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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 1:10pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 42-38, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (26, RHP, 6-5, 4.12)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-5) 102.2 98 51 47 38 81 8 4.12
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 3-1 50.1 36 12 9 13 38 2 1.61 65
2009-06-29 @CLE W 7.2 5 0 0 2 5 0 95 72
2009-06-24 LAD W 6.0 6 3 1 2 3 0 108 53
2009-06-18 @CHC ND 7.0 4 1 1 3 2 0 90 64
2009-06-11 DET ND 8.0 5 1 1 0 5 1 111 73
2009-06-06 CLE W 6.2 5 2 1 1 7 0 105 64
2009-06-01 OAK ND 7.0 4 2 2 3 8 1 107 66
2009-05-27 @LAA L 8.0 7 3 3 2 8 0 102 62
Last 5 v.KCR 1-3 31.1 30 20 16 7 25 7 4.60 50
2009-05-05 @KCR ND 5.0 6 6 6 2 2 2 82 31
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-20   Road:   22-18   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  28-29   vsLHP:  14-9    1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @KCR  W   5-0       42-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2  @KCR  W   4-1       41-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jul  1  @CLE  W   6-2       40-38  2nd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:17-13
Royals, 33-46, 4th, 11 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (25, RHP, 3-3, 4.96)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 45.1 38 27 25 17 18 5 4.96
2008 (6-12) 129.0 143 84 79 47 72 12 5.51
2007 (0-1) 12.2 11 4 3 4 5 1 2.13
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.1 31 19 17 15 17 4 3.53 54
2009-06-29 MIN W 7.0 2 0 0 4 2 0 102 71
2009-06-24 @HOU ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 4 1 93 66
2009-06-18 ARI L 4.0 9 7 6 2 3 0 95 19
2009-06-12 CIN W 9.0 3 1 1 1 3 1 80 79
2009-06-06 @TOR W 6.2 4 2 2 2 3 1 91 59
2009-05-23 @STL L 6.1 7 4 4 2 1 1 92 42
2009-05-17 BAL ND 3.1 3 3 2 3 1 0 70 42
Last 5 v.CHW 0-2 18.2 20 11 11 6 8 2 5.30 45
2008-08-13 @CHW L 7.0 5 3 3 1 4 0 97 58
2008-08-01 CHW L 6.0 10 4 4 0 2 0 93 38
2008-06-04 @CHW ND 5.2 5 4 4 5 2 2 108 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-24   Road:   13-22   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  22-28   vsLHP:  11-18   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:14-20   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  3   CHW  L   0-5       33-46  4th 11.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2   CHW  L   1-4       33-45  4th 10.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1   MIN  L   1-5       33-44  4th  9.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   MIN  L   1-2       33-43  4th  9.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29   MIN  W   4-2       33-42  4th  8.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @PIT  W   3-2       32-42  4th  9.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @PIT  L   2-6       31-42  4th  9.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @PIT  L   3-5       31-41  4th  9.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25  @HOU  L   4-5       31-40  4th  9.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24  @HOU  W   4-3 (11)  31-39  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 CHW  4 @KCR  1        W:Mark Buehrle (8-2), L: Bruce Chen (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (19)
Sun, May 31, 2009 CHW  7 @KCR  4        W:Matt Thornton (2-1), L: John Bale (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (12)
Sat, May 30, 2009 CHW  5 @KCR  3        W:Scott Linebrink (2-2), L: Juan Cruz (3-1), S: Bobby Jenks (11)
Fri, May 29, 2009 CHW 11 @KCR  2        W:Clayton Richard (2-0), L: Brian Bannister (4-2), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 KCR  8  CHW  7 (11)   W:Juan Cruz (2-0), L: Lance Broadway (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 6-4; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 322-278

