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1 CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations Department 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL Phone: Senior Director: Bob Beghtol Assistant Director: Ray Garcia Coordinators: Joe Roti and Megan Golden 2016 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com CHICAGO WHITE SOX (27-23) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (26-22) LHP Chris Sale (9-1, 2.26) vs. RHP Edinson Volquez (5-4, 3.67) Game #51/Road #26 Sunday, May 29, 2016 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE The Chicago White Sox have lost fi ve straight games, 11 of the last 14 and 13 of 17 as they continue a nine-game, 11-day trip this afternoon with the series fi nale at Kansas City. Friday's series opener at Kauffman Stadium was postponed due to rain and will be made up on 9/19 at 1:15 p.m. CT. Chicago is tied for the fourth-most wins in the American League the White Sox are tied with Kansas City for second place in the AL Central, a 0.5 game behind fi rst-place Cleveland. Following this game at the Royals, the Sox continue the trip with three games each at the Mets (5/30-6/1) and Detroit (6/3-5). The White Sox went 3-7 on the last homestand vs. Houston (1-2), Kansas City (1-2) and Cleveland (1-3). TODAY'S STORYLINES Chicago has lost a season-high fi ve consecutive games and six straight series the last time the club lost six-plus straight contests was 6/12-19/15 (eight in a row). The White Sox are out of fi rst place in the American League Central for the fi rst time since 4/22 (also 2nd place/-0.5 game). Chicago is trying to avoid its fi rst sweep of Thirteen of the Sox last 16 games have been decided by two runs or less, including one-run decisions in five of the last eight. White Sox starters own a 2.16 ERA (8 ER/ IP) over the last fi ve games at Kauffman Stadium (3-2 record) the club is 4-11 in the last 15 games at Kansas City. Chris Sale is 5-0 with a 1.41 ERA (6 ER/38.1 IP),.175 opp. average and 0.81 WHIP in fi ve road starts (four QS) in YESTERDAY'S RECAP Brett Eibner's game-ending single in the ninth inning capped a seven-run rally for Kansas City as it earned an 8-7 win. The White Sox entered the ninth with a 7-1 lead but David Robertson (6 ER/0.2 IP) and Tommy Kahnle (L, BS; 1 ER/0.0 IP) combined to allow seven runs on six hits and four walks. Robertson allowed six of the eight Royals he faced to reach base Kahnle surrendered a game-tying RBI double to Drew Butera and Eibner's walkoff single. The Sox took a 4-0 lead in the second on a RBI single by Avisail Garcia and three-run homer by Tyler Saladino (No. 2) Garcia added a solo homer (No. 5) in the fi fth. Starter Carlos Rodon (1 ER/5.0 IP) received a no decision. Chicago lost for just the second time in club history when leading by six-plus runs in the ninth or later the White Sox lost consecutive games after leading by four-plus runs in the sixth inning or later in both for the first time since 5/31-6/1/87 (STATS). DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN The Sox yesterday suffered just their second loss in franchise history after leading by six-plus runs in the ninth inning or later. Chicago was unable to hold a 6-0 lead in the ninth on 9/21/13 at Detroit the Tigers went on to a 7-6 win in 12 innings. The White Sox are the only team in baseball since 2011 to lose after owning a six-plus run lead in the ninth inning or later. SALE WENT STREAKING Chris Sale opened 2016 by winning each of his first nine starts, tied for the eighth-longest streak of consecutive starts won to start a season in MLB history (source: Elias) the streak was the longest since San Diego's Andy Hawkins in 1985 (10). Sale won 10 consecutive starts from 10/2/15-5/19/16, tied for the fourth-longest streak of starts won in White Sox history. WAITING FOR MAY FLOWERS The White Sox are in May despite outscoring their opponents, the Sox have allowed fi ve runs or more 12 times, and left 189 runners on base (7.6 LOB/game) in May. The Sox were 17-8 and outscored opponents, 95-76, in April. Below is breakdown of the Sox in May compared to April: Mon. W-L ERA ER IP QS SH R HR AVG OBP SLG OPS May April ROAD REVIVAL Chicago is hitting.282/.348/.457 with 19 home runs, 52 walks and 90 runs scored in the last 15 road games (6.0 R/G) the club has allowed three runs or less in 13 of 25 road games. The White Sox are (.560) on the road this season, the second-best mark in the American League and tied for seventhbest in MLB by contrast, the Sox did not win their 15th road game last season until 6/30 at St. Louis (15-27). Todd Frazier ranks among the AL road leaders in home runs (3rd, 8) and RBI (3rd, 24) Adam Eaton is tied for seventh in hits (32) and ranks ninth in on-base percentage (.409). WHITE SOX VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Kansas City leads the season series, 4-1 Chicago is hitting.234/.287/.353 with fi ve home runs, owns a 4.74 ERA (23 ER/43.2 IP) and has been outscored, 23-17, in The White Sox went 7-12 vs. the Royals last season for their fifth consecutive season series loss the Sox were 4-6 at home. Chicago is vs. Kansas City since 2011 (19-28 on road). The White Sox lead the all-time series, they are at home ( at U.S. Cellular Field) and on the road ( at Kauffman Stadium). ROYAL FLUSH Melky Cabrera has hit safely in 16 of his last 17 games vs. the Royals, batting.306 (22-72) with one homer and nine RBI his 16-game hitting streak from 7/17/15-5/27/16 was the longest by a White Sox since Frank Thomas from (21 games). Adam Eaton has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games vs. K.C. (.321, 17-53; 3 HR, 10 RBI,.934 OPS) has hit safely in 17 of his last 20, batting.316 (25-79) with four homers and 12 RBI. Austin Jackson owns a 13-game hitting streak at Kauffman Stadium, batting.379 (22-58) with six doubles and four RBI. LET'S GET DEFENSIVE Chicago owns a.989 fi elding percentage (21 errors), the best in the American League and tied for second-best in MLB. The Sox set a franchise record by not committing an error in 12 consecutive games from 5/1-14 (433 total chances). Adam Eaton (0 E/127 TC) leads MLB with 15 defensive runs saved, and leads all MLB outfi elders with seven assists in PITCHING PROWESS Chicago ranks second in the American League in ERA (3.51) and opp. OPS (.681) and is tied for fi fth in WHIP (1.24) the Sox have allowed three runs or less in 17 of the last 37 games. Sox pitchers lead MLB in games allowing one or zero runs (16) and games surrendering four hits or less (11). STARTING POINT Sox starters rank second in the American League with a 3.66 ERA (125 ER/307.0 IP), down from a 4.12 mark in 2015 starters have allowed 37 homers in 2016, compared to 118 in The Chicago rotation has allowed two runs or less in 26 of 50 games, including one run or less 18 times (six scoreless outings). QUALITY AND QUANTITY The Sox rank third in the AL and are tied for sixth in MLB with 30 QS in 2016 (led the AL with 98 in 2015) Jose Quintana and Chris Sale are tied for fourth in MLB with eight QS in Chicago has made 1,187 quality starts since the start of 2003, the second-highest total in MLB behind the Mets (1,193). LONGBALL LOGISTICS The White Sox have hit nine home runs over the last 11 games they own just 12 multihomer games this season. The Sox rank 13th in the American League with 46 home runs in 2016 their 136 homers in 2015 