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Game Preview: CHW @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, June 21, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Chicago White Sox, 41-32, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 6-5, 3.24)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-5)             94.1  84  36  34  24  55  4    3.24      
 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         3-2  47.2  40  16  15  11  30  2    2.83   58 
 2008-06-15    COL   L   6.2   7   4   3   2   4  1     100   48 
 2008-06-10   @DET   L   6    13   6   6   1   1  0      98   22 
 2008-06-05    KCR   W   7     4   1   1   2   3  0     100   66 
 2008-05-30   @TBR  ND   7     5   1   1   3   5  0     101   65 
 2008-05-25    LAA  ND   8     3   2   2   0  10  1     107   78 
 2008-05-20    CLE   W   6     4   1   1   0   4  0      99   64 
 2008-05-14   @LAA   W   7     4   1   1   3   3  0     104   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHC      1-2  27.2  28  13  13   3  14  4    4.23   52 
 2007-06-24    CHC   L   7    10   2   2   0   3  1     106   52 
 2006-05-21    CHC  ND   7.1   6   4   4   0   4  2      98   54 
 2005-06-25    CHC   L   6.1   8   6   6   2   3  1     105   34 
 2005-05-21   @CHC   W   7     4   1   1   1   4  0      78   68 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-11   Road:   17-21   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  27-21   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:   7-9 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  6-6  IL: 7-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Fri, Jun 20  @CHC  L   3-4       41-32  1st  3.5 up
 73 Thu, Jun 19   PIT  W  13-8       41-31  1st  4.5 up
 72 Wed, Jun 18   PIT  W   8-2       40-31  1st  4.5 up
 71 Tue, Jun 17   PIT  W  16-5       39-31  1st  4.5 up
 70 Sun, Jun 15   COL  L   3-5       38-31  1st  4.5 up
 69 Sat, Jun 14   COL  L   0-2       38-30  1st  4.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 13   COL  W   5-4       38-29  1st  5.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 12  @DET  L   1-2       37-29  1st  5.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 11  @DET  L   1-5       37-28  1st  5.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 10  @DET  L   4-6       37-27  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Chicago Cubs, 46-28, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Jason Marquis (29, RHP, 5-3, 4.24)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             74.1  81  38  35  30  37  6    4.24      
 2007 (12-9)           191.2 190 111  98  76 109 22    4.60      
 2006 (14-16)          194.1 221 136 130  75  96 35    6.02      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  40.2  38  18  16  15  16  3    3.54   50 
 2008-06-14   @TOR   W   7     4   1   1   2   1  0      78   64 
 2008-06-08   @LAD   W   6.1   3   1   0   1   2  0      89   66 
 2008-06-03   @SDP   W   5     4   3   3   5   2  0     105   44 
 2008-05-29    COL  ND   5.1   7   3   3   2   3  0      95   43 
 2008-05-24   @PIT  ND   5.1   7   3   3   3   2  1      85   41 
 2008-05-18    PIT   W   6     4   3   2   1   3  1      94   56 
 2008-05-13    SDP   L   5.2   9   4   4   1   3  1      77   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-1  17    24  19  19   5  13  6   10.06   32 
 2007-05-19    CHW  ND   6     7   5   5   1   4  1      85   41 
 2006-06-21   @CHW   L   5    14  13  13   1   3  4      91  -11 
 2002-06-23    CHW   W   6     3   1   1   3   6  1     111   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-8    Road:   16-20   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  30-20   vsLHP:  16-8    1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest: 18-5  IL: 3-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Fri, Jun 20   CHW  W   4-3       46-28  1st  3.5 up
 73 Thu, Jun 19  @TBR  L   3-8       45-28  1st  3.5 up
 72 Wed, Jun 18  @TBR  L   4-5       45-27  1st  3.5 up
 71 Tue, Jun 17  @TBR  L   2-3       45-26  1st  3.5 up
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @TOR  W   7-4       45-25  1st  3.5 up
 69 Sat, Jun 14  @TOR  W   6-2       44-25  1st  3.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @TOR  L   2-3       43-25  1st  3.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 12   ATL  W   3-2 (11)  43-24  1st  3.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 11   ATL  W   7-2       42-24  1st  2.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 10   ATL  W  10-5       41-24  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 CHC  4  CHW  3        W:Kerry Wood (4-1), L: Scott Linebrink (2-2), S: none

