TBR @ CHW, Saturday, August 23, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 78-49, 1st, 4½ up	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 9-6, 3.21) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-6) 115 93 43 41 50 127 12 3.21 2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 38 35 18 18 21 43 6 4.26 52 2008-08-17 @TEX W 6 4 2 2 4 7 1 114 59 2008-08-12 @OAK L 5 2 2 2 2 6 1 97 59 2008-08-06 CLE ND 4.1 9 5 5 3 4 2 97 26 2008-08-01 DET ND 4.2 3 2 2 6 5 0 110 49 2008-07-26 @KCR ND 5 7 2 2 0 5 0 91 50 2008-07-21 OAK W 7 2 0 0 4 9 0 102 78 2008-07-13 @CLE L 6 8 5 5 2 7 2 104 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 3-1 26.1 22 9 9 11 30 2 3.08 60 2008-05-31 CHW W 7 3 0 0 3 6 0 106 74 2007-06-28 CHW L 5.1 6 4 4 3 9 2 114 46 2007-05-27 @CHW W 7 8 4 4 3 7 0 107 49 2006-05-16 CHW W 7 5 1 1 2 8 0 105 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 47-18 Road: 31-31 ExtrInn: 8-4 vsRHP: 57-31 vsLHP: 21-18 1-Run: 23-14 vsEast: 28-19 vsCntrl:16-12 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 127 Fri, Aug 22 @CHW W 9-4 78-49 1st 4.5 up 126 Wed, Aug 20 LAA L 4-5 77-49 1st 4.5 up 125 Tue, Aug 19 LAA W 4-2 77-48 1st 4.5 up 124 Mon, Aug 18 LAA W 6-4 76-48 1st 4.5 up 123 Sun, Aug 17 @TEX W 7-4 75-48 1st 4.5 up 122 Sat, Aug 16 @TEX L 0-3 74-48 1st 3.5 up 121 Fri, Aug 15 @TEX W 7-0 74-47 1st 3.5 up 120 Thu, Aug 14 @OAK W 7-6 (12) 73-47 1st 3.0 up 119 Wed, Aug 13 @OAK W 3-2 72-47 1st 3.0 up 118 Tue, Aug 12 @OAK L 1-2 71-47 1st 3.0 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:21-9
Chicago White Sox, 73-54, 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 10-10, 4.34) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-10) 164 168 81 79 45 159 21 4.34 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 3-3 48.2 48 23 23 12 45 6 4.25 54 2008-08-17 @OAK W 8 4 1 1 0 8 0 91 78 2008-08-12 KCR W 8 5 0 0 1 10 0 109 81 2008-08-07 DET L 7 8 5 5 4 8 2 122 45 2008-08-01 @KCR W 6 5 2 2 2 3 0 98 55 2008-07-27 @DET L 7 11 6 6 2 3 2 106 32 2008-07-21 TEX L 7 4 3 3 2 10 1 113 65 2008-07-09 @KCR ND 5.2 11 6 6 1 3 1 87 25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 45-20 Road: 28-34 ExtrInn: 6-2 vsRHP: 47-39 vsLHP: 26-15 1-Run: 17-13 vsEast: 9-15 vsCntrl:36-21 vsWest: 16-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 128 Fri, Aug 22 TBR L 4-9 73-54 2nd 0.5 gb 127 Wed, Aug 20 SEA W 15-3 73-53 1st 1.0 up 126 Tue, Aug 19 SEA W 5-0 72-53 1st 1.0 up 125 Mon, Aug 18 SEA W 13-5 71-53 1st 1.0 up 124 Sun, Aug 17 @OAK W 13-1 70-53 1st Tied 123 Sat, Aug 16 @OAK W 2-1 69-53 1st Tied 122 Fri, Aug 15 @OAK L 4-6 68-53 1st Tied 121 Thu, Aug 14 KCR W 9-2 68-52 1st 1.0 up 120 Wed, Aug 13 KCR W 4-0 67-52 1st 0.5 up 119 Tue, Aug 12 KCR W 9-0 66-52 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 22, 2008 TBR 9 @CHW 4 W:Edwin Jackson (10-8), L: John Danks (10-6), S: none Sun, Jun 01, 2008 TBR 4 CHW 3 (10) W:J.P. Howell (4-0), L: Matt Thornton (1-1), S: none Sat, May 31, 2008 TBR 2 CHW 0 W:Scott Kazmir (5-1), L: Javier Vazquez (5-4), S: Grant Balfour (1) Fri, May 30, 2008 TBR 2 CHW 1 W:Dan Wheeler (1-3), L: Scott Linebrink (2-1), S: none Thu, May 29, 2008 CHW 5 @TBR 1 W:John Danks (4-4), L: Edwin Jackson (3-4), S: none Sun, Apr 20, 2008 CHW 6 @TBR 0 W:John Danks (2-1), L: Edwin Jackson (2-2), S: none Sat, Apr 19, 2008 TBR 5 CHW 0 W:Andy Sonnanstine (2-1), L: Mark Buehrle (1-2), S: none Fri, Apr 18, 2008 CHW 9 @TBR 2 W:Javier Vazquez (3-1), L: Jeff Niemann (1-1), S: none Mon, Aug 27, 2007 CHW 5 TBD 4 W:Jose Contreras (7-16), L: Dan Wheeler (1-6), S: Bobby Jenks (36) Thu, Jun 28, 2007 CHW 5 @TBD 1 W:Javier Vazquez (4-5), L: Scott Kazmir (5-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 5-3; 2007 - CHW won 6-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 49-35

