LOS ANGELES ANGELS NOTES:
LEADING OFF: Today, the Angels play the second (1-0) of seven games on a road trip against the Chicago White Sox (1-0; May 29-31) and Houston Astros (June 1-4)…Halos went 5-4 on last homestand against the Minnesota Twins (2-1), Boston Red Sox (3-0) and Miami Marlins (0-3)…LAA was 3-4 on last road trip to Cleveland (1-2) and Baltimore (2-2).
WINS AND LOSSES: Halos victory last night snapped season-high-matching three game losing streak…The straight losses came after winning each of previous four (including three game sweep vs. Boston).
“WHITE SOX, WHAT’S THAT?”: Today is the second (1- 0) of seven games this season between the Angels and White Sox…In addition to the current three game set in Chicago, the teams will meet again for four games at The Big A from June 26-29…Halos have won six consecutive season series vs. White Sox and 10 of last 11 season series overall…Since 2011, Angels are 52-27 (.658) vs. CWS.
HIGHEST CAREER OBP vs. WHITE SOX
(min. 200 PA)
- Babe Ruth – .471
- Mike Trout – .459
- Ted Williams – .449
- Lou Gehrig – .446
- Jimmie Foxx – .445
FRIENDLY CONFINES: Since 2018, Angels are 10-4 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
LEAGUE LEADER: Shohei Ohtani, leads the Majors in opponent batting average (.155), is second in strikeouts (90) and ranks fourth in WHIP (0.95).
PLAY FROM AHEAD: Halos have held leads in 44 of 55 games played this year.
JOYCE CALLED UP: Yesterday, RHP Ben Joyce made his Major League debut, working one scoreless inning with two strikeouts…Recorded first career strikeout on 101.8 MPH pitch vs. Gavin Sheets; second fastest pitch for first career strikeout in the Statcast era (102.4 MPH by Julian Fernandez (COL) on 9/5/21 vs. ATL)…Joyce is ranked by MLB Pipleline as Angels #9 prospect…The Angels third round selection last season becomes the second player from the 2022 Draft to reach the Majors, following teammate Zach Neto.
‘PEN PALS: The Angels bullpen is pitching to a 3.59 ERA (198 IP – 79 ER) this season, which is the eighth-best ERA in the Majors.
LATE COMEBACKS: Halos have three wins this season when trailing after eight innings, which matches the Angels total from each of the last two seasons…Last time LAA had more than three wins in a season when trailing after eight frames was 2017 (5).
SHUT OUT: Sunday vs. Miami was the first time Halos were shut out since Aug. 21, 2022 at Detroit…The streak of 94 games without being shut out was the longest active streak in the Majors and finishes as the fourth-longest streak in Angels history.
SINGLE HANDED: Gio Urshela has hit 47 singles this year plus 10 extra-base hits (seven doubles, one triple & two home runs)…Urshela ranks second, behind Toronto’s Bo Bichette (55), for the American League lead in singles…Since May 5, Urshela has hits in 18 of 22 games with a PA and ranks fourth in the A.L. with a .354 (28/79) batting average in that span.
LEAD ASSISTANT: Hunter Renfroe is tied for second in the American League with five outfield assists this season…Since 2017, his 61 outfield assists lead the Majors (Starling Marte is second with 52 assists).
NET-OW: Zack Neto has been hit by 10 pitches this season, which is second-most in the Majors…Since 1901, Neto’s 10 HBP are tied for the most through a player’s first 41 career MLB games with Nick Johnson (2001-02) and Tim Locastro (2017-19).
ESTÉVEZ ENDING: This season, Carlos Estévez is pitching to a 1.50 ERA (24 IP – 4 ER) and has converted all 13 of his save opportunities (the 13 saves are a new career high)…He is the first Angels pitcher to convert his first 13 save opportunities of a season since Troy Percival had 16 straight successful save opportunities to begin the 2001 season.
JUST MET A MAN NAMED BARRIA: Jaime Barria is scheduled to make his second start of the season tomorrow after making 11 of his 12 appearances this season from the bullpen…Since April 8, he leads the Majors (min. 25 IP) with a 0.36 ERA (25.1 IP – 1 ER).
