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MLB : ATS Matchup
Wednesday 9/17/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
CHI WHITE SOX  SALE )
 
KANSAS CITY  VENTURA )
+1.5  -210

-1.5  +175
+100

-110

6.5un
 
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Final
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CHI WHITE SOX (69 - 82) at KANSAS CITY (82 - 68)
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Wednesday, 9/17/2014 8:10 PM
CHRIS SALE (L) vs. YORDANO VENTURA (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
923CHI WHITE SOX+100Ov 7,+105+100Ov 6.5,+100
924KANSAS CITY-110Un 7,-125-110Un 6.5,-120
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
CHI WHITE SOX - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games69-82+0.375-714.10.2550.3064.70.2640.332
Road Games30-44-1.735-354.10.2550.3024.60.2690.338
vs Right-handed Starters49-59-1.554-494.10.2510.3064.70.2650.335
Past 7 Games5-2+4.43-34.10.2720.3103.30.2280.311
Grass Games66-81-2.374-684.20.2560.3084.70.2650.332
Night Games49-50+11.452-434.20.2590.3124.70.2660.330
Division31-37-0.335-304.40.2670.3214.80.2800.342
CHI WHITE SOX - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2550.306151517613184391460.0358838712688099914996  
Road Games4.10.2550.302742576658224770.03287173615374758648  
Righty Starters4.10.2510.3061083696927313970.034112969175872810964  
CHI WHITE SOX - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.351.482445.32342154423721835223-29331963.5%
Road Games4.051.4302009890191159514410-1617770.8%

KANSAS CITY - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games82-68+2.666-764.00.2610.3083.90.2510.306
Home Games40-36-8.835-393.70.2520.3024.20.2640.316
vs Left-handed Starters22-19+2.416-233.80.2660.3174.30.2590.308
Past 7 Games3-4-3.64-24.00.2510.3184.10.2420.292
Grass Games78-65+1.163-734.00.2590.3083.90.2510.305
Night Games58-43+742-524.10.2610.3083.70.2480.303
Division32-32-6.632-304.10.2660.3174.40.2650.321
KANSAS CITY - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.00.2610.30815051231335374900.0255835389414298814296  
Home Games3.70.2520.302762488628180400.02263177432814696146  
Lefty Starters3.80.2660.317411398372106260.02151104251352795133  
KANSAS CITY - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.411.2584221751603723015939926-16481181.4%
Home Games4.131.360224.3107103216188922418-727681.8%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
CHI WHITE SOX - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
9/3/2014DANKS(L)@ MINNESOTAMAY(R)4-11L1009.5 unO96119131
9/5/2014SALE(L)@ CLEVELANDHOUSE(L)1-2L-1507 ovU9111760
9/6/2014QUINTANA(L)@ CLEVELANDKLUBER(R)1-3L1457 unU551981
9/7/2014CARROLL(R)@ CLEVELANDCARRASCO(R)0-2L1878 unU440860
9/8/2014NOESI(R)OAKLANDGRAY(R)5-4W+1508.5 evO650751
9/9/2014DANKS(L)OAKLANDLESTER(L)2-11L+1758.5 unO76518110
9/10/2014BASSITT(R)OAKLANDSAMARDZIJA(R)2-1W+1908.5 evU870552
9/11/2014SALE(L)OAKLANDKAZMIR(L)1-0W-1407 unU430351
9/13/2014QUINTANA(L)MINNESOTAHUGHES(R)5-1W+1057 unU760441
9/13/2014CARROLL(R)MINNESOTADARNELL(L)7-6W-1209 unO1190941
9/14/2014NOESI(R)MINNESOTAMAY(R)4-6L-1258.5 unO7301280
9/15/2014DANKS(L)@ KANSAS CITYSHIELDS(R)3-4L2107 unP1391990
9/16/2014BASSITT(R)@ KANSAS CITYHENDRIKS(R)7-5W1658 unO13719101
9/17/2014SALE(L)@ KANSAS CITYVENTURA(R) 
9/19/2014QUINTANA(L)@ TAMPA BAYHELLICKSON(R) 
9/20/2014CARROLL(R)@ TAMPA BAYARCHER(R) 
9/21/2014NOESI(R)@ TAMPA BAYCOLOME(R) 
9/22/2014DANKS(L)@ DETROITPORCELLO(R) 
9/23/2014BASSITT(R)@ DETROITPRICE(L) 
9/24/2014 @ DETROIT  

