6:10 p.m. CT Progressive Field Last Homestand ...........................................3-7 Last 10 Games .............................................3-7 WGN-TV WGN Radio 720-AM MLB.TV Series Record ........................................14-27-8 Series First Game.....................................17-33 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE WHITE SOX VS. CLEVELAND First | Second Half ........................33-62 | 26-29 Home | Road ................................28-47 | 31-44 The Chicago White Sox have won three of the last fi ve games Cleveland leads the season series, 11-3 … Chicago is 0-7 at Day | Night ....................................21-41 | 38-50 but lost nine of the last 12 as they continue their penultimate trip Progressive Field and 3-4 at Guaranteed Rate Field, and has Opp. At-Above | Below .500 .........23-44 | 36-47 of the season tonight at Cleveland. been outscored, 78-37, in the season series. vs. RHS | LHS ..............................45-67 | 14-24 RHP Dylan Covey, who has not won on the road since 7/21 The White Sox are batting .188/.245/.329 with 12 home runs, vs. AL East/Central/West ...16-16 | 28-39 | 10-24 at Seattle, takes the mound for the White Sox. and own a 5.11 ERA (63 ER/111.0 IP) with four quality starts. Interleague..................................................5-12 Comeback W's | L's After Leading ..........31 | 40 Chicago is 3-4 on this trip, losing last night's series opener The Sox have lost seven of the last eight games overall, eight Extra Innings.................................................4-5 to the Indians after winning two of three at Baltimore over the straight and 10 of the last 11 at Progressive Field … they are 5-20 One-Run | Two-Run Games .........13-23 | 11-15 weekend and losing two of three at Kansas City to start the trip. in their last 25 games vs. the Indians dating back to 6/11/17. Ahead After 6 | 7 | 8 ..............45-11 | 44-9 | 50-5 Following this series at Progressive Field, the Sox will return Chicago has lost fi ve of the last six season series dating back Trailing After 6 | 7 | 8 ...............8-68 | 7-72 | 1-81 to Guaranteed Rate Field for their fi nal homestand of 2018 vs. to 2013 (10-9 in 2015), going 38-71 during that span. Tied After 6 | 7 | 8 .....................6-12 | 8-10 | 8-5 Sox | Opp. Score First ..................33-34 | 26-57 the Cubs (9/21-23) and Indians (9/24-26) … they will conclude The White Sox lead the all-time series, 1,083-1,071 … they Sox | Opp. Score 4+ .....................50-29 | 17-77 the season with four games at Minnesota (9/28-30; DH on 9/28). are 572-503 at home (115-115 at Guaranteed Rate Field) and Sox | Opp. Score 3 or Less ............9-62 | 42-14 The White Sox went 3-7 on their last homestand vs. Boston 511-568 on the road (96-110 at Progressive Field). March/April | May | June .......8-18 | 8-19 | 12-17 (2-2), Detroit (1-2) and the Angels (0-3) from 8/30-9/9 and 5-2 on July | August | September .....9-15 | 17-12 | 5-10 their last trip to Detroit (3-1) and New York-AL (2-1) from 8/23-29. LOOKING FOR CENTRAL COMMAND Average Time of Game ............................... 3:07 Chicago is 28-39 against the American League Central in 2018, UPCOMING PROBABLES TONIGHT'S STORYLINES going 13-21 at Guaranteed Rate Field and 14-19 on the road. AT CLEVELAND INDIANS The White Sox need to win four of their fi nal 12 games to avoid The Sox will record a losing record vs. the AL Central for the Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT | WGN-TV the fourth 100-loss season in franchise history. sixth consecutive season. RHP Dylan Covey (5-13, 5.64) vs. The Sox are 14-7 on the road since 8/3, outscoring their op- The Sox have lost fi ve of the last six but won 11 of the last 19. RHP Carlos Carrasco (16-8, 3.41) ponents, 100-84, and hitting 28 home runs during