CHW @ TOR, Friday, May 2, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 14-12, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 1-2, 5.65) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 28.2 38 19 18 8 16 3 5.65 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 2-2 41 58 30 28 13 22 5 6.15 40 2008-04-26 BAL ND 6 3 3 3 2 5 1 111 57 2008-04-19 @TBR L 7 12 5 5 2 5 0 109 36 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 3-1 38 30 10 8 6 28 3 1.89 65 2007-07-28 TOR W 8 8 0 0 1 6 0 107 71 2007-05-31 @TOR L 8 2 2 2 0 6 2 91 76 2006-04-15 TOR W 8 5 2 2 2 4 1 103 66 2005-05-08 @TOR W 7.1 9 4 2 2 4 0 105 50 2004-05-01 TOR ND 6.2 6 2 2 1 8 0 115 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-6 Road: 7-6 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 9-8 vsLHP: 5-4 1-Run: 3-3 vsEast: 6-5 vsCntrl: 7-6 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 27 Wed, Apr 30 @MIN L 3-4 14-12 1st 1.5 up 26 Tue, Apr 29 @MIN L 1-3 14-11 1st 2.5 up 25 Mon, Apr 28 BAL - 3-3 (11) 14-10 1st 3.0 up 24 Sun, Apr 27 BAL W 6-1 14-10 1st 2.5 up 23 Sat, Apr 26 BAL W 6-5 13-10 1st 1.5 up 22 Sat, Apr 26 BAL L 1-5 12-10 1st 1.5 up 21 Thu, Apr 24 NYY W 7-6 12-9 1st 2.5 up 20 Wed, Apr 23 NYY L 4-6 11-9 1st 1.5 up 19 Tue, Apr 22 NYY L 5-9 11-8 1st 1.5 up 18 Sun, Apr 20 @TBR W 6-0 11-7 1st 2.5 up Last 10: 4-5 Last 20: 9-10 Last 30:14-12
Toronto Blue Jays, 12-17, 5th, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Shaun Marcum (26, RHP, 2-2, 3.24) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 33.1 22 13 12 12 26 5 3.24 2007 (12-6) 159 149 76 73 49 122 27 4.13 2006 (3-4) 78.1 87 44 44 38 65 14 5.06 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 41.1 32 17 16 15 32 6 3.48 55 2008-04-26 @KCR L 7 4 2 2 3 4 1 109 62 2008-04-21 DET L 5.2 5 5 4 4 2 1 103 39 2008-04-15 @BAL W 6.2 4 2 2 3 4 2 103 59 2008-04-10 OAK ND 7 6 1 1 1 8 0 105 68 2008-04-04 BOS W 7 3 3 3 1 8 1 87 66 2007-09-22 @NYY ND 3 5 1 1 1 2 0 51 46 2007-09-16 BAL ND 5 5 3 3 2 4 1 89 47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 11 6 4 4 3 12 3 3.27 61 2007-07-29 @CHW W 8 2 1 1 0 8 1 99 82 2007-06-03 CHW ND 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 69 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 5-7 Road: 7-10 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 11-12 vsLHP: 1-5 1-Run: 2-8 vsEast: 6-8 vsCntrl: 3-4 vsWest: 3-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 29 Thu, May 1 @BOS W 3-0 12-17 5th 4.5 gb 28 Wed, Apr 30 @BOS L 1-2 11-17 5th 5.5 gb 27 Tue, Apr 29 @BOS L 0-1 11-16 5th 4.5 gb 26 Sun, Apr 27 @KCR W 5-2 11-15 5th 3.5 gb 25 Sat, Apr 26 @KCR L 1-2 10-15 5th 4.5 gb 24 Fri, Apr 25 @KCR L 4-8 10-14 5th 4.5 gb 23 Thu, Apr 24 @TBR L 3-5 10-13 5th 4.5 gb 22 Wed, Apr 23 @TBR L 3-5 10-12 5th 4.5 gb 21 Tue, Apr 22 @TBR L 4-6 10-11 4th 4.5 gb 20 Mon, Apr 21 DET L 1-5 10-10 3rd 3.5 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:12-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jul 29, 2007 TOR 4 @CHW 1 W:Shaun Marcum (7-4), L: Javier Vazquez (8-6), S: Jeremy Accardo (17) Sat, Jul 28, 2007 CHW 2 TOR 0 W:Mark Buehrle (8-6), L: Roy Halladay (11-5), S: Bobby Jenks (30) Fri, Jul 27, 2007 CHW 4 TOR 3 W:Jon Garland (8-7), L: Josh Towers (5-7), S: Bobby Jenks (29) Sun, Jun 03, 2007 TOR 4 CHW 3 W:Brian Tallet (2-1), L: Nick Masset (2-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (7) Sat, Jun 02, 2007 TOR 9 CHW 3 W:Dustin McGowan (2-2), L: Mike MacDougal (1-3), S: Casey Janssen (2) Fri, Jun 01, 2007 CHW 3 @TOR 0 W:Javier Vazquez (3-3), L: A.J. Burnett (5-5), S: Bobby Jenks (15) Thu, May 31, 2007 TOR 2 CHW 0 W:Roy Halladay (5-2), L: Mark Buehrle (2-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (6) Sun, Aug 06, 2006 TOR 7 CHW 3 W:A.J. Burnett (3-5), L: Jose Contreras (10-4), S: none Sat, Aug 05, 2006 CHW 7 @TOR 1 W:Javier Vazquez (10-6), L: Francisco Rosario (1-2), S: none Fri, Aug 04, 2006 CHW 6 @TOR 4 W:Jon Garland (12-3), L: Roy Halladay (13-3), S: Bobby Jenks (30) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; 2006 - CHW won 5-4; All-Time - TOR leads 165-155

