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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, July 29, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

WhiteSox, 51-50, 2nd, 2 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Jose Contreras (37, RHP, 4-9, 4.80)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-9)			84.1	84	50	45	27	64	8	4.80
2008 (7-6)			121.0	130	64	61	35	70	12	4.54
2007 (10-17)			189.0	232	134	117	62	113	21	5.57

Last 7 GS		3-4	46.2	43	20	18	10	44	4	3.47	57
2009-07-24	@DET	L	6.2	9	4	4	1	8	0	117	47
2009-07-19	BAL	L	4.1	5	5	4	4	1	0	99	32
2009-07-08	CLE	W	6.1	6	1	1	1	9	1	104	65
2009-07-01	@CLE	W	8.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	110	71
2009-06-26	CHC	L	7.1	7	5	4	1	8	2	103	53
2009-06-19	@CIN	L	6.0	9	3	3	0	2	1	100	44
2009-06-13	@MIL	W	8.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	107	84

Last 5 v.MIN		1-2	27.0	42	23	20	10	14	3	6.67	36
2009-04-10	MIN	L	5.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	86	37
2007-09-08	MIN	ND	5.0	13	7	4	1	2	2	97	20
2007-05-28	@MIN	L	5.1	10	7	7	3	4	0	114	21
2007-05-10	@MIN	W	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	98	80
2006-08-26	MIN	ND	2.2	7	5	5	2	1	0	73	23

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   27-23   Road:   24-27   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  32-39   vsLHP:  19-11   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:23-24   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Tue, Jul 28  @MIN  L   3-5       51-50  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 27  @MIN  L   3-4       51-49  2nd  2.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @DET  W   5-1       51-48  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @DET  L   3-4 (10)  50-48  2nd  3.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @DET  L   3-4       50-47  2nd  2.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24  @DET  L   1-5       50-46  2nd  2.0 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 23   TBR  W   5-0       50-45  1st    Tied
 94 Wed, Jul 22   TBR  W   4-3       49-45  2nd  1.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21   TBR  L   2-3       48-45  2nd  2.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 20   TBR  W   4-3       48-44  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13

Twins, 51-50, 2nd, 2 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (25, LHP, 4-10, 5.56)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-10)			113.1	119	75	70	51	102	18	5.56
2008 (6-4)			76.0	74	40	33	32	67	7	3.91
2006 (12-3)			121.0	89	31	29	32	144	9	2.16

Last 7 GS		2-3	42.2	44	27	23	17	40	8	4.85	49
2009-07-24	@LAA	L	5.1	8	6	6	2	3	3	87	29
2009-07-19	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	3	2	3	6	1	90	55
2009-07-09	NYY	L	5.1	7	6	3	2	5	1	105	39
2009-07-04	DET	ND	7.0	5	3	3	2	8	1	103	61
2009-06-28	@STL	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	6	0	97	65
2009-06-23	@MIL	W	5.0	7	3	3	5	6	0	117	42
2009-06-17	PIT	L	7.0	8	4	4	1	6	2	106	50

Last 5 v.CHW		0-3	14.2	18	16	16	10	12	3	9.82	33
2009-05-20	@CHW	L	4.0	7	7	7	3	1	2	90	18
2009-04-11	@CHW	L	4.2	6	5	5	4	3	0	85	31
2005-09-25	@CHW	L	6.0	5	4	4	3	8	1	98	51

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   30-20   Road:   21-30   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  34-31   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:19-12   vsWest: 14-13 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Tue, Jul 28   CHW  W   5-3       51-50  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 27   CHW  W   4-3       50-50  3rd  3.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @LAA  W  10-1       49-50  3rd  4.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @LAA  L   5-11      48-50  3rd  5.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @LAA  L   3-6       48-49  3rd  4.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23  @LAA  L   5-6 (10)  48-48  3rd  2.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @OAK  L   1-16      48-47  3rd  2.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @OAK  W   3-2 (10)  48-46  3rd  2.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @OAK  L  13-14      47-46  3rd  2.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @TEX  L   3-5 (12)  47-45  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 MIN  5  CHW  3        W:Jose Mijares (1-2), L: Mark Buehrle (11-4), S: Joe Nathan (28)
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 MIN  4  CHW  3        W:Glen Perkins (6-6), L: John Danks (8-7), S: Joe Nathan (27)
Sun, Jul 12, 2009 MIN 13  CHW  7        W:Scott Baker (7-7), L: Mark Buehrle (9-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 11, 2009 CHW  8 @MIN  7        W:Gavin Floyd (7-6), L: Glen Perkins (4-5), S: Bobby Jenks (20)
Fri, Jul 10, 2009 MIN  6  CHW  4        W:Nick Blackburn (8-4), L: Octavio Dotel (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (23)
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
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 6-5; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1068-973

