CHW @ LAA, Monday, May 12, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 18-18, 2nd, 1 GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 1-4, 5.31) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-4) 42.1 52 28 25 11 27 4 5.31 2007 (10-9) 201 208 86 81 45 115 22 3.63 2006 (12-13) 204 247 124 113 48 98 36 4.99 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 42.1 52 28 25 11 27 4 5.31 45 2008-05-07 MIN L 5.2 9 7 7 3 4 1 93 24 2008-05-02 @TOR L 8 5 2 0 0 7 0 100 75 2008-04-26 BAL ND 6 3 3 3 2 5 1 111 57 2008-04-19 @TBR L 7 12 5 5 2 5 0 109 36 2008-04-14 OAK L 7 9 2 2 1 4 0 102 54 2008-04-06 @DET W 7 7 2 1 2 1 0 89 56 2008-03-31 @CLE ND 1.2 7 7 7 1 1 2 48 13 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 0-2 32 42 22 21 9 18 9 5.91 41 2007-09-16 LAA ND 6.1 11 7 6 2 3 2 106 26 2007-05-06 @LAA ND 6 7 3 3 3 3 1 109 46 2007-04-29 LAA L 6 9 3 3 1 8 2 102 49 2006-09-12 @LAA ND 7 8 3 3 1 2 1 91 50 2006-08-07 LAA L 6.2 7 6 6 2 2 3 104 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-7 Road: 9-11 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 12-14 vsLHP: 6-4 1-Run: 3-5 vsEast: 6-9 vsCntrl: 9-7 vsWest: 3-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 37 Sun, May 11 @SEA L 3-6 18-18 2nd 1.0 gb 36 Sat, May 10 @SEA W 8-4 18-17 1st Tied 35 Fri, May 9 @SEA W 4-2 17-17 2nd 1.0 gb 34 Thu, May 8 MIN W 6-2 16-17 2nd 1.0 gb 33 Wed, May 7 MIN L 1-13 15-17 3rd 2.0 gb 32 Tue, May 6 MIN W 7-1 15-16 2nd 1.0 gb 31 Mon, May 5 @TOR L 0-1 14-16 2nd 2.0 gb 30 Sun, May 4 @TOR L 3-4 14-15 2nd 1.5 gb 29 Sat, May 3 @TOR L 2-5 14-14 2nd 0.5 gb 28 Fri, May 2 @TOR L 0-2 14-13 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-11 Last 30:13-16
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 22-17, 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC	SP: Nick Adenhart (21, RHP, 0-0, 11.37) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 6.1 9 8 8 10 3 0 11.37 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-0 6.1 9 8 8 10 3 0 11.37 31 2008-05-06 @KCR ND 4.1 6 3 3 5 3 0 83 37 2008-05-01 OAK ND 2 3 5 5 5 0 0 57 25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 10-8 Road: 12-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 17-15 vsLHP: 5-2 1-Run: 6-5 vsEast: 4-5 vsCntrl:10-5 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 39 Sun, May 11 @TBR L 5-8 22-17 2nd 1.0 gb 38 Sat, May 10 @TBR L 0-2 22-16 1st Tied 37 Fri, May 9 @TBR L 0-2 22-15 1st Tied 36 Wed, May 7 @KCR L 4-9 22-14 1st Tied 35 Tue, May 6 @KCR W 5-3 22-13 1st 1.0 up 34 Mon, May 5 @KCR W 4-0 21-13 1st 1.0 up 33 Sun, May 4 BAL W 6-5 20-13 1st 1.0 up 32 Sat, May 3 BAL W 3-1 19-13 1st 1.0 up 31 Fri, May 2 BAL L 3-4 18-13 1st Tied 30 Thu, May 1 OAK L 8-15 18-12 1st Tied Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Sep 16, 2007 CHW 9 LAA 7 W:Mike MacDougal (2-5), L: Dustin Moseley (4-3), S: none Sat, Sep 15, 2007 LAA 2 @CHW 1 W:Jered Weaver (12-7), L: Jon Garland (9-12), S: Francisco Rodriguez (35) Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CHW 5 LAA 3 W:Jose Contreras (9-16), L: Bartolo Colon (6-7), S: Bobby Jenks (38) Sun, May 06, 2007 CHW 4 @LAA 3 (10) W:Matt Thornton (2-1), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (10) Sat, May 05, 2007 CHW 6 @LAA 3 W:Jon Garland (1-2), L: John Lackey (4-3), S: Bobby Jenks (9) Fri, May 04, 2007 LAA 5 CHW 1 W:Kelvim Escobar (3-1), L: Jose Contreras (2-3), S: Scot Shields (2) Sun, Apr 29, 2007 LAA 5 @CHW 2 W:Kelvim Escobar (2-1), L: Mark Buehrle (2-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (8) Sat, Apr 28, 2007 LAA 3 @CHW 0 W:Jered Weaver (1-2), L: Jon Garland (0-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (7) Fri, Apr 27, 2007 CHW 7 LAA 3 W:Jose Contreras (2-2), L: Ervin Santana (2-3), S: none Wed, Sep 13, 2006 CHW 9 @LAA 0 W:Freddy Garcia (14-9), L: Joe Saunders (5-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - CHW won 5-4; 2006 - CHW won 6-3; All-Time - CHW leads 326-325

