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

Chicago White Sox, 53-37, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 6-7, 3.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-7)            117.1 126  58  51  32  67 10    3.91      
 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         4-1  50.2  47  13  12  11  30  4    2.13   60 
 2008-07-04    OAK   L   5.2  10   4   4   3   5  1     105   35 
 2008-06-29    CHC   W   7     6   1   0   2   5  0      99   66 
 2008-06-24   @LAD   W   8     6   1   1   0   2  1      96   68 
 2008-06-18    PIT   W   8     4   2   2   2   3  1      96   67 
 2008-06-12   @DET  ND   8     7   1   1   1   6  0     102   69 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      3-0  30.1  33  15  15  10  21  5    4.45   49 
 2007-08-20    KCR  ND   5.1   6   3   3   2   4  1     101   46 
 2007-05-12    KCR  ND   6     7   4   4   3   7  1     114   46 
 2007-04-23   @KCR   W   7     5   3   3   1   4  1     103   58 
 2006-09-02   @KCR   W   6     9   3   3   1   3  0      93   44 
 2006-08-17    KCR   W   6     6   2   2   3   3  2      87   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-13   Road:   21-24   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  33-25   vsLHP:  20-12   1-Run:  13-10
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:26-11   vsWest:  8-8  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Wed, Jul  9  @KCR  W   7-6       53-37  1st  3.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Kansas City Royals, 40-52, 4th, 14 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 7-5, 3.62)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-5)            117   114  48  47  35  96 16    3.62      
 2007 (7-7)            122   122  52  50  36 106 12    3.69      
 2006 (1-0)              6.1   7   3   3   3   5  1    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  42    43  23  23  16  43  9    4.93   50 
 2008-07-05   @TBR   L   6     7   2   2   1   7  0     113   56 
 2008-06-30   @BAL  ND   5     7   5   5   1   5  1      86   37 
 2008-06-24    COL   W   6     9   3   3   0  10  1      99   52 
 2008-06-19   @STL   W   7     2   1   1   1   7  1     112   75 
 2008-06-13   @ARI  ND   7     3   0   0   7   5  0     111   69 
 2008-06-08   @NYY   L   5     6   4   4   4   6  2     104   41 
 2008-06-03   @CHW   L   6     9   8   8   2   3  4      83   23 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-3  28.1  35  21  20   8  24  8    6.35   43 
 2008-06-03   @CHW   L   6     9   8   8   2   3  4      83   23 
 2007-09-26   @CHW   L   5     7   3   3   2   6  2      93   45 
 2007-09-20    CHW   W   8     2   0   0   0  10  0     101   88 
 2005-09-15    CHW  ND   6     7   2   2   1   2  1     111   51 
 2005-07-25    CHW   L   3.1  10   8   7   3   3  1      95   10 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-23   Road:   21-29   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  25-40   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  12-13
 vsEast: 10-20   vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest:  5-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Wed, Jul  9   CHW  L   6-7       40-52  4th 14.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 CHW  7 @KCR  6        W:Adam Russell (3-0), L: Robinson Tejeda (0-2), S: Octavio Dotel (1)
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 5-0; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 309-268

