CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations Department 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Senior Director: Bob Beghtol Assistant Director: Ray Garcia Coordinators: Joe Roti and Megan Golden 2016 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com loswhitesox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox CHICAGO CUBS (59-39) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (49-50) RHP Kyle Hendricks (9-6, 2.27) vs. RHP James Shields (4-12, 4.99) Game #100/Home #52 Tuesday, July 26, 2016 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE The Chicago White Sox have won three straight games and four of seven as they conclude a six-game homestand tonight vs. the Cubs James Shields, who has allowed two runs or less in each of the his last fi ve starts, takes the mound for the Sox. Following tonight's game vs. the Cubs, the Sox will begin an eight-game trip with two games at Wrigley Field followed by two three-game series at Minnesota (7/29-31) and Detroit (8/2-4). The White Sox went 1-5 on their last trip to Los Angeles-AL (0-3) and Seattle (1-2) from 7/15-20. Since owning the second-best record in MLB at 23-10 on 5/9, the White Sox have gone 26-40. TONIGHT'S STORYLINES The White Sox are looking to win four consecutive games for the fi rst time since 5/6-9 the last time they won four in a row at U.S. Cellular Field was 4/22-5/3. White Sox starters own a 2.42 ERA (12 ER/44.2 IP),.206 opp. average (34-165) and 41 strikeouts over the last eight games. James Shields is 2-3 with a 2.10 ERA (8 ER/34.1 IP),.220 opp. average and one CG over his last fi ve starts (fi ve QS). Todd Frazier's 29 homers are tied for the second-most of his career (2014), and are just six shy of his career-high 35 (2015). Melky Cabrera has hit safely in 10 straight games, batting.375/.419/.575 with three doubles, one homer and three RBI. Former Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman, who retired Friday after 13 NFL seasons, will throw tonight's ceremonial fi rst pitch. LAST NIGHT'S RECAP Tyler Saladino hit a game-ending single off Mike Montgomery in the ninth inning to lead the Sox to a 5-4 win over the Cubs. J.B. Shuck singled to open the ninth and was bunted to second by Dioner Navarro before scoring on Saladino's RBI single. The Cubs erased a 4-0 deficit with two runs in the seventh and two in the ninth, including Anthony Rizzo's game-tying single. Todd Frazier hit a three-run homer (No. 29) in the sixth to extend the White Sox lead to 4-0. Miguel Gonzalez received a no decision despite allowing two runs on seven hits and one homer with eight strikeouts in 6.2 IP. The White Sox recorded their third straight walkoff win for the fi rst time since 8/4-6/62. JAMES' SHIELD TAKES SHAPE James Shields is 2-3 with a 2.10 ERA (8 ER/34.1 IP), 1.05 WHIP and.220 over his last fi ve starts (fi ve QS) since 6/29. Shields has lost each of his last three starts despite allowing just three earned runs over 21.2 IP (0.42 RSA; 1 RS). By contrast, he allowed 35 runs (34 earned) on 37 hits, seven homers and 17 walks in fi ve starts (16.1 IP) from 5/31-6/23. Below is a breakdown of Shields last 10 starts since 5/31: Starts W-L ERA QS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP AVG Last 5 2-3 2.10 5 34.1 28 8 8 6 8 16 1.05.220 Prev. 5 0-3 18.73 0 16.1 37 35 34 7 17 9 3.31.435 START YOUR ENGINES White Sox starters own a 2.42 ERA (12 ER/44.2 IP),.206 opp. average (34-165) and 41 strikeouts in the last eight games. The 2.42 ERA since 7/18 is the third-lowest in MLB behind the Yankees (1.78) and Miami (2.37). Starters have surrendered just fi ve homers, allowed two runs or less six times and fi ve hits or less fi ve times during that span. A breakdown of White Sox starters over the last eight games: Team Staff ERA QS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG OPS 4-4 1-1 2.42 6 44.2 34 13 12 5 16 41.206.625 RODON JOINS CHARLOTTE Carlos Rodon last night made a rehab start with Class AAA Charlotte at Louisville he allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts in 3.2 IP (58 pitches). Rodon, who has been on the disabled list since 7/9 (retro to 7/6) with a sprained left wrist, is 2-7 with a 4.50 ERA (46 ER/92.0 IP) and 91 strikeouts over 16 starts (eight QS) this season. TRAINING ROOM REPORT Below is a list of White Sox injury updates: INF Brett Lawrie is day-to-day with a strained left hamstring. C Alex Avila has been returned from his rehab assignment after reaggravating his strained right hamstring he is expected to miss at least four weeks before returning to the active roster. LHP Carlos Rodon last night made a minor-league rehab start. OF Austin Jackson underwent an MRI following his right meniscus surgery and is going to continue non-impact activity before beginning baseball activity he will miss several more weeks before returning. RHP Zach Putnam is likely to undergo surgery to remove bone spurs from his right elbow (return date TBD following surgery). WHITE SOX VS. CHICAGO CUBS The White Sox and Cubs play the annual crosstown series this week, with tonight's game at U.S. Cellular Field followed by Wednesday and Thursday at Wrigley Field. The two clubs split six games in 2015, with each club winning two out of three games at the opposing ballpark. The Sox are 8-10 over the last 18 games in the series, and are 6-9 in the last 15 at U.S. Cellular Field the Sox are 10-4-5 over 19 all-time season series vs. the Cubs. The White Sox lead the all-time series, 56-49 they are 29-24 at U.S. Cellular Field and 27-25 at Wrigley Field. CROSSTOWN CONNECTIONS Below is a rundown of current players, coaches and broadcasters who have spent time with the White Sox and Cubs: White Sox RHP Zach Putnam (2013), C Dioner Navarro (2013) and RHP Jacob Turner (2014) previously played for the Cubs. White Sox bench coach Rick Renteria managed the Cubs in 2014, and Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez played for the Sox (1995-97). Cubs LHP Clayton Richard pitched for the White Sox in 2008-09. Sox TV analyst Steve Stone and radio analyst Darrin Jackson played for both teams Stone spent 20 years as a Cubs analyst. SENIOR CIRCUIT MOMENTS Chicago is 196-157 (.555) all-time during interleague play, the fourth-best mark in MLB (102-75 at home; 94-82 on the road). The White Sox have hit 436 home runs during IL play, the second-most in baseball behind Toronto (473). The Sox are 6-10 over their last 16 IL games, and 11-16 at U.S. Cellular Field since 2015 the club is 11-6-2 all-time in 19 IL season series (9-11 mark in 2015). OUT GOES FRAZIER Todd Frazier ranks second in MLB with 29 home runs, one behind Baltimore's Mark Trumbo (30). Frazier is on pace to hit a career-high 47 homers, which would be two shy of Albert Belle's club record of 49 set in 1998. Frazier leads MLB with 17 solo home runs and is tied with Seattle's Nelson Cruz for the MLB lead with 16 road homers the White Sox are 17-11 