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Game Preview: CHW @ TEX, 8:35pm, Thursday, August 30, 2007 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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Chicago White Sox, 57-76, 5th, 18½ GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: John Danks (22, LHP, 6-12, 5.51)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-12)           130.2 150  84  80  49  98 26    5.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-6  35.1  45  30  29  12  26  8    7.39   39 
 2007-08-24    BOS   L   3.1   5   5   5   2   0  1      57   28 
 2007-08-18    SEA   L   5     9   4   4   1   2  0      77   34 
 2007-08-12    SEA   L   4.1   8   6   6   1   5  3      87   27 
 2007-08-07    CLE   L   6     4   2   2   1   8  0      99   63 
 2007-08-01    NYY   L   4     6   6   5   2   2  3      96   28 
 2007-07-26    DET  ND   6.2   6   3   3   2   5  1     104   53 
 2007-07-21    BOS   L   6     7   4   4   3   4  0      90   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX    Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-37   Road:   28-39   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  44-51   vsLHP:  13-25   1-Run:  13-22
 vsEast: 17-23   vsCntrl:26-21   vsWest: 10-18 IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Wed, Aug 29  @TEX  L   4-5 (11)  57-76  5th 18.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 28  @TEX  L   3-4       57-75  5th 17.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 27   TBD  W   5-4       57-74  5th 16.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 26   BOS  L   1-11      56-74  5th 16.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 25   BOS  L   2-14      56-73  5th 15.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24   BOS  L   1-10      56-72  5th 14.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 24   BOS  L   3-11      56-71  5th 14.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 22   KCR  L   6-7       56-70  4th 13.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21   KCR  W   5-2       56-69  4th 12.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20   KCR  W   4-3       55-69  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30:10-20
Texas Rangers, 60-72, 4th, 18½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Millwood (32, RHP, 8-11, 5.31)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-11)           134   162  88  79  54  97 15    5.31      
 2006 (16-12)          215   228 114 108  53 157 23    4.52      
 2005 (9-11)           192   182  72  61  52 146 20    2.86      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  40.2  51  24  22  16  26  2    4.87   45 
 2007-08-24    SEA   L   8.2  13   4   4   0   1  1     112   43 
 2007-08-19    MIN   L   7     4   1   1   5   3  1      98   63 
 2007-08-14    KCR   W   7     4   3   1   1   9  0     102   69 
 2007-08-08    OAK  ND   6     5   3   3   4   6  0     107   52 
 2007-08-03    TOR  ND   4     8   3   3   1   2  0      96   35 
 2007-07-28    KCR   L   2.2   9   6   6   1   1  0      77   16 
 2007-07-23    SEA   W   5.1   8   4   4   4   4  0     115   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-3  33    30  13  10   6  28  2    2.73   58 
 2007-04-18    CHW   L   5     5   5   5   4   3  2      94   36 
 2005-09-30    CHW  ND   7     5   1   1   0   9  0     110   72 
 2005-09-19    CHW  ND   6     8   4   1   1   4  0     107   49 
 2005-07-14    CHW   L   8     6   1   1   0   9  0     109   75 
 2005-04-11    CHW   L   7     6   2   2   1   3  0     105   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-31   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  42-49   vsLHP:  18-23   1-Run:  20-15
 vsEast: 18-23   vsCntrl:13-19   vsWest: 18-23 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Wed, Aug 29   CHW  W   5-4 (11)  60-72  4th 18.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 28   CHW  W   4-3       59-72  4th 18.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 26   SEA  W   5-3       58-72  4th 18.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 25   SEA  W   5-3       57-72  4th 18.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24   SEA  L   2-4       56-72  4th 19.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 23   SEA  L   4-9       56-71  4th 18.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 22  @BAL  W   9-7       56-70  4th 18.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 22  @BAL  W  30-3       55-70  4th 18.0 gb
124 Tue, Aug 21  @BAL  L   2-6       54-70  4th 19.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19  @MIN  L   0-1       54-69  4th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 TEX  5  CHW  4 (11)   W:Wes Littleton (2-1), L: Boone Logan (2-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 TEX  4  CHW  3    W:Wes Littleton (1-1), L: Mike MacDougal (1-4), S: Joaquin Benoit (2)
Thu, Apr 19, 2007 CHW  6  TEX  4    W:Matt Thornton (1-1), L: Scott Feldman (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (4)
Wed, Apr 18, 2007 CHW  6  TEX  0    W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Kevin Millwood (2-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 17, 2007 TEX  8 @CHW  1    W:Robinson Tejeda (2-1), L: Jon Garland (0-1), S: none

