CHW @ DET, Thursday, June 12, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 37-28, 1st, 5½ up	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 3-6, 4.80) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-6) 80.2 93 49 43 24 46 7 4.80 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 2-3 44 50 28 25 16 23 4 5.11 44 2008-06-07 MIN W 8 7 1 1 1 4 1 106 67 2008-06-01 @TBR ND 6 7 3 3 2 5 0 99 49 2008-05-27 @CLE L 5 8 7 6 2 1 1 106 24 2008-05-22 CLE ND 7 2 1 1 4 2 0 104 67 2008-05-17 @SFG W 6.2 7 1 1 3 1 0 102 54 2008-05-12 @LAA L 5.2 10 8 6 1 6 1 102 26 2008-05-07 MIN L 5.2 9 7 7 3 4 1 93 24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 2-2 35 45 17 16 8 17 5 4.11 47 2008-04-06 @DET W 7 7 2 1 2 1 0 89 56 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-9 Road: 17-19 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 26-20 vsLHP: 11-8 1-Run: 6-7 vsEast: 7-12 vsCntrl:21-10 vsWest: 6-6 IL: 3-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 64 Mon, Jun 9 MIN W 7-5 37-26 1st 6.5 up 63 Sun, Jun 8 MIN W 12-2 36-26 1st 5.5 up 62 Sat, Jun 7 MIN W 11-2 35-26 1st 4.5 up 61 Fri, Jun 6 MIN W 10-6 34-26 1st 3.5 up 60 Thu, Jun 5 KCR W 6-2 33-26 1st 2.5 up 59 Wed, Jun 4 KCR W 6-4 (15) 32-26 1st 1.5 up 58 Tue, Jun 3 KCR W 9-5 31-26 1st 1.5 up 57 Sun, Jun 1 @TBR L 3-4 (10) 30-26 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:19-11
Detroit Tigers, 28-37, 4th, 9 GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 4-4, 5.13) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-4) 73.2 88 47 42 34 33 8 5.13 2007 (3-4) 63 65 36 31 25 36 8 4.43 2006 (17-8) 204 195 97 87 62 99 23 3.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 43 50 23 19 15 20 5 3.98 47 2008-06-07 CLE ND 7 5 3 1 2 3 0 105 60 2008-06-02 @OAK ND 7 6 2 2 4 3 1 107 56 2008-05-26 @LAA ND 7 5 0 0 1 2 0 98 68 2008-05-21 SEA W 5.1 8 4 4 3 2 2 91 35 2008-05-15 @KCR L 4 11 7 7 3 1 1 92 10 2008-05-09 NYY W 6 9 2 2 2 3 1 97 47 2008-05-04 @MIN ND 6.2 6 5 3 0 6 0 96 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-2 25 27 19 19 19 12 7 6.84 40 2008-04-13 @CHW L 4 7 7 7 4 1 1 91 17 2007-09-28 @CHW L 6 7 4 4 6 1 1 107 37 2007-09-05 CHW ND 5 2 1 1 2 6 1 83 63 2007-07-25 @CHW ND 4 7 7 7 3 2 4 94 19 2006-09-18 @CHW W 6 4 0 0 4 2 0 101 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 16-16 Road: 12-21 ExtrInn: 0-3 vsRHP: 19-32 vsLHP: 9-5 1-Run: 4-10 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl: 9-19 vsWest: 10-8 IL: 1-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 65 Wed, Jun 11 CHW W 5-1 28-37 4th 9.0 gb 64 Tue, Jun 10 CHW W 6-4 27-37 4th 10.0 gb 63 Mon, Jun 9 CLE L 2-8 26-37 4th 11.0 gb 62 Sun, Jun 8 CLE W 5-2 26-36 4th 10.0 gb 61 Sat, Jun 7 CLE W 8-4 25-36 4th 10.0 gb 60 Fri, Jun 6 CLE L 2-4 24-36 4th 10.0 gb 59 Wed, Jun 4 @OAK L 2-10 24-35 4th 8.5 gb 58 Tue, Jun 3 @OAK L 4-5 (11) 24-34 4th 7.5 gb 57 Mon, Jun 2 @OAK L 2-3 24-33 4th 6.5 gb 56 Sun, Jun 1 @SEA W 7-5 24-32 4th 6.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jun 11, 2008 DET 5 CHW 1 W:Justin Verlander (3-9), L: Javier Vazquez (6-5), S: none Tue, Jun 10, 2008 DET 6 CHW 4 W:Nate Robertson (4-6), L: Jose Contreras (6-4), S: Todd Jones (11) Sun, Apr 13, 2008 CHW 11 DET 0 W:Javier Vazquez (2-1), L: Kenny Rogers (0-3), S: none Sat, Apr 12, 2008 CHW 7 DET 0 W:Gavin Floyd (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-2), S: none Fri, Apr 11, 2008 DET 5 @CHW 2 W:Aquilino Lopez (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-1), S: Todd Jones (1) Sun, Apr 06, 2008 CHW 13 @DET 2 W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-1), S: none 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 (9-13), L: Jose Contreras (10-17), S: none Sat, Sep 29, 2007 CHW 3 DET 2 W:Ehren Wassermann (1-1), L: Fernando Rodney (2-6), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 5-3; 2007 - CHW won 11-7; 2006 - CHW won 12-7; All-Time - DET leads 987-972

