CHW @ MIN, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 86-70, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 14-11, 3.87) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (14-11) 204.2 223 102 88 47 131 21 3.87 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 42.1 50 23 20 10 34 5 4.25 48 2008-09-19 @KCR W 6 6 3 3 1 2 1 93 49 2008-09-15 @NYY ND 6 6 2 2 0 6 1 101 58 2008-09-10 TOR W 7.1 7 1 1 2 6 0 105 64 2008-09-05 LAA W 6 3 0 0 2 7 0 109 71 2008-08-30 @BOS L 4.2 11 7 7 1 3 1 82 16 2008-08-24 TBR ND 6.2 6 5 2 2 5 1 109 51 2008-08-18 SEA W 5.2 11 5 5 2 5 1 100 30 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 32.2 39 17 16 10 14 4 4.41 46 2008-07-28 @MIN L 5 8 5 4 1 2 2 94 34 2008-06-07 MIN W 8 7 1 1 1 4 1 106 67 2008-05-07 MIN L 5.2 9 7 7 3 4 1 93 24 2007-09-21 @MIN W 6 9 4 4 3 3 0 97 38 2007-07-07 MIN W 8 6 0 0 2 1 0 111 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 51-26 Road: 35-44 ExtrInn: 8-3 vsRHP: 55-52 vsLHP: 31-18 1-Run: 21-15 vsEast: 15-26 vsCntrl:41-25 vsWest: 18-13 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 156 Tue, Sep 23 @MIN L 3-9 86-70 1st 1.5 up 155 Sun, Sep 21 @KCR W 3-0 86-69 1st 2.5 up 154 Sat, Sep 20 @KCR L 2-5 85-69 1st 2.5 up 153 Fri, Sep 19 @KCR W 9-4 85-68 1st 2.5 up 152 Thu, Sep 18 @NYY L 2-9 84-68 1st 1.5 up 151 Wed, Sep 17 @NYY L 1-5 84-67 1st 2.5 up 150 Tue, Sep 16 @NYY W 6-2 84-66 1st 2.5 up 149 Mon, Sep 15 @NYY L 2-4 83-66 1st 1.5 up 148 Sun, Sep 14 DET W 11-7 83-65 1st 1.5 up 147 Sun, Sep 14 DET W 4-2 82-65 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins, 85-72, 2nd, 1½ GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 10-10, 4.15) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-10) 182 212 99 84 34 91 21 4.15 2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 37.1 48 28 24 10 15 7 5.79 41 2008-09-19 @TBR L 1.1 6 6 6 3 0 0 42 15 2008-09-14 @BAL L 4 9 6 6 0 2 4 75 22 2008-09-09 KCR W 7 5 2 2 1 3 1 97 61 2008-09-03 @TOR ND 6.2 6 3 2 0 6 1 84 58 2008-08-28 @OAK ND 5.2 6 2 2 2 2 0 95 49 2008-08-23 @LAA L 4.2 10 6 3 2 0 0 79 24 2008-08-18 OAK L 8 6 3 3 2 2 1 99 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-2 22 29 16 15 7 10 3 6.14 40 2008-06-06 @CHW L 4 8 7 7 0 0 1 56 18 2008-05-06 @CHW L 6 6 4 3 3 1 1 92 44 2008-04-30 CHW W 7 8 3 3 2 4 1 88 51 2008-04-07 @CHW ND 5 7 2 2 2 5 0 90 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 50-26 Road: 35-46 ExtrInn: 7-10 vsRHP: 57-49 vsLHP: 28-23 1-Run: 24-25 vsEast: 13-22 vsCntrl:40-27 vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 157 Tue, Sep 23 CHW W 9-3 85-72 2nd 1.5 gb 156 Sun, Sep 21 @TBR W 4-1 84-72 2nd 2.5 gb 155 Sat, Sep 20 @TBR L 2-7 83-72 2nd 2.5 gb 154 Fri, Sep 19 @TBR L 1-11 83-71 2nd 2.5 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 @TBR W 11-8 83-70 2nd 1.5 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 @CLE L 4-6 82-70 2nd 2.5 gb 151 Tue, Sep 16 @CLE L 9-12(11) 82-69 2nd 2.5 gb 150 Mon, Sep 15 @CLE L 1-3 82-68 2nd 1.5 gb 149 Sun, Sep 14 @BAL L 3-7 82-67 2nd 1.5 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 @BAL W 12-6 82-66 1st Tied Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Sep 23, 2008 MIN 9 CHW 3 W:Scott Baker (10-4), L: Javier Vazquez (12-15), S: none Thu, Jul 31, 2008 MIN 10 CHW 6 W:Jesse Crain (4-2), L: Matt Thornton (4-3), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 8-8; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1062-965