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  4.53

WSN  3.60

RA/G

OAK  3.66

NYM  4.58

TEX  5.72

BA

C. Jones  .375

M. DeRosa  .285

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .472

O. Hudson  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .661

J. Bowker  .461

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.107

J. Crede  .814

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

J. Sanchez  3.97

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.47

A. Wainwright  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.36

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
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 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 139/85 .229/.263/.412/.675 .698/.660 .532 56/.646 2/1 5/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/.700 7/.143 3/.666 4/.000 23/.554 2/.000 3/.000 14/.630 408/291 .266/.323/.363/.686 .712/.675 .634 112/.777 14/2 6/
24.Crede G/S/vP 24/.982 11/.764 4/.000 8/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 321/239 .260/.333/.481/.814 .346/.973 .738 85/.586 0/3 16/
23.Dye G/S/vP 27/.948 9/1.056 12/.416 13/.539 4/.833 2/.000 3/.000 4/.000 357/252 .298/.353/.538/.891 .797/.928 .749 106/1.057 3/2 19/
44.Hall G/S/vP 7/.715 11/.728 ··· 3/1.667 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 74/41 .275/.324/.362/.687 .988/.450 .807 21/.554 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 36/.450 8/3.708 8/.661 12/.833 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 3/.333 275/201 .213/.320/.362/.682 .658/.691 .560 20/.472 1/0 8/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 18/1.091 8/1.714 6/.834 10/.100 4/.000 2/.000 6/.334 5/.800 322/240 .291/.327/.434/.761 .700/.781 .767 90/.685 1/0 7/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 375/270 .274/.376/.522/.898 .780/.942 .923 106/.835 5/3 21/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 228/155 .308/.330/.467/.798 .760/.815 .806 85/.856 3/4 7/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 8/1.125 11/.920 9/1.056 5/.600 7/.453 ··· 1/2.000 9/.333 362/254 .236/.349/.410/.759 .760/.757 .642 101/.846 1/2 12/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 14/.978 7/.286 8/1.300 7/2.071 11/.382 3/1.334 1/2.000 4/3.500 324/232 .241/.364/.481/.846 .953/.799 .921 75/1.037 1/0 16/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 18/.916 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 117.0 23.2 47.0 28.2 9.2 43.2 40.0 14.1 TOTAL .262/.334/.439/.773 .726/.792 .724 .805 36/19 123/59
ERA-K/9 3.62/7.4 7.61/7.6 1.91/6.9 5.65/6.9 1.86/4.6 2.89/9.9 1.58/9.9 5.65/7.6 4.62/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (23-5-1)
 Pierzynski (62-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 487/.254 114/.278 193/.224 119/.279 39/.237 179/.220 152/.152 63/.189 .267  Swisher
 Quentin
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
5/44/10/3
87/0/0/3
0/0/83/2
0/11/0/1
1/49/2/0
2/13/1/0
OPS .733 .882 .584 .908 .573 .549 .486 .603 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 227/.794 50/.477 76/.656 55/1.027 14/.148 84/.730 79/.579 34/.737 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 260/.678 64/1.236 117/.539 64/.810 25/.800 95/.387 73/.387 29/.443 .727
Home 166/.684 44/1.011 85/.512 60/.958 19/.488 92/.494 60/.326 44/.815 .744
Last 28d days 129/.695 34/.876 55/.304 27/.987 39/.573 51/.544 40/.350 41/.382
HR/SB/CS 16/0/2 4/2/0 2/2/2 9/2/1 1/1/0 0/1/0 4/0/1 1/5/0 97/40/14
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·· ·oX···X· o··X··X· ·X··X··X oXoo···· ·oX···o· XX·o·X··
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
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 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 133/104 .299/.323/.480/.804 1.179/.704 .780 107/.788 2/1 4/
14.Buck G/S/vP 38/.569 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.250 241/183 .252/.324/.393/.716 .977/.636 .682 72/.825 0/3 5/
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.567 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 244/178 .260/.320/.345/.665 .968/.558 .638 38/.642 0/1 2/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 41/.502 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 6/.500 3/.666 ··· 9/.472 325/224 .307/.365/.471/.836 .756/.874 .816 103/.932 6/5 9/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 259/191 .250/.302/.267/.569 .555/.573 .602 65/.642 19/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 17/.651 ··· 1/.000 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 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 241/198 .278/.325/.341/.666 .377/.731 .802 103/.798 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 7/.000 2/no AB ··· 4/.250 389/277 .252/.337/.413/.750 .497/.855 .839 113/.785 2/2 11/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 31/.678 ··· 20/.633 4/.750 4/.250 2/.000 1/2.000 6/2.000 299/225 .319/.372/.425/.797 .987/.736 .979 83/.946 2/1 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/2.000 9/.222 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 368/278 .274/.299/.469/.768 1.009/.692 .773 104/.673 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 8/.250 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 206/143 .260/.291/.474/.766 .987/.672 .606 41/.584 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.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 30/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.393 3/5.000 ··· 10/1.056 363/267 .252/.325/.402/.727 .607/.771 .706 101/.716 2/2 9/
IP 117.1 42.0 38.0 32.1 38.2 6.2 36.2 TOTAL .264/.317/.389/.706 .745/.693 .729 .756 44/25 67/53
ERA-K/9 3.91/5.1 /0.0 2.79/12.9 2.37/7.6 1.95/8.6 3.49/6.7 2.70/9.4 2.21/11.0 3.46/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (30-5-3)
 Olivo (10-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 488/.281 / 184/.204 146/.207 129/.223 172/.295 27/.308 143/.168 .248  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gload
 German
33/0/30/6
0/74/0/5
42/31/12/3
20/0/54/3
1/0/2/0
9/0/0/0
OPS .749 .618 .597 .588 .795 .756 .483 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.713 / 55/.638 67/.573 68/.482 63/.919 11/.909 70/.419 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.759 / 129/.609 79/.617 61/.710 109/.729 16/.646 73/.544 .667
Road 264/.799 / 94/.685 64/.600 69/.485 80/.533 9/.778 68/.446 .711
Last 28d days 144/.623 / 53/.695 43/.732 35/.640 54/.883 27/.756 43/.442
HR/SB/CS 10/3/4 // 4/11/1 5/2/0 2/2/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 77/85/18
Usage ·····X·· oo·X·o·o ·X·XX··o oX···X·· ·X···X·o o····X·X oX·oo···

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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