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Game Preview: PIT @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, May 24, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Pirates, 19-24, 5th, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (26, RHP, 1-2, 5.21)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 38.0 39 23 22 15 16 7 5.21
2008 (2-6) 51.1 56 32 23 13 23 7 4.03
2007 (1-4) 14.2 27 21 18 9 5 4 11.05
Last 7 GS 1-2 38.0 39 23 22 15 16 7 5.21 45
2009-05-19 @WSN ND 6.0 7 4 4 2 2 1 105 42
2009-05-14 STL L 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 1 75 48
2009-05-08 @NYM ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 87 53
2009-05-03 CIN L 5.0 6 5 4 4 1 1 95 34
2009-04-27 @MIL ND 5.0 5 5 5 2 4 3 81 39
2009-04-21 FLA W 6.0 3 1 1 2 3 0 87 63
2009-04-16 HOU ND 4.0 4 3 3 5 1 1 87 38
Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-9    Road:    8-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  15-20   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl: 7-15   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sat, May 23  @CHW  L   0-4       19-24  5th  7.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 22  @CHW  L   0-2       19-23  5th  7.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 21  @WSN  L   4-5       19-22  5th  7.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 20  @WSN  W   2-1       19-21  5th  6.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 19  @WSN  W   8-5 (10)  18-21  5th  7.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 18  @WSN  W  12-7       17-21  6th  7.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 17   COL  W  11-4       16-21  6th  7.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 16   COL  W   7-4       15-21  6th  7.0 gb
 35 Fri, May 15   COL  L   1-3       14-21  6th  7.0 gb
 34 Thu, May 14   STL  L   1-5       14-20  6th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
WhiteSox, 19-23, 4th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (30, LHP, 6-1, 2.77)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-1) 52.0 45 17 16 12 33 6 2.77
2008 (15-12) 218.2 240 106 92 52 140 22 3.79
2007 (10-9) 201.0 208 86 81 45 115 22 3.63
Last 7 GS 6-1 47.0 39 15 14 9 30 5 2.68 59
2009-05-19 MIN W 7.0 8 2 1 0 3 1 101 58
2009-05-13 @CLE L 7.0 7 4 4 1 6 2 98 52
2009-05-07 DET W 8.0 1 0 0 2 5 0 110 83
2009-05-01 @TEX W 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 1 81 48
2009-04-25 TOR W 6.0 6 2 2 3 4 0 92 53
2009-04-18 @TBR W 6.2 8 3 3 3 5 0 104 48
2009-04-12 MIN W 6.1 2 1 1 0 5 1 95 70
Last 5 v.PIT 3-0 23.0 20 5 5 4 11 2 1.96 63
2008-06-18 PIT W 8.0 4 2 2 2 3 1 96 67
2007-06-16 @PIT W 8.0 9 1 1 1 4 0 113 63
2006-06-27 @PIT W 7.0 7 2 2 1 4 1 104 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-9    Road:    7-14   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  12-18   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl: 8-9    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Sat, May 23   PIT  W   4-0       19-23  4th  5.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 22   PIT  W   2-0       18-23  4th  6.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 21   MIN  L   1-20      17-23  4th  6.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 20   MIN  W   7-4       17-22  3rd  5.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 19   MIN  W   6-2       16-22  4th  5.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 18  @TOR  L   2-3       15-22  4th  5.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 17  @TOR  L   2-8       15-21  4th  5.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 16  @TOR  L   1-2       15-20  4th  4.0 gb
 34 Fri, May 15  @TOR  L   3-8       15-19  4th  3.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 13  @CLE  L   0-4       15-18  4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 23, 2009 CHW  4  PIT  0        W:Clayton Richard (1-0), L: Ross Ohlendorf (5-4), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2009 CHW  2  PIT  0        W:Gavin Floyd (3-4), L: Zach Duke (5-4), S: Bobby Jenks (10)

Thu, Jun 19, 2008 CHW 13  PIT  8        W:Gavin Floyd (8-3), L: Phil Dumatrait (3-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 18, 2008 CHW  8  PIT  2        W:Mark Buehrle (4-6), L: Tom Gorzelanny (5-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 17, 2008 CHW 16  PIT  5        W:Javier Vazquez (7-5), L: Ian Snell (3-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 17, 2007 PIT  8  CHW  7        W:Shawn Chacon (3-1), L: Nick Masset (2-3), S: Matt Capps (5)
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 CHW  6 @PIT  1        W:Mark Buehrle (4-3), L: John Van Benschoten (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 PIT  4  CHW  2        W:Paul Maholm (3-9), L: Jon Garland (4-4), S: Matt Capps (4)
Thu, Jun 29, 2006 PIT  7  CHW  6        W:Mike Gonzalez (2-3), L: Cliff Politte (1-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 CHW  4 @PIT  3        W:Freddy Garcia (10-4), L: Paul Maholm (2-7), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 2-0; 2008 - CHW won 3-0; 2007 - PIT won 2-1; All-Time - CHW leads 14-8

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

TBR  5.76

LAA  4.79

SDP  3.70

 RA/G

LAD  3.75

ARI  4.72

WSN  6.21

 BA

V. Martinez  .379

  

G. Sizemore  .215

 OBP

C. Beltran  .458

  

J. Rollins  .278

 SLG

A. Pujols  .669

  

O. Cabrera  .300

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.115

  

