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Game Preview: CHW @ TOR, 7:07pm, Friday, May 15, 2009 @Rogers Centre

WhiteSox, 15-18, 4th, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: John Danks (24, LHP, 2-2, 3.41)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 34.1 31 13 13 10 31 4 3.41
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 3-2 42.1 33 13 13 13 35 4 2.76 58
2009-05-09 TEX ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 10 0 98 69
2009-05-03 @TEX L 5.1 10 5 5 1 3 1 105 30
2009-04-28 SEA L 4.0 8 5 5 1 2 1 74 27
2009-04-22 @BAL W 7.0 4 1 1 0 3 1 103 68
2009-04-16 @TBR W 6.0 2 1 1 4 8 1 101 68
2009-04-09 KCR ND 6.0 3 0 0 3 5 0 95 68
2008-09-30 MIN W 8.0 2 0 0 3 4 0 103 79
Last 5 v.TOR 0-1 9.2 11 3 3 4 9 1 2.79 51
2008-05-03 @TOR L 4.2 7 2 2 1 5 1 107 46
2007-06-03 @TOR ND 5.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 99 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-8    Road:    7-10   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-14   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 6-8    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Wed, May 13  @CLE  L   0-4       15-18  4th  2.5 gb
 32 Tue, May 12  @CLE  W   7-4       15-17  4th  2.5 gb
 31 Mon, May 11  @CLE  L   4-9       14-17  4th  3.5 gb
 30 Sun, May 10   TEX  L   1-7       14-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 29 Sat, May  9   TEX  W   3-2       14-15  3rd  3.0 gb
 28 Fri, May  8   TEX  L   0-6       13-15  3rd  4.0 gb
 27 Thu, May  7   DET  W   6-0       13-14  3rd  4.0 gb
 26 Tue, May  5  @KCR  L   7-8 (11)  12-14  4th  3.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4  @KCR  L   0-3       12-13  4th  2.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3  @TEX  L   1-5       12-12  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Blue Jays, 23-14, 1st, 1 up

SP: Brett Cecil (22, LHP, 1-0, 0.64)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-0) 14.0 11 2 1 2 12 0 0.64
Last 7 GS 1-0 14.0 11 2 1 2 12 0 0.64 68
2009-05-10 @OAK W 8.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 104 76
2009-05-05 CLE ND 6.0 6 2 1 0 6 0 96 60
Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-6    Road:   11-8    ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  16-8    vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   7-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:12-8    vsWest:  7-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Thu, May 14   NYY  L   2-3       23-14  1st  1.0 up
 36 Wed, May 13   NYY  L   2-8       23-13  1st  1.0 up
 35 Tue, May 12   NYY  W   5-1       23-12  1st  1.0 up
 34 Sun, May 10  @OAK  W   5-0       22-12  1st  1.0 up
 33 Sat, May  9  @OAK  W   6-4       21-12  1st  1.0 up
 32 Fri, May  8  @OAK  L   3-5       20-12  1st    Tied
 31 Thu, May  7  @LAA  L   1-6       20-11  1st  1.0 up
 30 Wed, May  6  @LAA  W  13-1       20-10  1st  2.0 up
 29 Tue, May  5   CLE  W  10-6       19-10  1st  1.0 up
 28 Mon, May  4   CLE  L   7-9 (12)  18-10  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 TOR  4 @CHW  3        W:Roy Halladay (4-1), L: Scott Linebrink (0-1), S: Scott Downs (2)
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 CHW 10  TOR  2        W:Mark Buehrle (3-0), L: Brian Burres (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 TOR 14 @CHW  0        W:Brian Tallet (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (2-2), S: none

Thu, Sep 11, 2008 TOR  6 @CHW  4        W:Shaun Marcum (9-6), L: Gavin Floyd (15-7), S: B.J. Ryan (29)
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 CHW  6  TOR  5        W:Mark Buehrle (13-11), L: Roy Halladay (18-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 TOR  8 @CHW  2        W:Jesse Litsch (11-8), L: Clayton Richard (2-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 TOR  3 @CHW  1        W:A.J. Burnett (17-10), L: Javier Vazquez (11-13), S: B.J. Ryan (28)
Mon, May 05, 2008 TOR  1  CHW  0        W:Dustin McGowan (2-2), L: Javier Vazquez (3-3), S: B.J. Ryan (5)
Sun, May 04, 2008 TOR  4  CHW  3        W:Roy Halladay (3-4), L: Jose Contreras (2-3), S: Scott Downs (3)
Sat, May 03, 2008 TOR  5  CHW  2        W:Jesse Litsch (4-1), L: John Danks (2-3), S: B.J. Ryan (4)
Season Series: 2009 - TOR leads 2-1; 2008 - TOR won 7-1; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; All-Time - TOR leads 174-157

