GARLAND MAKES HOME DEBUT.Byline: Daily News A month after being promoted to the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. , Jon Garland Jon Steven Garland (born September 27, 1979 in Valencia, California) is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox. Garland was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the 10th pick of the 1997 amateur draft. will make his Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, major-league debut tonight. Garland, a former Kennedy High of Granada Hills standout, will be on the mound as the White Sox begin a four-game series at Edison Field against the Angels at 7:05 p.m. Garland is 1-2 with an 8.22 ERA in four games, three starts, since being promoted from Triple-A Charlotte on July 3. In Triple-A, the 20-year-old led the International League with a 2.14 ERA. Garland was a first-round pick (10th overall) by the Chicago Cubs in the 1997 free-agent draft. He was traded to the White Sox in 1998 for reliever Matt Karchner Matthew Dean Karchner (born June 28, 1967 in Berwick, Pennsylvania), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1995-2000. Teams
Garland will be opposed by the Angels' Brian Cooper (4-4, 4.74), a USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. product. On Sunday, the UCLA-USC rivalry will be center stage as former Bruin and Crescenta Valley High graduate Jim Parque (9-4, 3.95) pitches against ex-Trojan Seth Etherton (5-1, 4.76). |
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