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Game Preview: TEX @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, May 10, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Rangers, 16-14, 1st, ½ up

SP: Vicente Padilla (31, RHP, 1-2, 5.71)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			34.2	39	23	22	13	23	4	5.71
2008 (14-8)			171.0	185	100	90	65	127	26	4.74
2007 (6-10)			120.1	146	88	77	50	71	16	5.76

Last 7 GS		2-2	40.2	43	24	23	15	31	4	5.09	47
2009-05-05	@SEA	ND	8.0	1	1	0	3	4	0	102	79
2009-04-30	OAK	L	6.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	100	46
2009-04-24	@BAL	ND	6.2	7	4	4	3	4	1	104	45
2009-04-19	KCR	ND	5.0	8	5	5	1	5	2	94	35
2009-04-13	BAL	L	3.1	11	7	7	1	1	0	70	10
2009-04-08	CLE	W	5.2	4	3	3	3	5	1	109	51
2008-09-26	@LAA	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	92	66

Last 5 v.CHW		1-2	32.0	24	17	14	15	26	3	3.94	54
2007-04-19	@CHW	ND	6.1	4	3	3	6	0	1	97	47
2006-07-23	@CHW	L	7.0	3	4	1	1	8	1	104	68
2006-06-14	CHW	W	8.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	109	80
2006-06-03	@CHW	L	3.1	7	7	7	3	4	0	87	19
2002-06-19	CHW	ND	7.1	7	3	3	2	7	1	104	57

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    8-6    Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  10-10   vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  9  @CHW  L   2-3       16-14  1st  0.5 up
 29 Fri, May  8  @CHW  W   6-0       16-13  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

WhiteSox, 14-15, 3rd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Bartolo Colon (36, RHP, 2-2, 4.05)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-2)			26.2	28	14	12	9	19	2	4.05
2008 (4-2)			39.0	44	23	17	10	27	5	3.92
2007 (6-8)			99.1	132	74	70	29	76	15	6.34

Last 7 GS		2-3	36.2	41	23	18	12	24	5	4.42	47
2009-05-04	@KCR	L	5.0	7	3	2	3	7	1	98	47
2009-04-28	SEA	W	7.0	4	1	0	1	6	0	95	72
2009-04-23	@BAL	L	3.0	8	5	5	2	0	0	63	21
2009-04-17	@TBR	ND	5.2	6	5	5	1	4	1	92	40
2009-04-11	MIN	W	6.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	94	66
2008-09-13	TOR	ND	6.0	7	5	2	1	1	0	80	44
2008-06-16	@PHI	L	4.0	6	4	4	2	4	3	70	36

Last 5 v.TEX		5-0	33.2	29	11	10	8	27	4	2.67	59
2007-05-12	@TEX	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	6	1	81	54
2005-09-20	TEX	W	7.0	4	1	0	0	4	0	85	71
2005-06-27	@TEX	W	8.0	8	3	3	0	5	2	87	59
2005-06-21	TEX	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	7	1	109	53
2005-04-05	TEX	W	6.2	6	1	1	4	5	0	108	59

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    8-7    Road:    6-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-12   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  4-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Sat, May  9   TEX  W   3-2       14-15  3rd  3.0 gb
 28 Fri, May  8   TEX  L   0-6       13-15  3rd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 09, 2009 CHW  3  TEX  2        W:Scott Linebrink (1-1), L: Kevin Millwood (3-3), S: Bobby Jenks (7)
Fri, May 08, 2009 TEX  6 @CHW  0        W:Matt Harrison (3-2), L: Jose Contreras (0-5), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 3-2; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - CHW leads 343-288

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 6.03

WSN 4.90

SFG 3.52

RA/G

KCR 3.71

TBR 4.69

NYY 6.33

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

Z. Greinke .51

R. Ohlendorf 4.14

J. Moyer 7.26

K/9IP

J. Santana 12.24

S. Richmond 6.81

J. Pineiro 2.98

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Rangers Batters (5.60 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Colon
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 92/67 .274/.315/.417/.731 .917/.668 .511 75/.708 3/0 2/7

3.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 44/.700 1/no AB 8/.946 4/1.833 3/.000 3/.333 3/1.667 9/.944 113/77 .248/.283/.514/.797 .537/.926 .735 93/.785 0/0 7/0

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.833 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.858 3/.666 1/no AB 105/67 .320/.324/.495/.819 .652/.910 .784 92/.793 1/0 2/0

17.Cruz G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 124/90 .281/.331/.518/.848 .840/.851 .721 98/.788 4/0 7/3

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 110/78 .210/.282/.440/.722 .536/.795 .744 85/.869 0/0 7/0

