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Game Preview: CHW @ BAL, 7:05pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Chicago White Sox, 8-5, 1st, ½ up

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 0-1, 6.17)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             11.2  16   9   8   7   4  0    6.17      
 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         2-2  45.2  60  29  24  12  20  4    4.73   43 
 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 
 2007-09-30    DET   L   6.1   9   5   5   1   2  1      86   36 
 2007-09-25    KCR  ND   6.1   6   5   4   1   3  1      86   45 
 2007-09-19    KCR   W   9     5   0   0   1   6  0     100   82 
 2007-09-14    LAA   W   7.1  11   3   3   1   3  0     103   46 
 2007-09-08    MIN  ND   5    13   7   4   1   2  2      97   20 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      1-3  30    37  22  21   8  18  6    6.30   42 
 2007-07-15    BAL   L   6    10   5   5   2   3  2      99   33 
 2007-07-04    BAL   L   5     8   6   6   2   5  1     105   30 
 2006-07-04    BAL   W   6.2   6   0   0   0   3  0      99   65 
 2005-07-30    BAL  ND   6     6   6   6   3   3  1     104   36 
 2005-05-15    BAL   L   6.1   7   5   4   1   4  2     100   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 7-4    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 15   OAK  W   4-1        8-5   1st  0.5 up
 12 Mon, Apr 14   OAK  L   1-2        7-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 13   DET  W  11-0        7-4   1st  0.5 up
 10 Sat, Apr 12   DET  W   7-0        6-4   1st  0.5 up
  9 Fri, Apr 11   DET  L   2-5        5-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   MIN  L   5-12       5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   MIN  W   7-4        5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @DET  W  13-2        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @DET  W   5-3        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @DET  W   8-5        2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-5    Last 30: 8-5 
Baltimore Orioles, 8-6, 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Adam Loewen (24, LHP, 0-0, 7.45)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)              9.2  10   8   8   7   8  3    7.45      
 2007 (2-0)             30.1  27  14  12  26  22  1    3.56      
 2006 (6-6)            112.1 111  72  67  62  98  8    5.37      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-0  35    32  20  18  30  28  4    4.63   46 
 2008-04-10    TEX  ND   5     6   4   4   4   4  1      92   39 
 2008-04-05    SEA  ND   4.2   4   4   4   3   4  2      83   41 
 2007-05-01    DET  ND   5     7   3   3   2   4  1      85   43 
 2007-04-26    BOS  ND   6     2   1   1   5   5  0     105   64 
 2007-04-21    TOR   W   5.2   5   2   2   7   4  0      98   48 
 2007-04-16    TBD  ND   3.2   3   6   4   5   3  0      97   33 
 2007-04-11    DET  ND   5     5   0   0   4   4  0      95   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-2    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   7-5    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  5-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15   TOR  L   3-11       8-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   TOR  W   4-3        8-5   1st  0.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @TBR  L   2-6        7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @TBR  W   3-2        7-4   1st  1.0 up
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @TBR  L   5-10       6-4   1st  0.5 up
  9 Thu, Apr 10  @TEX  L   4-5        6-3   1st  1.5 up
  8 Thu, Apr 10  @TEX  L   1-3        6-2   1st  1.5 up
  7 Tue, Apr  8  @TEX  W   8-1        6-1   1st  2.0 up
  6 Mon, Apr  7   SEA  W   5-4        5-1   1st  1.0 up
  5 Sun, Apr  6   SEA  W   3-2        4-1   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-6    Last 30: 8-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 BAL  5  CHW  3        W:Garrett Olson (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (5-11), S: Chris Ray (16)
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 BAL  7  CHW  6 (10)   W:Chris Ray (5-6), L: Charlie Haeger (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 BAL  2  CHW  0        W:Erik Bedard (8-4), L: Mark Buehrle (6-5), S: Chris Ray (15)
Thu, Jul 12, 2007 CHW  9 @BAL  7        W:Jon Garland (7-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (4-3), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 CHW 11  BAL  6        W:John Danks (5-6), L: Brian Burres (4-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 BAL  9 @CHW  6        W:Rob Bell (2-1), L: Jose Contreras (5-10), S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 CHW  5  BAL  1        W:Javier Vazquez (5-5), L: Daniel Cabrera (6-9), S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 BAL  7 @CHW  6        W:Rob Bell (1-1), L: Bobby Jenks (2-4), S: Chris Ray (14)
Sun, Jul 30, 2006 BAL  8  CHW  7        W:Eddy Rodriguez (1-1), L: Bobby Jenks (2-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 29, 2006 CHW 13 @BAL 11        W:Jon Garland (11-3), L: Jim Johnson (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (28)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - BAL won 5-3; 2006 - CHW won 5-2; All-Time - CHW leads 981-852

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.77 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Loewen*
