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1 CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations Department 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL Phone: Fax: GAME NOTES Director: Bob Beghtol, Manager: Ray Garcia, Coordinator: Leni Depoister, Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com SEATTLE MARINERS (24-31) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (30-23) RHP Kevin Millwood (3-4, 3.56) vs. LHP Chris Sale (6-2, 2.34) Game #54/Home #28 Sunday, June 3, 2012 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE The Chicago White Sox have won nine of their last 10 games and 13 of 15 as they continue a nine-game, 10-day homestand this afternoon with the fi nale vs. Seattle Chris Sale, who leads the American League with a 2.34 ERA, takes the mound for the White Sox. During their current 13-2 run, the Sox have gone from four games under.500 (17-21) and 4.5 games out of fi rst place to a seven games over.500 and 1.5-game lead in the AL Central. Following today s game and a day off tomorrow, the Sox continue the homestand with three games each vs. Toronto (6/5-7) and Houston (6/8-10). The Sox were 3-0 on their last trip to Tampa Bay from 5/28-30 and 5-1 on their last homestand vs. Minnesota (2-1) and Cleveland (3-0) from 5/ TODAY S STORYLINES Chicago s record is its best after 53 games since 2008 (30-23) and 6.0 games better than at the same point in The White Sox are looking to win their fifth consecutive series, a feat they last accomplished from 6/8-27/10 (six in a row). Chris Sale is 3-0 with a 0.92 ERA (2 ER/19.2 IP) and 28 strikeouts in his last three starts Sale struck out 15 batters in his last start on 5/28 at Tampa Bay, tied for the second-highest total in franchise history (see note below). The Sox have won six of their last seven home games, outscoring the opposition, 67-38, after losing 13 of their previous 18. Chicago won seven of its last eight games vs. Seattle and 20 of 24 since the start of the 2010 season. Gordon Beckham is hitting.429 (12-28) with three home runs and seven RBI in his last six games. YESTERDAY S RECAP The White Sox were unable to hold a 7-5 lead in the eighth inning, and their nine-game winning streak and six-game streak at home ended with a 10-8 loss in 12 innings to Seattle. The Mariners scored a pair of runs off Addison Reed in the 12th to end their seven-game slide against the Sox. The game featured six lead changes, eight home runs and 16 pitchers the Sox used nine pitchers, their most in a game since 9/14/97 vs. Cleveland (Elias). Gordon Beckham was 3-5 with a home run (No. 8) and careerhigh tying four RBI, and Alejandro De Aza went 3-5 with two runs scored and a stolen base A.J. Pierzynski (No. 9), Alex Rios (No. 5) and Dayan Viciedo (No. 12) all homered for the Sox. Starter Gavin Floyd allowed four home runs, matching his career high rookie Nate Jones threw 2.0 scoreless IP. $5 BALLPARK SPECIAL The White Sox are making tickets available for $5 in select Upper Reserved sections of U.S. Cellular Field for the Toronto series on 6/5-7 tickets may be purchased at whitesox.com, the U.S. Cellular Field ticket offi ce or any Ticketmaster location. DRAFT DATA The White Sox hold the 13th and 48th overall picks in the 2012 First-Year Draft, which begins tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. CT from MLB Network s Studio 42 in Secaucus, N.J. The Sox were awarded the supplemental 48th pick as compensation for the loss of Type B free agent Mark Buehrle. Chicago will be represented by former catcher Ron Karkovice, who played his entire 12-year career with the White Sox, and Kevin Coe, the Sox manager of youth baseball initiatives. SALE S STRIKEOUT SHOW Chris Sale struck out a career-high 15 batters on 5/28 at Tampa Bay, the most by a White Sox pitcher since Jack Harshman set the franchise record with 16 on 7/25/54 at Boston. Below are additional details about Sale s performance: The last pitcher with 15 or more strikeouts within his fi rst 10 career starts was Kerry Wood, who struck out a major-league record tying 20 in his fi fth career start on 5/6/98 vs. Houston. Sale is the youngest pitcher (23 years, 59 days) to record 15 or more strikeouts since Mark Prior recorded 16 on 6/26/03 vs. Milwaukee. He is the youngest American League pitcher to strike out at least 15 since Greg Swindell on 5/10/87 vs. Kansas City (also 15). According to Elias, Sale and Tampa Bay s Matt Moore (10) were the first opposing pitchers, 23 years old or younger, to combine for 25 strikeouts since the Cubs Tom Hughes (15) and Cincinnati s Noodles Hahn (11) on 7/31/1901. VIEW FROM THE TOP The White Sox have been in first place for 11 days this season, including every day since 5/29 by comparison, the Sox led the division for four days in 2011 (last on 4/7), 33 days in 2010 and 13 days in WHITE SOX VS. SEATTLE The White Sox seven-game winning streak vs. Seattle ended yesterday but they lead the season series, 4-1. The Sox are 20-4 against the Mariners since the start of the 2010 season and since Chicago is batting.267 (48-180) with a 3.75 ERA (20 ER/48.0 IP) in 2012 and has outscored the Mariners, Chicago leads the all time series, the Sox are at home (69-43 at U.S. Cellular Field) and in Seattle (26-30 at Safeco Field). OFFENSE IS OFFENSIVE The White Sox are hitting.294 ( ) with 36 homers and 121 runs scored over their last 18 games (6.7 R/G) since 5/14, including 14 games of 10 hits or more. During that span, the Sox lead the major leagues in average, home runs, runs scored, runs per game, slugging percentage (.513) and average with RISP (.344) and rank second in onbase percentage (.359). JUNE BOON The White Sox entered June with a 1.5-game lead in the American League Central division. Since 1995, 72 of the 102 teams (70.6 percent) who have held at least a share of the division lead entering June have reached the playoffs the Sox have led the AL Central four times entering June (2000, and 08), making the playoffs three times. ON THE HOMESTAND The White Sox are 1-1 on the nine-game homestand vs. Seattle (1-1), Toronto (6/4-6) and Houston (6/7-9) they are hitting.247 (19-77) with a 5.57 ERA (13 ER/21.0 IP) and a edge in runs scored. The Sox posted a 7-4 victory on Friday as Gordon Beckham recorded his fi rst career multihomer game. BY THE NUMBERS The White Sox have outscored their opponents by 38 runs in 2012 ( ), the third-largest differential in the major leagues behind Texas (+75) and St. Louis (+49). The Sox rank fi fth in the American League with 69 home runs and are on pace to fi nish with 211. Chicago is hitting.419 (39-93) with RISP over the last seven games and rank third in the American League with a.286 ( ) average for the season A.J. Pierzynski leads the AL with a.440 average with RISP. HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE The White Sox have won six of their last seven home games after going 7-13 in their fi rst 20. Over the seven-game stretch, the Sox are hitting.320 (83-259) with 20 home runs and 67 runs scored (9.6 per game) they have scored seven or more runs in six straight home games. MAYDAY! The White Sox went (.621) in May, tied with the Angels for the best record in the American League and their most wins in a month since going 18-8 in July Comparing the Sox offense in April and May: Month W-L AVG R R/G AB H 2B HR SB OBP SLG April May MOREL REHAB UPDATE Brent Morel has gone 6-13 (.462) with a double and four runs scored in four games on his rehab assignment with Class AAA Charlotte Morel, who has been on the disabled list since 5/22 (retro to 5/18) with a lumbar back strain, went 1-1 with a walk and run scored last night at Gwinnett. ROAD WARRIORS The White Sox own the best road record in the major leagues (17-9,.654) and rank second with a 2.95 ERA (76 ER/231.2 IP) Sox starters are 5-0 with a 1.49 ERA (7 ER/42.1 IP) and a.167 (25-150) opponents average over the last six road games. ON DECK: TORONTO BLUE JAYS The White Sox continue the homestand on Tuesday against Toronto RHP Philip Humber starts the opener. The Blue Jays went 4-3 in 2011 for their fi fth straight series victory over the White Sox Chicago was limited to a.224 average Toronto took three of four games at home on 5/26-29 to improve to 21-5 vs. the Sox at Rogers Centre since WHITE SOX BREAKDOWN Record Sox After 53/54 in /24-30 Streak...Lost 1 Current Homestand Last Trip Last 10 Games Series Record Series First Game First/Second Half /0-0 Home/Road /17-9 Day/Night /16-14 Grass/Turf /3-0 Opp. Above/At-Below /13-11 vs. RHS/LHS /7-7 vs. AL vs. AL East vs. AL Central vs. AL West Interleague Comeback Wins...10 Losses After Leading...13 W-L Last At-Bat Extra innings Ahead after 6/7/ /27-3/27-2 Behind after 6/7/ /1-18/1-20 Tied after 6/7/ /2-2/2-1 Sox/opp. quality start /10-20 Sox/opp. score fi rst /7-14 Sox/opp. score /8-17 Sox/opp. score 3 or less /22-6 Sox/opp. 10+ hits /5-12 April/May/June /18-11/1-1 July/August/Sept.-Oct /0-0/0-0 Average time of game...2:52 SOX VS. SEATTLE (4-1) Date H/R Result WP LP 4/20 R W, 7-3 Sale Noesi 4/21 R W, 4-0 Humber Beavan 4/22 R W, 7-4 Danks Millwood 6/1 H W, 7-4 Crain Kelley 6/2 H L, 8-10 (12) Wilhelmsen Reed 6/3 H 1:10 p.m. CT 8/24 H 7:10 p.m. CT 8/25 H 6:10 p.m. CT 8/26 H 1:10 p.m. CT UPCOMING PROBABLES VS. SEATTLE MARINERS Sunday: 1:10 p.m. CT, CSN RHP Kevin Millwood (3-4, 3.56) vs. LHP Chris Sale (6-2, 2.34) VS. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Tuesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN LHP Ricky Romero (6-1, 4.04) vs. RHP Philip Humber (2-2, 5.37) Wednesday: 7:10 p.m. CT, CSN+ RHP Brandon Morrow (6-3, 3.28) vs. TBA Thursday: 7:10 p.m. CT, WCIU RHP Henderson Alvarez (3-5, 3.75) vs. RHP Jake Peavy (6-1, 3.05) All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes BEST AL RECORDS Club W-L Pct. Texas White Sox Baltimore Tampa Bay AL ERA LEADERS, Club ERA Chris Sale, SOX 2.34 David Price, TB 2.44 C.J. Wilson, LAA 2.54 Justin Verlander, DET 2.55 Jered Weaver, LAA 2.61 MOST AL RUNS SCORED Club Runs Texas 295 Boston 282 White Sox 245 Toronto 255 New York-AL 244 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: 180 Age: 23 (March 30, 1989) Born: Lakeland, Fla. Resides: Fort Myers, Fla. Signed Through: 2012 vs. Opp. vs. Opp. vs. Opp. Pitcher Career Career LHP Chris Sale 6-2, , , , , , 3.12 RHP Kevin Millwood 3-4, , , , , 3.53 SALE AT A GLANCE The 23-year-old left-hander makes his 10th start (11th appearance) of the season and second against Seattle is the youngest player on the White Sox roster at 23 years old. Leads the American League in ERA (2.34), ranks third in opponents slugging percentage (.297) and fourth in WHIP (1.01), opponents on-base percentage (.258), home runs per 9.0 IP (0.47), baserunners per 9.0 IP (9.21), opponents average (.198) and hits allowed per 9.0 IP (6.55). Returned to the rotation on 5/12 vs. Kansas City after making his fi rst relief appearance this season on 5/8 at Cleveland was moved to the bullpen on 5/4 due to tenderness in his left elbow. Went 2-2 with a 2.79 ERA (22 ER/71.0 IP), eight saves and 79 strikeouts in 2011, his fi rst full major-league season. Is 10-5 with a 2.49 ERA (42 ER/152.0 IP), 12 saves and 172 strikeouts in 89 games (nine starts) over his career with the White Sox has registered 10.2 strikeouts per 9.0 IP opponents own a.199 ( ) average against. Was selected by the Sox in the fi rst round (13th overall) in the June 2010 First-Year Draft and was the fi rst member of the 2010 draft class to reach the majors. LAST START Earned the win on 5/28 at Tampa Bay, tossing 7.1 IP and allowing one run on just three hits registered a career-high 15 strikeouts while walking just two. Struck out the side twice and struck out at least two batters in six of his seven complete innings did not allow an extra-base hit. The 15 strikeouts were the most by a White Sox starter since Jack Harshman struck out a franchise-record 16 on 