were the fewest in the AL. Chicago is when hitting at least one homer, 8-4 in multihomer games and 9-8 in contests without a home run. MAGNIFICENT SEVEN(TH) Chicago has scored 76 of its 208 runs this season in the seventh inning or later (T1st in AL with 37 runs in the seventh). The Sox rank among the MLB seventh-inning leaders in OBP (3rd,.373), AVG (4th,.298), OPS (5th,.827) and SLG (7th,.454). MILESTONES WITHIN REACH Melky Cabrera: 12 hits for 1, doubles for 300. Mat Latos: 15 strikeouts for 1,000. David Robertson: 20 games for 500 seven SV for 100. Jimmy Rollins: 47 hits for 2, games for 2, games to tie Cal Ripken (2,302) for fifth-most games at SS. Chris Sale: Eighteen strikeouts to pass Gary Peters (1,098) to tie Gary Peters for seventh and 22 to tie John Danks (1,102) for sixth in White Sox history 45.0 IP for 1,000.0 career. ON DECK: AT NEW YORK METS The White Sox tomorrow begin interleague play with the opener of a three-game series at the New York Mets the series will mark just the fourth all-time between the two clubs. The White Sox and Mets split the four-game season series in 2013, with each club winning one game at home and one on the road Chicago leads the all-time series, 4-3. The Sox are (.557) all-time during IL play, the thirdbest mark in MLB behind NYY ( ) and BOS ( ). WHITE SOX 2016 BREAKDOWN Streak... Lost 5 Sox After 50/51 in /24-27 Last 10 Games Current Trip Last Homestand Series Record Series First Game First/Second Half /0-0 Home/Road /14-11 Opp. At-Above/Below /15-9 vs. AL East/Central/West...8-8/9-8/10-7 Interleague Comeback W's/L's After Leading... 9/10 Extra Innings One-Run/Two-Run Games...9-9/3-4 Ahead After 6/7/ /24-2/23-1 Behind After 6/7/ /2-20/0-21 Tied After 6/7/ /1-1/4-1 Sox/Opp. Score First /7-15 Sox/Opp. Score /6-17 Sox/Opp. Score 3 or Less /21-5 April/May/June /10-15/0-0 July/August/Sept.-Oct /0-0/0-0 Average Time of Game... 3:00 UPCOMING PROBABLES AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS Sunday: 1:15 p.m. CT, CSN LHP Chris Sale (9-1, 2.26) vs. RHP Edinson Volquez (5-4, 3.67) AT NEW YORK METS Monday: 12:10 p.m. CT, CSN/ESPN LHP Jose Quintana (5-4, 2.22) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (3-7, 6.08) Tuesday: 6:10 p.m. CT, CSN RHP Mat Latos (6-1, 4.06) vs. LHP Steven Matz (7-1, 2.36) Wednesday: 12:10 p.m. CT, WGN RHP Miguel Gonzalez (0-1, 4.50) vs. RHP Jacob degrom (3-1, 3.07) All games carried on WLS-AM 890 and select games on WRTO-AM 1200 (Spanish) WHITE SOX VS. KANSAS CITY (1-4) Date H/R Result WP LP 5/20 H L, 1-4 Gee Quintana 5/21 H L, 1-2 Soria Gonzalez 5/22 H W, 3-2 Rodon Ventura 5/26 R Ppd. rain; makeup date on 9/19 5/27 R L, 5-7 Albers Moylan 5/28 R L, 7-8 Wang Kahnle 5/29 R 1:15 p.m. CT (CSN) 6/10 H 7:10 p.m. CT (CSN+) 6/11 H 1:10 p.m. CT (WGN) 6/12 H 1:10 p.m. CT (CSN) 8/9 R 7:15 p.m. CT (CSN) 8/10 R 7:15 p.m CT (CSN) 8/11 R 7:15 p.m. CT (WPWR) 9/9 H 7:10 p.m. CT (CSN) 9/10 H 6:10 p.m. CT (CSN) 9/11 H 1:10 p.m. CT (WGN) 9/16 R 7:15 p.m. CT (CSN) 9/17 R 6:15 p.m. CT (CSN) 9/18 R 1:15 p.m. CT (WGN) 9/19 R 1:15 p.m. CT WHITE SOX ON TRIP (0-2) at K.C./NYM/DET...0-2/0-0/0-0 Runs Scored/Allowed... 12/15 AVG/OBP/SLG/HR /.267/.446/4 ERA (15 ER/16.2 IP) Quality Starts BEST ROAD W-L IN AL Club W-L Pct. Seattle Mariners Chicago White Sox Toronto Blue Jays Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox MLB HOME RUN LEADERS Player, Club HR Todd Frazier, SOX Yoenis Cespedes, NYM Mark Trumbo, BAL Nolan Arenado Robinson Cano, SEA Khris Davis, OAK MLB AB/HR LEADERS Player, Club AB/HR Yoenis Cespedes, NYM Bryce Harper, WSH Todd Frazier, SOX Mark Trumbo, BAL Khris Davis, OAK World Champions: 1906, 1917, 2005 AL Champions: 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919, 1959, 2005 AL West Champions: 1983, 1993 AL Central Champions: 2000, 2005, 2008

2 #49 WHITE SOX STARTING PITCHER CHRIS SALE LHP Height: 6-6 Weight: 190 Age: 27 (March 30, 1989) Born: Lakeland, Fla. Resides: Fort Myers, Fla. Signed Through: 2017 vs. Opp. vs. Opp. vs. Opp. Pitcher Career Career LHP Chris Sale 9-1, , , , , 2.84 RHP Edinson Volquez 5-4, , , , , 2.63 SALE AT A GLANCE 27-year-old makes his second attempt at becoming the fi rst 10-game winner in the major leagues Wilbur Wood (13 in 1973) and Red Faber (10 in 1921) are the only Sox pitchers since 1913 to reach 10 wins prior to June (STATS). Is 5-0 with a 1.41 ERA (6 ER/38.1 IP) and 35 strikeouts over fi ve road starts this season and with a 3.06 ERA (137 ER/402.1 IP) and 460 strikeouts over 60 career starts away from home. Owns a 1.87 ERA (12 ER/57.2 IP) over his last nine starts overall, allowing 33 hits and 11 walks. Leads all American League pitchers since 2012 in ERA (2.90), strikeouts (969), strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.05) and WHIP (1.05). Is with a 2.46 ERA (139 ER/508.2 IP) and 557 strikeouts over 74 games (73 starts) in the fi rst half since 2012 his 2.46 ERA ranks second in the majors behind Clayton Kershaw (2.26). Ranks eighth in White Sox history with 1,080 strikeouts Gary Peters is seventh with 1,098. Has allowed one or no runs in 53 of his 126 career starts (42.1 percent), including 20 scoreless outings. LAST START His nine-start winning streak to open the season ended with a loss on 5/24 vs. Cleveland allowed a season-high six runs on seven hits over 3.1 IP issued a season-high four walks and struck out seven. Held the Indians scoreless through 2.0 IP before giving up three runs each in the third and fourth innings left with a 5-1 defi cit after throwing 89 pitches (60 strikes) had walked 10 batters in his fi rst nine starts. A NEAR PERFECT 10 Lost on 5/24 vs. Cleveland in his attempt to become the eighth player in major-league history to win his first 10 starts of a season would have joined Andy Hawkins in 1985, Eddie Cicotte in 1919, Rube Marquard in 1912, Harry Krause in 1909, George Mullin in 1909, Mordecai Three Finger Brown in 1908 and Hooks Wiltse in Won 10 straight starts from 10/2/15-5/19/16, tied with Jon Garland ( ), Richard Dotson (1983) and Roy Patterson ( ) for the fourth-longest streak in Sox history (Elias/STATS) only Cicotte (12 in 1919), LaMarr Hoyt (11 in ) and Ed Walsh (11 in 1906) registered longer streaks than Sale. Sale Among AL Leaders In 2016 Wins 1st 9 WHIP 1st 0.84 Opp. AVG 1st.179 Opp. OBP 1st.230 Opp. OPS 1st.510 BR/9.0 IP 1st 7.91 Complete Games 1st 3 Shutouts T1st 1 Innings 2nd 71.2 Opp. SLG 2nd.280 Quality Starts T2nd 8 ERA 3rd 2.26 SO/BB Ratio 5th 4.93 Strikeouts 5th 69 BB/9.0 IP 7th 1.76 Sale Among AL Leaders Since 2012 ERA 1st 2.90 Strikeouts 1st 969 WHIP 1st 1.05 Opp. OBP 1st.276 Opp. OPS 1st.621 SO/BB 1st 5.05 Complete Games 2nd 11 Opp. Avg. 2nd.223 Wins T2nd 62 SO/9.0 IP 3rd Quality Starts 3rd 94 Innings 4th BB/9.0 IP 8th 2.01 Most 10+ SO Games In White Sox History Pitcher (GS w/sox) No. Chris Sale (126) 31 Ed Walsh (312) 17 Juan Pizarro (145) 15 Most 12+ SO Games NINE IS FINE Since 2012 (STATS) Pitcher, Club No. Became the third major-league pitcher since 1913 (when earned runs became an offi cial statistic) to win his fi rst nine starts of a season with an ERA of 1.58 or lower, joining the White Sox Eddie Cicotte in 1919 (9-0, 0.82) and the Giants Sal Maglie in 1952 (9-0, 1.12) source: STATS. Chris Sale, SOX Clayton Kershaw, LAD Max Scherzer, DET/WAS Cicotte won his fi rst 12 starts of 1919 with a 1.07 ERA, while Maglie lost his 10th start of the 1952 season. GOING THE DISTANCE Recorded his 11th