that span. Chicago is 4-3 in the last seven games and 7-4 in the last 11 Thursday: 7:10 p.m. CT | NBCSCH Chicago is 0-7 at Progressive Field in 2018, and has lost eight on the road vs. the division … by comparison, the club went 2-12 RHP James Shields (7-16, 4.53) vs. RHP Josh Tomlin (1-5, 6.49) straight dating back to 2017 … the eight-game losing streak at in its previous 12 road contests from 5/27-8/13. the Indians is its longest since 7/29/13-5/3/14 (also eight). The White Sox are 318-417 vs. the AL Central since 2009, VS. CHICAGO CUBS The Sox most losses at Progressive Field came in 2013 (1-8). posting a losing record every season except 2012 (37-36). Friday: 3:10 p.m. CT | WGN-TV LHP José Quintana (13-10, 3.95) vs. Tim Anderson needs just one home run to become the fi rst PALKA POWER RHP Reynaldo López (6-9, 4.05) White Sox shortstop to record a 20-HR/20-SB season. Saturday: 6:10 p.m. CT | WGN-TV Daniel Palka is 12-40 (.300) with six home runs, eight home Daniel Palka ranks fi fth in White Sox single-season history LHP Jon Lester (16-6, 3.43) vs. runs, a .750 SLG and 1.141 OPS over his last 12 games. among rookies with 25 home runs in 2018, trailing Matt Davidson RHP Lucas Giolito (10-11, 5.77) (26 in 2017) by one for fourth place … the 25 homers are the Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT | NBCSCH LAST NIGHT'S RECAP most by a Sox left-handed hitting rookie. RHP Kyle Hendricks (12-11, 3.58) vs. LHP Carlos Rodón (6-6, 3.30) Daniel Palka, representing the tying run, grounded out to end He ranks among MLB rookie leaders in homers (2nd, 25), RBI the game as Cleveland recorded a 5-3 win over Chicago. (4th, 61), extra-base hits (T6th, 42) and total bases (7th, 187)). WHITE SOX VS. CLEVELAND (3-11) Cleveland took a 2-0 lead on Melky Cabrera's RBI double and Palka owns six homers and eight RBI in his last 12 games. Date H/R Result WP LP Yan Gomes' RBI single in the second, and added three runs in 5/28 R L, 6-9 Plutko Volstad the fi fth on Jason Kipnis' homer and Yandy Diaz's two-run single. POWER AND SPEED 5/29 R L, 3-7 Clevinger Giolito The White Sox cut the defi cit to two runs on solo homers by Tim Anderson (19 HR/26 SB) is one of fi ve players in the 5/30 R L, 1-9 Kluber López Daniel Palka and Omar Narváez in the sixth, and Yolmer Sán- major leagues with at least 19 home runs and 26 stolen bases 6/11 H L, 0-4 Carrasco Giolito this season, joining Boston's Mookie Betts, Pittsburgh's Starling 6/12 H W, 5-1 Shields Plutko chez's RBI double in the sixth. 6/13 H W, 3-2 Covey Bauer Marte, Cleveland's José Ramírez and Colorado's Trevor Story. Carlos Rodón fell to 6-6 after allowing fi ve runs on seven hits 6/14 H L, 2-5 Clevinger Volstad with three walks and one strikeout over 7.0 IP. Anderson needs one homer to become the fi rst White Sox SS 6/18 R L, 2-6 Bauer Covey Palka homered for the third time in his last two games, and to record a 20-HR/20-SB season … he is one homer and four 6/19 R L, 3-6 Clevinger Rodón became just the third Sox rookie to record a 25-homer season. steals shy of joining Alex Ríos (2010) and Tommie Agee (1966) 6/20 R L, 0-12 Kluber López Chicago committed two errors, struck out 14 times (second as the only Sox to post 20 homers and 30 steals in one season. 8/10 H W, 1-0 Fry Ramírez 8/11 H L, 1-3 Bauer Shields straight game), went 1-10 with RISP and left nine on base. QUALITY AND QUANTITY 8/12 H L, 7-9 Carrasco Covey KOPECH UNDERGOES SURGERY The White Sox have made 1,384 quality starts since the 9/18 R L, 3-5 Kluber Rodón start of the 2003 season, the second-highest total in the major 9/19 R 6:10 p.m. CT WGN-TV RHP Michael Kopech yesterday underwent successful Tommy 9/20 R 6:10 p.m. CT NBCSCH leagues behind the New York Mets (1,386), and 55 more than John surgery on his right elbow … the surgery was performed 9/24 H 7:10 p.m. CT WGN-TV by Dr.