CHW @ LAA, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 18-20, 3rd, 2 GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 3-3, 3.66) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-3) 46.2 44 20 19 13 25 2 3.66 2007 (10-17) 189 232 134 117 62 113 21 5.57 2006 (13-9) 196 194 101 93 55 134 20 4.27 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 46.2 44 20 19 13 25 2 3.66 53 2008-05-09 @SEA W 7 6 1 1 2 4 0 98 63 2008-05-04 @TOR L 8 6 4 4 0 5 0 104 59 2008-04-27 BAL W 6.2 5 1 1 3 3 1 100 60 2008-04-22 NYY L 6.1 7 4 4 1 3 1 97 45 2008-04-16 @BAL W 7 4 1 1 0 6 0 91 71 2008-04-11 DET L 6.2 6 4 4 3 2 0 102 45 2008-04-04 @DET ND 5 10 5 4 4 2 0 92 27 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 4-1 36 35 12 9 9 22 1 2.25 58 2007-09-14 LAA W 7.1 11 3 3 1 3 0 103 46 2007-05-04 @LAA L 6 6 4 1 3 6 0 100 53 2007-04-27 LAA W 6.1 7 3 3 3 1 1 99 45 2006-09-11 @LAA W 8 6 1 1 1 8 0 113 73 2006-04-29 @LAA W 8.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 103 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-7 Road: 9-13 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 12-16 vsLHP: 6-4 1-Run: 3-5 vsEast: 6-9 vsCntrl: 9-7 vsWest: 3-4 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 39 Tue, May 13 @LAA L 0-2 18-20 3rd 2.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-12 Last 30:13-16
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 24-17, 1st, ½ up	SP: John Lackey (29, RHP, 0-0, undef) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (19-9) 224 219 87 75 52 179 18 3.01 2006 (13-11) 217.2 203 98 86 72 190 14 3.56 2005 (14-5) 209 208 85 80 71 199 13 3.44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 51.2 42 11 11 6 46 2 1.92 66 2007-09-28 @OAK W 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 74 75 2007-09-23 SEA W 7 7 2 2 0 7 0 101 62 2007-09-18 TBD W 8 5 1 1 2 10 0 105 76 2007-09-13 @BAL L 7 9 3 3 1 8 0 112 54 2007-09-07 CLE ND 7 6 1 1 1 6 0 105 66 2007-09-02 TEX ND 6.2 6 4 4 2 8 2 99 52 2007-08-27 @SEA W 9 7 0 0 0 5 0 109 78 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 2-2 37 34 13 13 9 27 1 3.16 59 2007-05-05 CHW L 8 8 4 4 2 8 0 110 56 2006-09-11 CHW L 8 4 3 3 2 8 0 119 68 2005-09-11 @CHW W 7 6 0 0 1 3 0 105 67 2005-05-31 @CHW ND 7 10 4 4 2 3 1 104 42 2005-05-26 CHW W 7 6 2 2 2 5 0 108 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-8 Road: 12-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 17-15 vsLHP: 7-2 1-Run: 6-5 vsEast: 4-5 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 41 Tue, May 13 CHW W 2-0 24-17 1st 0.5 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, May 13, 2008 LAA 2 CHW 0 W:Scot Shields (2-0), L: Octavio Dotel (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (16) 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) Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 2-0; 2007 - CHW won 5-4; 2006 - CHW won 6-3; All-Time - LAA leads 327-326

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 5.79

STL 4.49

SDP 3.38

RA/G

CLE 3.62

MIN 4.50

TEX 5.49

D. Pedroia .307

OBP

D. Pedroia .344

SLG

D. Pedroia .403

OPS

D. Pedroia .747

ERA

C. Lee .67

Z. Duke 4.04

B. Arroyo 7.14

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

Z. Greinke 6.11

J. Garland 2.07

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 49.Bootcheck
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 5/1.000 1/.000 7/.429 4/.000 2/2.500 19/.610 168/133 .224/.289/.270/.559 .693/.525 .534 111/.467 5/1 1/

24.Crede G/S/vP 19/.684 ··· 2/.000 9/.333 8/1.196 3/.833 142/116 .270/.345/.500/.845 .405/.944 .814 88/.753 0/1 7/

23.Dye G/S/vP 36/.712 3/3.333 15/.900 16/.867 23/.304 13/.985 138/109 .288/.341/.512/.853 .959/.822 .859 85/.798 0/1 6/

