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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, August 1, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Chicago White Sox, 60-47, 1st, ½ up

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 7-9, 4.73)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-9)            135   146  73  71  38 130 19    4.73      
 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         1-4  45    49  33  32  16  40  9    6.40   45 
 2008-07-27   @DET   L   7    11   6   6   2   3  2     106   32 
 2008-07-21    TEX   L   7     4   3   3   2  10  1     113   65 
 2008-07-09   @KCR  ND   5.2  11   6   6   1   3  1      87   25 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-1  31.2  35  19  18   7  27  3    5.12   49 
 2008-07-09   @KCR  ND   5.2  11   6   6   1   3  1      87   25 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-16   Road:   25-31   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  39-33   vsLHP:  21-14   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:30-18   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Thu, Jul 31  @MIN  L   6-10      60-47  1st  0.5 up
107 Wed, Jul 30  @MIN  W   8-3       60-46  1st  1.5 up
106 Tue, Jul 29  @MIN  L   5-6       59-46  1st  0.5 up
105 Mon, Jul 28  @MIN  L   0-7       59-45  1st  1.5 up
104 Sun, Jul 27  @DET  L   4-6       59-44  1st  2.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 26  @DET  W   7-6       59-43  1st  3.5 up
102 Fri, Jul 25  @DET  W   6-5       58-43  1st  3.5 up
101 Wed, Jul 23   TEX  W  10-8       57-43  1st  2.5 up
100 Tue, Jul 22   TEX  W  10-2       56-43  1st  1.5 up
 99 Mon, Jul 21   TEX  L   1-6       55-43  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Kansas City Royals, 50-59, 4th, 11 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (24, RHP, 6-8, 5.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-8)            105.1 114  68  63  42  60 10    5.38      
 2007 (0-1)             12.2  11   4   3   4   5  1    2.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  39.2  48  29  29  10  15  3    6.58   41 
 2008-07-26    TBR  ND   5     4   2   2   1   0  0      78   50 
 2008-07-21    DET   L   5     8   7   7   1   5  1      93   27 
 2008-07-11    SEA   W   7     5   1   1   0   4  0      92   67 
 2008-07-06   @TBR   L   4     9   7   7   1   1  1      67   16 
 2008-07-01   @BAL   L   6     6   6   6   3   2  0      98   35 
 2008-06-25    COL   W   8     7   2   2   2   3  1      95   61 
 2008-06-20    SFG  ND   4.2   9   4   4   2   0  0      72   28 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-0   5.2   5   4   4   5   2  2    6.35   40 
 2008-06-04   @CHW  ND   5.2   5   4   4   5   2  2     108   40 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-29   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  30-44   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 12-22   vsCntrl:15-20   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Wed, Jul 30  @OAK  W   4-3 (10)  50-59  4th 11.5 gb
108 Tue, Jul 29  @OAK  W   5-2       49-59  4th 11.5 gb
107 Mon, Jul 28  @OAK  W   4-2       48-59  4th 12.5 gb
106 Sun, Jul 27   TBR  W   6-1       47-59  4th 13.5 gb
105 Sat, Jul 26   TBR  L   3-5       46-59  5th 14.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 25   TBR  L   3-5       46-58  5th 13.5 gb
103 Thu, Jul 24   TBR  W   4-2       46-57  4th 12.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 23   DET  L   1-7       45-57  4th 13.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 22   DET  L   1-7       45-56  4th 12.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 21   DET  L   4-19      45-55  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 KCR  8 @CHW  7        W:Ramon Ramirez (1-1), L: Matt Thornton (4-2), S: Joakim Soria (26)
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 KCR  9 @CHW  1        W:Gil Meche (7-9), L: Gavin Floyd (10-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 CHW  9  KCR  5        W:Mark Buehrle (7-8), L: Zack Greinke (7-6), S: none
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 KCR  4  CHW  1        W:Ron Mahay (5-0), L: Mark Buehrle (6-8), S: Joakim Soria (24)
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 6-3; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 310-271