7/25/54 at Boston on 7/25/1954 (see chart above). The 15 strikeouts were the most by any pitcher at Tropicana Field. Departed with the Sox leading, 2-1, after throwing a career-high 115 pitches (80 strikes). SALE-ING AWAY FROM THE BAY...WITH SOME RECORDS Struck out a career-high 15 batters in his last outing on 5/28 at Tampa Bay tied for the second most in franchise history. The start was Sale s ninth of his career the last pitcher to have 15-plus strikeouts within his fi rst 10 starts was Kerry Wood, who struck out a major-league record tying 20 in his fi fth career start on 5/6/98 vs. Houston. At 23 years and 59 days old, Sale became the youngest pitcher to record 15 or more strikeouts since Mark Prior struck out 16 on 6/26/03 vs. Milwaukee. Is the youngest American League pitcher to record 15 strikeouts since Greg Swindell (5/10/87). Combined for 25 strikeouts with Rays starter Matt Moore (10), the most in an American League game since 5/6/2000 when Boston s Pedro Martinez (17) and Tampa Bay s Steve Traschel (11) combined for 28. According to Elias, Sale and Moore (10) are the first opposing pitchers, 23 years old or younger, to combine for 25 strikeouts since the Cubs Tom Hughes (15) and Cincinnati s Noodles Hahn (11) on 7/31/1901. SALE STARTING STRONG Has allowed three runs or less in the fi rst nine starts of his career. According to STATS LLC, only 15 starters (including Sale) since 1990 have began their career allowing three runs or less in nine or more starts (most, 13 - Josh Johnson, Brandon Webb and Dustin Hermanson). Below is the list of active pitchers who started their careers allowing three runs or less: Pitcher (Team) Starts Game Dates Record Josh Johnson (Marlins) 13 9/30/05-7/8/ (2.04 ERA, 18 ER/79.1 IP) Joba Chamberlain (Yankees) 11 6/3-7/30/ (2.23 ERA, 15 ER/60.2 IP) Tyson Ross (Athletics) 10 5/15/10-4/22/ (3.16 ERA, 18 ER/51.1 IP) Jered Weaver (Angels) 9 5/27-8/3/ (1.81 ERA, 12 ER/59.2 IP) Chris Sale (White Sox) 9 4/9/12-current 6-2 (2.38 ERA, 15 ER/56.2 IP) RUNS, NOT FOR SALE Has allowed three runs or less in each of his fi rst nine career starts. According to STATS LLC, only three other Sox starters since 1921 have allowed three runs or less in their first seven career starts: Fred Klages (12, 9/11/66-9/11/67), Cisco Carlos (13, 8/25/67-5/19/68) and Gary Peters (16, 5/6-7/28/63). San Diego s Anthony Bass was the most recent active pitcher who allowed three runs or less in at least his fi rst fi ve starts his streak ended at seven. RECORD-SETTING SALE Registered fi ve strikeouts or more in each of his fi rst four career starts, the fi rst White Sox pitcher to accomplish the feat (source: STATS LLC). He also is just the fourth Sox left-hander (fi ve times overall) since 1976 to strike out fi ve or more hitters in at least his fi rst four starts of the season. The last fi ve instances of a Sox southpaw starter striking out fi ve or more in at least his fi rst four starts of a season: Pitcher (Season) Starts Game Dates Record Chris Sale (2012) 4 4/9-25/ (1.35 ERA, 9 ER/26.0 IP) John Danks (2011) 5 4/3-24/ (3.27, 12 ER/33.0 IP) John Danks (2010) 4 4/9-4/25/ (1.55, 5 ER/29.0 IP) Wilson Alvarez (1996) 7 4/2-5/4/ (3.63, 18 ER/44.2 IP) Ken Kravec (1976) 4 8/17-9/1/ (2.81, 10 ER/32.0 IP) 2011 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Most Strikeouts By A White Sox Starter (All-Time) Pitcher, Date,Opponent No. Jack Harshman, 7/25/1954, at Bos. 16 Chris Sale, 5/28/2012, at T.B. 15 Ed Cicotte, 8/26/1914, vs. NYY 15 Jim Scott, 6/22/1913, vs. St.L. 15 Ed Walsh, 8/11/1910, vs. Bos. 15 Ed Walsh, 10/2/1908, at Cle. 15 Most Strikeouts In A Start By A Sox Left-Hander ( ) Pitcher, Date Went 2-2 with a 2.79 ERA (22 ER/71.0 IP), eight saves and 79 strikeouts last season. Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 1 Prospect in the White Sox organization also tabbed by the same publication as possessing the Best Fastball, Best Slider and Best Changeup among Sox prospects. Ranked among American League relief leaders in IP (6th, 71.0 IP), strikeouts (6th, 79), strikeouts per 9.0 IP (8th, 10.01) and inherited runners scored percent (8th, 18.4). Posted a 1.66 ERA (10 ER/54.1 IP) over his fi nal 41 outings. Held right-handers to a.199 (27-136) average against and lefties to a.208 (25-120) mark. Posted a 2.04 ERA (8 ER/35.1 IP) vs. the American League Central. Threw 13.2 consecutive scoreless IP from 7/24-8/16. Converted eight consecutive saves from from 4/9-9/27. No. Chris Sale, 5/28/12 15 Mark Buehrle, 4/16/05 12 Wilson Alvarez, 5/11/97 12 Wilson Alvarez, 4/9/97 12 Wilson Alvarez, 7/16/96 12 Chris Sale, 4/20/12 11 Wilson Alvarez, 7/26/96 11 Wilson Alvarez, 6/15/ GAME-BY-GAME (10 G/9 GS) Date Opp. W-L-S IP H R ER HR BB SO #P EXIT ERA 4/9 at Cle. W /15 vs. Det. L /20 at Sea. W /25 at Oak. ND /1 vs. Cle. W /8 at Cle. ND /12 vs. K.C. L /14 at LAA W /23 vs. Min. W /28 at T.B. W Totals Career Totals ITALICS denotes relief appearance 2012 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN Category W-L ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Home Road Day Night Grass Turf st Half April May Category AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO GDP OBP SLG Total vs. Left vs. Right INNING BREAKDOWN Inn. ERA IP R ER AVG AB H HR BB SO OBP SLG VS. SEATTLE MARINERS AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG Alex Liddi Ichiro Suzuki Dustin Ackley Jesus Montero Brendan Ryan Casper Wells Chone Figgins Mike Carp Miguel Olivo Justin Smoak GAME BESTS AS STARTER 2012 Season Career SO 15 (5/28 at T.B., 7.1 IP) 15 (5/28/12 at T.B., 7.1 IP) Low Hits 6 (4/25 at Oak., 8.0 IP) 6 (4/25/12 at Oak., 8.0 IP) IP 8.0 (4/25 at Oak.) 8.0 (4/25/12 at Oak.) CG SHO Win Streak 3 games (5/14-current) 3 games (5/14-current) VS. THE AL WEST Is 3-0 with a 3.13 ERA (11 ER/31.2 IP), two saves and 33 strikeouts in 16 career appearances (three starts) against the American League West. Was 1-0 with a 4.22 ERA (5 ER/10.2 IP) with one save and eight