CHW @ TBR, Friday, October 3, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 89-74, 1st, 1 up	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 15-12, 3.79) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (15-12) 218.2 240 106 92 52 140 22 3.79 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 4-2 44 50 17 17 11 33 4 3.48 52 2008-09-28 CLE W 7 9 1 1 1 6 1 111 60 2008-09-24 @MIN L 7 8 3 3 4 3 0 121 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 54-28 Road: 35-46 ExtrInn: 8-4 vsRHP: 58-54 vsLHP: 31-20 1-Run: 22-17 vsEast: 15-26 vsCntrl:44-29 vsWest: 18-13 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 163 Tue, Sep 30 MIN W 1-0 89-74 1st 1.0 up 162 Mon, Sep 29 DET W 8-2 88-74 1st Tied 161 Sun, Sep 28 CLE W 5-1 87-74 2nd 0.5 gb 160 Sat, Sep 27 CLE L 6-12 86-74 2nd 0.5 gb 159 Fri, Sep 26 CLE L 8-11 86-73 2nd 0.5 gb 158 Thu, Sep 25 @MIN L 6-7 (10) 86-72 2nd 0.5 gb 157 Wed, Sep 24 @MIN L 2-3 86-71 1st 0.5 up 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:13-17
Tampa Bay Rays, 97-65, 1st, 2 up	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 12-8, 3.49) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-8) 152.1 123 61 59 70 166 23 3.49 2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 37.1 30 18 18 20 39 11 4.34 53 2008-09-25 @DET L 5 6 4 4 2 8 4 102 45 2008-09-20 MIN W 6 5 0 0 1 5 0 93 66 2008-09-15 BOS L 3 6 9 9 4 2 4 72 9 2008-09-09 @BOS ND 6 5 2 2 3 4 1 108 55 2008-09-04 NYY W 6 1 0 0 5 7 0 98 72 2008-08-29 BAL W 5.1 3 0 0 3 6 0 102 65 2008-08-23 @CHW ND 6 4 3 3 2 7 2 108 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 3-1 32.1 26 12 12 13 37 4 3.34 59 2008-08-23 @CHW ND 6 4 3 3 2 7 2 108 57 2008-05-31 CHW W 7 3 0 0 3 6 0 106 74 2007-06-28 CHW L 5.1 6 4 4 3 9 2 114 46 2007-05-27 @CHW W 7 8 4 4 3 7 0 107 49 2006-05-16 CHW W 7 5 1 1 2 8 0 105 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 57-24 Road: 40-41 ExtrInn:10-6 vsRHP: 72-41 vsLHP: 25-24 1-Run: 29-18 vsEast: 43-29 vsCntrl:20-18 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 162 Sun, Sep 28 @DET W 8-7 (11) 97-65 1st 2.0 up 161 Sat, Sep 27 @DET L 3-4 96-65 1st 1.5 up 160 Fri, Sep 26 @DET L 4-6 96-64 1st 2.0 up 159 Thu, Sep 25 @DET L 5-7 96-63 1st 2.0 up 158 Wed, Sep 24 @BAL W 11-6 96-62 1st 3.0 up 157 Tue, Sep 23 @BAL W 7-5 95-62 1st 3.0 up 156 Tue, Sep 23 @BAL W 5-2 94-62 1st 3.0 up 155 Mon, Sep 22 @BAL W 4-2 93-62 1st 2.5 up 154 Sun, Sep 21 MIN L 1-4 92-62 1st 1.5 up 153 Sat, Sep 20 MIN W 7-2 92-61 1st 2.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 24, 2008 CHW 6 TBR 5 (10) W:Bobby Jenks (3-0), L: Jason Hammel (4-4), S: none Sat, Aug 23, 2008 TBR 5 @CHW 3 W:Grant Balfour (4-2), L: Javier Vazquez (10-11), S: Dan Wheeler (8) Fri, Aug 22, 2008 TBR 9 @CHW 4 W:Edwin Jackson (10-8), L: John Danks (10-6), S: none Sun, Jun 01, 2008 TBR 4 CHW 3 (10) W:J.P. Howell (4-0), L: Matt Thornton (1-1), S: none Sat, May 31, 2008 TBR 2 CHW 0 W:Scott Kazmir (5-1), L: Javier Vazquez (5-4), S: Grant Balfour (1) Fri, May 30, 2008 TBR 2 CHW 1 W:Dan Wheeler (1-3), L: Scott Linebrink (2-1), S: none Thu, May 29, 2008 CHW 5 @TBR 1 W:John Danks (4-4), L: Edwin Jackson (3-4), S: none Sun, Apr 20, 2008 CHW 6 @TBR 0 W:John Danks (2-1), L: Edwin Jackson (2-2), S: none Sat, Apr 19, 2008 TBR 5 CHW 0 W:Andy Sonnanstine (2-1), L: Mark Buehrle (1-2), S: none Fri, Apr 18, 2008 CHW 9 @TBR 2 W:Javier Vazquez (3-1), L: Jeff Niemann (1-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 6-4; 2007 - CHW won 6-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 50-36

