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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Chicago White Sox, 52-37, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 7-7, 4.37)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-7)            115.1 120  58  56  33 114 15    4.37      
 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         2-4  43.2  47  29  28  18  47  9    5.77   47 
 2008-07-03    OAK   L   9     4   3   3   1  10  2     121   76 
 2008-06-28    CHC  ND   4.1   9   5   5   3   7  0     105   29 
 2008-06-22   @CHC   L   6     5   5   4   5   4  2     109   43 
 2008-06-17    PIT   W   6     5   5   5   2   3  1     113   43 
 2008-06-11   @DET   L   6    10   5   5   3   9  1     111   38 
 2008-06-06    MIN   W   5.1   9   4   4   2   4  2     109   36 
 2008-05-31   @TBR   L   7     5   2   2   2  10  1     108   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-2  31.1  31  17  15   6  25  4    4.31   52 
 2007-09-17   @KCR   W   8     5   2   2   0  13  1     109   77 
 2007-08-21    KCR   W   6     5   2   1   2   3  0     102   57 
 2007-05-13    KCR   L   6     7   4   4   3   3  1     108   42 
 2007-04-24   @KCR  ND   6     7   5   5   1   5  0     105   42 
 2006-08-15    KCR   L   5.1   7   4   3   0   1  2      82   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-13   Road:   20-24   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  32-25   vsLHP:  20-12   1-Run:  12-10
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:25-11   vsWest:  8-8  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Tue, Jul  8  @KCR  W   8-7 (13)  52-37  1st  2.5 up
 89 Sun, Jul  6   OAK  W   4-3       51-37  1st  1.0 up
 88 Sat, Jul  5   OAK  W   6-1       50-37  1st  1.0 up
 87 Fri, Jul  4   OAK  L   1-7       49-37  1st  1.0 up
 86 Thu, Jul  3   OAK  L   2-3       49-36  1st  2.0 up
 85 Wed, Jul  2   CLE  W   6-5 (10)  49-35  1st  2.5 up
 84 Tue, Jul  1   CLE  W   3-2 (10)  48-35  1st  2.5 up
 83 Mon, Jun 30   CLE  W   9-7       47-35  1st  2.5 up
 82 Sun, Jun 29   CHC  W   5-1       46-35  1st  1.5 up
 81 Sat, Jun 28   CHC  W   6-5       45-35  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Kansas City Royals, 40-51, 4th, 13 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (27, RHP, 7-8, 5.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-8)            108.1 119  67  62  31  63 13    5.15      
 2007 (12-9)           165   156  76  71  44  77 15    3.87      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  41.1  48  29  25  14  22  6    5.44   43 
 2008-07-04   @TBR   L   5     8   7   6   1   6  1     102   30 
 2008-06-29    STL   L   4.2   9   7   7   4   1  1     102   15 
 2008-06-23    COL   W   7     3   3   0   6   5  1     113   64 
 2008-06-18   @STL   W   7     9   2   2   0   1  0      81   52 
 2008-06-12    TEX  ND   7     6   4   4   0   4  2     127   53 
 2008-06-07   @NYY  ND   3.1   8   5   5   2   1  0      71   23 
 2008-06-01    CLE   W   7.1   5   1   1   1   4  1     103   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      2-1  23    26  18  17  10  14  3    6.65   42 
 2007-09-25   @CHW  ND   0.2   4   5   5   1   1  0      44   24 
 2007-09-19    CHW   L   5     8   6   6   1   1  3      76   27 
 2007-08-22   @CHW   W   6.2   5   2   2   2   3  0     101   57 
 2007-06-29    CHW   W   6.1   4   1   1   4   5  0     100   62 
 2007-04-24    CHW  ND   4.1   5   4   3   2   4  0      82   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-22   Road:   21-29   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  25-39   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast: 10-20   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest:  5-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Tue, Jul  8   CHW  L   7-8 (13)  40-51  4th 13.0 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  7  @TBR  W   7-4 (10)  40-50  4th 12.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @TBR  L   2-9       39-50  4th 12.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @TBR  L   0-3       39-49  4th 11.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @TBR  L   2-11      39-48  4th 10.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  3  @BAL  W  10-7       39-47  4th 10.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2  @BAL  L   2-5       38-47  4th 11.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1  @BAL  L   5-7       38-46  4th 10.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jun 30  @BAL  W   6-5 (11)  38-45  4th  9.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   STL  L   6-9       37-45  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 CHW  8 @KCR  7 (13)   W:Nick Masset (1-0), L: Robinson Tejeda (0-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 CHW  6  KCR  2        W:Jose Contreras (6-3), L: Gil Meche (3-8), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 CHW  6  KCR  4 (15)   W:Octavio Dotel (3-2), L: Jimmy Gobble (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 CHW  9  KCR  5        W:Gavin Floyd (6-3), L: Zack Greinke (5-3), S: none

