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Game Preview: CHW @ OAK, 3:35pm, Thursday, August 16, 2007 @McAfee Coliseum

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Chicago White Sox, 54-65, 4th, 11½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (30, RHP, 10-6, 3.65)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-6)           157.2 137  66  64  37 141 22    3.65      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
 2005 (11-15)          215.2 223 112 106  46 192 35    4.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  50.2  47  22  20  11  41  8    3.55   57 
 2007-08-10    SEA   W   7     9   3   3   1   3  2     112   49 
 2007-08-04    DET   W   7     6   3   3   2   6  1     114   57 
 2007-07-29    TOR   L   7.2   5   4   2   3   5  0     111   59 
 2007-07-24    DET   W   8     4   3   3   1   8  2     109   69 
 2007-07-19    BOS   W   6.1   9   2   2   2   5  0     109   50 
 2007-07-14    BAL  ND   5.2   6   4   4   2   6  2     101   45 
 2007-07-08    MIN   W   9     8   3   3   0   8  1     120   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-2  24    22  18  18  14  17  5    6.75   43 
 2006-09-16    OAK  ND   6     5   3   3   2   5  1      98   53 
 2006-05-23    OAK   W   6     6   3   3   4   3  1     109   47 
 2004-05-06    OAK   L   5.2   6   7   7   4   4  1     101   29 
 2003-06-15    OAK   L   6.1   5   5   5   4   5  2     112   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-32   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  41-41   vsLHP:  13-24   1-Run:  11-18
 vsEast: 16-19   vsCntrl:24-20   vsWest: 10-12 IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Wed, Aug 15  @OAK  L   2-3       54-65  4th 11.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14  @OAK  L   3-4       54-64  4th 11.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 12   SEA  L   0-6       54-63  4th 11.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 11   SEA  L   6-7       54-62  4th 10.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10   SEA  W   5-3       54-61  4th 10.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  9   CLE  L   5-7       53-61  4th 11.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8   CLE  W   6-4 (13)  53-60  4th 10.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7   CLE  L   1-2       52-60  4th 11.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5  @DET  W   3-1       52-59  4th 10.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  4  @DET  W   7-5       51-59  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Oakland Athletics, 59-62, 3rd, 11½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Danny Haren (26, RHP, 13-4, 2.53)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (13-4)           167.1 140  56  47  44 131 14    2.53      
 2006 (14-13)          223   224 109 102  45 176 31    4.12      
 2005 (14-12)          217   212 101  90  53 163 26    3.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  44.1  50  19  17  13  33  4    3.45   52 
 2007-08-11    DET   L   6.1   9   3   3   1   4  2     109   46 
 2007-08-05    LAA  ND   6     7   2   2   3   6  0     113   53 
 2007-07-31    DET   W   6     6   3   2   1   3  0      91   52 
 2007-07-26    SEA   W   7     7   2   2   2   7  1     107   60 
 2007-07-21    BAL   W   6.2   7   3   3   2   7  0     117   53 
 2007-07-15    MIN  ND   6     7   2   2   3   3  0     108   50 
 2007-07-06    SEA   L   6.1   7   4   3   1   3  1     112   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-1  11.1  16   8   7   3   9  1    5.56   42 
 2006-05-24    CHW   L   6     6   3   3   2   6  0      96   52 
 2005-07-10    CHW  ND   5.1  10   5   4   1   3  1      98   32 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-30   Road:   28-32   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  40-43   vsLHP:  19-19   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:16-20   vsWest: 17-21 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Wed, Aug 15   CHW  W   3-2       59-62  3rd 11.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 14   CHW  W   4-3       58-62  3rd 12.5 gb
119 Mon, Aug 13  @DET  W   7-2       57-62  3rd 13.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 12  @DET  L   6-11      56-62  3rd 14.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 11  @DET  L   2-5       56-61  3rd 13.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 10  @DET  W  16-10      56-60  3rd 12.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug  8  @TEX  W   6-3       55-60  3rd 12.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  7  @TEX  L   6-8       54-60  3rd 13.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  6  @TEX  W   9-7 (13)  54-59  3rd 12.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  5   LAA  L   3-4       53-59  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 OAK  3  CHW  2    W:Joe Blanton (10-8), L: Mark Buehrle (9-8), S: Huston Street (10)
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 OAK  4  CHW  3    W:Lenny DiNardo (7-6), L: Jon Garland (8-8), S: Alan Embree (15)
Wed, May 23, 2007 OAK  4 @CHW  0    W:Chad Gaudin (4-1), L: Jon Garland (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2007 CHW 10  OAK  4    W:John Danks (3-4), L: Colby Lewis (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 21, 2007 CHW  8  OAK  5    W:Jose Contreras (4-4), L: Joe Blanton (4-2), S: Bobby Jenks (14)
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 CHW  6 @OAK  3    W:David Aardsma (1-0), L: Huston Street (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (2)
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 OAK  2  CHW  1    W:Huston Street (1-0), L: Bobby Jenks (1-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 09, 2007 CHW  4 @OAK  1    W:Jose Contreras (1-1), L: Rich Harden (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 17, 2006 OAK  5  CHW  4    W:Joe Blanton (16-11), L: Jose Contreras (13-8), S: Justin Duchscherer (9)
Sat, Sep 16, 2006 OAK  7  CHW  4    W:Barry Zito (16-9), L: Matt Thornton (5-3), S: Huston Street (34)
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - OAK won 7-2; All-Time - CHW leads 1003-945