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

ARI

LAD

ARI

RA/G

ARI

LAD

ARI

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

N. Musser .00

E. Jackson 4.42

M. DeSalvo 31.50

K/9IP

J. Roenicke 18.00

S. Richmond 6.67

J. Morillo .00

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 52.Salas
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
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 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 193/ .232/.272/.436/.709 / .628 26/.686 5/1 8/

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

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 16/.464 4/.500 9/.111 6/.167 3/1.167 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 8/1.000 730/ .281/.334/.371/.705 / .705 108/.792 19/6 8/

24.Crede G/S/vP 9/.730 2/2.000 6/.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 373/ .248/.314/.460/.773 / .675 / 0/3 17/

23.Dye G/S/vP 15/1.066 4/.000 5/.600 10/.400 2/2.000 2/.000 14/.220 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 645/ .292/.344/.541/.885 / .780 102/.748 3/2 34/

22.Fields G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 35/ .156/.229/.188/.416 / .507 7/.000 0/0 0/

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

17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 12/.350 ··· 8/.625 ··· ··· ··· 9/.472 575/ .249/.353/.424/.778 / .764 66/.823 0/1 18/

44.Hall G/S/vP 8/.500 2/.000 5/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/ .260/.304/.331/.634 / .718 14/.643 0/0 2/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 14/1.096 9/1.158 10/1.489 12/.697 2/.500 3/2.667 15/.795 ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 514/ .240/.344/.438/.783 / .626 73/1.012 2/0 22/

7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 17/ .250/.250/.250/.500 / .200 13/.667 2/1 0/

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

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 570/ .281/.312/.416/.728 / .703 80/.587 1/0 13/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 509/ .290/.317/.475/.792 / .796 94/.687 13/9 21/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 23/.360 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 2/.500 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 588/ .219/.332/.410/.743 / .596 57/.501 3/3 24/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 13/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 7/.929 6/1.100 3/5.000 16/2.087 ··· ··· ··· 8/.750 602/ .245/.362/.503/.865 / .914 96/.748 1/0 34/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 10/.633 4/.833 5/.400 9/1.000 1/3.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 353/ .247/.296/.386/.682 / .657 84/.731 1/3 7/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 143/ .248/.293/.450/.742 / .843 72/.700 9/0 6/

IP 152.1 58.1 59.1 89.1 43.1 16.0 45.2 14.0 6.1 9.2 66.1 TOTAL .263/.332/.448/.780 / .732 .726 67/34 235/108

ERA-K/9

3.49/9.8

1.54/12.7

2.12/2.6

2.22/9.3

4.15/9.1

5.06/7.9

4.53/7.5

1.93/7.7

7.11/11.4

11.17/4.6

3.12/7.2

3.82/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (43-9-1)
Phillips (0-0-0)
Pierzynski (96-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 641/.220 224/.143 241/.273 370/.194 187/.242 76/.277 194/.178 57/.176 27/.217 54/.381 264/.183 .246 Griffey
Dye
Swisher
Wise
Ramirez
Owens
Anderson 0/32/91/8
0/0/151/5
18/70/18/3
24/23/6/2
0/11/0/1
7/4/0/0
3/94/2/0

OPS .727 .463 .653 .579 .687 .857 .700 .501 .681 1.233 .608 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / / / / / / / / / / /

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / / / / / / / / / / /

Home 327/.674 101/.405 112/.691 185/.527 100/.612 51/.859 111/.626 3/.667 23/.654 16/1.646 118/.574 .666

Last 28d days 89/1.057 49/.636 33/.673 51/.419 25/.657 29/.729 32/.854 57/.501 8/.250 54/1.233 32/.931