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 2008 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

CHC 5.70

STL 4.54

SDP 3.37

RA/G

OAK 3.72

SEA 4.51

DET 5.50

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

E. Jackson 4.04

B. Arroyo 7.14

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.16

S. Chacon 6.18

J. Garland 2.07

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Adenhart
G/S/vB 49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB 53.O'Day
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 48/45 .244/.292/.356/.647 1.667/.575 .530 40/.651 0/0 1/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.429 3/.000 1/3.000 19/.610 159/124 .231/.299/.280/.579 .693/.548 .567 110/.521 5/1 1/

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 9/.333 7/1.071 3/.833 136/110 .254/.324/.492/.815 .405/.911 .756 90/.672 0/1 7/

23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 ··· 15/.900 14/.846 23/.304 13/.985 129/100 .276/.333/.509/.842 .959/.806 .842 84/.769 0/1 6/

44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 4/1.250 5/.200 3/1.000 6/.733 29/21 .241/.241/.310/.552 .250/.667 .625 22/.636 0/0 0/

14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 10/1.250 8/.804 11/.495 13/.749 146/113 .227/.356/.403/.760 .847/.734 .660 99/.714 0/0 5/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 32/26 .200/.200/.200/.400 .333/.417 .353 27/.400 0/0 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 7/.762 6/.834 6/.666 124/98 .296/.347/.461/.808 .748/.824 .790 85/.644 0/0 3/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/119 .298/.414/.587/1.001 .965/1.009 .989 107/1.082 3/2 9/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/34 .125/.146/.175/.321 .472/.281 .368 30/.357 1/1 0/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 ··· 2/.000 11/.182 12/.606 12/.361 156/120 .202/.333/.310/.643 .778/.604 .645 110/.546 1/2 3/

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 27/1.059 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 148/109 .220/.351/.439/.790 .933/.733 .917 102/.868 1/0 7/

5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 4/.250 2/.000 114/93 .194/.259/.340/.599 .554/.609 .593 72/.621 0/0 3/

IP 6.1 7.2 21.0 17.2 14.2 14.2 15.0 TOTAL .239/.325/.403/.728 .755/.721 .723 .691 11/8 45/21

ERA-K/9

11.37/4.3

10.57/7.0

3.43/5.6

3.06/4.1

3.07/6.1

1.84/7.3

6.00/6.0

4.44/5.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (10-3-0)
Pierzynski (20-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 37/.333 45/.410 98/.310 72/.297 59/.200 55/.235 74/.286 .278 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson 2/22/7/2
35/0/0/2
0/8/0/1
0/0/31/1
0/14/2/0

