CHICAGO WHITE SOX (58-64) vs.

SEATTLE MARINERS (57-67)

Sunday, August 23, 2015 Safeco Field
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Chicago White Sox
Seattle Mariners
First Pitch: 1:10

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Time of Game: 2:48

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Temp: 67/W at 3 mph

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Attendance: 30, 537

WP: Taijuan Walker (9-7) LP: John Danks (6-11)

SV: Tom Wilhelmsen (3)
HOME RUNS:
Robinson Can

NO.
14

PITCHER
Danks

INN.
5

MOB
2

OUT
2

COUNT
0-0

DISTANCE
385/RC

Jose Abreu

23

Walker

1-0

389/LC

Adam LaRoche

12

Kensing

2-1

407/RC

MARINERS NOTES:
Seattle has won 11 of the last 14 starts by Taijuan Walker after winning just 3 of his first 11 starts.
The Mariners recorded 5 hits in the 3rd inning, tied for their most hits in a single frame this season (6x, last: July
26, 3rd inning vs. Toronto).
Austin Jackson collected 2 hits, his 2nd consecutive multi-hit gamehas 7 multi-hit efforts in his last 11 games
since Aug. 11.
o During 11-game streak is hitting .348 (16x46) with 5 runs, 4 doubles, 1 home run and 5 RBI.
Austin Jackson is batting .442 (23x52) with 3 doubles, 3 home runs and 5 walks in his career against Chicago
starter John Danks2nd-highest average against Danks among active players with at least 20 plate appearances.
Dating back to April 26, 2011, Robinson Can has hit safely in 26 of his last 30 games vs. the White Sox, batting
.336 (38x113) with 21 runs, 5 doubles, 10 home runs and 24 RBI.
Robinson Can hit his 14th home run of the season, tying his total from 2014.
o Has hit 12 of his 14 home runs in his last 51 games; hit 2 in his first 67 games of the season.
Nelson Cruz extended his on-base streak to 33 games (via H, BB, HBP), dating back to July 18batting .360
(49x136) with 27 runs, 9 doubles, 16 home runs and 25 RBI.
o Longest active on-base streak in the Majors and 3rd-longest overall this season.
o 17th on-base streak of at least 33 games in franchise history, done by 9 different players.
o It is the longest streak since Ichiro Suzukis 43-game streak from April 28-June 14, 2009.
Cruz currently has an 8-game hitting streak, batting .294 (10x34) with 8 runs, 3 doubles, 3 home runs, 8 RBI.
Nelson Cruz recorded his 25th go-ahead RBI of the season, 2nd-most in the A.L.
Mark Trumbo extended his hitting streak to 6 games, batting .292 (7x24) with 4 runs scored, 1 double, 2 home
runs, 4 RBI and 2 walks.
Logan Kensing appeared in a Major League game for the first time since June 19, 2013 at Toronto (w/COL).
WHITE SOX NOTES:
Chicagos 3-game winning streak to end current 7-game road trip was snappedHad lost 7 of 8 road games prior
to the winning streak.
The White Sox scored 5 runs in the top of the 6th inningmarks the 10th time this season the White Sox have
scored at least 5 runs in an innings (last: 8/20 at LAA, 5 R in T5).
Adam Eaton currently has a 5-game hitting streak, batting .350 (7x20) with 2 runs scored, 1 doubles, 2 RBI, 1
walk and 1 stolen base.
o Dating back to July 23, Adam Eaton has hit safely in 15 of his last 17 road games, batting .343 (23x67)
with 14 runs scored, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 10 RBI, 6 walks and 4 stolen bases.
o This season Eaton is batting .288 (69x240) with 42 runs, 10 doubles, 3 triples, 6 home runs, 23 RBI, 18
walks and 8 stolen bases in 60 games on the road, compared to .241 (53x220) in 56 games at home.
Jose Abreu has hit safely in 7 of his last 9 games, batting .343 (12x35) with 2 runs scored, 5 doubles, 2 home
run, 9 RBI and 2 walks.
o Abreu hit his 23rd home run of the season with a 2-run blast in the bottom of the 5th inning.
o Since July 24, Abreu has recorded 28 RBI over 28 games, including 8 multi-RBI games.
John Danks fell to 2-8 with a 6.48 ERA (48 ER, 66.2 IP) in 12 road starts this seasonis 4-3 with a 3.45 ERA (29
ER, 73.0 IP) in 12 home starts
Adam LaRoche hit his 3rd home run since Aug. 7 following a season-long 30-game stretch without a
homerrecorded first multi extra-base hit game since June 24 and 4th overall this season.
NEXT GAME
Seattle Mariners vs. Oakland Athletics - Monday, August 24, 2015 at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (5-2, 3.74)
vs.
LHP Felix Doubront (1-1, 3.89)

WHITE SOX MANAGER ROBIN VENTURA:

On a rough start from John Danks
In the third, it just seemed like his ball was up, and they put good hacks on it, and got something going. The big one was
the home run from Can. I think any time he elevates, theres going to be some issues.
On climbing back to make it a close game against Taijuan Walker
I thought we did a nice job of coming back. The game always changes once a guy gets a lead, you never know exactly
how hes going to go about it. At that time, we were just trying to get back ahead and manage it, he could have pitched
different if it was a one-run game. Something changed, and we started to get some pitches to hit.