CHW @ LAA, Thursday, May 15, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 19-20, 3rd, 1½ GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 4-3, 3.63) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-3) 52 51 21 21 12 52 3 3.63 2007 (15-8) 216.2 197 95 90 50 213 29 3.74 2006 (11-12) 202.2 206 116 109 56 184 23 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 47 46 17 17 8 46 3 3.26 58 2008-05-10 @SEA W 5.2 6 4 4 1 6 1 87 46 2008-05-05 @TOR L 7.2 8 1 1 1 9 1 121 67 2008-04-28 BAL ND 8 4 1 1 1 7 1 100 76 2008-04-23 NYY L 5.1 10 6 6 3 3 0 104 24 2008-04-18 @TBR W 6.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 104 56 2008-04-13 DET W 7 5 0 0 0 9 0 92 76 2008-04-07 MIN W 7 7 3 3 1 8 0 98 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 0-1 21.1 14 7 7 6 20 4 2.95 63 2004-05-18 @ANA ND 7 5 0 0 2 5 0 113 70 2004-05-12 ANA L 7.1 6 5 5 2 4 2 100 48 2003-06-05 ANA ND 7 3 2 2 2 11 2 107 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-7 Road: 10-13 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 13-16 vsLHP: 6-4 1-Run: 3-5 vsEast: 6-9 vsCntrl: 9-7 vsWest: 4-4 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 40 Wed, May 14 @LAA W 6-1 19-20 3rd 1.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-11 Last 30:13-16
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 24-18, 1st, ½ up	SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 4-3, 4.30) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-3) 52.1 58 28 25 16 12 6 4.30 2007 (10-13) 208.1 219 114 98 57 98 19 4.23 2006 (18-7) 211.1 247 112 106 41 112 26 4.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 44.1 52 27 24 15 12 6 4.87 44 2008-05-09 @TBR ND 8 4 0 0 3 2 0 119 73 2008-05-03 BAL W 8 3 1 1 1 1 0 96 72 2008-04-28 OAK L 6 10 7 7 3 5 2 109 26 2008-04-23 @BOS W 6 8 4 4 2 1 1 82 39 2008-04-17 KCR W 6.1 7 2 2 3 1 0 92 49 2008-04-12 @SEA L 5 12 6 3 1 0 1 98 24 2008-04-06 TEX L 5 8 7 7 2 2 2 91 23 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-9 Road: 12-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 17-16 vsLHP: 7-2 1-Run: 6-5 vsEast: 4-5 vsCntrl:12-6 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 42 Wed, May 14 CHW L 1-6 24-18 1st 0.5 up 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, May 14, 2008 CHW 6 @LAA 1 W:Jose Contreras (4-3), L: Scot Shields (2-1), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 2-1; 2007 - CHW won 5-4; 2006 - CHW won 6-3; All-Time - Tied 327-327

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 5.85

CHW 4.53

SDP 3.41

RA/G

CLE 3.53

MIN 4.54

TEX 5.45

D. Pedroia .306

I. Suzuki .271

OBP

J. Hamilton .347

I. Suzuki .321

SLG

J. Hamilton .539

I. Suzuki .367

OPS

J. Hamilton .886

I. Suzuki .688

ERA

C. Lee .67

N. Blackburn 3.93

M. Chico 6.42

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

S. Chacon 6.18

J. Garland 2.07

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Garland
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
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 30/1.166 1/.000 1/.000 7/.429 4/.000 3/2.333 19/.610 173/138 .229/.292/.274/.566 .693/.536 .547 112/.477 5/1 1/

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 9/.333 8/1.196 4/.583 146/120 .269/.342/.500/.842 .405/.937 .811 88/.790 0/1 7/

23.Dye G/S/vP 12/.705 ··· 3/3.333 15/.900 16/.867 23/.304 14/1.029 142/113 .289/.345/.508/.853 .959/.824 .859 85/.780 0/1 6/

44.Hall G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/1.250 9/.708 11/.495 14/.793 158/125 .215/.342/.377/.719 .847/.685 .602 99/.714 1/0 5/

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

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 25/.969 1/.000 1/3.000 4/1.250 8/.661 7/.953 6/.666 137/111 .304/.365/.472/.837 .748/.858 .843 90/.673 0/0 3/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/5.000 ··· 157/131 .293/.401/.586/.988 .965/.993 .966 107/1.100 3/2 10/