career complete game and third of the season on 5/19 vs. Houston retired 21 of the fi rst 23 batters before allowing a solo homer to Evan Gattis leading off the eighth Gattis was the only Astros hitter to advance past fi rst base. Became the fi rst White Sox pitcher to throw three complete games in his fi rst nine starts of a season since Jack McDowell in 1991 (three) and the fi rst in the majors since Johnny Cueto in 2014 (three) also became the fi rst Sox pitcher since Jake Peavy in April 2012 to record back-to-back complete games improved to 4-1 with a 0.66 ERA (3 ER/41.0 IP), four walks and 56 strikeouts in fi ve career starts vs. Houston. DYNAMIC DUO Jose Quintana (2nd, 2.22) and Sale (3rd, 2.26) and are attempting to become the fi rst teammates to rank 1-2 in their league in ERA since Houston s Roger Clemens (1.87) and Andy Pettitte (2.39) in 2005 and the fi rst in the AL since Boston s Pedro Martinez (2.26) and Derek Lowe (2.58) in 2002 (STATS). Since ERA became an offi cial stat in 1913, fi ve pairs of lefty teammates have accomplished the feat, most recently the Yankees Ron Guidry (2.78) and Tommy John (2.96) in Quintana (1.47) and Sale (1.66) became the fi rst lefty teammates with at least fi ve starts to record a sub ERA in April since the Dodgers Claude Osteen (1.64) and Sandy Koufax (1.75) in MAY FLOWERS Is 14-3 with a 1.96 ERA (31 ER/142.1 IP) and 163 strikeouts over 22 games (21 starts) in May since the start of the 2012 season, holding the opposition to a.170 average his 1.96 ERA during that span leads all major leaguers with a minimum of 20 starts (Jeff Samardzija is second at 2.11) NOTES OF INTEREST Has zero 10-strikeout games in 2016 after recording a club-record 13 last season is averaging 7.1 IP per start and 14.7 pitches per inning, compared to 6.7 IP and 15.9 in 2015 has not allowed more than seven hits in any of his nine starts has not issued a walk in four of his 10 starts (fi ve overall in 2015). Became the fi rst Sox pitcher to throw a 9.0-IP complete game against the Yankees since Jim Abbott on 7/18/95 made his 200th career appearance on 4/20 vs. Texas (0 ER/7.0 IP) recorded his second career shutout on 4/15 at Tampa Bay retired 16 straight batters in one stretch won on 4/4 at Oakland to improve to 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA (6 ER/22.0 IP) in three career Opening Day starts. K-ZONE Ranks fourth in major-league history with an average of strikeouts per 9.0 IP (min. 125 starts), trailing only Randy Johnson (10.61), Stephen Strasburg (10.52) and Kerry Wood (10.32) his 4.72 SO/BB ratio is the best among the fi ve starting pitchers in history to average more than 10.0 SO/9.0 IP both of those marks are the best in White Sox history. Has struck out 10 or more batters a franchise-record 31 times in 126 career starts (24.6 percent) and 12-plus batters a franchise-record 18 times, the most in the major leagues since Has recorded 10 or more strikeouts with no walks a franchise-record six times, two more than Juan Pizarro in 145 starts has struck out 10 or more batters in a losing effort seven times since Owns six of the Top 11 strikeout games in franchise history holds franchise single-season strikeout records at home (129 in ) and in the fi rst half (157 in 2015). Has fanned 968 batters through his fi rst 126 career starts, which according to Elias is the most in Sox history and most among active pitchers (Tim Lincecum is second with 935) his 708 combined strikeouts from are the most by a White Sox pitcher over three seasons since Ed Walsh (767) from SALE S 2016 GAME LOG (10 STARTS) Date Opp. W-L IP H R ER HR BB SO #P EXIT ERA 4/4 at Oak. W /9 vs. Cle. W /15 at T.B. W CG /20 vs. LAA W /26 at Tor. W /1 at Bal. W /7 vs. Min. W /13 at NYY W CG /19 vs. Hou. W CG /24 VS. Cle. L Totals Career Totals SALE S 2016 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN Category W-L ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG Home Road Day Night April May Category AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO GDP OBP SLG OPS Total vs. Left vs. Right QS Pct. RSA #P/G SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 BB/9.0 WHIP SB-A PCK W-L SALE VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Player AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG Alcides Escobar Lorenzo Cain Christian Colon Kendrys Morales Paulo Orlando Eric Hosmer Salvador Perez Jarrod Dyson Omar Infante Drew Butera SALE S GAME BESTS AS STARTER 2016 Season Career SO 9 (3x, last 5/19 vs. Hou., 9.0 IP) 15 (2x, 8/16/15 vs. Cubs, 7.0 IP) Low Hits 2 (4/15 at T.B., 9.0 IP) 1 (5/12/13 vs. LAA, 9.0 IP) IP 9.0 (3x, last 5/19 vs. Hou.) 9.0 (10x, last 5/19/16 vs. Hou.) CG 3 (last 5/19 vs. Hou.) 11 (last 5/19/16 vs. Hou.) SHO 1 (4/15 at T.B.) 2 (last 4/15/16 at T.B.) Win Streak 9 games (4/4-5/19) 10 games (10/2/15-5/19/16) EDINSON VOLQUEZ VS. WHITE SOX Player AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG Dioner Navarro Melky Cabrera Alex Avila Avisail Garcia Jose Abreu Tyler Saladino Adam Eaton Todd Frazier Brett Lawrie Jimmy Rollins LITTLE RESISTANCE VS. LEFTIES Has limited left-handers to a.195 ( ) average since becoming a starter in 2012, the third-lowest mark in the major leagues behind Clayton Kershaw (.181) and Drew Smyly (.193). Lefties are hitting.201/.258/.252 with three home runs in his career Brennan Boesch (two) and Travis Hafner (one) are the only lefties to homer off Sale Boesch (9/2/12 at Comerica Park) is the last lefty to homer off Sale, who has faced 515 lefties since then. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Has fi nished in the Top-6 of the American League Cy Young voting in each of the last four seasons. Sale and Hall-of-Famer Ed Walsh ( ) are the only pitchers in Sox history to strike out 200-plus batters in three consecutive seasons. Is the fi rst White Sox pitcher to make four straight All-Star Games since Billy Pierce ( ) was the winning pitcher at the 2013 Midsummer Classic at New York s Citi Field, throwing 2.0 scoreless IP. Has recorded fi ve career scoreless streaks of 15.0 IP or more: 28.0 from 5/6-6/2/13, 22.2 from 5/23-6/8/15, 16.0 from 4/15-20/16, 15.0 from 9/5-17/14 and 15.0 from 6/3-9/12 (STATS). VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Is 7-9 with a 2.84 ERA (37 ER/117.1 IP), two saves and 100 strikeouts in 26 career games (15 starts) vs. Kansas City his.278 opponents average ( ) is his second-highest vs. any AL team behind Baltimore (.296) has not recorded double-digit strikeouts in any of his 15 starts. Was 0-1 with a 4.05 ERA (6 ER/13.1 IP), eight strikeouts and 20 hits allowed over two starts last season, both in Chicago lost on 7/19/15 (4 ER/11.1 IP) and posted a ND on 4/23/15 (2 ER/7.0 IP). Owns a 3-5 record with a 3.33 ERA (19 ER/51.1 IP) and 43 strikeouts in 12 games (six starts) at Kauffman Stadium lost his last start in Kansas City on 9/17/14, allowing fi ve runs on nine hits over 5.0 IP. TOMORROW S STARTER LHP Jose Quintana (5-4, 2.22) makes his 11th start of the season and sixth on the road ranks second in the American League in ERA and among the leaders in numerous other categories. Lost his third straight start on 5/25 vs. Cleveland, allowing three runs on fi ve hits over 6.0 IP. Is 7-4 with a 1.96 ERA (22 ER/101.0 IP) over his last 15 starts dating back to 9/5/15 owns a 5-7 record with a 2.60 ERA (30 ER/104.0 IP) in 16 career interleague starts has never faced the Mets.

