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Game Preview: TEX @ CHW, 2:05pm, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Texas Rangers, 52-49, 3rd, 9½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 6-6, 5.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-6)            106.2 146  66  62  38  78 10    5.23      
 2007 (10-14)          172.2 213 111  99  67 123 19    5.16      
 2006 (16-12)          215   228 114 108  53 157 23    4.52      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  40.2  59  28  26  16  33  4    5.75   41 
 2008-07-18   @MIN   L   6.1  11   5   5   1   6  0     114   36 
 2008-07-12    CHW   L   5.1  10   5   5   4   4  0     106   28 
 2008-07-06   @BAL   W   5     9   5   3   0   2  1      83   35 
 2008-07-01   @NYY  ND   5     5   1   1   1   6  0      84   58 
 2008-06-26   @HOU   L   5    12   7   7   3   6  0      91   18 
 2008-06-20   @WSN  ND   8     7   3   3   3   4  1     112   57 
 2008-06-15   @NYM   W   6     5   2   2   4   5  2     114   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-2  30.1  34  16  13  11  26  3    3.86   50 
 2008-07-12    CHW   L   5.1  10   5   5   4   4  0     106   28 
 2007-08-30    CHW   W   7     6   1   1   2   6  1     106   65 
 2007-04-18   @CHW   L   5     5   5   5   4   3  2      94   36 
 2005-09-30    CHW  ND   7     5   1   1   0   9  0     110   72 
 2005-09-19   @CHW  ND   6     8   4   1   1   4  0     107   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-21   Road:   27-28   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  41-29   vsLHP:  11-20   1-Run:  20-11
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:16-15   vsWest: 16-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Tue, Jul 22  @CHW  L   2-10      52-49  3rd  9.5 gb
100 Mon, Jul 21  @CHW  W   6-1       52-48  2nd  8.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 20  @MIN  W   1-0       51-48  3rd  9.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 19  @MIN  L   2-14      50-48  3rd  9.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 18  @MIN  L   0-6       50-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13   CHW  W  12-11      50-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12   CHW  L   7-9       49-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11   CHW  W   7-2       49-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 10   LAA  L  10-11(11)  48-45  3rd  7.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9   LAA  W   5-4       48-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Chicago White Sox, 56-43, 1st, 1½ up

SP: (, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS                                              inf      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX    Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-16   Road:   22-27   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  36-30   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:27-14   vsWest: 10-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 22   TEX  W  10-2       56-43  1st  1.5 up
 99 Mon, Jul 21   TEX  L   1-6       55-43  1st  0.5 up
 98 Sun, Jul 20   KCR  L   7-8       55-42  1st  0.5 up
 97 Sat, Jul 19   KCR  L   1-9       55-41  1st  0.5 up
 96 Fri, Jul 18   KCR  W   9-5       55-40  1st  1.5 up
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @TEX  L  11-12      54-40  1st  1.5 up
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @TEX  W   9-7       54-39  1st  1.5 up
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @TEX  L   2-7       53-39  1st  1.5 up
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @KCR  L   1-4       53-38  1st  2.5 up
 91 Wed, Jul  9  @KCR  W   7-6       53-37  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 CHW 10  TEX  2        W:Mark Buehrle (8-8), L: Luis Mendoza (2-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 TEX  6 @CHW  1        W:Scott Feldman (4-3), L: Javier Vazquez (7-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 TEX 12  CHW 11        W:Jamey Wright (6-4), L: Boone Logan (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 CHW  9 @TEX  7        W:John Danks (7-4), L: Kevin Millwood (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 TEX  7  CHW  2        W:Luis Mendoza (2-3), L: Gavin Floyd (10-5), S: Eddie Guardado (2)

Thu, Aug 30, 2007 TEX  5  CHW  1        W:Kevin Millwood (9-11), L: John Danks (6-13), S: none
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 TEX  5  CHW  4 (11)   W:Wes Littleton (2-1), L: Boone Logan (2-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 TEX  4  CHW  3        W:Wes Littleton (1-1), L: Mike MacDougal (1-4), S: Joaquin Benoit (2)
Thu, Apr 19, 2007 CHW  6  TEX  4        W:Matt Thornton (1-1), L: Scott Feldman (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (4)
Wed, Apr 18, 2007 CHW  6  TEX  0        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Kevin Millwood (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 3-2; 2007 - TEX won 4-2; 2006 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - CHW leads 340-285