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 5.64

TBR 4.53

WSN 3.63

RA/G

TOR 3.71

SDP 4.55

TEX 5.82

C. Jones .419

K. Matsui .277

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .504

B. Molina .348

R. Hernandez .254

SLG

L. Berkman .735

J. Castillo .441

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.194

J. Upton .798

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.56

D. Lowe 4.15

B. Bonser 6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.67

E. Jackson 6.14

L. Hernandez 2.82

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB 52.Bautista
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
G/S/vB 49.Fossum*
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 50.Rapada*
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 9/.888 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 83/68 .266/.301/.392/.694 .557/.724 .669 35/.755 1/1 1/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 14/.884 3/.000 1/.000 14/1.012 11/.364 2/1.500 3/1.666 1/.000 5/.000 296/227 .262/.313/.339/.652 .690/.641 .624 123/.771 9/2 3/

24.Crede G/S/vP 23/.848 9/.597 ··· 6/1.867 7/.833 6/.834 6/2.300 ··· 3/1.666 236/187 .282/.356/.541/.897 .320/1.046 .810 90/.985 0/2 14/

23.Dye G/S/vP 51/.634 2/1.000 1/.000 8/1.125 17/.647 6/.334 10/1.178 ··· 3/.333 251/190 .290/.339/.485/.823 .652/.873 .752 109/.787 1/1 10/

44.Hall G/S/vP 23/.724 4/.000 ··· 12/1.472 4/1.000 6/.334 6/.334 ··· ··· 53/31 .320/.358/.380/.738 .931/.601 .874 24/.976 0/0 0/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 51/.938 14/.607 1/.000 8/.250 12/.705 6/.167 10/.900 ··· 4/.000 255/190 .217/.325/.373/.699 .650/.715 .563 97/.667 1/0 8/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 54/40 .275/.288/.294/.583 .890/.474 .509 21/.879 0/0 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 11/.273 2/.000 1/3.000 11/.546 16/.542 3/.000 6/.900 1/.000 3/.000 232/185 .301/.346/.444/.791 .639/.830 .858 95/.726 1/0 4/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 269/209 .276/.379/.544/.923 .829/.949 .890 112/.832 4/3 16/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 143/105 .293/.326/.436/.762 .814/.743 .822 99/.937 3/2 4/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 21/.782 4/2.250 ··· 4/.917 4/.500 ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· 261/197 .226/.341/.385/.726 .776/.708 .659 94/.831 1/2 8/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 61/.650 4/.250 1/2.000 7/.572 17/2.047 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 6/.750 249/185 .219/.337/.452/.790 .983/.716 .879 88/.862 1/0 13/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 32/.687 9/.619 ··· 6/.733 3/.333 4/.000 11/.522 1/.000 5/.750 128/107 .198/.262/.328/.589 .554/.597 .579 3/.000 0/0 3/

IP 73.2 17.0 14.1 2.0 23.1 33.2 33.1 13.0 19.2 TOTAL .259/.334/.428/.761 .710/.777 .733 .810 23/13 84/38

ERA-K/9

5.13/4.0

3.71/5.3

2.51/6.3

22.50/4.5

4.24/3.5

2.67/6.4

5.40/5.1

3.46/6.9

2.75/6.4

4.74/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (18-4-0)
Pierzynski (42-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 338/.300 75/.241 65/.263 11/.455 101/.236 142/.267 152/.258 53/.213 86/.267 .263 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson 5/42/9/3
63/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/59/1
0/33/2/0