strikeouts over 11 appearances in Is 2-0 with a 2.75 ERA (6 ER/19.2 IP) with 23 strikeouts and just four walks in three starts this season earned the win in his last appearance on 5/17/12 at Los Angeles-AL, allowing one run on fi ve hits while striking out seven over 5.1 IP. VS. SEATTLE MARINERS Will make his fourth career appearance (second start) vs. Seattle is 1-0 with a 3.12 ERA (3 ER/8.2 IP), one save and 13 strikeouts lifetime vs. the Mariners. Is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER/1.1 IP) in one appearance against the Mariners at U.S. Cellular Field. Earned the win in his last start on 4/20 at Seattle, tossing 6.1 IP allowing three runs on seven hits struck out 11 and walked three. TUESDAY S STARTER RHP Philip Humber (1-2, 5.80) will make his 10th start of the season and fi rst against Toronto. Threw the 21st perfect game in major-league history and the third in White Sox history on 4/21 at Seattle, striking out nine batters in a 4-0 victory threw 96 pitches (67 strikes) and went to a three-ball count just twice. Earned the win in his last start on 5/29 at Tampa Bay, allowing two runs on fi ve hits over 7.0 IP snapping his six-start winless streak walked one and struck out fi ve. Is 0-0 with a 3.24 ERA (6 ER/16.2 IP) in four career games (two starts) against the Blue Jays. Did not factor in the decision in his last outing against the Blue Jays on 9/28/11 at U.S. Cellular Field, tossing 6.2 IP and allowing one run on two hits while striking out nine.

3 WHITE SOX BULLPEN NOTES Relief 1st Batter Season Highs Pitcher W-L ERA SV-OPP PCT HLD IR-IS PCT H-AB AVG Innings Strikeouts Jesse Crain (4/14 vs. Det.) 3 (6/2 vs. Sea.) Nate Jones (5/12 vs. K.C.) 4 (5/12 vs. K.C.) Will Ohman (2x, 5/22 vs. Min.) 2 (2x, 4/16 vs. Bal.) Addison Reed (6/2 vs. Sea.) 3 (4/22 at Sea.) Hector Santiago (2x, 5/25 vs. Cle.) 2 (7x, 5/25 vs. Cle.) Zach Stewart (5/22 vs. Min.) 1 (5/14 vs. Det.) Matt Thornton (4/29 vs. Bos.) 3 (4/25 at Oak.) Others (5/7-1 at Cle.) 3 (5/7-1 at Cle.) Team (6/2 vs. Sea.) 8 (4/16 vs. Bal.) TEAM BULLPEN NOTES Last Game: L, BS, 2 HLD, 4 ER/7.0 IP Series: 1-1, 1-3 SV, 3 HLD, 2 ER/2.2 IP Homestand: 1-1, 1-3 SV, 3 HLD, 2 ER/2.2 IP The White Sox bullpen is comprised of four righthanders and three lefties. Sox AL Rankings in 2012 Sox relievers worked 7.0 IP yesterday vs. Seattle, Category Rank No. ERA 6th 3.34 their most since 8/18/11 vs. Cleveland (7.2 IP). Saves T8th 12 Pen has three saves, seven holds and owns a 2.72 Opp. Average 9th.235 ERA (13 ER/43.0 IP) over the last 12 games opponents IP 9th are hitting.196 (31-158) during that span. Strikeouts/9.0 IP 10th 7.79 Relievers have registered two or more strikeouts in 1st Batter Faced 12th of their last 23 games (66 total during that span). IR Scored Pct. 12th 34.8 Bullpen ERA is 4.12 (40 ER/87.1 IP) at home and Save Percentage 13th (17 ER/66.1 IP) on the road, including a 1.76 mark (8 ER/41.0 IP) in the last 14 away from home. The Sox bullpen set a franchise record last season with 479 strikeouts. #26 JESSE CRAIN, RHP Last Game: BS, 2 ER/1.0 IP Series: 1-0, 0-2 SV, 2 ER/1.2 IP Homestand: 1-0, 0-2 SV, 2 ER/1.2 IP Career Holds: 100 (last, 5/30/12 at T.B.) Consecutive Scoreless Outings (IP): None Career High In Relief: IP (3.0; 4/20/06 vs. LAA) SO (4; 2x, last 4/17/11 vs. LAA) Last Relief Outing: 6/2 vs. Sea. (BS, 2; 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R/2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO) Picked up a blown save in consecutive outings on 6/1-2 vs. Seattle picked up his fi rst win of the season on Friday vs. Seattle. Recorded his 100th career hold on 5/30 at Tampa Bay. 11 of his last 12 appearances have been scoreless. Right-handers are 3-31 (.091) this season, the fourth-lowest mark in baseball among relievers (minimum 30 batters faced). Owns a 1.04 ERA (4 ER/34.2 IP) on the road since joining the White Sox in His 98 holds since 2005 are the fi fth most in the American League. Was on the disabled list from 4/21-5/14 with a strained left oblique made two rehab appearances with Class AAA Charlotte, working 2.0 scoreless IP. #65 NATE JONES, RHP Last Game: 0 ER/2.0 IP Series: 0 ER/2.0 IP Homestand: 0 ER/2.0 IP Career Holds: 2 (5/18/12 at Cubs) Consecutive Scoreless Outings (IP): 1 (2.0) Career High In Relief: IP (2.1; 5/12/12 vs. K.C.) SO (4; 5/12/12 vs. K.C.) Last Relief Outing: 6/2 vs. Sea. (ND; 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO) AL Leaders (Relievers): T5th in IP (28.0) and 9th in ERA (1.61). Worked 2.0 scoreless IP yesterday vs. Seattle the appearance was his third consecutive of 2.0 IP or more. Recorded his third win of the season on 5/30 at Tampa Bay. 16 of his 19 appearances have been scoreless, including a season-high six straight from 5/15-27 (7.1 IP). Left-handers are hitting.106 (5-47) with 12 strikeouts and just three walks the.106 mark is the seventh-lowest in baseball. Set career highs in with 2.1 IP and four strikeouts on 5/12 vs. Kansas City. Earned his fi rst major-league victory on 5/5 at Detroit. Made fi ve consecutive scoreless appearances (8.0 IP) to start his career. Made his major-league debut on 4/8 at Texas, working 1.0 scoreless IP with one strikeout (Josh Hamilton). #77 WILL OHMAN, LHP Last Game: HLD, 0 ER/0.2 IP Series: HLD, 0 ER/0.2 IP Homestand: HLD, 0 ER/0.2 IP Career Holds: 86 (last, 6/2 vs. Sea.) Consecutive Scoreless Outings (IP): 3 (2.2) Career High In Relief: IP (3.2; 8/3/11 vs. NYY) SO (5; 8/3/11 vs. NYY) Last Relief Outing: 6/2 vs. Sea. (HLD, 1; 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO) Recorded his fi rst hold of the season yesterday vs. Seattle. Lefties are hitting.146 (6-41) this season and.208 ( ) over his career. Is 0-2 with a 8.31 ERA (12 ER/13.0 IP) vs. the American League Central and 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (6.1 IP) vs. the rest of the AL. Has registered a strikeout in fi ve of his 22 appearances (seven strikeouts total). Has limited left-handed hitters to a.204 average ( ) since 2004, the seventhlowest mark among major-league relievers. Has allowed 23.4 (67-286) percent of inherited runners to score since 2005, the ninth-best mark in the majors. #43 ADDISON REED, RHP Last Game: L, 2 ER/1.1 IP Series: 0-1, 1-1 SV, 2 ER/2.1 IP Homestand: 0-1, 1-1 SV, 2 ER/2.1 IP Career Saves: 7 (last, 6/1/12 vs. Sea.) Consecutive Scoreless Outings (IP): None Career High In Relief: IP (1.2, 9/4/11 at Det.) SO (3, 3x, last 4/22/12 at Sea.) Last Relief Outing: 6/2 vs. Sea. (L, 0-1; 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 1 SO) AL Leaders (Relievers): T1st in save pct. (100.0) and T10th in saves (7). Suffered his fi rst career loss yesterday vs. Seattle (1.1 IP was a season-high). Earned his seventh save in seven chances on Friday vs. Seattle. 