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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, July 10, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

WhiteSox, 44-41, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (24, LHP, 7-6, 3.76)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-6) 95.2 86 42 40 32 85 11 3.76
2008 (12-9) 195.0 182 74 72 57 159 15 3.32
2007 (6-13) 139.0 160 92 85 54 109 28 5.50
Last 7 GS 3-3 46.2 37 15 15 12 40 5 2.89 60
2009-07-03 @KCR W 7.1 5 0 0 0 5 0 105 73
2009-06-28 CHC W 7.0 4 0 0 4 5 0 110 70
2009-06-23 LAD L 7.0 3 3 3 2 5 1 106 62
2009-06-17 @CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 0 9 0 99 72
2009-06-10 DET L 7.1 5 2 2 2 7 1 101 65
2009-06-05 CLE L 5.2 6 5 5 2 4 3 100 39
2009-05-31 @KCR ND 5.1 9 4 4 2 5 0 100 37
Last 5 v.MIN 3-0 30.2 29 15 12 13 24 2 3.52 52
2009-05-20 MIN W 5.2 5 4 2 3 7 1 111 51
2008-09-30 MIN W 8.0 2 0 0 3 4 0 103 79
2008-07-31 @MIN ND 6.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 102 42
2008-06-09 MIN ND 6.0 8 5 4 3 4 0 97 39
2008-05-08 MIN W 5.0 6 2 2 2 5 0 89 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-21   Road:   22-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  28-31   vsLHP:  16-10   1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Thu, Jul  9   CLE  L   8-10      44-41  2nd  2.5 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  8   CLE  W   5-1       44-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7   CLE  W  10-6       43-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @KCR  L   3-6       42-40  3rd  2.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @KCR  L   4-6       42-39  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Twins, 43-43, 3rd, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (27, RHP, 7-4, 2.94)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-4) 116.1 120 46 38 28 51 10 2.94
2008 (11-11) 193.1 224 102 87 39 96 23 4.05
2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71
Last 7 GS 3-2 53.0 53 16 13 9 19 6 2.21 58
2009-07-05 DET W 9.0 7 2 1 1 6 1 109 72
2009-06-29 @KCR L 6.0 10 3 2 1 4 2 103 45
2009-06-24 @MIL L 8.0 11 4 3 1 2 0 97 47
2009-06-18 PIT W 9.0 6 1 1 1 2 0 107 72
2009-06-11 @OAK ND 8.0 6 3 3 3 3 1 97 58
2009-06-06 @SEA ND 7.0 6 1 1 1 1 0 98 61
2009-05-31 @TBR W 6.0 7 2 2 1 1 2 98 50
Last 5 v.CHW 2-3 28.1 30 14 13 9 8 4 4.13 47
2009-05-21 @CHW W 7.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 82 68
2009-04-12 @CHW L 6.0 6 4 3 1 1 1 95 46
2008-09-30 @CHW L 6.1 4 1 1 3 3 1 89 61
2008-09-24 CHW W 5.0 8 2 2 2 2 1 84 43
2008-06-06 @CHW L 4.0 8 7 7 0 0 1 56 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-19   Road:   17-24   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  31-26   vsLHP:  12-17   1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:15-11   vsWest: 10-7  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Thu, Jul  9   NYY  L   4-6       43-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  8   NYY  L   3-4       43-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  7   NYY  L   2-10      43-41  3rd  2.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  5   DET  W   6-2       43-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  4   DET  W   4-3       42-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  3   DET  L   9-11(16)  41-40  3rd  4.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1  @KCR  W   5-1       41-39  2nd  3.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30  @KCR  W   2-1       40-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29  @KCR  L   2-4       39-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28  @STL  W   6-2       39-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 21, 2009 MIN 20 @CHW  1        W:Nick Blackburn (3-2), L: Bartolo Colon (2-4), S: none
Wed, May 20, 2009 CHW  7  MIN  4        W:John Danks (3-3), L: Francisco Liriano (2-5), S: Bobby Jenks (9)
Tue, May 19, 2009 CHW  6  MIN  2        W:Mark Buehrle (6-1), L: Scott Baker (1-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 CHW  6  MIN  1        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Nick Blackburn (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (2)
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 CHW  8  MIN  0        W:Bartolo Colon (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 MIN 12 @CHW  5        W:R.A. Dickey (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-1), S: none

