Chris Archer is on the verge of baseball infamy.The Tampa Bay Rays right-hander takes an 8-19 record into his Thursday start against the Chicago White Sox. Another defeat would leave Archer as the major leagues first 20-game loser since the Detroit Tigers Mike Maroth went 9-21 in 2003.Prior to Maroth, no pitcher lost 20 games in a season since the Oakland Athletics Brian Kingman finished 8-20 in 1980.Maroth posted an unimpressive 5.73 ERA in 2003. Archers 4.02 ERA is more closely aligned with Kingmans 3.83 mark in his 20-loss season, a sign that the Rays righty hasnt been completely dreadful despite setting a franchise record for single-season losses.I think Im impressed most that he stayed healthy; hes made his starts, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Hes very close to that 200-inning mark (at 194 2/3). Any time a guy gets 200 innings, thats pretty telling how valuable to the team (he is) and that hes pitching good enough to be out there that much.Archer has 228 strikeouts, the second-best total in the American League behind the 246 of Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander.I dont know how he could lose 20 games, as good as he is, Archers former teammate, New York Mets infielder Kelly Johnson, recently told Newsday. Would I be alarmed if I were his teammate or the organization that hes losing so many games? I wouldnt be. I know how hard he works. I know how much he cares and how much effort he puts in and how much he does for the community.The guys a stud. This is one of those situations hes going to look back and think, Man, that one year was crazy. I cant believe it.Archer hopes to avoid posting the 500th 20-loss season in major league history. The first 295 of those came before 1900, but 20-defeat seasons remained fairly common through the 1960s and into the 1970s prior to the advent of the five-man rotation.In five career games (four starts) against the White Sox, Archer is 2-0 with a 4.13 ERA. He has not faced Chicago this year.While Archer aims to avoid negative history, his mound opponent Thursday is looking for a positive milestone. White Sox left-hander Jose Quintana needs five strikeouts to top his career high of 178 set in 2014.Quintana (13-11, 3.20 ERA) is 1-2 with a 3.33 ERA in five career starts against the Rays.He ranks ninth in the AL in ERA, sixth in innings pitched (202) and 11th in strikeouts. Quintana picked up his career-high 13th victory on Saturday at Cleveland after allowing just one run on six hits in a six-inning outing. The White Sox beat the Indians 8-1.I wish we could score for him like this every time he goes out there, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. Everyone knows his record would be much better if we scored for him.In his lone start against Tampa Bay this year, Quintana took the loss after yielding three runs (two earned) in six innings during a 3-2 defeat on April 17 at Tropicana Field.Quintana has a 1-2 record and a 3.33 ERA in five career starts vs. the Rays. Hydro Flask Water Bottle Wholesale . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. Hydro Flask With Straw Cheap . Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. http://www.hydroflasksalenearme.com/hydro-flask-with-straw-deals-online.html . 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After shooting 53 percent from the field (17 of 32) before halftime, the Terriers made just 21 percent of their field-goal attempts (7 of 33) in the final 20 minutes.Reath, a junior-college transfer who was playing his first game for the Tigers, made all six of his field-goal attempts in the second half. Reath, a 6-foot-10 center, was also 4 of 6 at the foul line after halftime. Reath grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, blocked three shots made three steals.Our two point guards (Skylar Mays and Jalyn Patterson) have a really high basketball IQ, Reath said. So, its really important that I always stay alert and keep my hands ready. Our perimeter defense made it really easy for me and Aaron (Epps). We had size already. We had to learn to take advantage of that.Epps had 17 points, all but four in the first half. Wayde Sims came off the bench and scored 13 points. Antonio Blakeney and Mays each had 10.After tying at 51-51 on a layup by Reath, the Tigers went on a 12-0 run to take control of the game. Reath scored five of those 12 points. Wofford never trailed by fewer than 10 the rest of the game.Im really proud of the guys and how they hung in there in the first half, LSU coach Johnny Jones said. They came back out in the second half and did a great job of being connected and not getting their heads down. We got off to a great start in the second half and did a good job of not looking back.Reserve Nathan Hoover was the leading scorer for Wofford with 18 points. Both Cameron Jackson and Fletcher Magee added 14 points, while Eric Garcia had 13. Woffordd made just one 3-pointer in the second half after connecting on seven before halftime.dddddddddddd.We played a pretty good ballgame in the first half, Wofford coach Mike Young said. Coach Jones and his staff made a couple of adjustments coming out of the locker room to start the second half that hurt us a little bit. They gave us a couple of looks offensively that we didnt handle very well.BIG PICTURELSU: The Tigers won their 28th straight season opener at home with the last defeat coming at the hands of TCU to begin the 1986-87 campaign. The 22-point margin of victory was the largest in a LSU season opener in five seasons when it beat Nicholls State 96-74.Wofford: The Terriers have won just one season opener since they joined Division I for the 1995-96 season. That victory came against Fairleigh Dickinson 11 years ago. Woffords record against Southeastern Conference teams fell to 3-43.TURNING POINTLSU fell behind Wofford 37-28 just under three-minute mark of the first half. The Terriers made three more field goals before halftime, but the Tigers were able to reduce their deficit to four points on the strength of three 3-pointers by Epps. In his career, Epps never had made more than two 3-pointers in a game.BIG FIRST GAMEHoover, a freshman, began his career by scoring a team-high 18 points. Hoover was 5 of 11 from the field, including 4 of 6 on 3-pointers. Like his teammates, Hoover had trouble knocking down shots after halftime. He missed four of his five second-half field goal attempts.UP NEXTLSU: The Tigers will continue a season-opening three game homestand when they take on Southern Mississippi on Tuesday.Wofford: The Terriers will have their home opener against Allen University, a NAIA school, on Tuesday. ' ' '