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 5.57

FLA 4.64

WSN 3.74

RA/G

TOR 3.94

SFG 4.63

TEX 6.08

C. Jones .359

J. Bay .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .461

J. Inglett .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .618

M. Reynolds .481

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.079

J. Gerut .838

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

K. Lohse 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.13

J. Jurrjens 6.45

L. Hernandez 3.49

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 245/141 .250/.324/.418/.742 .826/.679 .804 82/.816 2/1 7/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.000 4/1.833 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 22/10 .300/.364/.450/.814 .717/.900 .814 22/.814 0/0 1/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 28/.509 3/1.334 2/.000 7/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 7/1.333 373/267 .267/.304/.330/.635 .820/.561 .589 68/.753 18/5 0/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 42/.661 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 20/.478 ··· 1/.000 210/201 .260/.352/.453/.805 .619/.813 .639 55/.970 1/0 9/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 290/235 .237/.338/.418/.756 .677/.775 .650 69/.854 3/2 10/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 18/.292 4/2.750 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.429 353/299 .257/.343/.508/.851 .454/.922 .940 67/.902 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 5/.000 564/392 .274/.345/.372/.717 .689/.729 .687 114/.684 6/5 5/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 4/.833 5/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 2/3.500 372/271 .293/.350/.406/.756 .692/.788 .738 81/.582 0/4 6/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 14/.572 5/1.100 5/.200 5/.000 4/1.167 ··· 6/1.500 461/300 .240/.356/.496/.852 .634/.970 .867 112/1.093 1/1 26/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 121/66 .238/.311/.419/.730 .762/.704 .835 25/.644 0/0 5/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 46/15 .250/.283/.364/.646 .724/.481 .333 13/.308 1/0 1/

2.Upton G/S/vP 10/1.156 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 7/.929 ··· 3/.667 537/378 .268/.381/.396/.778 .801/.768 .768 107/.796 37/14 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/3.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 135/84 .238/.311/.434/.746 .751/.742 .726 55/.700 3/0 6/

IP 164.0 24.2 55.2 45.1 29.1 21.1 52.2 TOTAL .260/.338/.420/.758 .719/.775 .738 .812 123/45 141/65

ERA-K/9

4.34/8.7

2.55/6.9

3.88/12.3

1.79/5.0

3.38/3.7

4.64/8.5

2.73/11.1

3.90/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (33-20-6)
Riggans (19-0-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 699/.263 96/.179 242/.211 174/.214 123/.276 90/.250 210/.195 .256 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Zobrist
Baldelli
Riggans 0/119/0/10
2/17/90/7
18/0/48/3
11/5/8/2
3/3/1/0
0/0/3/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .757 .521 .699 .563 .668 .676 .563 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 347/.792 38/.498 74/.803 89/.576 49/.738 44/.736 103/.453 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 352/.723 58/.536 168/.654 85/.549 74/.621 46/.621 107/.667 .696

