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Game Preview: LAD @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Dodgers, 46-24, 1st, 8½ up

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (34, RHP, 1-3, 3.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-3) 28.0 24 13 12 7 21 3 3.86
2008 (9-10) 183.1 181 85 76 42 116 13 3.73
Last 7 GS 1-3 37.0 34 16 15 8 29 3 3.65 53
2009-06-17 OAK L 6.0 7 5 5 0 2 2 91 40
2009-06-12 @TEX L 5.1 8 5 4 0 6 1 92 40
2009-06-06 PHI ND 6.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 94 70
2009-06-01 ARI L 5.0 3 2 2 3 6 0 86 56
2009-04-06 @SDP W 5.2 4 1 1 1 2 0 90 58
2008-09-28 @SFG ND 5.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 67 66
2008-09-20 SFG ND 4.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 93 38
Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-10   Road:   21-14   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  31-17   vsLHP:  15-7    1-Run:  16-7 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 26-10 IL: 7-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Sun, Jun 21  @LAA  W   5-3       46-24  1st  8.0 up
 69 Sat, Jun 20  @LAA  W   6-4       45-24  1st  8.0 up
 68 Fri, Jun 19  @LAA  L   4-5       44-24  1st  8.0 up
 67 Thu, Jun 18   OAK  W   3-2       44-23  1st  9.0 up
 66 Wed, Jun 17   OAK  L   4-5       43-23  1st  8.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 16   OAK  W   5-4 (10)  43-22  1st  8.5 up
 64 Sun, Jun 14  @TEX  W   6-3       42-22  1st  7.0 up
 63 Sat, Jun 13  @TEX  W   3-1       41-22  1st  7.0 up
 62 Fri, Jun 12  @TEX  L   0-6       40-22  1st  7.0 up
 61 Wed, Jun 10   SDP  L   1-3       40-21  1st  7.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
WhiteSox, 33-36, 3rd, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: John Danks (24, LHP, 5-5, 4.48)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-5) 74.1 74 39 37 26 70 10 4.48
2008 (12-9) 195.0 182 74 72 57 159 15 3.32
2007 (6-13) 139.0 160 92 85 54 109 28 5.50
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.0 43 26 24 16 39 6 5.40 47
2009-06-17 @CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 0 9 0 99 72
2009-06-10 DET L 7.1 5 2 2 2 7 1 101 65
2009-06-05 CLE L 5.2 6 5 5 2 4 3 100 39
2009-05-31 @KCR ND 5.1 9 4 4 2 5 0 100 37
2009-05-25 @LAA W 6.0 4 3 3 6 4 0 112 50
2009-05-20 MIN W 5.2 5 4 2 3 7 1 111 51
2009-05-15 @TOR L 3.0 9 7 7 1 3 1 62 15
Last 5 v.LAD 1-0 6.0 4 0 0 4 3 0 0.00 63
2008-06-26 @LAD W 6.0 4 0 0 4 3 0 107 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-18   Road:   17-18   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  23-27   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   6-12
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  7-9  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @CIN  W   4-1       33-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @CIN  W  10-8       32-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @CIN  L   3-4       31-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @CHC  L   5-6       31-35  3rd  4.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @CHC  W   4-1       31-34  3rd  3.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 14  @MIL  W   5-4       30-34  3rd  4.5 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 13  @MIL  W   7-1       29-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 12  @MIL  L   2-7       28-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 11   DET  W   4-3       28-33  3rd  5.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun 10   DET  L   1-2       27-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 26, 2008 CHW  2 @LAD  0        W:John Danks (5-4), L: Clayton Kershaw (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (17)
Wed, Jun 25, 2008 LAD  5  CHW  0        W:Eric Stults (2-0), L: Gavin Floyd (8-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 24, 2008 CHW  6 @LAD  1        W:Mark Buehrle (5-6), L: Derek Lowe (5-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 CHW  4  LAD  3        W:Cliff Politte (5-0), L: Duaner Sanchez (1-3), S: Dustin Hermanson (16)
Sat, Jun 18, 2005 CHW  5  LAD  3        W:Cliff Politte (4-0), L: Yhency Brazoban (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 17, 2005 CHW  6  LAD  0        W:Mark Buehrle (8-1), L: D.J. Houlton (2-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2003 CHW 10 @LAD  3        W:Esteban Loaiza (9-2), L: Odalis Perez (4-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2003 CHW  4 @LAD  1        W:Bartolo Colon (6-5), L: Andy Ashby (0-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2003 LAD  2  CHW  1        W:Kazuhisa Ishii (5-2), L: Mark Buehrle (2-9), S: Eric Gagne (21)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - CHW won 2-1; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - CHW leads 7-2

