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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 1:10pm, Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

WhiteSox, 64-69, 3rd, 7 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (30, LHP, 11-7, 3.89)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (11-7)			178.0	184	81	77	35	89	25	3.89
2008 (15-12)			218.2	240	106	92	52	140	22	3.79
2007 (10-9)			201.0	208	86	81	45	115	22	3.63

Last 7 GS		0-4	43.2	62	29	28	9	13	8	5.77	39
2009-08-28	@NYY	ND	6.0	8	2	2	2	1	2	99	47
2009-08-23	BAL	L	5.1	11	5	5	0	4	2	102	30
2009-08-17	KCR	ND	6.0	9	4	4	2	0	1	96	36
2009-08-12	@SEA	ND	8.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	107	72
2009-08-07	CLE	L	7.2	11	6	5	2	2	2	115	35
2009-08-02	NYY	L	4.1	12	7	7	1	0	1	75	10
2009-07-28	@MIN	L	6.1	5	5	5	1	3	0	97	45

Last 5 v.MIN		2-3	30.0	33	19	18	6	15	5	5.40	46
2009-07-28	@MIN	L	6.1	5	5	5	1	3	0	97	45
2009-07-12	@MIN	L	3.1	10	8	8	1	1	3	63	8
2009-05-19	MIN	W	7.0	8	2	1	0	3	1	101	58
2009-04-12	MIN	W	6.1	2	1	1	0	5	1	95	70
2008-09-24	@MIN	L	7.0	8	3	3	4	3	0	121	48

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

 Home:   36-30   Road:   28-39   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  42-51   vsLHP:  22-18   1-Run:  16-24
 vsEast: 15-20   vsCntrl:26-30   vsWest: 12-13 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Tue, Sep  1  @MIN  L   3-4       64-69  3rd  7.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 31  @MIN  L   1-4       64-68  3rd  6.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 30  @NYY  L   3-8       64-67  3rd  6.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 29  @NYY  L   0-10      64-66  3rd  5.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28  @NYY  L   2-5 (10)  64-65  3rd  5.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 27  @BOS  W   9-5       64-64  2nd  4.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26  @BOS  L   2-3       63-64  2nd  4.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25  @BOS  L   3-6       63-63  2nd  4.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24  @BOS  L   8-12      63-62  2nd  3.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23   BAL  L   4-5       63-61  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Twins, 67-65, 2nd, 3½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Duensing (26, LHP, 2-1, 4.37)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-1)			47.1	45	25	23	19	33	5	4.37

Last 7 GS		2-0	17.0	12	5	5	3	13	2	2.65	59
2009-08-28	TEX	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	0	96	74
2009-08-22	@KCR	W	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	80	49
2009-07-29	CHW	ND	5.0	3	2	2	1	2	2	64	54

Last 5 v.CHW		0-0	5.0	3	2	2	1	2	2	3.60	54
2009-07-29	CHW	ND	5.0	3	2	2	1	2	2	64	54

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

 Home:   39-29   Road:   28-36   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  47-40   vsLHP:  20-25   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast:  8-20   vsCntrl:29-20   vsWest: 18-19 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Tue, Sep  1   CHW  W   4-3       67-65  2nd  3.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 31   CHW  W   4-1       66-65  2nd  3.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30   TEX  W   5-3       65-65  2nd  4.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29   TEX  L   0-3       64-65  2nd  4.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28   TEX  W   3-2       64-64  2nd  4.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26   BAL  L   1-5       63-64  2nd  4.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25   BAL  W   7-6       63-63  2nd  4.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   BAL  W   2-1       62-63  3rd  4.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23  @KCR  W  10-3       61-63  3rd  4.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22  @KCR  W   8-7       60-63  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 MIN  4  CHW  1        W:Nick Blackburn (9-9), L: Gavin Floyd (10-9), S: Joe Nathan (35)
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Jesse Crain (3-4), L: Jose Contreras (4-10), S: Joe Nathan (29)
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
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 9-5; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1068-976

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

LAA 5.74

ARI 4.56

SDP 3.89

RA/G

SFG 3.79

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.42

J. Mauer .368

C. Gonzalez .290

A. Miles .176

OBP

A. Pujols .443

F. Lewis .360

A. Miles .218

SLG

A. Pujols .669

T. Hafner .482

A. Miles .236

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

V. Guerrero .838

A. Miles .454

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.20

C. Zambrano 3.91

B. Penny 5.61

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.34

R. Wolf 6.89

J. Lannan 3.68

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WhiteSox Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 30.Baker
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 44.Keppel
G/S/vB 37.Mahay*
G/S/vB 49.Manship
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 48.Pavano
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.400 6/.833 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 5/.800 ··· 324/238 .271/.347/.437/.783 .954/.720 .912 113/.601 6/4 9/12

