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Game Preview: LAD @ CHW, 2:05pm, Thursday, June 25, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Dodgers, 47-25, 1st, 7½ up

SP: Chad Billingsley (24, RHP, 9-3, 2.83)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (9-3) 98.2 81 35 31 44 96 3 2.83
2008 (16-10) 200.2 188 76 70 80 201 14 3.14
2007 (12-5) 147.0 131 56 54 64 141 15 3.31
Last 7 GS 4-2 44.0 44 20 17 20 40 2 3.48 53
2009-06-19 @LAA ND 6.0 6 4 3 5 3 0 112 44
2009-06-14 @TEX W 7.0 5 3 2 1 3 1 97 59
2009-06-09 SDP W 5.2 8 3 3 2 5 0 117 44
2009-06-03 ARI W 6.0 4 0 0 4 9 0 111 69
2009-05-29 @CHC L 7.0 8 2 2 2 7 1 111 58
2009-05-24 LAA L 6.0 9 5 4 1 6 0 108 41
2009-05-19 NYM W 6.1 4 3 3 5 7 0 117 55
Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-10   Road:   22-15   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  31-18   vsLHP:  16-7    1-Run:  16-7 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 26-10 IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Wed, Jun 24  @CHW  L   7-10      47-25  1st  7.5 up
 71 Tue, Jun 23  @CHW  W   5-2       47-24  1st  8.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
WhiteSox, 34-37, 3rd, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Clayton Richard (25, LHP, 2-1, 4.03)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 58.0 63 30 26 28 45 8 4.03
2008 (2-5) 47.2 61 37 32 13 29 5 6.04
Last 7 GS 2-1 38.0 34 18 14 20 33 6 3.32 52
2009-06-20 @CIN ND 3.0 6 5 3 1 4 1 65 34
2009-06-12 @MIL ND 5.0 4 1 0 3 3 0 102 57
2009-06-08 DET ND 4.2 5 3 3 5 4 0 100 41
2009-06-03 OAK L 5.1 7 5 5 4 4 3 94 34
2009-05-29 @KCR W 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 92 65
2009-05-23 PIT W 6.0 4 0 0 3 8 0 107 69
2009-05-18 @TOR ND 7.0 3 2 1 3 3 1 94 65
Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-19   Road:   17-18   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  23-28   vsLHP:  11-9    1-Run:   6-12
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  7-9  IL: 8-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Wed, Jun 24   LAD  W  10-7       34-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   LAD  L   2-5       33-37  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 CHW 10  LAD  7        W:Gavin Floyd (5-5), L: Randy Wolf (3-3), S: Bobby Jenks (18)
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 LAD  5 @CHW  2        W:Hiroki Kuroda (2-3), L: John Danks (5-6), S: Jonathan Broxton (18)

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
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - CHW won 2-1; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - CHW leads 8-3