KANSAS CITY - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
9/3/2014VARGAS(L)TEXASTEPESCH(R)4-1W-1708 evU611891
9/5/2014SHIELDS(R)@ NY YANKEESPINEDA(R)1-0W1107.5 unU320341
9/6/2014DUFFY(L)@ NY YANKEESMCCARTHY(R)2-6L1107.5 unO6411161
9/7/2014VENTURA(R)@ NY YANKEESGREENE(R)2-0W-1057.5 evU771472
9/8/2014GUTHRIE(R)@ DETROITVERLANDER(R)5-9L1258.5 unO8421580
9/9/2014VARGAS(L)@ DETROITSCHERZER(R)2-4L1557.5 evU10112880
9/10/2014SHIELDS(R)@ DETROITPORCELLO(R)3-0W1008.5 unU1080221
9/11/2014HENDRIKS(R)BOSTONBUCHHOLZ(R)3-6L-1257.5 unO673991
9/12/2014VENTURA(R)BOSTONWEBSTER(R)2-4L-1957 unU441870
9/13/2014GUTHRIE(R)BOSTONDE LA ROSA(R)7-1W-1407.5 unO1251451
9/14/2014VARGAS(L)BOSTONKELLY(R)4-8L-1657.5 unO980840
9/15/2014SHIELDS(R)CHI WHITE SOXDANKS(L)4-3W-2307 unP9901391
9/16/2014HENDRIKS(R)CHI WHITE SOXBASSITT(R)5-7L-1758 unO91011371
9/17/2014VENTURA(R)CHI WHITE SOXSALE(L) 
9/19/2014VARGAS(L)DETROITLOBSTEIN(L) 
9/20/2014SHIELDS(R)DETROITVERLANDER(R) 
9/21/2014GUTHRIE(R)DETROITSCHERZER(R) 
9/22/2014DUFFY(L)@ CLEVELANDCARRASCO(R) 
9/23/2014VENTURA(R)@ CLEVELANDSALAZAR(R) 
9/24/2014 @ CLEVELAND  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
CHI WHITE SOX: CHICAGO (AP) - From rock bottom last season to contention this year? The Chicago White Sox see no reason why it can't happen.
They're ready to put last season's 99-loss wreck behind them and make a jump at least back to respectability, if not a run at the AL Central title.
They see a team with solid pitching, a new slugger in Jose Abreu and renewed vigor. Now, all they have to do is back it up.
''You have to pitch, you have to hit, you have to score,'' said manager Robin Ventura, entering his third season. ''You have to play defense. You have to do all of them in our division. Detroit has won it the last few years. They have a combination of everything. Unless you do that, you're not going to be close. We proved that last year.''
They had the pitching part down last season. The rest? Well, that's where things got dicey.
KANSAS CITY: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - James Shields thinks back to last year, thoughtfully piecing together what was missing from the Kansas City Royals as they made a late push for the postseason.
The pitching was strong. The offense was coming around. The defense was sublime.
He finally settled on experience.
''These guys that didn't realize or have never been to September, when you're fighting for a playoff spot, now you have that experience,'' Shields said. ''And I think that was one of the things we were lacking last season, the experience. You tend to put too much on your shoulders. And I think the second half we definitely relaxed and put all that aside and had fun and played the game the way we know how to play, and it showed.
''I think with the experience factor now,'' Shields concluded, ''we're ready to go.''
After finishing 86-76 a year ago, and contending into September for the first time in a decade, the Royals have their sets sight squarely on their first playoff appearance since 1985 this year.
Anything less would be a disappointment. Anything less would be a failure.
''Last year was a blast. When the end of the season came in Chicago, nobody wanted to leave,'' first baseman Eric Hosmer said. ''They knew how close we were. We were right there. And it left a good taste in everyone's mouth going into the offseason, knowing how good everyone can be.''
Indeed, the Royals return most of their key players from a year ago, signing left-hander Jason Vargas to replace their only significant loss, starting pitcher Ervin Santana. They also upgraded at their weakest spots, trading for Norichika Aoki to play right field and bat leadoff and signing Omar Infante to settle a second base position that has been a black hole for years.
All of which left the notoriously frugal franchise with a record-setting payroll.
Royals manager Ned Yost hopes all those moves will pay off for a rotation that was among the league's best last year, and an offense that was among the league's worst.
''It's going to be a lineup that has offensive sequence from one to nine. You're not going to have any dead spots,'' Yost said. ''You're not going to get something going and then bam, run into a wall and have to get going again. At least, I hope not. I don't think so.''
So with more experience and an upgraded lineup, Kansas City enters its season opener Sunday at Detroit with boundless enthusiasm.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (CHI WHITE SOX-KANSAS CITY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*White Sox-Royals Preview* ==========================