HR/SB/CS 23/7/3 3/2/1 3/3/4 6/10/3 2/0/2 3/2/1 9/7/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 10/1/1 166/76/31

Usage ·······X ······X· ·······o ········ ····o··· ·····X·· ····o··X ····X·X· ········ ····X··· ····X···

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.47 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 54.Richard*
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

16.Aybar# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 362/ .253/.327/.410/.737 / .742 69/.731 2/2 10/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP 10/1.400 ··· 7/.000 4/1.833 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/ .263/.344/.475/.819 / .890 46/.618 0/0 4/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 31/.596 ··· 4/1.500 2/.000 8/.000 ··· 2/.500 11/1.091 5/1.600 ··· 1/.000 7/1.333 ··· 494/ .286/.329/.361/.690 / .723 82/.823 20/6 1/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 21/1.047 ··· 8/.500 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.800 3/1.334 5/2.400 ··· ··· 9/.778 ··· 482/ .273/.319/.400/.718 / .811 0/ 25/7 8/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 20/.478 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 284/ .268/.349/.455/.804 / 1.006 48/.601 1/0 11/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 399/ .238/.336/.414/.750 / .939 73/.609 4/2 13/

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/ .200/.200/.200/.400 / .500 15/.400 0/0 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· 5/2.100 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.429 1/2.000 432/ .247/.333/.465/.798 / .725 51/.609 10/3 20/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 15/.534 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 707/ .274/.349/.380/.729 / .783 90/.690 8/6 6/

24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 7/.629 ··· 29/ .192/.276/.423/.699 / .625 28/.726 0/0 2/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 508/ .272/.343/.531/.874 / .871 73/.810 7/0 27/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/3.500 ··· 470/ .295/.349/.407/.757 / .796 78/.717 0/4 7/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 39/.814 ··· 5/1.100 5/.200 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 7/.286 4/1.167 ··· ··· 7/1.571 ··· 607/ .247/.377/.494/.871 / .912 95/.886 1/1 31/

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/ .250/.348/.433/.781 / .758 72/.781 5/0 3/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 81/ .197/.247/.329/.576 / .689 22/.792 2/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP 15/1.082 ··· 1/.000 6/.500 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 7/.929 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 639/ .274/.384/.402/.786 / .803 50/.852 44/16 9/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 227/ .253/.339/.505/.844 / .700 66/1.199 3/0 12/

IP 218.2 14.0 38.2 67.0 61.2 46.1 42.1 17.0 37.1 47.2 26.0 67.1 19.2 TOTAL .260/.340/.422/.762 / .800 .752 142/50 180/90

ERA-K/9

3.79/5.8

7.07/4.5

3.96/7.0

3.76/12.4

2.63/5.5

3.69/7.8

5.95/8.9

2.12/6.4

4.34/3.1

6.04/5.5

5.19/7.6

2.67/10.3

7.78/4.1

4.11/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (3-0-0)
Navarro (45-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 918/.281 66/.328 158/.219 288/.208 243/.230 186/.234 197/.317 78/.250 168/.294 215/.303 118/.291 268/.196 101/.333 .261 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Crawford
Ruggiano
Zobrist
Perez
Johnson
Baldelli 0/143/0/16
2/18/121/8
40/0/49/4
108/1/0/2
26/5/15/2
14/5/2/1
8/15/2/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/6/0

OPS .747 1.002 .611 .687 .620 .677 .891 .697 .718 .802 .741 .544 .914 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / / / / / / / / / / / / /

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / / / / / / / / / / / / / .000

Road 449/.843 35/1.270 61/.632 145/.740 109/.572 78/.681 110/.881 42/.718 56/.802 138/.811 34/.924 128/.530 70/.833 .772

Last 28d days 157/.668 14/.824 35/.924 24/.558 46/.814 36/1.057 7/2.429 28/.776 32/.866 69/.696 11/1.156 43/.400 14/.718

HR/SB/CS 22/5/7 4/0/1 2/3/2 12/16/1 3/5/0 8/2/0 7/3/1 0/1/0 1/5/0 5/6/0 1/0/0 5/4/0 0/5/1 156/139/30

Usage ····X··· ·····o·· ···o··o· ···o··X· ··o·o··X ···X·X·· ········ ······X· ······X· ·····X·· ·····o·· ···ooo·X ······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, 6:00pm, Friday, October 3, 2008 @Tropicana Field

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 15-12, 3.79)

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 12-8, 3.49)

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