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

CHC 6.21

BOS 4.53

SFG 3.21

RA/G

STL 3.59

SFG 4.52

TEX 6.14

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

B. Bonser 3.75

C. Sabathia 7.88

K/9IP

J. Sanchez 10.68

I. Snell 5.97

J. Garland 2.23

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Marcum
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 43.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 32/31 .300/.344/.367/.710 .000/.734 .500 32/.710 0/0 0/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 6/.500 4/.500 7/1.071 ··· 120/91 .217/.303/.264/.567 .607/.552 .509 106/.549 5/0 1/

24.Crede G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 11/1.064 ··· 2/3.000 4/.500 4/1.750 5/1.400 103/80 .258/.320/.527/.847 .224/1.020 .806 90/.841 0/0 7/

23.Dye G/S/vP 5/1.933 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 8/.700 3/1.167 12/.697 3/3.334 92/68 .286/.337/.464/.801 1.056/.719 1.016 79/.733 0/1 2/

44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 7/.286 8/.875 7/.286 2/1.000 19/13 .263/.263/.263/.526 .333/.615 .400 19/.526 0/0 0/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 16/.775 ··· 4/2.750 4/.500 8/.821 5/.600 108/81 .221/.361/.430/.791 .779/.796 .595 95/.829 0/0 5/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 21/16 .200/.200/.200/.400 .400/.400 .500 21/.400 0/0 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 8/.000 4/.500 94/73 .310/.362/.494/.856 .857/.855 1.008 81/.773 0/0 3/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/82 .298/.433/.619/1.052 .893/1.093 1.036 100/1.078 2/1 7/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/27 .121/.147/.182/.329 .472/.280 .368 27/.320 0/1 0/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 4/1.750 4/.000 4/1.750 ··· 7/1.000 6/1.633 4/.500 3/.666 118/90 .226/.381/.344/.725 .714/.725 .741 104/.743 1/2 3/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 12/.697 ··· 11/.182 4/.500 112/79 .228/.366/.489/.855 1.064/.754 1.057 99/.846 0/0 6/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 4/.000 1/no AB 12/.500 ··· 1/.000 5/.650 4/1.500 5/1.350 84/65 .169/.220/.312/.531 .544/.527 .543 72/.476 0/0 2/

IP 33.1 9.2 3.2 13.0 11.2 8.1 6.0 12.0 TOTAL .242/.335/.415/.749 .734/.754 .778 .738 8/5 36/14

ERA-K/9

3.24/7.0

7.45/3.7

0.00/9.7

1.38/10.4

3.86/10.0

3.24/6.5

0.00/12.0

2.25/9.0

3.62/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (6-2-0)
Pierzynski (16-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 135/.180 44/.293 13/.154 48/.174 58/.313 34/.241 26/.217 52/.222 .252 Ramirez
Dye
Swisher
Quentin
Anderson 0/8/0/1
0/0/22/1
2/16/6/1
25/0/0/1
0/10/2/0

