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Game Preview: CHW @ OAK, 3:55pm, Saturday, August 16, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

Chicago White Sox, 68-53, 1st, Tied

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 9-5, 3.18)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-5)            144.1 132  53  51  38 121 11    3.18      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  43.2  42  24  23   9  44  4    4.74   52 
 2008-08-11    BOS   L   7     2   2   2   2   9  0     103   72 
 2008-08-06    DET   W   6.2   4   1   1   1   6  0      98   67 
 2008-07-31   @MIN  ND   6     8   4   4   2   4  1     102   42 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      3-0  20    16   5   3   6  14  1    1.35   61 
 2008-07-06    OAK   W   6.1   4   2   2   2   9  0     106   64 
 2008-04-15    OAK   W   7.2   5   0   0   2   4  0      97   71 
 2007-05-22    OAK   W   6     7   3   1   2   1  1     100   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-19   Road:   26-34   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  45-38   vsLHP:  23-15   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:36-21   vsWest: 11-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Fri, Aug 15  @OAK  L   4-6       68-53  1st    Tied
121 Thu, Aug 14   KCR  W   9-2       68-52  1st  1.0 up
120 Wed, Aug 13   KCR  W   4-0       67-52  1st  0.5 up
119 Tue, Aug 12   KCR  W   9-0       66-52  1st  0.5 up
118 Mon, Aug 11   BOS  L   1-5       65-52  2nd  0.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10   BOS  W   6-5       65-51  1st  0.5 up
116 Sat, Aug  9   BOS  L   2-6       64-51  2nd  0.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   BOS  W   5-3       64-50  1st  0.5 up
114 Thu, Aug  7   DET  L   3-8       63-50  1st  0.5 up
113 Wed, Aug  6   DET  W   5-1       63-49  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Oakland Athletics, 56-65, 3rd, 19½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Greg Smith (24, LHP, 5-11, 3.92)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-11)           137.2 115  63  60  65  90 16    3.92      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  38.1  33  22  22  25  20  8    5.17   47 
 2008-08-10   @DET   L   4.2   3   1   1   7   2  1      95   49 
 2008-08-05   @TOR  ND   6     4   2   2   2   4  0      87   58 
 2008-07-29    KCR   L   7     4   5   5   2   5  2      94   52 
 2008-07-23   @TBR   L   6     5   4   4   2   4  2     102   48 
 2008-07-18   @NYY   L   3.2   8   6   6   5   1  1      88   17 
 2008-07-10    SEA  ND   6     4   0   0   1   2  0      89   65 
 2008-07-05   @CHW   L   5     5   4   4   6   2  2     103   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-1  12    11   5   5   7   6  2    3.75   51 
 2008-07-05   @CHW   L   5     5   4   4   6   2  2     103   37 
 2008-04-14   @CHW   W   7     6   1   1   1   4  0      95   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-31   Road:   22-34   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  37-44   vsLHP:  19-21   1-Run:  16-21
 vsEast: 15-23   vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest: 14-20 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 15   CHW  W   6-4       56-65  3rd 19.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 14   TBR  L   6-7 (12)  55-65  3rd 20.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 13   TBR  L   2-3       55-64  3rd 20.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 12   TBR  W   2-1       55-63  3rd 20.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10  @DET  L   1-6       54-63  3rd 20.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @DET  L   2-10      54-62  3rd 19.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @DET  W   4-2       54-61  3rd 18.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7  @TOR  L   4-6       53-61  3rd 18.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @TOR  L   1-5       53-60  3rd 17.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @TOR  L   3-4       53-59  3rd 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 7-23
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 OAK  6  CHW  4        W:Huston Street (3-5), L: Horacio Ramirez (1-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 CHW  4  OAK  3        W:John Danks (6-4), L: Rich Harden (5-1), S: Scott Linebrink (1)
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 CHW  6  OAK  1        W:Gavin Floyd (10-4), L: Greg Smith (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 OAK  7 @CHW  1        W:Joe Blanton (5-11), L: Mark Buehrle (6-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 03, 2008 OAK  3 @CHW  2        W:Justin Duchscherer (9-5), L: Javier Vazquez (7-7), S: Huston Street (16)
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 CHW  4  OAK  1        W:John Danks (1-1), L: Dana Eveland (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (5)
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 OAK  2 @CHW  1        W:Greg Smith (1-0), L: Mark Buehrle (1-1), S: Huston Street (4)

Thu, Aug 16, 2007 OAK  8  CHW  5 (10)   W:Ruddy Lugo (4-0), L: Matt Thornton (3-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 OAK  3  CHW  2        W:Joe Blanton (10-8), L: Mark Buehrle (9-8), S: Huston Street (10)
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 OAK  4  CHW  3        W:Lenny DiNardo (7-6), L: Jon Garland (8-8), S: Alan Embree (15)
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 4-3; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 1006-950