OPS .849 .719 .722 1.000 .720 .692 .731 .523 .675 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.772 26/.576 17/1.129 7/1.286 48/.957 52/.905 67/.619 25/.553 49/.780 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 233/.885 49/.778 48/.577 4/.500 53/.514 90/.563 85/.825 28/.494 37/.540 .724

Home 126/.878 41/.714 34/.681 5/.000 58/.743 78/.584 70/.554 27/.576 49/.763 .758

Last 28d days 139/.856 14/.631 44/.649 11/1.000 38/.619 53/.781 57/.571 16/.606 34/.644

HR/SB/CS 8/1/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 57/27/15

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

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 48.Loaiza
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
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 5/.400 2/.500 6/.900 7/.971 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 273/226 .278/.355/.451/.807 .738/.822 .787 105/.809 1/0 8/

27.Clevlen G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 17/9 .231/.375/.231/.606 .700/.500 .606 17/.606 0/0 0/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 19/1.015 ··· 10/.200 ··· 7/2.000 7/.000 1/.000 8/.661 182/163 .240/.297/.431/.728 .544/.750 .717 98/.638 3/2 8/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 49/.769 1/no AB 7/.286 3/3.500 16/1.688 7/.572 1/.000 9/.472 247/200 .300/.384/.474/.858 1.027/.827 1.016 96/.930 5/2 6/

46.Hollimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

15.Inge G/S/vP 53/.628 ··· 14/.607 2/.500 19/.516 3/.666 3/1.500 4/1.250 159/126 .226/.327/.421/.748 .435/.831 .941 51/.789 1/1 5/

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/31 .138/.194/.241/.435 /.435 .773 31/.435 0/0 1/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 25/1.520 8/.875 8/.875 3/.000 21/.340 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 273/223 .313/.385/.490/.874 .895/.868 1.039 104/.904 0/1 9/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 27/.847 11/.311 9/.777 7/1.286 12/.606 8/.500 2/.500 3/1.000 249/196 .300/.356/.392/.748 .976/.687 .720 105/.780 2/0 2/

25.Raburn G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 62/41 .182/.274/.327/.601 .619/.587 .638 35/.359 0/0 1/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 11/1.245 24/.221 3/.333 8/.536 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 243/196 .267/.310/.364/.674 1.008/.598 .680 88/.721 1/1 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 38/.437 7/.715 8/.250 5/1.000 21/.905 3/1.667 2/.500 2/2.500 212/170 .250/.290/.357/.648 .758/.620 .786 71/.508 4/0 1/

33.Thames G/S/vP 23/.780 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 2/.000 108/64 .245/.315/.500/.815 .999/.697 .870 50/1.022 0/0 7/

IP 80.2 30.0 26.1 27.0 27.0 23.1 27.1 24.2 TOTAL .262/.334/.412/.747 .818/.731 .825 .741 22/8 63/43

ERA-K/9

4.80/5.1

2.70/12.9

2.05/5.5

1.33/8.0

5.33/3.3

1.93/8.1

3.62/8.6

2.92/10.6

3.41/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (5-1-2)
Rodriguez (22-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 344/.297 131/.209 102/.239 103/.194 116/.252 94/.230 118/.250 100/.159 .245 Ordonez
Inge
Granderson
Clevlen
Raburn
Thames
Guillen 0/0/59/3
2/11/0/2
0/43/0/2
4/1/1/1
14/4/6/0
21/0/6/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .804 .584 .616 .539 .733 .567 .753 .500 .678

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.695 42/.719 51/.640 54/.424 43/.934 48/.495 47/.943 45/.574 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 275/.832 89/.523 51/.591 49/.661 73/.616 46/.643 71/.630 55/.440 .647

Road 206/.881 71/.566 49/.589 51/.516 57/.910 55/.479 60/.477 50/.490 .695

Last 28d days 133/.732 58/.456 41/.527 37/.351 13/.692 32/.225 34/.678 42/.610

HR/SB/CS 7/2/4 1/9/1 1/3/0 2/1/0 4/0/0 0/2/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 44/60/13

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

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, 1:05pm, Thursday, June 12, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 3-6, 4.80)

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 4-4, 5.13)

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