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May 2009 Archives
* The Royals have won four straight against the White Sox, including the last two home games.
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* Brian Bannister is 4-1 this year with a 2.79 ERA, but he has struggled in the past against
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* Jim Thome has 43 home runs against
* Jermaine Dye is hitting just .286 in his last eight games, but is slugging .750 on a double and four home runs which includes 11 RBI.
*The Sox are 10-4 at Anaheim since 2006 which is their best road record against an AL opponent in that span.
* Last year, Paul Konerko hit only .232 with RISP. This year, he is at .382, the highest increase in baseball.
*Jim Thome is slugging .646 on the road this year and only .333 at home, the second-biggest disaparity among MLB players.
*The Sox average 6.65 runs in their wins and only 2.13 runs in their losses
Continue reading Game Notes For Tuesday @ Anaheim.
* The White Sox swept the series from the Pirates in 2008, outscoring Pittsburgh 37-15 over the three contests.
* The Pirates saw their five-game win streak snapped on Thursday. They are averaging 7.3 runs per game over their last six contests.
* The 20 runs allowed by the White Sox in their loss to Minnesota on Thursday are tied for the seventh most given up in a game in franchise history. The last time the White Sox allowed 20+ runs in a game was on July 6, 2007 - also against the Twins.
* Nate McLouth is batting .386 with runners in scoring position this season.
* Jermaine Dye hit a league-high eight home runs in interleague play last season.
* Gavin Floyd has really struggled so far this month (0-2, 12.00 ERA, .358 opponent BA). But he is 2-0 with a 1.46 ERA in two career starts against the Pirates.
Continue reading Game Notes For Friday vs. Pirates.
Last night's game turned on one great at-bat by Jayson Nix. He was in a two-strike hole against Francisco Liriano and worked a walk that set up the grand slam by Jermaine Dye. Ozzie Guillen has been talking about wanting his hitters to give good at-bats and the hits will come. Nix's at-bat last night was the perfect example of this.
Hawk
- The White Sox have won eight of their last nine home games against the Twins.
- Minnesota has lost seven straight road games and owns the second worst road record in the majors overall this season at 4-12.
- The White Sox have scored a total of just eight runs during their current five-game losing streak.
- Scott Baker is 1-0 with a 3.46 ERA in his last two starts after posting a 0-4 record and 9.15 ERA in his first four starts of the season. Baker is 3-2 with a 6.81 ERA in eight career starts against the White Sox.
- Chicago has won six of Mark Buehrle's seven starts this season, including a 6-1 victory against the Twins on April 12. Buehrle's 22 wins are the most in his career against any opponent.
- Justin Morneau is hitting .462 with two doubles, four homers and seven RBI during his current six-game hitting streak, while Joe Mauer is hitting .419 with five homers and 14 RBI during his 11-game hit streak.
- The Blue Jays have won nine of their 11 meetings with the White Sox since 2008.
- After scoring 23 runs in their two games on May 5-6, the Blue Jays have managed only 24 runs in their last seven games.
- Aaron Hill's 17 multi-hit games are second-most in the league this season.
- Since May 1, Scott Rolen is hitting .341 (14/41) with seven doubles, seven RBI and 10 runs scored.
- In their last eight road games, White Sox's starters have an 8.78 ERA and .349 opponent batting average.
- Jim Thome is 4-for-7 with two home runs, four RBI and four runs scored in his last two games.