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  5.65

BAL  4.61

SEA  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.76

MIL  4.62

WSN  5.59

 BA

J. Mauer  .407

L. Castillo  .281

A. Kearns  .190

 OBP

J. Mauer  .475

C. Lee  .354

D. Navarro  .242

 SLG

J. Mauer  .727

B. Roberts  .457

N. Punto  .248

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.202

A. Callaspo  .815

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.96

B. Bergesen  3.94

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.84

C. Pavano  6.50

S. Martis  3.35

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Dodgers Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
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		 49.Poreda*
G/S/vB		 54.Richard*
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Ausmus G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 50/43 .302/.375/.349/.724 1.238/.639 .944 17/.583 1/0 0/0
23.Blake G/S/vP 15/.866 11/.546 10/.900 17/.891 12/.417 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.768 255/188 .300/.365/.520/.885 1.003/.842 .857 80/.732 0/1 10/5
14.Castro G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/.000 12/.533 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 56/46 .347/.411/.449/.860 1.178/.788 .866 15/.481 0/0 1/0
44.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.166 ··· ··· 2/.000 290/204 .268/.359/.468/.827 .656/.901 .668 92/.918 4/2 11/3
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 3/2.667 ··· 16/.327 ··· ··· ··· 274/201 .249/.326/.335/.661 .749/.629 .643 87/.795 4/4 3/8
13.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 10/.422 ··· ··· 2/2.000 320/234 .309/.382/.453/.835 .951/.794 .743 98/.641 5/0 5/4
17.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .250/.400/.250/.650 .333/1.000 .333 5/.650 0/0 0/
27.Kemp G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 285/209 .318/.382/.482/.865 .997/.818 .921 89/.995 18/3 8/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 300/220 .279/.343/.383/.726 .766/.710 .845 97/.709 5/1 4/2
5.Loretta G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 9/.708 ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 96/76 .244/.354/.280/.635 .713/.615 .774 44/.402 0/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 263/191 .248/.365/.302/.667 .729/.643 .664 84/.590 7/3 1/2
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 10/.422 ··· ··· 3/.333 230/165 .337/.392/.433/.825 .994/.761 .923 106/.631 17/5 0/0
IP 74.1 43.2 27.0 10.1 25.0 26.0 2.2 58.0 26.1 TOTAL .279/.358/.408/.766 .817/.749 .764 .694 61/20 51/31
ERA-K/9 4.48/8.5 2.89/5.8 3.33/11.0 6.10/7.0 3.60/8.3 2.42/8.3 0.00/10.0 4.03/7.0 2.05/12.0 4.10/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 320/.258 186/.266 121/.242 48/.244 104/.242 118/.276 10/.125 257/.280 107/.216 .261
OPS .736 .666 .744 .818 .723 .786 .425 .800 .613 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.798 74/.733 29/.924 21/.675 51/.905 44/.738 3/.000 75/.610 43/.313 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 236/.714 112/.624 92/.690 27/.929 53/.546 74/.810 7/.629 182/.883 64/.821 .725
Home 147/.716 99/.654 57/.699 30/1.113 58/.819 56/.661 / 109/.876 43/.358
Last 28d days 107/.736 52/.617 56/.932 27/.571 35/.714 45/.941 10/.425 113/.835 30/.448
HR/SB/CS 10/8/2 1/1/1 2/12/0 2/0/0 5/5/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 8/4/3 2/0/2 72/54/8
Usage ·····X·· ··X····· ··XX···· ········ ·oo··o·· ·Xo·Xo·· ···X···· ··X····· ··o·X···
WhiteSox Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB		 54.Belisario
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 45.Leach*
G/S/vB		 52.McDonald
G/S/vB		 59.Mota
G/S/vB		 38.Troncoso
G/S/vB		 47.Wade
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 166/123 .250/.341/.333/.675 .574/.707 .660 77/.633 2/6 2/2
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/47 .196/.305/.314/.619 .523/.644 .237 59/.619 0/1 1/3
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 104/75 .237/.317/.419/.737 .596/.789 .756 21/.675 0/0 4/2
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 248/188 .264/.339/.514/.852 .667/.907 .830 81/.787 0/2 15/2
7.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 217/156 .227/.306/.320/.625 .650/.615 .574 49/.688 2/3 3/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 207/174 .250/.306/.340/.646 .628/.650 .614 71/.691 9/1 1/6
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 270/200 .288/.337/.461/.798 .995/.731 .749 91/.644 0/0 9/0
5.Nix G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/34 .217/.286/.435/.720 .790/.631 .536 30/.509 3/0 4/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.286 1/.000 ··· 217/168 .289/.327/.441/.768 .620/.813 .613 80/.875 1/0 7/4
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 7/.857 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.858 ··· 4/1.500 200/142 .319/.372/.412/.784 .863/.751 .645 112/.852 10/3 2/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 269/203 .262/.310/.387/.697 .955/.615 .711 108/.775 11/3 8/5
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 210/156 .250/.395/.506/.901 .829/.926 .835 63/.943 0/0 12/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 57/48 .173/.218/.212/.430 1.238/.319 .362 35/.399 0/2 0/0
IP 28.0 42.0 35.1 13.1 18.2 29.0 45.0 25.0 TOTAL .252/.324/.399/.722 .756/.711 .657 .726 44/22 74/49
ERA-K/9 3.86/6.8 2.14/8.4 2.29/14.3 3.38/9.5 6.75/4.3 4.97/4.7 2.20/5.4 4.68/5.8 3.56/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 112/.235 176/.204 137/.131 53/.170 89/.246 130/.284 183/.252 108/.240 .236
OPS .686 .556 .416 .583 .771 .812 .632 .669 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.741 78/.665 74/.314 25/.741 43/.765 52/.738 80/.627 47/.706 .666
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.629 98/.473 63/.530 28/.448 46/.778 78/.855 103/.635 61/.641 .696
Road 46/.761 96/.560 70/.630 21/.357 42/.777 57/1.005 88/.491 35/.712
Last 28d days 90/.726 56/.508 52/.593 25/.247 / 39/.535 61/.806 37/.428
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 2/6/1 1/3/0 0/0/1 2/1/1 3/4/1 2/3/2 1/1/0 48/41/22
Usage ·····X·· ··X·XoX· ·XX···o· ·o·ooX·· ········ ···X·oX· ·oX·o·X· ····o·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.