CHW @ BOS, Saturday, August 30, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 76-58, 1st, ½ up	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 11-10, 3.86) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-10) 174.2 190 89 75 41 107 18 3.86 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 4-2 43 54 25 21 7 29 7 4.40 47 2008-08-24 TBR ND 6.2 6 5 2 2 5 1 109 51 2008-08-18 SEA W 5.2 11 5 5 2 5 1 100 30 2008-08-13 KCR W 7 5 0 0 0 5 0 101 72 2008-08-08 BOS W 7 4 1 1 2 8 0 110 71 2008-08-02 @KCR L 4.1 14 8 8 0 1 2 85 4 2008-07-28 @MIN L 5 8 5 4 1 2 2 94 34 2008-07-22 TEX W 7.1 6 1 1 0 3 1 91 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-3 32.1 41 21 19 10 17 3 5.29 43 2008-08-08 BOS W 7 4 1 1 2 8 0 110 71 2007-08-25 BOS L 6 6 4 4 3 3 0 99 44 2006-07-07 BOS L 6.1 9 5 5 0 3 1 101 38 2005-08-12 @BOS L 7 12 6 6 2 2 2 113 29 2005-07-21 BOS ND 6 10 5 3 3 1 0 103 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 46-22 Road: 30-36 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 48-42 vsLHP: 28-16 1-Run: 19-14 vsEast: 12-19 vsCntrl:36-21 vsWest: 16-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Fri, Aug 29 @BOS L 0-8 76-58 1st 0.5 up 133 Wed, Aug 27 @BAL L 3-11 76-57 1st 1.0 up 132 Tue, Aug 26 @BAL W 8-3 76-56 1st 2.0 up 131 Mon, Aug 25 @BAL W 4-3 75-56 1st 1.0 up 130 Sun, Aug 24 TBR W 6-5 (10) 74-56 1st Tied 129 Sat, Aug 23 TBR L 3-5 73-56 2nd 1.0 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 TBR L 4-9 73-55 2nd 1.0 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 SEA W 15-3 73-54 1st 0.5 up 126 Tue, Aug 19 SEA W 5-0 72-54 1st 0.5 up 125 Mon, Aug 18 SEA W 13-5 71-54 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Boston Red Sox, 78-56, 2nd, 4½ GB, 2½ up in WC	SP: (, 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS inf +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 44-18 Road: 34-38 ExtrInn: 7-2 vsRHP: 59-46 vsLHP: 19-10 1-Run: 16-20 vsEast: 27-26 vsCntrl:20-8 vsWest: 20-15 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Fri, Aug 29 CHW W 8-0 78-56 2nd 4.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 @NYY L 2-3 77-56 2nd 4.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 @NYY W 11-3 77-55 2nd 3.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 @NYY W 7-3 76-55 2nd 3.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @TOR W 6-5 (11) 75-55 2nd 4.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @TOR L 0-11 74-55 2nd 5.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @TOR W 8-4 74-54 2nd 4.5 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 @BAL L 6-11 73-54 2nd 4.5 gb 126 Tue, Aug 19 @BAL W 7-2 73-53 2nd 4.5 gb 125 Mon, Aug 18 @BAL W 6-3 72-53 2nd 4.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 29, 2008 BOS 8 CHW 0 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (16-2), L: Javier Vazquez (10-12), S: none Mon, Aug 11, 2008 BOS 5 @CHW 1 W:Josh Beckett (11-8), L: John Danks (9-5), S: none Sun, Aug 10, 2008 CHW 6 BOS 5 W:Gavin Floyd (12-6), L: Clay Buchholz (2-8), S: Bobby Jenks (24) Sat, Aug 09, 2008 BOS 6 @CHW 2 W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-2), L: Boone Logan (2-3), S: none Fri, Aug 08, 2008 CHW 5 BOS 3 W:Mark Buehrle (9-10), L: Jon Lester (10-4), S: Bobby Jenks (23) Sun, Aug 26, 2007 BOS 11 @CHW 1 W:Julian Tavarez (7-9), L: Javier Vazquez (11-7), S: none Sat, Aug 25, 2007 BOS 14 @CHW 2 W:Tim Wakefield (16-10), L: Mark Buehrle (9-9), S: none Fri, Aug 24, 2007 BOS 10 @CHW 1 W:Curt Schilling (8-5), L: John Danks (6-12), S: none Fri, Aug 24, 2007 BOS 11 @CHW 3 W:Josh Beckett (16-5), L: Jon Garland (8-10), S: none Sun, Jul 22, 2007 BOS 8 CHW 5 W:Tim Wakefield (11-9), L: Jon Garland (7-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (22) Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 3-2; 2007 - BOS won 7-1; 2006 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - BOS leads 948-908

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

TEX 5.51

ARI 4.63

WSN 3.79

RA/G

TOR 3.87

CLE 4.63

TEX 5.98

C. Jones .358

J. Bay .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .464

K. Fukudome .366

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .632

R. Howard .482

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.096

H. Matsui .835

T. Pena .393

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

O. Perez 3.90

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

V. Padilla 6.37

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Chicago White Sox Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 163/98 .235/.273/.444/.718 .863/.618 .597 15/.976 4/1 7/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.000 11/.818 601/436 .272/.324/.361/.685 .754/.661 .662 107/.724 18/4 7/

24.Crede G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.125 361/272 .247/.313/.457/.770 .341/.908 .661 12/.167 0/3 17/

23.Dye G/S/vP 4/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 10/.422 527/375 .297/.349/.575/.924 .876/.942 .851 95/.878 3/2 32/

