CHW @ LAA, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 18-19, 3rd, 2 GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 3-3, 3.18) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-3) 39.2 34 14 14 10 30 2 3.18 2007 (6-13) 139 160 92 85 54 109 28 5.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 39.2 34 14 14 10 30 2 3.18 55 2008-05-08 MIN W 5 6 2 2 2 5 0 89 50 2008-05-03 @TOR L 4.2 7 2 2 1 5 1 107 46 2008-04-26 BAL L 6.1 4 2 2 0 4 1 92 61 2008-04-20 @TBR W 7 3 0 0 0 8 0 96 79 2008-04-15 OAK W 7.2 5 0 0 2 4 0 97 71 2008-04-09 MIN L 2.1 7 7 7 3 2 0 69 14 2008-04-03 @CLE ND 6.2 2 1 1 2 2 0 87 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-7 Road: 9-12 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 12-15 vsLHP: 6-4 1-Run: 3-5 vsEast: 6-9 vsCntrl: 9-7 vsWest: 3-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 38 Mon, May 12 @LAA L 7-10 18-19 3rd 2.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-12 Last 30:13-16
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 23-17, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC	SP: Jered Weaver (25, RHP, 2-5, 5.59) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-5) 46.2 55 30 29 14 31 7 5.59 2007 (13-7) 161 178 77 70 45 115 17 3.91 2006 (11-2) 123 94 36 35 33 105 15 2.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 40.1 47 27 26 12 26 7 5.80 44 2008-05-07 @KCR L 3.1 10 8 8 1 1 2 82 8 2008-05-02 BAL L 7 6 4 4 2 6 1 110 53 2008-04-27 @DET W 6.1 4 2 2 4 5 0 104 58 2008-04-22 @BOS ND 5 10 5 5 0 4 2 105 31 2008-04-16 KCR L 6 10 3 2 1 1 0 96 42 2008-04-11 @SEA L 5.2 4 5 5 4 3 2 102 40 2008-04-05 TEX W 7 3 0 0 0 6 0 93 77 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 2-0 11.2 10 1 1 1 13 0 0.77 65 2007-09-15 @CHW W 6 4 1 1 1 8 0 114 67 2007-04-28 @CHW W 5.2 6 0 0 0 5 0 107 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-8 Road: 12-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 17-15 vsLHP: 6-2 1-Run: 6-5 vsEast: 4-5 vsCntrl:11-5 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 40 Mon, May 12 CHW W 10-7 23-17 2nd 0.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, May 12, 2008 LAA 10 CHW 7 W:Nick Adenhart (1-0), L: Mark Buehrle (1-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (15) 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 Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 1-0; 2007 - CHW won 5-4; 2006 - CHW won 6-3; All-Time - Tied 326-326

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 5.87

CHW 4.61

SDP 3.36

RA/G

CLE 3.71

MIN 4.49

TEX 5.58

D. Pedroia .304

OBP

D. Pedroia .342

SLG

D. Pedroia .404

OPS

D. Pedroia .746

ERA

C. Lee .67

J. Lester 4.06

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 (4.61 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Weaver
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.429 3/.000 2/2.500 19/.610 164/129 .230/.296/.277/.573 .693/.542 .558 111/.497 5/1 1/

24.Crede G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 9/.333 7/1.071 3/.833 139/113 .266/.338/.500/.838 .405/.937 .801 89/.744 0/1 7/

23.Dye G/S/vP 6/.334 3/3.333 ··· 15/.900 15/.929 23/.304 13/.985 134/105 .298/.351/.529/.880 .959/.854 .903 85/.823 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 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 10/1.250 9/.708 11/.495 13/.749 151/118 .218/.344/.387/.731 .847/.700 .615 100/.706 0/0 5/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 33/27 .194/.194/.194/.387 .333/.400 .333 28/.385 0/0 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.250 8/.661 6/.834 6/.666 129/103 .303/.357/.479/.836 .748/.858 .841 86/.649 0/0 3/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 149/123 .288/.403/.568/.971 .965/.972 .933 107/1.082 3/2 9/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/35 .146/.167/.195/.362 .472/.333 .481 31/.414 1/1 0/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 15/.466 5/.900 ··· 2/.000 11/.182 12/.606 12/.361 160/124 .211/.338/.323/.661 .778/.627 .678 110/.545 1/2 3/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 27/1.059 3/.000 4/.250 2/.000 153/114 .214/.353/.429/.782 .933/.722 .897 103/.889 1/0 7/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 4/.750 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 5/.200 2/.000 118/97 .208/.276/.349/.625 .554/.641 .638 73/.690 0/0 3/