THE MICK: Mickey Moniak has hits in nine of his 11 starts for the Angels this season, including three leadoff homers and eight total extra-base hits…He’s one of three players in the Majors with three leadoff HR this year, along with Mookie Betts (LAD) and Christian Yelich (MIL)…On May 13 at Cleveland, became the first player in MLB history to make his season debut on his birthday and hit a leadoff home run.
BACHMAN IN THE SHOW: Sam Bachman made his MLB debut Friday night vs. Miami with 2.0 innings pitched in relief…The Angels first round pick (ninth overall) in the 2021 Draft, Bachman is currently rated by MLB Pipleline as the #4 prospect in the Halos system…He is the highest drafted player from the 2021 Draft to debut and the only pitcher from the first two rounds of that Draft to appear in the Majors.
UNEARNED: Angels have allowed 31 unearned runs this season, which leads the Majors…Halos have committed 34 fielding errors this season, which is tied for sixth-most in the Majors.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER – LHP TYLER ANDERSON
2-0, 4.81 ERA
Has a 3.14 ERA (28.2 IP – 10 ER) across last five starts
TODAY’S GAME: Making 10th start of the season and sixth on the road…Is in eighth Major League season and made seventh straight Opening Day roster…Signed a three-year contract with Angels, Nov. 16, 2022.
- DECISIONS: Victory in last start snapped streak of seven consecutive starts with a no-decision…The seven game streak tied for the second-longest in franchise history…Angels record streak was eight straight no-decisions by Jim McGlothlin between the 1966-67 seasons.
- BACK ON TRACK: Pitched 6.0 scoreless innings in Angels debut on April 2 at Oakland, before allowing 5+ runs in each of next three starts…In last five starts, has a 3.14 ERA (28.2 IP – 10 ER) and 19 strikeouts.
- LEFT OUT: This season, is holding left-handers to a .234 average (11/47) compared with a .294 (42/143) average against right-handers.
- FASTBALL DAMAGE: This season, opponents are batting .290 (18/62) against his fastball, but are hitting .273 (35/128) against the rest of his arsenal.
- LAST TIME OUT: Earned the win in last start on Wednesday vs. Boston after tossing 6.0 innings and allowing one earned run on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts…The victory snapped a streak of seven straight no-decisions after winning Angels debut on April 2 at Oakland.
- HURT BY THE HOMER: 12 of 28 runs allowed this season (42.9%) have scored on home runs.
- VS. CHICAGO (A.L.): In two career starts vs. Chicago (A.L.), is 0-0 with a 6.52 ERA (9.2 IP – 7 ER) and six strikeouts…Last appearance came last season for Dodgers on June 9, 2022, which was one of just four starts in 2022 with 4+ earned runs allowed.
- AT GUARANTEED RATE FIELD: Only previous appearance at Guaranteed Rate Field came on June 9, 2022 for Dodgers (ND; 3 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO).
- HALO DEBUT: Earned the win in Angels debut on April 2 at Oakland after working 6.0 shutout frames, allowing four hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
- THE CHANGE: Last season, held opponents to a .179 (41/229) average against his changeup, but opponents are batting .281 (16/57) this year.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX NOTES:
WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE
The Chicago White Sox have lost three straight games but won eight of 14, nine of 16 and 15 of 28 as they continue a six-game, seven-day homestand tonight vs. the Los Angeles Angels.
RHP Lucas Giolito, who has allowed two earned runs or less in four of his last six outings, is scheduled to start tonight’s game.
The White Sox went 3-4 on their last trip, losing three of four at Detroit and winning two of three at Cleveland … they suffered a 6-5, 10-inning defeat in Sunday’s finale at Comerica Park.
Following this series vs. the Angels and an off day Thursday, Chicago will conclude the homestand this weekend vs. the Tigers.
Following next Monday’s off day, the White Sox will take a brief three-game trip from 6/6-8 at the Yankees before returning to Chicago for a three-game weekend series vs. Miami.