19 of his 22 appearances have been scoreless, including all 11 on the road (9.2 IP) his consecutive scoreless road appearance streak to start the season is the fi fthlongest in White Sox history (Sergio Santos is fourth with 12 in 2010). Has registered 20 strikeouts in 15.1 IP over his last 18 outings. Left-handers are hitting.205 (8-39) and righties are 9-34 (.265). Owns a 0.00 ERA (9.2 IP) on the road, allowing three hits in 33 at-bats (.091). His streak of 13 straight scoreless appearances (10.0 IP) to start his career ended on 5/13 vs. Kansas City (6 ER/0.1 IP) streak was the longest by a Sox rookie reliever to start a season since 1921 (source: STATS LLC). Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 1 Prospect in the White Sox organization also tabbed as possessing the Best Slider in the Sox system. #53 HECTOR SANTIAGO, LHP Last Game: HLD, 0 ER/0.2 IP Series: HLD, 0 ER/0.2 IP Homestand: HLD, 0 ER/0.2 IP Career Holds: 3 (last 6/2/12 vs. Sea.) Consecutive Scoreless Outings (IP): 3 (2.1) Career High In Relief: IP (4.1; 7/7/11 vs. Min.) SO (2; 5x, last 5/1/12 vs. Cle.) Last Relief Outing: 6/2 vs. Sea. (HLD, 3; 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO) Owns a 0.93 ERA (1 ER/9.2 IP) over his last eight appearances. Left-handed hitters are (.324) in 2012 and (.267) in his career. Has surrendered fi ve home runs, tied for second-most among AL relievers. Owns a 2.13 ERA (3 ER/12.2 IP) and a.229 (11-48) average vs. the American League Central, compared to 7.50 (5 ER/6.0 IP) and.357 (10-28) vs. the rest of the AL. Earned his fi rst major-league victory on 5/8 at Cleveland and his fi rst career hold on 5/5 at Detroit. Has converted four of six save opportunities. Recorded his fi rst major-league save on 4/7 at Texas in his third career appearance according to Elias, he is the fi rst rookie to save his team s fi rst win of the season for a fi rst-year manager. #48 ZACH STEWART, RHP Last Game: 0 ER/0.0 IP Series: 0 ER/0.0 IP Homestand: 0 ER/0.0 IP Career Saves: None Consecutive Scoreless Outings (IP): 1 (0.0) Career High In Relief: IP (3.1; 5/22/12 vs. Min.) SO (5; 8/17/11 vs. Cle.) Last Relief Outing: 6/2 vs. Sea. (ND; 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 10 SO) Is 1-1 with a 2.30 ERA (4 ER/15.2 IP) at home and 0-0 with a ERA (4 ER/2.0 IP) on the road. Has struck out 11 and issued just three walks over 17.2 IP in Gave up four runs in the ninth inning on 5/19 at the Cubs. Earned his fi rst career victory as a reliever on 5/14 vs. Detroit (3.0 scoreless IP). Suffered his fi rst loss on 4/16 vs. Baltimore, allowing six runs over 1.0 IP. Combined to go 2-6 with a 5.88 ERA (44 ER/67.1 IP) over 13 games (11 starts) between Toronto and the White Sox in 2011 was acquired with pitcher Jason Frasor on 7/27/11 in exchange for pitcher Edwin Jackson and infi elder Mark Teahen. #37 MATT THORNTON, LHP Last Game: 0 ER/0.2 IP Series: HLD, 2 ER/1.2 IP Homestand: HLD, 2 ER/1.2 IP Career Holds: 133 (last, 6/1/12 vs. Sea.) Consecutive Scoreless Outings (IP): 1 (0.2) Career High In Relief: IP (4.0; 6/27/04 vs. S.D.) SO (5; 5x, last 5/7/10 vs. Tor.) Last Relief Outing: 6/2 vs. Sea. (ND; 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO) AL Leaders (Relievers): T1st in appearances (28) and T8th in holds (9). Worked 0.2 scoreless IP yesterday vs. Seattle, his 10th scoreless appearance over his last 11 games. Set a White Sox franchise record for relievers with his 425th appearance on Friday vs. Seattle, breaking a tie with Bobby Thigpen. Has registered 6.1 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (18 SO/23.2 IP) this season, down from 9.0 (63 SO/59.2 IP) in Lefties are hitting.233 (10-43) this season and.228 ( ) over his career. Suffered his second blown save and third loss on 5/13 vs. Kansas City (1 ER/0.1 IP). Suffered his fi rst blown save and loss on 5/4 at Detroit, allowing a game-ending homer to Jhonny Peralta. Earned his fi rst save on 4/29 vs. Boston. Was scoreless in his first nine appearances, the longest season-opening streak of his career. Most Holds By Reliever, 2006-present Pitcher Holds Matt Thornton 129 Scott Downs 127 Rafael Betancourt 115 Chad Qualls 109 Arthur Rhodes 109 Most Strikeouts By LHP Relievers Since 2008 Pitcher SO Matt Thornton 326 Sean Marshall 251 Jeremy Affeldt 250 Darren Oliver 239 Brian Fuentes 232 Recorded his 500th career strikeout on 4/11 at Cleveland and his 400th game with the Sox on 4/7 at Texas. Is the White Sox all-time leader with 129 holds. Posted at least 20 holds for the fourth straight season in 2011, the only reliever in baseball to accomplish the feat made at least 60 appearances for the sixth-consecutive WHITE SOX BULLPEN NOTES VS. SEATTLE Matt Thornton owns a 1.73 ERA (5 ER/26.0 IP) in 26 career games has allowed three earned runs over his last 19 games (20.2 IP).