3 WHITE SOX BULLPEN NOTES TEAM BULLPEN NOTES Series: 0-2; SV, 0-2; 11 ER/5.1 IP Saves: (59.1) IR-IS: (39.7) 1st Batter:.240 (30-125) Season Highs: IP (8.2, 4/18 vs. LAA) SO (6, 5/9 at Tex.) The bullpen is 5-6 with a 3.16 ERA (49 ER/139.2 IP) and 121 strikeouts over 47 games this season has gone 1-6 with a 5.51 ERA (31 ER/50.2 IP) over its last 16 games. White Sox relievers are 1-6 with a 4.61 ERA (36 ER/70.1 IP) in May, compared to 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA (12 ER/69.1 IP) during April. The Sox bullpen is 1-1 with a 1.84 ERA (16 ER/78.1 IP) and.199 (53-266) opponents average over 24 home games has gone 4-5 with a 4.84 ERA (33 ER/61.1 IP) and.252 (60-238) opponents average in 23 games on the road. Last Game: L; BS; 7 ER/3.2 IP Trip: 0-2; SV, 0-2; 11 ER/5.1 IP 2016 AL Relief Rankings Holds T2nd 35 Opp. AVG 3rd.224 ERA 4th 3.16 BR/9.0 IP 5th Saves T6th 13 1st Batter Avg. 8th.240 IR Scored Pct. 13th 39.7 Strikeouts 13th 121 Wins T13th 5 IP 14th The bullpen has surrendered 127 homers since 2013, the fewest in the AL and third-fewest in all of baseball. #34 MATT ALBERS, RHP Last Game: DNP Trip: 0-1; HLD; 2 ER/0.1 IP 2016 Holds: 10 (last 5/27 at K.C.) IR-IS: 14-7 (50.0) 1st Batter Faced:.150 (3-20; 1 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (5.0; 7/27/06 vs. Cin.) SO (4; 7x, last 4/2/14 vs. NYY) Last Relief Outing: 5/27 at Knasas City (L; 1-4; HLD, 10; 0.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 1 SO) AL Relief Leaders: Holds (T9th, 10). Suffered his fourth loss Friday, allowing two runs over 0.1 IP has gone 0-4 with a ERA (9 ER/4.2 IP) over his last seven appearances. Allowed a three-run home run to Jose Ramirez in the eighth inning of 5/23-1 vs, Cleveland has allowed four homers over his last nine outings (7.1 IP), allowed five in his previous 106 appearances (123.0 IP). Fifteen of his 22 outings this season have been scoreless owns a 2.13 ERA (16 ER/67.2 IP) since 2014 (60 games). Opponents are (.263) against him this season right-handers are hitting.250 (13-52) while lefties are batting.292 (7-24). Recorded a career-high 30 scoreless appearances streak (33.0 IP) from 8/5/15-4/25/16, the longest in franchise history the 33.0 socreless IP streak is tied with Jack Harshman (33.0 in 1954) for the seventh-longest in team history, and was the longest by a Sox pitcher since Joel Horlen (37.0 scoreless IP in 1968). #33 ZACH DUKE, LHP Last Game: 0 ER/0.2 IP Trip: 0 ER/0.2 IP Scoreless Streak: 2 (0.2 IP) 2016 Holds: 11 (last 5/23-1 vs. Cle.) IR-IS: 16-7 (43.8) 1st Batter Faced:.360 (9-25; 2 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (4.0; 3x, last 9/7/12 vs. Mia.) SO (4; 4/21/13 at NYM) Last Relief Outing: 5/28 at Kansas City (0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO) AL Relief Leaders: Games (1st, 27); Holds (T5th, 11); GB % (10th, 60.4). Tossed 0.2 scoreless IP yesterday, retiring both batters he faced in the eighth inning. Has made 21 scoreless appearances this season 15 of his 25 outings this season have been less than 1.0 IP. Lefties are hitting.275 (11-40) against him this season while righties are 6-25 (.240). Has held lefties to a.205 (45-219) average since Is 11-8 with a 3.35 ERA (77 ER/207.0 IP) in 218 career relief outings. Duke Among MLB LHP Relievers since 2014 Games 2nd 172 Opp. GIDP 2nd 19 Holds 4th 49 IP 7th Strikeouts 8th 156 Wins T9th 8 #43 DAN JENNINGS, LHP Last Game: DNP Trip: 0 ER/0.0 IP 2016 Holds: 1 (4/25 at Toronto) IR-IS: 7-2 (28.6) 1st Batter Faced:.357 (5-14; 2 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (3.2; 7/18/15 vs. K.C.) SO (4; 9/16/13 at Phi.) Last Relief Outing: 5/27 at Kansas City (0.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 0 SO) Failed to retire the only batter he faced (Jarrod Dyson) Friday Dyson would come around to score on two-run single surrendered by Matt Albers. Has made 10 scoreless outings this season (16 games overall). Owns a 1.64 ERA (8 ER/44.0 IP) over his last 39 outings the 1.64 ERA is the eighth-lowest in the American League since 8/4/15 (min. 15 G). Walked a career-high four batters on 5/5 vs. Boston, allowed two runs over 1.2 IP. Owns a 1.63 ERA (5 ER/27.2 IP) with 20 strikeouts over his last 21 games at home. Right-handers are hitting.245 (13-53) this season and.240 (86-358) lifetime. #65 NATE JONES, RHP Last Game: DNP Trip: 1 ER/1.1 IP 2016 Holds: 11 (last 5/23-1 vs. Cle.) IR-IS: 7-1 (14.3) 1st Batter Faced:.053 (1-19; 2 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (3.1; 5/18/13 at LAA) SO (5; 6/4/13 at Sea.) Last Relief Outing: 5/27 at Kansas City (1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 1 SO) AL Relief Leaders: WHIP (4th, 0.72); Opp. AVG (5th,.149); AVG/1st BF (T5th,.053); Holds (T5th; 11); Wins (T7th, 2). Allowed one run over 1.1 IP Friday owns a 6.75 ERA (4 ER/5.1 IP) and a.300 (6-20) opponents average over his last seven outings. Made his 17th scoreless appearance on 5/23-1 vs. Cleveland, striking out the only batter he faced (Yan Gomes) in the eighth inning. Has tossed 11 consecutive scoreless outings (9.1 IP) at U.S. Cellular Field. Owns a 2.04 ERA (4 ER/17.2 IP) and.148 (9-61) opponents average over his last 19 appearances. Opponents are (.168) with eight extra-base hits (one double, one triple and six home runs) against him since 2015 left-handers are batting.149 (7-47) while righties are hitting.179 (15-84) is limiting lefties to a.196 (51-260) career average. #48 TOMMY KAHNLE (CAIN-lee), RHP Last Game: L; BS; 1 ER/0.0 IP Trip: 0-1; SV, 0-1; 1 ER/0.0 IP 2016 Holds: None IR-IS: 2-1 (50.0) 1st Batter Faced:.333 (1-3; 1 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (3.0; 6/13/14 at S.F.) SO (5; 2x, last 6/13/14 at S.F.) Last Relief Outing: 5/28 at Kansas City (L, 0-1; BS, 1; 0.