CHW @ DET, Sunday, April 6, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 3-2, 1st, Tied	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 0-0, 37.80) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 1.2 7 7 7 1 1 2 37.80 2007 (10-9) 201 208 86 81 45 115 22 3.63 2006 (12-13) 204 247 124 113 48 98 36 4.99 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-1 39.1 50 28 27 12 22 6 6.18 42 2008-03-31 CLE ND 1.2 7 7 7 1 1 2 48 13 2007-09-21 MIN W 6 9 4 4 3 3 0 97 38 2007-09-16 LAA ND 6.1 11 7 6 2 3 2 106 26 2007-09-06 DET ND 7 7 1 1 1 4 1 105 62 2007-08-31 CLE ND 7 4 2 2 0 4 0 98 65 2007-08-25 BOS L 6 6 4 4 3 3 0 99 44 2007-08-20 KCR ND 5.1 6 3 3 2 4 1 101 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 1-3 33.1 47 19 19 8 18 6 5.13 43 2007-09-06 DET ND 7 7 1 1 1 4 1 105 62 2007-08-03 DET W 8 7 3 3 2 3 0 105 57 2007-07-23 DET L 6.1 14 7 7 2 5 1 111 20 2006-09-18 DET L 6.2 10 4 4 1 4 3 98 41 2006-08-22 DET L 5.1 9 4 4 2 2 1 98 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 3-2 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 1-1 vsLHP: 2-1 1-Run: 1-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 3-2 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 5 Sat, Apr 5 @DET W 5-3 3-2 1st Tied 4 Fri, Apr 4 @DET W 8-5 2-2 3rd 1.0 gb 3 Thu, Apr 3 @CLE W 2-1 1-2 5th 2.0 gb 2 Wed, Apr 2 @CLE L 2-7 0-2 5th 2.0 gb 1 Mon, Mar 31 @CLE L 8-10 0-1 5th 1.0 gb Last 10: 3-2 Last 20: 3-2 Last 30: 3-2
Detroit Tigers, 0-5, 4th, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 0-0, 6.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 6 4 4 4 1 6 1 6.00 2007 (18-6) 201.2 181 88 82 67 183 20 3.66 2006 (17-9) 186 187 78 75 60 124 21 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 45.1 39 18 18 12 43 8 3.57 57 2008-03-31 KCR ND 6 4 4 4 1 6 1 97 53 2007-09-29 CHW ND 6 4 2 2 2 7 1 117 61 2007-09-23 KCR W 6 5 2 2 2 6 1 104 58 2007-09-18 CLE L 5.2 6 7 7 3 4 4 95 30 2007-09-12 TEX W 7 7 1 1 1 7 0 106 65 2007-09-07 SEA W 8 7 1 1 0 3 0 92 67 2007-09-01 OAK W 6.2 6 1 1 3 10 1 129 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-1 31.2 22 15 15 15 22 6 4.26 54 2007-09-29 CHW ND 6 4 2 2 2 7 1 117 61 2007-07-26 CHW ND 7 3 3 3 3 5 0 109 61 2007-04-22 CHW ND 7 4 3 3 5 6 1 113 58 2006-09-19 CHW L 4.2 6 6 6 3 2 3 92 27 2006-08-21 CHW W 7 5 1 1 2 2 1 103 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-5 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 0-5 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-1 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-5 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 5 Sat, Apr 5 CHW L 3-5 0-5 4th 0.5 gb 4 Fri, Apr 4 CHW L 5-8 0-4 3rd 1.0 gb 3 Thu, Apr 3 KCR L 1-4 0-3 3rd 1.5 gb 2 Wed, Apr 2 KCR L 0-4 0-2 3rd 1.0 gb 1 Mon, Mar 31 KCR L 4-5 (11) 0-1 3rd 0.5 gb Last 10: 0-5 Last 20: 0-5 Last 30: 0-5
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Apr 05, 2008 CHW 5 @DET 3 W:Gavin Floyd (1-0), L: Zach Miner (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (3) Fri, Apr 04, 2008 CHW 8 @DET 5 W:Boone Logan (1-0), L: Jason Grilli (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (2) Sun, Sep 30, 2007 DET 13 @CHW 3 W:Nate Robertson , L: Jose Contreras , S: none Sat, Sep 29, 2007 CHW 3 DET 2 W:Ehren Wassermann , L: Fernando Rodney , S: none Fri, Sep 28, 2007 CHW 5 DET 2 W:Javier Vazquez , L: Kenny Rogers , S: Bobby Jenks Thu, Sep 06, 2007 DET 3 CHW 2 W:Bobby Seay , L: Bobby Jenks , S: none Wed, Sep 05, 2007 DET 2 CHW 1 (11) W:Bobby Seay , L: Heath Phillips , S: none Tue, Sep 04, 2007 CHW 3 @DET 1 W:Jon Garland , L: Jeremy Bonderman , S: Bobby Jenks Sun, Aug 05, 2007 CHW 3 @DET 1 W:Gavin Floyd , L: Jordan Tata , S: Bobby Jenks Sat, Aug 04, 2007 CHW 7 @DET 5 W:Javier Vazquez , L: Jeremy Bonderman , S: Bobby Jenks Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 2-0; 2007 - CHW won 11-7; 2006 - CHW won 12-7; All-Time - DET leads 984-969

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. Pierre .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

G. Atkins .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

R. Ludwick .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

T. Glaus .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.

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 52.Bautista
G/S/vB 40.Bazardo
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 21.Willis*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .258 / 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 11/.697 10/.400 ··· 2/2.500 5/.000 19/.485 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .768 / 20/4 8/11

24.Crede G/S/vP 16/.708 8/.679 ··· 5/1.000 5/1.250 4/1.250 4/1.750 2/2.500 ··· 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .597 / 0/1 4/4