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 24/.608 1/5.000 5/.900 2/.000 11/.182 13/.558 12/.361 167/131 .207/.329/.336/.665 .778/.634 .685 109/.570 1/2 4/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 17/1.029 ··· 1/.000 27/1.059 4/.000 4/.250 3/.000 161/122 .203/.342/.406/.748 .933/.681 .831 107/.776 1/0 7/

5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 5/.000 7/.453 2/.000 125/104 .204/.268/.336/.605 .554/.615 .604 76/.689 0/0 3/

IP 52.1 1.0 9.1 17.2 16.1 16.2 16.0 TOTAL .241/.326/.402/.728 .755/.722 .724 .705 12/8 47/22

ERA-K/9

4.30/2.1

9.00/9.0

10.61/7.7

3.06/4.1

2.76/7.2

4.32/7.0

5.63/5.6

4.44/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (10-3-0)
Pierzynski (25-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 222/.289 4/.250 54/.404 72/.297 66/.211 66/.283 78/.277 .278 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson 3/25/7/2
38/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/34/1
0/15/2/0

OPS .802 1.250 1.013 .782 .599 .767 .969 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.736 2/2.500 22/1.145 33/.915 32/.683 29/.622 34/1.397 .840

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.879 2/.000 32/.919 39/.677 34/.523 37/.878 44/.629 .706

Home 109/.853 4/1.250 42/1.135 27/.593 36/.826 34/.945 32/.875 .763

Last 28d days 139/.719 4/1.250 54/1.013 32/.625 38/.459 44/.791 50/1.079

HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 5/1/1 38/26/11

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

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
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 3/1.666 4/1.000 4/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 161/125 .266/.298/.435/.733 .592/.775 .725 90/.776 2/0 5/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 144/109 .290/.308/.391/.699 .957/.618 .591 102/.730 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 6/.533 21/.983 4/.833 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 167/131 .265/.335/.424/.759 .690/.778 .665 97/.747 1/1 4/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 37/.632 4/.500 8/.708 3/.666 4/.500 4/1.750 7/.762 1/2.000 163/123 .298/.350/.490/.840 .659/.902 1.015 99/.770 3/2 5/

6.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 85/73 .187/.271/.227/.497 .583/.480 .420 40/.739 6/0 0/

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 151/117 .300/.351/.479/.830 1.127/.742 .612 89/.716 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 47/.536 1/0 3/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 10/1.700 7/.629 3/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 176/141 .217/.313/.349/.661 .933/.594 .629 104/.618 2/1 5/

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 89/73 .253/.303/.570/.873 .341/.980 .730 49/.821 3/0 8/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 45/26 .238/.289/.310/.598 .551/.629 .789 41/.608 0/0 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 20/18 .313/.421/.375/.796 .000/.899 1.056 19/.656 0/0 0/

IP 52.0 16.0 15.1 16.1 14.1 19.0 15.0 2.2 TOTAL .267/.327/.408/.734 .737/.734 .702 .682 37/12 39/18

ERA-K/9

3.63/9.0

3.38/14.1

2.35/5.3

1.65/4.4

3.14/6.9

4.26/9.5

3.60/11.4

30.38/3.3

3.75/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (12-7-1)
Napoli (14-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 216/.255 73/.254 61/.255 66/.230 62/.310 84/.254 58/.137 21/.611 .254 Guerrero
Matthews
Anderson
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 0/0/34/3
17/6/8/2
22/0/0/1
0/36/0/1
3/1/3/0
2/2/2/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .697 .681 .675 .649 .741 .784 .420 1.317 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.839 19/.984 29/.656 34/.465 33/.667 37/.862 26/.626 3/1.333 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.573 54/.576 32/.692 32/.829 29/.824 47/.723 32/.260 18/1.314 .650

Road 106/.748 38/.707 30/.670 36/.480 39/.656 47/.557 30/.348 14/1.154 .684

Last 28d days 137/.736 51/.638 36/.861 43/.704 46/.833 45/.775 42/.431 21/1.317

HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 1/5/0 1/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 22/35/8

Usage ····X··· ·Xo·X·XX o····oo· oo··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, Thursday, May 15, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 4-3, 3.63)

SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 4-3, 4.30)

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