4 WHITE SOX HITTERS NOTES TEAM NOTES Series:.247 (19-77), 7 HR, 15 R Home:.261 ( ), 40 HR, 144 R Homestand:.247 (19-77), 7 HR, 15 R The Sox are hitting.303 ( ) with 22 home runs and 80 runs scored in the last 10 games and.294 Sox AL Rankings in 2012 ( ) with 121 runs scored in the last 18. Category Rank No. Triples T1st 11 Chicago homered in 15 straight games (29 total) from Average w/risp 3rd.286 5/14-29, their longest streak since 4/21-5/4/04 (15). Runs Scored 3rd 256 Sox are hitting.419 (39-93) with RISP in the last eight Runs/Game 3rd 4.8 games and hit.303 (73-241) with RISP in May. Slugging Pct. 5th.426 Sox scored nine-plus runs in four straight games Home Runs 5th 69 from 5/24-27 for the fi rst time since 6/27-30/38. Average 6th.258 On-Base Pct. 6th.325 The Sox have scored 10 runs or more four times Doubles T10th 77 (last, 12 on 5/27 vs. Cleveland) have collected 10 or more hits 23 times, including 14 of the last 17 games. Chicago has hit a major-league best 989 homers at home since 2004 and leads the major leagues with 44 grand slams since #15 GORDON BECKHAM, INF, R-R Last Game: 3-6, HR, 4 RBI, R Series: 5-11, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 3 R Homestand: 5-11, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 3 R MultiHR Games: 1 (6/1/12 vs. Sea.) Grand Slams: None Career High: H (4; 2x, 5/27/12 at Min.) HR (2; 6/1/12 vs. Sea.) RBI (4; 2x, 6/2/12 vs. Sea. Went 3-6 with a home run and career-high four RBI yesterday vs. Seattle. Has hit seven homers over his first 50 games this season (hit 10 in 150 last year). Owns a nine-game hitting streak, batting.349 (15-43) with three home runs, four RBI and nine runs scored. Recorded his fi rst career multihomer game on Friday vs. Seattle became just the fourth player to hit two home runs in a game off Felix Hernandez (source: Elias). Hit.261 (30-115) with fi ve homers and 12 RBI in May (.153/0/2 in April) the.145 improvement was the fi fth-largest in the American League from April to May (STATS). Matched his career high with four hits on 5/27 vs. Cleveland (second time). #30 ALEJANDRO DE AZA, OF, L-L Last Game: 5-8, 2 RBI, 3 R, SB Series: 5-8, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 SB Homestand: 5-8, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 SB Grand Slams: 1 (5/24/12 vs. Min.) Career High: H (4; 8/3/11 vs. NYY) HR (1; 7x, 4/18/12 vs. Bal.) RBI (4; 2x, 5/24/12 vs. Min.) AL Leaders: T1st in SB (13), T2nd in 3B (3), 3rd in runs (39), T7th in multihit games (18) and 11th in OBP (.380). Went 3-5 with two runs scored yesterday vs. Seattle stole his 13th base of the season, establishing a career high (12 in 2011). Is hitting.352 (19-54) with a triple, homer and 12 RBI over his last 13 games. Owns a.325 (50-154) average vs. right-handers and.310 (31-100) on the road. Hit his fi rst career grand slam with four RBI on 5/24 vs. Minnesota. Homered in consecutive games from 4/9-11 for the fi rst time in his career. Hit his fi rst career leadoff home run on 4/9 at Cleveland (off Josh Tomlin). Has started 51 of the fi rst 53 games (all in center fi eld and hitting leadoff). #32 ADAM DUNN, DH/INF, L-R Last Game: 0-5, BB Series: 1-8, HR, RBI, R, 2 BB Homestand: 1-8, HR, RBI, R, 2 BB MultiHR Games: 31 (last, 4/20/12 at Sea.) Grand Slams: 11 (last, 7/25/09 vs. S.D.) Career High: H (4; 4x, 5/11/11 at LAA) HR (3; 7/7/10 vs. S.D.) RBI (6; 2x, 8/6/10 at LAD) AL Leaders: 1st in #P/PA (4.53), BB (43) and SO (87), T2nd in HR (17), 4th in RBI (38), T4th in XBH (27), 7th in SLG (.554) and 8th in OPS (.929). Is 1-16 (.063) over his last four games. Needs one home run to tie Larry Walker for 59th place all-time with 383. Is on pace for 52 home runs and 116 RBI. Ranked second in the AL with 11 May homers, matching his total from all of Eight of his 16 home runs have given the Sox the lead. Hit a game-winning, 448-foot homer on 5/28 at Tampa Bay. Has homered in back-to-back games four times this season (none in 2011). Has hit four home runs off lefties (none in 2011). Has made 34 starts at DH, 17 at fi rst base and one in left fi eld. Recorded his 31st career multihomer game on 4/20 at Seattle and fi rst with the Sox also collected a season-high fi ve RBI, his most since 9/24/10 vs. Atlanta (also fi ve). #38 EDUARDO ESCOBAR, INF, S-R Last Game: DNP Series: DNP Homestand: DNP Career High: H (1; 3x, 4/8/12 at Tex.) HR (None) RBI (N/A) Dunn After 53 Games In 2012 and 2011 Year AVG HR RBI OBP SLG Grand Slams: None Has made six starts third base, four at second and one at shortstop. Recorded his fi rst major-league multihit game on 5/13 vs. Kansas City, his fi rst RBI on 5/9 at Cleveland and his triple in his fi rst start on 4/8 at Texas. Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Infi elder in the White Sox system for the third straight year. #17 TYLER FLOWERS, C, R-R Last Game: DNP Series: DNP Homestand: DNP Grand Slams: 1 (8/28/11 at Sea.) Career High: H (2; 3x, 8/21/11 vs. Tex.) HR (1; 7x, 5/20/12 at Cubs) RBI (4; 8/28/11 at Sea.) Has made 10 starts, but just one since 5/22 (span of 11 games). Went 2-4 with a double, home run and two runs scored on 5/20 at the Cubs. Sox pitchers own a 2.76 ERA (27 ER/88.0 IP) when he is behind the plate has thrown out 85.7 (6-7) percent of attempted basestealers. Threw out a career-high two attempted basestealers on 4/19 vs. Baltimore. #5 ORLANDO HUDSON, INF, S-R Last Game: 1-5, 2B, R Series: 2-8, 2B, R, BB Homestand: 2-8, 2B, R, BB MultiHR Games: 4 (last, 7/12/09 at Mil.) Grand Slams: 1 (7/31/06 at Cubs) Career High: H (4; 10x, last 4/13/09 vs. S.F.) HR (2; 4x, 7/12/09 at Mil.) RBI (6; 7/31/06 at Cubs) Has started the last 10 games at third base, the first of his major-league career at any position other than second base Chicago is 9-1 in his starts (11 games overall). Is hitting.200 (7-35) with two doubles, a triple, four RBI and four runs with the Sox. Agreed to terms on a one-year contract on 5/22. Hit.211 (26-123) in 35 games with San Diego before his release on 5/17. Ranks eighth in the major leagues since 2001 with 64 triples. Is a two-time National League All-Star (2007 and 2009) and four-time Rawlings Gold Glove winner ( , 2009) is one of nine second basemen in major-league history to win the award at least four times. #1 KOSUKE FUKUDOME, OF, L-R Last Game: DNP Series: DNP Homestand: DNP Grand Slams: 1 (4/29/10 vs. Ari.) Career High: H (5; 4/25/11 vs. Col.) HR (1; 42x, 9/22/11 vs. Chi.