G/S/vB
34.Albers
G/S/vB
35.Aquino
G/S/vB
51.Bierd
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .258 / 0/0 0/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/1.000 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .768 / 20/4 8/11
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .597 / 0/1 4/4
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.000 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .806 / 2/1 28/3
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .496 / 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1.431 ··· ··· ··· 7/.971 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .820 / 0/1 31/5
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .479 / 3/0 0/4
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 12/1.333 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .746 / 1/1 14/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .415 / 2/2 5/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.357 3/1.334 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .850 / 3/2 22/5
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 4/1.833 13/.398 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .954 / 0/1 35/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .575 / 1/9 20/17
IP 30.1 110.2 14.0 64.2 2.0 8.1 45.2 61.1 TOTAL .249/.345/.436/.781 .828/.760 .870 .781 1/2 18/5
ERA-K/9 3.56/6.5 5.86/5.8 4.50/7.7 /0.0 3.34/4.0 9.00/4.5 1.08/15.2 2.36/11.0 3.23/6.0 4.80/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (26-3-5)
 Pierzynski (62-20-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 143/.239 508/.291 59/.245 / 289/.294 11/.375 31/.172 182/.179 258/.244 .260  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Ozuna
 Anderson
0/0/135/9
0/60/57/3
3/0/75/2
7/0/0/0
5/3/0/0
OPS .704 .859 .744 .687 .830 .435 .553 .658 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.643 226/.859 25/.882 / 94/.797 5/.933 12/.439 106/.529 122/.594 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.719 282/.858 34/.639 / 195/.636 6/.733 19/.433 76/.587 136/.715 .765
Home 75/.611 227/.806 29/.709 / 158/.797 11/.830 19/.380 89/.631 137/.659 .762
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 18/11/3 2/0/0 // 1/4/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 6/2/1 17/10/7
Usage ·····X·· ·X·····X X···Xo·o X·X··X·· ·o·X·o·· ·Xo····· X···Xo·· ·X·o···· ·o·ooo··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.00 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
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Fahey* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 56/47 .167/.196/.222/.419 .000/.501 .588 / 2/1 0/1
2.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 71/49 .290/.300/.362/.662 .833/.592 .868 / 2/2 1/3
55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 409/299 .258/.333/.382/.714 .754/.700 .752 / 1/3 9/7
17.Huff* G/S/vP 22/1.043 2/2.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 5/.800 2/1.000 ··· 6/.750 603/461 .280/.337/.442/.778 .779/.778 .809 / 1/1 15/4
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/40 .246/.300/.400/.700 .941/.506 .577 / 2/1 2/2
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 8/1.071 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.250 710/496 .300/.362/.485/.848 .775/.880 .877 / 18/6 23/2
15.Millar G/S/vP 24/1.472 12/1.400 5/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 562/397 .254/.365/.420/.785 .806/.776 .827 / 1/1 17/1
6.Mora G/S/vP 17/.779 6/.833 4/.833 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 527/393 .274/.341/.418/.759 .762/.757 .735 / 9/3 14/10
16.Payton G/S/vP 9/1.000 4/.250 2/.000 4/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.533 470/334 .256/.292/.376/.668 .776/.624 .663 / 5/2 7/7
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .400/.455/.500/.955 1.667/.750 .000 / 0/0 0/2
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 29/.914 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/.250 716/500 .290/.377/.432/.808 .727/.841 .776 / 50/7 12/7
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 425/358 .255/.351/.504/.855 .850/.856 .726 / 3/1 18/3
IP 189.0 30.2 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL .258/.331/.429/.760 .906/.729 .815 .760 15/5 16/7
ERA-K/9 5.57/5.4 4.11/12.0 2.77/7.8 3.71/6.4 4.97/6.2 6.80/8.3 7.09/4.8 4.79/8.8 3.91/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (68-20-9)
 Quiroz (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 858/.304 138/.242 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 .258  Markakis
 Scott
 Payton
 Jones
 Millar
 Fahey
 Hernandez
0/0/161/13
5/3/101/8
123/17/6/3
26/7/6/2
3/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .814 .748 .488 .742 .802 .839 .851 .783 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 466/.887 58/.756 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 57/.910 79/.844 104/.800 .829
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 392/.729 80/.740 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 151/.812 114/.857 145/.771 .608
Road 414/.791 54/.654 115/.507 150/.880 106/.725 106/.863 98/.797 118/.691 .723
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 21/25/6 4/2/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 3/9/0 2/8/1 4/1/1 4/7/2
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· o··o···· o··o···· ·o··o··· ·o··X·o· ··X···X· ··o···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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