CHW @ CLE, Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 77-61, 1st, Tied	SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 10-12, 4.38) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-12) 176.2 183 90 86 48 170 21 4.38 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 3-4 48.2 48 23 21 12 43 4 3.88 55 2008-08-29 @BOS L 5.2 10 5 3 2 7 0 109 38 2008-08-23 TBR L 7 5 4 4 1 4 0 90 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 2-2 30.1 32 15 13 9 30 4 3.86 52 2008-05-26 @CLE ND 6 9 3 3 2 2 2 103 42 2008-05-21 CLE W 7 4 2 2 1 7 1 101 67 2008-04-02 @CLE L 5 5 4 4 4 6 0 103 43 2007-09-12 CLE W 6.1 6 2 1 1 9 0 114 63 2007-09-01 @CLE L 6 8 4 3 1 6 1 105 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 46-22 Road: 31-39 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 49-44 vsLHP: 28-17 1-Run: 19-14 vsEast: 13-20 vsCntrl:36-23 vsWest: 16-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 138 Tue, Sep 2 @CLE L 3-9 77-61 1st Tied 137 Mon, Sep 1 @CLE L 0-5 77-60 1st Tied 136 Sun, Aug 31 @BOS W 4-2 77-59 1st 0.5 up 135 Sat, Aug 30 @BOS L 2-8 76-59 1st 0.5 up 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Cleveland Indians, 67-70, 3rd, 9½ GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Jeremy Sowers (25, LHP, 2-7, 5.92) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-7) 92.2 114 70 61 31 46 15 5.92 2007 (1-6) 67.1 84 49 48 21 24 10 6.42 2006 (7-4) 88.1 85 36 35 20 35 10 3.57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 42.1 44 27 25 9 17 4 5.31 46 2008-08-29 SEA L 5 7 3 3 0 0 1 95 41 2008-08-23 @TEX ND 3.2 8 7 7 1 2 1 77 18 2008-08-17 LAA W 6.2 8 3 2 2 2 0 96 48 2008-08-12 BAL ND 6.1 6 4 4 2 2 0 95 45 2008-08-06 @TBR ND 6 6 4 3 3 2 1 101 45 2008-08-01 @MIN L 6.2 6 4 4 0 4 1 96 50 2008-07-27 MIN ND 8 3 2 2 1 5 0 101 72 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 0-1 9 6 10 5 7 3 2 5.00 43 2008-06-30 @CHW L 3 5 8 3 2 2 2 63 27 2007-04-05 @CHW ND 6 1 2 2 5 1 0 92 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-32 Road: 29-38 ExtrInn: 4-9 vsRHP: 50-50 vsLHP: 17-20 1-Run: 12-15 vsEast: 17-10 vsCntrl:25-30 vsWest: 19-18 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 137 Tue, Sep 2 CHW W 9-3 67-70 3rd 9.5 gb 136 Mon, Sep 1 CHW W 5-0 66-70 3rd 10.5 gb 135 Sun, Aug 31 SEA L 4-6 65-70 4th 11.5 gb 134 Sat, Aug 30 SEA L 3-4 (10) 65-69 3rd 10.5 gb 133 Fri, Aug 29 SEA L 2-3 65-68 3rd 10.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 @DET W 9-7 65-67 3rd 10.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 @DET W 10-4 64-67 3rd 11.5 gb 130 Mon, Aug 25 @DET W 4-3 (10) 63-67 4th 11.5 gb 129 Sun, Aug 24 @TEX W 4-3 62-67 4th 11.5 gb 128 Sat, Aug 23 @TEX W 8-7 61-67 4th 12.5 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Sep 02, 2008 CLE 9 CHW 3 W:Fausto Carmona (8-5), L: John Danks (10-8), S: none Mon, Sep 01, 2008 CLE 5 CHW 0 W:Cliff Lee (20-2), L: Clayton Richard (2-3), S: none Wed, Jul 02, 2008 CHW 6 CLE 5 (10) W:Adam Russell (2-0), L: Masahide Kobayashi (4-4), S: none Tue, Jul 01, 2008 CHW 3 CLE 2 (10) W:Adam Russell (1-0), L: Joe Borowski (1-3), S: none Mon, Jun 30, 2008 CHW 9 CLE 7 W:Gavin Floyd (9-4), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-4), S: Matt Thornton (1) Wed, May 28, 2008 CHW 6 @CLE 5 W:Gavin Floyd (5-3), L: Rafael Betancourt (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (14) Tue, May 27, 2008 CLE 8 CHW 2 W:Aaron Laffey (3-3), L: Mark Buehrle (2-6), S: none Mon, May 26, 2008 CHW 6 @CLE 3 (12) W:Boone Logan (2-1), L: Scott Elarton (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (13) Thu, May 22, 2008 CHW 3 CLE 1 W:Scott Linebrink (1-0), L: Aaron Laffey (2-3), S: Bobby Jenks (12) Wed, May 21, 2008 CHW 7 CLE 2 W:Javier Vazquez (5-3), L: Paul Byrd (2-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 9-5; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 1003-967

