CHW @ TBR, Saturday, April 19, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 10-6, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 1-1, 5.74) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-1) 15.2 23 11 10 4 6 2 5.74 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 2-1 42 54 25 23 10 20 5 4.93 45 2008-04-14 OAK L 7 9 2 2 1 4 0 102 54 2008-04-06 DET W 7 7 2 1 2 1 0 89 56 2008-03-31 CLE ND 1.2 7 7 7 1 1 2 48 13 2007-09-21 MIN W 6 9 4 4 3 3 0 97 38 2007-09-16 LAA ND 6.1 11 7 6 2 3 2 106 26 2007-09-06 DET ND 7 7 1 1 1 4 1 105 62 2007-08-31 CLE ND 7 4 2 2 0 4 0 98 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 4-3 Road: 6-3 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 5-3 vsLHP: 5-3 1-Run: 1-2 vsEast: 2-1 vsCntrl: 7-4 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 16 Fri, Apr 18 @TBR W 9-2 10-6 1st 1.5 up 15 Thu, Apr 17 @BAL L 5-6 (10) 9-6 1st 0.5 up 14 Wed, Apr 16 @BAL W 3-1 9-5 1st 0.5 up 13 Tue, Apr 15 OAK W 4-1 8-5 1st 0.5 up 12 Mon, Apr 14 OAK L 1-2 7-5 2nd 0.5 gb 11 Sun, Apr 13 DET W 11-0 7-4 1st 0.5 up 10 Sat, Apr 12 DET W 7-0 6-4 1st 0.5 up 9 Fri, Apr 11 DET L 2-5 5-4 2nd 0.5 gb 8 Wed, Apr 9 MIN L 5-12 5-3 2nd 1.0 gb 7 Mon, Apr 7 MIN W 7-4 5-2 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-6 Last 30:10-6
Tampa Bay Rays, 7-10, 5th, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 1-1, 8.80) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-1) 15.1 22 15 15 3 9 5 8.80 2007 (6-10) 130.2 151 87 85 26 97 18 5.85 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 36 50 30 30 9 25 9 7.50 39 2008-04-14 NYY ND 3.1 9 7 7 1 2 3 62 15 2008-04-09 SEA L 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 93 43 2008-04-04 NYY W 6 6 4 4 0 4 1 84 48 2007-09-28 TOR L 5 6 4 4 1 4 1 82 42 2007-09-22 BOS ND 5.1 8 5 5 2 1 1 94 31 2007-09-16 SEA W 7 6 1 1 2 8 1 97 67 2007-09-11 BOS ND 3.1 8 5 5 1 3 1 80 26 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 0-0 6.1 6 2 2 0 6 0 2.84 59 2007-06-27 CHW ND 6.1 6 2 2 0 6 0 105 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 3-6 Road: 4-4 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 5-7 vsLHP: 2-3 1-Run: 0-4 vsEast: 5-6 vsCntrl: 1-2 vsWest: 1-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 17 Fri, Apr 18 CHW L 2-9 7-10 5th 3.5 gb 16 Thu, Apr 17 @MIN W 7-3 7-9 5th 2.5 gb 15 Wed, Apr 16 @MIN L 5-6 6-9 5th 2.5 gb 14 Tue, Apr 15 NYY L 3-5 6-8 5th 2.5 gb 13 Mon, Apr 14 NYY L 7-8 6-7 5th 2.0 gb 12 Sun, Apr 13 BAL W 6-2 6-6 4th 1.0 gb 11 Sat, Apr 12 BAL L 2-3 5-6 5th 2.0 gb 10 Fri, Apr 11 BAL W 10-5 5-5 3rd 1.0 gb 9 Thu, Apr 10 SEA W 7-0 4-5 4th 2.0 gb 8 Wed, Apr 9 SEA L 1-7 3-5 5th 3.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-10 Last 30: 7-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Apr 18, 2008 CHW 9 @TBR 2 W:Javier Vazquez (3-1), L: Jeff Niemann (1-1), S: none Mon, Aug 27, 2007 CHW 5 TBD 4 W:Jose Contreras (7-16), L: Dan Wheeler (1-6), S: Bobby Jenks (36) Thu, Jun 28, 2007 CHW 5 @TBD 1 W:Javier Vazquez (4-5), L: Scott Kazmir (5-4), S: none Wed, Jun 27, 2007 CHW 5 @TBD 3 W:Mark Buehrle (5-4), L: Gary Glover (3-3), S: Bobby Jenks (20) Tue, Jun 26, 2007 CHW 6 @TBD 1 W:Jon Garland (5-5), L: James Shields (6-3), S: none Mon, Jun 25, 2007 CHW 5 @TBD 4 W:John Danks (4-6), L: Casey Fossum (5-7), S: Bobby Jenks (19) Sun, May 27, 2007 TBD 11 @CHW 5 W:Scott Kazmir (3-2), L: Javier Vazquez (2-3), S: none Fri, May 25, 2007 CHW 5 TBD 4 W:Bobby Jenks (2-1), L: Chad Orvella (0-2), S: none Thu, Aug 31, 2006 TBD 5 @CHW 3 (10) W:Ruddy Lugo (2-2), L: Brandon McCarthy (3-5), S: Seth McClung (3) Wed, Aug 30, 2006 CHW 5 TBD 4 W:Jon Garland (16-4), L: Brian Meadows (2-5), S: Bobby Jenks (38) Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 1-0; 2007 - CHW won 6-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 47-30