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 5.49

MIL 4.65

SDP 3.94

RA/G

TOR 3.82

HOU 4.62

TEX 6.02

R. Furcal .366

D. Lee .292

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .468

A. Cora .367

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .631

H. Blalock .490

T. Pena .205

OPS

A. Pujols 1.086

N. Johnson .846

T. Pena .385

ERA

C. Lee 2.54

J. Beckett 4.03

N. Robertson 6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.31

J. Jurrjens 6.64

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 38.Humber
G/S/vB 41.Korecky
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 6/.367 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.333 184/105 .237/.275/.451/.726 .843/.635 .628 21/.786 5/1 8/

38.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.667/1.000 /1.000 1.500 3/1.000 0/0 0/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 13/.398 15/.867 ··· 7/1.142 9/.333 9/.708 ··· 1/.000 ··· 14/.142 10/1.125 698/512 .281/.335/.368/.703 .773/.679 .691 106/.739 18/6 7/

24.Crede G/S/vP 10/1.200 15/1.134 ··· 9/.661 10/.650 14/.357 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 11/1.100 6/1.100 373/281 .248/.314/.460/.773 .353/.910 .675 15/.695 0/3 17/

23.Dye G/S/vP 12/.878 17/.894 2/.000 13/.160 14/1.500 14/1.044 ··· ··· ··· 12/.973 7/.929 615/443 .288/.341/.538/.880 .875/.881 .792 95/.662 3/2 32/

22.Fields G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 35/23 .156/.229/.188/.416 .697/.269 .507 10/.200 0/0 0/

39.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .286/.286/.286/.571 1.000/.400 .000 0/ 1/1 0/

17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 22/.432 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.000 3/.000 558/377 .246/.351/.417/.768 .653/.825 .762 61/.705 0/1 17/

44.Hall G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 136/80 .260/.304/.331/.634 .920/.431 .718 21/.429 0/0 2/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 9/.222 23/.970 3/.666 11/.673 13/.891 17/.635 ··· ··· ··· 13/.322 7/.572 485/341 .243/.351/.423/.774 .781/.771 .648 66/1.045 2/0 18/

7.Owens* G/S/vP 1/.000 7/1.285 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/14 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.462 .200 17/.500 2/1 0/

27.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/.944 21/.850 1/.000 11/.573 4/.500 13/.334 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 10/.311 8/.661 543/409 .280/.311/.411/.723 .749/.714 .704 74/.458 1/0 12/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 10/1.067 6/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 569/409 .288/.394/.571/.965 .937/.975 .950 16/.464 7/3 36/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/2.417 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 481/341 .294/.317/.482/.799 .910/.754 .797 92/.690 12/9 20/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 12/.944 13/.398 2/.000 5/1.000 2/.500 11/.864 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.953 6/.750 578/415 .221/.333/.413/.746 .772/.735 .595 72/.452 3/3 24/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 11/.764 22/1.028 2/3.500 5/1.000 34/.394 11/.705 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 13/1.362 572/414 .245/.362/.506/.868 .900/.855 .902 90/.699 1/0 33/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 8/1.000 14/.539 1/.000 13/1.326 3/1.333 14/.594 ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.000 4/1.833 329/252 .249/.299/.399/.698 .826/.661 .657 70/.789 1/3 7/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 118/105 .280/.313/.523/.836 .308/.908 .967 47/.921 7/0 6/

IP 182.0 116.1 44.2 60.2 55.2 74.2 9.2 15.2 6.0 63.1 45.0 TOTAL .264/.333/.449/.782 .795/.777 .735 .684 63/34 224/104

ERA-K/9

4.15/4.5

5.96/7.4

2.01/7.4

3.71/7.1

4.20/5.3

5.06/7.0

3.72/2.8

5.17/3.4

1.50/6.0

1.42/10.0

2.40/7.4

4.21/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (43-9-1)
Phillips (0-0-0)
Pierzynski (91-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 775/.292 521/.281 182/.211 259/.254 226/.246 335/.275 39/.206 68/.295 20/.100 246/.186 182/.236 .275 Griffey
Dye
Quentin
Swisher
Wise
Ramirez
Anderson
Owens 0/27/91/7
0/0/144/5
130/0/0/5
16/70/18/3
19/21/6/2
0/11/0/1
3/88/2/0
7/4/0/0

OPS .769 .772 .537 .747 .702 .803 .808 .843 .200 .541 .661 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.755 240/.869 83/.491 90/.721 89/.635 122/.800 20/.975 33/.842 8/.500 124/.579 98/.533 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 424/.779 281/.692 99/.575 169/.759 137/.746 213/.805 19/.652 35/.843 12/.000 122/.503 84/.815 .750

Home 342/.723 313/.708 83/.536 129/.629 120/.644 160/.762 / 11/.909 / 137/.450 84/.630 .696

Last 28d days 108/.929 60/.765 42/.500 26/.671 29/1.149 45/1.063 39/.808 28/1.064 20/.200 33/.683 32/.777

HR/SB/CS 21/2/2 16/11/0 1/2/5 6/5/1 4/3/0 12/8/1 3/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 5/5/0 4/4/2 178/66/33

Usage ····X··· ····X··X ····X·oo o·····X· ·····X·X X··X··Xo ·····X·· ····XXo· ··o·o·oo ··X··o·X ···X··oX

