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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Monday, May 4, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 12-12, 3rd, 1½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Bartolo Colon (36, RHP, 2-1, 4.15)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 21.2 21 11 10 6 12 1 4.15
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 3-2 37.2 39 21 17 10 24 5 4.06 49
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
2008-06-11 BAL W 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 93 64
Last 5 v.KCR 4-1 31.0 35 18 17 5 21 3 4.94 48
2008-05-21 KCR W 5.0 6 2 2 2 4 0 74 49
2007-05-01 @KCR W 5.0 9 5 5 1 5 1 95 33
2006-07-21 @KCR L 6.0 4 4 3 2 1 1 99 49
2005-07-02 @KCR W 7.1 4 3 3 0 5 0 100 63
2005-05-29 KCR W 7.2 12 4 4 0 6 1 99 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   8-10   vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 19 Tue, Apr 28   SEA  W   2-1       10-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26   TOR  L   3-4        9-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25   TOR  W  10-2        9-8   1st    Tied
 16 Fri, Apr 24   TOR  L   0-14       8-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @BAL  L   2-6        8-7   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-12
Royals, 14-11, 1st, ½ up

SP: Zack Greinke (25, RHP, 5-0, 0.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-0) 36.0 24 3 2 8 44 0 0.50
2008 (13-10) 202.1 202 87 78 56 183 21 3.47
2007 (7-7) 122.0 122 52 50 36 106 12 3.69
Last 7 GS 7-0 50.0 30 3 2 11 55 0 0.36 74
2009-04-29 TOR W 7.0 5 2 2 2 8 0 111 65
2009-04-24 DET W 9.0 3 1 0 1 10 0 108 88
2009-04-18 @TEX W 9.0 7 0 0 0 10 0 111 83
2009-04-13 CLE W 5.0 6 0 0 2 9 0 104 62
2009-04-08 @CHW W 6.0 3 0 0 3 7 0 95 70
2008-09-23 @DET W 7.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 107 71
2008-09-18 SEA W 7.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 97 79
Last 5 v.CHW 2-2 28.1 35 18 18 9 26 6 5.72 46
2009-04-08 @CHW W 6.0 3 0 0 3 7 0 95 70
2008-08-03 CHW W 6.1 6 2 2 0 6 0 87 59
2008-07-18 @CHW L 3.0 11 7 7 3 2 1 87 8
2008-07-10 CHW ND 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 1 109 68
2008-06-03 @CHW L 6.0 9 8 8 2 3 4 83 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-6    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-6    vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sun, May  3  @MIN  W   7-5       14-11  1st  0.5 up
 24 Sat, May  2  @MIN  W  10-7 (11)  13-11  1st  0.5 up
 23 Fri, May  1  @MIN  L   5-7       12-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 30   TOR  W   8-6       12-10  1st  0.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 29   TOR  W  11-3       11-10  1st    Tied
 20 Tue, Apr 28   TOR  L   1-8       10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27   TOR  W   7-1       10-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26   DET  L   2-3        9-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25   DET  L   1-9        9-8   1st    Tied
 16 Fri, Apr 24   DET  W   6-1        9-7   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 09, 2009 KCR  2 @CHW  1        W:Ron Mahay (1-0), L: Bobby Jenks (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (2)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 KCR  2 @CHW  0        W:Zack Greinke (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (1)
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 CHW  4  KCR  2        W:Octavio Dotel (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (1)

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 CHW  3 @KCR  0        W:John Danks (11-8), L: Brandon Duckworth (3-2), S: Bobby Jenks (29)
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 KCR  5  CHW  2        W:Kyle Davies (8-7), L: Gavin Floyd (16-8), S: Joakim Soria (41)
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 CHW  9 @KCR  4        W:Mark Buehrle (14-11), L: Brian Bannister (8-16), S: none
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 CHW  9  KCR  2        W:Lance Broadway (1-0), L: Kyle Davies (5-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 CHW  4  KCR  0        W:Mark Buehrle (10-10), L: Luke Hochevar (6-11), S: none
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 CHW  9  KCR  0        W:Javier Vazquez (9-10), L: Brian Bannister (7-11), S: none
Sun, Aug 03, 2008 KCR 14  CHW  3        W:Zack Greinke (9-7), L: Clayton Richard (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 2-1; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 317-276

