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Game Preview: TEX @ CHW, 8:11pm, Friday, May 8, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Rangers, 15-13, 1st, ½ up

SP: Matt Harrison (23, LHP, 2-2, 6.41)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 26.2 39 19 19 12 12 4 6.41
2008 (9-3) 83.2 100 57 51 31 42 12 5.49
Last 7 GS 3-2 35.2 54 28 28 15 20 8 7.07 37
2009-05-03 CHW W 5.0 6 0 0 0 3 0 100 58
2009-04-27 @BAL W 7.0 7 4 4 1 3 0 112 49
2009-04-22 @TOR ND 4.0 9 5 5 2 1 2 85 23
2009-04-17 KCR L 5.0 8 6 6 4 3 2 98 26
2009-04-11 @DET L 5.2 9 4 4 5 2 0 99 32
2008-09-24 OAK W 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 98 58
2008-09-19 LAA ND 3.0 9 7 7 2 1 3 65 12
Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 7.2 13 5 5 2 3 1 5.87 40
2009-05-03 CHW W 5.0 6 0 0 0 3 0 100 58
2008-07-13 CHW ND 2.2 7 5 5 2 0 1 59 22
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-6    Road:    7-7    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   9-10   vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Thu, May  7  @OAK  L   4-9       15-13  1st  0.5 up
 27 Wed, May  6  @OAK  W   3-2       15-12  1st  0.5 up
 26 Tue, May  5  @SEA  W   7-2 (10)  14-12  2nd  0.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4  @SEA  W   6-5       13-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3   CHW  W   5-1       12-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  2   CHW  W   9-6       11-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 22 Fri, May  1   CHW  L   3-4       10-12  2nd  3.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 30   OAK  L   2-4       10-11  2nd  2.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28   OAK  W   5-4       10-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @BAL  W   6-4        9-10  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-13
WhiteSox, 13-14, 3rd, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Jose Contreras (37, RHP, 0-4, 8.31)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-4) 26.0 34 25 24 14 14 4 8.31
2008 (7-6) 121.0 130 64 61 35 70 12 4.54
2007 (10-17) 189.0 232 134 117 62 113 21 5.57
Last 7 GS 0-4 31.2 47 32 31 16 18 5 8.81 34
2009-05-02 @TEX L 3.1 7 7 7 2 3 1 63 19
2009-04-26 TOR ND 7.0 8 3 3 1 2 0 96 50
2009-04-21 @BAL L 5.1 7 6 6 6 2 1 100 26
2009-04-15 @DET L 5.1 5 5 4 2 4 1 96 42
2009-04-10 MIN L 5.0 7 4 4 3 3 1 86 37
2008-08-09 BOS ND 1.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 34 51
2008-07-13 @TEX ND 4.0 10 7 7 2 2 1 90 14
Last 5 v.TEX 1-2 23.0 31 26 26 11 25 5 10.17 36
2009-05-02 @TEX L 3.1 7 7 7 2 3 1 63 19
2008-07-13 @TEX ND 4.0 10 7 7 2 2 1 90 14
2006-06-12 @TEX W 8.0 6 3 3 0 11 1 108 69
2004-09-07 @TEX L 1.2 5 8 8 5 2 1 63 10
2004-05-22 @TEX ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 1 100 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-6    Road:    6-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   9-12   vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Thu, May  7   DET  W   6-0       13-14  3rd  4.0 gb
 26 Tue, May  5  @KCR  L   7-8 (11)  12-14  4th  3.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4  @KCR  L   0-3       12-13  4th  2.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3  @TEX  L   1-5       12-12  3rd  1.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  2  @TEX  L   6-9       12-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Fri, May  1  @TEX  W   4-3       12-10  1st  0.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 29   SEA  W   6-3       11-10  1st    Tied
 20 Tue, Apr 28   SEA  L   1-9       10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 28   SEA  W   2-1       10-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26   TOR  L   3-4        9-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 03, 2009 TEX  5  CHW  1        W:Matt Harrison (2-2), L: John Danks (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 02, 2009 TEX  9  CHW  6        W:Brandon McCarthy (3-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-4), S: Frank Francisco (7)
Fri, May 01, 2009 CHW  4 @TEX  3        W:Mark Buehrle (4-0), L: Derek Holland (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (6)

Wed, Jul 23, 2008 CHW 10  TEX  8        W:Octavio Dotel (4-4), L: Eddie Guardado (1-2), S: Bobby Jenks (19)
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 CHW 10  TEX  2        W:Mark Buehrle (8-8), L: Luis Mendoza (2-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 TEX  6 @CHW  1        W:Scott Feldman (4-3), L: Javier Vazquez (7-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 TEX 12  CHW 11        W:Jamey Wright (6-4), L: Boone Logan (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 CHW  9 @TEX  7        W:John Danks (7-4), L: Kevin Millwood (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 TEX  7  CHW  2        W:Luis Mendoza (2-3), L: Gavin Floyd (10-5), S: Eddie Guardado (2)
Thu, Aug 30, 2007 TEX  5  CHW  1        W:Kevin Millwood (9-11), L: John Danks (6-13), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 2-1; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - CHW leads 342-287

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 2009 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