OPS .995 1.002 .814 .782 .582 .626 .982 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/.885 19/1.167 41/.836 33/.915 30/.733 26/.591 33/1.444 .844

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/1.101 26/.878 57/.800 39/.677 29/.434 29/.656 41/.611 .705

Home 14/.905 33/1.153 39/.683 27/.593 29/.854 23/.685 28/.899 .768

Last 28d days 37/.995 45/1.002 62/.832 43/.661 38/.384 38/.488 51/1.071

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 5/0/1 36/25/11

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· Xo··X··o ·X···o·o ·····o·X ·····o·o o·o··X·X

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 46.Masset
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 43.Wassermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 40/.625 4/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 149/121 .246/.282/.415/.697 .327/.784 .642 92/.703 1/0 5/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 131/104 .291/.305/.386/.691 .907/.635 .552 101/.695 5/2 1/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 22/1.344 20/1.034 4/.833 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 154/125 .268/.344/.420/.764 .681/.784 .657 98/.742 1/1 3/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 74/.622 3/.000 7/.486 3/.666 4/.500 4/1.750 6/.900 ··· 150/117 .302/.353/.511/.864 .801/.883 1.105 99/.832 3/1 5/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 142/113 .305/.359/.496/.855 1.186/.770 .639 93/.757 1/0 6/

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 70/50 .238/.269/.429/.697 .750/.677 .371 51/.544 1/0 3/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 25/.695 6/.750 3/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 163/136 .213/.307/.355/.661 .875/.618 .624 105/.636 1/1 5/

19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/

44.Napoli G/S/vP 6/.900 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/70 .250/.308/.597/.905 .393/.960 .763 46/.945 1/0 8/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 22/1.318 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 35/22 .182/.229/.273/.501 .397/.561 .718 31/.502 0/0 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 26/.693 5/1.350 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 35/15 .147/.171/.176/.348 .350/.343 .488 27/.377 0/0 0/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/21 .200/.286/.200/.486 .452/.496 .833 28/.486 0/0 0/

77.Willits# G/S/vP 11/.637 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 19/17 .333/.444/.400/.844 .000/.962 1.181 18/.697 0/0 0/

3.Wood G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/19 .154/.214/.269/.484 .347/.544 .384 29/.484 0/0 1/

IP 42.1 14.1 14.1 15.0 14.0 19.0 13.1 2.2 TOTAL .265/.326/.411/.737 .718/.742 .702 .690 32/11 38/16

ERA-K/9

5.31/5.7

3.14/13.8

2.51/5.7

1.80/4.2

3.21/6.4

4.26/9.5

3.38/12.9

23.63/3.3

3.73/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (12-7-1)
Napoli (13-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.311 67/.263 57/.255 61/.232 59/.291 84/.254 52/.130 19/.563 .251 Guerrero
Matthews
Anderson
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/31/3
15/6/8/2
21/0/0/1
0/33/0/1
3/1/3/0
2/2/2/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .824 .715 .688 .670 .709 .784 .426 1.236 .686

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.700 17/1.113 26/.737 31/.513 31/.577 37/.862 24/.592 3/1.333 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.862 50/.582 31/.647 30/.817 28/.854 47/.723 28/.294 16/1.215 .639

Road 100/.832 32/.784 26/.699 31/.494 36/.596 47/.557 24/.345 12/1.000 .681

Last 28d days 142/.769 49/.650 37/.795 45/.750 46/.743 45/.775 36/.441 19/1.236

HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 1/5/0 1/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 21/30/7

Usage ····X··· ·X·XX··· ··oo·o·· ·ooX···· o···o··· X···o··· ·o····o· X···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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Game Preview: CHW @ LAA, 10:05pm, Monday, May 12, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 1-4, 5.31)

SP: Nick Adenhart (21, RHP, 0-0, 11.37)

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