Minnesota Twins Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 41.Broadway
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 47.MacDougal
G/S/vB 49.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 61.Russell
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 43.Wassermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 241/193 .298/.342/.395/.737 .455/.809 .701 58/.681 0/2 4/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 409/280 .285/.332/.384/.716 .646/.751 .788 108/.609 6/2 7/

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 72/.826 ··· 6/.533 4/.500 12/.733 1/.000 8/.929 9/.583 6/1.667 ··· 9/.583 2/2.000 273/197 .250/.330/.369/.699 .681/.704 .785 14/.629 5/1 3/

12.Everett G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 10/.444 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 150/113 .213/.278/.323/.601 .773/.549 .580 13/.748 0/0 2/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 8/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 592/428 .258/.297/.355/.652 .722/.625 .677 82/.750 32/11 7/

23.Harris G/S/vP 15/.641 ··· 1/.000 8/1.025 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/.667 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 4/.333 471/314 .261/.323/.390/.713 .687/.726 .698 41/.794 1/1 7/

44.Jorgensen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 4/.500 3/.000 6/1.133 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 499/388 .276/.339/.480/.818 .719/.846 .906 79/.947 0/1 20/

27.Macri G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/12 .324/.361/.441/.802 .917/.533 .875 4/.000 1/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 19/.485 ··· 8/.750 ··· 11/.697 3/.333 8/.542 1/no AB 8/.804 ··· 16/.580 1/.000 607/414 .329/.416/.452/.868 .960/.822 .954 105/.933 1/1 9/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 39/.685 ··· 10/.875 3/2.334 14/.220 2/1.000 13/1.371 5/1.000 8/1.250 ··· 17/.352 2/.500 686/444 .308/.380/.515/.895 .800/.950 .885 111/.882 0/1 23/

11.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .000/.200/.000/.200 /.000 .000 6/.200 0/0 0/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 31/.756 ··· 8/.000 1/.000 4/.583 ··· 4/.750 8/.750 9/.222 ··· 15/.583 2/1.000 355/225 .284/.340/.388/.728 .730/.719 .775 91/.674 13/6 2/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 29/1.054 ··· 1/.000 7/1.071 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 9/.597 ··· ··· ··· 137/68 .287/.321/.333/.655 .627/.682 .738 26/.679 0/0 0/

56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/31 .274/.338/.355/.693 .745/.633 .837 21/.452 0/0 1/

2.Span* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 383/261 .294/.380/.422/.802 .880/.767 .807 126/.724 17/7 6/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/83 .277/.317/.384/.701 .703/.700 .744 32/.861 7/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 16/.975 ··· 1/.000 7/.143 3/1.667 2/1.000 2/3.500 3/1.167 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 599/420 .293/.338/.412/.750 .800/.729 .776 93/.875 14/5 10/

IP 204.2 13.1 37.2 64.0 57.1 44.0 42.1 15.1 36.2 25.2 64.0 19.1 TOTAL .280/.341/.411/.751 .736/.758 .780 .772 97/42 111/107

ERA-K/9

3.87/5.8

7.43/4.7

3.58/6.7

3.94/12.4

2.51/5.3

3.07/7.2

5.95/8.9

1.76/5.9

4.17/3.2

5.26/7.7

2.67/10.5

7.91/3.7

4.06/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jorgensen (0-0-0)
Mauer (48-28-4)
Redmond (18-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 860/.279 63/.328 152/.218 279/.216 224/.229 173/.218 197/.317 69/.271 164/.289 117/.294 254/.195 99/.338 .260 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Span
Kubel
Punto
Pridie 145/0/0/11
0/145/0/8
0/1/58/7
0/19/79/6
18/0/32/2
0/3/0/0
3/0/3/0

OPS .747 1.002 .583 .711 .615 .654 .891 .716 .711 .748 .547 .919 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 232/.827 28/.913 60/.448 85/.784 116/.560 82/.595 110/.829 21/.994 66/.864 56/.813 122/.496 27/.990 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 628/.717 35/1.068 92/.676 194/.679 108/.674 91/.707 87/.971 48/.598 98/.611 61/.689 132/.591 72/.892 .705

Road 417/.856 35/1.270 61/.632 145/.740 97/.531 74/.682 110/.881 42/.718 56/.802 34/.924 122/.531 70/.833 .770

Last 28d days 124/.771 39/1.269 43/.817 32/.788 37/.851 23/1.062 12/1.947 28/.742 29/.865 20/1.089 38/.405 18/.708

HR/SB/CS 21/5/7 4/0/1 1/3/2 12/15/1 3/5/0 8/2/0 7/3/1 0/1/0 1/5/0 1/0/0 5/4/0 0/5/1 151/134/30

Usage ····X··· ·····X·· o····o·· ····oo·· ··X····o ····o·X· o··o···· ···o··o· o····X·· ········ ··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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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 14-11, 3.87)

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 10-10, 4.15)

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