DET @ CHW, Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 59-40, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Kenny Rogers (42, LHP, 3-2, 3.77) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (3-2) 28.2 27 15 12 9 15 1 3.77 2006 (17-8) 204 195 97 87 62 99 23 3.84 2005 (14-8) 195.1 205 86 75 53 87 15 3.46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 40.1 40 23 18 11 20 2 4.02 49 2007-07-20 KCR L 6.1 9 6 5 1 4 0 103 36 2007-07-14 SEA L 5 5 6 5 4 0 1 87 31 2007-07-04 CLE W 5.1 7 2 1 3 3 0 95 48 2007-06-28 TEX W 6 4 1 1 1 3 0 84 62 2007-06-22 ATL W 6 2 0 0 0 5 0 75 73 2006-09-28 TOR L 3.2 8 7 5 1 2 0 70 22 2006-09-23 KCR W 8 5 1 1 1 3 1 89 70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 3-1 33 24 7 3 8 14 1 0.82 63 2006-09-18 CHW W 6 4 0 0 4 2 0 101 62 2006-08-22 CHW W 7 4 0 0 1 2 0 95 70 2006-08-12 CHW L 7 4 4 0 0 2 0 94 63 2006-07-20 CHW ND 6 6 1 1 3 3 0 88 56 2006-06-08 CHW W 7 6 2 2 0 5 1 95 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 26-21 Road: 33-19 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 37-33 vsLHP: 22-7 1-Run: 20-13 vsEast: 13-9 vsCntrl:22-19 vsWest: 10-8 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 99 Tue, Jul 24 @CHW L 7-8 59-40 1st 1.5 up 98 Tue, Jul 24 @CHW L 3-5 59-39 1st 1.5 up 97 Mon, Jul 23 @CHW W 9-6 59-38 1st 2.0 up 96 Sun, Jul 22 KCR L 2-5 58-38 1st 1.0 up 95 Sat, Jul 21 KCR W 10-8 (10) 58-37 1st 2.0 up 94 Fri, Jul 20 KCR L 2-10 57-37 1st 1.0 up 93 Thu, Jul 19 @MIN W 4-3 (10) 57-36 1st 2.0 up 92 Wed, Jul 18 @MIN W 3-2 56-36 1st 2.0 up 91 Tue, Jul 17 @MIN W 1-0 55-36 1st 1.0 up 90 Sun, Jul 15 @SEA W 11-7 54-36 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Chicago White Sox, 45-55, 4th, 14½ GB, 13 GB in WC	SP: Jose Contreras (35, RHP, 5-12, 5.76) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (5-12) 114 134 84 73 42 65 10 5.76 2006 (13-9) 196 194 101 93 55 134 20 4.27 2005 (15-7) 204.2 177 91 82 75 154 23 3.61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-6 41.2 62 41 39 15 19 6 8.42 32 2007-07-20 BOS L 7.1 10 10 10 3 2 1 99 17 2007-07-15 BAL L 6 10 5 5 2 3 2 102 33 2007-07-04 BAL L 5 8 6 6 2 5 1 105 30 2007-06-29 KCR L 6.1 9 6 6 3 3 0 105 31 2007-06-24 CHC L 7 10 2 2 0 3 1 106 52 2007-06-18 FLA W 6.2 8 5 5 3 2 0 103 37 2007-06-12 PHI L 3.1 7 7 5 2 1 1 82 21 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 2-2 35 29 17 16 7 13 4 4.11 53 2007-04-21 DET ND 7 5 5 5 0 2 2 86 49 2006-08-21 DET L 5 8 7 7 1 1 1 70 23 2006-08-11 DET W 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 101 85 2006-07-20 DET L 7 6 2 2 1 1 0 96 57 2006-06-07 DET W 7 7 3 2 4 4 1 119 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-26 Road: 24-29 ExtrInn: 4-4 vsRHP: 35-35 vsLHP: 10-20 1-Run: 9-14 vsEast: 13-16 vsCntrl:19-17 vsWest: 9-8 IL: 4-14 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 100 Tue, Jul 24 DET W 8-7 45-55 4th 14.5 gb 99 Tue, Jul 24 DET W 5-3 44-55 4th 14.5 gb 98 Mon, Jul 23 DET L 6-9 43-55 4th 16.5 gb 97 Sun, Jul 22 @BOS L 5-8 43-54 4th 15.5 gb 96 Sat, Jul 21 @BOS L 2-11 43-53 4th 15.5 gb 95 Fri, Jul 20 @BOS L 3-10 43-52 4th 14.5 gb 94 Thu, Jul 19 @BOS W 4-2 43-51 4th 14.5 gb 93 Wed, Jul 18 @CLE W 5-1 42-51 4th 14.5 gb 92 Tue, Jul 17 @CLE L 5-6 (11) 41-51 4th 14.5 gb 91 Mon, Jul 16 @CLE W 11-10 41-50 4th 13.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jul 24, 2007 CHW 8 DET 7 W:Matt Thornton (3-3), L: Zach Miner (1-2), S: Bobby Jenks (28) Tue, Jul 24, 2007 CHW 5 DET 3 W:Javier Vazquez (8-5), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-2), S: Bobby Jenks (27) Mon, Jul 23, 2007 DET 9 @CHW 6 W:Jason Grilli (4-2), L: Mark Buehrle (7-6), S: Todd Jones (27) Wed, Apr 25, 2007 DET 6 @CHW 2 W:Chad Durbin (1-1), L: John Danks (0-3), S: Todd Jones (8) Sun, Apr 22, 2007 DET 6 CHW 5 (12) W:Jason Grilli (1-1), L: Nick Masset (1-1), S: none Sat, Apr 21, 2007 CHW 7 @DET 5 (10) W:David Aardsma (2-0), L: Fernando Rodney (1-4), S: Bobby Jenks (6) Fri, Apr 20, 2007 CHW 5 @DET 4 W:Nick Masset (1-0), L: Jason Grilli (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (5) Wed, Sep 20, 2006 DET 6 @CHW 2 W:Jeremy Bonderman (13-8), L: Jon Garland (17-6), S: none Tue, Sep 19, 2006 CHW 7 DET 0 W:Freddy Garcia (15-9), L: Justin Verlander (16-9), S: none Mon, Sep 18, 2006 DET 8 @CHW 2 W:Kenny Rogers (16-6), L: Mark Buehrle (12-13), S: none Season Series: 2007 - CHW leads 4-3; 2006 - CHW won 12-7; 2005 - CHW won 14-5; All-Time - DET leads 980-960