when he hits a home run. RELIEVED TO BE HOME The White Sox bullpen owns a 2.60 ERA (48 ER/166.0 IP) in 50 home games this season Chicago relievers have combined for 27 scoreless outings, and have worked 3.0-plus IP 29 times. A breakdown of the bullpen at home vs. on the road (45 G): Site W-L ERA SV HLD ER IP HR BB SO SO/9 AVG OPS Home 7-2 2.60 15-21 29 48 166.0 10 69 151 8.2.246.678 Road 8-11 4.84 12-25 31 67 124.2 14 73 125 9.0.275.806 1-2 PUNCH Tim Anderson and Adam Eaton are hitting a combined.294 (86-293) with 16 doubles, three triples, eight homers, 28 RBI and 44 runs scored in 35 games in the No. 1-2 spots since 6/13. Anderson owns 16 multihit efforts and Eaton has recorded 15 in the top two spots Chicago is 18-17 in those contests. DYNAMITE DEBUT Tim Anderson has hit safely in 27 of his 38 career games (16 multihit) since making his MLB debut on 6/10 vs. Kansas City. Anderson's 16 multihit games are tied with four others for the most by a White Sox in his first 38 career games. He is hitting.320/.327/.495 with six doubles, one triple, three home runs and nine RBI over 23 games at U.S. Cellular Field. CLOSE CALLS Fifty-four of the White Sox 99 games in 2016 have been decided by one or two runs, including 25 of the last 40 22 of Chicago's last 25 wins have been by three runs or less. The White Sox 36 one-run games this season are tied with Houston for the most in the major leagues. QUALITY AND QUANTITY The White Sox have made 1,212 quality starts since 2003, the second-most in the majors behind the Mets (1,219). The Sox rank third in the American League with 55 quality starts in 2016, trailing Toronto (64) and Cleveland (55). Jose Quintana (14 QS) is tied for third, and Chris Sale (13 QS) is tied for fifth in the AL. SEEING TRIPLE The White Sox have turned three triple plays this season: 7/8 vs. Atlanta, 5/18 vs. Houston and 4/22 vs. Texas. The three triple plays are tied for the most in a season in MLB history (seventh time since 1900) the last teams to accomplish the feat were Boston and Oakland in 1979 (source: Elias). WHITE SOX 2016 BREAKDOWN Streak...Won 3 Sox After 99/100 in 2015...49-50/49-51 Last 10 Games...4-6 Current Homestand...3-2 Last Trip...1-5 Series Record...12-15-4 Series First Game...16-16 First/Second Half...45-43/4-7 Home/Road...27-24/22-26 Opp. At-Above/Below.500...29-31/20-19 vs. AL East/Central/West...15-11/16-21/13-13 Interleague...5-5 Comeback W's/L's After Leading... 22/24 Extra Innings...5-4 One-Run/Two-Run Games...18-18/10-8 Ahead After 6/7/8...36-7/40-6/41-2 Behind After 6/7/8...6-39/5-41/1-44 Tied After 6/7/8...7-4/4-3/7-3 Sox/Opp. Score First...31-18/18-32 Sox/Opp. Score 4+...37-16/16-38 Sox/Opp. Score 3 or Less...12-34/33-12 April/May/June...17-8/11-17/12-14 July/August/Sept.-Oct....9-11/0-0/0-0 Average Time of Game... 3:03 UPCOMING PROBABLES VS. CHICAGO CUBS Tuesday: 6:10 p.m. CT, WGN/ESPN RHP Kyle Hendricks (9-6, 2.27) vs. RHP James Shields (4-12, 4.99) AT CHICAGO CUBS Wednesday: 7:05 p.m. CT, CSN/ESPN RHP Anthony Ranaudo (1-0, 17.18) vs. RHP Jason Hammel (9-5, 3.35) Thursday: 7:05 p.m. CT, WGN LHP Chris Sale (14-3, 3.18) vs. RHP John Lackey (7-6, 3.75) All games carried on WLS-AM 890 and select games on WRTO-AM 1200 (Spanish) SOX IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY (5-5) Date Opp. Result WP LP 5/30 at NYM L, 0-1 Harvey Quintana 5/31 at NYM W, 6-4 Jennings Robles 6/1 at NYM W, 2-1 (13) Albers Verrett 6/7 vs. Was. L, 5-10 Treinen Latos 6/8 vs. Was. L, 4-11 Scherzer Shields 6/9 vs. Was. W, 3-1 Gonzalez Gonzalez 7/15 vs. Atl. L, 8-11 Wisler Sale 7/16 vs. Atl. W, 5-4 Quintana Teheran 7/17 vs. Atl. L, 0-2 Foltynewicz Shields 7/25 vs. Cubs W, 5-4 Jennings Montgomery 7/26 vs. Cubs 6:10 p.m. CT 7/27 at Cubs 7:05 p.m. CT 7/28 at Cubs 7:05 p.m. CT 8/12 at Mia. 6:10 p.m. CT 8/13 at Mia. 6:10 p.m. CT 8/14 at Mia. 12:10 p.m. CT 8/23 vs. Phi. 7:10 p.m. CT 8/24 vs. Phi. 7:10 p.m. CT 9/20 at Phi. 6:05 p.m. CT 9/21 at Phi. 6:05 p.m. CT WHITE SOX ON HOMESTAND (3-2) vs. DET/CUBS...2-2/1-0 Runs Scored/Allowed... 20/20 AVG/OBP/SLG/HR....272/.337/.386/4 ERA... 3.77 (18 ER/43.0 IP) Quality Starts... 3 AL ERA LEADERS SINCE 6/24 ERA Carlos Carrasco, CLE... 1.16 Aaron Sanchez, TOR... 1.54 Ervin Santana, MIN... 1.93 James Shields, SOX... 2.10 Sean Manaea, OAK... 2.35 AL AVG LEADERS SINCE 6/22 AVG Jose Altuve, HOU....404 Andrelton Simmons, LAA....373 Carlos Beltran, NYY....366 Melky Cabrera, SOX....362 Josh Donaldson, TOR....358 2016 MLB LEADERS AB/HR Todd Frazier, SOX... 12.45 Mark Trumbo, BAL... 12.90 Trevor Story, COL... 13.07 Edwin Encarnacion, TOR... 13.56 David Ortiz, BOS... 13.63 HR Mark Trumbo, BAL... 30 Todd Frazier, SOX... 29 Edwin Encarnacion, TOR... 27 Trevor Story, COL... 27 Nolan Arenado, COL... 26 World Champions: 1906, 1917, 2005 AL Champions: 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919, 1959, 2005 AL West Champions: 1983, 1993 AL Central Champions: 2000, 2005, 2008
#25 WHITE SOX STARTING PITCHER JAMES SHIELDS RHP Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 Age: 34 (December 20, 1981) Born: Newhall, Calif. Resides: San Diego, Calif. Signed Through: 2016 vs. Opp. vs. Opp. vs. Opp. Pitcher 2016 2015 Career 2016 2015 Career RHP James Shields 4-12, 4.99 13-7, 3.91 131-109, 3.81 1-0, 3.46 1-0, 3.72 RHP Kyle Hendricks 9-6, 2.27 8-7, 3.95 24-14, 3.13 0-0, 4.35 0-0, 4.35 SHIELDS AT A GLANCE The 34-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 21st start of the Shields Among MLB Leaders Since 2010 season, 10th with the White Sox and first vs. the Cubs was acquired with cash from San Diego on 6/4 in exchange for RHP Erik Johnson and Starts 1st 220 INF Fernando Tatis Jr. IP 1st 1,453.2 Is 2-3 with a 2.10 ERA (8 ER/34.1 IP), 16 strikeouts and one complete game over his last five starts (all quality). Has gone 2-5 with a 6.00 ERA (32 ER/48.0 IP), 57 hits allowed (11 Complete Games Quality Starts Shutouts T3rd 5th T5th 18 145 7 Strikeouts 7th 1,308 home runs), 21 walks and 24 strikeouts in nine starts with the White Sox Wins 12th 88... was 2-7 with a 4.28 ERA (32 ER/67.1 IP), 69 hits allowed, 27 walks and 57 strikeouts over 11 starts with San Diego this season. Owns a 2.97 RSA (38 RS/115.1 IP) this year, second-lowest in the MLB Starts Leaders Since 2007 (Active) majors has received zero runs of support eight times. Player Rank Starts Reached 2,200.0 IP lifetime with one out in the seventh inning on James Shields 1st 317 6/29 vs. Minnesota struck out Ben Revere in the first inning on 6/8 Justin Verlander 2nd 307 vs. Washington for his 1,900th career punchout. Is the only active major-league pitcher with nine consecutive seasons of 200.0 IP or more. Has appeared in 11 career postseason games with Tampa Bay (2008, Cole Hamels Felix Hernandez Jered Weaver 3rd 4th 5th 303 302 291 2010-11) and Kansas City (2014), going 3-6 with a 5.46 ERA (36 ER/59.1 IP) and 45 strikeouts. LAST START Lost his third straight start, yielding two runs on seven hits with one walk