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Game Preview: CHW @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @Jacobs Field

WhiteSox, 39-38, 2nd, 4 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jose Contreras (37, RHP, 2-7, 5.19)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-7)			59.0	59	38	34	20	38	7	5.19
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		2-4	43.1	40	23	20	9	29	4	4.15	52
2009-06-26	CHC	L	7.1	7	5	4	1	8	2	103	53
2009-06-19	@CIN	L	6.0	9	3	3	0	2	1	100	44
2009-06-13	@MIL	W	8.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	107	84
2009-06-08	DET	W	8.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	115	82
2009-05-08	TEX	L	3.2	6	5	3	2	3	0	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

Last 5 v.CLE		2-2	24.2	22	15	11	16	19	2	4.01	49
2008-07-02	CLE	ND	6.0	6	4	3	4	6	1	115	48
2008-05-20	CLE	W	6.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	99	64
2007-09-02	@CLE	W	6.2	4	0	0	6	5	0	110	65
2007-04-15	@CLE	L	5.0	1	2	0	5	3	0	101	59
2007-04-02	CLE	L	1.0	7	8	7	1	1	1	48	9

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

 Home:   20-20   Road:   19-18   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  27-29   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Tue, Jun 30  @CLE  W  11-4  (7)  39-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @CLE  W   6-3       38-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   CHC  W   6-0       37-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   CHC  W   8-7       36-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   CHC  L   4-5       35-38  3rd  6.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   LAD  W   6-5 (13)  35-37  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Indians, 31-48, 5th, 13 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Sowers (26, LHP, 2-5, 5.44)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-5)			46.1	49	29	28	22	24	5	5.44
2008 (4-9)			121.0	141	84	75	39	64	18	5.58
2007 (1-6)			67.1	84	49	48	21	24	10	6.42

Last 7 GS		1-4	36.1	39	22	21	18	22	5	5.20	45
2009-06-26	CIN	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	106	62
2009-06-21	@CHC	L	4.1	7	6	6	4	1	1	77	22
2009-06-16	MIL	L	5.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	99	45
2009-06-11	KCR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	99	48
2009-06-06	@CHW	L	6.0	5	3	2	2	5	1	92	55
2009-06-01	NYY	ND	5.0	3	1	1	5	3	0	85	55
2009-05-12	CHW	L	4.0	7	5	5	3	3	3	85	28

Last 5 v.CHW		0-4	24.1	24	22	16	13	16	8	5.92	42
2009-06-06	@CHW	L	6.0	5	3	2	2	5	1	92	55
2009-05-12	CHW	L	4.0	7	5	5	3	3	3	85	28
2008-09-03	CHW	L	5.1	6	4	4	1	5	2	92	44
2008-06-30	@CHW	L	3.0	5	8	3	2	2	2	63	27
2007-04-05	@CHW	ND	6.0	1	2	2	5	1	0	92	58

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

 Home:   17-23   Road:   14-25   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  24-39   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Tue, Jun 30   CHW  L   4-11 (7)  31-48  5th 13.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   CHW  L   3-6       31-47  5th 12.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28   CIN  L   1-8       31-46  5th 12.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27   CIN  L   3-7       31-45  5th 11.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26   CIN  W   9-2       31-44  5th 11.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25  @PIT  L   2-3       30-44  5th 12.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24  @PIT  L   6-10      30-43  5th 11.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23  @PIT  W   5-4       30-42  5th 10.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 21  @CHC  L   2-6       29-42  5th 10.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 20  @CHC  L   5-6 (13)  29-41  5th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 CHW  6 @CLE  3        W:Gavin Floyd (6-5), L: Carl Pavano (6-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 CLE  8 @CHW  4        W:David Huff (1-2), L: Bartolo Colon (3-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 CHW  4  CLE  2        W:Gavin Floyd (4-5), L: Jeremy Sowers (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (13)
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 CLE  6 @CHW  0        W:Carl Pavano (6-4), L: John Danks (4-4), S: none
Wed, May 13, 2009 CLE  4  CHW  0        W:Cliff Lee (2-5), L: Mark Buehrle (5-1), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 CHW  7 @CLE  4        W:D.J. Carrasco (1-0), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (8)
Mon, May 11, 2009 CLE  9  CHW  4        W:Carl Pavano (3-3), L: Gavin Floyd (2-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 28, 2008 CHW  5  CLE  1        W:Mark Buehrle (15-12), L: Bryan Bullington (0-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 CLE 12 @CHW  6        W:Zach Jackson (2-3), L: Javier Vazquez (12-16), S: none
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 CLE 11 @CHW  8        W:Scott Lewis (4-0), L: John Danks (11-9), S: Jensen Lewis (13)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 4-4; 2008 - CHW won 11-7; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 1009-973

