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WE'VE MOVED!

2009-05-14T17:58:12Z

After a couple months of work, WGN has finally upgraded all of our blogs! Woo hoo!

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One Fine Day

2009-05-11T16:56:03Z

People talk about the Sox lack of offense, but I have faith they will come around. Everything in baseball is contagious, and that works both ways with hitting where when you're in a funk it can spread, but just as quickly, once somebody gets hot, it seems like more guys do. With starting pitching, a good performance turns into a "top you" type of mentality for the other starters.

We'll be fine. This is a good ballclub and this current slump will run its course.

Hawk

Game Notes For Monday @ Cleveland

2009-05-11T16:49:18Z

* Chicago has won 11 of its last 16 meetings overall with the Indians, however, the White Sox have dropped two of their last three trips to Cleveland. * The Indians have been outscored 23-6 during their current four-game losing streak. Cleveland is 5-10 against AL Central foes this season. * The White Sox have lost six of their last eight games and will be looking to snap their current four-game road losing streak. * Carl Pavano will be looking to win his third straight start. Pavano is 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA in two career starts against the White Sox. * Gavin Floyd is 0-1 with an 8.22 ERA in his last three starts. Floyd has won each of his last two starts against the Indians. * Paul Konerko has 114 RBI in his career against the Indians which are the most in his career against any opponent.

Sox Lose Finale To Rangers

2009-05-11T03:29:39Z

One-Hitter For Buehrle

2009-05-10T03:33:40Z

Game Notes For Friday vs. Rangers

2009-05-08T19:17:27Z

Thursday’s 6-0 win over Detroit was Chicago’s second shutout of the season, both coming at home. That is tied with the Tigers and Angels for the most home shutouts in the American League. * Texas has hit at least one home run in all but two of its games so far this season. The Rangers lead the majors with 50 homers, which is nine more than any other club. * After posting a .295 average in April, Michael Young is batting a blistering .452 (14-for-31) so far in May. * Matt Harrison is 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA in his last two starts, including a win over the White Sox, after going 0-2 with a 9.20 ERA in his previous three starts. * Dating back to last season, Jose Contreras is 0-4 with an 8.10 ERA in his last nine starts and will be seeking his first win since June 27, 2008. Contreras is 1-2 with a 10.17 ERA in five career starts against Texas.

Game Notes For Wednesday vs. Tigers

2009-05-06T18:36:28Z

* The White Sox have won seven of the last eight matchups between these clubs at U.S. Cellular Field. These teams split two games last month at Comerica Park (the third game was rained out). * Detroit has won three of its last four games overall and will be looking to win its third straight road contest. * The White Sox will be looking to snap their four-game losing streak. * Mark Buehrle has won four consecutive starts. Buehrle is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA in his last four starts against the Tigers, last losing to them back in July of 2007. * Jermaine Dye will be looking to extend his hitting streak against Detroit to 11 games. Dye is hitting .341 (14-for-41) with four doubles, four homers and nine RBI during his 10-game hit streak. * Miguel Cabrera is hitting .452 (14-for-31) with three homers and nine RBI during his current nine-game hitting streak. Cabrera is 4-for-10 with a homer and two RBI against the White Sox this season

Game Notes For Monday @ KC

2009-05-04T18:55:19Z

* Kansas City won two of the three meetings between these teams earlier this season in Chicago. * The Royals have won four of their last five games and will be looking to extend their winning streak to three games in a row. * The White Sox will be looking to avoid dropping a third consecutive road game. Chicago has lost each of its last two road series. * Zack Greinke will be looking to become the major league's first six-game winner this season. Greinke is 2-0 with a 1.46 ERA in his last two starts against the White Sox. * Bartolo Colon has 15 wins in his career against the Royals which are the second most in his career against any opponent (Texas, 17). * Jose Guillen is hitting .438 with seven RBI over his last four games but is hitting just .167 in three meetings with the White Sox this season.