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

NYY  5.92

KCR  4.76

SFG  3.57

 RA/G

PIT  3.75

CHW  4.79

BAL  6.44

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .50

G. Meche  4.14

J. Contreras  8.31

 K/9IP

R. Harden  13.48

K. Slowey  6.61

J. Saunders  2.56

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB		 52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB		 34.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.500 3/1.167 4/.250 6/.733 29/18 .321/.345/.500/.845 .818/.859 .875 29/.845 0/0 0/1
23.Dye G/S/vP 38/1.143 1/.000 14/.643 14/.714 6/1.000 6/.000 6/.000 10/.744 91/74 .289/.341/.530/.871 .235/.993 1.001 91/.871 0/1 6/1
22.Fields G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 99/75 .256/.354/.360/.714 .708/.706 .670 99/.714 0/1 1/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/53 .333/.381/.439/.820 1.375/.726 .979 63/.820 3/0 0/1
14.Konerko G/S/vP 46/.466 6/.334 12/2.334 9/.583 2/.000 6/.333 6/.333 14/.453 97/74 .310/.371/.494/.865 1.035/.814 .925 97/.865 0/0 3/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/37 .174/.296/.217/.514 .369/.582 .670 55/.514 3/0 0/2
44.Miller G/S/vP ··· 7/1.071 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 22/12 .211/.318/.316/.634 .956/.350 .619 22/.634 0/0 0/0
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .667/.500/.667/1.167 1.333/ 1.167 4/1.167 0/0 0/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 29/.879 2/.000 9/2.042 9/.889 6/.733 8/.536 7/1.286 11/.384 74/60 .268/.297/.408/.706 .747/.697 .879 74/.706 1/0 3/2
1.Podsednik* G/S/vP 23/1.072 13/1.007 9/.000 3/.666 8/.453 ··· ··· ··· 12/6 .167/.167/.167/.333 .667/.000 .333 12/.333 0/0 0/0
20.Quentin G/S/vP 14/1.400 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.250 5/.800 103/82 .244/.359/.535/.894 1.054/.856 .905 103/.894 0/0 8/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/.712 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 89/66 .210/.258/.284/.542 .666/.498 .438 89/.542 5/1 1/2
25.Thome* G/S/vP 23/.970 1/no AB 5/2.100 11/1.205 14/.297 5/.400 6/1.917 8/.700 71/62 .238/.324/.476/.800 1.069/.761 .909 71/.800 0/0 4/
IP 36.0 11.1 7.1 7.2 11.0 7.2 8.2 15.2 TOTAL .260/.332/.406/.738 .800/.720 .796 .738 15/7 26/19
ERA-K/9 0.50/11.0 2.38/4.8 8.59/8.6 5.87/11.7 8.18/6.5 1.17/10.5 1.04/13.4 1.72/6.3 3.77/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 138/.188 43/.162 34/.333 36/.303 52/.354 32/.200 39/.143 55/.196 .248
OPS .491 .549 .978 .818 1.029 .483 .599 .568 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.436 21/.393 16/.813 15/.910 25/.655 21/.476 21/.429 25/.492 .644
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.539 22/.703 18/1.125 21/.749 27/1.394 11/.495 18/.708 30/.633 .740
Home 81/.485 24/.477 20/.683 18/.708 31/1.234 8/.500 27/.571 32/.629
Last 28d days 138/.491 43/.549 34/.978 36/.818 52/1.029 32/.483 39/.599 55/.568
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 1/0/1 2/1/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 19/18/3
Usage ····X··· ·X·oX··o ··X··XX· ·X·X·o·· X·o··X·· XX······ ··X··X·· oX·Xo·o·
Royals Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.79 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 6/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/2.250 1/.000 88/53 .214/.230/.310/.539 .517/.553 .608 88/.539 1/0 1/3
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 14/.923 ··· 7/1.371 3/.333 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 54/23 .372/.462/.558/1.020 1.340/.619 .800 54/1.020 3/1 1/1
14.Buck G/S/vP 12/.000 4/.000 2/.500 4/.250 10/.800 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 57/39 .260/.333/.580/.913 .922/.908 1.299 57/.913 0/0 3/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 5/.400 6/.167 2/.500 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 87/46 .240/.345/.387/.731 .783/.689 1.072 87/.731 0/0 2/0
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 88/58 .380/.432/.570/1.001 1.167/.907 .863 88/1.001 0/0 1/1
2.Crisp# G/S/vP 10/1.200 1/.000 11/.364 6/.334 4/1.666 5/1.000 1/.000 7/.686 115/70 .242/.354/.463/.817 .829/.809 .788 115/.817 2/2 2/2
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 30/1.043 3/.333 1/2.000 5/.400 11/.909 1/.000 1/.000 12/.523 96/55 .241/.295/.368/.663 .426/.850 .590 96/.663 0/1 2/0
11.Guillen G/S/vP 25/.504 3/.666 2/2.000 13/.685 5/.000 5/.400 4/1.750 6/.000 50/28 .289/.360/.533/.893 1.059/.761 .828 50/.893 1/0 3/0
46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / / / /
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 87/54 .228/.299/.443/.742 .570/.847 .786 87/.742 0/0 4/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 27/25 .182/.333/.227/.561 1.500/.470 .862 27/.561 2/0 0/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 7/.143 10/.200 3/.000 7/.858 3/1.000 2/2.500 56/29 .208/.250/.377/.627 .872/.395 .454 56/.627 0/0 2/0
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 15/.771 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 10/.000 2/.000 5/.000 13/.802 101/55 .287/.386/.460/.846 .776/.904 .755 101/.846 1/0 3/0
IP 21.2 4.1 16.0 8.1 9.0 9.0 12.0 9.0 TOTAL .255/.333/.432/.765 .808/.736 .764 .765 11/4 25/15
ERA-K/9 4.15/5.0 4.15/2.1 3.38/2.8 0.00/11.9 2.00/8.0 1.00/9.0 6.00/4.5 2.00/14.0 4.71/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 93/.244 21/.350 75/.333 37/.167 38/.176 37/.257 57/.358 37/.235 .282
OPS .666 .781 .765 .464 .616 .640 1.026 .738 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.705 9/.819 40/.792 10/.786 19/.845 15/.785 25/.965 20/.463 .836
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 41/.618 12/.750 35/.735 27/.353 19/.387 22/.545 32/1.073 17/1.078 .730
Road 43/.995 8/.661 44/.643 17/.508 14/.377 17/.706 27/.963 21/1.151
Last 28d days 93/.666 21/.781 75/.765 37/.464 38/.616 37/.640 57/1.026 37/.738
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/5/0 1/4/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/1 19/24/1
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·· XX···X·· o·o····· ··X·oX·X ··o·X··X ·X······ ·o··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.