Thu, Sep 27, 2007 CHW 10  KCR  0        W:Lance Broadway (1-1), L: Billy Buckner (1-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 CHW  3  KCR  0        W:Jon Garland (10-13), L: Zack Greinke (7-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 KCR  9 @CHW  5        W:Brandon Duckworth (3-5), L: Ehren Wassermann (0-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 20, 2007 KCR  3  CHW  0        W:Zack Greinke (7-6), L: Jon Garland (9-13), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Wed, Sep 19, 2007 CHW  7 @KCR  0        W:Jose Contreras (10-16), L: Brian Bannister (12-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 KCR  3  CHW  2        W:Gil Meche (9-12), L: Gavin Floyd (1-4), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 4-0; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 308-268

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  5.46

COL  4.49

WSN  3.58

RA/G

OAK  3.63

MIN  4.59

TEX  5.74

BA

C. Jones  .379

C. Crawford  .284

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .477

M. Cabrera  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .663

T. Hunter  .462

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.103

A. Ethier  .814

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

D. Lowe  4.02

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.47

A. Wainwright  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 139/85 .229/.263/.412/.675 .698/.660 .532 59/.683 2/1 5/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 3/.666 4/.000 23/.554 2/.000 3/.000 13/.581 404/287 .267/.321/.365/.686 .712/.676 .633 112/.779 12/2 6/
24.Crede G/S/vP 2/.000 11/.764 4/.000 7/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 317/235 .263/.338/.488/.825 .346/.991 .759 84/.594 0/3 16/
23.Dye G/S/vP 9/.583 9/1.056 12/.416 13/.539 4/.833 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 353/248 .302/.357/.545/.902 .797/.943 .766 105/1.068 3/2 19/
44.Hall G/S/vP 3/.000 11/.728 ··· 3/1.667 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 72/39 .284/.333/.373/.706 .988/.474 .855 19/.616 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 13/.504 8/3.708 8/.661 12/.833 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 3/.333 271/197 .216/.325/.368/.693 .658/.706 .576 16/.598 1/0 8/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/1.556 8/1.714 6/.834 9/.111 4/.000 2/.000 6/.334 4/1.000 320/238 .293/.329/.437/.766 .700/.788 .778 92/.692 1/0 7/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 371/266 .270/.372/.502/.874 .780/.909 .873 106/.713 5/3 19/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 224/151 .310/.332/.467/.798 .760/.817 .808 84/.829 3/4 7/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 7/1.262 11/.920 9/1.056 5/.600 7/.453 ··· 1/2.000 8/.375 358/250 .235/.347/.407/.755 .760/.751 .631 100/.806 1/2 12/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 10/2.100 7/.286 8/1.300 7/2.071 11/.382 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/3.500 320/228 .240/.363/.483/.846 .953/.799 .923 74/.999 1/0 16/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 11/1.445 7/1.286 3/.000 5/.600 ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· 154/124 .206/.258/.326/.585 .588/.584 .622 26/.560 0/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 43/38 .350/.372/.600/.972 .400/1.052 1.271 37/1.138 5/0 2/
IP 108.1 23.2 47.0 27.2 9.2 43.0 40.0 13.2 TOTAL .263/.335/.439/.774 .726/.793 .724 .792 34/19 121/58
ERA-K/9 5.15/5.2 7.61/7.6 1.91/6.9 5.86/6.5 1.86/4.6 2.93/9.6 1.58/9.9 4.61/7.2 4.59/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (23-5-0)
 Pierzynski (62-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 465/.282 114/.278 193/.224 116/.287 39/.237 176/.218 152/.152 59/.196 .268  Swisher
 Quentin
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
5/43/10/3
86/0/0/3
0/0/82/2
0/11/0/1
1/48/2/0
2/13/1/0