and four strikeouts over 6.0 IP... threw 103 pitches (64 strikes)... the Sox lost, 2-1, on 7/21 vs. Detroit in a rain-shortened, seven-inning game. Surrendered solo home runs to Ian Kinsler and Miguel Cabrera in the fifth inning. HEAT WAVE Is 2-3 with a 2.10 ERA (8 ER/34.1 IP), 28 hits allowed (six home runs), eight walks, 16 strikeouts, one complete game, a.220 (28-127) opponents average and.708 opponents OPS over his last five starts. Has gone 1-3 with a 2.28 ERA (7 ER/27.2 IP), 20 hits allowed, seven walks, 11 strikeouts, one complete game, a.198 (20-101) opponents average and.666 opponents OPS in four July starts this season. Was the losing pitcher in a 1-0 game while also throwing a complete game for the third time in his career on 7/16 at Los Angeles-AL... the other two were to CC Sabathia and the Yankees on 7/10/11 and Miguel Gonzalez and the Orioles on 10/2/12 (Elias). INTERLEAGUE PLAY Is 16-13 with a 4.45 ERA (126 ER/255.0 IP), 265 hits allowed (33 home runs), 73 walks, 236 strikeouts, a.267 (265-992) opponents average and.755 opponents OPS in 41 career appearances (40 starts). Is 0-3 with a 13.86 ERA (19 ER/12.1 IP), 22 hits allowed (seven home runs), eight walks and five strikeouts in three interleague starts this season... suffered the loss in his last start on 7/10 vs. Atlanta, allowing two runs on six hits (two home runs) with two walks and two strikeouts over 7.2 IP. Is hitting.216 (11-51) with one double, four RBI, two walks and eight runs scored in his career. 35TH AND SHIELDS Is 6-4 with a 3.76 ERA (44 ER/105.1 IP), 118 hits allowed, 33 walks and 64 strikeouts in 17 career starts at U.S. Cellular Field the.600 winning percentage is his fourth-best at any AL park, behind Detroit s Comerica Park (5-0, 1.000), Baltimore s Camden Yards (7-2,.778) and Houston s Minute Maid Park (2-1,.667). Has allowed three runs or less 13 times and two or less 11 times has worked at least 6.0 IP in 15 of 17 outings struck out 10 over 7.0 IP for Kansas City on 9/27/13. Ranked among American League starting pitching leaders at U.S. Cellular Field from 2007-14 in ERA (2nd, 3.00), RSA (3rd, 5.13), WHIP (8th, 1.33), average (9th,.265), IP (10th, 72.0), starts (11th, 11), strikeouts (12th, 47) and wins (T12th, 4). NIGHT AND DAY Is 3-9 with a 4.56 ERA (41 ER/81.0 IP),.289 (91-315) opponents average and.839 opponents OPS in 14 night starts this season, compared to 1-3 with a 6.03 ERA (23 ER/34.1 IP),.259 (35-135) opponents average and.822 opponents OPS in six starts during the day. Has gone 83-71 with a 3.92 ERA (605 ER/1,390.2 IP),.264 (1,417-5,377) opponents average and.745 opponents OPS in 213 career appearances (212 starts) at night, compared to 48-38 with a 3.62 ERA (337 ER/837.1 IP),.245 (776-3,165) opponents average and.698 opponents OPS in 126 day starts. BIT BY THE LONG BALL Has allowed 53 home runs since the beginning of 2015, second-most in the majors behind Kansas City s Ian Kennedy (57) has yielded 1.50 home runs per 9.0 IP during that span, ninth-highest in MLB. Allowed three home runs on 6/8 vs. Washington, which is tied for his third-most in a single game (14x, last 4/10 at Colorado) surrendered six home runs on 8/7/10 at Toronto and four on 6/2/11 at Seattle. DOUBLE THE FUN Is tied for 10th in the majors with 14 GIDP in 2016 but has induced just three in nine starts since the White Sox acquired him from San Diego on 6/4. Has now induced 13-plus GIDP each year since 2007, including a career-high 22 in 2013 with Kansas City. His 190 career GIDP are sixth-most among active starters his lifetime 0.77 GIDP per 9.0 IP is ninthhighest among active starters. ROCKY ROAD Was 0-3 with an 18.73 ERA (34 ER/16.1 IP) in five starts from 5/31-6/23, yielding 37 hits (seven homers) with 17 walks and nine strikeouts opponents hit.435 (37-85) and posted a 1.277 OPS over that stretch. From 5/31-6/18, became the first pitcher in major-league history to allow seven-plus runs before the fourth inning in four consecutive starts within one season (Elias). Is just the second pitcher in White Sox history to allow seven-plus runs in his debut with the club Fred Lamlein yielded seven runs over 2.0 relief IP in his major-league debut on 9/18/1912 and made just four more appearances at the big-league level (Elias). OLD RELIABLE Has worked at least 200.0 IP in each of his last nine seasons and made 33-plus starts in eight straight has tossed 115.1 IP in 2016 and is on pace to throw 188.2 IP this season. Leads all major-league pitchers since 2007 in games started (317) and IP (2,103.1), and ranks among the leaders in quality starts (3rd, 204), opponents GIDP (3rd, 181), strikeouts (5th, 1,819), shutouts (6th, 9), complete games (T6th, 22) and wins (T8th, 125). His streak of nine consecutive seasons with at least 200.0 IP is the longest active in the majors. Has recorded at least 10 victories, 200.0 IP and 160 strikeouts each season since 2007. SHIELDS 2016 START LOG (20 STARTS) Date Opp. W-L IP H R ER HR BB SO #P EXIT ERA 4/5 vs. LAD L 6.0 6 3 3 0 1 6 81 0-3 4.50 4/10 at Col. L 7.0 6 4 4 3 2 2 93 3-4 4.85 4/15 vs. Ari. ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 6 105 2-2 4.05 4/21 vs. Pit. L 6.0 5 3 3 0 2 5 104 0-3 4.15 4/26 at S.F. L 7.0 3 1 1 0 4 2 94 0-1 3.55 5/2 vs. Col. W 6.0 9 1 1 0 2 5 100 2-1 3.23 5/7 vs. NYM L 6.0 5 4 4 2 5 8 110 3-4 3.60 5/12 at Mil. W 7.0 7 0 0 0 1 9 105 2-0 3.12 5/19 vs. S.F. L 6.2 9 3 2 1 1 7 110 1-3 3.07 5/25 at S.F. ND 6.0 5 2 2 0 1 6 100 1-2 3.06 5/31 at Sea. L 2.2 8 10 10 2 4 1 79 0-10 4.28 6/8 vs. Was. L 2.0 8 7 7 3 2 2 84 0-6 5.06 6/13 vs. Det. ND 5.0 9 7 6 1 4 1 106 6-7 5.45 6/18 at Cle. L 1.2 7 8 8 1 3 2 53 0-6 6.28 6/23 at Bos. ND 5.0 5 3 3 0 4 3 99 3-1 6.22 6/29 vs. Min. W 6.2 8 1 1 1 1 5 93 8-1 5.85 7/4 vs. NYY W 6.0 5 2 2 1 2 3 101 5-2 5.67 7/10 vs. Atl. L 7.2 6 2 2 2 2 2 93 0-2 5.42 7/16 at LAA L 8.0 2 1 1 0 2 2 91 0-1 5.10 7/21 vs. Det. L 6.0 7 2 2 2 1 4 103 1-2 4.99 Sox Totals 2-5 48.0 57 33 32 11 21 24 6.00 2016 Totals 4-12 115.1 126 66 64 20 48 81 4.99 Career Totals 131-109 2,228.0 2,193 1,024 942 280 581 1,923 3.81 SHIELDS 2016 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN Category W-L ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG Home 3-7 4.44 12-12 71.0 83 37 35 14 27 54.294 Road 1-5 5.89 8-8 44.1 43 29 29 6 21 27.256 Day 1-3 6.03 6-6 34.1 35 23 23 8 15 17.259 Night 3-9 4.56 14-14 81.0 91 43 41 12 33 64.289 1st Half 4-10 5.42 18-18 101.1 117 63 61 18 45 75.293 2nd Half 0-2 1.93 2-2 14.0 9 3 3 2 3 6.180 April 0-4 3.55 5-5 33.0 26 13 13 4 13 21.218 May 2-3 4.98 6-6 34.1 43 20 19 5 14 36.319 June 1-2 11.07 5-5 20.1 37 26 25 6 14 13.389 July 1-3 2.28 4-4 27.2 20 7 7 5 7 11.198 Category AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO GDP OBP SLG Total.280 450 126 26 3 20 48 81 14.349.484 vs. Left.278 216 60 12 1 8 26 39 6.358.454 vs. Right.282 234 66 14 2 12 22 42 8.341.513 QS Pct. RSA #P/G SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 BB/9.0 WHIP SB-A PCK