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* The White Sox have lost five of their last six games against the Mariners at SAFECO Field and are 8-18 against Seattle at SAFECO since the beginning of the 2001 season. * Jose Contreras’ 6-14 record is the worst by a White Sox player in a single season since Todd Ritchie went 5-15 in 2002 (minimum 20 decisions). * Bobby Jenks has successfully retired the last 41 batters he has faced, the most since Tom Browning retired 40 batters in a row in 1988. * Miguel Batista is 2-1 with a 2.89 ERA in nine career appearances against the White Sox. The 2.89 ERA is Batista’s second lowest versus any opponent throughout his career (minimum 40 IP). * After having one of the worst months at the plate in his career, Raul Ibanez has bounced back in August with a .400 (20-for-50) average while recording six home runs and 14 RBI. * J.J. Putz has a 1.95 ERA over the past two seasons and has a chance to become the first Seattle pitcher to register an ERA below 2.00 over any two-year span (minimum 100 IP).

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* Since 2001, the White Sox are tied (Tampa Bay) for the worst record (6-24) in Oakland of any team in the American League. * For just the second time this season, the White Sox have won four straight games on the road. * Oakland’s .234 home batting average this season is the lowest in the American League since the 1982 Athletics hit just .229 at home. * On this date 20 years ago, Mark McGwire of the Oakland A's hit his 39th home run, setting a record for the most home runs by a major league rookie. * Dan Haren has allowed more than three earned runs just once over his last 26 starts. * Jack Cust has hit nine home runs in just 95 at bats versus AL Central opponents this season. * Bobby Jenks has tied Jim Barr’s (SF, 1972) record of 41 consecutive batters retired.

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* Since 2004, the White Sox are 14-4 at home against the Mariners – their second best (25-7 vs. Royals) home record over that span. * Seattle totaled 31 runs and 49 hits in sweeping three games at Baltimore, capped with a 13-8 win on Thursday. * The White Sox have knocked out multiple home runs in five of their last seven games. * While the Mariners have outscored their opponents by 38 runs (2nd best in the AL) from the 7th inning on this season, the White Sox have been outscored by an MLB-high 90 runs (133/233) after the sixth inning. * Yuniesky Betancourt has 10 RBI over his last seven games, after knocking in just nine runs over his previous 48 games. * Over the last two seasons, Ichiro has been successful on 76 of his 80 (95 percent) stolen base attempts. * Last season, Jarrod Washburn allowed 15 home runs on the road. This season, he has allowed just a single home run away from the Great Northwest.

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* Cleveland split four games with the Twins in Minnesota over the weekend and is now 5-3 in its last eight road contests overall. * With their 3-game sweep of the Tigers over the weekend, the White Sox have won four straight overall and are now 9-4 since July 24. * These two teams have split their last 24 games in Chicago, each winning 12 times. * The Indians have five wins this season when trailing after eight innings—tied with the D-Rays for most in baseball. * Ryan Garko is hitting .520 (13-for-25) with two home runs in seven games vs. the White Sox this season. Garko has at least one hit in each of his five career games at U.S. Cellular Field (7-for-19, .368). * Jake Westbrook is 0-3 with an 8.78 ERA in five road starts this season—Westbrook’s last road victory came last September 24 vs. Texas. * Bobby Jenks is 1-0 and hasn’t allowed a run or a hit in his last 10 appearances (10 IP). The Sox’ closer has converted all seven of his save opportunities during that span as well. * Jermaine Dye has 10 home runs since the All-Star break—tied for second most in baseball.

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The Sox held their annual golf outing at Harborside and a good time was had by all.

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