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB/IBB, 0 SO) Suffered his first loss and blown save of the season yesterday, allowing a game-tying RBI double to Drew Butera and a game-ending RBI single to Brett Eibner. Went 1-0 with a 2.76 ERA (5 ER/16.1 IP) with two saves and 18 strikeouts over 13 relief outings with the Knights this season limited right-handers to a.122 (5-41) average averaged 9.9 strikeouts per 9.0 IP. Has gone 2-3 with a 4.36 ERA (51 ER/105.1 IP) and 103 strikeouts over 94 career major-league games with Colorado ( ) and the White Sox (2016). Is averaging 8.80 strikeouts per 9.0 IP in his career right-handed batters are hitting.220 (45-205) against him lifetime. Owns a career 1.02 ERA (2 ER/17.2 IP) over 17 outings against the American League. #64 MATT PURKE, LHP Last Game: DNP Trip: DNP Scoreless Streak: 3 (5.2 IP) 2016 Holds: None IR-IS: 2-1 (50.0) 1st Batter Faced:.667 (2-3) Career High In Relief: IP (2.1; 5/23-2/16 vs. Cle.) SO (1; 5/20/16 vs. K.C.) Last Relief Outing: 5/24 vs. Cleveland (2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO) Threw 2.0 scoreless IP Tuesday has retired 12 of the last 14 batters he has faced. Tossed a career-high 2.1 scoreless IP in Game 2 of Monday's doubleheader. Made his major-league debut in the eighth inning on 5/20 vs. Kansas City, tossing 1.1 scoreless IP recorded his first career strikeout (Alex Gordon) in the eighth. Has gone 0-0 with a 2.30 ERA (4 ER/15.2 IP) and 14 strikeouts over 10 appearances (one start) with the Kinghts this season left-handers went 1-9 (.111) against him in 2016 opponents batted.100 (1-10) with RISP/two outs. Is with a 4.62 ERA (111 ER/216.1 IP) and 175 strikeouts in 59 career minorleague outings (45 starts) over five seasons in the Washington ( ) and White Sox (2016) organizations. Was originally selected by the Nationals in the third round of the 2011 draft signed by the Sox as a minor-league free agent on 11/21/15. #57 ZACH PUTNAM, RHP Last Game: 0 ER/2.1 IP Trip: 0 ER/2.1 IP Scoreless Streak: 5 (7.1 IP) 2016 Holds: 1 (5/6 vs. Minnesota) IR-IS: 10-2 (20.0) 1st Batter Faced:.250 (4-17) Career High In Relief: IP (3.0; 4/18/16 vs. LAA..) SO (4; 4/22/14 at Det.) Last Relief Outing: 5/28 at Kansas City (2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO) Made his 13th scoreless outing yesterday, extending his scoreless game streak to five (7.1 IP) has retired the last eight batters he has faced. Owns a 1.40 ERA (3 ER/19.1 IP) in his last 15 games (12 scoreless). Is limiting lefties to a.167 average (4-24) this season righties are (.241). Has worked at least 1.0 IP in 32 of his last 36 outings. Is allowing just 19.4 percent (6-31) of inherited baserunners to score since Owns a 2.33 ERA (18 ER/69.2 IP) and 73 strikeouts over 64 career games at U.S. Cellular Field. #30 DAVID ROBERTSON, RHP Last Game: 6 ER/0.2 IP Trip: 6 ER/0.2 IP 2016 Saves: (85.7) IR-IS: 3-2 (66.7) 1st Batter Faced:.143 (2-14; 4 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (2.0; 17x, last 8/30/15 vs. Sea.) SO (4; 6x, last 8/5/15 vs. T.B.) Last Relief Outing: 5/28 at Kansas City (0.2 IP, 4 H, 6 R/ER, 2 BB, 1 SO) AL Relief Leaders: Saves (T4th, 12). Allowed a career-high six runs on four hits and two walks in the ninth inning yesterday. Opponents are hitting.182 (12-66) against him this season lefties have gone 4-31 (.129) while right-handers are 8-35 (.229). Ranks second in the American League and eighth in baseball with 85 saves since 2014 needs seven saves for 100 in his career. Has struck out 633 batters in his career, the eighth-most among active major-league relievers is the only pitcher in MLB history to average at least 10.0 strikeouts per 9.0 IP in each of his first seven seasons ( ). Has held lefties to a.190 ( ) average during his career, including a.172 ( ) mark since 2011, the fourth-lowest average during that span. WHITE SOX PITCHING BREAKDOWN Best First Batter Faced Average Since 1974 Pitcher AVG Craig Kimbrel.152 David Robertson.164 Sergio Romo.164 Pat Neshek.166 Carlos Marmol.174 Pitchers W-L ERA GS-QS Pct. CG SHO SV-OPP IP H R ER BB SO AVG Starters Relievers WHITE SOX PITCHERS VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS 2016 CAREER PITCHERS ERA W L S IP ER SO ERA W L S IP ER SO Albers Duke Gonzalez Jennings Jones Kahnle Latos Purke Putnam Quintana Robertson Rodon Sale TOTALS RELIEVER NOTES VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Matt Albers had his nine-appearance scoreless streak (9.1 IP) snapped last night owns a 2.20 ERA (4 ER/16.1 IP) over his last 18 outings. Nate Jones had his 17-scoreless appearances streak (17.1 IP) snapped last night. David Robertson has converted six straight save opportunities 24 of his 27 career outings have been scoreless. LAST 10 REVIEWS/CHALLENGES INVOLVING WHITE SOX (28) Date/Opp. Call on Field Inn. Umpires Ruling Time 5/3 vs. Bos. Cabrera safe at 1B B8th Timmons/Everitt Overturned 1:17 5/5 vs. Bos. Lawrie out at Home B5th Emmel/Everitt Stands 3:40 5/10 at Tex. Lawrie safe at 2B T8th Diaz/Nelson Overturned 1:04 5/11 at Tex. Navarro no HBP T4th May/Nelson Stands 1:30 5/15 at NYY Saladino safe at 2B T6th Foster/Winters Overturned 1:19 5/23-2 vs. Cle. Eaton Safe at 1B B5th Danley/Morales Overturned 0:36 5/24 vs. Cle.. Byrd out at 1B T7th Basner/West Confirmed 0:56 5/24 vs. Cle. Napoli safe at 2B T9th Fletcher/West Stands 0:43 5/27 at K.C. Rollins safe at 1B T7th Little/Barrett Stands N/A 5/27 at K.C. Escobar out at 3B B7th Blakney/Barrett Overturned N/A Bold = challenged by Robin Ventura; successful on 2-9 (22.2 percent) challenges in Italics = reviewed by umpire crew chief

4 WHITE SOX HITTERS NOTES TEAM HITTING NOTES Road:.262/.320/.406, 25 HR, 121 R Series:.257/.267/.446, 4 HR, 12 R Trip:.257/.267/.446, 4 HR, 12 R The White Sox are hitting.263/.337/.414 with 155 runs over their last 33 games (4.7 R/G) and.283 ( ) with White Sox AL Rankings 64 runs scored over the last 10 on the road (6.4 R/G). Walks 4th 161 The Sox have scored 32 runs in the last 10 games On-Base Pct. 6th.319 overall, going (.186) with RISP during that span. #P/PA 6th 3.92 Chicago is tied for second in the AL with 76 runs scored from seventh inning on, including 49 in the last 32 games. The White Sox have recorded 10-plus hits 19 times Runs/Game Average OPS 9th 9th 10th Slugging Pct. 12th.391 and have scored 10-plus runs on three occasions (last Home Runs 13th 46 5/10 at Texas). #79 JOSE ABREU, 1B, R-R Last Game: 0-5 Trip: 0-9 MultiHR Games: 5 (8/8/15 at K.C.) GS: 2 (4/18/15 at Det.) Season-High Streak: 8 (4/26-5/4) Career High: H (4; 6/23/15 at Min.) HR (2; 5x, 8/8/15 at K.C.) RBI (6, 4/25/14 vs. T.B.) Is 0-9 in this series after going 6-8 over his two previous games. Has gone nine straight games without an RBI but still is on pace to fi nish the season with 87. Is hitting.393 (11-28) in "close and late" situations. Has started 49 of 50 games (47 at fi rst base). Has