W-L 13-20 65.0 2.97 95.2 6.32 1.69 1.56 3.75 1.51 11-13 0 5-15 SHIELDS VS. CHICAGO CUBS Player AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG Addison Russell 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.500.667.500 Anthony Rizzo 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 1.400.500.800 Jason Heyward 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 4.200.333.800 Miguel Montero 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.200.200.200 Ben Zobrist 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.200.333.200 Dexter Fowler 11 2 0 0 1 1 0 4.182.182.455 Kris Bryant 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.167.167.167 David Ross 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.000.000.000 SHIELDS GAME BESTS AS STARTER 2016 Season Career SO 9 (5/12 at Mil., 7.0 IP) 15 (10/2/12 vs. Bal., 9.0 IP) Low Hits 2 (7/16 at LAA., 8.0 IP) 1 (5/9/08 vs. LAA, 9.0 IP) IP 8.0 (7/16 at LAA) 9.0 (18x, last 8/9/14 vs. S.F.) CG 1 (7/16 at LAA) 23 (last 7/16 at LAA) SHO 9 (last 8/9/14 vs. S.F.) Win Streak 2 games, 6/29-7/10 7 games, 4/11-6/3/15 KYLE HENDRICKS VS. CHICAGO WHITE SOX Player AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG Dioner Navarro 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.500.667.500 Adam Eaton 5 2 0 0 1 2 1 2.400.500 1.000 Jose Abreu 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.333.600.333 Justin Morneau 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 0.333.333.500 Tyler Saladino 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.333.333.333 Melky Cabrera 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.250.400.250 Todd Frazier 10 2 2 0 0 2 1 3.200.273.400 Avisail Garcia 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.200.200.400 VS. NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL Will make his third start of the season and 13th career vs. the National League Central division... is 3-4 with a 3.87 ERA (34 ER/79.0 IP), 72 hits allowed, 27 walks and 83 strikeouts lifetime. Is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA (3 ER/13.0 IP), 12 hits allowed, three walks and 14 strikeouts in two starts this season. Earned the win in his last start on 5/12 at Milwaukee as a member of the Padres, tossing 7.0 shutout IP and allowing seven hits with one walk and a season-high nine strikeouts. VS. CHICAGO CUBS Will make his first start of the season and fourth of his career is 1-0 with a 3.72 ERA (8 ER/19.1 IP), 18 hits allowed, five walks and 29 strikeouts lifetime. Received a no-decision in his last start on 5/19/15, allowing two runs on six hits (two home runs) with one walk and 11 strikeouts over 7.0 IP on 5/19/15. TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER RHP Anthony Ranaudo (1-0, 17.18) is scheduled to make his Sox debut, first start of the season and first career appearance vs. the Cubs. Began 2016 with Texas and was 1-0 with a 17.18 ERA (7 ER/3.2 IP), two hits allowed, eight walks and two strikeouts in two relief appearances. Was acquired from Texas on 5/12 for minor-league RHP Matt Ball. Recalled from Class AAA Charlotte on 7/24... went 5-3 with a 3.20 ERA (28 ER/78.2 IP), 74 hits allowed, eight walks and 53 strikeouts in 13 starts at Charlotte this season.
WHITE SOX BULLPEN NOTES TEAM BULLPEN NOTES Series: 1-0; SV, 0-1; 2 ER/2.1 IP Last Game: W; BS; 2 ER/2.1 IP Homestand: 3-1; SV, 0-4; 10 ER/18.1 IP SV: 27-46 (58.7) IR-IS: 159-58 (36.5) 1st Batter:.257 (67-261) Season Highs: IP (8.2; 4/18 vs. LAA) SO (10; 7/23 vs. Det.) 2016 AL Relief Rankings Chicago relievers are 3-3 with a 5.01 ERA (18 ER/32.1 Holds T2nd 60 IP) and.299 (38-127) opponents average over its first 10 ERA 6th 3.56 games of the second half of the season. Wins T8th 15 Relievers have allowed nine home runs in the second half after allowing just 15 during the first half of the season. The bullpen is 7-2 with a 2.60 ERA (48 ER/166.0 IP) and.246 (152-618) opponents average at home in 2016. Strikeouts Opp. OPS Opp. AVG IR Scored Pct. T9th 10th 11th 12th 276.745.259 36.5 IP 12th 290.2 The bullpen has surrendered 24 homers in 2016, the BR/9.0 IP 15th 13.59 fewest in MLB their 143 homers since 2013 are the third-fewest. A breakdown of the White Sox bullpen by month this season: Month W-L G ERA HLD SV IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG OPS July 4-3 19 4.28 12 3-9 54.2 65 30 26 10 24 62.297.866 June 6-3 26 3.69 12 10-13 90.1 98 45 37 5 61 89.278.783 May 2-7 26 4.60 15 5-12 76.1 75 41 39 7 35 62.261.738 April 4-0 24 1.69 21 9-12 69.1 47 16 13 2 22 63.193.538 #34 MATT ALBERS, RHP Last Game: HLD; 2 ER/1.1 IP Homestand: HLD; 2 ER/5.1 IP 2016 Holds: 13 (last 7/25 vs. Cubs) IR-IS: 33-14 (42.4) 1st Batter Faced:.243 (9-37; 4 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: 7/25 vs. Cubs (1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 1 SO) Has pitched in four of the last five games, tossing at least 1.0 IP in each contest. Made his 24th career start on 7/23 vs. Detroit, allowing one run (unearned) on one hit with one strikeout over 2.0 IP it was his first start since 6/25/08 at the Cubs Left-handers are batting.293 (12-41) in 2016 while righties are hitting.299 (32-107). Became the first White Sox reliever to score the game-winning run and earn the win since Bob Locker on 8/7/66 vs. California (source: STATS). His career-high 30 consecutive scoreless appearances (33.0 IP) from 8/5/15-4/25/16 was the longest in club history the 33.0 socreless IP streak is tied with Jack Harshman (33.0 in 1954) for the seventh-longest in team history. #33 ZACH DUKE, LHP Last Game: HLD; 0 ER/0.1 IP Homestand: HLD; 0 ER/3.1 IP Scoreless Streak: 3 (3.1 IP) 2016 Holds: 20 (7/25 vs. Cubs) IR-IS: 28-10 (35.7) 1st Batter Faced:.306 (15-49; 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: 7/25 vs. Cubs (HLD, 20; 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO) AL Relief Leaders: Games (1st, 51); Holds (T3rd, 20); GB % (7th, 62.4). Owns a 1.80 ERA (4 ER/20.0 IP) and.205 (15-73) opponents average over his last 26 outings, including a season-high eight straight scoreless (6.0 IP) from 6/8-24. Tossed a season-high 2.0 scoreless IP on 7/22, his longest outing since 8/21/15 at Seattle (also 2.0 IP). Made his 400th career appearance 6/30 vs. the Twins. Has made 41 scoreless appearances this season 25 of his 51 outings this season have been less than 1.0 IP. Duke Among MLB LHP Relievers since 2014 Games 2nd 196 Opp. GIDP 3rd 21 Holds T3rd 58 IP 7th 156.0 Strikeouts T7th 182 Lefties are hitting.271 (19-69) in 2016 while righties are 12-65 (.185) lefties have hit.213 (53-249) since 2014. #51 CARSON FULMER, RHP Last Game: DNP Homestand: 0-1; SV, 0-1; 3 ER/0.2 IP 2016 Holds: None IR-IS: N/A 1st Batter Faced:.000 (0-2; 1 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (2.0; 7/17/16 at LAA) SO (2; 7/17/16 at LAA) Last Relief Outing: 7/22 vs. Detroit (L,0-1; BS, 1; 0.