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 5.49

FLA 4.65

SFG 3.84

RA/G

TOR 3.88

CLE 4.59

TEX 5.97

A. Pujols .361

M. DeRosa .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .469

J. Reyes .365

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .643

J. Reyes .487

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

V. Wells .839

T. Pena .400

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

O. Perez 3.90

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

M. Mussina 6.42

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Chicago White Sox Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Sowers*
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 58.Donnelly
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 40.Mastny
G/S/vB 59.Meloan
G/S/vB 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 34.Rincon
G/S/vB 54.Slocum
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 163/98 .235/.273/.444/.718 .863/.618 .597 11/.673 4/1 7/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/.833 10/.100 4/1.250 5/.400 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 10/.600 ··· 618/449 .273/.326/.361/.687 .760/.661 .667 111/.737 18/4 7/

24.Crede G/S/vP 5/.600 18/.765 7/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 18/1.147 1/no AB 373/281 .248/.314/.460/.773 .353/.910 .675 24/.513 0/3 17/

23.Dye G/S/vP 5/.200 17/.732 13/.885 2/2.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 14/.599 2/4.500 539/384 .293/.347/.567/.914 .858/.936 .835 94/.843 3/2 32/

22.Fields G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 25/18 .182/.280/.227/.507 .929/.347 .507 / 0/0 0/

39.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .286/.286/.286/.571 1.000/.400 .000 7/.571 1/0 0/

17.Griffey* G/S/vP 10/1.375 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 8/.625 ··· ··· 509/342 .246/.354/.418/.771 .651/.831 .752 69/.689 0/1 16/

44.Hall G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 119/71 .273/.322/.327/.649 .969/.429 .754 24/.467 0/0 1/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.000 20/.932 8/.929 1/.000 4/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 9/.472 23/1.429 3/2.334 437/306 .239/.350/.394/.744 .697/.764 .631 83/1.034 2/0 13/

7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/

27.Phillips G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/.000 12/.667 8/1.125 3/1.666 2/.000 3/3.500 ··· ··· 4/.500 8/.750 3/1.334 490/365 .289/.320/.431/.751 .793/.737 .741 90/.729 1/0 12/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 569/409 .288/.394/.571/.965 .937/.975 .950 97/1.113 7/3 36/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/2.334 ··· 411/285 .307/.324/.486/.810 .890/.775 .790 99/.803 10/8 15/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 2/2.500 8/.536 7/.286 2/.000 2/1.000 4/2.750 ··· 1/.000 2/4.000 7/1.096 ··· 527/379 .226/.342/.423/.765 .760/.766 .593 86/.821 3/2 22/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 5/2.100 10/.000 5/1.933 ··· 4/.750 4/.750 ··· ··· 12/.000 14/1.589 3/2.000 505/358 .251/.368/.518/.886 .838/.906 .939 90/.879 1/0 29/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/.500 13/.802 5/.800 1/2.000 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 13/.417 1/.000 265/203 .241/.295/.382/.677 .879/.617 .667 73/.817 1/2 5/

IP 92.2 59.2 7.2 52.2 54.1 13.1 28.2 70.2 46.0 2.0 TOTAL .266/.337/.452/.790 .786/.791 .741 .815 57/27 199/97

ERA-K/9

5.92/4.5

5.13/8.6

5.87/3.5

4.27/6.0

4.31/7.0

10.80/9.5

/0.0

7.22/6.0

3.31/9.8

5.87/6.3

27.00/4.5

4.33/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (36-8-1)
Pierzynski (85-19-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 415/.302 258/.270 37/.333 228/.275 246/.279 70/.305 / 125/.295 284/.217 211/.288 15/.615 .270 Griffey
Quentin
Dye
Swisher
Ramirez
Owens
Anderson 0/15/91/7
130/0/0/5
0/0/126/3
9/70/18/3
0/11/0/1
0/1/0/0
1/78/2/0

OPS .850 .792 .769 .743 .793 .991 .889 .609 .824 1.754 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.853 116/.763 16/.732 106/.844 130/.773 38/1.207 / 56/.868 115/.514 96/.938 8/1.214 .777

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.850 142/.814 21/.797 122/.657 116/.816 32/.758 / 69/.903 169/.672 115/.730 7/2.381 .724

Home 204/.736 152/.744 34/.841 141/.644 129/.769 28/.494 / 69/.891 130/.594 118/.704 / .701

Last 28d days 123/.801 47/.413 37/.769 20/1.339 42/.779 / / 30/1.380 64/.538 31/.472 /