hit four home runs in 15 career games at Kauffman Stadium, including three in his last seven. Is a career.311 hitter (98-315) with RISP, the 10th-best mark in the AL since #31 ALEX AVILA, C, L-R Last Game: 2-4, 2B, 2 R Trip: 2-4, 2B, 2 R Current Streak: 1 (.500, 2-4) MultiHR Games: 4 (9/15/13 vs. K.C.) GS: 1 (7/30/13 vs. Was.) Season-High Streak: 5 (4/20-5/13) Career High: H (4; 2x, 9/10/13 at CWS) HR (2; 9/15/13 vs. K.C.) RBI (5; 4/6/11 at Bal.) Recorded his second mulithit game of the season on Saturday to end an 0-13 streak has drawn 10 walks in his last 13 games. Has thrown out 9.1 percent (1-11) of attempted basestealers Sox pitchers own a 3.16 ERA (60 ER/170.2 IP) when he is behind the plate. Was on the 15-day disabled list from 4/24-5/8 with a strained right hamstring. His father, Al, is the vice president of baseball operations and GM of the Tigers. #53 MELKY CABRERA, OF, S-L Last Game: 0-4 Trip: 1-8, HR, 4 RBI, R MultiHR Games: 4 (7/23/15 at Cle.) GS: 3 (5/27/16 at K.C.) Season-High Streak: 6 (4/9-16) Career High: H (5; 6/21/15 vs. Tex.) HR (2; 4x, 7/23/15 at Cle.) RBI (5; 5x, 7/28/14 at Bos.) AL Ranks: T5th-multihit games (19); T9th-3B (2). Is hitting.296 (29-98) with 17 RBI in May. Hit his third career grand slam on Friday, first since 7/29/11 at Cleveland (with Kansas City) and fi rst from the right side of the plate. Has played in all 50 games, including 49 starts (48 in left fi eld). Is hitting.288/.359/.399 vs. RHP, compared to.286/.324/.514 vs. LHP has homered from both sides of the plate in a game three times (last 7/23/15 at Cleveland). Ranks third among active players with 91 outfi eld assists since #1 ADAM EATON, OF, L-L Last Game: 0-5 Trip: 0-6 MultiHR Games: NONE GS: NONE Season-High Streak: 9 (5/13-22) Career High: H (4; 8x, 9/4/15 at K.C.) HR (1; 23x, 5/24/16 vs. Cle.) RBI (3; 2x, 9/4/15 at K.C.) AL Ranks: 1st-OF assists (7); 1st-INF hits (15); T1st-3B (4); T5th-multihit games (19). Is 2-23 (.087) over his last six games. Leads the major leagues with 15 defensive runs saved and seven outfi eld assists. Is a.314/.377/.477 career hitter vs. Kansas City. Dating back to 7/25/15, leads the AL in times on base (200), ranks third in OBP (.392) and fi fth in average (.315). Hit his fi fth career leadoff home run on 5/24 vs. Cleveland Owns a.323 (32-99) average on the road and.373 (19-51) vs. LHP. His 23 triples since 2014 lead the major leagues. #21 TODD FRAZIER, 3B, R-R Last Game: 0-5 Trip: 1-8, HR, B, RBI, R MultiHR Games: 7 (5/9/16 at Tex.) GS: 3 (5/9/16 at Tex.) Season-High Streak: 6 (4/23-28) Career High: H (4; 4x, 5/9/16 at Tex.) HR (2; 7x, 5/9/16 at Tex.) RBI (6; 5/9/16 at Tex.) AL Ranks: T1st-HR (15); T5th-RBI (35). Is tied for the AL lead with 15 home runs Bill Melton (1971) and Dick Allen (1972 and '74) are the only players in Sox history to lead the AL in homers. His 15 homers have surpassed the output by Sox third basemen in 2015 and are the most by a 3B in franchise history through 50 games (Robin Ventura, 11 in 1994). Abreu Among AL Leaders Since 2014 Hit-by-Pitch 3rd 31 Total Bases 4th 708 RBI 6th 235 OPS 8th.876 Slugging Pct. 8th.519 Average 8th.295 Home Runs 9th 72 Frazier Among MLB 3B Leaders Since 2012 Home Runs 1st 117 Extra-Base Hits T3rd 253 RBI 4th 344 Total Bases 4th 1,100 Is batting.313 (20-64) with eight home runs, 18 RBI, 16 runs scored and 12 walks over his last 18 games. His nine RBI on 5/9-10 at Texas tied for third-most in Sox history over two games, trailing only Jim Thome (10 from 7/12-17/09) and Robin Ventura (10 from 9/3-4/95). Recorded his seventh career multihomer game on 5/9 at Texas, collecting a careerhigh six RBI and tying his career high with four hits (fourth time) hit a solo homer in the sixth and a game-winning grand slam (third career) in the 12th tied Happy Felsch (9/30/1916) for the latest slam in Sox history (Elias) his 4 H/2 HR/6 RBI game was the fi rst by a Sox player since Carlos Lee on 9/29/04 at Detroit. Is hitting.345 (10-29) with four homers and 14 RBI in "close and late" situations. His 79 homers since 2014 are tied for eighth in the major leagues. #26 AVISAIL GARCIA, OF, R-R Last Game: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R Trip: 3-8, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R Current Streak: 3 (.417, 5-12) MultiHR Games: 3 (last 8/10/15 vs. LAA) GS: NONE Season-High Streak: 11 (4/25-5/10) Career High: H (4; 2x, 7/8/15 vs. Tor.) HR (2; 3x, 8/10/15 vs. LAA) RBI (4; 2x, 8/10/15 vs. LAA) Hit a two-run homer (No. 5) and an RBI single yesterday to match his season high with three RBI. Is hitting.333 (29-87) with fi ve doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI and 15 runs scored over his last 23 games to raise his average from.135 to.259. Compiled a career-high tying 11-game hitting streak (.439, 18-41) from 4/25-5/10. Has made 35 starts at designated hitter and three in right fi eld this season is hitting.263 (50-190) with fi ve homers and 21 RBI lifetime as the DH. #10 AUSTIN JACKSON, OF, R-R Last Game: 3-5, 2B, R Trip: 5-9, 2B, 2 R Current Streak: 3 (.538, 7-13) MultiHR Games: NONE GS: 1 (7/7/15 vs. Det.) Season-High Streak: 7 (5/5-11) Career High: H (5; 4/30/10 vs. LAA) HR (1; 55x, 10/1/15 at Cin.) RBI (5; 9/30/15 at Cin.) Matched his career high yesterday with three hits (fourth time). Is (.440) over his last six games after going 3-25 (.120) in his previous seven. Has started 48 of 50 games in center fi eld. Reached base safely four times on 5/23-1 vs. Cleveland (3-3, 2 RBI). Is hitting.375 (15-40) with 16 RBI with RISP in His 49 triples since 2010 rank second in the majors behind Dexter Fowler (58). #15 BRETT LAWRIE, INF, R-R Last Game: 2-4, R Trip: 3-8, R Current Streak: 2 (.375, 3-8) MultiHR Games: NONE GS: 3 (last 6/24/15 at Tex.) Season-High Streak: 7 (4/9-17) Career High: H (4; 7/29/15 at LAD) HR (1; 64x, 5/11/16 at Tex.) RBI (5; 4/15/14 at Min.) AL Ranks: 7th-2B (14). Is hitting.182 (8-44) over his last 12 games ended an 0-19 streak on 5/21 vs. K.C. Has started 48 of 50 games this season at second base and one at DH. Hit a game-winning, three-run homer on 5/23-1 vs. Cleveland opener while matching his career highs with three walks (second time) and fi ve times on base (second time). His 23 walks this season are fi ve less than his total of 28 in 2015 and 10 off his career best drew a walk in a