Tue, Sep 30, 2008 CHW  1  MIN  0        W:John Danks (12-9), L: Nick Blackburn (11-11), S: Bobby Jenks (30)
Thu, Sep 25, 2008 MIN  7  CHW  6 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (1-2), L: Bobby Jenks (3-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Nick Blackburn (11-10), L: Mark Buehrle (14-12), S: Joe Nathan (39)
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 MIN  9  CHW  3        W:Scott Baker (10-4), L: Javier Vazquez (12-15), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 4-2; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1067-969

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  5.61

CHW  4.52

SDP  3.81

 RA/G

SFG  3.69

TOR  4.59

WSN  5.63

 BA

J. Mauer  .388

B. Gardner  .287

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .462

M. Cameron  .362

D. Navarro  .252

 SLG

A. Pujols  .725

M. Diaz  .474

N. Punto  .240

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.184

I. Kinsler  .827

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.12

B. Bannister  3.87

B. Arroyo  5.85

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.01

R. Wolf  6.81

J. Garland  3.46

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB		 39.Dickey
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 44.Keppel
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 7/.310 ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· 201/142 .226/.312/.305/.617 .483/.669 .691 68/.513 2/6 2/2
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/84 .257/.327/.406/.733 .795/.712 1.037 88/.886 1/3 3/6
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/83 .219/.305/.410/.715 .686/.727 .740 21/.786 0/0 5/2
23.Dye G/S/vP 23/.535 13/1.385 ··· 15/1.082 ··· ··· 15/1.300 ··· 310/232 .297/.368/.572/.940 .859/.966 .910 84/1.098 0/2 20/3
7.Fields G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 239/170 .226/.308/.354/.662 .767/.621 .679 29/.827 2/3 6/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 252/211 .245/.303/.336/.639 .610/.645 .683 74/.723 13/1 1/6
14.Konerko G/S/vP 20/.200 11/1.555 1/.000 19/.564 ··· 1/.000 15/.277 ··· 329/240 .304/.356/.527/.883 1.092/.808 .855 89/1.045 0/0 16/1
5.Nix G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 110/49 .230/.291/.470/.761 .881/.609 .862 39/.875 4/0 6/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 19/.757 9/1.556 2/.000 14/.308 ··· 1/.000 12/.432 ··· 265/200 .302/.332/.456/.788 .637/.839 .910 76/.835 1/0 10/4
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 13/.321 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 267/193 .310/.368/.401/.769 .773/.768 .840 105/.812 13/7 3/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/1.059 3/2.667 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 326/245 .279/.330/.421/.751 1.044/.656 .709 94/1.005 12/3 11/10
25.Thome* G/S/vP 22/1.233 4/.250 1/.000 12/.750 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 258/191 .252/.399/.485/.885 .846/.898 .925 54/.738 0/0 13/
31.Wise* G/S/vP 8/.661 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 88/78 .203/.259/.291/.550 1.071/.498 .508 45/.761 2/3 0/0
IP 116.1 54.0 9.1 38.2 11.1 27.1 33.1 32.0 TOTAL .261/.331/.422/.753 .804/.735 .792 .853 54/29 101/67
ERA-K/9 2.94/3.9 2.83/6.3 6.75/3.9 2.56/6.0 0.00/4.8 1.98/7.3 1.35/11.6 4.50/5.1 4.29/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 488/.263 228/.279 38/.161 147/.200 45/.158 111/.216 123/.157 141/.276 .264
OPS .697 .777 .644 .587 .552 .649 .457 .737 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 259/.804 97/.654 15/.421 51/.475 28/.655 46/.346 59/.634 69/.680 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.576 131/.864 23/.804 96/.646 17/.378 65/.864 64/.302 72/.790 .728
Home 208/.613 123/.879 27/.582 78/.688 19/.498 56/.617 67/.323 96/.819