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 5.62

NYM 4.52

SDP 3.83

RA/G

SFG 3.76

TEX 4.61

WSN 5.65

J. Mauer .386

J. Willingham .284

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .459

M. Reynolds .358

D. Navarro .240

SLG

A. Pujols .721

M. Lowell .470

N. Punto .247

OPS

A. Pujols 1.171

N. Markakis .814

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.95

L. Hernandez 4.04

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.80

D. Bush 6.56

J. Garland 3.33

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WhiteSox Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Sowers*
G/S/vB 20.Gosling*
G/S/vB 40.Herges
G/S/vB 58.Huff*
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 47.Veras
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/3.000 178/133 .237/.324/.314/.638 .545/.667 .686 73/.552 2/6 2/2

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 82/67 .239/.333/.324/.657 .497/.693 1.053 82/.657 1/3 2/5

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 107/78 .229/.308/.406/.715 .596/.757 .718 20/.544 0/0 4/2

23.Dye G/S/vP 11/.697 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 1/no AB 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.417 277/215 .287/.357/.563/.920 .793/.954 .873 86/.970 0/2 18/2

7.Fields G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 228/165 .233/.314/.351/.666 .756/.633 .670 43/.828 2/3 6/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 232/197 .243/.303/.338/.641 .629/.643 .694 80/.688 11/1 1/6

14.Konerko G/S/vP 11/.404 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 10/.422 1/no AB ··· ··· 15/1.283 301/227 .286/.342/.480/.822 1.040/.753 .817 98/.794 0/0 13/1

5.Nix G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/38 .219/.301/.466/.767 .786/.744 .872 25/.715 4/0 5/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 7/.971 244/190 .290/.324/.437/.761 .599/.808 .863 82/.720 1/0 8/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 18/.977 235/174 .313/.368/.411/.779 .819/.765 .871 118/.846 12/5 3/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 302/234 .264/.317/.399/.715 1.029/.627 .676 113/.877 11/3 10/10

25.Thome* G/S/vP 11/2.386 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 15/.134 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.250 237/181 .241/.397/.492/.889 .796/.918 .939 66/.892 0/0 13/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/1.250 77/67 .191/.257/.279/.536 1.071/.473 .450 46/.654 2/2 0/0

IP 46.1 6.2 25.1 46.0 24.1 23.1 11.2 16.0 27.0 26.1 TOTAL .254/.328/.409/.737 .775/.725 .774 .770 52/26 88/66

ERA-K/9

5.44/4.7

6.75/5.4

3.55/6.4

6.26/5.1

5.55/11.1

9.26/7.7

3.09/10.8

4.50/9.6

5.67/6.7

5.47/10.3

5.27/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 207/.272 19/.294 102/.229 207/.289 113/.209 118/.375 49/.135 75/.254 122/.225 116/.255 .276

OPS .788 .780 .663 .855 .706 1.001 .712 .725 .783 .836 .795

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.756 7/.929 46/.755 73/1.039 35/.829 53/1.138 26/.709 21/.770 56/.885 62/.782 .828

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.800 12/.697 56/.589 134/.758 78/.651 65/.892 23/.704 54/.707 66/.685 54/.901 .771

Home 134/.713 12/.871 54/.605 94/.794 55/.832 56/1.046 26/.360 52/.816 80/.646 60/.623