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  5.44

CLE  4.55

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.63

NYM  4.54

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .371

A. Huff  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

M. Grudzielanek  .359

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .628

R. Vazquez  .470

O. Vizquel  .200

OPS

A. Pujols  1.073

B. Giles  .825

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

M. Cain  4.08

M. Hendrickson  6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.44 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Carrasco
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 5/1.400 4/1.833 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 9/.944 114/75 .279/.342/.462/.804 .653/.881 .731 18/.693 0/0 4/
41.Boggs# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 215/151 .245/.327/.394/.721 .819/.676 .638 57/.543 2/2 4/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/2.000 1/2.000 6/.333 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 354/229 .309/.431/.583/1.014 1.148/.936 .825 81/.810 4/3 19/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 5/.800 2/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 214/131 .246/.330/.385/.715 .750/.693 .519 74/.665 2/1 4/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/200 .281/.356/.400/.756 .775/.755 .884 25/.769 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 81/55 .267/.321/.653/.974 1.293/.830 .754 81/.974 0/0 8/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 442/305 .308/.364/.547/.911 .818/.954 .766 96/.846 7/0 22/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.833 3/.666 473/354 .324/.383/.525/.908 .786/.950 .834 112/1.068 24/1 14/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.000 ··· 1/.000 396/287 .272/.312/.462/.774 .600/.843 .753 71/.838 6/2 13/
51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 48/33 .233/.313/.395/.708 .350/.849 .410 45/.758 0/0 2/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 176/114 .224/.324/.336/.659 .451/.780 .605 49/.564 0/1 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.650 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 251/213 .309/.381/.470/.851 .462/.919 .852 58/.585 0/1 5/
10.Young G/S/vP 10/.844 11/.637 4/1.250 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 7/.143 447/334 .293/.342/.412/.754 .831/.728 .678 101/.820 6/0 7/
IP 8.1 44.0 33.1 39.0 35.0 42.2 39.2 TOTAL .279/.349/.455/.803 .750/.824 .739 .798 55/15 122/85
ERA-K/9 1.08/8.7 3.07/12.9 1.89/5.4 2.31/7.6 3.86/9.0 4.22/6.5 2.50/10.9 3.69/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramirez (12-3-0)
 Saltalamacchia (33-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 31/.185 193/.201 128/.239 150/.208 148/.266 193/.305 160/.186 .251  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Bradley
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
4/41/19/6
0/62/31/5
1/0/19/4
50/0/2/3
45/13/50/2
18/0/0/0
OPS .550 .618 .619 .594 .745 .821 .532 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 18/.399 57/.637 63/.612 71/.569 81/.711 72/.896 78/.432 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 13/.785 136/.609 65/.626 79/.617 67/.786 121/.780 82/.626 .678
Home 10/.425 96/.523 71/.638 86/.589 71/.809 107/1.074 82/.556 .682
Last 28d days 31/.550 33/.315 14/.522 36/.735 44/1.006 57/1.005 49/.676
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 4/13/1 1/4/0 5/2/0 4/3/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 88/94/21
Usage ··X····· ··o·X··· ··o····· X······· ·X·o···· oo·oo··· o·o·o···
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 143/87 .230/.262/.407/.670 .709/.644 .797 32/.682 2/1 5/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 86/.720 7/.143 8/.375 1/no AB 4/.833 4/.666 8/.833 22/.182 450/327 .262/.321/.351/.673 .709/.659 .696 104/.577 15/2 6/
24.Crede G/S/vP 20/.400 4/.000 10/.650 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 347/264 .255/.323/.474/.797 .342/.938 .889 77/.548 0/3 17/
23.Dye G/S/vP 21/.619 ··· 14/1.500 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 9/.472 393/281 .315/.372/.565/.936 .884/.954 1.068 96/1.061 3/2 21/
44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 83/48 .289/.341/.368/.710 .988/.505 .564 23/.529 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 21/.976 2/.500 12/.705 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/.650 14/.453 315/233 .218/.321/.362/.682 .605/.709 .804 48/.638 1/0 9/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 19/.596 1/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 11/.384 354/267 .289/.326/.425/.750 .766/.745 .745 79/.688 1/0 7/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 4/1.000 416/304 .277/.377/.534/.911 .792/.954 .899 102/.877 5/3 24/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 263/185 .308/.328/.466/.794 .762/.807 .797 83/.943 7/4 8/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 28/1.375 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 13/1.438 8/.661 399/285 .237/.357/.414/.771 .753/.777 .892 94/.876 2/2 14/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 9/2.467 1/3.000 34/.394 1/no AB 3/2.000 1/5.000 4/.833 7/.821 366/265 .258/.383/.507/.889 .942/.866 .794 94/1.081 1/0 18/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 26/.398 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 4/.500 10/1.000 164/132 .225/.273/.364/.638 .746/.611 .587 22/.762 0/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 48/42 .311/.333/.533/.867 .333/.947 .658 24/.685 5/0 2/
IP 106.2 39.2 36.1 8.0 23.1 54.0 42.1 55.0 TOTAL .266/.338/.444/.782 .743/.797 .822 .802 42/19 135/69
ERA-K/9 5.23/6.6 3.40/10.9 2.72/5.0 7.88/3.4 10.03/5.8 4.50/4.8 4.89/7.9 4.42/6.4 5.17/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (25-5-1)
 Pierzynski (69-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 496/.324 174/.232 138/.180 37/.323 118/.366 230/.282 191/.253 236/.255 .286  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/0/91/3
5/52/13/3
96/0/0/3
0/11/0/1
1/53/2/0
4/14/1/0
OPS .838 .694 .544 .825 1.009 .790 .779 .653 .812
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.815 89/.693 56/.577 22/1.177 55/.978 113/.875 53/.809 112/.724 .841
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.864 85/.695 82/.521 15/.283 63/1.034 117/.705 138/.768 124/.592 .787
Road 301/.874 98/.587 61/.501 18/.918 61/1.329 122/.834 81/.617 121/.671 .809
Last 28d days 136/.940 41/.612 40/.516 37/.825 67/.873 56/.895 53/.930 59/.746
HR/SB/CS 10/19/4 4/6/1 3/3/0 0/0/0 3/4/1 4/0/1 6/1/0 2/7/1 107/76/25
Usage ····X··· ·o·X···· ·XX····· ····o··· X··X···· ···X···· ··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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