career-high fi ve straight games (eight total) from 4/30-5/5. Homered in a career-high three straight games from 4/29-5/1 at Baltimore. Is hitting.306/.342/.528 vs. left-handers in #27 DIONER NAVARRO, C, S-R Last Game: DNP Trip: 1-4, R Current Streak: 1 (.250, 1-4) MultiHR Games: 1 (5/29/13 vs. CWS) GS: 2 (8/5/08 at Tor.) Season-High Streak: 5 (4/23-27) Career High: H (4; 4x, 5/22/09 at Mia.) HR (3; 5/29/13 vs. CWS) RBI (6; 5/29/13 vs. CWS) Is hitting.288 (21-73) with six doubles, a triple, two home runs, 11 RBI and 11 runs scored over his last 22 games. Sox pitchers own a 3.41 ERA (98 ER/259.0 IP) when he is behind the plate, the thirdbest mark in the American League. Has made 29 starts this season, including 21 of the last 30 games has thrown out 18.2 percent (4-22) of attempted basestealers this season. His game-winning triple on 4/27 at Toronto was his fi rst since 9/27/12 vs. Milwaukee. #7 JIMMY ROLLINS, INF, S-R Last Game: DNP Trip: 1-4 Current Streak: 3 (.231, 3-13) MultiHR Games: 9 (7/11/14 vs. Was.) GS: 4 (5/31/14 at Tex.) Season-High Streak: 4 (4/9-15) Career High: H (5; 3x, 8/26/08 vs. NYM) HR (2; 9x, 7/11/14 vs. Was.) RBI (5; 7/25/09 vs. STL) His 2,225 career games at shortstop rank sixth in major-league history (Cal Ripken Jr. is fi fth with 2,302). Has made 33 starts at shortstop in Is (.455) with four walks and a.538 on-base percentage vs. LHP in Hit a two-run homer on 5/13 at New York (No. 2) scored four runs on 5/10 at Texas for the 10th time in his career and fi rst since 5/10/14 (career best is fi ve). Became Chicago s oldest OD shortstop since Appling in 1949 (42 years, 17 days). Most Games at SS In MLB History Player Rank No. Omar Vizquel 1st 2,709 Derek Jeter 2nd 2,674 Luis Aparicio 3rd 2,583 Ozzie Smith 4th 2,511 Cal Ripken Jr. 5th 2,302 Jimmy Rollins 6th 2,225 His.983 career fi elding percentage at shorstop ranks third in major-league history. Has homered from both sides of the plate twice in his career (7/20/06 at the Cubs and 8/12/06 vs. Cincinnati). #18 TYLER SALADINO, INF, R-R Last Game: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, R Trip: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, R Current Streak: 1 (.500, 2-4) MultiHR Games: NONE GS: NONE Season-High Streak: 7 (5/6-22) Career High: H (3; 3x, 8/21/15 at Sea.) HR (2; 5x, 5/28/16 at K.C.) RBI (3; 5/28/16 at K.C.) Hit his second home run yesterday, a three-run shot for a career-high three RBI. Compiled career-high tying, seven-game hitting streak (.407, 11-27) from 5/6-22. Has made 16 starts at shortstop and one at third base in Eleven of his 17 career XBH have come at home, including all fi ve homers. Has appeared in 61 games (54 starts) at third base, 30 (23) at shortstop and three (zero) at fi rst base. #41 JERRY SANDS, OF, R-R Last Game: DNP Trip: 0-3 MultiHR Games: NONE GS: NONE Season-High Streak: 3 (4/20-24) Career High: H (4; 2x, 9/18/11 vs. Pit.) HR (1; 10x, 4/13/16 at Min.) RBI (4; 4x, 8/8/15 vs. Min.) Has made 10 starts at designated hitter and three at fi rst base in Recorded his third multihit game on 5/19 vs. Houston. Is hitting.235 (4-17) with no homers vs. LHP in Is 9-27 (.333) with two homers and 10 RBI lifetime as a pinch-hitter. WHITE SOX HITTERS VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS 2016 CAREER Player AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Abreu Avila Cabrera Eaton Frazier A. Garcia Jackson Lawrie Navarro Rollins Saladino Sands TOTALS

5 2016 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS WHITE SOX Runs, Game... 11, 5/10 at Texas Runs, Inning... 5, 5x, last 5/27 at K.C. (6th) Hits, Game... 15, 2x, last 5/9 at Texas Hits, Inning... 6, 4/7 at Oakland (9th) Consecutive Hits, Inning... 5, 4/7 at Oakland (9th) Doubles...4, 5x, last 5/17 vs. Houston Triples... 2, 4/27 at Toronto Home Runs... 3, 4/26 at Toronto Extra-Base Hits... 6, 4/26 at Toronto Stolen Bases...3, 4/20 vs. Los Angeles-AL Left On Base... 13, 4/23 vs. Texas Errors...2, 4x, last 5/17 vs. Houston Strikeouts... 13, 5/11 at Texas Walks... 9, 5/5 vs. Boston Double Plays (Hit Into)... 2, 7x, last 5/9 at Texas OPPONENTS Runs, Game...13, 5/10 at Texas Runs, Inning... 7, 5/10 at Texas (8th) Hits, Game...17, 5/10 at Texas Hits, Inning... 6, 4/18 vs. Los Angeles-AL (1st) Doubles...4, 2x, last 4/30 at Baltimore Triples...2, 5/25 vs. Cleveland Home Runs...3, 7x, last 5/23-2 vs. Cleveland Extra-Base Hits...6, 5x, last 5/23-1 vs. Cleveland Stolen Bases... 4, 5/11 at Texas Left On Base... 12, 2x, last 5/15 at New York-AL Errors... 3, 2x, last 5/25 vs. Cleveland Strikeouts... 13, 4/27 at Toronto Walks...7, 2x, last 5/5 vs. Boston Double Plays (Hit Into)...4, 4/21 vs. Los Angeles-AL WHITE SOX INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest Hitting Streak...11 games, Garcia, 4/25-5/10 Runs... 4, Rollins, 5/10 at Texas Hits... 4, 2x, last Frazier, 5/9 at Texas Doubles...2, 4x, last Abreu, 5/24 vs. Cleveland Triples...1, 12x, last Jackson, 5/23-2 vs. Cleveland Home Runs...2, Frazier, 5/9 at Texas Consecutive Games w/hr... 3, Lawrie, 4/29-5/1 Runs Batted In...6, Frazier, 5/9 at Texas Stolen Bases...1, 20x, last Frazier/Jackson, 5/25 vs. Cleveland Strikeouts...4, 2x, last Jackson, 5/15 at New York-AL Walks... 3, 4x, last Lawrie, 5/23-1 vs. Cleveland WHITE SOX INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Innings Pitched, Starter...9.0, 3x, last Sale, 5/19 vs. Houston Innings Pitched, Reliever...3.0, 2x, last Putnam, 4/18 vs. Los Angeles-AL Strikeouts, Starter...10, Quintana, 4/27 at Toronto Strikeouts, Reliever... 3, 5x, last Webb, 4/28 at Baltimore Walks...5, 4x, last Gonzalez, 5/15 at New York-AL Fewest Hits Allowed, Complete Game... 2, Sale, 4/15 at Tampa Bay Consecutive Scoreless IP, Starter , Quintana, 4/17-5/3 Consecutive Scoreless IP, Reliever , Jones, 4/7-5/8 Consecutive Scoreless Relief Appearances , Jones, 4/7-5/8 Consecutive Saves Converted... 6, Robertson, 4/4-20 Consecutive Hitters Retired... 16, Sale, 4/15 at Tampa Bay Consecutive Hitters Retired, Starter... 16, Sale, 4/15 at Tampa Bay Longest Winning Streak, Starter...9 games, Sale, 4/4-5/19 WHITE SOX MISCELLANEOUS Most Games Over games, 5/9 Most Games Under N/A Largest Division Lead games, last 5/9 Largest Division Defi cit game, 4/8 Longest Winning Streak... 6 games, 4/22-27 Longest Losing Streak...5 games, 5/23-current Longest Home Winning Streak... 