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 CHW  5  TEX  0    W:Jon Garland (10-3), L: Vicente Padilla (10-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 TEX  3 @CHW  1    W:Francisco Cordero (7-4), L: Bobby Jenks (2-2), S: Akinori Otsuka (21)
Fri, Jul 21, 2006 TEX 10 @CHW  3    W:Ron Mahay (1-1), L: Mark Buehrle (9-8), S: Rick Bauer (2)
Thu, Jun 15, 2006 CHW  8 @TEX  2    W:Mark Buehrle (7-4), L: John Rheinecker (2-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 14, 2006 TEX  8  CHW  0    W:Vicente Padilla (6-4), L: Javier Vazquez (7-4), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - TEX leads 3-2; 2006 - Tied 5-5; 2005 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - CHW leads 338-281

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  5.89

CHC  4.60

WSN  3.98

RA/G

BOS  3.94

KCR  4.79

TBD  5.95

BA

M. Ordonez  .356

M. Ramirez  .292

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .489

T. Tulowitzki  .362

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .641

M. Reynolds  .472

N. Punto  .254

OPS

B. Bonds  1.073

D. Pedroia  .824

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

C. Gaudin  4.06

A. Eaton  6.23

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

J. Weaver  6.36

S. Trachsel  2.88

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
29.Wood
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Dye G/S/vP 14/.500 12/.705 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 8/1.250 9/.472 474/343 .251/.316/.496/.813 .931/.769 .836 100/1.075 2/1 26/3
17.Erstad* G/S/vP 9/.666 23/.591 2/.500 3/1.000 1/.000 4/1.000 11/.522 5/1.200 285/206 .264/.321/.343/.664 .484/.731 .610 83/.667 7/2 2/2
27.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 312/219 .239/.292/.461/.753 1.071/.620 .661 113/.825 1/1 17/9
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 157/72 .228/.327/.316/.643 .615/.673 .589 42/.599 1/4 2/1
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 14/1.226 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· 93/48 .209/.215/.242/.457 .614/.312 .553 28/.546 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP 15/.690 21/.742 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 16/1.284 12/.533 533/383 .260/.353/.498/.851 .986/.796 .868 96/.787 0/0 27/4
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 272/218 .242/.295/.290/.585 .523/.600 .624 103/.578 21/4 1/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 14/.715 9/1.445 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.750 11/.384 430/328 .265/.315/.414/.729 .685/.742 .775 79/.862 0/1 13/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 23/.755 6/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 8/.500 ··· 170/113 .257/.323/.382/.705 .776/.669 .731 61/.724 9/4 2/4
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 96/73 .190/.277/.345/.622 .652/.612 .592 87/.642 1/2 3/2
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/5.000 5/1.400 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/2.000 6/1.000 425/285 .270/.414/.516/.930 .652/1.077 .936 84/.878 0/1 22/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 23/.360 8/.572 2/.000 3/.000 3/.666 3/.000 8/1.089 9/.889 448/323 .216/.267/.363/.630 .848/.545 .551 97/.718 1/6 15/15
IP 134.0 69.2 33.0 52.2 34.0 60.0 37.2 56.1 TOTAL .244/.317/.398/.715 .736/.706 .702 61/33 152/86
ERA-K/9 5.31/6.5 2.45/9.9 6.00/4.6 4.61/7.0 3.44/5.0 2.40/8.7 3.82/4.8 4.15/4.8 4.72/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (19-2-4)
 Pierzynski (56-16-11)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 612/.296 281/.223 162/.301 233/.254 147/.262 243/.180 166/.285 247/.288 .275  Dye
 Podsednik
 Gonzalez
 Erstad
 Owens
 Fields
0/0/112/9
42/0/0/2
18/10/10/2
6/44/2/1
11/57/0/1
4/0/0/0