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 5.56

FLA 4.52

SDP 3.62

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYM 4.60

WSN 5.44

I. Suzuki .366

S. Hairston .290

A. Casilla .161

OBP

M. Ramirez .451

C. McGehee .364

R. Cedeno .213

SLG

A. Pujols .682

B. Butler .470

A. Casilla .195

OPS

A. Pujols 1.126

R. Zimmerman .827

A. Casilla .451

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.04

C. Sabathia 3.83

J. Geer 5.96

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.08

R. Wolf 6.65

J. Lannan 3.65

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WhiteSox Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 30.Baker
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 28.Crain
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 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 5/2.400 ··· 183/133 .300/.374/.469/.842 .991/.786 1.096 93/.918 4/4 5/9

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/90 .228/.318/.404/.721 .702/.730 .744 18/.603 0/0 5/4

23.Dye G/S/vP 10/.856 25/.758 27/.619 14/.148 14/1.423 1/2.000 17/.945 1/.000 ··· 15/1.300 14/.517 ··· 381/287 .288/.365/.546/.911 .854/.929 .904 96/.863 0/2 23/4

7.Fields G/S/vP 5/1.350 10/.222 4/.000 5/.400 3/1.167 1/no AB 8/.393 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· 251/173 .220/.301/.354/.655 .743/.618 .662 19/.327 2/3 7/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 7/.929 9/.236 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 303/254 .263/.321/.369/.690 .756/.677 .683 66/.836 14/1 2/7

14.Konerko G/S/vP 9/1.333 27/1.000 23/.260 12/.614 11/1.555 3/.666 21/.506 1/.000 1/.000 15/.277 15/.800 ··· 400/293 .285/.338/.503/.840 1.114/.743 .806 91/.843 0/0 20/3

Kotsay* G/S/vP 2/1.500 6/.334 ··· 3/2.667 12/1.694 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 14/.703 ··· ··· 79/69 .257/.291/.324/.615 .400/.648 .537 32/.491 2/1 1/0

5.Nix G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 133/54 .231/.293/.438/.731 .836/.574 .880 41/.602 5/0 6/2

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 5/.800 20/.600 22/1.026 11/.573 10/1.389 3/.000 16/.266 2/.000 3/.000 13/.398 7/.000 ··· 326/243 .304/.331/.455/.786 .655/.832 .890 78/.840 1/0 11/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 8/.661 15/.795 7/.453 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 13/.321 1/no AB 4/.000 7/.286 8/.250 ··· 339/241 .301/.357/.392/.749 .766/.743 .744 99/.697 15/9 4/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/1.167 7/.286 14/.895 3/.833 5/.600 1/5.000 5/.900 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 9/.472 ··· 187/140 .215/.310/.405/.715 .577/.760 .716 36/.438 1/0 8/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/1.800 14/.445 17/1.050 2/.000 4/2.750 3/.666 6/.666 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 12/.523 ··· 399/302 .269/.325/.397/.722 .971/.643 .670 89/.702 12/3 11/13

25.Thome* G/S/vP 4/.833 24/.792 25/1.154 7/1.000 4/.250 3/1.000 13/.684 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 11/.614 ··· 314/237 .250/.395/.496/.891 .837/.909 .910 73/.870 0/0 17/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 9/.472 11/.473 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 118/105 .185/.228/.306/.534 .844/.504 .458 41/.525 2/3 1/0

IP 113.1 120.1 132.0 21.0 60.0 18.0 48.2 19.2 35.0 39.2 91.1 45.2 TOTAL .261/.331/.420/.751 .813/.729 .776 .759 64/32 120/85

ERA-K/9

5.56/8.1

4.86/7.6

3.75/3.7

7.29/7.7

4.05/5.7

5.50/4.5

2.03/5.5

3.20/5.0

2.31/7.2

1.59/10.7

5.42/4.2

3.74/5.1

4.50/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 499/.273 498/.255 563/.280 101/.298 269/.285 79/.269 186/.186 86/.225 150/.225 148/.159 393/.290 194/.247 .268

OPS .824 .735 .743 .882 .802 .747 .530 .693 .672 .450 .768 .678 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.656 248/.664 301/.819 38/1.360 118/.673 27/.514 67/.410 44/.650 64/.449 74/.545 93/.851 102/.698 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 384/.874 250/.804 262/.656 63/.608 151/.900 52/.869 119/.597 42/.739 86/.844 74/.359 300/.743 92/.656 .750

Home 203/.817 270/.709 238/.631 46/.853 137/.832 38/.748 93/.633 32/.708 74/.601 74/.292 249/.683 96/.819

Last 28d days 101/.872 124/.717 111/.866 15/.774 73/1.005 68/.742 49/.295 60/.736 49/.575 32/.357 86/.940 75/.648