Last 28d days 134/.661 76/.797 27/.582 39/.660 45/.552 29/.584 34/.218 48/.660
HR/SB/CS 10/6/2 5/2/1 2/0/1 5/2/1 0/0/1 3/1/0 2/3/0 3/1/0 96/52/21
Usage ····X··· X·X···X· ··X···X· o····oX· ·X····o· Xo····X· ·····oX· ·X······
Twins Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB		 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB		 26.Dotel
G/S/vB		 45.Jenks
G/S/vB		 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB		 57.Pena
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
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 118/101 .206/.339/.309/.648 .710/.638 .674 25/.800 0/0 2/0
24.Crede G/S/vP 3/2.667 10/.800 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 266/191 .230/.297/.435/.732 .593/.786 .743 83/.644 0/0 12/2
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 20/1.383 8/.393 5/.400 13/.672 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 10/.522 328/242 .273/.354/.516/.869 .985/.827 1.026 91/1.018 4/1 14/4
22.Gomez G/S/vP 16/.393 3/.666 4/.500 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 197/127 .218/.277/.318/.595 .589/.599 .488 59/.646 7/4 1/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 19/.974 2/.000 8/1.025 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 5/.900 282/184 .265/.309/.365/.674 .648/.688 .783 104/.562 0/0 4/6
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 13/1.262 2/.000 1/5.000 6/.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 7/.286 287/214 .305/.362/.531/.893 .470/1.038 .936 77/.865 0/1 14/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 20/1.050 8/.750 ··· 12/.633 4/.250 ··· ··· 5/.800 18/.513 264/167 .388/.462/.656/1.118 .989/1.194 1.302 97/.918 1/1 15/2
58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 71/57 .338/.394/.400/.794 1.000/.746 .555 12/.583 0/0 0/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 26/1.319 12/.750 3/2.334 15/.204 4/1.250 ··· ··· 6/2.167 18/.334 370/237 .317/.395/.589/.984 .970/.990 1.091 97/.828 0/0 21/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP 15/.277 12/.334 2/.500 5/.733 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 16/.544 208/155 .216/.328/.240/.568 .594/.549 .590 58/.747 7/1 0/5
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 8/.929 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 91/60 .229/.297/.277/.574 .757/.482 .505 14/.071 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 10/.667 3/2.333 1/no AB 3/2.167 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/.200 3/.500 324/228 .292/.377/.383/.760 .922/.692 .869 60/.737 14/5 4/2
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 149/109 .183/.273/.230/.503 .599/.466 .413 38/.452 4/0 1/2
21.Young G/S/vP 12/.583 2/1.000 8/.125 5/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 5/.400 199/131 .270/.296/.349/.646 .649/.644 .591 55/.827 2/2 3/2
IP 95.2 53.0 34.1 28.2 31.2 35.0 10.0 73.0 35.1 TOTAL .269/.341/.421/.762 .749/.768 .806 .737 41/15 90/38
ERA-K/9 3.76/8.0 3.91/5.8 3.15/11.8 3.14/8.8 1.99/8.8 4.11/6.9 0.90/9.9 5.42/6.9 2.55/11.0 3.98/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 402/.238 222/.274 144/.229 117/.216 136/.248 153/.295 32/.241 320/.288 139/.214 .255
OPS .685 .712 .749 .653 .712 .766 .554 .804 .632 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.741 87/.814 39/.893 55/.866 51/.655 72/.927 10/.944 93/.644 56/.390 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 296/.665 135/.650 105/.699 62/.465 85/.742 81/.629 22/.377 227/.871 83/.800 .710
Road 201/.695 98/.726 73/.858 48/.568 67/.882 79/.862 14/.452 190/.751 78/.827
Last 28d days 108/.471 50/.991 44/.927 28/.365 41/.699 31/1.176 32/.554 101/.821 45/.686
HR/SB/CS 11/9/3 3/1/2 4/13/0 5/6/0 4/6/0 3/1/2 0/0/0 9/6/3 3/0/2 85/63/11
Usage ······X· X·o·X··· X····X·· ·······o ·X····X· o···oo·· X·X·o··· X···X··· oo···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.