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  5.60

LAA  4.64

WSN  3.69

RA/G

OAK  3.81

CLE  4.65

TEX  5.91

BA

C. Jones  .369

V. Wells  .287

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

A. Huff  .359

T. Pena  .171

SLG

L. Berkman  .621

N. Markakis  .478

T. Pena  .198

OPS

A. Pujols  1.076

C. Coste  .823

T. Pena  .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.37

J. Weaver  4.11

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

J. Lester  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
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 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 147/88 .230/.262/.424/.687 .760/.637 .573 15/.857 2/1 6/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 5/.000 24/.530 2/.000 3/.000 15/.583 488/357 .267/.325/.352/.677 .710/.665 .651 104/.642 17/2 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 4/.250 13/.385 4/.833 14/.643 6/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 5/.000 427/307 .311/.368/.578/.945 .814/.992 .860 92/1.067 3/2 25/
22.Fields G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 22/15 .200/.273/.250/.523 .929/.343 .523 22/.523 0/0 0/
30.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.357 ··· ··· 14/1.044 1/no AB ··· ··· 425/287 .245/.355/.432/.787 .709/.825 .757 88/.992 0/1 15/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 90/51 .280/.337/.354/.691 .936/.499 .818 22/.556 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 5/.600 9/.583 3/1.167 13/.763 1/.000 4/.250 5/.200 4/.250 340/250 .214/.312/.349/.661 .608/.680 .556 73/.558 1/0 9/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 4/.500 8/1.000 3/.666 11/.091 6/.733 2/.000 6/.334 6/.666 382/291 .291/.328/.429/.757 .747/.760 .767 77/.601 1/0 8/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 7/.429 2/1.000 3/.333 453/333 .282/.380/.556/.935 .810/.979 .934 101/1.054 5/3 28/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 295/208 .309/.330/.471/.801 .878/.769 .814 84/.931 7/5 9/
1.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.666 10/1.100 ··· 6/.500 8/.393 1/5.000 3/.666 9/.333 430/309 .228/.347/.401/.748 .731/.753 .620 89/.712 3/2 15/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/1.666 10/.971 2/4.000 7/2.071 13/.321 4/1.750 2/1.000 5/2.467 399/288 .256/.383/.506/.890 .924/.874 .971 97/1.098 1/0 20/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 5/.400 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· 174/140 .228/.287/.373/.660 .792/.627 .685 24/1.085 1/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 58/51 .296/.328/.481/.809 .286/.885 .991 21/.602 6/0 2/
IP 105.1 56.2 26.0 35.0 20.1 51.0 49.0 20.2 TOTAL .265/.338/.446/.784 .747/.797 .745 .814 47/20 149/81
ERA-K/9 5.38/5.1 1.75/6.7 2.08/5.9 5.91/6.2 3.10/4.4 2.82/9.9 1.47/9.4 4.79/8.7 4.60/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (30-6-1)
 Pierzynski (70-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 461/.276 231/.221 107/.207 146/.276 83/.253 208/.216 184/.150 90/.187 .267  Griffey
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/0/90/7
5/58/14/3
104/0/0/3
0/0/99/3
0/11/0/1
1/57/2/0
4/16/1/0
OPS .766 .579 .598 .884 .644 .560 .466 .593 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 232/.861 92/.608 48/.714 66/1.038 30/.680 96/.760 96/.537 42/.726 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.668 139/.561 59/.501 80/.765 53/.623 112/.385 88/.391 48/.471 .729
Home 227/.709 108/.498 62/.731 79/.975 44/.631 104/.489 79/.373 63/.817 .740
Last 28d days 91/.789 48/.550 24/.851 39/.892 62/.720 42/.554 44/.552 49/.574
HR/SB/CS 10/13/3 2/2/2 1/0/0 10/2/1 1/1/0 1/3/0 4/1/1 1/5/0 108/49/16
Usage ·····X·· ·oo·X··X ·o··X·X· ·····X·· ·o···X·· ·X·o·oX· ·oXoo··o ········
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 206/146 .325/.350/.528/.877 1.089/.794 .774 97/.956 3/1 6/
14.Buck G/S/vP 16/.928 ··· 4/.250 8/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/.500 291/208 .247/.320/.405/.725 .861/.672 .701 66/.853 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP 9/.472 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 306/218 .255/.320/.371/.691 .880/.617 .650 85/.655 0/1 6/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 24/.488 1/2.000 5/.400 8/.625 7/.715 9/.472 ··· 396/259 .301/.361/.458/.819 .723/.871 .826 101/.673 9/7 10/
3.German G/S/vP 9/1.238 1/no AB 2/.000 7/.800 1/2.000 5/.600 ··· 120/59 .243/.299/.318/.617 .530/.705 .769 41/1.019 6/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 18/1.111 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 6/.533 ··· 305/231 .262/.313/.333/.646 .430/.716 .782 90/.687 3/4 2/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 15/1.015 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 8/.000 5/.400 ··· 453/316 .253/.345/.408/.753 .534/.851 .784 88/.666 4/2 12/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 46/.704 1/.000 22/.573 5/.400 4/.250 6/2.000 1/2.000 356/257 .300/.346/.401/.746 .982/.659 .883 73/.604 2/1 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 27/.870 2/2.000 11/.614 1/.000 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 416/308 .259/.286/.442/.728 .917/.664 .684 66/.424 2/0 14/
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/15 .200/.250/.200/.450 .000/.516 .311 17/.450 0/0 0/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 9/.250 6/.000 9/.222 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 221/156 .251/.281/.455/.736 .955/.647 .563 24/.426 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 195/139 .150/.171/.198/.369 .530/.307 .413 14/.000 3/1 1/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 21/.836 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 10/.856 11/.955 ··· 409/292 .247/.313/.390/.703 .637/.730 .705 68/.553 3/2 10/
IP 135.0 13.0 47.1 37.1 37.1 42.2 9.0 TOTAL .261/.315/.388/.703 .733/.691 .713 .674 59/28 81/58
ERA-K/9 4.73/8.7 2.77/8.3 3.23/13.1 2.17/5.1 4.34/8.9 2.53/10.3 11.00/5.0 3.85/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (36-6-3)
 Olivo (13-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 584/.274 49/.209 208/.199 145/.235 164/.278 171/.194 49/.341 .255  Guillen
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 German
 Maier
 Gload
37/0/39/8
22/1/65/4
52/40/13/3
16/0/0/0
0/6/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .791 .565 .633 .620 .771 .536 .840 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 287/.830 24/.577 60/.699 73/.633 90/.684 84/.456 16/.804 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 297/.753 25/.553 148/.606 72/.606 74/.877 87/.612 33/.859 .693
Road 312/.867 31/.534 109/.749 70/.619 87/.728 89/.518 41/.730 .743
Last 28d days 89/.890 49/.565 36/.517 20/.528 50/1.131 42/.633 9/.111
HR/SB/CS 19/6/2 0/1/2 5/14/1 1/4/0 4/3/1 3/3/0 0/4/0 98/100/24
Usage ····X··· ··X··oo· o·X··X·· ·X···Xo· X····oo· ooo·o··· o··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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