OPS .805 .611 .871 .747 .749 .541 .814 .828 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.818 119/.508 60/.923 102/.711 54/.734 101/.333 96/.920 99/1.057 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.796 162/.689 102/.840 131/.774 93/.757 142/.695 70/.674 148/.688 .767
Home 288/.773 153/.570 62/.534 130/.726 71/.902 144/.612 97/.735 117/.739 .747
Last 28d days 137/.709 44/.330 / 50/.832 68/.871 48/.513 62/.570 65/.683
HR/SB/CS 15/12/4 4/1/1 3/3/2 3/4/2 4/2/0 3/1/0 6/1/1 5/2/4 123/73/39
Usage ·····X·· ·o·oo··X ········ X··ooo·X oo··X··X X··Xo··X ·X····Xo o···X···
Texas Rangers Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
34.Floyd
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
36.Myers*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/69 .217/.305/.325/.631 .819/.559 .614 89/.672 1/0 1/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 340/245 .311/.362/.460/.821 .823/.821 .925 100/.726 3/3 6/3
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 7/.829 1/.000 ··· ··· 303/288 .272/.347/.464/.811 .717/.814 .957 69/1.156 2/0 9/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 266/181 .222/.284/.350/.634 .631/.635 .658 93/.594 1/2 6/4
3.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 173/93 .195/.253/.302/.555 .567/.543 .492 3/1.167 5/1 3/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 3/.333 2/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 432/321 .255/.339/.437/.776 .986/.702 .890 113/.743 16/0 17/14
15.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 390/284 .225/.282/.344/.625 .630/.624 .618 62/.555 5/2 8/10
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 34/25 .424/.441/.727/1.168 1.778/.943 .986 32/1.115 0/0 1/0
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 248/145 .263/.306/.422/.729 .664/.775 .746 90/.720 0/0 9/8
21.Sosa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 3/.333 1/3.000 1/.000 411/288 .247/.307/.454/.761 1.011/.660 .679 46/.824 0/0 17/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 14/.000 2/.000 ··· 276/206 .236/.307/.380/.688 .411/.783 .584 73/.518 1/0 7/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.476 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 325/234 .237/.307/.481/.788 .914/.739 .879 59/.917 2/1 18/4
10.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/1.250 1/3.000 5/.800 2/1.500 5/.200 1/.000 570/426 .304/.356/.413/.769 .829/.749 .820 103/.847 10/2 7/12
IP 130.2 32.1 39.0 55.1 42.2 34.2 43.2 45.2 16.2 TOTAL .259/.323/.421/.744 .762/.739 .773 71/17 144/97
ERA-K/9 5.51/6.7 4.73/4.7 6.92/5.5 2.77/8.0 4.43/5.5 5.71/9.3 3.71/4.5 5.12/8.3 2.70/4.9 4.99/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (51-32-9)
 Saltalamacchia (25-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.290 149/.262 179/.321 208/.190 186/.287 165/.270 196/.273 205/.285 67/.233 .278  Byrd
 Cruz
 Hairston
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Botts
 Sosa
 Murphy
 Laird
16/39/36/8
16/0/57/5
20/22/6/3
36/1/15/2
59/0/0/2
6/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
12/2/5/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .867 .785 .976 .484 .767 .775 .774 .824 .599 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.877 50/.685 77/1.031 86/.542 82/.576 43/.863 96/.830 85/.886 13/1.315 .808
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 445/.864 99/.832 102/.933 122/.443 104/.917 122/.743 100/.720 120/.780 54/.442 .769
Road 309/.882 60/.594 75/.834 97/.487 87/.725 94/.843 66/.886 101/.708 35/.710 .786
Last 28d days 85/.958 61/.707 105/.797 28/.074 51/.873 53/.635 31/1.324 54/.841 46/.692
HR/SB/CS 26/9/1 4/1/0 14/6/0 2/4/0 5/5/1 2/5/0 5/4/2 4/1/1 0/1/0 152/77/18
Usage ·····X·· o··XXo·· ·X···X·X ··o····· Xo··oo·· ·Xo·Xo·· ···X·X·X X···XX·· oo··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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