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

NYY  5.92

CHC  4.64

WSN  3.91

RA/G

SDP  3.84

NYY  4.68

TBD  6.04

BA

M. Ordonez  .357

K. Lofton  .291

R. Langerhans  .154

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

Y. Escobar  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .677

G. Sizemore  .465

N. Punto  .266

OPS

B. Bonds  1.084

M. Reynolds  .825

R. Langerhans  .538

ERA

C. Young  1.93

R. Halladay  3.99

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.02

B. Arroyo  6.38

S. Trachsel  3.06

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Haren
G/S/vB
54.Brown
G/S/vB
50.Calero
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
45.Lugo
G/S/vB
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Cintron# G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 160/143 .219/.263/.272/.535 .686/.517 .593 32/.285 1/1 0/6
23.Dye G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 6/.000 6/.334 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 421/297 .245/.309/.495/.804 .918/.756 .865 97/1.059 2/1 24/2
17.Erstad* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/2.000 6/2.166 ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/.333 240/169 .259/.309/.338/.647 .513/.700 .583 39/.603 7/2 2/2
27.Fields G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 249/164 .257/.310/.473/.783 1.120/.609 .715 101/.894 1/1 13/7
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/49 .223/.331/.313/.644 .598/.713 .562 34/.698 1/4 2/0
44.Hall G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 79/37 .221/.228/.247/.475 .660/.270 .528 25/.653 0/0 0/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 6/1.666 2/.500 2/.500 1/no AB 9/1.333 485/344 .266/.355/.498/.853 .887/.838 .862 98/.736 0/0 23/4
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 212/164 .256/.299/.302/.601 .565/.611 .650 100/.644 17/3 1/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 7/.858 1/no AB 5/2.300 2/.500 5/.200 386/289 .267/.316/.410/.726 .715/.730 .774 79/.894 0/1 11/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 11/1.445 1/.000 6/.167 4/.250 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/.666 3/.333 152/97 .257/.327/.360/.687 .807/.622 .752 76/.616 9/4 1/4
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/28 .162/.295/.243/.538 .396/.606 .620 45/.538 0/2 0/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP 9/1.842 1/.000 1/.000 13/.408 1/3.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 377/247 .260/.411/.490/.901 .580/1.085 .856 94/.651 0/0 18/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 4/.666 1/.000 3/1.334 394/275 .228/.278/.375/.653 .880/.554 .580 90/.798 1/5 13/13
IP 167.1 21.1 37.0 54.0 35.2 21.2 35.1 29.2 TOTAL .246/.319/.396/.715 .728/.708 .704 56/30 130/73
ERA-K/9 2.53/7.0 1.69/10.6 6.08/7.3 3.67/7.3 3.28/9.1 7.89/7.1 5.35/3.3 2.73/10.9 3.96/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (15-2-3)
 Pierzynski (51-15-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 684/.222 77/.151 169/.285 223/.249 149/.218 115/.310 162/.268 118/.179 .254  Dye
 Gonzalez
 Owens
 Erstad
 Podsednik
0/0/99/9
15/10/10/2
11/44/0/1
2/43/1/1
36/0/0/1
OPS .620 .359 .792 .642 .642 .984 .769 .505 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 357/.555 36/.428 57/.713 68/.680 59/.656 56/.992 63/.632 58/.526 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.688 41/.299 112/.830 155/.626 90/.633 59/.977 99/.857 60/.484 .723
