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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, July 11, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

WhiteSox, 44-42, 2nd, 3½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (26, RHP, 6-6, 4.33)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-6) 108.0 102 56 52 41 85 8 4.33
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 47.2 33 14 11 14 34 2 2.08 62
2009-07-04 @KCR L 5.1 4 5 5 3 4 0 96 41
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
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 34.2 28 11 10 9 22 2 2.60 59
2008-09-25 @MIN ND 5.2 11 4 4 1 4 0 101 34
2008-07-30 @MIN W 7.2 5 1 1 1 4 0 101 68
2008-06-08 MIN W 7.0 6 2 2 1 9 1 90 65
2008-05-06 MIN W 8.1 1 1 0 3 4 0 105 80
2008-04-29 @MIN L 6.0 5 3 3 3 1 1 99 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-21   Road:   22-21   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  28-32   vsLHP:  16-10   1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:21-18   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Fri, Jul 10  @MIN  L   4-6       44-42  2nd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Twins, 44-43, 3rd, 4 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Glen Perkins (26, LHP, 4-4, 4.38)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-4) 74.0 80 36 36 14 35 7 4.38
2008 (12-4) 151.0 183 81 74 39 74 25 4.41
2007 (0-0) 28.2 23 10 10 12 20 2 3.14
Last 7 GS 3-2 39.0 47 23 23 8 15 6 5.31 45
2009-07-01 @KCR W 7.0 10 1 1 0 1 0 92 54
2009-06-26 @STL W 7.0 4 1 1 0 3 0 82 68
2009-06-21 HOU L 7.0 9 4 4 1 1 0 91 43
2009-06-16 PIT W 6.0 7 2 2 1 4 1 87 53
2009-05-18 @NYY L 0.2 7 6 6 0 0 2 34 14
2009-05-13 DET ND 5.1 5 5 5 4 4 1 83 38
2009-05-07 @BAL ND 6.0 5 4 4 2 2 2 101 46
Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 11.1 12 7 7 5 7 2 5.56 45
2008-07-29 CHW W 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 98 44
2008-06-09 @CHW ND 5.1 5 3 3 3 3 1 93 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-19   Road:   17-24   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  31-26   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 10-7  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Fri, Jul 10   CHW  W   6-4       44-43  3rd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

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 4-3; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1067-970