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R/ER, 3 BB, 0 HB, 0 SO) Suffered his first career loss and blown save on 7/22, allowing three runs (first of his career) on one hit and three walks over 0.2 IP Made his major-league debut on 7/17 at the Angels, tossing 2.0 scoreless IP struck out Albert Pujols in the seventh inning for his first career strikeout. Had his contract purchased from Class AA Birmingham on 7/15 went 4-9 with a 4.76 ERA (46 ER/87.0 IP) and 90 strikeouts in 17 starts with the Barons. Ranked fourth in the Southern League in strikeouts per 9.0 IP (9.31) and sixth in strikeouts at the time of his promotion was limiting lefties to a.212 (31-146) average. Posted a 1-1 record with a 0.95 ERA (2 ER/19.0 IP) and 22 strikeouts over his last three starts, tossing 15.0 consecutive scoreless IP from 6/26-7/6. Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 2 Prospect and possessing the Best Curveball in the White Sox organization was selected in the first round (eighth overall) in the 2015 First-Year Player Draft. #43 DAN JENNINGS, LHP Last Game: W; BS; 0 ER/0.2 IP Homestand: 1-0; SV, 0-1; 0 ER/3.1 IP Scoreless Streak: 3 (3.1 IP) 2016 Holds: 2 (last 6/10 vs. K.C.) IR-IS: 27-13 (48.1) 1st Batter Faced:.290 (9-31; 4 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (3.2; 7/18/15 vs. K.C.) SO (4; 9/16/13 at Phi.) Last Relief Outing: 7/25 vs. Cubs (W, 4-2; BS, 2; 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO) AL Relief Leaders: Opp. GIDP (T2nd, 8); Wins (T8th, 4); ERA (10th, 1.64). Owns a 0.79 ERA (2 ER/22.2 IP) in his last 21 games has made 28 scoreless appearances this year, and issued one-plus walk 15 times. Surrendered a game-ending home run to Leonys Martin in the 11th inning on 7/20 at Seattle it was his first home run allowed since 7/18/15 vs. Kansas City. Owns a 1.35 ERA (10 ER/66.2 IP) over his last 61 outings the 1.35 ERA is the third-lowest in MLB since 8/4/15 (min. 50.0 IP). Has allowed four earned runs over 9.2 IP in eight appearances on zero rest. Is limiting left-handers to a.216 average (11-51) this season (righties are at.269). #65 NATE JONES, RHP Last Game: DNP Homestand: BS; 0 ER/2.1IP 2016 Holds: 19 (last 7/19 at Sea.) IR-IS: 22-5 (22.7) 1st Batter Faced:.140 (6-43; 2 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (3.1; 5/18/13 at LAA) SO (5; 6/4/13 at Sea.) Last Relief Outing: 7/24 vs. Detroit (1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 SO) AL Relief Leaders: Holds (6th, 19); Wins (T8th, 4). Is attempting to record the White Sox lowest first batter faced average since at least 1974 David Robertson (.100 mark in 2015) owns the current lowest average. Owns a 1.85 ERA (5 ER/24.1 IP) and.218 (19-87) opponents average over his last 23 outings has recorded seven holds during that span. Thirty-five of his 46 games in 2016 have been scoreless (zero hits in 23 contests). Opponents are 45-226 (.199) since 2015 lefties are batting.201 (60-298) lifetime is averaging 9.69 strikeouts per 9.0 IP in his career (230 SO/213.2 IP). #48 TOMMY KAHNLE (CAIN-lee), RHP Last Game: DNP Homestand: HLD; 1 ER/3.0 IP 2016 Holds: 1 (7/22 vs. Det.) IR-IS: 2-1 (50.0) 1st Batter Faced:.125 (1-8; 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: 7/23 vs. Detroit (2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 SO) Recorded his first hold since 8/15/15 vs. San Diego on 7/22 is 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA (4 ER/9.1 IP) in nine outings (six scoreless) with the White Sox this season. Has gone 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA (9 ER/27.0 IP), 10 saves and 36 strikeouts in 23 relief outings with the Knights in 2016 right-handers are hitting just.136 (9-66). Suffered his first loss and blown save of the season on 5/28 at Kansas City, allowing a game-tying RBI double to Drew Butera and a game-ending RBI single to Brett Eibner. Is averaging 8.81 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (109 SO/111.1 IP) lifetime. Owns a career 1.90 ERA (5 ER/23.2 IP) over 22 career outings vs. the AL. #30 DAVID ROBERTSON, RHP Last Game: DNP Homestand: 2-0; BS; 3 ER/2.1 IP 2016 Saves: 23-27 (85.2) IR-IS: 8-2 (25.0) 1st Batter Faced:.286 (10-35; 4 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (2.0; 19x, last 6/1/16 at NYM) SO (4; 6x, last 8/5/15 vs. T.B.) Last Relief Outing: 7/24 vs. Detroit (1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R/ER, 3 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO) AL Relief Leaders: SV (T3rd, 23). Earned the win in Saturday's suspended game, which was compelted yesterday, and in yesterday's regularly scheduled game vs. the Tigers became the first majorleague pitcher to earn two wins in the same day since Minnesota's Brian Duensing on 8/9/13 vs. the White Sox, and last Sox pitcher since Tom Seaver on 5/9/84 vs. Milwaukee. Has failed to convert his last two save opportunities, allowing seven runs on six hits (four home runs) over 1.2 IP allowed a career-high three home runs on 7/24 vs. Detroit. Ranks second in the AL and seventh in MLB with 96 saves since 2014. Has struck out 659 batters in his career, tied for the seventh-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 (2008-15). Has held lefties to a.196 (175-894) average during his career, including a.181 (121-669) mark since 2011, the eighth-lowest average during that span. #29 JACOB TURNER, RHP Last Game: DNP Homestand: DNP 2016 Holds: None IR-IS: N/A 1st Batter Faced: N/A Career High In Relief: IP (3.0; 3x, last 7/13/14 at NYM) SO (4; 2x, last 6/28/14 vs. Oak.) Last Relief Outing: 8/19/14 vs. San Francisco (HLD; 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 0 SO) Has made two starts with the White Sox this season, going 0-1 with a 14.73 ERA (12 ER/7.1 IP) and eight strikeouts. Is 0-2 with a 4.95 ERA (11 ER/20.0 IP), one hold and 15 strikeouts over 10 career relief appearances. Went 4-7 with a 4.71 ERA (56 ER/107.0 IP), one shutout and 85 strikeouts in 18 starts with Class AAA Charlotte this season. Was claimed by the Sox off waivers from the Cubs on 10/27/15. #66 MICHAEL YNOA, RHP Last Game: DNP Homestand: DNP Scoreless Streak: 1 (1.0 IP) 2016 Holds: 1 (6/22 at Bos.) IR-IS: 3-2 (66.7) 1st Batter Faced:.143 (1-7; 1 BB) Career High In Relief: IP (2.0; 6/14/16 vs. Det.) SO (2; 4x, 7/5/16 vs. NYY) Last Relief Outing: 7/17 at Los Angeles-AL (1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO) Made his sixth scoreless appearance on 7/17 at the Angels (1.0 IP) is limiting righties to a.217 (5-23) average this season. Allowed his first career runs on 6/25 vs. Toronto, surrendering two runs over 0.1 IP. Recorded his first career hold on 6/22 at Boston, tossing a scoreless eighth inning. Made his major-league debut on 6/14 vs. Detroit, striking out two in 2.0 hitless IP struck out Ian Kinsler in the seventh for his first career strikeout. Went 1-3 with a 3.90 ERA (12 ER/27.2 IP), four saves and 24 strikeouts in 21 relief appearances between Class AAA Charlotte and Class AA Birmingham this season. Is