27.Castro G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 151/99 .222/.305/.400/.705 .752/.681 .801 17/.794 0/0 6/5

23.Dye G/S/vP 3/.666 25/.758 30/.624 15/.138 17/.945 1/.000 14/.714 ··· ··· 17/1.126 6/.666 3/.000 491/366 .262/.342/.478/.820 .863/.806 .832 88/.532 0/2 25/5

14.Konerko G/S/vP 5/.650 27/1.000 26/.308 13/.564 22/.482 1/.000 9/.583 ··· 1/.000 16/.327 16/.250 ··· 514/374 .278/.350/.488/.838 1.067/.754 .799 89/.809 0/0 23/4

30.Kotsay* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 4/2.000 3/.666 ··· 13/.385 ··· ··· 15/.652 14/.786 3/.000 128/105 .250/.291/.328/.619 .409/.665 .620 36/.820 2/1 1/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 86/60 .151/.262/.178/.440 .414/.451 .509 7/.286 5/1 0/3

5.Nix G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 235/127 .238/.321/.447/.767 .904/.648 .882 79/.802 9/0 11/12

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 20/.600 25/1.005 11/.573 17/.250 2/.000 12/1.083 ··· 4/.500 13/.398 13/1.384 4/.750 436/328 .315/.345/.462/.807 .709/.840 .850 90/.859 1/0 13/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 4/.000 15/.795 10/.311 5/.400 14/.297 1/no AB 5/1.200 ··· 5/.000 7/.286 16/.625 ··· 469/339 .294/.345/.397/.742 .731/.746 .737 105/.709 25/9 5/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/3.334 7/.286 14/.895 4/.583 5/.900 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 296/216 .228/.321/.444/.765 .686/.791 .665 85/.762 2/0 15/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/.800 14/.445 20/.988 3/.666 6/.666 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 10/.200 ··· 492/372 .274/.329/.401/.730 .997/.644 .694 90/.744 13/4 15/17

51.Rios G/S/vP ··· 11/.282 6/.500 6/1.166 14/1.167 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 4/1.500 13/1.218 2/.000 537/389 .254/.304/.413/.716 .717/.716 .574 74/.658 20/3 15/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/1.000 24/.792 28/1.018 7/1.000 13/.684 ··· 11/1.205 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 35/.852 3/.333 417/315 .249/.372/.493/.864 .767/.897 .813 81/.803 0/0 23/

IP 47.1 160.0 168.2 37.2 64.0 39.0 42.0 12.0 51.1 52.2 156.2 56.1 TOTAL .259/.329/.418/.748 .816/.723 .752 .720 87/34 155/113

ERA-K/9

4.37/6.3

4.44/7.4

4.16/4.0

5.97/7.6

2.39/6.0

5.31/5.8

4.71/7.5

3.75/3.8

2.28/7.9

1.71/11.8

5.11/6.4

3.99/5.9

4.68/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 207/.249 656/.246 730/.294 166/.284 245/.204 174/.293 203/.313 32/.321 208/.214 206/.175 665/.291 239/.266 .274

OPS .686 .701 .782 .818 .566 .843 .923 .732 .632 .519 .790 .737 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.556 331/.586 407/.837 72/1.075 100/.458 90/.852 86/.783 19/.541 91/.442 103/.560 351/.728 118/.755 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 135/.757 325/.816 323/.713 94/.624 145/.639 84/.834 117/1.033 13/1.038 117/.783 103/.480 314/.858 121/.718 .770

Home 119/.676 353/.637 350/.744 92/.802 120/.621 75/.887 112/.907 17/.437 108/.647 109/.363 295/.762 142/.761

Last 28d days 96/.686 133/.644 136/.904 48/.670 49/.718 67/.835 30/1.022 32/.732 51/.429 50/.752 131/.702 39/.842

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 23/8/3 20/11/2 3/2/1 6/3/2 3/0/1 9/0/0 0/1/0 6/5/0 3/3/0 21/29/6 5/5/0 149/86/29

Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·X····X· X··o···X Xo··X·X· ·······X ···o···· X·····X· oo·o···X ·oX·X··· ···X···· X·X····X

