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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 12-13, 4th, 2½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (26, RHP, 2-2, 5.52)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 29.1 36 19 18 16 26 2 5.52
2008 (17-8) 206.1 190 107 88 70 145 30 3.84
2007 (1-5) 70.0 85 45 41 19 49 17 5.27
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.0 52 25 23 19 38 2 5.05 45
2009-04-29 SEA ND 6.0 10 3 3 2 3 0 110 41
2009-04-24 TOR L 4.1 9 6 5 5 5 0 94 23
2009-04-19 @TBR W 7.0 6 2 2 0 7 1 91 64
2009-04-13 @DET W 5.0 5 6 6 7 2 1 98 28
2009-04-08 KCR L 7.0 6 2 2 2 9 0 96 64
2008-09-29 DET W 6.0 5 2 1 2 8 0 118 62
2008-09-25 @MIN ND 5.2 11 4 4 1 4 0 101 34
Last 5 v.KCR 1-4 32.1 33 17 13 6 29 5 3.62 54
2009-04-08 KCR L 7.0 6 2 2 2 9 0 96 64
2008-09-20 @KCR L 6.1 8 5 5 0 4 3 93 41
2008-07-19 KCR L 6.0 4 3 1 3 6 1 100 59
2008-06-03 KCR W 7.0 6 4 2 0 4 1 97 57
2007-09-18 @KCR L 6.0 9 3 3 1 6 0 98 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-6    Road:    6-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   8-11   vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Mon, May  4  @KCR  L   0-3       12-13  4th  2.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-13
Royals, 15-11, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Kyle Davies (25, RHP, 2-1, 4.85)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 29.2 28 16 16 13 23 4 4.85
2008 (9-7) 113.0 121 57 51 43 71 10 4.06
2007 (7-15) 136.0 155 102 92 70 99 22 6.09
Last 7 GS 4-1 42.2 35 19 19 16 34 5 4.01 54
2009-04-30 TOR W 5.2 7 3 3 3 0 1 89 40
2009-04-25 DET L 5.1 8 7 7 2 2 2 86 24
2009-04-19 @TEX ND 6.0 3 3 3 5 8 1 111 57
2009-04-14 CLE W 5.2 7 3 3 1 5 0 98 47
2009-04-09 @CHW ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 103 77
2008-09-26 @MIN W 6.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 101 66
2008-09-20 CHW W 7.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 101 65
Last 5 v.CHW 2-1 30.0 29 11 11 8 22 4 3.30 54
2009-04-09 @CHW ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 103 77
2008-09-20 CHW W 7.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 101 65
2008-08-14 @CHW L 5.0 9 3 3 2 7 0 100 42
2008-08-02 CHW W 5.1 5 3 3 1 2 2 89 47
2008-07-08 CHW ND 5.2 9 3 3 2 2 1 102 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-6    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-6    vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Mon, May  4   CHW  W   3-0       15-11  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 04, 2009 KCR  3  CHW  0        W:Zack Greinke (6-0), L: Bartolo Colon (2-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 3-1; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 317-277