averaging 9.2 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (232 SO/226.2 IP) in his minor-league career. WHITE SOX PITCHING BREAKDOWN Pitchers W-L ERA GS-QS Pct. CG SHO SV-OPP IP H R ER BB SO AVG Starters 34-37 4.24 99-55 55.6 4 1 594.0 586 295 280 195 497.258 Relievers 15-13 3.56 27-46 290.2 285 132 115 142 276.259 WHITE SOX PITCHERS VS. CHICAGO CUBS 2016 CAREER PITCHERS ERA W L S IP ER SO ERA W L S IP ER SO Albers 13.50 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 11.05 1 3 0 14.2 18 10 Duke 0.00 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 3.72 4 8 0 123.1 51 73 Fulmer Gonzalez 2.84 0 1 0 6.1 2 3 Gonzalez 2.70 0 0 0 6.2 2 8 2.77 0 1 0 13.0 4 11 Jennings 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 1 0.00 1 0 0 6.1 0 9 Kahnle 4.26 0 0 0 6.1 3 8 Quintana 3.76 0 3 0 26.1 11 21 Ranaudo 3.44 1 1 0 18.1 7 8 Robertson 1.80 0 0 3 5.0 1 7 Shields 3.72 1 0 0 19.1 8 29 Turner 6.00 0 1 0 3.0 2 2 Ynoa TOTALS 4.00 1 0 0 9.0 4 10 RELIEVER NOTES DURING INTERLEAGUE PLAY Nate Jones has made seven straight scoreless appearances (8.2 IP) owns a 0.69 ERA (1 ER/13.0 IP) in his last 10 games. LAST FIVE WHITE SOX CHALLENGES (20) Date/Opp. Call on Field Inn. Umpires Ruling Time 7/20 at Sea. Seager safe at 1B B8th Ripperger/West Overturned N/A 7/10 vs. Atl. Abreu out at 1B B4th Scott/Iassogna Overturned 1:49 6/30 vs. Min. Shuck safe at 2B T6th Barber/Meals Stands 2:05 6/24 vs. Tor. Barney safe at 3B T9th Hernandez/Barrett Stands 3:10 6/14 vs. Det. Lawrie out at 1B B8th Emmel/Wolcott Overturned 1:08 Robin Ventura is successful on 9-20 challenges (45.0 percent) in 2016 Best First Batter Faced Average Since 1974 Pitcher AVG Craig Kimbrel.156 Sergio Romo.164 Pat Neshek.166 David Robertson.174 Carlos Marmol.174
WHITE SOX HITTERS NOTES TEAM HITTING NOTES Home:.255/.323/.409/53 HR/4.1 R/G Series:.250/.314/.406/1 HR/5 R Homestand:.272/.337/.386/4 HR/20 R The White Sox have recorded three straight walkoff White Sox AL Rankings wins for the fi rst time since 8/4-6/62 (STATS). The Sox have scored 31 runs over the last seven Walks T9th 288 games, compared to four in their previous fi ve. Average 12th.251 Chicago's 34-inning scoring drought from 7/9-17 tied On-Base Pct. 12th.315 for its third-longest since 1912 (STATS). The Sox tied the franchise record with 15 consecutive OPS Home Runs 13th 13th.714 98 solo home runs from 6/24-7/3 they also tied a club Runs/Game 13th 4.07 Slugging Pct. 14th.399 record with seven homers on 6/25 vs. Toronto. #79 JOSE ABREU, 1B, R-R Last Game: 1-3, BB, R Homestand: 7-16, 3 BB, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R Current Streak: 2 (.500, 3-6) MultiHR Games: 5 (8/8/15 at K.C.) GS: 2 (4/18/15 at Det.) Season-High Streak: 8 (2x, 6/28-7/5) 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.) Has reached base safely in 42 of his last 45 games, hitting.312/.366/.480 is 7-16 (.438) with three walks and three RBI over his last fi ve games. Has gone a career-high 25 straight games without a home run (last on 6/23 at Boston). Is a.314 (55-175) hitter with eight doubles, eight home runs and 31 RBI over 45 career interleague games. Is on pace for a career-high 38 doubles. Is hitting.260 (27-104) with RISP (.329 in 2014-15) but.333 (35-105) in the seventh inning and later. Abreu Among AL Leaders Since 2014 Hit-by-Pitch 2nd 36 RBI T6th 263 Average 8th.296 Slugging Pct. 9th.512 Home Runs 9th 77 OPS 9th.868 #12 TIM ANDERSON, INF, R-R Last Game: 0-4 Homestand: 4-20, RBI, 2 R MultiHR Games: NONE GS: NONE Season-High Streak: 7 (6/23-30) Career High: H (3; 2x, 6/30/16 vs. Min.) HR (1; 5x, 7/18/16 at Sea.) RBI (2; 3x, 7/6/16 vs. NYY) His 16 multihit efforts over his fi rst 38 career games are tied with four players for the most in White Sox history. Has started 37 of 38 games at shorstop since being recalled from Class AAA Charlotte on 6/10 sat out on 7/20 at Seattle for the fi rst time this season. Is hitting.320 (31-97) at home and.206 (14-68) on the road. Batted leadoff for 28 straight games from 6/13-7/17. Has committed four errors in the second half (one over 28 games in fi rst half). His fi rst career homer run was a leadoff shot on 5/21 at Boston off Clay Buchholz. Entered the season rated by Baseball America and MLB.com as the Sox No.1 prospect. #53 MELKY CABRERA, OF, S-L Last Game: 1-2, 2 BB, 2B, R Homestand: 6-19, 2 2B Current Streak: 10 (.375, 15-40) MultiHR Games: 4 (7/23/15 at Cle.) GS: 3 (5/27/16 at K.C.) Season-High Streak: 10 (7/16-) 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 Rankings: T8th-OF assists (7); T10th-MultiHit G (34). Owns a season-high, 10-game hitting streak (.375, 15-40). Is hitting.362 (34-94) over his last 23 games and.343 (49-143) with 12 doubles, fi ve homers and 20 RBI over his last 37. Needs seven doubles for 300 career. Is batting.343 (24-70) vs. LHP,.324 (60-185) at home and.306 (26-85) with RISP. Ranks third among active players with 97 outfi eld assists since 2006. #1 ADAM EATON, OF, L-L Last Game: 1-4, RBI Homestand: 7-17, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 3 BB Current Streak: 3 (.364, 4-11) MultiHR Games: NONE GS: NONE Season-High Streak: 9 (5/13-22) Career High: H (4; 9x, 6/12/16 vs. Det.) HR (1; 25x, 7/8/16 vs. Atl.) RBI (3; 2x, 9/4/15 at K.C.) AL Rankings: 1st-3B (7); 1st-INF hits (25); 1st-OF assists (14); T5th-MultiHit G (37). Is hitting.308 (44-143) over his last 36 games. Delivered a game-ending single in Sunday's fi rst game and scored the winning run in the ninth inning of the regularly scheduled game homered with three RBI and three runs scored in the second game. Has led off the last eight games after hitting second every game from 6/13-7/17. Recorded his 500th career hit on 7/15 at the Angels (double off Hector Santiago). Leads the major leagues with 19 defensive runs saved his 26 triples since 2014 are the most in the major leagues. His 13 outfi eld assists in the fi rst half tied Alex Gordon (2011) for the second-most in the major leagues since 2007 (STATS) Is hitting.309 (30-97) vs. LHP. #21 TODD FRAZIER, 3B, R-R Last Game: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, R Homestand: 2-18, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R Current Streak: 1 (.250, 1-4) MultiHR Games: 7 (5/9/16 at Tex.) GS: 3 (5/9/16 at Tex.) Season-High Streak: 6 (2x, 6/29-7/4) 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 Rankings: 2nd-HR (29); 7th-RBI (67). Frazier Among MLB 3B His 29 homers rank second in the majors and are tied Leaders Since 2012 for fi fth-most in Sox history through 99 team games. Hit a three-run homer last night off Jake Arrieta, ending an 0-15 streak has eight home runs and 18 RBI over his last 22 games. Category Home Runs Extra-Base Hits RBI Rank 1st 4th 4th No. 131 271 376 Is attempting to become the fi rst player in Sox history to lead the majors in homers is on pace to hit 47, which Total Bases 4th 1,180 would be the second-highest total in club history behind Albert