-AL) RBI (5; 4/26/09 at St. L.) Has started one of his last six games is 2-20 (.100) in his last 13 Has made six starts in left fi eld, three in right and one in center. Matched his career high on 5/3 vs. Cleveland with three walks (12th time). Is 2-10 (.200) as a pinch-hitter. Is the third native of Japan to play for the White Sox, joining pitcher Shingo Takatsu ( ) and second baseman Tadahito Iguchi ( ). #14 PAUL KONERKO, INF, R-R Last Game: 0-5 Series: 0-7, 2 BB Homestand: 0-7, 2 BB MultiHR Games: 29 (last, 5/2/11 vs. Bal.) Grand Slams: 10 (last, 9/8/11 vs. Cle.) Career High: H (5; 3x, 5/8/11 at Sea.) HR (3; 7/7/09 vs. Cle.) RBI (7; 7/7/09 vs. Cle.) AL Leaders: 1st in AVG (.366) and OBP (.445), 2nd in multihit games (22), SLG (.617) and OPS (1.062), T4th in hits (67), 6th in TB (113), 7th in AVG w/risp (.381), T10th in HR (11) and T11th in XBH (24). Is 1-16 (.063) over his last four games since collecting a 14-game hitting streak (.540, 27-50) from 5/12-28 streak tied for the second-longest of his career. Was named AL of the Week for 5/21-27, his sixth career weekly honor and second of the season (also 4/23-29). Is hitting.446 (25-56) with fi ve home runs and 14 RBI over his last 15 games. Has reached base safely in 25 of his last 27 games and 46 of 50 overall. Leads the AL in average vs. RHP (.383), is tied for the league lead on the road (.375) ranks second in day games (.436) and seventh with RISP (.381). Hit his 400th home run with the Sox and drove in four runs on 5/27 vs. Cleveland. Went 4-4 with a career-high three doubles and two RBI on 5/26 vs. Cleveland. Played in his 1,960th game with the Sox on 5/25 vs. Cleveland, moving past Frank Thomas into third place in franchise history. Missed two games after being hit in the face with a Jeff Samardzija pitch on 5/18 at the Cubs hit a two-run homer in his previous at-bat. Hit his 400th career homer on 4/25 at Oakland became the fourth player in White Sox history to hit a milestone homer of 400 or more, joining Frank Thomas (400), Jim Thome (500) and Andruw Jones (400). Is tied with Duke Snider for 47th all-time with 407 home runs ranks second in White Sox history behind Frank Thomas with 400 home runs and third with 1,265 RBI. Is a fi ve-time AL All-Star won the All-Star Final Man Vote in #18 BRENT LILLIBRIDGE, OF, R-R Last Game: DNP Series: 0-0, R Homestand: 0-0, R Grand Slams: None Career High: H (3; 2x, 8/21/11 vs. Tex) HR (1; 16x, 8/31/11 vs. Min.) RBI (3; 4x, 8/14/11 vs. K.C.) Is 3-6 (.500) with a double and three runs scored over his last nine games despite making only one start. Has made two starts over his last 17 games has appeared in 16 games in left fi eld (two starts), 14 at fi rst base (one), fi ve at third (fi ve) and three in center fi eld (one). Has not hit a home run this season after homering once every 14.3 at-bats in Set career highs in nearly every offensive category in 2011, hitting.258 (48-186) with 13 home runs and 29 RBI in 97 games. #12 A.J. PIERZYNSKI, C, L-R Last Game: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI, R Series: 1-8, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB Homestand: 1-8, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB MultiHR Games: 4 (last, 9/18/11 at K.C.) Grand Slams: 7 (last, 5/2/09 at Tex.) Career High: H (5; 2x, 5/15/12 vs. Det.) HR (2; 4x, 9/18/11 at K.C.) RBI (7; 6/12/03 vs. Col.) AL Leaders: 1st in AVG w/risp (.440), 2nd in games caught (44) and 3rd in IC (390.2). Hit his ninth homer of the season yesterday vs. Seattle, surpassing his 2011 total. Is hitting.356 (21-59) with four doubles, a triple, four home runs, 14 RBI and 14 runs scored in his last 15 games to raise his average from.257 to.291. Is on pace for career highs of 31 home runs and 121 RBI. Ranks sixth among catchers in baseball with a.291 average (50-172). Became the fourth Sox catcher since 1958 to triple and homer in the same game on 5/25 vs. Cleveland, joining Josh Paul (4/24/00), Carlton Fisk (5/16/84) and Brian Downing (4/21/74). Matched his career high with five hits on 5/15 vs. Detroit (second time). Caught his first perfect game and second career no hitter on 4/21 vs. Seattle is one of just two active catchers to catch multiple no hitters (also Miguel Olivo). Recorded a RBI in a career-high seven straight games (13 RBI total) from 4/ Sox pitchers own a 4.19 ERA (182 ER/390.2 IP) when he is behind the plate has thrown out 20.8 percent (5-24) of attempted basestealers. #10 ALEXEI RAMIREZ, INF, R-R Last Game: 0-5 Series: 0-5 Homestand: 0-5 MultiHR Games: 1 (4/12/11 vs. Oak.) Grand Slams: 5 (last, 4/25/09 vs. Tor.) Career High: H (4; 7x, 5/31/11 at Bos.) HR (2; 4/12/11 vs. Oak.) RBI (5; 3x, 5/22/11 vs. LAD) Is (.357) with seven RBI over his last seven games with four multihit and three multirbi efforts. Hit a game-winning, RBI infi eld single in the eighth inning on Friday vs. Seattle. Owns a.340 (18-53) average with 22 RBI with RISP. Hit.269 ( ) with 31 doubles, 15 home runs, 70 RBI and 81 runs scored in 158 games in 2011 set career highs in doubles (31), walks (51), games and at-bats. #51 ALEX RIOS, OF, R-R Last Game: 2-5, HR, RBI, 2 R Series: 3-9, HR, RBI, 2 R Homestand: 3-9, HR, RBI, 2 R MultiHR Games: 3 (last, 9/5/08 vs. T.B.) Grand Slams: 1 (9/10/11 vs. Cle.) Career High: H (5; 3x, 8/30/10 at Cle.) HR (2; 3x, 9/5/08 vs. T.B.) RBI (4; 6x, 9/10/11 vs. Cle.) AL Leaders: T2nd in 3B (3). Is 7-18 (.389) with a homer and two RBI over his last four games and hitting.341 (15-44)with three doubles, four home runs, 11 RBI and 11 runs scored in the last nine. Is hitting.273 (15-55) with 19 RBI with RISP and.309 (47-152) vs. righties batted.221 with RISP and.204 vs. righties in Homered in two-straight games from 5/23-24 vs. Minnesota. Hit a game-winning triple off Chris Perez in the 10th inning on 5/8 at Cleveland. Compiled a season-high, 11 game-hitting streak from 4/9-23 (.415, 17-41). Collected three hits in consecutive games from 4/22-23 for the fi rst time since 6/24-25/08 with Toronto. Hit a game-winning home run in the ninth inning on 4/7 at Texas (off Joe Nathan).