Sun, Jun 24, 2007 CHC  3 @CHW  0        W:Sean Marshall (4-2), L: Jose Contreras (5-8), S: Bobby Howry (2)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 CHC  2 @CHW  1        W:Michael Wuertz (1-2), L: Bobby Jenks (2-3), S: Bobby Howry (1)
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 CHC  5 @CHW  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (8-6), L: Mark Buehrle (4-4), S: none
Sun, May 20, 2007 CHW 10 @CHC  6        W:Nick Masset (2-1), L: Carlos Zambrano (4-4), S: none
Sat, May 19, 2007 CHC 11  CHW  6        W:Bobby Howry (1-3), L: David Aardsma (2-1), S: none
Fri, May 18, 2007 CHC  6  CHW  3        W:Ted Lilly (4-2), L: Mike MacDougal (1-1), S: Ryan Dempster (9)
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 CHC 15  CHW 11        W:Carlos Zambrano (7-3), L: Mark Buehrle (9-5), S: Bobby Howry (2)
Sat, Jul 01, 2006 CHW  8 @CHC  6        W:Neal Cotts (1-2), L: Ryan Dempster (1-5), S: Bobby Jenks (25)
Fri, Jun 30, 2006 CHW  6 @CHC  2        W:Jon Garland (7-3), L: Sean Marshall (4-7), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 1-0; 2007 - CHC won 5-1; 2006 - CHW won 4-2; All-Time - CHC leads 31-30