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

DET 5.82

TOR 4.65

WSN 3.77

RA/G

SDP 3.65

CLE 4.73

TBD 6.27

M. Ordonez .357

M. Cuddyer .289

R. Langerhans .157

OBP

B. Bonds .494

D. Johnson .360

D. Navarro .244

SLG

R. Braun .667

M. Jacobs .457

D. Navarro .264

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.068

F. Thomas .817

D. Navarro .508

ERA

C. Young 1.82

G. Maddux 4.11

E. Santana 6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.08

J. Guthrie 6.37

A. Cook 3.20

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.82 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 63.Bukvich
G/S/vB 40.Haeger
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 62.Wassermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Casey* G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 333/279 .293/.357/.390/.747 .753/.746 .744 77/.748 2/1 2/1

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 28/.748 1/.000 ··· 8/.125 4/.000 6/.533 ··· 422/335 .301/.354/.577/.931 .564/1.025 1.022 98/.999 11/0 15/4

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 35/1.153 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/2.000 6/.666 ··· 372/285 .307/.376/.526/.902 1.035/.874 .861 94/.703 7/6 14/19

24.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 9/6 .375/.333/.750/1.083 .666/1.333 1.083 9/1.083 0/0 1/0

20.Infante G/S/vP 34/.857 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 4/.666 ··· 135/77 .254/.281/.315/.596 .686/.530 .601 33/.247 4/1 1/3

15.Inge G/S/vP 43/.449 ··· ··· 8/.500 1/2.000 4/1.250 1/.000 358/273 .241/.328/.405/.733 .940/.671 .720 80/.505 6/1 12/12

27.Monroe G/S/vP 40/.868 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 2/.500 4/1.000 ··· 319/235 .221/.267/.398/.665 .957/.559 .733 56/.521 0/3 11/3

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 35/.791 5/1.100 ··· 7/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 420/317 .357/.433/.585/1.018 1.256/.945 1.017 95/.778 2/1 15/1

14.Polanco G/S/vP 25/.720 1/no AB ··· 7/.715 4/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 400/295 .332/.376/.438/.814 .798/.819 .726 80/.946 3/2 4/0

58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 100/88 .267/.316/.389/.705 .697/.706 .803 25/.872 0/0 0/3

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 18/7 .400/.500/.667/1.167 1.205/1.142 .955 18/1.167 1/0 1/0

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 38/.448 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 338/236 .289/.302/.443/.745 .775/.731 .745 73/.746 0/2 9/5

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 10/.650 2/no AB ··· 4/.000 3/.000 4/2.750 ··· 430/328 .298/.405/.545/.950 .985/.938 .874 96/1.047 17/4 23/0