The Sox are in fourth place in the AL Central, 5.0 games behind second-place Detroit and 7.0 behind first-place Minnesota.
The White Sox went 6-3 on their last homestand from 5/12-21 vs. Houston (1-2), Cleveland (2-1) and Kansas City (3-0).
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
The White Sox are 15-13 in the last 28 games since 4/30 following a 7-21 start … Sox pitchers own a 3.06 ERA (54 ER/159.0 IP) in 17 games since 5/11, the second-best mark in MLB.
Chicago starters own a 3.19 ERA (35 ER/98.2 IP) and .207 average with 95 strikeouts in the last 18 games (11 quality starts).
The Sox are hitting .216/.260/.334 with just eight homers and 49 runs scored (4.1 R/G) over the last 12 games … they have scored four runs or less seven times and homered in six contests.
The White Sox are 4-8 vs. Los Angeles-AL since the start of the 2021 season … the Sox have not won a series vs. the Angels since 9/25-28/17 at Guaranteed Rate Field (3-1).
Lucas Giolito is 2-1 with a 2.27 ERA (8 ER/31.2 IP), .202 (23- 114) opp. average, 0.88 WHIP, .582 OPS and 30 strikeouts in five starts (four QS) at Guaranteed Rate Field this season.
Eloy Jimenez is 17-40 (.425) with two doubles, three homers, 12 RBI and four multi-hit efforts during his 10-game hitting streak.
LAST NIGHT’S RECAP
Yasmani Grandal grounded out to shortstop with the tying runs on base to end the Angels’ 6-4 win over the White Sox.
Eloy Jiménez cut the deficit to two with a solo homer in the ninth and was followed by a Andrew Vaughn HBP, Gavin Sheets walk and Jake Burger pop out before Grandal’s final at-bat.
The Angels struck first with four runs in the first off Michael Kopech on back-to-back homers by Brandon Drury and Matt Thaiss … the Sox cut into the deficit on solo homers by Vaughn in the first and Romy Gonzalez in the fi fth.
Kopech (4 ER/4.1 IP) suffered his fifth loss and had his scoreless IP streak snapped at 15.0 … he struck out 10-plus for the second time this season and fourth time in his career.
Jiménez extended his hitting streak to 10 games … Chicago walked once, struck out 11 times and went 1-4 with RISP.
GIOLITO’S GUARANTEED RATES
Lucas Giolito is 2-1 with a 2.27 ERA (8 ER/31.2 IP), 0.88 WHIP, 30 strikeouts and three home runs in three home starts (4 QS).
He has limited opponents to a .202/.240/.342 (23-114) slash line, allowed one run or less three times and two hits or less twice.
The home starts have included matchups against first-place Minnesota and Tampa, defending World Series champion Houston and defending National League champion Philadelphia.
REST WHEN YOU CAN
This series vs. the Angels marks the end of a 16-game stretch without a day off … the White Sox are 14-13 during the current stretch of 29 games in 30 days from 5/2-31 (last off day was 5/15).
The 29-game stretch includes 15 games at home, 14 on the road and 20 vs. the American League Central … the White Sox played six of seven series from 5/5-28 vs. teams below .500.
MIND THE GAP
Chicago is 15-13 (.536) since 4/30, the second-best record among American League Central clubs behind Detroit (16-12).
The Sox 3.85 ERA since 4/30 is the sixth-best in the AL.
A breakdown of the White Sox first 56 games this season:
W-L AVG R R/G HR OBP SLG OPS ERA IP QS ER HR SO
15-13 .250 133 4.8 32 .303 .407 .71 3.85 250.0 14 107 33 244
7-21 .227 106 3.8 26 .288 .367 .655 5.88 243.1 8 159 44 272
ELVIS ON THE MEND
INF Elvis Andrus is 3-7 (.429) with a home run, RBI and walk in his first two rehab games with Class AAA Charlotte … he has been on the 10-day IL since 5/13 with a strained left oblique.
WHITE SOX VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS
The White Sox and Angels meet seven times this season: three times at Guaranteed Rate Field and four at Angel Stadium.