Home 335/.711 54/.411 125/.615 98/.559 82/.643 73/.599 110/.591 .688

Last 28d days 148/.690 55/.479 46/1.064 39/.453 56/.786 45/.500 50/.663

HR/SB/CS 21/6/2 1/2/2 10/14/1 1/4/0 1/4/0 1/0/0 5/3/0 120/112/27

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

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 52.Salas
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 159/94 .240/.274/.453/.727 .863/.631 .833 16/1.242 4/1 7/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 13/.581 4/.500 8/.125 5/.000 5/.200 3/1.167 2/2.000 7/1.143 576/418 .273/.328/.357/.685 .738/.665 .716 116/.691 18/4 7/

23.Dye G/S/vP 12/.500 3/.000 5/.600 4/.833 10/.400 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 501/358 .295/.349/.565/.914 .858/.935 .990 98/.841 3/2 29/

39.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .286/.286/.286/.571 1.000/.400 .667 7/.571 0/0 0/

17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.350 ··· 7/.143 482/325 .247/.353/.421/.773 .661/.828 .793 73/.764 0/1 16/

44.Hall G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 5/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 107/64 .286/.340/.347/.687 .990/.478 .500 20/.666 0/0 1/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 12/1.144 8/1.089 10/1.489 5/2.000 12/.697 2/.500 ··· 6/.167 405/286 .228/.338/.377/.715 .675/.732 .880 82/.887 2/0 12/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 1/2.000 6/1.166 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 458/342 .295/.325/.445/.770 .840/.747 .755 99/.863 1/0 12/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· 3/.000 533/386 .292/.398/.581/.979 .969/.983 .988 107/1.191 6/3 35/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 371/260 .309/.327/.496/.823 .906/.787 .834 100/.861 9/8 15/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 20/.417 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 4/.250 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 494/356 .237/.355/.438/.793 .741/.810 .965 86/.930 3/2 21/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 10/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 2/.000 7/.929 6/1.100 ··· 7/.857 468/334 .251/.376/.517/.893 .869/.902 .826 92/.881 1/0 26/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 8/.750 3/1.167 5/.400 3/1.000 9/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 248/192 .244/.303/.391/.694 .971/.616 .721 80/.772 1/2 5/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 71/61 .288/.314/.470/.784 .400/.851 .550 23/.606 6/0 2/

IP 115.0 41.0 46.1 66.2 69.2 32.2 1.0 54.0 TOTAL .269/.341/.458/.799 .797/.799 .844 .850 54/27 190/92

ERA-K/9

3.21/9.9

1.54/13.6

2.14/2.9

4.05/4.9

2.58/9.3

4.41/8.3

18.00/18.0

2.50/6.3

3.70/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (31-8-1)
Pierzynski (81-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 483/.220 159/.132 190/.285 291/.267 296/.205 142/.244 4/.333 213/.175 .244 Griffey
Quentin
Swisher
Dye
Ramirez
Anderson
Wise 0/10/91/7
122/0/0/5
7/66/17/3
0/0/117/3
0/11/0/1
1/73/2/0
6/19/3/0

OPS .690 .418 .669 .753 .613 .699 .833 .569 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.537 59/.463 60/.838 132/.854 102/.581 84/.599 2/2.000 79/.576 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 381/.733 100/.392 130/.594 159/.670 194/.629 58/.842 2/.000 134/.565 .698

Road 244/.733 83/.432 100/.614 183/.830 147/.705 66/.813 4/.833 111/.635 .766

Last 28d days 117/.857 57/.497 37/.718 44/.464 45/.781 33/.613 4/.833 39/.618

HR/SB/CS 12/4/2 1/2/0 2/2/3 7/10/1 5/10/1 1/0/2 0/0/0 7/0/1 117/56/22

Usage ·····X·· o·X·XX·· o·o·ooo· o···o··· X·····X· ··o·ooX· ·····X·· ···ooo··

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: TBR @ CHW, 3:55pm, Saturday, August 23, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 9-6, 3.21)

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 10-10, 4.34)

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