By JEFF MEZYDLO STATS Senior Writer

Chicago (69-82) at Kansas City (82-68), 8:10 p.m. EDT

Coming off an ugly defeat in the heat of a playoff race, perhaps the last pitcher the Kansas City Royals want to face next is the AL's ERA leader.

Looking to improve to 3-0 against the Royals in 2014, Chris Sale and the Chicago White Sox try to send their AL Central rivals to a third straight series loss Wednesday night.

After failing to hold a pair of one-run leads, Kansas City (82-68) lost 7-5 to Chicago on Tuesday in a game that lasted 4 hours, 16 minutes - the longest nine-inning game in Royals history - and featured 15 pitchers.

The loss was the seventh in 11 games for the Royals, who still trail first-place Detroit by 1 1/2 games in the Central and hold a one-game lead over Seattle for the second wild-card spot.

"You make your own momentum every night," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Your momentum's as good as your starting pitcher."

Though the Royals have scored 20 runs while splitting their last four contests, they don't expect an easy time against Sale (12-3, 1.99 ERA) after he allowed one run, struck out 14 and walked two over 15 innings in his first two starts against them this season.

After yielding four hits in eight scoreless innings of a 5-1 victory over Kansas City on April 6, Sale has allowed one run and 10 hits over 15 1-3 innings to go 1-0 in his last two at Kauffman Stadium.

He has allowed a run and seven hits over 14 innings while going 1-0 in his last two outings overall. The left-hander gave up two of those hits and struck out nine in eight innings of a 1-0 victory over Oakland on Thursday to mark the fourth time in nine starts that he's not yielded an earned run.

"I'm not a numbers guy, I don't care about any of that stuff," said Sale, who is the first White Sox pitcher to lead the AL in ERA since Joe Horlen in 1967.

Nori Aoki is 0 for 3 against Sale, but recorded his second straight four-hit game Tuesday. The Kansas City leadoff hitter is batting .511 (23 for 45) in 11 games against the White Sox (69-82) this season.

Alcides Escobar, who had two hits Tuesday, is hitting .381 lifetime versus Sale.

Billy Butler is 1 for 27 in his last eight games and had hit .412 (14 for 34) with three homers versus Sale before going 0 for 5 against him this season.

Kansas City's Yordano Ventura (12-10, 3.27) allowed four runs despite walking 11 over 18 1-3 innings during a three-start winning streak that ended Friday when he gave up four runs in seven innings of a 4-2 home defeat to Boston.

The right-hander yielded four runs in six innings of a 7-6 home loss to the White Sox on May 20 that dropped him to 0-2 with a 7.20 ERA against them.

Ventura has never faced Jose Abreu, who got his 103rd RBI on Tuesday. The Cuban rookie went 0 for 4 after batting .440 in his previous seven games.


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