Home 361/.595 42/.512 90/.852 114/.541 59/.429 37/.976 98/.688 51/.352 .671
Last 28d days 142/.728 66/.310 48/.924 53/.535 56/.949 37/.731 18/.289 49/.566
HR/SB/CS 14/16/6 0/2/0 3/8/0 3/4/1 4/8/0 2/0/0 3/1/0 1/3/2 93/88/23
Usage ····X··· ·XX··X·· ···X···· XX·····X ·o··X··o ···X·X·· ·o·Xo··· Xoo··o·o
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
52.Contreras
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bowen# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/105 .227/.336/.391/.727 .806/.688 .477 20/1.207 1/2 4/5
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 326/253 .292/.383/.480/.863 1.020/.816 .803 90/.923 3/1 7/0
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 328/216 .270/.402/.544/.946 .867/.986 1.094 83/.957 0/2 20/2
14.Ellis G/S/vP 10/.733 ··· 8/.268 4/.500 ··· 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 474/337 .260/.324/.429/.753 .914/.691 .757 114/.826 7/3 16/4
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/4 .200/.333/.400/.733 1.500/.250 .733 7/.733 0/0 0/0
29.Johnson* G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.629 ··· 363/217 .227/.342/.401/.743 .736/.748 .661 60/.470 0/0 11/4
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP 36/.528 ··· 15/.553 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.550 ··· 227/177 .214/.279/.296/.575 .332/.645 .471 69/.577 1/1 1/2
30.Meyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 87/59 .228/.299/.481/.780 .936/.703 .849 81/.842 1/0 4/3
31.Piazza G/S/vP 38/.508 ··· 9/.583 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 211/144 .270/.318/.362/.680 .671/.684 .493 99/.637 0/0 3/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 10/.311 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 4/.000 ··· 246/177 .247/.322/.370/.692 .880/.623 .630 100/.741 1/0 6/11
24.Stewart G/S/vP 22/1.382 2/2.000 22/.511 1/2.000 1/2.000 12/.697 2/.000 ··· 458/315 .300/.363/.399/.762 .715/.784 .677 100/.724 10/1 9/4
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 114/85 .245/.327/.408/.735 .587/.788 .601 74/.769 0/0 3/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 12/1.083 3/.333 2/2.000 2/.000 7/.786 ··· 486/334 .253/.396/.429/.825 .951/.769 .764 104/.818 2/2 14/1
IP 157.2 27.1 128.1 52.1 37.0 28.1 37.2 11.1 TOTAL .252/.334/.399/.733 .756/.722 .695 44/16 125/71
ERA-K/9 3.65/8.0 2.96/5.3 6.24/5.3 2.92/8.1 4.38/6.1 5.72/8.6 4.78/8.1 3.18/5.6 4.83/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (30-4-3)
 Suzuki (20-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 633/.235 119/.260 596/.305 198/.194 159/.275 135/.277 168/.277 40/.139 .275  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Buck
 Swisher
 Scutaro
 Cust
0/56/0/5
103/6/0/4
18/3/65/3
0/37/40/1
6/0/4/0
10/0/16/0
OPS .689 .781 .820 .497 .716 .804 .776 .394 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 282/.674 41/.641 318/.945 80/.559 73/.548 33/.936 72/.849 8/1.482 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.702 78/.851 278/.678 118/.455 86/.853 102/.761 96/.721 32/.128 .756
Road 325/.722 47/.655 326/.829 97/.487 69/.574 80/.884 83/.602 17/.521 .774
Last 28d days 146/.698 55/.633 110/1.069 38/.000 45/.604 23/.608 23/.664 40/.394
HR/SB/CS 22/5/1 4/1/0 15/18/5 2/4/0 4/5/1 2/3/0 3/0/1 0/1/0 134/68/17
Usage ·····X·· ···X··Xo ····X··X ···o·o·o ·X····Xo ·o···o·X ···X·o·o o·····X·

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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