HR/SB/CS 15/8/6 11/8/1 0/1/0 8/2/0 6/1/0 4/1/0 // 5/0/0 7/2/3 7/4/1 2/0/0 141/57/23

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

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB 41.Broadway
G/S/vB 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 47.MacDougal
G/S/vB 49.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 61.Russell
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 43.Wassermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aubrey* G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/28 .185/.267/.407/.674 .000/.726 .465 / 0/0 2/

29.Barfield G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 14/1.045 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.650 3/2.000 3/.000 1/no AB 4/1.500 3/.666 335/254 .223/.321/.319/.640 .824/.594 .718 84/.794 4/2 4/

7.Carroll G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/3.000 2/2.000 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 13/.083 ··· ··· 2/.000 327/223 .269/.356/.341/.697 .616/.735 .841 56/.801 7/3 1/

17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 1/2.000 278/220 .284/.381/.517/.898 .751/.939 1.026 89/1.222 4/2 9/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 34/1.062 ··· 6/1.500 8/.625 3/1.167 6/1.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.500 1/.000 343/326 .249/.321/.426/.747 .059/.784 .647 56/.867 3/2 11/

44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 47/30 .300/.370/.400/.770 .732/.789 .925 16/.713 0/0 0/

12.Francisco G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 427/319 .280/.338/.459/.797 .796/.797 .878 94/.804 3/3 14/

25.Garko G/S/vP 18/.977 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 3/1.167 5/.650 3/.333 2/1.000 7/1.381 4/.000 486/365 .253/.329/.365/.694 .757/.674 .717 98/.832 0/0 10/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 15/1.217 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 5/.000 2/1.500 2/.500 2/.000 6/.333 375/253 .235/.288/.384/.672 .736/.641 .716 86/.923 5/3 8/

15.Marte G/S/vP 8/.700 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 219/160 .210/.258/.315/.573 .834/.478 .535 71/.744 1/2 3/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 28/.578 1/.000 10/1.478 7/.143 6/.833 4/.000 9/.619 8/1.071 3/.666 ··· 14/.974 2/.500 232/178 .274/.328/.344/.672 .953/.580 .773 15/.767 0/0 1/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 27/.454 1/.000 9/1.181 4/1.000 8/.250 2/.000 4/.000 13/.581 3/.666 ··· 8/.000 2/.000 558/426 .278/.327/.484/.812 .777/.822 .730 115/.825 3/1 21/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 8/.393 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 336/249 .268/.339/.515/.854 .917/.832 .872 94/.779 0/0 17/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 40/.707 2/3.000 8/.536 5/1.800 6/1.100 6/1.166 13/.322 10/1.225 3/.667 1/.000 14/1.316 4/1.417 630/450 .273/.384/.524/.909 .811/.947 1.037 119/.857 35/4 31/

IP 176.2 10.2 31.1 59.1 49.1 39.0 41.0 11.0 31.2 24.1 55.0 16.1 TOTAL .259/.335/.424/.759 .768/.757 .783 .854 69/25 149/77

ERA-K/9

4.38/8.7

8.44/4.2

3.16/7.2

3.79/12.3

1.82/5.1

2.31/7.6

5.49/9.0

1.64/7.4

3.69/3.4

4.81/8.1

2.78/10.8

8.27/3.9

4.01/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (6-4-2)
Martinez (20-13-2)
Shoppach (31-6-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 755/.264 52/.354 123/.185 260/.214 193/.217 150/.208 190/.306 50/.220 136/.280 107/.266 220/.196 87/.347 .260 Francisco
Choo
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Dellucci
Carroll 68/2/31/11
18/0/39/3
9/10/84/3
0/128/0/2
51/0/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .754 1.050 .526 .696 .575 .594 .830 .653 .684 .701 .561 .940 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.768 23/1.035 49/.382 82/.789 102/.579 71/.569 104/.757 17/.769 53/.775 55/.789 109/.457 26/1.007 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 368/.740 29/1.058 74/.626 178/.654 91/.569 79/.617 86/.919 33/.593 83/.625 52/.612 111/.661 61/.911 .707

Road 393/.813 28/1.462 56/.693 135/.773 86/.578 64/.600 106/.792 32/.677 42/.736 34/.924 107/.496 68/.823 .769

Last 28d days 147/.646 52/1.050 59/.485 44/1.064 41/.463 / 10/1.675 9/.472 32/.898 60/.613 34/.501 11/1.250

HR/SB/CS 21/7/2 3/0/1 1/2/2 10/15/1 1/5/0 5/2/0 4/3/1 0/0/0 1/5/0 1/0/0 5/4/0 0/5/1 126/121/27

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

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 @ CLE, 12:05pm, Wednesday, September 3, 2008 @Jacobs Field

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 10-12, 4.38)

SP: Jeremy Sowers (25, LHP, 2-7, 5.92)

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