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  5.48

TBR  4.55

WSN  3.68

RA/G

OAK  3.73

SDP  4.59

TEX  5.76

BA

C. Jones  .390

D. Eckstein  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .483

J. Votto  .352

C. Patterson  .227

SLG

L. Berkman  .701

D. Murphy  .452

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

L. Berkman  1.147

J. Upton  .799

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.71

D. McGowan  4.15

B. Bonser  6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.42

R. Nolasco  6.13

L. Hernandez  2.71

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Marquis
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
47.Eyre*
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
32.Lieber
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
43.Wuertz
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 110/77 .238/.273/.400/.673 .619/.695 .627 53/.688 2/1 3/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 22/.909 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB 19/.269 ··· 11/.384 ··· 332/241 .272/.324/.375/.700 .795/.665 .622 122/.898 10/2 6/
24.Crede G/S/vP 6/2.000 ··· ··· 7/.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 262/199 .279/.351/.532/.883 .349/1.052 .780 90/.990 0/3 15/
23.Dye G/S/vP 9/.889 1/no AB 9/.944 18/.583 9/.958 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 284/203 .292/.342/.535/.876 .795/.905 .749 107/.873 1/2 15/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/32 .316/.350/.421/.771 .984/.581 .854 23/.798 0/0 1/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/41 .309/.333/.345/.679 1.088/.493 .509 19/1.029 0/1 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/5.000 2/.000 14/.895 ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 ··· 261/197 .306/.346/.449/.795 .641/.846 .864 97/.759 1/0 5/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 300/219 .273/.387/.534/.921 .834/.951 .907 108/.798 4/3 17/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 168/116 .293/.321/.427/.748 .728/.757 .783 95/.916 3/2 4/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 292/210 .236/.353/.394/.747 .708/.759 .672 97/.911 1/2 8/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 13/1.077 1/.000 11/.364 12/1.151 6/2.833 ··· 4/.250 ··· 270/198 .227/.352/.467/.819 1.012/.744 .871 86/.953 1/0 14/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 10/.856 ··· 3/1.000 8/.125 ··· 4/.000 3/1.666 ··· 141/113 .209/.266/.333/.600 .558/.610 .598 13/.692 0/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/2.000 12/9 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.444 .000 12/.333 1/0 0/
IP 74.1 7.1 10.2 35.2 35.1 43.0 38.1 31.2 TOTAL .263/.337/.439/.776 .731/.793 .729 .848 25/16 99/45
ERA-K/9 4.24/4.5 4.91/9.9 3.38/11.8 4.79/7.6 3.06/4.6 2.93/13.2 2.58/10.6 2.56/5.1 3.66/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (18-4-0)
 Pierzynski (51-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 330/.282 35/.269 46/.275 157/.317 151/.306 166/.126 151/.188 132/.241 .244  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
 Wise
5/42/10/3
70/0/0/2
0/10/0/1
0/0/66/1
1/40/2/0
2/4/1/0
OPS .758 .963 .851 .884 .871 .474 .547 .683 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.769 21/.736 26/.808 60/.912 53/1.109 73/.783 69/.599 47/.649 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 194/.749 14/1.218 20/.900 97/.866 98/.745 93/.246 82/.503 85/.701 .683
Home 151/.848 12/.750 18/.631 89/.960 50/.904 92/.411 84/.532 62/.593 .684
Last 28d days 124/.616 35/.963 33/1.006 50/.788 45/.865 60/.598 59/.556 38/.738
HR/SB/CS 6/6/0 2/0/0 1/3/0 6/1/0 7/0/0 4/3/0 1/0/0 3/3/2 73/36/14
Usage ······X· ··oX·o·o ·o·o·X·o o··X··X· ·X······ ·X···XX· o····X·· ··XX···X
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.41 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.76 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
46.Masset
G/S/vB
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 58/36 .291/.328/.345/.673 .697/.658 .841 29/.655 0/0 1/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/64 .275/.347/.367/.714 .576/.843 .778 38/.377 3/1 1/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.000 4/.750 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 279/196 .288/.378/.445/.823 .907/.788 .973 92/.730 3/0 8/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP ··· 16/2.194 ··· 9/.730 ··· ··· ··· ··· 179/153 .231/.298/.350/.648 .314/.708 .635 60/.983 2/1 3/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 113/103 .237/.333/.381/.715 .476/.733 .624 38/.594 2/0 2/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 305/228 .298/.405/.431/.836 .771/.858 1.042 106/.828 6/3 5/
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/35 .400/.432/.571/1.004 .000/1.063 1.000 29/.950 1/0 0/
9.Johnson G/S/vP 8/.375 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 209/122 .271/.343/.387/.730 .872/.631 .725 53/.752 4/4 3/
25.Lee G/S/vP 11/.455 6/1.133 2/.000 10/.875 1/5.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 331/242 .289/.350/.510/.861 .963/.824 .904 111/.788 3/2 15/
19.Murton G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/10 .273/.304/.273/.577 .237/1.000 .667 8/.750 0/0 0/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/1.902 18/.980 2/.000 15/.734 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 1/no AB 307/225 .293/.401/.506/.906 .774/.956 1.035 110/.857 1/1 12/
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 277/200 .282/.365/.523/.887 1.035/.831 .916 91/.679 0/0 12/
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 306/223 .311/.387/.370/.757 .837/.728 .854 103/.684 13/8 1/
IP 94.1 34.1 28.1 29.0 25.0 29.2 2.0 28.0 TOTAL .282/.358/.440/.799 .823/.790 .885 .755 46/20 80/50
ERA-K/9 3.24/5.2 3.15/13.1 1.91/5.4 1.55/8.4 2.16/8.6 3.34/7.9 4.50/9.0 2.57/11.2 3.36/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (7-3-1)
 Soto (29-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 384/.239 153/.225 109/.242 111/.198 101/.234 127/.259 8/.250 111/.152 .244  Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Cedeno
 DeRosa
 Murton
 Hoffpauir
0/5/66/3
16/41/0/1
0/47/0/1
0/1/0/0
15/0/9/0
5/0/1/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .613 .678 .613 .564 .599 .753 .625 .467 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.704 46/.698 54/.680 55/.416 53/.486 49/.921 3/1.000 51/.502 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.523 107/.669 55/.545 56/.704 48/.729 78/.652 5/.400 60/.437 .652
Road 197/.627 79/.749 49/.589 52/.604 55/.479 60/.477 / 54/.491 .699
Last 28d days 140/.636 70/.699 32/.724 30/.600 34/.335 37/.819 8/.625 41/.411
HR/SB/CS 4/14/1 4/11/1 1/4/0 3/1/0 1/2/1 2/1/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 57/69/14
Usage ·····X·· Xo·X··X· ··o····o oX·····X ·····Xo· ···o··o· ·o·o···· oo···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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