4 games, 4/22-5/3 Longest Home Losing Streak...3 games, 5/23-current Longest Road Winning Streak... 5 games, 4/7-15 Longest Road Losing Streak...4 games, 5/14-current Longest Game, Innings , 2x, last 5/17 vs. Houston Longest Game, Time... 3:58, last 5/9 at Texas Longest 9-Inning Game... 3:57, 5/5 vs. Boston Shortest Game, Time... 2:11, 5/19 vs. Houston Shortest 9-Inning Game... 2:11, 5/19 vs. Houston Largest Margin of Victory... 9, 4/26 at Toronto Largest Margin of Defeat...8, 4/28 at Baltimore Largest Defi cit Overcome... 4, 4/25 at Toronto Largest Lead Surrendered... 6, 5/28 at K.C. Fewest Hits, Game...3, 3x, 5/3 vs. Boston Fewest Hits Allowed, Game... 2, 4/15 at Tampa Bay U.S. CELLULAR FIELD ATTENDANCE Largest Home Crowd... 38,019, 4/8 vs. Cleveland Smallest Home Crowd... 11,418, 4/21 vs. Los Angeles-AL Largest Home Attendance, Three-Game Series...86,177, 5/20-22 vs. Kansas City Largest Home Attendance, Four-Game Series...62,434, 5/23-25 vs. Cleveland SERIES RECORD One-Game Series... N/A Two-Game Series Three-Game Series Four-Game Series First Game Second Game Third Game Fourth Game NUMBER OF DAYS IN First Place Second Place... 8 Third Place...N/A Fourth Place...N/A Fifth Place...N/A GAME-ENDING HOME RUNS LEADOFF HOME RUNS Player (Career No.) Date/Opp. Player (Career No.) Date/Opp. N/A Eaton (5)... 5/24 vs. Cleveland GRAND SLAMS PINCH HIT HOME RUNS Player (Career No.) Date/Opp. Player (Career No.) Date/Opp (Inn.) Frazier (3),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 5/9 at Texas Cabrera (3),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 5/27 at K.C. N/A GAME-ENDING PLAYS (NON-HR) BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS Player (hit/play) Date/Opp (Inn.) Players (Career No.) Date/Opp (Inn.) Abreu (single)...4/23 vs. LAA (11th) Cabrera and Frazier...5/27 at K.C. (6th) MULTIHOMER GAMES Player (Career No.) Date/Opp. Frazier (7)... 5/9 at Texas WHITE SOX STARTS BY POSITION Pitcher (7) Sale (10), Quintana (10), Rodon (10), Latos (9), Danks (4), Gonzalez (5), Johnson (2) Catcher (3) Navarro (30), Avila (19), H. Sanchez (2) First Base (2) Abreu (47), Sands (3) Second Base (2) Lawrie (48), C. Sanchez (2) Third Base (2) Frazier (49), Saladino (1) Shortstop (3) Rollins (32), Saladino (16), C. Sanchez (2) Left Field (3) Cabrera (48), Eaton (1), Shuck (1) Center Field (2) Jackson (48), Eaton (2) Right Field (3) Eaton (45), Garcia (3), Shuck (2) DH (6) Garcia (36), Sands (10), Abreu (1), Cabrera (1), Lawrie (1), Rollins (1) WHITE SOX STARTS BY ORDER 1st (2) Eaton (48), Jackson (2) 2nd (6) Rollins (31), Jackson (7), Saladino (5), Cabrera (3), Abreu (2), C. Sanchez (2) 3rd (2) Abreu (41), Frazier (9) 4th (5) Frazier (40), Cabrera (7), Abreu (1), Garcia (1), Sands (1) 5th (5) Cabrera (39), Abreu (5), Sands (3), Lawrie (2), Garcia (1), 6th (5) Lawrie (42), Garcia (5), Navarro (1), Rollins (1), Shuck (1) 7th (8) Garcia (25), Sands (9), Lawrie (5), Jackson (4), Avila (3), C. Sanchez (2), Navarro (1), Rollins (1) 8th (6) Navarro (25), Avila (15), Garcia (6), H. Sanchez (2), Jackson (1), Shuck (1) 9th (5) Jackson (33), Saladino (13), Navarro (2), Avila (1), Shuck (1) RUNS SCORED BY INNING SOX STATS BY POSITION Inn Sox Opp. Pos. HR RBI 1st C nd B rd B th B th SS th LF th CF th RF th DH 7 27 Extras 6 2 PH 0 0 TOTALS P 0 0 TOTALS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WHITE SOX PLAYERS Perfect game... Philip Humber, April 21, 2012 at Seattle (W, 4-0) No-hitter... Philip Humber, April 21, 2012 at Seattle (W, 4-0) Complete game, one-hitter...jeff Samardzija, September 21, 2015 at Detroit-1 (W, 2-0) 15 or more strikeouts, one game... Chris Sale, August 16, 2015 vs. Cubs (15) Four strikeouts, one inning...wilson Alvarez, July 21, 1997 at Detroit (7th inning) 10-plus IP... Alex Fernandez, October 1, 1995 vs. Minnesota (10.0 IP) Consecutive shutouts...jack McDowell (9.0 IP), July 1, 1994 vs. Milwaukee (W, 8-0); Alex Fernandez (9.0 IP), July 2, 1994 vs. Milwaukee (W, 5-0) Consecutive shutouts, same pitcher...jon Garland, April 25-May 1, 2005 Two consecutive complete games, same pitcher...chris Sale, May 13-19, 2016 Three consecutive complete games, same pitcher...bartolo Colon, September 2-13, 2003 Four consecutive complete games, same pitcher... Jack McDowell, May 14-30, 1993 Inside-the-park home run...scott Podsednik, September 12, 2009 at Los Angeles-AL Leadoff home run... Adam Eaton, May 24, 2016 vs. Cleveland Pitcher hit home run... Mark Buehrle, June 14, 2009 at Milwaukee Home run, both sides of the plate...melky Cabrera, July 23, 2015 at Cleveland Three home runs, one game... Dan Johnson, October 3, 2012 at Cleveland Four home runs, one game... Pat Seerey, July 18, 1948 at Philadelphia (11 innings) Four consecutive home runs, same inning... J. Thome, P. Konerko, A.Ramirez, J. Uribe, August 14, 2008 vs. Kansas City (6th inning) Back-to-back home runs leading off game... Ray Durham and Jose Valentin, July 5, 2000 at Kansas City Six hits, one game... Alex Rios, July 9, 2013 at Detroit Four doubles, one game... Mike Kreevich, September 4, 1937 at Detroit; Marv Owen, April 23, 1939 vs. St. Louis Three triples, one game...lance Johnson, September 23, 1995 at Minnesota Four or more steals, one game... Scott Podsednik, May 1, 2006 at Cleveland (four) Steal of home... Gordon Beckham, July 8, 2013 vs. Cubs Hitting for the cycle... Jose Valentin, April 27, 2000 vs. Baltimore Two grand slams...robin Ventura, September 4, 1995 at Texas Pinch-hit grand slam... Orlando Hudson, September 29, 2012 vs. Tampa Bay Five strikeouts, nine-inning game... Ray Durham, June 5, 1998 at Cubs WHITE SOX TEAM 20 Runs, Game... 20, June 20, 2006 vs. St. Louis (W, 20-6) 10 Runs, Inning...11, September 17, 2007 at Kansas City (5th inning) 20 Hits, Game... 23, July 9, 2013 at Detroit (8th inning) 10 Hits, Inning...10, September 17, 2007 at Kansas City (5th inning) 10 Doubles, Game... September 4, 2012 vs. Minnesota (franchise record) Five Triples, Game...August 16, 2011 vs. Cleveland Six Home Runs, Game...April 8, 2014 at Colorado Four Home Runs, Inning... 4, July 11, 2010 vs. Kansas City (3rd inning) Six Stolen Bases...6, September 5, 2010 at Boston Turned a Triple Play...May 18, 2016 vs. Houston (eighth inning) April 22, 2016 vs. Texas (seventh inning) Hit into a Triple Play...April 3, 2011 vs. Cleveland (fourth inning)