Belle's 49 in 1998. Homered in three straight games on 7/18-20 at Seattle for the fi rst time in his career. Finished second in the Home Run Derby, defeating Carlos Gonzalez and Adam Duvall before losing to Giancarlo Stanton in his bid to defend his title his 25 home runs before the break tied for sixth-most in Sox history (most ever by a third baseman). His 93 home runs since 2014 rank seventh in the major leagues. #26 AVISAIL GARCIA, OF, R-R Last Game: DNP Homestand: 0-1 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) AL Rankings: T2nd-RISP/Two outs (.444). Is 4-7 with a home run, two walks two RBI and two runs scored over his last three starts is hitting.172 (11-64) over his last 22 games. His solo homer on 7/23 vs. Detroit was his fi rst since 5/28 at Kansas City (133 PA). Has made 57 starts at designated hitter, 10 in right fi eld and six in left. Is hitting.333 (20-60) with RISP and.444 (12-27) with RISP/two outs. #15 BRETT LAWRIE, INF, R-R Last Game: DNP Homestand: 0-1 MultiHR Games: 1 (6/25/16 vs. Tor.) GS: 3 (6/24/15 at Tex.) Season-High Streak: 11 (6/28-7/9) Career High: H (4; 7/29/15 at LAD) HR (2; 6/25/16 vs. Tor.) RBI (5; 4/15/14 at Min.) Has missed the last four games left hamstring suffered on 7/21 vs. Detroit. Ranks second on the team with 12 home runs is hitting.111 (3-27) over his last eight games, compared to.397 (25-63) over his previous 16. Is on pace to set career highs with 36 doubles, 20 homers and 49 walks. Compiled a career-high tying, 11-game hitting streak from 6/28-7/9 (.390, 14-38). Recorded his first career multihomer game on 6/25 vs. Toronto, becoming the first Sox player since Ron Santo on 6/9/74 vs. Boston to hit a home run and an inside-the-park homer in consecutive plate appearances (STATS). His inside-the-park homer was the fi rst for the Sox since Scott Podsednik on 9/12/09 at the Angels and fi rst at home since Chris Singleton on 9/29/00 vs. Kansas City Has started 92 of the Sox first 95 games at second base before missing the last three. #44 JUSTIN MORNEAU, 1B, L-R Last Game: 1-4 Homestand: 4-13, HR, 3 RBI, R, BB Current Streak: 5 (.375, 6-16) MultiHR Games: 20 (8/9/13 at CWS) GS: 7 (8/9/13 at CWS) Season-High Streak: 5 (7/20-) Career Highs: H (5; 2x, 7/10/08 at Det.) HR (3, 7/6/07 at CWS) RBI (7, 7/20/09 at Oak.) Owns a fi ve-game hitting streak, going 6-16 with a double, home run, four RBI and three walks. Has made seven starts at designated hitter since being recalled from his rehab assignment at Class AA Birmingham and reinstated from the 15-day disabled list on 7/15. Hit a three-run homer on 7/22 vs. Detroit, his fi rst since 5/16/15 vs Arizona (with Colorado) three RBI were his most since 4/27/15 at Arizona. Agreed to terms on a one-year deal on 6/9 and was placed on the disabled list to continue recovering from surgery on 12/22/15 to repair the primary flexor in his left elbow. Batted.310 (52-168) with 10 doubles, three homers and 15 RBI in 49 games with Colorado in 2015 and led the NL with a.319 average with the Rockies in 2014. His 242 career home runs are tied for seventh among active lefty batters. From 2005-15, ranked seventh in the majors among left-handed hitters in doubles (314) and RBI (886) and 13th in homers (218). #38 OMAR NARVAEZ, C, L-R Last Game: DNP Homestand: 1-2, BB, R Current Streak: 2 (.400, 2-5) MultiHR Games: N/A GS: N/A Season-High Streak: 1 (7/17-current) Career High: H (1, 7/17/16 at LAA) HR (N/A) RBI (N/A) Made his second start on 7/22 vs. Detroit, going 1-2 with a walk and run scored made his major-league debut on 7/17 at the Angels, doubling off Jered Weaver in his fi rst at-bat. His contract was purchased from Class AAA Charlotte on 7/6 to replace Alex Avila. Is hitting.239 (45-188) with eight doubles, two home runs, 16 RBI and 18 runs scored over 54 combined games this season between Class AA Birmingham and Charlotte. Has thrown out 40.1 percent (161-401) of attempted basestealers in the minors. #27 DIONER NAVARRO, C, S-R Last Game: 0-3 Homestand: 3-13, 2B, RBI, R 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.130 (6-46) over his last 15 games ended an 0-21 streak on 7/18 at Seattle. Hit three home runs for the Cubs on 5/29/13 at U.S. Cellular Field. Hit his fifth home run on 7/4 vs. the Yankees, a two-run shot off CC Sabathia his four RBI on 7/2 at Houston were his most since a career-high six on 5/29/13 at Chicago-AL. Has made 58 starts at catcher Sox pitchers own a 3.81 ERA (221 ER/522.1 IP) when he is behind the plate has thrown out 12.5 percent (4-32) of attempted basestealers. #18 TYLER SALADINO, INF, R-R Last Game: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R Homestand: 4-13, 2B, RBI, 2 R Current Streak: 3 (.308, 4-13) MultiHR Games: NONE GS: NONE Season-High Streak: 7 (5/6-22) Career High: H (3; 4x, 7/20/16 at Sea.) HR (1; 9x, 6/29/16 vs. Min.) RBI (4; 6/14/16 vs. Det.) Recorded his second career walkoff hit last night (also 8/30/15 vs. Seattle), a one-out single off Mike Montgomery in the ninth inning. Has made nine starts (one at SS) since Tim Anderson was recalled on 6/10 has made his fi rst three career starts at second base in the absence of Brett Lawrie. Tied his career high with three hits (fourth time) on 7/20 at Seattle, his 27th birthday. Is hitting.316 (18-57) on the road and.342 (13-38) with RISP. Has appeared in 28 games (25 starts) at SS, six (six) at 3B and two (zero) at 1B and three (two) at 2B. #20 J.B. SHUCK, OF, L-L Last Game: 1-4, R Homestand: 3-18, 2 R Current Streak: 2 (.375, 3-8) MultiHR Games: NONE GS: NONE Season-High Streak: 6 (6/10-17) Career High: H (3; 11x, 7/19/16 at Sea.) HR (1; 6x, 6/26/16 vs. Tor.) RBI (4; 6/25/13 at Det.) Led off the ninth inning last night with a single and later scored the winning run. Ended an 0-15 streak in Sunday's regularly scheduled game with a fi rst-inning single is hitting.288 (23-80) over his last 23 games. Has started 34 of the last 39 games (31 in CF, two at DH, one in LF). Matched his career high with three hits on 7/19 at Seattle (11th time). Homered in consecutive games on 6/25-26 vs. Toronto for the fi rst time in his career. Made his fi rst career appearance as a pitcher on 6/8 vs. Washington (1 ER/1.0 IP). WHITE SOX HITTERS VS. CHICAGO CUBS 2016 CAREER Player AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Abreu.333 3 1 0 0.343 35 12 1 4 Anderson.000 4 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 0 Cabrera.500 2 1 0 0.219 73 16 1 5 Eaton.250 4 1 0 1.271 48 13 1 5 Frazier.250 4 1 1 3.264 265 70 12 46 Garcia.130 23 3 0 2 Lawrie Morneau.250 4 1 0 0.312 93 29 2 13 Narvaez Navarro.000 3 0 0 0.224 49 11 0 5 Saladino.500 4 2 0 1.296 27 8 0 2 Shuck.250 4 1 0 0.304 23 7 0 2 TOTALS.250 32 8 1 5
