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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, July 29, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Chicago White Sox, 59-45, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Clayton Richard (24, LHP, 0-0, 9.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)              4     7   5   4   1   7  1    9.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-0   4     7   5   4   1   7  1    9.00   36 
 2008-07-23    TEX  ND   4     7   5   4   1   7  1      85   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-16   Road:   24-29   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  38-32   vsLHP:  21-13   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:29-16   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
 98 Sun, Jul 20   KCR  L   7-8       55-42  1st  0.5 up
 97 Sat, Jul 19   KCR  L   1-9       55-41  1st  0.5 up
 96 Fri, Jul 18   KCR  W   9-5       55-40  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Minnesota Twins, 58-47, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 7-3, 4.08)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-3)             90.1 106  43  41  23  46 11    4.08      
 2007 (0-0)             28.2  23  10  10  12  20  2    3.14      
 2006 (0-0)              5.2   3   1   1   0   6  0    1.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  45    47  18  18  11  19  3    3.60   51 
 2008-07-23   @NYY   L   6     8   5   5   1   2  0      85   37 
 2008-07-18    TEX   W   6     3   0   0   3   1  0      98   64 
 2008-07-11   @DET   W   6.2   6   2   2   2   2  0      85   54 
 2008-07-06    CLE   W   7     7   3   3   1   3  1      97   53 
 2008-06-30    DET  ND   6.1   7   2   2   1   7  1      91   57 
 2008-06-25   @SDP   W   5     6   3   3   2   2  0      91   43 
 2008-06-19    WSN   W   8    10   3   3   1   2  1     107   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-0   5.1   5   3   3   3   3  1    5.06   46 
 2008-06-09   @CHW  ND   5.1   5   3   3   3   3  1      93   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-19   Road:   23-28   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  42-32   vsLHP:  16-15   1-Run:  20-17
 vsEast:  7-15   vsCntrl:30-18   vsWest:  7-10 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Mon, Jul 28   CHW  W   7-0       58-47  2nd  1.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27  @CLE  W   4-2       57-47  2nd  2.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26  @CLE  W  11-4       56-47  2nd  3.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25  @CLE  L   4-5       55-47  2nd  3.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @NYY  L   1-5       55-46  2nd  2.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @NYY  L   2-8       55-45  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @NYY  L   4-12      55-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   TEX  L   0-1       55-43  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   TEX  W  14-2       55-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   TEX  W   6-0       54-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 MIN  7  CHW  0        W:Kevin Slowey (7-7), L: Mark Buehrle (8-9), S: none
Mon, Jun 09, 2008 CHW  7  MIN  5        W:Matt Thornton (2-1), L: Matt Guerrier (3-2), S: Bobby Jenks (15)
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 CHW 12  MIN  2        W:Gavin Floyd (7-3), L: Kevin Slowey (2-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 CHW 11  MIN  2        W:Mark Buehrle (3-6), L: Livan Hernandez (6-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 CHW 10  MIN  6        W:Javier Vazquez (6-4), L: Nick Blackburn (4-4), S: none
Thu, May 08, 2008 CHW  6  MIN  2        W:John Danks (3-3), L: Kevin Slowey (0-2), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2008 MIN 13 @CHW  1        W:Livan Hernandez (5-1), L: Mark Buehrle (1-4), S: none
Tue, May 06, 2008 CHW  7  MIN  1        W:Gavin Floyd (3-1), L: Nick Blackburn (2-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 MIN  4  CHW  3        W:Nick Blackburn (2-1), L: Ehren Wassermann (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 MIN  3  CHW  1        W:Boof Bonser (2-4), L: Gavin Floyd (2-1), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 7-5; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1061-962