OPS .621 .853 .308 .556 .869 .634 .612 .561 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.626 19/.957 5/.800 24/.375 25/.784 12/.697 10/.425 23/.451 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.616 25/.778 8/.000 24/.746 33/.938 22/.596 16/.713 29/.655 .710

Home 80/.579 31/1.042 5/.000 18/.410 23/.642 26/.641 10/.650 34/.561 .754

Last 28d days 135/.621 39/.861 13/.308 48/.556 47/.843 34/.634 26/.612 46/.641

HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 1/1/0 0/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/2/0 0/0/0 0/2/0 21/17/7

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

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.00 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 46.Masset
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

20.Barajas G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 44/31 .175/.250/.300/.550 .762/.467 .516 40/.475 0/0 1/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 15/.308 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 121/100 .248/.325/.314/.639 .607/.646 .667 108/.672 2/1 1/

2.Hill G/S/vP 9/1.083 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/3.000 1/.000 123/102 .273/.331/.400/.731 .943/.689 .863 111/.748 2/0 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 14/10 .077/.143/.077/.220 .000/.311 14/.220 0/0 0/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 14/.428 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/13 .167/.286/.222/.508 .347/.633 .452 22/.508 2/1 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 9/.000 4/.500 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 110/86 .275/.394/.352/.746 .488/.822 .721 98/.762 0/2 1/

15.Rios G/S/vP 14/.451 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 119/96 .320/.395/.485/.880 .754/.911 .835 107/.863 7/2 3/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 4/.000 16/1.429 1/.000 8/.125 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 26/21 .304/.385/.609/.993 .000/1.254 26/.993 1/0 1/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 12/.733 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 78/61 .194/.351/.242/.593 .710/.558 .598 67/.608 3/2 0/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 12/.367 13/.672 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 83/79 .312/.349/.442/.791 .500/.806 .733 79/.806 0/0 3/

23.Stewart G/S/vP 42/.993 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/.000 2/3.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 69/51 .203/.304/.254/.559 .817/.475 .670 59/.587 1/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP 30/1.225 2/.500 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 124/101 .245/.323/.382/.704 .698/.706 .755 112/.679 1/1 4/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 9/.583 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 85/66 .268/.373/.380/.754 .625/.819 .771 79/.746 2/1 1/

IP 28.2 8.2 11.2 10.2 11.1 16.0 12.0 1.0 TOTAL .251/.339/.363/.702 .645/.715 .720 .709 24/11 20/19

ERA-K/9

5.65/5.0

5.19/12.4

2.31/4.6

2.53/5.0

3.97/7.2

4.50/9.0

3.75/13.5

9.00/0.0

3.78/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (3-3-0)
Zaun (14-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.333 43/.278 47/.268 44/.268 49/.289 71/.267 48/.119 6/.500 .248 Wells
Rios
Stewart
Scutaro
Lind
Stairs 0/28/0/2
0/1/25/2
14/0/0/1
2/0/0/1
4/0/0/0
7/0/2/0

OPS .866 .798 .682 .708 .733 .788 .420 1.100 .679

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.833 13/1.338 23/.841 23/.648 27/.589 32/.819 23/.620 1/2.000 .786

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.878 30/.580 24/.530 21/.762 22/.909 39/.762 25/.247 5/.833 .598

Road 71/1.029 20/.753 22/.581 18/.389 29/.526 38/.633 20/.311 5/1.000 .658

Last 28d days 112/.759 34/.713 44/.732 41/.763 46/.784 57/.929 42/.353 6/1.100

HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 1/2/0 0/3/0 1/0/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 15/22/6

Usage ·····X·· ·o··oX·· ···X·o·o ···X·X·o ·Xo··X·X ·X······ ·X··XX·o ·oo·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 @ TOR, 7:07pm, Friday, May 2, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 1-2, 5.65)

SP: Shaun Marcum (26, RHP, 2-2, 3.24)

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