BAL @ CHW, Saturday, April 26, 2008 Game Preview

Baltimore Orioles, 13-9, 2nd, ½ GB	SP: Brian Burres (27, LHP, 2-1, 3.63) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 17.1 18 7 7 10 9 1 3.63 2007 (6-8) 121 140 81 80 66 96 14 5.95 2006 (0-0) 8 6 2 2 1 6 1 2.25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 37.1 47 22 22 16 23 3 5.30 44 2008-04-19 NYY W 5.2 5 0 0 4 2 0 88 57 2008-04-13 @TBR L 4.2 5 6 6 4 4 1 85 30 2008-04-08 @TEX W 6 7 1 1 2 3 0 81 55 2007-09-30 NYY L 3.1 9 6 6 2 3 0 93 19 2007-09-25 TOR L 3.1 8 7 7 1 0 1 66 15 2007-09-19 @NYY L 7.1 5 2 2 3 7 1 114 64 2007-09-14 @TOR W 7 8 0 0 0 4 0 105 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 0-1 1.1 6 7 7 1 2 2 47.25 15 2007-07-05 @CHW L 1.1 6 7 7 1 2 2 49 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-4 Road: 4-5 ExtrInn: 1-0 vsRHP: 11-7 vsLHP: 2-2 1-Run: 7-1 vsEast: 5-5 vsCntrl: 1-1 vsWest: 7-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 22 Thu, Apr 24 @SEA W 8-7 13-9 2nd 1.0 gb 21 Wed, Apr 23 @SEA W 3-2 12-9 2nd 2.0 gb 20 Tue, Apr 22 @SEA L 2-4 11-9 2nd 3.0 gb 19 Sun, Apr 20 NYY L 1-7 11-8 2nd 1.5 gb 18 Sat, Apr 19 NYY W 6-0 11-7 2nd 0.5 gb 17 Fri, Apr 18 NYY W 8-2 10-7 2nd 0.5 gb 16 Thu, Apr 17 CHW W 6-5 (10) 9-7 2nd 0.5 gb 15 Wed, Apr 16 CHW L 1-3 8-7 3rd 0.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:13-9
Chicago White Sox, 12-9, 1st, 2 up	SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 2-1, 3.04) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 23.2 17 8 8 7 16 0 3.04 2007 (6-13) 139 160 92 85 54 109 28 5.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 35.1 32 21 18 14 27 3 4.58 49 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 2007-09-11 CLE ND 2.2 3 3 3 4 3 1 76 39 2007-08-30 @TEX L 5.2 7 5 2 1 8 1 108 48 2007-08-24 BOS L 3.1 5 5 5 2 0 1 57 28 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 1-0 6.1 7 5 5 1 3 1 7.11 41 2007-07-05 BAL W 6.1 7 5 5 1 3 1 108 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 5-5 Road: 7-4 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 7-6 vsLHP: 5-3 1-Run: 2-2 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl: 7-4 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 21 Thu, Apr 24 NYY W 7-6 12-9 1st 2.5 up 20 Wed, Apr 23 NYY L 4-6 11-9 1st 1.5 up 19 Tue, Apr 22 NYY L 5-9 11-8 1st 1.5 up 18 Sun, Apr 20 @TBR W 6-0 11-7 1st 2.5 up 17 Sat, Apr 19 @TBR L 0-5 10-7 1st 1.5 up 16 Fri, Apr 18 @TBR W 9-2 10-6 1st 1.5 up 15 Thu, Apr 17 @BAL L 5-6 (10) 9-6 1st 0.5 up 14 Wed, Apr 16 @BAL W 3-1 9-5 1st 0.5 up 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:12-9
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Apr 17, 2008 BAL 6 CHW 5 (10) W:George Sherrill (1-0), L: Boone Logan (1-1), S: none Wed, Apr 16, 2008 CHW 3 @BAL 1 W:Jose Contreras (1-1), L: Adam Loewen (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (6) 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) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - BAL won 5-3; 2006 - CHW won 5-2; All-Time - CHW leads 982-853

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

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.