TOR  6.13

CHC  4.89

ARI  3.62

 RA/G

KCR  3.79

CHC  4.68

NYY  6.36

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .40

J. Peavy  4.27

C. Silva  8.48

 K/9IP

J. Santana  12.24

K. Davies  6.68

J. Pineiro  2.70

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rangers Batters (5.71 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Contreras
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		 54.Richard*
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/65 .259/.286/.407/.693 .807/.657 .422 76/.631 3/0 2/7
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 10/.644 1/no AB 8/.946 4/1.833 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 9/.944 109/76 .245/.275/.520/.795 .525/.917 .726 97/.785 0/0 7/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.666 3/.666 1/no AB 96/61 .330/.333/.511/.844 .710/.918 .828 83/.819 0/0 2/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 1/3.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 115/84 .295/.348/.543/.891 .823/.916 .787 97/.797 4/0 7/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP 5/1.350 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 105/74 .211/.286/.453/.738 .554/.812 .778 88/.832 0/0 7/0
11.Golson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 12/1.000 ··· 8/.393 ··· ··· 57/28 .341/.491/.682/1.173 1.136/1.203 .850 52/1.147 1/0 3/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/2.028 1/.000 5/.000 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.666 132/95 .325/.371/.642/1.013 1.486/.814 .646 114/.981 7/1 9/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 56/50 .174/.304/.283/.586 .000/.665 .659 52/.610 1/2 1/0
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 2/1.500 80/58 .276/.313/.447/.760 .840/.729 .704 69/.734 0/0 3/1
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/23 .172/.250/.172/.422 .819/.269 .500 26/.397 0/0 0/0
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 9/.286 1/2.000 4/.833 4/.833 ··· 10/.522 1/3.000 1/.000 25/15 .429/.478/.524/1.002 1.300/.748 .778 20/.974 0/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 14/.286 1/.000 13/.962 12/.583 4/1.250 1/3.000 4/1.750 7/.143 127/91 .336/.378/.613/.991 .933/1.016 .940 109/1.017 2/1 7/2
IP 26.0 5.0 18.0 9.1 10.0 10.0 15.0 10.0 TOTAL .281/.333/.503/.835 .858/.826 .737 .818 21/4 50/17
ERA-K/9 8.31/4.8 5.40/3.6 3.00/3.0 0.00/11.6 1.80/9.0 0.90/8.1 4.80/4.2 2.70/15.3 4.54/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 128/.304 27/.375 82/.307 42/.182 43/.205 42/.237 69/.344 44/.256 .276
OPS .908 .861 .714 .545 .638 .625 .954 .802 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/1.100 13/.762 44/.748 12/.750 21/.860 19/.754 28/.931 23/.490 .840
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.719 14/.929 38/.675 30/.467 22/.427 23/.522 41/.969 21/1.182 .710
Home 55/.796 13/.846 31/.934 20/.425 29/.740 20/.578 30/1.092 16/.250
Last 28d days 103/.887 27/.861 66/.667 34/.622 33/.415 39/.676 57/1.014 39/.914
HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 0/5/0 1/4/0 0/1/0 2/0/1 1/0/1 22/27/2
Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· ··X·XX·· ··X·o·o· X·····X· ··X···o· ···X·X·· ··X··o··
WhiteSox Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (5.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB		 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/.500 30/19 .310/.333/.483/.816 .818/.813 .808 28/.876 0/0 0/1
23.Dye G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· 14/1.500 1/no AB 2/2.000 4/.833 101/84 .290/.337/.538/.874 .235/.982 .720 86/.914 0/1 7/1
7.Fields G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 109/84 .250/.339/.375/.714 .675/.715 .690 96/.670 0/1 2/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 77/66 .294/.364/.397/.761 1.232/.687 .690 62/.813 3/0 0/1
14.Konerko G/S/vP 4/.750 2/.500 13/.891 1/.000 4/.500 5/.650 110/87 .310/.364/.490/.854 1.035/.807 .862 96/.836 0/0 3/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 57/39 .167/.286/.208/.494 .369/.550 .374 55/.514 3/0 0/2
44.Miller G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 22/12 .211/.318/.316/.634 .956/.350 .641 22/.634 0/0 0/0
5.Nix G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .400/.364/.800/1.164 1.333/1.107 1.667 11/1.164 0/0 1/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 87/72 .313/.345/.506/.851 .905/.840 .577 73/.963 1/0 4/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 23/16 .273/.261/.318/.579 .857/.454 .000 23/.579 0/1 0/1
20.Quentin G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 117/96 .242/.350/.495/.845 1.054/.803 .806 100/.834 1/0 8/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 98/74 .211/.255/.278/.533 .638/.498 .652 84/.610 6/1 1/2
25.Thome* G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/3.000 35/.471 1/3.000 3/.666 5/.650 85/76 .205/.318/.411/.729 1.069/.687 .609 69/.747 0/0 4/
IP 26.2 14.2 6.1 8.1 8.2 12.0 TOTAL .260/.330/.411/.741 .806/.724 .680 .767 17/8 30/20
ERA-K/9 6.41/4.0 0.00/8.0 8.53/2.9 2.16/4.3 1.04/7.2 5.25/6.0 5.27/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 126/.348 56/.137 35/.387 36/.242 39/.286 57/.292 .276
OPS .939 .371 1.167 .730 .676 .819 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/.551 26/.195 17/1.588 15/1.110 9/.833 20/.583 .801
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/1.046 30/.531 18/.771 21/.454 30/.630 37/.937 .807
Road 79/.946 33/.583 7/.452 29/.538 23/.935 31/1.123
Last 28d days 126/.939 49/.384 28/1.144 36/.730 33/.595 48/.888
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 38/6/4
Usage ····X··· ·XoX·o·· o····X·o ·X····X· ··X·ooX· ···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.