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  5.53

NYM  4.51

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

SFG  3.74

COL  4.63

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

C. Blake  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .740

C. Barmes  .471

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.200

C. Granderson  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Burnett  3.93

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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WhiteSox Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 49.Bale*
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 56.Colon
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 32.Mahay*
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
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 6/1.917 2/1.500 3/.333 1/.000 190/136 .234/.319/.311/.631 .533/.667 .666 80/.585 2/6 2/2
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 94/70 .265/.344/.386/.730 .920/.661 1.088 88/.783 1/3 2/5
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.250 111/79 .230/.306/.430/.736 .710/.747 .753 21/.786 0/0 5/2
23.Dye G/S/vP 10/.422 3/2.000 13/.322 1/.000 2/.000 14/.714 6/.000 7/.000 13/.564 289/217 .291/.360/.558/.918 .831/.945 .873 90/.988 0/2 18/2
7.Fields G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 2/.500 3/2.667 2/.000 3/1.334 232/166 .234/.317/.366/.683 .806/.637 .704 39/1.015 2/3 6/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 241/200 .247/.304/.342/.647 .610/.654 .700 86/.707 11/1 1/6
14.Konerko G/S/vP 8/.500 2/.500 13/1.371 1/.000 7/.286 9/.583 6/.333 8/.250 17/.494 313/229 .293/.348/.493/.841 1.044/.769 .854 98/.887 0/0 13/1
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 96/41 .244/.313/.523/.836 .945/.685 .962 32/1.010 4/0 6/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 10/.444 4/1.000 11/1.363 2/2.000 3/.333 12/1.083 8/.536 8/1.375 13/.672 252/191 .293/.325/.439/.765 .646/.804 .864 83/.711 1/0 9/4
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 13/.968 2/.000 15/1.148 5/1.200 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 244/176 .309/.362/.404/.766 .793/.755 .840 115/.832 12/7 3/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 5/.800 4/.500 310/235 .272/.325/.403/.728 1.034/.633 .702 109/.931 12/3 10/10
25.Thome* G/S/vP 9/.778 4/.250 6/.833 2/1.500 1/no AB 11/1.205 5/.400 7/1.964 12/.639 245/182 .253/.404/.500/.904 .846/.925 .967 66/1.032 0/0 13/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· 77/67 .191/.257/.279/.536 1.071/.473 .450 38/.712 2/3 0/0
IP 45.1 11.1 12.1 14.0 34.0 26.0 18.2 20.0 36.2 TOTAL .259/.331/.417/.748 .813/.725 .792 .831 53/27 93/66
ERA-K/9 4.96/3.6 7.15/8.8 4.38/5.1 3.21/5.8 4.76/6.6 4.50/8.3 1.93/11.1 4.50/12.2 4.17/6.4 4.30/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.224 52/.279 47/.261 51/.208 137/.229 124/.296 79/.197 90/.236 160/.284 .260
OPS .696 .850 .733 .547 .717 .902 .537 .669 .789 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.768 24/.641 18/.611 20/.689 66/.752 55/.670 39/.453 52/.767 70/.603 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.643 28/1.050 29/.812 31/.459 71/.685 69/1.107 40/.624 38/.541 90/.940 .744
Home 98/.631 29/1.169 23/.670 31/.525 84/.710 77/.865 29/.538 75/.696 106/.818
Last 28d days 132/.565 33/1.001 47/.733 36/.507 40/.850 27/.684 37/.553 12/.900 46/.762
HR/SB/CS 5/6/1 2/1/0 2/0/2 1/1/0 4/1/3 4/0/0 1/0/0 0/4/0 5/1/1 67/54/16
Usage ····X··· ··o·XoX· ·X····X· o·o···o· o··X···X ·Xo····· ····oo·· X·X····· ·X···X·o
Royals Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Floyd
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 8/1.167 4/.250 3/.000 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 208/118 .266/.320/.351/.671 .897/.505 .598 90/.580 14/2 1/5
16.Butler G/S/vP 13/.462 2/.500 5/.600 ··· 8/.250 2/.000 ··· 7/1.286 3/.000 303/198 .289/.340/.443/.783 .924/.712 .910 98/.804 0/0 7/4
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/1.600 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/3.000 289/198 .298/.349/.449/.799 .885/.757 .877 91/.840 1/1 5/10
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 21/.807 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· 11/.909 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 14/.445 314/204 .245/.298/.406/.703 .513/.809 .795 108/.765 1/1 6/0
11.Guillen G/S/vP 21/.501 2/2.000 15/.831 1/4.000 7/.000 5/.400 ··· 8/1.089 6/.000 253/168 .251/.328/.392/.720 .607/.778 .789 86/.633 1/0 8/4
46.Hernandez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 50/30 .174/.208/.174/.382 .485/.315 .485 23/.261 0/0 0/1
7.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/13 .071/.071/.071/.143 .000/.154 .000 10/.200 0/0 0/1
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 3/.667 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 261/176 .226/.307/.410/.717 .556/.795 .741 70/.574 0/0 10/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 134/107 .237/.323/.347/.671 1.006/.586 .809 67/.615 3/1 0/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP 9/.666 7/.143 10/.200 4/.000 3/.000 7/.858 ··· 8/.625 3/1.666 197/115 .258/.281/.516/.796 .746/.833 .723 72/.991 2/1 12/4
3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/31 .325/.349/.475/.824 1.318/.635 .813 35/.840 0/0 1/0
1.Pena G/S/vP 6/.800 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/32 .100/.143/.125/.268 .311/.254 .145 21/.333 0/0 0/4
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 18/.722 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 11/.182 3/.333 ··· 9/.444 15/.829 302/189 .289/.348/.451/.799 .696/.862 .846 90/.884 3/0 9/7
IP 102.2 48.2 30.2 11.0 28.2 30.2 5.0 68.1 31.2 TOTAL .251/.312/.400/.712 .718/.709 .759 .715 40/8 67/67
ERA-K/9 4.12/7.1 2.96/6.1 3.23/11.4 8.18/7.4 3.14/8.8 2.05/8.8 0.00/10.8 4.48/6.9 2.84/11.1 3.98/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 437/.247 208/.268 137/.232 54/.267 117/.216 128/.254 20/.222 301/.278 130/.214 .254
OPS .668 .670 .738 .922 .653 .732 .522 .792 .646 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 223/.633 80/.775 36/.759 24/.733 55/.866 47/.716 7/.571 86/.630 53/.374 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.703 128/.608 101/.730 30/1.073 62/.465 81/.736 13/.490 215/.858 77/.839 .717
Road 213/.735 87/.679 66/.848 18/.347 48/.568 62/.898 10/.425 171/.724 73/.830
Last 28d days 137/.483 60/.774 54/.827 18/1.192 36/.537 45/.842 20/.522 106/.773 44/.729
HR/SB/CS 8/10/0 1/1/1 3/13/0 3/0/0 5/6/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 9/6/3 3/0/2 79/60/9
Usage ····X··· ······X· ····o·X· ········ ·o····o· X····X·· ······o· ···X···· ··X·X··X

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.