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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 8:10pm, Thursday, July 31, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Chicago White Sox, 60-46, 1st, 1½ up

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 8-4, 3.18)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-4)            124.2 118  46  44  33 102 10    3.18      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-0  44    41  19  18   9  41  4    3.68   55 
 2008-07-26   @DET   W   6     8   5   4   0   5  2      93   43 
 2008-07-20    KCR  ND   4     9   6   6   2   3  0      77   21 
 2008-07-12   @TEX   W   7.2   7   4   4   0   8  1     110   57 
 2008-07-06    OAK   W   6.1   4   2   2   2   9  0     106   64 
 2008-07-01    CLE  ND   8     4   1   1   1   8  1      98   77 
 2008-06-26   @LAD   W   6     4   0   0   4   3  0     107   63 
 2008-06-20   @CHC  ND   6     5   1   1   0   5  0      85   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-2  23.1  33  21  20  15  15  2    7.71   36 
 2008-06-09    MIN  ND   6     8   5   4   3   4  0      97   39 
 2008-05-08    MIN   W   5     6   2   2   2   5  0      89   50 
 2008-04-09    MIN   L   2.1   7   7   7   3   2  0      69   14 
 2007-05-29   @MIN   L   3.1   9   6   6   4   0  2      83   14 
 2007-05-09   @MIN   W   6.2   3   1   1   3   4  0      86   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-16   Road:   25-30   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  39-32   vsLHP:  21-14   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:30-17   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
 98 Sun, Jul 20   KCR  L   7-8       55-42  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Minnesota Twins, 59-48, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 7-3, 3.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-3)             96    89  36  36  18  81 15    3.38      
 2007 (9-9)            143.2 162  70  68  29 102 15    4.26      
 2006 (5-8)             83.1 114  63  59  16  62 17    6.37      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  45    38  15  15   9  39  7    3.00   59 
 2008-07-26   @CLE   W   5     5   3   3   3   5  1      97   47 
 2008-07-20    TEX   L   8     2   1   1   1   8  1     106   81 
 2008-07-12   @DET   W   7     6   4   4   0   4  2     102   53 
 2008-07-07   @BOS  ND   7     5   0   0   2   7  0      94   72 
 2008-07-01    DET   W   6     7   3   3   0   5  1     100   51 
 2008-06-26   @SDP   W   6     6   3   3   2   3  1     101   49 
 2008-06-20    ARI   W   6     7   1   1   1   7  1     112   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      2-2  19.2  40  24  24   5  21  7   10.98   31 
 2008-04-09   @CHW   W   5     5   3   3   1   7  3      89   51 
 2007-09-22    CHW   L   2     5   3   3   1   1  0      40   34 
 2007-07-06   @CHW   W   5     9   7   7   1   6  1      99   26 
 2007-05-30    CHW  ND   3    10   6   6   1   3  1      63   17 
 2006-05-15    CHW   L   4.2  11   5   5   1   4  2      88   25 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-20   Road:   23-28   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  42-33   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast:  7-15   vsCntrl:31-19   vsWest:  7-10 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Jul 30   CHW  L   3-8       59-48  2nd  1.5 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29   CHW  W   6-5       59-47  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 CHW  8 @MIN  3        W:Gavin Floyd (11-6), L: Livan Hernandez (10-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 MIN  6  CHW  5        W:Glen Perkins (8-3), L: Clayton Richard (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (29)
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 8-6; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1062-963

