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Welcome to the WGN-TV White Sox Baseball Blog, hosted by WGN Sports broadcasters Hawk Harrelson and Steve Stone.
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* The Red Sox are averaging 7.2 runs per game over their last six road contests (5-1).
* The White Sox have a 2.03 team ERA so far this month.
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* Paul Byrd is making just his second appearance of the season for
* Paul Konerko is batting .353 (12-for-34) over his last 10 games.
*On August 1, the Cubs were 1/2 game out in their division and one game out in the wild card. Today they trail by 10 1/2 in the division and six in the wild card.*On August 1, the Sox were one and a half games out in their division and eight out in the wild card. Today they trail by seven in the division and 13 in the wild card.
*The Sox lead the Cubs 36-35 in the rivalry and 3-2 this year.
*Ryan Dempster is 5-2 at Wrigley this year, partially because the Cubs have scored an average of 8.61 runs for him at home.
*Gordan Beckham is 14-for-34 (.412) with two out and RISP.
*The Sox are 2-16 in their last 18 games at the Metrodome and have been outscored 105-66.
*The Sox are 16-24 in one-run games, third-worst in baseball. The Twins have won their last seven one-run games.
*Gordan Beckham is 14-for-31 against the Twins this season.
*Joe Mauer is hitting .398 vs. lefthanders this year and .311 against righties.
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* The Twins have four players with at least 20 home runs (Morneau, Mauer, Cuddyer, Kubel) for the first time since their 1987 World Series-winning season (Hrbek, Brunansky, Gaetti, Puckett).
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* Gordon Beckham leads all
* Gavin Floyd is 7-3 with a 2.77 ERA in 16 starts going back to June 1, ranking third in the
* Denard Span is batting .438 (21/48) over his last 12 games, with six extra-base hits and eight RBI.
* The Yankees have won five of their last seven games at home against the White Sox. The Yankees outscored the White Sox 53-28 in those seven games.
* The Yankees are hitting .295 in August; it's their highest average in a month this season.
* Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano are tied for the American League lead with 13 multi-hit games in August.
* CC Sabathia's 15 wins against the White Sox are tied for the most against any opponent in his career.
* The White Sox are 10-for-10 in stolen base attempts in their last 11 games.
* Scott Podsednik has hit safely in nine straight road games.
* The White Sox dropped a 5-4 decision to the Orioles yesterday and have now alternated wins and losses in each of their last eight games (WLWLWLWL). Chicago is just 5-13 on the road since July 4.
* Boston lost, 8-4, to the Yankees last night and dropped its first series at home since losing two of three to the Mariners, July 3-5. Overall, the Red Sox have won 11 of the last 15 meetings between these two teams since 2007.
* Jose Contreras is 3-2 with a 3.45 ERA following a White Sox loss since returning from the minors on June 8. Contreras has 10 career starts vs. the Red Sox and is 3-4 with an 8.14 ERA in those outings.
* Clay Buchholz lost his only career start vs. the White Sox last August (3 IP, 5 ER allowed) and is just 0-3 with a 4.50 ERA in his last four home starts. Buchholz hasn't won a game at Fenway Park since May 2, 2008 vs. the Rays.
* David Ortiz was held out of yesterday's game vs. the Yankees, but is sure to be in the lineup tonight. "Big Papi" has gone deep five times in his last eight games and since June 6, has 19 home runs overall - tied for most among all AL players since that date.
* White Sox starting pitchers have posted a combined ERA of just 3.56 on the road since June 12 (6.07 ERA in first 27 road games of 2009).
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