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

J. Varitek .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

G. Sheffield .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.75 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 24.Birkins*
G/S/vB 27.Dohmann
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .258 / 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 3/.333 3/1.167 ··· 7/1.143 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .768 / 20/4 8/11

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .597 / 0/1 4/4

23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 2/.500 8/.000 8/.375 1/no AB 13/.237 2/.000 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .806 / 2/1 28/3

44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .496 / 0/0 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.250 3/1.167 1/no AB 11/.764 2/.500 15/.795 4/.000 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .820 / 0/1 31/5

38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .479 / 3/0 0/4

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.572 4/.500 14/1.643 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/no AB 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .746 / 1/1 14/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .415 / 2/2 5/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .850 / 3/2 22/5

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.666 8/.804 3/.000 18/1.473 3/.666 5/1.350 15/2.017 7/.857 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .954 / 0/1 35/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/2.334 3/.000 1/.000 8/1.125 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .575 / 1/9 20/17

IP 130.2 34.1 32.2 77.1 51.0 46.1 40.0 74.2 TOTAL .246/.344/.438/.782 .806/.771 .843 .782 3/2 24/8

ERA-K/9

5.85/6.7

8.13/7.9

3.31/7.2

4.89/5.9

7.59/8.6

4.86/8.9

1.80/8.1

5.30/9.9

4.29/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (26-3-5)
Pierzynski (62-20-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 554/.293 170/.340 136/.257 334/.288 244/.318 211/.249 150/.171 321/.256 .258 Dye
Swisher
Quentin
Anderson
Ozuna 0/0/135/9
0/60/57/3
3/0/75/2
5/3/0/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .812 .903 .749 .832 .882 .777 .505 .757 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 285/.869 65/.846 66/.677 151/.845 59/.874 103/.653 63/.626 144/.773 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.751 105/.937 70/.815 183/.821 185/.884 108/.902 87/.418 177/.745 .697

Home 253/.860 81/.816 64/.619 180/.811 109/.704 118/.773 77/.402 149/.800 .755

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 18/1/8 3/1/0 3/3/2 12/6/2 8/2/1 6/3/0 3/2/3 11/4/0 16/15/3

Usage ····X··· X·o····· X···X··· ···Xo··X ·X·X·oX· ···o·ooo ·····o·o ··X··Xo·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
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 46.Masset
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 22/.602 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/1.091 5/.800 6/1.600 570/415 .265/.339/.361/.699 .857/.641 .684 / 23/3 5/26

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 17/1.059 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 3/1.334 1/.000 6/1.166 627/421 .315/.355/.466/.820 .837/.812 .764 / 50/10 11/4

20.Difelice G/S/vP 5/1.350 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 47/36 .250/.311/.350/.661 .682/.653 .500 / 0/0 0/2

31.Gomes G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 394/285 .244/.322/.460/.782 .918/.730 .746 / 12/4 17/0

37.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 48/46 .267/.313/.311/.624 .000/.652 .846 / 1/2 0/0

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 9/.555 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 7/1.429 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .879 / 3/0 6/3

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 559/383 .285/.359/.411/.770 .862/.728 .779 / 12/8 7/7

43.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB / /// / / / /

23.Pena* G/S/vP 28/.681 3/.333 5/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 1/no AB 4/1.833 612/452 .282/.411/.627/1.037 .953/1.068 1.103 / 1/0 46/8

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/9 .100/.100/.100/.200 2.000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/2

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 15/15 .214/.267/.214/.481 /.481 .667 / 0/0 0/0

2.Upton G/S/vP 4/.833 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 548/404 .300/.386/.508/.894 .901/.892 .843 / 22/8 24/14

IP 201.0 30.2 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL .257/.332/.410/.743 .787/.725 .749 .743 16/10 22/13

ERA-K/9

3.63/5.1

4.11/12.0

2.77/7.8

3.71/6.4

4.97/6.2

6.80/8.3

7.09/4.8

4.79/8.8

3.54/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 835/.269 138/.242 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 .246 Upton
Gomes
Crawford
Hinske
Haynes
Ruggiano 0/79/0/11
26/0/32/5
139/0/0/3
24/0/12/1
8/12/13/1
1/3/1/0

OPS .728 .748 .488 .742 .802 .839 .851 .783 .650

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 166/.861 58/.756 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 57/.910 79/.844 104/.800 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 669/.695 80/.740 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 151/.812 114/.857 145/.771 .604

Road 406/.684 54/.654 115/.507 150/.880 106/.725 106/.863 98/.797 118/.691 .659

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 22/2/3 4/2/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 3/9/0 2/8/1 4/1/1 5/9/3

Usage ····X··· ·X··X··X ·Xoo··o· ·Xoo··o· ·X··o··o ····o··X o····X·· Xo···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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Game Preview: CHW @ TBR, 7:10pm, Saturday, April 19, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 1-1, 5.74)

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 1-1, 8.80)

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