5 WHITE SOX HITTERS NOTES #24 DAYAN VICIEDO, INF/OF, R-R Last Game: 1-5, HR, RBI, R Series: 1-9, HR, RBI, R Homestand: 1-9, HR, RBI, R Grand Slams: None Career High: H (3; 3x, 5/25/12 vs. Cle.) HR (1; 18x, 6/2/12 at T.B.) RBI (6; 5/25/12 vs. Cle.) Is hitting.447 (17-38) with fi ve home runs, 14 RBI and 11 runs scored over his last nine games and.403 (29-72) with nine homers and 24 RBI in his last 18 since 5/14 to raise his season average from.196 to.282. Hit.351 (34-97) in May, compared to.206 (14-68) in April... according to STATS LLC, the.145 improvement was the biggest in the American League from April to May. Ranked among AL leaders in May in RBI (T2nd, 24), average (4th), slugging percentage (7th,.619) and home runs (T7th, 8). Compiled a seven-game hitting streak from 5/24-5/30 (.552, four homers, 13 RBI). Is hitting.343 (12-35) with 17 RBI with RISP. Homered in three straight games from 5/ Went 3-5 with a home run (No. 10) and career-high fi ve RBI on 5/26 vs. Cleveland. Has made 46 starts in left fi eld and two at DH. Owns an 86-game errorless streak dating back to 8/11/0 (154 total chances). WHITE SOX HITTING NOTES VS. SEATTLE Paul Konerko has hit 31 home runs vs. Seattle, the second most among active players behind Alex Rodriguez (32). Alexei Ramirez is batting.333 (21-63) with four home runs, 17 RBI and 10 runs scored in 17 career games vs. Seattle at U.S. Cellular Field. Alex Rios is hitting.328 (79-241) with eight homers and 34 RBI over 69 career games vs. the Mariners the.328 mark is the third-higest among active players. WHITE SOX HITTING STREAKS Streak Start AVG AB H HR RBI Season High Gordon Beckham 9 5/ (5/24-current) Alejandro De Aza 6 5/ (2x, 5/5-11) Adam Dunn 3 (3x, 5/13-15) Eduardo Escobar N/A Tyler Flowers 3 (5/7-22) Orlando Hudson 2 6/ (5/22-24) Kosuke Fukudome 3 (4/22-25) Paul Konerko 14 (5/12-28) Brent Lillibridge 1 5/ (4/21-22) A.J. Pierzynski 1 6/ (4/9-18) Alexei Ramirez 7 (4/13-19) Alex Rios 4 5/ (4/9-23) Dayan Viciedo 1 6/ (5/14-6/1) WHITE SOX WINS IN LAST AT-BAT (4) Date Opponent Inning Runs Game-winning play Final Score 4/7 at Texas 9th 1 Rios solo home run Sox 4, Tex. 3 5/5 at Detroit 9th 2 Dunn 2-run homer Sox 3, Det. 2 5/8 at Cleveland 10th 2 Rios RBI triples Sox 5, Cle. 3 6/1 vs. Seattle 8th 3 Ramirez infi eld single Sox 7, Sea. 4 White Sox On The Leader Board WHITE SOX LEADERS HR 1. Frank Thomas Paul Konerko Harold Baines Carlton Fisk Magglio Ordonez RBI 1. Frank Thomas...1, Paul Konerko...1, Luke Appling... 1, Harold Baines Minnie Minoso B 1. Frank Thomas Luke Appling Paul Konerko Nellie Fox Harold Baines TB 1. Frank Thomas...3, Paul Konerko...3,632 Luke Appling...3, Nellie Fox... 3, Harold Baines...2,844 XBH 1. Frank Thomas Paul Konerko Luke Appling Harold Baines Two players tied at Hits 1. Luke Appling...2, Nellie Fox...2, Frank Thomas...2, Paul Konerko...2, Eddie Collins...2,007 Runs 1. Frank Thomas...1, Luke Appling...1, Nellie Fox...1, Eddie Collins...1, Paul Konerko...1,050 BB 1. Frank Thomas...1, Luke Appling...1, Eddie Collins Paul Konerko Robin Ventura AB 1. Luke Appling...8, Nellie Fox...8, Paul Konerko...7, Frank Thomas...6, Harold Baines...6,149 Games 1. Luke Appling...2, Nellie Fox... 2, Paul Konerko...1, Frank Thomas...1, Ray Schalk...1,755 ALL-TIME LEADERS HR 41. Cal Ripken Jr Jason Giambi Mike Piazza Billy Williams Andruw Jones Darrell Evans Paul Konerko Duke Snider Dwight Evans Harold Baines Larry Walker Adam Dunn Frank Howard Jim Rice Albert Belle As Catcher Games 31. Rollie Hemsley...1, Del Crandall...1, A.J. Pierzynski...1, John Roseboro...1,476 As Catcher (since 1946) IC 14. Bill Freehan...13, Jorge Posada...12, Darrel Porter...12, Yogi Berra...12, A.J. Pierzynski...12,487.0 As Catcher Hits 22. Bill Freehan...1, Duke Farrell...1, A.J. Pierzynski...1,562 ACTIVE LEADERS Games 8. Andruw Jones...2, Jason Giambi...2, Todd Helton...2, Paul Konerko...2,048 Hits 10. Carlos Lee...2, Albert Pujols...2, Michael Young...2, Adrian Beltre...2, Paul Konerko...2,091 HR 5. Jason Giambi Andruw Jones Paul Konerko David Ortiz Adam Dunn RBI 6. Bobby Abreu...1, Todd Helton...1, Carlos Lee...1, David Ortiz...1, Paul Konerko...1, Mark Teixeira...1, Miguel Cabrera...1, Adam Dunn Alfonso Soriano Omar Vizquel WHITE SOX VS. UPCOMING PROBABLES MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION VS. KEVIN MILLWOOD AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG Brent Lillibridge Brent Morel Adam Dunn Orlando Hudson Paul Konerko Alex Rios Alexei Ramirez A.J. Pierzynski Gordon Beckham Kosuke Fukudome VS. RICKY ROMERO AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG Alex Rios Brent Morel Paul Konerko Adam Dunn Gordon Beckham Brent Lillibridge A.J. Pierzynski Alexei Ramirez GAME-ENDING HOME RUNS (Career No.) N/A GRAND SLAMS (Career No.) Alejandro De Aza (1)...5/24 vs. Min. LEADOFF HOME RUNS (Career No.) Alejandro De Aza (1)...4/9 at Cle. MULTIHOMER GAMES (Career No.) Adam Dunn (31)...4/20 at Sea. Gordon Beckham (1)...6/1 vs. Sea. PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (Career No.) N/A BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS s (Inning) Dunn/Konerko... 4/23 at Oakland (4th) Viciedo/Pierzynski...5/19 at Cubs (3rd) Beckham/Dunn... 5/20 at Cubs (4th) Konerko/Rios... 5/24 vs. Min. (6th) Beckham/Dunn...6/1 vs. Seattle (5th) GAME-ENDING HITS (NON-HR) (Hit) N/A INFIELD HITS (44) No. Alexei Ramirez...7 Gordon Beckham...6 Alejandro De Aza...6 Alex Rios...6 Brent Lillibridge...4 A.J. Pierzynski...4 Dayan Viciedo...4 Brent Morel...3 Adam Dunn...1 Tyler Flowers...1 Kosuke Fukudome...1 Paul Konerko...1 BUNT HITS (6) No. Alejandro De Aza...3 Gordon Beckham...2 Alexei Ramirez...1 OUTFIELD ASSISTS (5) No. Dayan Viciedo...3 Alejandro De Aza...1 Alex Rios...1