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June 2009 Archives
*The Sox lead baseball for the third time in four years with 44.1% of their runs coming via the home run.*The Sox are a major league worst 1-32 when losing after seven innings.
*The Cubs have the worst run differential in baseball after the seventh inning at -35.
*Leadoff batters in each inning are hitting .430 off John Danks.
*The Cubs have allowed 298 runs this season - 3rd best in baseball.
*The interleague series is tied at 34 and the Sox have outscored the Cubs by just 3 runs (332-329) in those games.
*The Cubs offense has suffered the biggest drop in baseball at -1.08 runs per game (5.31 to 4.23). The Sox are third, losing .7 runs per game (4.98 to 4.28).
*The Sox are 29-15 when they homer, 6-22 when they don't.
*Milton Bradley has at least one hit in 23 of his last 24 games against the Sox.
*Jose Contreras has a 1.22 ERA since his return from the minors.
*The Sox are in the middle of a stretch where they play 21 of 27 games in Chicago. The only two series away from the Windy City were in nearby Milwaukee and Cincinnati.
*The Sox have beaten the Cubs four straight times.
*The Sox are 8-2 in their last ten road games.
*The Sox are hitting .281 on the road and only .219 at home.
*The series is tied at 33 wins each. The Sox have scored a total of 323 runs to the Cubs 322.
*Since May 27, the Cubs have hit .176 with RISP - the lowest in baseball.
*John Danks has a 3.05 ERA in seven interleague starts.
*Derrek Lee has reached base safely in 23 consecutive games.
*Paul Konerko has 14 homers against the Cubs in his White Sox career.
* The White Sox have won each of their last six games against the Brewers, outscoring Milwaukee 46-23 during the six-game winning streak.
* Clayton Richard is holding batters in the No. 1 batting slot to a .083 average this season, the lowest in the majors (minimum 25 batters faced).
* Jermaine Dye's nine home runs in interleague games since the beginning of last season are tied with Adam Dunn for the most in MLB.
* J.J. Hardy is hitless in his last 17 at-bats, including five strikeouts.
* Jeff Suppan is 1-3 with a 7.40 ERA in his last eight interleague starts. Opponents are hitting .379 against him during the eight-game stretch.
* The Brewers have allowed just nine runs in the ninth inning this season, the fewest in the majors.
* The White Sox have won eight of their last nine home games against Detroit, including four in a row.
* The Tigers are an ML-best 15-5 in day games this season while the White Sox have the fifth-worst record at 8-12.
* Chicago has lost five of its last six home games and has been outscored 33-11 and is hitting just .187 during that span.
* Armando Galarraga is 0-6 with a 7.61 ERA in his last seven starts and will be seeking his first win since an April 26th victory over Kansas City.
* Jeremy Bonderman is expected to be activated from the DL and make his first start since June 1, 2008. Bonderman has been sidelined all season while recovering from thoracic outlet compression syndrome surgery. Bonderman has nine losses in his career against the White Sox which is tied for the most losses in his career against any opponent.
* Jose Contreras will be seeking his first win of the season and is 0-6 with an 8.61 ERA in his last eight starts against Detroit.
*U.S. Cellular Field has seen an offensive drop in 1009 from 10 runs a game down to 7.8.
*The Sox have scored only 3.38 runs per game at home, but 4.93 on the road.
*Paul Konerko has driven 114 runs in his career against the Indians, the most of any active player (tied with Magglio Ordonez).
*Carl Pavano is 5-1 since May 1.
*John Danks has allowed the first batter of an inning to reach 47.4% of the time, the most in the majors.
*The Sox are 10-4 since May 19 and have an MLB-best 2.88 ERA in those two weeks.
*Oakland sends out a rookie pitcher for the 3rd straight night. The A's lead baseball with 29 starts by rookie pitchers this year. Josh Outman has allowed only a .178 batting average against in his road starts this year.
*Clayton Richards is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in his last three starts.
*Matt Holliday is hitting .333 in his last 27 games with five homers and 18 RBIs.