Game Notes For Saturday @ Rangers

2009-05-02T16:47:27Z

*Last night’s win was just the White Sox’ 10th victory in their last 27 times visiting the Rangers, dating back to 8/14/02. *The Sox are 8-0 this season when scoring first. *The Rangers, however, have outscored their opponents by 19 runs in the first three innings this season, which is the highest margin in the majors. * Texas has scored a higher percentage of its runs via the homer than any other squad (48.4%). * Since he joined the ChiSox last year, Carlos Quentin has knocked in 95 runs in the 87 wins in which he has played; in the 65 defeats, he has just 21 RBI.

Game Notes For Friday @ Texas

2009-05-01T16:01:56Z

* The Rangers have won 17 of their last 26 home games against the White Sox, dating back to 2002. * The White Sox are the American League’s only undefeated team (8-0) when scoring first this season. * The Rangers already have four players who have hit at least six home runs this season – two more than any other team in the majors. * The top four spots in the White Sox lineup are hitting a combined .227 this season – second lowest in the majors. * Mark Buehrle has lost just twice (10-2) over his last 15 starts * Andruw Jones has 11 hits this season, and eight of them have gone for extra bases (five doubles, three homers).

Sox Win Finale vs. M's

2009-04-30T19:19:24Z

Game Notes For Monday vs. Mariners

2009-04-27T19:07:58Z

* The White Sox went 5-1 against the Mariners in 2008 and have won each of the last three meetings between the clubs. * Chicago has lost three of its last four games and has been outscored 24-5 in its three losses in that span. The White Sox have lost two of their three home series’ so far this season. * At 7-3, Seattle is tied with Toronto for the best road record among AL teams this season. * John Danks is 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA in his last two starts and is 0-3 with a 7.31 ERA in three career starts against Seattle. Danks will be facing the Mariners for the first time since August of 2007. * Chris Jakubauskas will be making the third start of his career. Jakubauskas is winless (0-2) with an 8.31 ERA in two career starts. * Brian Anderson has recorded at least two hits in each of his last three games, hitting .636 (7-for-11) in that span. Anderson is hitting .204 in 18 career games against the Mariners.

Sox Lose Finale To Jays

2009-04-27T00:05:21Z

Game Notes For Wednesday @ Orioles

2009-04-22T22:52:39Z

* Though hanging tough at .500, the Orioles have surrendered more runs through their first 14 games (102) than they have in all but one other season since they moved to Baltimore in 1954 (103 in 1999). * Nick Markakis and Aubrey Huff led the way for the Orioles on Tuesday and have driven in more runs (32) than any other duo so far this season. *Since the start of the 2008 season, John Danks and Mark Buehrle lead the majors with 16 starts allowing two or fewer runs. *AJ Pierzynski has a career .371 (36-for-97) average at Camden Yards, second only to Ichiro Suzuki (.385) among opposing players.

Game Notes For Tuesday @ Baltimore

2009-04-21T19:20:19Z

* The White Sox are 61-42 (.592) in Baltimore since 1987, Chicago’s best road winning percentage against any American League opponent over that span.
* The White Sox won their last two games at Tampa Bay to take that series, three games to one. Chicago improved to 7-5, the first time this season they’ve moved two games over .500.
* The Orioles have lost five in a row to dip below .500 (6-7) for the first time in 2009. They surrendered 12 runs on Monday, the fifth time this season they’ve allowed at least 10.
* Carlos Quentin’s .814 slugging percentage through 12 team games is the third-highest mark by any White Sox hitter at this point of the season since 1954 (minimum 40 PA).
* Nick Markakis has reached base in each of his last 22 games, the longest active streak among current American Leaguers. He’s batting .395 against righthanded pitching this year, as compared to .167 versus lefthanders.
* Brian Roberts has scored at least one run in all six Oriole wins this season. He’s hit .519 (14-for-27) in Baltimore’s victories, collecting at least two hits in five of the six wins.