IP 114.0 16.2 9.0 42.1 27.2 33.0 3.1 TOTAL .288/.349/.470/.819 .872/.801 .813 55/22 120/69

ERA-K/9

5.76/5.1

3.78/3.8

3.00/1.0

3.61/7.9

5.53/6.2

5.45/7.6

8.10/8.2

4.80/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rabelo (13-6-3)
Rodriguez (34-12-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 522/.290 76/.286 41/.294 168/.233 121/.283 150/.293 13/.273 .274 Granderson
Monroe
Ordonez
Sheffield
Infante
Raburn 0/97/0/7
84/0/0/5
0/0/91/3
7/0/7/1
1/12/6/0
2/3/3/0

OPS .778 .863 .684 .592 .757 .824 .658 .771

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 283/.876 26/.632 18/.656 74/.607 58/.590 63/.888 4/1.000 .782

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.664 50/.979 23/.707 94/.579 63/.898 87/.779 9/.476 .763

Home 212/.778 45/1.191 / 83/.629 73/.804 72/1.047 6/.666 .791

Last 28d days 120/1.008 35/.688 41/.684 49/.604 35/1.021 40/.800 13/.658

HR/SB/CS 10/16/4 2/1/0 0/2/0 2/4/0 4/2/1 3/0/1 0/1/0 101/58/16

Usage ····X··· Xo···X·· ··XX··XX X····o·o X··o···· oo···oo· oo·Xo···

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB 52.Durbin
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 43.McBride*
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Cintron# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 2/4.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 139/124 .238/.288/.300/.588 .785/.565 .540 38/.768 1/1 0/6

23.Dye G/S/vP 44/.588 7/.143 8/.625 16/.688 1/no AB 5/1.400 3/.333 346/248 .229/.289/.443/.732 .837/.690 .624 77/.813 2/1 16/2

27.Fields G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 175/119 .247/.312/.424/.736 1.078/.578 .791 107/.790 1/0 7/4

26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/43 .225/.330/.303/.633 .590/.687 .689 57/.556 1/3 1/0

44.Hall G/S/vP 18/.627 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 59/27 .207/.203/.224/.427 .604/.222 .293 27/.453 0/0 0/2

15.Iguchi G/S/vP 15/.266 8/1.518 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 368/254 .250/.338/.381/.719 .663/.743 .783 101/.827 8/1 6/6

14.Konerko G/S/vP 41/.722 28/1.020 10/1.822 11/.773 2/.000 4/1.167 3/.000 417/301 .261/.357/.511/.868 .916/.849 .900 118/1.098 0/0 22/3

10.Mackowiak* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.750 3/1.167 12/.583 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 262/223 .286/.363/.429/.792 .720/.804 .808 74/1.209 3/1 6/3

7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 145/118 .244/.292/.267/.559 .504/.570 .552 88/.646 11/3 0/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/.333 9/.476 8/.536 14/.539 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 330/250 .265/.309/.392/.701 .705/.700 .657 86/.700 0/1 8/2

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 12/.500 5/.000 7/.143 3/.666 ··· 6/.900 3/1.167 83/53 .257/.337/.378/.715 .833/.650 .659 27/.551 5/3 1/2

25.Thome* G/S/vP 50/.653 20/1.000 2/1.500 17/2.047 2/1.500 4/.500 3/1.167 313/206 .288/.444/.550/.994 .645/1.197 1.138 124/1.020 0/0 17/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 23/.565 9/1.194 6/.250 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/3.000 330/237 .217/.273/.324/.597 .708/.553 .652 94/.492 1/5 8/10

IP 28.2 93.2 45.0 42.1 24.0 21.2 27.1 TOTAL .245/.320/.388/.708 .703/.711 .736 46/25 104/61

ERA-K/9

3.77/4.7

4.23/4.9

5.40/7.0

4.89/4.9

4.13/8.6

3.32/5.8

2.96/5.6

4.35/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (14-2-3)
Pierzynski (42-14-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 124/.241 404/.258 202/.273 188/.282 113/.245 95/.277 111/.250 .266 Dye
Mackowiak
Gonzalez
Owens
Podsednik 0/0/81/8
58/0/15/4
14/7/10/2
11/28/0/1
19/0/0/0

OPS .637 .757 .768 .715 .702 .730 .647 .760

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.663 190/.718 62/.786 104/.760 49/.608 33/.626 58/.484 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.629 214/.792 140/.761 84/.658 64/.775 62/.784 53/.827 .776

Road 45/.549 260/.684 92/.546 98/.708 51/.583 71/.753 59/.757 .747

Last 28d days 104/.714 52/.791 43/.529 46/.511 33/.670 45/.789 29/.678

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 15/5/1 4/0/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/3 1/1/0 105/47/18

Usage ····X··· X··o··X· ·X·Xo·X· ·o·o·oXo oo·o··oo Xo·o·X·· ooo··oo·

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, July 25, 2007 @U.S. Cellular Field

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SP: Kenny Rogers (42, LHP, 3-2, 3.77)

SP: Jose Contreras (35, RHP, 5-12, 5.76)

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