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

TOR  5.93

NYM  4.75

SFG  3.50

 RA/G

LAD  3.78

TOR  4.71

NYY  6.36

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .40

B. Colon  4.05

J. Contreras  8.31

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  12.36

B. Tallet  6.76

J. Pineiro  2.70

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
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 5/2.400 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.500 3/1.167 4/.250 6/.733 30/19 .310/.333/.483/.816 .818/.813 .824 30/.816 0/0 0/1
23.Dye G/S/vP 18/.896 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 87/.865 0/1 6/1
22.Fields G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 99/75 .256/.354/.360/.714 .708/.706 .670 96/.693 0/1 1/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 67/57 .311/.358/.410/.768 1.375/.673 .883 63/.735 3/0 0/1
14.Konerko G/S/vP 14/1.269 6/.334 12/2.334 9/.583 2/.000 6/.333 6/.333 14/.453 100/77 .300/.360/.478/.838 1.035/.781 .869 97/.844 0/0 3/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/39 .167/.286/.208/.494 .369/.550 .618 57/.494 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .429/.375/.571/.946 1.333/.700 .946 8/.946 0/0 0/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 11/.182 2/.000 9/2.042 9/.889 6/.733 8/.536 7/1.286 11/.384 77/63 .284/.312/.419/.731 .747/.727 .910 74/.733 1/0 3/2
1.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 13/1.007 9/.000 3/.666 8/.453 ··· ··· ··· 15/9 .267/.267/.333/.600 .667/.556 .600 15/.600 0/1 0/1
20.Quentin G/S/vP 12/.639 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.250 5/.800 107/86 .233/.346/.511/.857 1.054/.812 .836 103/.894 0/0 8/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/.693 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 92/69 .214/.261/.286/.547 .666/.506 .453 89/.566 5/1 1/2
25.Thome* G/S/vP 14/1.318 1/no AB 5/2.100 11/1.205 14/.297 5/.400 6/1.917 8/.700 75/66 .224/.307/.448/.754 1.069/.712 .823 71/.663 0/0 4/
IP 29.2 11.1 7.1 7.2 11.0 7.2 8.2 15.2 TOTAL .258/.327/.401/.728 .800/.708 .774 .725 15/8 26/20
ERA-K/9 4.85/7.0 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 3.62/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.255 43/.162 34/.333 36/.303 52/.354 32/.200 39/.143 55/.196 .246
OPS .736 .549 .978 .818 1.029 .483 .599 .568 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.481 21/.393 16/.813 15/.910 25/.655 21/.476 21/.429 25/.492 .643
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 78/.889 22/.703 18/1.125 21/.749 27/1.394 11/.495 18/.708 30/.633 .725
Home 74/.914 24/.477 20/.683 18/.708 31/1.234 8/.500 27/.571 32/.629
Last 28d days 125/.736 43/.549 28/.774 36/.818 52/1.029 32/.483 39/.599 55/.568
HR/SB/CS 4/5/0 1/0/1 2/1/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 19/18/4
Usage ····X··· ··X·oX·· ···X··XX ··X·X·o· ·X·o··X· ·XX····· ···X··X· ·oX·Xo·o
Royals Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Floyd
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 9/.708 3/1.000 3/.000 6/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 6/1.834 1/.000 92/55 .216/.231/.307/.538 .544/.533 .599 88/.548 1/0 1/3
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 6/.834 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 10/.400 6/.167 2/.500 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 91/49 .241/.341/.380/.720 .762/.688 1.013 87/.756 0/0 2/0
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 4/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 92/61 .378/.435/.561/.996 1.129/.920 .863 92/.996 0/0 1/1
2.Crisp# G/S/vP 5/.750 1/.000 11/.364 6/.334 4/1.666 5/1.000 3/.000 7/.686 120/73 .230/.339/.440/.779 .790/.771 .718 115/.798 2/2 2/2
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 18/.952 3/.333 1/2.000 5/.400 11/.909 1/.000 2/1.000 12/.523 100/58 .253/.303/.407/.710 .464/.898 .701 95/.727 0/1 3/0
11.Guillen G/S/vP 18/.402 3/.666 2/2.000 13/.685 5/.000 5/.400 5/1.850 6/.000 54/31 .298/.389/.532/.921 1.085/.799 .892 49/.946 1/0 3/0
46.Hernandez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / / / /
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 91/57 .244/.319/.463/.782 .552/.922 .859 87/.803 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 9/.666 ··· 7/.143 10/.200 3/.000 7/.858 5/1.000 2/2.500 60/31 .211/.250/.368/.618 .881/.368 .460 56/.572 0/1 2/0
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 15/.734 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 10/.000 2/.000 6/.000 13/.802 105/58 .286/.381/.451/.832 .758/.891 .735 100/.813 1/0 3/0
IP 29.1 4.1 16.0 8.1 9.0 9.0 15.0 9.0 TOTAL .257/.335/.432/.767 .801/.743 .767 .772 11/5 26/15
ERA-K/9 5.52/8.0 4.15/2.1 3.38/2.8 0.00/11.9 2.00/8.0 1.00/9.0 4.80/4.2 2.00/14.0 4.62/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 138/.298 21/.350 75/.333 37/.167 38/.176 37/.257 69/.344 37/.235 .283
OPS .801 .781 .765 .464 .616 .640 .954 .738 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.802 9/.819 40/.792 10/.786 19/.845 15/.785 28/.931 20/.463 .846
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.800 12/.750 35/.735 27/.353 19/.387 22/.545 41/.969 17/1.078 .724
Road 53/.731 8/.661 44/.643 17/.508 14/.377 17/.706 39/.858 21/1.151
Last 28d days 138/.801 21/.781 75/.765 33/.526 34/.631 37/.640 63/1.049 37/.738
HR/SB/CS 2/5/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/5/0 1/4/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/0/1 20/24/2
Usage ·····X·· ··X···X· ·XX···X· ·o·o···· ···X·oX· ···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.