Twins Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 43.Garcia
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 67.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 45/.789 4/.000 27/.605 ··· 18/.167 7/.286 21/.490 4/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 569/404 .276/.311/.367/.678 .653/.688 .677 107/.577 13/4 5/19

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 17/.567 2/1.000 6/2.233 9/.111 3/.667 8/.572 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 239/167 .194/.278/.251/.530 .502/.547 .497 61/.722 10/0 0/5

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 82/.828 9/.347 31/.433 26/1.333 6/.334 21/.638 23/.577 16/.804 5/.000 2/.500 10/.522 ··· 517/384 .275/.342/.504/.847 .927/.819 .859 108/.853 5/1 24/6

22.Gomez G/S/vP 21/1.300 5/.400 3/1.000 19/.439 4/.500 23/.983 ··· 7/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 308/204 .239/.294/.354/.647 .654/.644 .548 51/.514 11/5 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 30/.903 3/.000 3/1.000 25/.956 8/1.025 22/.477 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 3/.000 6/.733 ··· 391/266 .266/.310/.371/.681 .780/.638 .833 55/.740 0/1 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 18/1.257 19/1.109 1/5.000 27/1.090 3/1.000 8/.625 4/.000 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 454/343 .304/.374/.538/.913 .622/1.010 .948 90/.859 1/1 22/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 31/.559 9/.666 26/.938 27/.819 1/no AB 29/.883 24/.988 12/.633 4/.250 1/.000 20/.666 1/.000 468/307 .368/.436/.615/1.051 .845/1.161 1.085 113/1.114 4/1 26/3

58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 5/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/59 .343/.397/.403/.800 1.000/.755 .575 / 0/0 0/2

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 54/.588 13/.862 34/.332 32/1.292 4/2.417 27/.759 30/.587 16/.192 6/.833 ··· 20/.300 1/.000 545/349 .290/.378/.544/.922 .928/.917 .944 80/.579 0/0 29/2

8.Punto# G/S/vP 44/.630 12/.334 37/.799 20/.311 3/.667 14/.377 20/.316 6/.583 2/1.000 2/.500 16/.544 ··· 329/236 .213/.315/.265/.579 .573/.575 .594 50/.622 9/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP 36/.987 2/1.000 6/.533 6/.533 8/.929 ··· 3/1.334 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 133/88 .256/.323/.314/.637 .894/.508 .630 21/.702 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 19/1.239 3/2.333 7/1.071 17/.745 2/.500 15/1.214 ··· 4/1.500 2/.500 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 537/380 .310/.395/.408/.803 .848/.785 .882 118/.970 20/8 6/5

21.Young G/S/vP 21/1.179 2/1.000 6/1.166 14/.500 9/.111 15/.553 3/2.667 5/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 306/206 .264/.288/.384/.671 .861/.578 .623 72/.820 2/3 8/3

IP 178.0 81.1 114.2 160.1 52.0 177.0 16.2 45.2 48.0 55.2 59.2 10.1 TOTAL .271/.342/.426/.768 .772/.767 .786 .784 69/22 142/70

ERA-K/9

3.89/4.5

3.65/6.2

5.42/7.0

3.82/7.1

3.29/10.9

3.97/7.6

5.94/7.0

3.74/8.5

3.94/8.8

4.37/7.3

2.72/10.9

7.84/11.4

4.24/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 727/.274 354/.280 513/.267 650/.246 227/.230 735/.245 70/.250 196/.250 216/.279 248/.283 237/.213 49/.250 .261

OPS .761 .714 .759 .711 .764 .683 .784 .717 .847 .767 .610 .838 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.833 164/.850 265/.699 176/.750 73/.952 387/.682 40/.533 90/.898 96/.818 118/.822 97/.562 26/.564 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 526/.734 190/.602 248/.821 474/.696 154/.680 348/.683 30/1.112 106/.568 120/.869 130/.719 140/.644 23/1.190 .732

Road 296/.780 146/.728 276/.831 337/.688 115/.891 396/.756 49/.652 93/.730 106/.865 118/.822 115/.669 23/1.034

Last 28d days 142/.959 55/.605 105/.879 139/.764 46/.991 165/.751 70/.784 38/.689 46/1.073 48/.856 54/.502 38/.984

HR/SB/CS 25/2/1 4/1/2 11/19/3 18/16/6 5/14/1 20/14/4 2/1/0 7/9/0 9/10/0 7/4/2 5/4/4 2/2/2 141/109/30

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

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.