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

MIL  4.64

WSN  3.68

RA/G

OAK  3.81

CLE  4.66

TEX  5.89

BA

C. Jones  .369

R. Johnson  .286

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Pedroia  .359

T. Pena  .171

SLG

L. Berkman  .621

N. Markakis  .478

T. Pena  .198

OPS

A. Pujols  1.079

C. Barmes  .824

T. Pena  .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.37

S. Olsen  4.04

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

T. Wellemeyer  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
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/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 6/.367 4/.500 3/.333 147/88 .230/.262/.424/.687 .760/.637 .573 15/.857 2/1 6/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 15/.867 2/2.000 15/.867 ··· 5/1.600 9/.708 13/.154 10/1.125 483/352 .266/.324/.351/.675 .710/.663 .648 100/.626 16/2 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 10/.311 2/2.500 17/.894 2/.000 13/.160 12/.781 12/.973 7/.929 423/303 .311/.366/.572/.938 .814/.983 .846 92/1.066 3/2 24/
22.Fields G/S/vP 5/.500 ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 19/12 .235/.316/.294/.610 .929/.432 .610 19/.610 0/0 0/
44.Hall G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 90/51 .280/.337/.354/.691 .936/.499 .818 22/.556 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 15/1.119 3/.666 23/.970 3/.666 11/.673 16/.588 13/.322 7/.572 340/250 .214/.312/.349/.661 .608/.680 .556 73/.558 1/0 9/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.666 4/1.250 21/.850 1/.000 9/.708 13/.334 10/.311 8/.661 378/287 .292/.329/.431/.760 .747/.763 .773 77/.657 1/0 8/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.334 6/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 449/329 .279/.379/.554/.932 .810/.976 .928 101/1.001 5/3 28/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 4/2.417 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 291/204 .314/.334/.478/.813 .878/.785 .837 84/.931 7/5 9/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 8/1.107 1/.000 13/.398 2/.000 5/1.000 10/.971 7/.953 6/.750 426/305 .230/.348/.404/.753 .731/.759 .626 89/.696 2/2 15/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 12/.258 2/.000 22/1.028 2/3.500 5/1.000 9/.889 4/.500 13/1.362 395/284 .256/.385/.500/.885 .924/.867 .964 97/1.076 1/0 19/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 11/.404 3/.333 14/.539 1/.000 12/1.273 14/.594 9/.000 4/1.833 173/139 .229/.288/.376/.664 .792/.631 .693 26/.991 1/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/47 .294/.315/.490/.805 .286/.886 1.010 20/.724 5/0 2/
IP 96.0 62.2 89.0 25.2 42.0 55.2 43.2 27.2 TOTAL .266/.338/.446/.784 .747/.798 .745 .810 44/20 147/79
ERA-K/9 3.38/7.6 4.88/4.3 6.67/7.0 2.10/8.1 3.43/6.9 3.23/7.1 1.24/9.7 2.93/5.2 4.31/5.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 390/.242 279/.299 407/.291 104/.204 182/.268 236/.242 166/.187 112/.257 .278  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/0/98/3
5/58/14/3
103/0/0/3
0/11/0/1
1/57/2/0
4/15/1/0
OPS .680 .866 .789 .536 .762 .680 .525 .701 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 192/.675 101/.798 193/.829 42/.562 66/.690 87/.669 90/.597 63/.551 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.684 178/.905 214/.753 62/.514 116/.799 149/.686 76/.443 49/.897 .765
Home 160/.571 137/.793 276/.727 57/.548 94/.638 121/.539 103/.498 58/.584 .708
Last 28d days 105/.570 42/1.063 50/1.024 28/.607 35/.769 45/.578 35/.462 17/.915
HR/SB/CS 15/3/1 11/1/2 12/10/0 1/2/2 4/2/1 5/7/1 4/5/0 2/4/2 117/50/22
Usage ····X··· X···X··· X······· X···X··· ·X··o··· ·o·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 50.Danks*
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 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 120/97 .313/.342/.438/.779 .310/.893 .706 53/.781 0/2 3/
12.Everett G/S/vP 6/.666 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 83/68 .189/.235/.324/.559 .916/.493 .617 / 0/0 1/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 9/.476 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 8/1.250 1/.000 3/1.334 431/315 .256/.289/.354/.643 .707/.619 .695 72/.409 21/9 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 10/1.029 1/.000 7/.971 2/.000 1/.000 7/1.333 2/.500 4/.333 369/258 .255/.311/.364/.675 .609/.704 .640 67/.786 1/1 5/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 7/2.464 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.250 8/.696 7/.286 ··· 337/269 .266/.329/.452/.781 .538/.840 .848 58/.762 0/1 13/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.833 4/.500 4/.250 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 240/212 .228/.263/.306/.568 .292/.606 .429 23/.609 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 11/1.236 8/.750 ··· 11/.697 7/.629 6/.900 15/.481 1/.000 403/287 .315/.408/.447/.855 .953/.812 .961 82/.838 0/1 6/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 15/.133 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 35/.457 0/1 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 17/1.665 10/.875 3/2.334 14/.220 11/1.454 8/2.036 16/.376 2/.500 462/311 .320/.394/.527/.921 .826/.970 .876 97/1.199 0/1 17/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.111 7/.000 1/.000 4/.583 3/.000 7/1.714 14/.630 2/1.000 148/88 .286/.340/.398/.739 .740/.737 .779 65/.788 5/2 1/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 7/1.071 3/.333 1/.000 4/2.250 ··· ··· 91/41 .282/.319/.329/.648 .619/.684 .790 26/.509 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 136/94 .319/.406/.448/.854 1.136/.733 .810 90/.925 5/3 1/
21.Young G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 6/.000 3/1.667 ··· 6/.750 4/.500 2/1.000 412/300 .291/.333/.392/.725 .676/.743 .732 90/.752 12/4 4/
IP 124.2 13.0 47.1 37.1 36.1 44.2 42.0 8.2 TOTAL .278/.335/.407/.742 .701/.759 .764 .770 58/31 73/68
ERA-K/9 3.18/7.4 2.77/8.3 2.85/13.1 2.17/5.1 4.21/9.2 4.63/6.4 2.36/10.5 11.42/5.2 3.81/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (37-19-1)
 Redmond (13-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 510/.249 49/.209 205/.194 145/.235 156/.274 203/.313 168/.191 47/.359 .254  Young
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Span
 Monroe
 Punto
99/0/0/8
0/98/0/6
11/0/23/2
0/7/32/2
1/7/3/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .664 .565 .601 .620 .754 .850 .534 .880 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.642 24/.577 59/.613 73/.633 86/.692 77/.908 82/.441 16/.804 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 370/.671 25/.553 146/.596 72/.606 70/.832 126/.818 86/.620 31/.923 .691
Road 250/.622 31/.534 106/.690 70/.619 79/.692 96/.591 86/.513 39/.772 .738
Last 28d days 100/.789 49/.565 33/.320 20/.528 42/1.121 45/1.178 39/.630 7/.143
HR/SB/CS 10/15/8 0/1/2 4/14/1 1/4/0 4/3/1 4/2/0 3/3/0 0/4/0 96/100/24
Usage ····X··· ·X··oo·X ·X··X··o X···Xo·o ····oo·X ··X··o·· oo·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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