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  5.59

MIL  4.67

WSN  3.69

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.62

TEX  6.10

BA

C. Jones  .366

D. Erstad  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

S. Schumaker  .362

T. Pena  .180

SLG

L. Berkman  .607

J. Werth  .482

T. Pena  .206

OPS

A. Pujols  1.060

T. Hunter  .834

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

J. Maine  3.97

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Chicago White Sox Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Smith*
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
53.Meyer*
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/93 .241/.276/.455/.731 .871/.638 .637 15/1.257 4/1 7/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· 6/.000 4/.500 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 548/403 .269/.324/.347/.672 .708/.659 .648 115/.608 18/3 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.666 ··· 8/.661 2/.500 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 480/348 .303/.358/.573/.932 .843/.963 .850 98/.955 3/2 28/
39.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .400/.400/.400/.800 2.000/.500 5/.800 0/0 0/
17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 461/315 .243/.351/.414/.766 .676/.808 .763 78/.837 0/1 15/
44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 102/62 .277/.327/.340/.667 .964/.474 .816 19/.485 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 8/1.875 2/.500 ··· 10/1.200 ··· 386/281 .224/.326/.376/.702 .632/.728 .563 87/.739 2/0 12/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· 9/1.125 1/no AB ··· 6/.333 ··· 433/328 .288/.319/.434/.753 .807/.735 .796 96/.764 1/0 11/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 6/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 504/372 .287/.387/.571/.958 .902/.977 .932 104/1.139 5/3 33/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 347/250 .307/.327/.471/.798 .880/.766 .806 98/.842 9/8 11/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 6/2.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 472/344 .231/.350/.409/.759 .708/.774 .616 89/.775 3/2 17/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.333 ··· 14/.377 1/3.000 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 451/327 .250/.370/.513/.884 .902/.875 .974 102/.866 1/0 25/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.500 3/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 224/180 .234/.286/.371/.657 .824/.617 .624 65/.752 1/1 4/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 68/60 .286/.313/.476/.790 .250/.866 1.027 25/.469 6/0 2/
IP 137.2 19.2 27.2 45.2 36.2 10.2 53.1 40.0 TOTAL .266/.337/.449/.786 .769/.791 .747 .799 53/25 174/89
ERA-K/9 3.92/5.9 2.75/8.7 0.98/10.4 5.12/8.3 3.19/8.8 3.38/6.7 4.39/8.6 0.23/4.0 3.73/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (30-8-1)
 Pierzynski (78-19-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 576/.231 82/.174 106/.188 202/.274 161/.271 48/.256 225/.250 142/.185 .243  Griffey
 Quentin
 Dye
 Swisher
 Ramirez
 Wise
 Anderson
0/7/91/7
116/0/0/4
0/0/112/3
7/64/16/3
0/11/0/1
6/18/2/0
1/68/2/0
OPS .705 .583 .473 .819 .763 .868 .732 .453 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.600 31/.309 45/.545 72/.795 72/.743 13/.481 100/.816 64/.476 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.736 51/.748 61/.422 130/.832 89/.779 35/1.017 125/.669 78/.434 .712
Home 230/.682 36/.540 50/.482 112/.724 84/.811 6/1.000 133/.738 81/.432 .658
Last 28d days 97/.794 61/.625 18/.356 49/.929 47/.860 48/.868 57/.856 72/.495
HR/SB/CS 16/10/10 1/2/1 0/3/1 6/3/0 5/6/0 3/1/0 6/5/3 0/1/0 97/55/32
Usage ·····X·· o·XX·X·· ·o·o·X·· ·oX···o· ·X····X· ·X····X· XoX··X·· ·X·o···X
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.36 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
49.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 377/270 .207/.306/.302/.608 .750/.551 .647 51/.415 0/1 5/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 65/43 .180/.231/.246/.477 .558/.434 .491 13/.237 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· 3/.333 8/.268 5/1.800 ··· 5/.200 375/243 .247/.293/.394/.687 .794/.627 .722 63/.765 4/1 11/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.250 465/336 .254/.312/.380/.692 .654/.707 .717 101/.704 6/3 7/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 1/5.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 448/323 .231/.377/.446/.823 .806/.830 .899 80/.876 0/0 22/
38.Davis G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 128/73 .213/.242/.279/.521 .581/.476 .585 12/.606 18/6 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 9/.222 1/2.000 2/2.500 4/.500 7/.929 1/no AB 2/2.000 483/344 .235/.320/.372/.692 .529/.755 .618 99/.601 14/2 11/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 261/185 .266/.300/.407/.707 .474/.804 .649 106/.689 4/0 4/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 403/305 .223/.310/.332/.642 .603/.655 .712 87/.604 2/0 5/
4.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 64/60 .208/.328/.283/.611 .500/.619 .657 20/.483 3/1 1/
56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 1/5.000 445/327 .291/.354/.386/.740 .626/.780 .848 95/.847 2/3 6/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 2/.500 6/1.334 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 238/171 .251/.357/.409/.766 .619/.826 .849 58/.618 0/0 8/
IP 144.1 22.1 54.2 43.1 25.1 18.1 50.0 TOTAL .244/.317/.367/.685 .642/.703 .698 .637 59/18 92/69
ERA-K/9 3.18/7.5 2.82/7.3 3.46/12.3 1.87/5.0 2.84/3.9 5.40/7.9 2.88/10.6 3.93/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (9-7-2)
 Suzuki (46-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 588/.242 87/.195 234/.194 166/.217 102/.250 79/.271 201/.203 .256  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Cust
 Davis
 Patterson
57/1/47/8
0/56/29/4
67/0/2/3
3/62/1/2
14/1/0/1
OPS .650 .549 .644 .571 .624 .732 .583 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.672 37/.513 71/.681 84/.587 39/.642 37/.789 98/.477 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 430/.642 50/.575 163/.628 82/.553 63/.613 42/.684 103/.681 .701
Road 278/.649 38/.698 117/.791 73/.592 41/.720 17/1.004 97/.550 .764
Last 28d days 123/.734 66/.531 44/.737 41/.379 56/.745 44/.618 46/.831
HR/SB/CS 11/15/8 1/1/2 8/14/1 1/4/0 1/3/0 1/0/0 5/3/0 115/108/27
Usage ····X··· oX····Xo X·X··o·o ··o··o·o oo··o··X ·X·oo·X· o···XX·o

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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