The Sox went 3-4 last season, including 2-2 at home and 1-2 on the road … they have not won a series vs. the Angels since 9/25-28/17 at Guaranteed Rate Field (3-1).
The White Sox are winless in the last six season series (2016- 19, ’21-22) and have not won a season matchup since 2015 (4-3).
Chicago is 3-7 in the last 10 games and 7-19 in the last 26.
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
The Sox are 3-5 vs. the American League West this season … they went 3-4 vs. Houston in their first two series vs. the division.
The Sox went 18-16 vs. the division last season and 16-17 in 2021 … they are 19-15 at home vs. the AL West since 2021.
ROTATION SENSATION
White Sox starters own a 3.19 ERA (35 ER/98.2 IP), .207 opponents average and 95 strikeouts over the last 18 games since 5/11 … they lead MLB in average, rank second in OPS (.638), third in ERA and seventh in WHIP (1.18) during that span.
Starters have allowed three runs or less 13 times, two or less 10 times and one or less six times … the rotation since 5/11:
W-L ERA WHIP QS IP H R ER HR BB SO SO/9.0 AVG OPS
8-45 3.19 1.18 11 98.2 74 39 351 10 42 95 8.7 .207 .638
PROVIDING RELIEF
The White Sox bullpen owns a 3.01 ERA (30 ER/89.2 IP) and .202 (66-326) opponents average with 80 strikeouts and just seven home runs allowed over 27 games in May.
Sox relievers rank among the MLB May leaders in opp. average (T1st), opp. OPS (3rd, .626), WHIP (4th, 1.17) and ERA (5th).
By comparison, relievers recorded a 6.68 ERA, .290 average, .885 OPS and a 1.76 WHIP in the fi rst 29 games from 3/30-4/30.
POSTING PUNCHOUTS
White Sox pitchers are tied for second in the American League and third in MLB with 516 strikeouts this season.
Sox starters rank second in MLB with 317 strikeouts, 16 behind the Twins (333) … relievers rank ninth in the AL (199 SO).
LONGBALL LOGISTICS
The White Sox have hit 32 homers in their last 28 games since 4/30 and 35 in the last 31 contests (10 multi-homer) since 4/27
Chicago is 17-20 when homering, 7-8 when hitting multiple homers and 5-14 when going homerless this season.
SOUTHPAW SUCCESS
Chicago is hitting .306/.365/.483 in the last 19 games vs. LHP.
The White Sox are batting .273/.338/.442 vs. left-handed pitching since the start of the 2019 season … during that span, the Sox lead MLB in average, rank second in on-base percentage, fifth in OPS (.780) and sixth in slugging percentage.
Tim Anderson (.351) and Hanser Alberto (.343) rank 1-2 in MLB in average vs. left-handers since the start of 2019.
SEARCHING FOR HOME˨FIELD ADVANTAGE
The White Sox are 12-14 (.462) at home this season after going 37-44 (.457) in 2022, the 12th-best winning percentage in the American League … by comparison, the Sox were 53-28 (.654) at home in 2021, the best record in the AL.
Through 26 home games this season, the White Sox have been outscored, 141-112, and outhomered, 42-29.
Jake Burger (nine), Luis Robert Jr. (seven) and Andrew Vaughn (fi ve) have combined to hit 21 of the Sox 29 home runs.
AS TA GOES, SO GO THE WHITE SOX
Since the start of the 2020, the Sox are 162-124 when Tim Anderson is in the starting lineup (69-85 when he doesn’t start).
During that span, the Sox are 132-81 when Anderson records a hit, 76-33 when he records a multi-hit eff ort, 97-48 when he scores a run and 27-3 when he homers.
Anderson ranks second in MLB since the start of 2019 with 55 three-hit games (Sox are 38-17), trailing Freddie Freeman (61).
Anderson needs three homers to become the fourth player in White Sox history to record 100 homers and 100 stolen bases.
STARTER – #27 LUCAS GIOLITO RHP
GIOLITO AT A GLANCE
Is scheduled to make his 12th start of the season, sixth at home and first vs. the Los Angeles Angels.