17.Griffey* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 12/1.200 501/336 .248/.357/.421/.778 .660/.837 .765 71/.682 0/1 16/

44.Hall G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 11/.364 115/67 .283/.333/.340/.673 .969/.456 .804 25/.612 0/0 1/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 4/.250 9/.777 426/299 .232/.347/.389/.737 .704/.750 .612 85/1.063 2/0 13/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 4/.500 3/.666 6/.900 477/356 .290/.321/.434/.754 .803/.738 .747 89/.774 1/0 12/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 557/401 .290/.397/.578/.975 .964/.979 .970 97/1.181 7/3 36/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 396/276 .308/.324/.491/.815 .936/.762 .797 97/.846 10/8 15/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 513/369 .231/.350/.431/.781 .759/.787 .615 78/.987 3/2 22/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 1/no AB 11/.382 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 11/1.555 489/348 .251/.372/.518/.891 .862/.902 .954 85/.924 1/0 28/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.200 263/202 .238/.293/.377/.670 .895/.605 .653 84/.708 1/2 5/

IP 56.0 49.1 73.2 53.0 58.0 41.2 TOTAL .267/.339/.456/.794 .799/.793 .748 .853 57/27 198/96

ERA-K/9

4.18/8.8

2.92/5.5

3.30/7.1

2.89/8.2

1.71/10.1

4.97/5.2

3.97/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (31-8-1)
Pierzynski (84-19-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 241/.234 203/.256 309/.214 226/.229 222/.194 188/.285 .249 Griffey
Quentin
Swisher
Dye
Ramirez
Anderson 0/13/91/7
127/0/0/5
8/69/17/3
0/0/123/3
0/11/0/1
1/77/2/0

OPS .670 .721 .679 .659 .500 .814 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.618 104/.634 158/.782 96/.576 118/.534 84/.999 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.714 99/.808 151/.576 130/.722 104/.462 104/.661 .704

Home 112/.610 116/.669 155/.734 108/.816 108/.416 85/.812 .727

Last 28d days 48/.708 28/.511 54/.567 41/.593 39/.359 50/.863

HR/SB/CS 4/7/0 4/1/3 9/8/0 6/0/1 3/2/0 6/4/0 124/83/31

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

Boston Red Sox Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 41.Broadway
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 49.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 61.Russell
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/9 .278/.381/.333/.714 .606/.873 .833 13/.846 0/0 0/

44.Bay G/S/vP 13/.398 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 12/.633 4/1.000 ··· 574/445 .292/.373/.521/.894 .791/.922 .936 109/.863 10/0 26/

30.Cash G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 131/100 .229/.298/.339/.637 .984/.533 .591 20/.644 0/0 2/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 8/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 129/114 .275/.375/.349/.724 .619/.738 .831 49/.738 1/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 35/1.018 1/.000 11/.364 6/.334 2/.000 6/.650 ··· 7/.686 336/254 .263/.322/.394/.716 .787/.691 .734 69/.741 16/6 7/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 500/385 .259/.322/.353/.674 .663/.678 .730 86/.664 41/8 7/

11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 20/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 8/.500 2/1.500 6/.000 ··· 5/1.550 354/254 .288/.340/.420/.760 .616/.819 .808 79/.881 2/3 6/

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 197/141 .287/.354/.450/.804 .978/.734 .887 101/.893 0/0 2/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 49/1.030 1/2.000 7/.821 5/1.300 2/2.500 8/1.768 1/.000 9/.819 384/301 .271/.383/.495/.878 .685/.932 1.051 106/.971 1/0 17/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 7/.286 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.000 5/1.100 2/.000 2/.500 608/469 .322/.367/.485/.852 .894/.839 .854 111/1.049 14/1 15/

28.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 173/93 .231/.381/.366/.747 .650/.827 .852 16/.543 0/1 3/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 28/1.104 ··· 9/.111 3/1.666 4/.250 5/.400 2/1.000 4/.500 409/319 .228/.318/.372/.690 .817/.654 .712 80/.843 0/1 11/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 11/.495 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 2/no AB 7/1.071 3/1.334 2/.500 533/437 .318/.388/.565/.953 1.031/.937 1.015 101/1.085 3/4 24/

IP 174.2 10.2 29.0 56.2 48.1 31.2 23.1 53.2 TOTAL .282/.359/.447/.806 .831/.799 .853 .860 100/28 145/73

ERA-K/9

3.86/5.5

8.44/4.2

2.48/7.1

3.81/12.4

1.68/5.0

3.69/3.4

4.63/8.1

2.85/10.9

3.95/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (33-15-12)
Ross (24-10-6)
Varitek (50-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 736/.278 52/.354 112/.182 247/.215 187/.216 136/.280 101/.256 216/.200 .257 Bay
Kotsay
Crisp
Ellsbury
Bailey
Youkilis 130/0/0/6
0/84/2/3
0/95/0/3
54/55/25/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .743 1.050 .520 .701 .569 .684 .674 .572 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.786 23/1.035 46/.408 77/.797 97/.561 53/.775 52/.765 106/.471 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 540/.727 29/1.058 66/.601 170/.658 90/.575 83/.625 49/.581 110/.667 .701

Road 345/.833 28/1.462 45/.718 122/.791 80/.564 42/.736 28/.869 103/.517 .761

Last 28d days 139/.802 52/1.050 56/.452 36/1.105 39/.425 41/.737 56/.533 45/.711

HR/SB/CS 18/5/5 3/0/1 1/2/2 10/14/1 1/4/0 1/5/0 1/0/0 5/3/0 124/115/27

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

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 @ BOS, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 30, 2008 @Fenway Park II

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 11-10, 3.86)

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