Last 28d days 122/.732 19/.780 41/.990 128/.718 39/.986 56/.883 11/.582 44/.709 21/.588 36/.628

HR/SB/CS 5/4/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 8/3/0 3/2/2 2/4/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 5/5/0 89/65/12

Usage ····X··· X··X···· o··X·o·X ··X····X ·X··o·o· ··X··oX· ·X··o·o· ··X··Xo· ·o·o···· ··o····X

Indians Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Contreras
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 6/.833 2/1.500 4/.500 6/.334 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/1.000 6/1.000 236/168 .313/.371/.422/.792 .540/.906 .674 5/.400 7/1 2/3

11.Carroll G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/2.000 4/2.667 5/1.000 3/2.000 9/.625 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 144/121 .279/.380/.352/.733 .908/.700 .551 97/.695 0/2 0/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 3/.667 ··· 6/.900 7/1.286 335/238 .296/.406/.455/.861 .769/.898 .850 106/.818 12/0 10/4

12.Francisco G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.833 3/.000 1/.000 6/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/2.000 268/221 .225/.303/.356/.659 .715/.648 .658 84/.402 11/1 5/1

25.Garko G/S/vP 13/.558 3/2.334 7/.714 3/.333 8/1.125 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 8/1.196 199/153 .260/.355/.444/.799 .966/.747 .890 57/.906 0/0 8/3

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/28 .276/.382/.517/.900 .533/.976 .432 34/.900 0/0 2/0

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 32/.469 7/.486 5/2.000 29/.837 5/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 15/.718 123/100 .283/.382/.557/.939 1.014/.919 .930 50/.981 0/0 8/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 29/.327 12/1.367 8/.125 32/.583 6/.833 6/.334 ··· 4/1.750 18/.856 339/246 .316/.395/.527/.922 .937/.920 .907 104/.765 0/0 14/3

2.Peralta G/S/vP 24/.651 11/1.101 6/.666 12/.969 9/.222 5/.800 ··· 6/.900 11/.273 293/222 .265/.344/.373/.717 .669/.732 .685 91/.811 0/0 4/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.200 4/.833 6/.533 2/1.500 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 174/143 .203/.331/.378/.709 1.042/.643 .583 58/.725 0/0 6/3

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 34/1.102 8/.536 6/1.334 23/.761 7/.929 7/1.286 ··· 7/.572 18/1.165 263/183 .226/.314/.426/.740 .774/.726 .630 28/.857 7/7 10/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/135 .195/.260/.368/.629 .582/.633 .476 91/.666 1/1 4/5

IP 59.0 48.2 30.2 11.0 28.0 29.0 5.0 68.1 30.2 TOTAL .261/.346/.417/.763 .798/.753 .725 .738 42/14 86/50

ERA-K/9

5.19/5.8

2.96/6.1

3.23/11.4

8.18/7.4

3.21/9.0

2.17/9.3

0.00/10.8

4.48/6.9

2.93/10.8

4.03/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 259/.252 208/.268 137/.232 54/.267 115/.220 128/.254 20/.222 278/.286 126/.219 .256

OPS .750 .670 .738 .922 .665 .732 .522 .810 .656 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.784 80/.775 36/.759 24/.733 55/.866 47/.716 7/.571 78/.611 51/.365 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.719 128/.608 101/.730 30/1.073 60/.481 81/.736 13/.490 200/.890 75/.863 .726

Road 127/.821 87/.679 66/.848 18/.347 46/.594 62/.898 10/.425 148/.746 69/.859

Last 28d days 111/.530 69/.664 63/.935 22/.939 39/.626 49/.842 20/.522 108/.919 40/.769

HR/SB/CS 7/6/0 1/1/1 3/13/0 3/0/0 5/6/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 8/6/3 3/0/2 78/60/9

Usage ····X··· ···X·Xo· ·o·X·Xoo ······X· ···o·Xo· ··X··X·· ···o·o·X X····X·· ·X··Xo·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.