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.14 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 47.MacDougal
G/S/vB 46.Masset
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 56/47 .167/.196/.222/.419 .000/.501 .231 / 2/1 0/1

2.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 71/49 .290/.300/.362/.662 .833/.592 .412 / 2/2 1/3

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.666 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 409/299 .258/.333/.382/.714 .754/.700 .682 / 1/3 9/7

17.Huff* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/2.500 3/.666 3/.666 6/.666 2/1.000 ··· 7/.629 603/461 .280/.337/.442/.778 .779/.778 .749 / 1/1 15/4

10.Jones G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 71/40 .246/.300/.400/.700 .941/.506 .842 / 2/1 2/2

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.250 710/496 .300/.362/.485/.848 .775/.880 .819 / 18/6 23/2

15.Millar G/S/vP 3/.000 12/1.400 6/.833 2/.000 3/2.667 6/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 562/397 .254/.365/.420/.785 .806/.776 .740 / 1/1 17/1

6.Mora G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 5/1.100 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 527/393 .274/.341/.418/.759 .762/.757 .784 / 9/3 14/10

16.Payton G/S/vP 3/.333 5/.650 2/.000 5/2.400 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.533 470/334 .256/.292/.376/.668 .776/.624 .672 / 5/2 7/7

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .400/.455/.500/.955 1.667/.750 1.056 / 0/0 0/2

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 3/1.667 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/.250 716/500 .290/.377/.432/.808 .727/.841 .841 / 50/7 12/7

30.Scott* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 425/358 .255/.351/.504/.855 .850/.856 .993 / 3/1 18/3

IP 139.0 30.2 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL .257/.331/.411/.742 .842/.718 .725 .742 21/8 22/10

ERA-K/9

5.50/7.1

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

3.96/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 622/.289 138/.242 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 .255 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 .868 .748 .488 .742 .802 .839 .851 .783 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.890 58/.756 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 57/.910 79/.844 104/.800 .819

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 481/.862 80/.740 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 151/.812 114/.857 145/.771 .579

Home 285/.868 84/.804 134/.472 145/.603 120/.874 102/.814 95/.906 131/.867 .711

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 28/10/1 4/2/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 3/9/0 2/8/1 4/1/1 9/12/4

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

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 (5.43 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Burres*
G/S/vB 78.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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .619 / 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/1.404 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 4/.750 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .716 / 20/4 8/11

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .541 / 0/1 4/4

23.Dye G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.500 9/.000 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .801 / 2/1 28/3

44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .433 / 0/0 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/1.431 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.971 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .863 / 0/1 31/5

38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .686 / 3/0 0/4

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 4/.000 12/1.333 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .678 / 1/1 14/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .862 / 2/2 5/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 4/1.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.357 4/1.000 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .820 / 3/2 22/5

25.Thome* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 1/no AB 5/1.400 13/.398 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .991 / 0/1 35/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .783 / 1/9 20/17

IP 121.0 110.2 14.0 64.2 2.0 8.1 45.2 61.1 TOTAL .247/.335/.428/.763 .808/.748 .726 .763 3/3 29/9

ERA-K/9

5.95/7.1

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

4.31/5.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 559/.288 508/.291 59/.245 / 289/.294 11/.375 31/.172 182/.179 258/.244 .248 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 .813 .859 .744 .687 .830 .435 .553 .658 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.855 226/.859 25/.882 / 94/.797 5/.933 12/.439 106/.529 122/.594 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 406/.797 282/.858 34/.639 / 195/.636 6/.733 19/.433 76/.587 136/.715 .738

Road 303/.800 281/.902 30/.778 / 131/.553 / 12/.523 93/.474 121/.656 .708

Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 14/11/5 18/11/3 2/0/0 // 1/4/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 6/2/1 25/18/9

Usage ······X· ·X···o·o ········ ·X·····X ·X···o·· ······X· ···o·o·· ·oo··X·· ·o·····o

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: BAL @ CHW, 1:05pm, Saturday, April 26, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Brian Burres (27, LHP, 2-1, 3.63)

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 2-1, 3.04)

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