CHW @ TOR, Saturday, May 3, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 14-13, 1st, ½ up	SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 2-2, 3.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 30 21 10 10 7 20 1 3.00 2007 (6-13) 139 160 92 85 54 109 28 5.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 38.1 31 18 15 12 31 3 3.52 54 2008-04-26 BAL L 6.1 4 2 2 0 4 1 92 61 2008-04-20 @TBR W 7 3 0 0 0 8 0 96 79 2008-04-15 OAK W 7.2 5 0 0 2 4 0 97 71 2008-04-09 MIN L 2.1 7 7 7 3 2 0 69 14 2008-04-03 @CLE ND 6.2 2 1 1 2 2 0 87 66 2007-09-11 CLE ND 2.2 3 3 3 4 3 1 76 39 2007-08-30 @TEX L 5.2 7 5 2 1 8 1 108 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 0-0 5 4 1 1 3 4 0 1.80 56 2007-06-03 @TOR ND 5 4 1 1 3 4 0 99 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-6 Road: 7-7 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 9-9 vsLHP: 5-4 1-Run: 3-3 vsEast: 6-6 vsCntrl: 7-6 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 28 Fri, May 2 @TOR L 0-2 14-13 1st 0.5 up 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 Last 10: 3-6 Last 20: 9-10 Last 30:14-13
Toronto Blue Jays, 13-17, 5th, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 3-1, 4.85) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 26 33 15 14 7 20 3 4.85 2007 (7-9) 111 116 56 47 36 50 14 3.81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 39.2 42 17 16 11 24 3 3.63 51 2008-04-27 @KCR W 7 5 2 1 0 4 0 93 65 2008-04-22 @TBR L 3.1 8 5 5 2 4 1 76 26 2008-04-16 TEX ND 5 9 4 4 0 5 1 94 38 2008-04-11 @TEX W 5.2 6 2 2 2 5 1 93 52 2008-04-05 BOS W 5 5 2 2 3 2 0 83 48 2007-09-29 TBD ND 6 4 1 1 4 3 0 100 59 2007-09-24 @NYY W 7.2 5 1 1 0 1 0 99 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 6-7 Road: 7-10 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 11-12 vsLHP: 2-5 1-Run: 2-8 vsEast: 6-8 vsCntrl: 4-4 vsWest: 3-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 30 Fri, May 2 CHW W 2-0 13-17 5th 4.5 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 02, 2008 TOR 2 CHW 0 W:Shaun Marcum (3-2), L: Mark Buehrle (1-3), S: Scott Downs (2) 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 Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 1-0; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; 2006 - CHW won 5-4; All-Time - TOR leads 166-155

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 6.10

HOU 4.60

SDP 3.27

RA/G

STL 3.57

CHC 4.45

TEX 6.03

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

J. Lannan 3.74

C. Sabathia 7.88

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.71

Z. Greinke 5.86

J. Garland 2.23

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Litsch
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/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 35/34 .281/.343/.344/.687 .000/.708 .481 35/.687 0/0 0/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 6/.666 1/.000 6/.500 4/.500 7/1.071 ··· 124/94 .227/.309/.273/.582 .584/.578 .543 105/.595 5/0 1/

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 11/1.064 ··· 2/3.000 4/.500 4/1.750 5/1.400 106/83 .253/.321/.516/.837 .224/1.001 .787 88/.831 0/0 7/

23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 7/.572 ··· 8/.700 3/1.167 12/.697 3/3.334 96/72 .273/.323/.443/.766 1.056/.678 .939 78/.634 0/1 2/

44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· 16/.775 ··· 4/2.750 4/.500 8/.821 5/.600 108/81 .221/.361/.430/.791 .779/.796 .595 90/.783 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 ··· 3/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/.000 4/.500 8/.000 4/.500 98/76 .297/.347/.473/.819 .818/.819 .923 80/.638 0/0 3/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 108/85 .287/.426/.598/1.024 .848/1.070 .977 99/1.024 2/1 7/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 7/.829 4/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 7/1.000 6/1.633 4/.500 3/.666 122/93 .216/.369/.330/.699 .686/.699 .686 103/.709 1/2 3/