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  4.56

SDP  3.80

 RA/G

SFG  3.68

COL  4.59

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .389

A. Rowand  .288

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .461

W. Harris  .362

D. Navarro  .252

 SLG

A. Pujols  .723

M. Diaz  .474

N. Punto  .234

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.181

R. Cano  .827

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.12

B. Bannister  3.87

J. Moyer  5.99

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.01

D. Davis  6.75

J. Garland  3.46

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WhiteSox Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 30.Baker
G/S/vB		 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		 47.Liriano*
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 3/1.666 4/.000 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 7/.310 ··· 5/.200 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· 201/142 .226/.312/.305/.617 .483/.669 .691 64/.547 2/6 2/2
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/87 .245/.314/.387/.700 .741/.686 1.037 89/.875 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 8/.250 19/.505 23/.535 13/1.385 ··· 15/1.082 ··· 10/.856 ··· 15/1.300 ··· 315/234 .300/.371/.571/.943 .878/.964 .910 85/1.109 0/2 20/3
7.Fields G/S/vP 3/1.667 10/.222 4/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 7/.286 ··· 5/1.350 1/.000 ··· ··· 239/170 .226/.308/.354/.662 .767/.621 .679 25/.983 2/3 6/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 6/.334 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 257/212 .258/.316/.352/.668 .748/.651 .683 75/.831 13/1 1/6
14.Konerko G/S/vP 9/.555 21/1.318 20/.200 11/1.555 1/.000 19/.564 ··· 9/1.333 1/.000 15/.277 ··· 334/242 .304/.359/.525/.884 1.096/.807 .855 94/1.045 0/0 16/1
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 114/49 .231/.289/.462/.751 .856/.609 .862 43/.839 4/0 6/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/.000 15/.534 19/.757 9/1.556 2/.000 14/.308 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 12/.432 ··· 270/201 .304/.333/.467/.800 .702/.835 .910 77/.851 1/0 10/4
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 1/.000 9/1.413 3/1.167 ··· ··· 13/.321 ··· 8/.661 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 273/196 .310/.368/.399/.767 .769/.766 .840 107/.776 13/7 3/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.833 8/.625 13/1.059 3/2.667 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/1.800 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 331/247 .275/.325/.414/.739 1.004/.651 .709 95/.937 12/3 11/10
25.Thome* G/S/vP 8/.708 21/.654 22/1.233 4/.250 1/.000 12/.750 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 263/193 .254/.403/.483/.886 .859/.896 .925 58/.769 0/0 13/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 8/.661 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 89/79 .200/.256/.288/.543 1.071/.491 .508 46/.743 2/3 0/0
IP 74.0 95.0 123.1 54.0 9.1 39.2 11.1 102.0 27.1 34.1 32.0 TOTAL .262/.333/.422/.754 .813/.733 .792 .859 56/29 102/70
ERA-K/9 4.38/4.3 5.31/7.4 3.06/3.9 2.83/6.3 6.75/3.9 2.50/6.1 0.00/4.8 5.47/8.2 1.98/7.3 1.31/11.3 4.50/5.1 4.28/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 307/.276 394/.259 488/.263 235/.274 38/.161 148/.199 45/.158 450/.270 116/.208 123/.157 141/.276 .264
OPS .721 .760 .697 .762 .644 .583 .552 .807 .631 .457 .737 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.904 192/.673 259/.804 101/.626 15/.421 52/.466 28/.655 103/.641 48/.330 59/.634 69/.680 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.670 202/.840 229/.576 134/.860 23/.804 96/.646 17/.378 347/.856 68/.846 64/.302 72/.790 .729
Home 198/.655 222/.730 208/.613 130/.845 27/.582 79/.679 19/.498 203/.817 61/.587 67/.323 96/.819
Last 28d days 108/.677 116/.750 134/.661 83/.752 27/.582 38/.624 45/.552 136/.736 32/.526 31/.240 48/.660
HR/SB/CS 7/4/0 17/4/1 10/6/2 5/2/1 2/0/1 5/2/1 0/0/1 14/12/7 3/1/0 2/3/0 3/1/0 97/53/22
Usage ········ ···X···· X····X·· ·X·X···X ···X···X oo····oX ··X····o ·X····X· ·Xo····X X·····oX ··X·····
Twins Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB		 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB		 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB		 52.Contreras
G/S/vB		 50.Danks*
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 9/.347 ··· 3/.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 122/105 .210/.344/.310/.654 .710/.645 .683 29/.805 0/0 2/0
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 10/.800 9/1.587 3/2.667 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 266/191 .230/.297/.435/.732 .593/.786 .743 78/.661 0/0 12/2
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 15/.904 77/.838 8/.393 28/.481 20/1.383 5/.400 13/.672 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 10/.522 332/246 .274/.355/.517/.873 .985/.832 1.029 90/1.030 4/1 14/4
22.Gomez G/S/vP 17/1.042 16/1.125 3/.666 ··· 16/.393 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 15/.354 24/.565 2/.000 3/1.000 19/.974 8/1.025 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 5/.900 283/185 .268/.311/.368/.679 .648/.695 .792 100/.543 0/0 4/6
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 21/.965 4/.250 2/.000 15/1.257 13/1.262 1/5.000 6/.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 7/.286 291/217 .306/.364/.540/.904 .464/1.055 .957 76/.850 0/1 14/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 22/.935 26/.551 8/.750 23/1.004 20/1.050 ··· 12/.633 4/.250 ··· ··· 5/.800 18/.513 269/171 .389/.461/.651/1.112 1.000/1.176 1.280 97/.877 1/1 15/2
58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 5/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 72/58 .333/.389/.394/.783 1.000/.732 .542 13/.538 0/0 0/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 21/.788 49/.651 12/.750 31/.366 26/1.319 3/2.334 15/.204 4/1.250 ··· ··· 6/2.167 18/.334 374/240 .313/.390/.582/.972 .963/.976 1.066 96/.815 0/0 21/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP 11/.489 39/.660 12/.334 34/.831 15/.277 2/.500 5/.733 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 16/.544 212/159 .211/.322/.234/.556 .594/.534 .567 58/.642 8/1 0/5
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 34/.986 1/.000 6/.533 6/.533 8/.929 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 94/63 .224/.298/.271/.568 .757/.478 .499 17/.118 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 8/1.285 13/.968 3/2.333 3/.666 10/.667 1/no AB 3/2.167 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/.200 3/.500 329/233 .288/.375/.377/.752 .922/.682 .850 65/.699 14/5 4/2
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 153/113 .178/.272/.225/.497 .599/.459 .405 42/.435 5/0 1/2
21.Young G/S/vP 15/.553 21/1.179 2/1.000 6/1.166 12/.583 8/.125 5/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 5/.400 199/131 .270/.296/.349/.646 .649/.644 .591 50/.830 2/2 3/2
IP 108.0 114.2 53.0 73.1 101.1 34.2 29.2 31.2 35.0 10.0 73.0 36.1 TOTAL .268/.341/.420/.760 .748/.765 .802 .720 41/15 91/39
ERA-K/9 4.33/7.1 3.14/5.1 3.91/5.8 4.54/6.8 3.91/7.9 3.38/11.9 3.34/8.8 1.99/8.8 4.11/6.9 0.90/9.9 5.42/6.9 2.48/10.7 4.04/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 460/.246 458/.248 234/.280 314/.244 402/.238 151/.232 117/.216 136/.248 157/.296 42/.222 329/.296 142/.209 .256
OPS .665 .698 .738 .715 .685 .748 .653 .712 .764 .539 .835 .618 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 235/.642 120/.772 94/.836 157/.711 106/.741 41/.842 55/.866 51/.655 72/.927 13/.718 95/.644 57/.383 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 225/.689 338/.672 140/.675 157/.717 296/.665 110/.715 62/.465 85/.742 85/.630 29/.452 234/.913 85/.779 .718
Road 236/.725 191/.735 98/.726 157/.751 201/.695 73/.858 48/.568 67/.882 79/.862 14/.452 190/.751 78/.827
Last 28d days 104/.505 134/.707 56/.929 140/.610 108/.471 44/.841 28/.365 41/.699 35/1.129 36/.576 88/.996 48/.640
HR/SB/CS 8/12/0 14/0/1 3/1/2 8/7/0 11/9/3 4/13/0 5/6/0 4/6/0 3/1/2 0/0/0 10/8/4 3/0/2 86/65/12
Usage ······X· ···X···· ·X·o·X·· ··X····· X······X oX····X· o······· ··X····X ·o···oo· ·X·X·o·· ·X···X·· ooo···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.