2016 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS WHITE SOX Runs, Game... 11, 5/10 at Texas Runs, Inning... 5, 6x, last 6/29 vs. Minnesota (6th) Hits, Game...16, 6/13 vs. Detroit Hits, Inning... 6, 4/7 at Oakland (9th) Consecutive Hits, Inning... 5, 4/7 at Oakland (9th) Doubles... 4, 6x, last 7/1 at Houston Triples... 2, 3x, last 7/2 at Houston Home Runs... 7, 6/25 vs. Toronto Extra-Base Hits...8, 6/25 vs. Toronto Stolen Bases... 4, 5/31 at New York-NL Left On Base... 13, 4/23 vs. Texas Errors...4, 7/4 vs. New York-AL Strikeouts... 14, 6/1 at New York-NL Walks... 9, 5/5 vs. Boston Double Plays (Hit Into)...3, 5x, last 7/19 at Seattle OPPONENTS Runs, Game...13, 2x, last 6/18 at Cleveland Runs, Inning... 7, 2x, last 5/28 at Kansas City (9th) Hits, Game...20, 7/5 vs. New York-AL Hits, Inning... 6, 2x, last 5/28 at Kansas City (9th) Doubles...7, 2x, last 7/5 vs. New York-AL Triples...2, 2x, last 6/14 vs. Detroit Home Runs...4, 3x, last 7/24 vs. Detroit Extra-Base Hits... 9, 3x, last 7/8 vs. Atlanta Stolen Bases... 4, 5/11 at Texas Left On Base...14, 3x, last 7/5 vs. New York-AL Errors...3, 5x, last 7/4 vs. New York-AL Strikeouts... 13, 4/27 at Toronto Walks...13, last 6/1 at New York-NL Double Plays (Hit Into)... 5, 6/1 at New York-NL WHITE SOX INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest Hitting Streak... 11 games, 2x, last Lawrie, 6/28-7/9 Runs...4, Rollins, 5/10 at Texas Hits...4, 5x, last Avila, 6/23 at Boston Doubles... 2, 9x, last Abreu, 7/16 at Los Angeles-AL Triples...1, 21x, last Cabrera, 7/20 at Seattle Home Runs...2, 3x, last Lawrie, 6/25 vs. Toronto Consecutive Games w/hr...3, 2x, last Frazier, 7/18-7/20 Runs Batted In...6, Frazier, 5/9 at Texas Stolen Bases...2, 2x, last Lawrie, 6/28 vs. Minnesota Strikeouts...4, 2x, last Jackson, 5/15 at New York-AL Walks... 3, 5x, last Abreu, 6/13 vs. Detroit WHITE SOX INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Innings Pitched, Starter...9.0, 3x, last Sale, 5/19 vs. Houston Innings Pitched, Reliever...3.1, Purke, 6/18 at Cleveland Strikeouts, Starter...10, 2x, last Quintana, 6/11 vs. Kansas City Strikeouts, Reliever...5, Purke, 6/18 at Cleveland Walks... 6, Quintana, 6/22 at Boston Fewest Hits Allowed, Complete Game...2, 2x, last Shields, 7/16 at Los Angeles-AL Consecutive Scoreless IP, Starter... 20.0, Quintana, 4/17-5/3 Consecutive Scoreless IP, Reliever... 12.1, Jones, 4/7-5/8 Consecutive Scoreless Relief Appearances... 12, Jones, 4/7-5/8 Consecutive Saves Converted... 13, Robertson, 5/22-7/3 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.500... 13 games, 5/9 Most Games Under.500... 4 games, 7/22 Largest Division Lead... 6.0 games, 5/9 Largest Division Deficit...10.5 games, 2x, last 7/22 Longest Winning Streak... 6 games, 4/22-27 Longest Losing Streak... 7 games, 5/23-30 Longest Home Winning Streak... 4 games, 4/22-5/3 Longest Home Losing Streak... 5 games, 5/23-6/8 Longest Road Winning Streak... 5 games, 4/7-15 Longest Road Losing Streak...6 games, 2x last, 6/3-20 Longest Game, Innings... 13.0, 6/1 at New York-NL Longest Game, Time... 4:41, 6/1 at New York-NL Longest 9-Inning Game... 3:57, 5/5 vs. Boston Shortest Game, Time...2:08, 7/21 vs. Detroit Shortest 9-Inning Game... 2:11, 5/19 vs. Houston Largest Margin of Victory... 9, 4/26 at Toronto Largest Margin of Defeat... 11, 6/18 at Cleveland Largest Deficit Overcome...7, 6/13 vs. Detroit Largest Lead Surrendered...6, 5/28 at Kansas City Fewest Hits, Game... 2, 5/30 at New York-NL Fewest Hits Allowed, Game...2, 2x, last 7/16 at Los Angeles-AL U.S. CELLULAR FIELD ATTENDANCE Largest Home Crowd... 39,510, 7/25 vs. Chicago-NL 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...110,357, 7/21-24 vs. Detroit SERIES RECORD One-Game Series... N/A Two-Game Series... 0-0-1 Three-Game Series...10-14 Four-Game Series... 2-1-3 First Game...16-16 Second Game...13-18 Third Game...17-13 Fourth Game...3-3 NUMBER OF DAYS IN First Place... 46 Second Place... 12 Third Place... 20 Fourth Place... 35 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 Player (Career No.) Date/Opp. Anderson (1)...6/21 at Boston PINCH HIT HOME RUNS Frazier (3)... 5/9 at Texas Player (Career No.) Date/Opp (Inn.) Cabrera (3)... 5/27 at K.C. N/A BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS Players Date/Opp (Inn.) Cabrera and Frazier...5/27 at Kansas City (6th) Lawrie and Avila... 6/10 vs. Kansas City (4th) Lawrie, Navarro and Shuck... 6/25 vs. Toronto (3rd) MULTIHOMER GAMES Player (Career No.) Date/Opp. Frazier (7)... 5/9 at Texas Avila (5)...6/10 vs. Kansas City Lawrie (1)...6/25 vs. Toronto GAME-ENDING PLAYS (NON-HR) Player (hit/play) Date/Opp (Inn.) Abreu (single)...4/23 vs. LAA (11th) Eaton (single)... 6/13 vs. Det. (12th) Eaton (single)... 7/23 vs. Det. (9th) Cabrera (single)... 7/24 vs. Det. (9th) Saladino (single)...7/25 vs. Cubs (9th) WHITE SOX STARTS BY POSITION Pitcher (10) Quintana (20), Sale (19), Rodon (16), Gonzalez (15), Latos (11), Shields (9), Danks (4), Johnson (2), Turner (2), Albers (1) Catcher (4) Navarro (58), Avila (37), Narvaez (2), H. Sanchez (2) First Base (3) Abreu (94), Sands (3), Frazier (2) Second Base (3) Lawrie (92), C. Sanchez (4), Saladino (3) Third Base (2) Frazier (93), Saladino (6) Shortstop (4) Anderson (38), Rollins (34), Saladino (25), C. Sanchez (2) Left Field (5) Cabrera (88), Garcia (6), Coats (2), Shuck (2), Eaton (1) Center Field (3) Jackson (52), Shuck (35), Eaton (12) Right Field (3) Eaton (84), Garcia (10), Coats (3), Shuck (2) DH (13) Garcia (57), Sands (10), Morneau (7), Rollins (4), Abreu (3), Shuck (3), Avila (2), Cabrera (2), Coats (2), Frazier (2), Lawrie (2), Davidson (1), Navarro (1) WHITE SOX STARTS BY ORDER 1st (3) Eaton (69), Anderson (28), Jackson (2) 2nd (10) Rollins (31), Eaton (28), Jackson (11), Abreu (7), Anderson (7), Saladino (7), Cabrera (4), C. Sanchez (2), Coats (1), Lawrie (1) 3rd (3) Abreu (75), Frazier (14), Cabrera (10) 4th (6) Frazier (56), Cabrera (31), Abreu (9), Garcia (1), Morneau (1), Sands (1) 5th (10) Cabrera (44), Frazier (24), Lawrie (9), Abreu (6), Morneau (4), Shuck (4), Avila (3), Sands (3), Garcia (1), Navarro (1) 6th (9) Lawrie (68), Garcia (8), Avila (7), Frazier (4), Navarro (4), Shuck (3), Morneau (2), Rollins (2), Saladino (1) 7th (10) Garcia (34), Lawrie (16), Navarro (14), Sands (9), Avila (8), Rollins (5), Jackson (4), Shuck (5), Saladino (2), C. Sanchez (2) 8th (10) Navarro (34), Garcia (28), Avila (19), Shuck (9), Coats (2), Saladino (2), H. Sanchez (2), Davidson (1), C. Sanchez (1), Jackson (1) 9th (13) Jackson (33), Saladino (23), Shuck (21), Navarro (6), Coats (4), Anderson (3), Avila (2), Narvaez (2), C. Sanchez (1), Garcia (1), Gonzalez (1), Latos (1), Quintana (1) RUNS SCORED BY INNING Inn Sox Opp. SOX STATS BY POSITION Pos. HR RBI 1st 39 57 C 7 27 2nd 48 46 1B 12 57 3rd 48 60 2B 11 34 4th 47 40 3B 30 72 5th 49 38 SS 10 34 6th 41 52 LF 9 46 7th 50 40 CF 3 33 8th 33 54 RF 6 34 9th 38 35 DH 10 46 Extras 10 5 PH 0 1 TOTALS 403 427 P 0 0 TOTALS 98 384 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...brett Lawrie, June 25, 2016 vs. Toronto Leadoff home run... Tim Anderson, June 21, 2016 at Boston 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