IP 46.2 9.1 21.0 17.2 15.1 15.2 15.0 TOTAL .243/.328/.406/.734 .755/.729 .734 .706 11/8 45/22

ERA-K/9

5.59/6.0

10.61/7.7

3.43/5.6

3.06/4.1

2.93/6.5

2.30/6.9

6.00/6.0

4.51/5.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.294 54/.404 98/.310 72/.297 62/.208 59/.241 74/.286 .281 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson 3/23/7/2
36/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/32/1
0/14/2/0

OPS .815 1.013 .814 .782 .587 .640 .982 .771

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.849 22/1.145 41/.836 33/.915 31/.707 27/.619 33/1.444 .850

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.788 32/.919 57/.800 39/.677 31/.472 32/.657 41/.611 .710

Home 80/.616 42/1.135 39/.683 27/.593 32/.835 27/.708 28/.899 .778

Last 28d days 126/.919 54/1.013 62/.832 43/.661 38/.440 40/.547 47/1.079

HR/SB/CS 7/8/1 1/1/0 1/1/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 5/0/1 36/25/11

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

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
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 ··· 4/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 153/121 .260/.294/.438/.732 .540/.784 .723 91/.778 1/0 5/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 136/104 .298/.311/.397/.708 .953/.635 .598 102/.725 5/2 1/

43.Brown G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/2 .111/.111/.222/.333 .429/.000 .333 9/.333 0/0 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 20/1.034 4/.833 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 159/126 .273/.346/.441/.786 .755/.795 .717 98/.766 1/1 4/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 9/.111 3/.000 7/.486 3/.666 4/.500 4/1.750 7/.762 1/2.000 155/118 .299/.348/.500/.848 .713/.893 1.053 99/.817 3/1 5/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 143/113 .311/.364/.500/.864 1.214/.770 .663 89/.776 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 ··· 7/.629 3/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 168/137 .219/.310/.356/.666 .891/.613 .637 105/.651 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 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/70 .240/.293/.573/.866 .267/.960 .700 46/.761 1/0 8/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 38/22 .200/.263/.286/.549 .527/.561 .769 34/.555 0/0 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/22 .241/.313/.241/.554 .733/.473 .900 32/.554 0/0 0/

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

IP 39.2 15.1 14.1 15.0 14.1 19.0 14.1 2.2 TOTAL .268/.328/.415/.742 .741/.742 .716 .696 32/11 39/17

ERA-K/9

3.18/6.8

2.93/13.5

2.51/5.7

1.80/4.2

3.14/6.9

4.26/9.5

3.14/12.0

30.38/3.3

3.86/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 161/.228 70/.250 57/.255 61/.232 62/.310 84/.254 55/.122 21/.611 .254 Guerrero
Matthews
Anderson
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/32/3
16/6/8/2
21/0/0/1
0/34/0/1
3/1/3/0
2/2/2/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .557 .681 .688 .670 .741 .784 .402 1.317 .693

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.498 18/1.044 26/.737 31/.513 33/.667 37/.862 24/.592 3/1.333 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.582 52/.558 31/.647 30/.817 29/.824 47/.723 31/.265 18/1.314 .645

Road 72/.461 35/.710 26/.699 31/.494 39/.656 47/.557 27/.305 14/1.154 .694

Last 28d days 120/.528 48/.636 37/.795 45/.750 46/.833 45/.775 39/.405 21/1.317

HR/SB/CS 2/2/3 1/5/0 1/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 22/30/7

Usage ····X··· o·X·XX·· ···oo·o· ··ooX··· oo···o·· ·X···o·· o·o····o oX···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, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 3-3, 3.18)

SP: Jered Weaver (25, RHP, 2-5, 5.59)

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