25.Jones G/S/vP 7/.762 1/no AB 3/.666 12/1.000 ··· 9/.347 ··· ··· 66/34 .314/.470/.608/1.078 1.010/1.137 .745 61/1.046 1/0 3/0

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 6/.334 3/.000 4/.250 1/.000 4/1.250 4/1.000 142/100 .320/.369/.617/.986 1.355/.816 .639 116/.947 8/1 9/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 3/.000 64/54 .185/.297/.296/.593 .000/.715 .654 52/.691 1/2 1/0

21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 3/1.667 84/59 .275/.310/.438/.747 .818/.717 .688 66/.800 0/0 3/1

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 36/26 .219/.306/.250/.556 .733/.487 .871 30/.559 0/0 0/0

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 14/1.357 2/1.000 5/.650 4/.833 ··· 10/.522 1/3.000 2/.000 34/20 .400/.438/.500/.938 1.071/.826 .778 29/.907 2/0 0/0

10.Young G/S/vP 42/.742 1/.000 14/.891 12/.583 4/1.250 1/3.000 4/1.750 7/.143 130/94 .328/.369/.598/.968 .933/.982 .897 104/1.005 2/1 7/2

IP 26.2 6.0 21.0 9.1 11.0 11.0 16.1 11.0 TOTAL .279/.332/.491/.823 .821/.823 .726 .827 25/4 50/18

ERA-K/9

4.05/6.4

4.50/3.0

3.00/4.7

0.00/11.6

1.64/9.8

0.82/7.4

4.41/5.5

3.27/15.5

4.44/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 118/.259 32/.357 95/.307 42/.182 46/.190 47/.238 73/.324 50/.273 .275

OPS .714 .830 .711 .545 .594 .629 .899 .815 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.806 14/.701 47/.743 12/.750 23/.781 21/.741 30/.867 24/.469 .832

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 51/.601 18/.915 48/.681 30/.467 23/.408 26/.538 43/.922 26/1.167 .703

Home 50/.391 18/.801 44/.861 20/.425 32/.669 25/.593 34/.953 22/.418

Last 28d days 95/.800 32/.830 79/.672 26/.596 34/.402 40/.693 58/.898 44/.935

HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 0/5/0 1/4/0 0/2/0 2/0/1 1/0/1 22/31/2

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Padilla
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/.500 30/19 .310/.333/.483/.816 .818/.813 .808 24/.833 0/0 0/1

23.Dye G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 14/1.500 1/no AB 2/2.000 4/.833 108/88 .303/.352/.545/.897 .313/1.014 .783 85/.924 0/1 7/1

7.Fields G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 116/87 .243/.328/.359/.687 .652/.689 .638 94/.636 0/2 2/5

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 85/70 .293/.365/.387/.751 1.015/.696 .684 66/.825 3/0 0/2

14.Konerko G/S/vP 14/.665 2/.500 13/.891 1/.000 5/.400 5/.650 117/91 .302/.350/.472/.822 .906/.798 .798 94/.844 0/0 3/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 60/39 .176/.288/.216/.504 .417/.550 .404 53/.517 3/0 0/2

44.Miller G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 22/12 .211/.318/.316/.634 .956/.350 .641 18/.544 0/0 0/0

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .333/.357/.667/1.024 .900/1.107 1.133 14/1.024 0/0 1/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 18/1.122 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 94/76 .292/.330/.472/.802 .748/.814 .514 76/.918 1/0 4/2

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 20/.318 1/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 27/20 .231/.222/.269/.491 .857/.361 .000 27/.491 0/1 0/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 125/100 .245/.352/.500/.852 .860/.850 .825 99/.805 1/0 8/0

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 101/77 .204/.248/.269/.516 .638/.478 .607 79/.555 6/1 1/2

25.Thome* G/S/vP 13/.681 1/3.000 35/.471 2/1.500 3/.666 5/.650 93/79 .200/.312/.400/.712 .670/.719 .595 73/.689 0/0 4/

IP 34.2 14.2 6.1 8.2 9.1 12.0 TOTAL .256/.326/.402/.728 .733/.726 .661 .743 17/9 30/22

ERA-K/9

5.71/6.0

0.00/8.0

8.53/2.9

2.08/4.1

0.96/7.7

5.25/6.0

5.04/5.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.283 56/.137 35/.387 37/.235 41/.278 57/.292 .271

OPS .783 .371 1.167 .709 .650 .819 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.964 26/.195 17/1.588 16/1.038 10/.744 20/.583 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.555 30/.531 18/.771 21/.454 31/.619 37/.937 .796

Road 57/.526 33/.583 7/.452 30/.519 25/.876 31/1.123

Last 28d days 132/.814 49/.384 28/1.144 37/.709 27/.502 38/.691

HR/SB/CS 4/0/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 38/6/5

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

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.