Has gone 3-4 with a 3.15 ERA (19 ER/54.1 IP), .220 (44-200) opponents average and 55 strikeouts over his last nine starts … has tossed 6.0-plus IP in eight of the nine starts and has allowed two runs or less in six.
Opponents are hitting .226 (14-62) against him with RISP and .280 (7-25) with RISP/two outs in 2023.
Is 74 strikeouts away from becoming the 12th pitcher in White Sox history with 1,000 (63 strikeouts away from 1,000 in his career).
Finished sixth in the AL Cy Young Award voting in 2019, seventh in 2020 and tied for 11th in 2021.
Threw the 19th no-hitter in White Sox history on 8/25/20 vs. Pittsburgh, walking one with 13 strikeouts.
Was a finalist for a Rawlings(R) Gold Glove and Comeback Player of the Year Awards and was a 2019 AL All-Star.
Won AL Pitcher of the Month honors in May 2019 and AL Player of Week for 8/24-30/20 and 5/27-6/2/19.
LAST START
Suffered his fourth loss of the season on 5/25 at Detroit, allowing four runs on six hits with a career-high tying seven walks (third time) and four strikeouts over 3.2 IP … held the Tigers scoreless over the first three innings before allowing four runs in the fourth, including a solo home run to Akil Baddoo to lead off the inning.
Departed the game in the fourth with the White Sox trailing, 4-1, two outs and runners on first and third … threw 89 pitches (49 strikes).
Owned a 68.2 first-strike percentage and 8.8 swinging-strike percentage (eight swing and misses) vs. 22 batters … threw 44 four-seam fastballs (92.7 mph avg; 94.0 mph max), 25 sliders (84.1 avg; 86.1 max) and 20 changeups (80.6 avg; 81.8 max).
SUMMER AT 35TH AND SHIELDS
Has gone 3-2 with a 2.72 ERA (15 ER/49.2 IP) and .207 (37-179) opponents average over his last eight starts at home since 9/4/22 … has allowed three runs or less in seven of those starts.
Threw the 19th no-hitter in White Sox history on 8/25/20 at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates … struck out a career-high tying 13, the most by a Sox in a no-hitter.
POSTING PUNCHOUTS
Has recorded 14 career starts with 10-plus strikeouts, tied with teammate Dylan Cease for fourth-most in White Sox history … needs one double-digit strikeout game to tie Juan Pizarro for third place.
Recorded consecutive 10-plus strikeout games twice in his career from 8/20-25/20 (two) and 8/16-27/19 (three).
His last double-digit strikeout game came on 5/4/22 at the Cubs (10 SO).
THE QUALITY KID
Leads the White Sox and is tied for 11th in the American League with six quality starts this season.
Has tossed 77 quality starts in his career, fifth-most in the American League since 2017.
EFFICIENCY IS KEY
Is averaging 94.8 pitches per start, 16.5 pitches per inning and 3.89 pitches per batter faced this season … all three marks are the lowest by a Sox pitcher in 2023.
BITTEN BY THE LONG BALL
Has allowed 60 home runs since the start of the 2021 season, the 10th-most in baseball … is averaging 1.34 HR/9.0 IP during that span.
Has surrendered nine home runs over his 11 starts this season, allowing one three-run homer, one two-run and seven solo … has allowed six homers on the road, three at home, five vs. left-handed hitters and four vs. righties.
VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS || A.L. WEST
Is scheduled to make his eighth career start against the Angels and fourth at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Went 0-1 with a 3.75 ERA (5 ER/12.0 IP) and .283 (13-46) opponents average over two starts in 2022.
Has allowed three runs or less in all seven career starts against the Angels … has tossed 6.0-plus five times.
His last win against the Angels came on 8/16/19 at Angel Stadium (2 ER/6.0 IP).
Is 1-4 with a 6.51 ERA (34 ER/47.0 IP) and .300 (57- 190) opponents average over his last nine starts vs. the American League West this season.
Is a graduate of Harvard-Westlake High School, located approximately 50 miles from Angel Stadium … his pitching coach in high school was current White Sox pitching coach Ethan Katz.