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 12/.697 ··· 11/.182 4/.500 116/82 .221/.362/.474/.836 1.030/.741 1.010 98/.821 0/0 6/

5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 12/.500 ··· 1/.000 5/.650 4/1.500 5/1.350 87/68 .163/.212/.300/.512 .544/.502 .508 71/.476 0/0 2/

IP 26.0 10.0 4.0 14.0 12.1 8.1 6.0 12.0 TOTAL .237/.330/.404/.734 .718/.739 .746 .703 8/5 36/15

ERA-K/9

4.85/6.9

7.20/3.6

0.00/11.2

1.29/10.3

3.65/9.5

3.24/6.5

0.00/12.0

2.25/9.0

3.50/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 115/.314 46/.286 14/.143 51/.163 60/.300 34/.241 26/.217 52/.222 .247 Swisher
Dye
Quentin
Anderson 2/16/6/1
0/0/23/1
26/0/0/1
0/11/2/0

OPS .841 .848 .286 .523 .837 .634 .612 .561 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.955 19/.957 5/.800 25/.360 26/.751 12/.697 10/.425 23/.451 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 43/.644 27/.773 9/.000 26/.686 34/.906 22/.596 16/.713 29/.655 .695

Home 46/.891 33/1.027 6/.000 21/.348 25/.588 26/.641 10/.650 34/.561 .724

Last 28d days 115/.841 37/.897 14/.286 51/.523 49/.806 34/.634 26/.612 43/.690

HR/SB/CS 3/0/2 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······· oo···oo· o·X····X ·······o ·X···o·· ········

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
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 2/.000 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 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 121/100 .248/.325/.314/.639 .607/.646 .667 103/.659 2/1 1/

2.Hill G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/3.000 1/.000 127/102 .263/.320/.386/.706 .768/.689 .797 111/.709 2/0 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 17/10 .063/.118/.063/.180 .000/.311 .000 17/.180 0/0 0/

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/13 .143/.250/.190/.440 .258/.633 .369 25/.440 2/1 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.500 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 113/86 .266/.384/.340/.724 .431/.822 .673 97/.725 0/2 1/

15.Rios G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 123/96 .308/.382/.467/.849 .634/.911 .776 107/.849 7/2 3/

33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 16/1.429 1/.000 8/.125 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 29/21 .308/.379/.577/.956 .250/1.254 .667 29/.956 1/0 1/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 78/61 .194/.351/.242/.593 .710/.558 .598 63/.569 3/2 0/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 1/.000 13/.672 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 83/79 .312/.349/.442/.791 .500/.806 .733 76/.770 0/0 3/

23.Stewart G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/.000 2/3.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 72/51 .226/.319/.274/.594 .899/.475 .748 61/.602 1/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 127/101 .257/.331/.398/.729 .819/.706 .810 111/.721 1/1 4/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 88/66 .257/.360/.365/.725 .516/.819 .706 78/.757 2/1 1/

IP 30.0 8.2 11.2 10.2 11.1 16.0 12.0 1.0 TOTAL .249/.335/.358/.693 .611/.715 .700 .694 24/11 20/19

ERA-K/9

3.00/6.0

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

3.66/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 116/.196 43/.278 47/.268 44/.268 49/.289 71/.267 48/.119 6/.500 .245 Wells
Rios
Stewart
Scutaro
Lind
Stairs 0/29/0/2
0/1/26/2
14/0/0/1
2/0/0/1
5/0/0/0
7/0/2/0

OPS .477 .798 .682 .708 .733 .788 .420 1.100 .670

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.506 13/1.338 23/.841 23/.648 27/.589 32/.819 23/.620 1/2.000 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/.464 30/.580 24/.530 21/.762 22/.909 39/.762 25/.247 5/.833 .593

Road 49/.276 20/.753 22/.581 18/.389 29/.526 38/.633 20/.311 5/1.000 .641

Last 28d days 91/.523 30/.745 39/.759 38/.826 43/.822 57/.929 42/.353 6/1.100

HR/SB/CS 1/1/2 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· ····X·X· ··Xo··X· ··X····· ··X··XX· ··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, 1:07pm, Saturday, May 3, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 2-2, 3.00)

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 3-1, 4.85)

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