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  5.60

FLA  4.56

SEA  3.82

 RA/G

SFG  3.80

TBR  4.60

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .394

B. Butler  .283

B. Crosby  .190

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

F. Sanchez  .357

D. Navarro  .240

 SLG

A. Pujols  .707

C. Guzman  .463

N. Punto  .252

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.167

C. Guzman  .819

W. Taveras  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.90

J. Peavy  3.97

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.84

C. Pavano  6.54

S. Martis  3.35

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

Dodgers Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Richard*
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		 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 ··· 12/.500 11/1.011 17/.891 12/.417 2/.000 ··· 8/1.768 263/193 .300/.365/.513/.878 .957/.849 .846 82/.747 0/1 10/5
14.Castro G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 12/.533 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 57/47 .340/.404/.440/.844 1.178/.770 .833 12/.432 0/0 1/0
44.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· 2/.000 299/209 .262/.358/.457/.815 .656/.885 .652 93/.863 4/3 11/3
15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.572 3/2.667 ··· 16/.327 1/.000 1/.000 284/206 .243/.318/.329/.647 .739/.613 .618 93/.735 4/4 3/8
13.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 10/.422 1/.000 3/2.000 330/239 .308/.379/.451/.830 .949/.787 .739 99/.671 6/0 5/4
17.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 9/2 .375/.444/.500/.944 .929/1.000 .929 9/.944 0/0 0/
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 293/213 .313/.379/.485/.864 1.036/.802 .915 89/.985 18/3 9/2
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 308/223 .283/.347/.395/.742 .829/.706 .870 96/.733 5/1 5/2
5.Loretta G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.708 1/no AB 4/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 100/79 .259/.370/.294/.664 .741/.644 .820 44/.450 0/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· 271/195 .249/.365/.301/.667 .687/.658 .664 83/.625 7/3 1/2
9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 5/.800 1/no AB ··· 10/.422 1/.000 4/.250 240/169 .327/.384/.424/.808 .925/.761 .881 107/.559 17/5 0/0
IP 58.0 44.2 27.2 11.0 26.0 26.0 3.2 27.0 TOTAL .278/.357/.408/.765 .817/.746 .760 .693 62/21 53/37
ERA-K/9 4.03/7.0 3.02/5.6 3.25/11.4 8.18/7.4 3.46/8.3 2.42/8.3 0.00/9.7 2.67/11.7 4.13/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 257/.280 190/.267 126/.245 54/.267 107/.235 118/.276 15/.231 111/.220 .260
OPS .800 .670 .752 .922 .702 .786 .564 .631 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.610 77/.751 31/.906 24/.733 53/.870 44/.738 5/.400 44/.305 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 182/.883 113/.618 95/.705 30/1.073 54/.536 74/.810 10/.650 67/.853 .727
Home 109/.876 103/.662 62/.719 36/1.231 61/.779 56/.661 5/.800 47/.419
Last 28d days 113/.835 56/.635 61/.936 33/.794 38/.658 45/.941 15/.564 34/.525
HR/SB/CS 8/4/3 1/1/1 2/13/0 3/0/0 5/5/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 2/0/2 74/55/9
Usage ····X··· o···X··· oo··XX·· X······· o··oo··o ···Xo·Xo ·X···X·· ·o··o·X·
WhiteSox Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 173/128 .245/.333/.325/.658 .545/.694 .627 80/.634 2/6 2/2
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 66/52 .172/.273/.276/.549 .445/.577 .186 66/.549 0/1 1/4
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 104/75 .237/.317/.419/.737 .596/.789 .756 17/.651 0/0 4/2
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 255/193 .273/.345/.533/.878 .793/.903 .882 84/.890 0/2 16/2
7.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 221/158 .237/.314/.359/.672 .756/.640 .673 53/.888 2/3 5/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/177 .246/.301/.335/.637 .628/.638 .591 71/.670 9/1 1/6
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/5.000 277/205 .293/.343/.486/.829 1.018/.765 .816 94/.749 0/0 11/0
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 81/36 .222/.296/.472/.769 .786/.747 .653 31/.704 3/0 5/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.286 1/.000 1/2.000 224/173 .289/.326/.436/.762 .635/.800 .610 83/.848 1/0 7/4
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.750 ··· 5/1.200 209/149 .304/.356/.393/.748 .833/.714 .580 117/.813 10/3 2/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 278/210 .263/.314/.396/.710 1.029/.610 .738 113/.831 11/3 9/6
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 214/160 .244/.388/.494/.882 .829/.900 .800 63/.850 0/0 12/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 58/49 .189/.232/.226/.459 1.238/.354 .410 36/.447 0/2 0/0
IP 98.2 42.0 35.2 13.1 21.1 30.0 45.0 26.0 TOTAL .252/.323/.404/.727 .780/.710 .672 .752 44/22 81/59
ERA-K/9 2.83/8.8 2.14/8.4 2.27/14.4 3.38/9.5 6.33/5.1 4.80/5.1 2.20/5.4 5.88/5.9 3.64/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 406/.237 176/.204 138/.130 53/.170 99/.244 133/.277 183/.252 115/.262 .237
OPS .639 .556 .413 .583 .783 .791 .632 .758 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 233/.679 78/.665 75/.310 25/.741 46/.759 53/.723 80/.627 49/.719 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 173/.584 98/.473 63/.530 28/.448 53/.804 80/.832 103/.635 66/.785 .713
Road 192/.624 96/.560 71/.620 21/.357 52/.798 60/.946 88/.491 42/.935
Last 28d days 135/.705 48/.527 46/.518 25/.247 10/.856 42/.495 51/.792 44/.698
HR/SB/CS 3/2/5 2/6/1 1/3/0 0/0/1 3/1/1 3/4/1 2/3/2 3/1/0 55/41/22
Usage ·····X·· ····X·Xo ·o·XX··· ···o·ooX X······· X····X·o ···oX·o· X·····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.