OPS .760 .882 .584 .933 .573 .547 .486 .602 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.810 50/.477 76/.656 54/1.048 14/.148 83/.714 79/.579 32/.788 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.709 64/1.236 117/.539 62/.837 25/.800 93/.395 73/.387 27/.389 .728
Home 274/.670 44/1.011 85/.512 57/1.012 19/.488 89/.488 60/.326 40/.830 .745
Last 28d days 134/.862 38/1.119 55/.304 24/1.114 39/.573 48/.536 40/.350 37/.361
HR/SB/CS 13/2/3 4/2/0 2/2/2 9/2/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 4/0/1 1/4/0 95/38/14
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··X oX···X·· ··X··X·· X··X··X· Xoo····· oX···o·· X·o·X··X
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
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
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 128/100 .303/.328/.492/.820 1.224/.713 .813 106/.815 2/1 4/
14.Buck G/S/vP 13/.504 2/.500 8/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.250 237/179 .246/.321/.374/.695 .977/.607 .635 72/.712 0/3 4/
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 240/175 .260/.321/.342/.663 .984/.550 .632 34/.628 0/1 2/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 21/.501 3/.666 7/.715 1/.000 5/.600 3/.666 ··· 9/.472 320/220 .311/.368/.478/.845 .763/.884 .835 103/.983 6/5 9/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/no AB 4/.833 ··· 5/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 259/191 .250/.302/.267/.569 .555/.573 .602 69/.622 19/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 9/1.238 1/.000 7/.800 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 4/.000 88/45 .213/.247/.250/.497 .404/.582 .691 24/.750 3/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 15/1.067 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 237/195 .269/.318/.333/.651 .337/.721 .777 99/.768 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/1.117 2/1.000 4/.000 2/1.500 6/.000 2/no AB ··· 4/.250 385/274 .252/.338/.415/.753 .502/.857 .847 114/.785 2/2 11/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 43/.635 20/.633 5/.400 4/.750 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 6/2.000 295/221 .312/.366/.416/.783 .987/.717 .946 84/.948 2/1 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 24/.897 9/.222 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 364/274 .274/.299/.471/.771 1.009/.695 .780 105/.705 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 9/.250 8/.250 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 206/143 .260/.291/.474/.766 .987/.672 .606 46/.518 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 12/.583 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 189/133 .155/.176/.204/.381 .530/.321 .424 22/.490 3/1 1/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 18/.866 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 8/.393 3/5.000 ··· 9/1.181 359/264 .252/.326/.404/.730 .614/.773 .711 102/.744 2/2 9/
IP 115.1 41.0 32.1 38.0 31.1 38.2 6.1 35.2 TOTAL .263/.316/.388/.705 .748/.689 .725 .754 44/25 66/53
ERA-K/9 4.37/8.9 2.85/12.5 1.95/5.3 2.37/7.6 2.01/8.6 3.49/6.7 2.84/8.6 2.27/11.3 3.43/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (28-5-3)
 Olivo (10-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 495/.267 181/.208 125/.246 146/.207 126/.229 172/.295 25/.292 140/.164 .247  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gload
 German
32/0/30/6
0/74/0/5
42/30/12/3
20/0/53/3
1/0/2/0
9/0/0/0
OPS .773 .629 .635 .597 .603 .795 .737 .479 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 246/.846 54/.651 62/.622 67/.573 66/.497 63/.919 11/.909 68/.401 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.702 127/.619 63/.647 79/.617 60/.722 109/.729 14/.593 72/.552 .663
Road 252/.819 91/.710 57/.595 64/.600 66/.508 80/.533 7/.714 65/.436 .707
Last 28d days 141/.828 50/.740 23/.713 43/.732 32/.702 57/.834 25/.737 40/.425
HR/SB/CS 15/6/2 4/11/1 1/4/0 5/2/0 2/2/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 76/85/18
Usage ·····X·· o·X·o·o· ········ X·XX··oo X···X··· X···X·o· ····X·Xo 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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