44.Hall G/S/vP 5/.200 3/1.334 4/1.250 5/.200 3/1.000 6/.733 29/21 .241/.241/.310/.552 .250/.667 .625 19/.737 0/0 0/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 24/.825 1/.000 10/1.250 9/.708 11/.495 13/.749 154/121 .213/.338/.378/.716 .847/.680 .591 99/.700 0/0 5/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 33/27 .194/.194/.194/.387 .333/.400 .333 25/.435 0/0 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 28/.681 1/3.000 4/1.250 8/.661 6/.834 6/.666 132/106 .303/.356/.475/.831 .748/.852 .834 89/.649 0/0 3/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 153/127 .287/.399/.566/.965 .965/.965 .923 107/1.043 3/2 9/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/35 .146/.167/.195/.362 .472/.333 .481 27/.360 1/1 0/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 42/.433 5/.900 2/.000 11/.182 13/.558 12/.361 163/127 .206/.331/.316/.647 .778/.611 .653 109/.538 1/2 3/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 27/1.059 4/.000 4/.250 2/.000 157/118 .209/.350/.419/.769 .933/.707 .872 107/.866 1/0 7/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 15/.734 2/3.000 1/.000 5/.000 6/.167 2/.000 121/100 .202/.269/.339/.608 .554/.620 .610 76/.661 0/0 3/

IP 9.1 17.2 16.1 16.2 15.0 TOTAL .240/.325/.400/.725 .755/.717 .717 .696 11/8 45/22

ERA-K/9

/0.0

10.61/7.7

3.06/4.1

2.76/7.2

2.16/7.0

6.00/6.0

4.40/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (10-3-0)
Pierzynski (23-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 54/.404 72/.297 66/.211 62/.246 74/.286 .277 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson 3/24/7/2
37/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/33/1
0/14/2/0

OPS 1.013 .782 .599 .641 .982 .761

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 22/1.145 33/.915 32/.683 28/.596 33/1.444 .842

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 32/.919 39/.677 34/.523 34/.678 41/.611 .699

Home / 42/1.135 27/.593 36/.826 30/.704 28/.899 .758

Last 28d days / 54/1.013 32/.625 38/.459 40/.599 46/1.105

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

Usage ·X····X· ···X···o oX·····o oX·····o ··o·o··X

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Contreras
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 21/1.124 4/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 157/121 .267/.299/.440/.739 .592/.784 .738 90/.776 2/0 5/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 140/105 .296/.309/.400/.709 .957/.629 .607 102/.715 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 19/.701 21/.983 4/.833 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 163/127 .265/.337/.429/.766 .690/.788 .675 97/.725 1/1 4/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 20/.744 4/.500 7/.486 3/.666 4/.500 4/1.750 7/.762 1/2.000 159/119 .297/.346/.493/.839 .659/.903 1.022 99/.801 3/1 5/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 10/.733 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 81/69 .194/.272/.236/.508 .583/.492 .436 40/.739 5/0 0/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 15/.696 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 147/113 .309/.361/.493/.853 1.127/.770 .652 89/.740 1/0 6/

5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 70/50 .238/.269/.429/.697 .750/.677 .371 47/.536 1/0 3/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 6/.367 7/.629 3/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 172/137 .223/.320/.358/.678 .933/.613 .663 104/.660 2/1 5/

44.Napoli G/S/vP 8/.708 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 86/70 .244/.291/.564/.855 .341/.960 .692 50/.749 2/0 8/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 42/23 .231/.286/.308/.593 .551/.625 .802 38/.604 0/0 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.666 5/1.350 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 36/15 .171/.194/.200/.394 .429/.343 .558 28/.437 0/0 0/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/22 .233/.324/.233/.557 .717/.473 .864 34/.557 0/0 0/

77.Willits# G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 19/17 .333/.444/.400/.844 .000/.962 1.181 18/.697 0/0 0/

IP 46.2 16.0 14.1 15.1 14.1 19.0 15.0 2.2 TOTAL .269/.328/.413/.741 .737/.743 .715 .688 35/11 39/17

ERA-K/9

3.66/4.8

3.38/14.1

2.51/5.7

1.76/4.1

3.14/6.9

4.26/9.5

3.60/11.4

30.38/3.3

3.82/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.249 73/.254 57/.255 63/.241 62/.310 84/.254 58/.137 21/.611 .256 Guerrero
Matthews
Anderson
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/33/3
17/6/8/2
21/0/0/1
0/35/0/1
3/1/3/0
2/2/2/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .641 .681 .688 .681 .741 .784 .420 1.317 .693

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.794 19/.984 26/.737 32/.496 33/.667 37/.862 26/.626 3/1.333 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.501 54/.576 31/.647 31/.856 29/.824 47/.723 32/.260 18/1.314 .648

Road 111/.596 38/.707 26/.699 33/.525 39/.656 47/.557 30/.348 14/1.154 .695

Last 28d days 139/.561 51/.638 35/.828 44/.734 46/.833 45/.775 42/.431 21/1.317

HR/SB/CS 2/6/0 1/5/0 1/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 22/33/7

Usage ····X··· Xo·X·XX· ····oo·o o··ooX·· ·oo···o· ··X···o· oo·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, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 3-3, 3.66)

SP: John Lackey (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

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