23.Dye G/S/vP 23/1.422 1/.000 ··· 12/.583 17/.647 3/.666 7/1.000 3/.333 4/.833 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .806 / 2/1 28/3

44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 5/.000 6/.334 ··· 6/.000 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .496 / 0/0 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 20/.300 13/.658 ··· 14/1.648 12/.705 3/.000 7/1.371 4/.000 1/2.000 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .820 / 0/1 31/5

38.Ozuna G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .479 / 3/0 0/4

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 19/1.052 2/.000 ··· 11/.873 16/.542 2/.000 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .746 / 1/1 14/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .415 / 2/2 5/1

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

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 17/1.086 3/3.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .850 / 3/2 22/5

25.Thome* G/S/vP 24/1.764 4/.250 ··· 4/1.250 17/2.047 ··· 6/.333 6/.750 25/.376 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .954 / 0/1 35/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 5/.900 8/.708 ··· 11/.111 2/.500 2/.000 10/.583 4/1.000 1/no AB 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .575 / 1/9 20/17

IP 201.2 8.2 23.2 79.2 61.1 17.1 53.2 46.1 205.1 TOTAL /// / / /2

ERA-K/9

3.66/8.2

12.46/8.3

2.28/5.7

4.74/7.0

4.26/4.8

5.19/3.6

3.02/5.7

2.33/7.4

5.17/6.4

0.00/0.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 866/.233 48/.429 96/.218 352/.263 265/.267 76/.273 232/.273 189/.228 942/.294 Dye
Swisher
Quentin
Anderson
Ozuna 0/0/135/9
0/60/57/3
3/0/75/2
5/3/0/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .668 .989 .638 .714 .702 .751 .727 .619 .846

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 464/.689 28/1.096 48/.844 120/.702 151/.705 37/.803 92/.567 101/.545 122/.356

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 402/.643 20/.833 48/.420 232/.718 114/.696 39/.705 140/.834 88/.707 820/.919

Home 454/.664 21/1.303 62/.540 184/.910 125/.626 35/.757 106/.712 99/.487 491/.826

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

HR/SB/CS 20/4/1 0/1/0 2/1/0 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/4/6 1/1/1 29/6/1 //

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Detroit Tigers Batters (2.60 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 34.Floyd
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/1.750 2/.500 5/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 680/530 .320/.401/.565/.965 1.173/.910 1.026 / 2/1 34/23

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 46/.777 1/no AB 12/1.084 7/.286 2/5.000 6/.334 7/.453 1/.000 9/.472 630/500 .296/.357/.502/.859 .921/.843 .863 / 13/8 21/25

15.Inge G/S/vP 50/.668 ··· 5/.000 12/.432 2/.500 2/1.000 11/.000 3/1.500 4/1.250 577/447 .236/.312/.376/.688 .923/.621 .748 / 9/2 14/18

19.Jones* G/S/vP 27/.074 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 8/.536 ··· 5/1.800 2/.000 5/1.000 495/408 .285/.335/.400/.735 .763/.729 .710 / 6/3 5/4

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 22/1.546 7/1.000 6/.334 8/.875 2/.000 3/.333 13/.648 1/.000 3/.000 679/531 .363/.434/.595/1.029 1.213/.980 1.129 / 4/1 28/1

14.Polanco G/S/vP 27/.847 11/.311 12/1.183 9/.777 7/1.286 6/.666 4/.833 2/.500 3/1.000 641/489 .341/.388/.458/.846 .813/.857 .871 / 7/3 9/0

25.Raburn G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 12/.917 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 148/84 .304/.340/.507/.847 .759/.912 .821 / 3/0 4/1

8.Renteria G/S/vP 8/1.482 22/.243 3/.666 2/.500 8/.536 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 543/347 .332/.390/.470/.860 .918/.827 .854 / 11/2 12/11

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 35/.476 5/.600 6/.833 7/.286 4/1.250 3/1.667 8/.250 2/.500 2/2.500 515/389 .281/.294/.420/.714 .746/.703 .744 / 2/2 11/6

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 74/62 .284/.324/.388/.712 1.117/.638 .449 / 3/0 0/2

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 12/.167 16/1.308 3/1.167 4/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/2.750 593/460 .265/.378/.462/.839 .832/.841 .901 / 22/5 25/0

33.Thames G/S/vP 20/.826 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 6/.733 1/.000 2/.000 284/193 .242/.278/.498/.776 .927/.705 .844 / 2/1 18/4

36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 201.0 30.2 70.0 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL /// / / /1

ERA-K/9

3.63/5.1

4.11/12.0

5.27/6.3

2.77/7.8

3.71/6.4

4.97/6.2

6.80/8.3

7.09/4.8

4.79/8.8

0.00/0.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rodriguez (47-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 835/.269 138/.242 314/.299 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 Jones
Ordonez
Sheffield
Thames
Raburn 2/84/67/8
0/0/143/4
7/0/7/1
37/0/9/1
10/13/16/1

OPS .728 .748 .871 .488 .742 .802 .839 .851 .783

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 166/.861 58/.756 151/.918 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 57/.910 79/.844 104/.800

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 669/.695 80/.740 163/.828 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 151/.812 114/.857 145/.771

Road 406/.684 54/.654 157/.829 115/.507 150/.880 106/.725 106/.863 98/.797 118/.691

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

HR/SB/CS 22/2/3 4/2/0 17/12/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 3/9/0 2/8/1 4/1/1 //

Usage ·····X·· ·oo··X·· ·Xo····· ·oX····· ·o···o·· ···X···· ·····X·· ···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 @ DET, 8:05pm, Sunday, April 6, 2008 @Comerica Park

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Friday, April 4, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 0-0, 37.80)

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 0-0, 6.00)

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