O. Cabrera  .584

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

U. Jimenez  4.25

R. Nolasco  9.07

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.31

A. Galarraga  6.70

J. Pineiro  3.15

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

Pirates Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.88 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		 39.Gobble*
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
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/39 .306/.346/.429/.775 .500/.880 .890 49/.782 0/1 1/1
16.Hinske* G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· 5/2.100 2/.500 7/.453 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.429 72/67 .238/.333/.317/.651 .400/.671 .610 40/.529 0/0 0/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 72/65 .262/.375/.377/.752 .571/.774 .797 47/.622 1/0 0/1
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.778 3/.000 ··· 178/133 .222/.309/.449/.758 .540/.838 .562 103/.588 0/0 7/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 152/127 .288/.360/.409/.769 .777/.767 .744 93/.839 2/0 2/5
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 164/113 .270/.366/.461/.827 .681/.896 .728 98/.795 6/0 7/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP 44/.923 ··· 5/.200 3/.000 19/.269 9/.222 1/.000 3/1.167 6/.666 57/28 .245/.298/.453/.751 .883/.620 .569 32/.583 0/0 3/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 183/146 .280/.361/.344/.705 .471/.763 .750 96/.614 10/5 0/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 128/114 .267/.313/.392/.704 .593/.718 .523 74/.795 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 182/141 .294/.331/.465/.796 .558/.866 .676 105/.652 3/1 3/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.650 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 77/66 .190/.325/.206/.531 .920/.470 .573 37/.547 0/0 0/1
2.Wilson G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· ··· 14/.357 1/.000 2/.000 11/1.145 2/.000 ··· 99/81 .250/.286/.348/.634 .708/.617 .676 47/.633 1/1 0/5
48.Young# G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 47/34 .333/.404/.405/.809 .748/.831 .685 43/.813 1/0 0/0
IP 52.0 16.0 29.2 14.1 3.1 15.0 16.0 33.0 17.0 TOTAL .256/.326/.389/.715 .618/.741 .654 .665 24/8 27/19
ERA-K/9 2.77/5.7 5.06/5.1 2.73/5.5 0.63/9.4 18.90/13.6 2.40/8.4 1.69/9.0 3.55/6.3 2.12/13.2 4.54/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 211/.236 76/.288 128/.288 61/.163 18/.412 63/.207 68/.254 144/.279 70/.226 .274
OPS .664 .702 .717 .524 1.268 .632 .642 .774 .669 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.651 37/.820 60/.819 16/.542 7/.952 32/.746 32/.677 49/.662 32/.426 .802
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.668 39/.593 68/.632 45/.516 11/1.455 31/.512 36/.611 95/.833 38/.880 .736
Home 128/.582 42/.890 61/.775 27/.350 9/2.167 39/.599 36/.551 60/.786 32/.321
Last 28d days 108/.668 76/.702 81/.751 29/.511 18/1.268 37/.508 39/.641 92/.659 42/.502
HR/SB/CS 6/0/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 0/8/0 2/0/0 2/4/0 0/4/0 3/0/1 1/0/2 38/39/4
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ··X····· X··o·X·X ··X···X· ·o·X··X· X··XX··X X····X·· o··oo··X
WhiteSox Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 56.Veal*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 75/51 .273/.360/.303/.663 .583/.699 .626 25/.330 2/3 0/1
15.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 44/29 .225/.295/.350/.645 .695/.618 .583 26/.574 0/0 0/4
23.Dye G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/2.000 ··· ··· 156/116 .266/.321/.524/.845 .664/.900 .826 83/.776 0/2 11/1
7.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 155/112 .214/.286/.300/.586 .486/.616 .559 81/.438 0/3 2/6
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/100 .243/.302/.304/.606 .644/.596 .664 73/.468 3/1 0/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 166/122 .311/.361/.510/.871 1.050/.809 .801 92/.836 0/0 6/0
44.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 36/21 .212/.278/.303/.581 1.110/.195 .566 21/.333 0/0 0/0
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/17 .194/.302/.389/.691 .626/.794 .646 43/.691 2/0 2/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 127/97 .270/.299/.418/.717 .578/.760 .555 69/.826 1/0 4/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 2/2.500 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· 72/45 .269/.306/.328/.634 .792/.537 .442 72/.634 3/3 0/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 146/110 .222/.322/.444/.766 .672/.796 .753 67/.564 1/0 8/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/104 .224/.269/.328/.597 .888/.482 .724 78/.657 7/1 3/3
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 134/105 .248/.388/.495/.883 1.358/.750 .707 71/.988 0/0 7/
IP 38.0 20.0 14.0 18.0 19.0 15.0 4.1 TOTAL .244/.314/.385/.699 .760/.676 .656 .646 24/15 43/29
ERA-K/9 5.21/3.8 3.15/6.8 7.07/5.8 2.00/7.5 5.21/7.6 3.00/6.0 4.15/8.4 4.10/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 163/.273 84/.191 66/.375 73/.215 91/.325 67/.189 25/.143 .254
OPS .837 .670 .957 .578 .837 .632 .909 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.887 35/.616 30/.972 31/.398 25/.693 23/.596 8/.500 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.793 49/.707 36/.944 42/.718 66/.900 44/.649 17/1.071 .736
Road 73/.906 51/.665 19/.702 41/.755 52/.899 31/.659 9/1.356
Last 28d days 120/.889 57/.750 41/1.272 46/.714 51/1.100 65/.653 7/.429
HR/SB/CS 7/5/1 2/3/0 2/3/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/0 38/27/13
Usage ····X··· ···oX··X ···o·X·o ··oo·X·o ···o·X·o o···X·Xo ········

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.