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  5.57

CLE  4.59

WSN  3.70

RA/G

OAK  3.80

CLE  4.54

TEX  5.88

BA

C. Jones  .369

B. Roberts  .286

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

J. Hamilton  .358

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .623

B. Roberts  .473

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.066

J. Cantu  .822

T. Pena  .375

ERA

C. Lee  2.29

S. Olsen  4.07

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

G. Floyd  6.18

K. Rogers  3.40

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 6/.367 4/.500 3/.333 144/88 .228/.261/.404/.665 .709/.637 .524 18/.706 2/1 5/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/2.000 13/1.000 ··· 4/1.500 9/.708 12/.166 10/1.125 473/345 .264/.323/.351/.674 .711/.661 .644 100/.569 16/2 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 5/.400 1/5.000 16/.956 2/.000 12/.174 12/.781 12/.973 7/.929 414/297 .315/.372/.581/.953 .837/.995 .870 91/1.127 3/2 24/
22.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 11/7 .200/.273/.200/.473 .500/.452 .473 11/.473 0/0 0/
44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 87/51 .278/.337/.354/.692 .960/.499 .829 19/.533 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/.833 3/.666 21/.992 2/.000 11/.673 15/.490 13/.322 7/.572 331/245 .213/.311/.352/.663 .613/.680 .555 64/.554 1/0 9/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 20/.821 1/.000 9/.708 13/.334 9/.347 8/.661 372/281 .290/.326/.428/.754 .747/.757 .763 80/.733 1/0 8/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.333 5/.000 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 439/322 .276/.378/.544/.922 .804/.964 .909 99/.902 5/3 27/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 282/199 .309/.331/.464/.795 .859/.769 .803 83/.887 7/4 8/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 2/5.000 1/.000 11/.282 1/.000 4/1.250 10/.971 6/.167 6/.750 419/299 .226/.347/.395/.742 .738/.742 .601 90/.637 2/2 14/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 5/.900 2/.000 20/1.032 2/3.500 5/1.000 9/.889 4/.500 12/1.500 387/280 .255/.382/.503/.886 .947/.860 .968 97/1.017 1/0 19/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 14/.539 ··· 12/1.273 14/.594 9/.000 4/1.833 172/139 .231/.290/.378/.668 .817/.631 .701 25/1.036 1/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/46 .300/.321/.500/.821 .286/.906 1.059 21/.786 5/0 2/
IP 90.1 61.2 86.0 24.2 41.0 55.0 42.2 27.1 TOTAL .264/.338/.443/.781 .746/.794 .738 .790 44/19 143/78
ERA-K/9 4.08/4.6 4.96/4.2 6.59/6.9 2.19/8.0 3.51/7.0 3.27/6.9 1.05/9.9 2.96/5.3 4.27/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (29-6-1)
 Pierzynski (70-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 393/.294 275/.296 392/.293 100/.202 178/.269 233/.240 162/.185 111/.260 .277  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/0/96/3
5/56/13/3
101/0/0/3
0/11/0/1
1/55/2/0
4/15/1/0
OPS .794 .860 .789 .537 .768 .680 .506 .707 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.850 99/.783 188/.822 42/.562 65/.702 87/.669 88/.550 62/.561 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 314/.779 176/.903 204/.758 58/.514 113/.803 146/.686 74/.455 49/.897 .762
Home 236/.802 133/.779 261/.724 53/.552 90/.644 118/.535 99/.466 57/.595 .699
Last 28d days 106/.680 46/1.010 38/1.026 24/.625 36/.833 42/.571 34/.309 17/.915
HR/SB/CS 11/3/4 11/1/2 11/10/0 1/2/2 4/2/1 5/7/1 3/5/0 2/4/2 113/50/21
Usage ·····X·· ··X···X· ·······X ··X····X ··o···X· ·oo··X·o ·o···X·· ·o····o·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Richard*
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 113/92 .333/.363/.467/.829 .340/.943 .795 50/.871 0/2 3/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 273/192 .313/.351/.424/.775 .672/.821 .813 98/.718 4/2 4/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 8/1.250 1/.000 3/1.334 425/311 .250/.284/.349/.633 .684/.614 .677 76/.460 21/9 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 7/1.333 2/.500 4/.333 362/253 .259/.315/.370/.685 .609/.719 .660 64/.801 1/1 5/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.250 8/.696 7/.286 ··· 333/265 .263/.327/.451/.779 .538/.838 .844 58/.725 0/1 13/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 4/.500 3/.333 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 239/211 .229/.264/.307/.571 .292/.609 .433 22/.636 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 8/.750 ··· 10/.775 7/.629 6/.900 14/.368 1/.000 395/283 .316/.411/.452/.863 .952/.824 .981 79/.894 0/1 6/
27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 3/.000 9/.222 3/.333 4/1.750 5/.800 1/2.000 179/83 .202/.274/.405/.679 .449/.943 .794 39/.641 0/1 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 10/.875 3/2.334 13/.154 11/1.454 8/2.036 15/.400 2/.500 454/307 .321/.394/.526/.921 .828/.967 .874 97/1.190 0/1 17/
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 1/.000 4/.583 3/.000 7/1.714 12/.750 2/1.000 140/85 .286/.338/.405/.743 .735/.748 .792 65/.821 4/2 1/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.267 3/.333 1/.000 4/2.250 ··· ··· 87/39 .284/.322/.333/.655 .603/.720 .820 26/.588 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 128/90 .318/.405/.455/.859 1.187/.720 .818 90/.952 5/3 1/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.750 4/.500 2/1.000 404/294 .294/.337/.395/.732 .688/.748 .746 90/.825 12/4 4/
IP 4.0 11.2 46.1 36.1 36.1 44.2 40.2 8.2 TOTAL .278/.335/.409/.744 .699/.763 .770 .810 57/31 73/68
ERA-K/9 9.00/15.8 2.31/8.5 2.91/13.2 1.73/5.2 4.21/9.2 4.63/6.4 2.43/10.8 11.42/5.2 3.79/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (37-18-1)
 Redmond (13-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 21/.350 44/.211 202/.198 139/.228 156/.274 203/.313 163/.189 47/.359 .254  Young
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Span
 Monroe
 Punto
97/0/0/8
0/96/0/6
11/0/23/2
0/7/30/2
1/7/3/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .981 .585 .611 .600 .754 .850 .535 .880 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.944 23/.604 59/.613 68/.631 86/.692 77/.908 79/.426 16/.804 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 12/1.000 21/.563 143/.610 71/.569 70/.832 126/.818 84/.635 31/.923 .692
Road / 26/.561 103/.713 64/.576 79/.692 96/.591 81/.514 39/.772 .743
Last 28d days 21/.981 44/.585 33/.320 14/.297 42/1.121 49/1.109 39/.803 7/.143
HR/SB/CS 1/4/0 0/1/2 4/14/1 1/4/0 4/3/1 4/2/0 3/3/0 0/4/0 96/99/24
Usage ·····X·· ··oo·X·· ··X··o·· ··Xo·o·· ··oo·X·X X··o··oo ·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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