HR/SB/CS 18/12/8 20/5/2 13/7/2 3/1/1 7/4/1 2/0/1 5/2/1 1/0/1 4/5/0 2/3/0 11/7/0 4/1/1 116/64/25

Usage ····X··· X····X·· ···X···· ··o·Xo·· ···X··X· ···XX·X· ·oo··o·X X··X·o·· X··X·X·· oo···X·o ·X····X· ··X····X

Twins Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 40.Colon
G/S/vB 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 54.Richard*
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.347 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 142/125 .229/.352/.314/.666 .710/.660 .692 30/.733 0/0 2/0

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/3.000 17/.567 2/1.000 3/.000 9/.111 3/.667 6/.800 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 169/110 .161/.256/.195/.451 .368/.497 .407 48/.397 6/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 9/1.587 10/.600 12/.666 14/.972 6/.833 4/.250 3/3.334 4/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 295/209 .239/.298/.451/.750 .637/.796 .767 49/.755 0/0 14/3

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 28/.481 82/.828 9/.347 10/.900 26/1.333 6/.334 18/.749 15/.718 5/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 10/.522 400/292 .270/.348/.507/.855 .957/.816 .987 96/.801 4/1 17/4

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 21/1.300 5/.400 2/.000 19/.439 4/.500 20/1.035 6/1.167 2/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 1/.000 237/153 .234/.295/.350/.645 .654/.641 .582 50/.736 8/5 2/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 3/1.000 30/.903 3/.000 3/1.167 25/.956 8/1.025 19/.446 3/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 6/.733 331/215 .264/.305/.371/.676 .755/.634 .828 75/.546 0/1 5/7

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 15/1.257 4/.250 2/.000 5/.800 19/1.109 1/5.000 24/.924 8/.625 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 7/.286 346/257 .306/.376/.555/.931 .539/1.070 .947 74/1.009 1/1 18/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 23/1.004 31/.559 9/.666 5/1.600 27/.819 1/no AB 26/.781 12/.633 4/.250 1/.000 5/.800 19/.594 332/210 .358/.428/.594/1.021 .863/1.115 1.144 92/.743 1/1 17/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 31/.366 54/.588 13/.862 14/.143 32/1.292 4/2.417 24/.772 16/.192 6/.833 ··· 6/2.167 19/.316 442/279 .312/.398/.590/.988 .974/.996 1.030 95/1.082 0/0 26/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 34/.831 44/.630 12/.334 6/.800 20/.311 3/.667 14/.377 6/.583 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.800 16/.544 262/188 .211/.319/.254/.572 .619/.546 .550 72/.650 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.533 36/.987 2/1.000 4/.000 6/.533 8/.929 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 108/72 .242/.306/.283/.588 .823/.474 .538 17/.665 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 3/.666 19/1.239 3/2.333 5/.400 17/.745 2/.500 12/1.181 4/1.500 2/.500 1/.000 5/.200 4/.500 396/277 .284/.370/.382/.752 .948/.671 .871 98/.768 16/6 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP 6/1.166 21/1.179 2/1.000 6/1.000 14/.500 9/.111 15/.553 5/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.333 5/.400 220/142 .264/.291/.346/.637 .669/.619 .575 35/.843 2/2 3/2

IP 84.1 140.2 60.1 62.1 113.1 38.1 129.1 35.1 35.1 39.1 89.0 41.1 TOTAL .267/.341/.422/.763 .767/.761 .801 .765 51/19 112/49

ERA-K/9

4.80/6.8

3.45/5.1

3.58/6.0

4.19/5.5

3.89/7.5

3.05/11.7

4.24/7.4

4.33/9.4

2.55/8.9

5.03/7.1

4.65/6.7

2.83/10.7

4.13/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 367/.254 560/.246 262/.278 276/.280 482/.239 171/.223 542/.242 155/.261 156/.266 179/.296 387/.276 169/.224 .256

OPS .728 .690 .716 .854 .694 .732 .676 .739 .764 .782 .770 .642 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.681 149/.745 108/.832 140/.967 141/.720 50/.837 276/.657 77/.865 60/.641 83/.959 99/.638 69/.521 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 184/.772 411/.670 154/.638 136/.749 341/.683 121/.690 266/.695 78/.615 96/.838 96/.634 288/.815 100/.727 .717

Road 187/.761 237/.797 110/.738 137/.818 255/.687 89/.808 293/.728 67/.669 77/.849 91/.821 220/.704 85/.807

Last 28d days 78/.754 156/.675 54/.899 27/.750 108/.633 34/.704 105/.710 40/.960 28/.913 30/.826 86/.693 39/.630

HR/SB/CS 8/13/0 17/1/1 3/1/2 13/0/0 13/10/4 4/13/0 13/13/2 5/8/0 5/7/0 4/1/2 10/8/5 3/1/3 101/81/18

Usage ····X··· X····X·· o··o··o· ····X··· ·X······ X··XX··· ···X···· ···X···X ·o··X··· ··o·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.