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

TOR  5.76

DET  5.06

ARI  3.69

 RA/G

LAD  3.81

DET  4.88

WSN  6.12

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .51

S. Richmond  4.28

J. Moyer  8.15

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

B. Tallet  6.60

M. Pelfrey  2.31

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WhiteSox Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 22.League
G/S/vB		 60.Ray
G/S/vB		 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB		 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB		 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 3/1.167 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 38/24 .257/.316/.400/.716 .747/.697 .699 30/.693 0/0 0/2
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 8/1.125 2/1.500 10/1.171 4/1.417 1/2.000 ··· 14/.690 5/2.000 1/.000 124/96 .283/.339/.504/.843 .380/.965 .928 84/.701 0/1 7/1
7.Fields G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 129/94 .235/.318/.339/.657 .528/.695 .665 87/.567 0/2 2/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 100/81 .256/.320/.333/.653 .786/.622 .645 71/.622 3/1 0/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 17/.850 ··· 5/2.100 4/.500 ··· ··· 11/1.080 8/.375 1/.000 134/100 .303/.351/.459/.810 .945/.765 .867 95/.766 0/0 3/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 74/48 .154/.247/.185/.431 .414/.440 .502 57/.438 3/0 0/2
44.Miller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/16 .231/.310/.308/.618 1.045/.259 .748 24/.577 0/0 0/0
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/11 .300/.375/.650/1.025 1.238/.782 .953 24/1.025 0/0 2/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/no AB 7/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 10/.100 7/.453 1/.000 102/80 .289/.324/.464/.787 .608/.837 .996 68/.885 1/0 4/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 35/22 .273/.286/.303/.589 .878/.420 .742 35/.589 0/1 0/1
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 134/106 .235/.336/.478/.814 .756/.829 .807 90/.686 1/0 8/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 111/84 .223/.261/.282/.543 .792/.461 .522 73/.641 6/1 1/2
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 14/.972 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/.154 7/.429 ··· 105/86 .227/.352/.477/.830 1.234/.740 .990 68/.934 0/0 6/
IP 14.0 15.0 17.1 17.1 13.2 17.0 12.0 5.2 42.1 3.0 TOTAL .251/.321/.391/.712 .756/.697 .771 .694 17/10 33/23
ERA-K/9 0.64/7.7 4.20/4.2 3.12/5.7 2.08/10.9 0.66/5.9 4.76/6.9 6.00/4.5 11.12/6.3 4.68/6.6 3.00/9.0 4.10/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 55/.220 66/.271 75/.219 69/.194 47/.174 70/.258 54/.292 28/.364 184/.206 12/.273 .246
OPS .551 .823 .628 .486 .365 .704 .914 1.182 .732 .614 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.232 28/.745 33/.734 17/.882 20/.100 28/.819 30/.920 12/.717 62/1.084 6/.567 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.773 38/.884 42/.545 52/.353 27/.566 42/.623 24/.900 16/1.563 122/.565 6/.667 .714
Home 25/.678 30/.679 40/.606 45/.270 34/.388 46/.737 25/.810 18/1.056 85/.525 12/.614
Last 28d days 55/.551 43/.910 47/.631 53/.515 31/.387 40/.447 54/.914 13/.885 153/.729 12/.614
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 2/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/1 0/1/0 1/4/0 3/3/0 2/1/1 7/1/0 0/0/0 38/24/7
Usage ····X··· ·o······ X···oo·· o····X·· Xo··o··· oX······ ·······X ········ X····X·· ·X······
Blue Jays Batters (5.76 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB		 41.Broadway
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		 54.Richard*
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 5/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/.750 3/.333 117/82 .308/.339/.490/.830 1.158/.679 .662 83/.914 0/0 3/4
23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 81/41 .292/.410/.385/.795 .881/.701 .766 54/.833 1/0 1/0
13.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 24/15 .217/.217/.217/.435 .750/.267 .545 24/.435 0/0 0/0
2.Hill G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/2.250 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/3.000 175/128 .337/.377/.540/.917 .860/.938 .889 118/.841 2/1 9/5
26.Lind* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.750 4/.000 156/111 .321/.404/.540/.944 .844/.987 .970 101/.875 0/0 6/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 16/9 .250/.250/.250/.500 .571/.444 .857 13/.462 0/0 0/0
30.Millar G/S/vP 8/.250 3/1.666 7/2.047 13/1.280 12/.962 8/.625 3/.000 3/.666 5/.800 63/21 .288/.333/.424/.757 .636/1.008 .741 42/.692 0/0 1/1
35.Overbay* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 5/.400 6/.000 2/1.000 6/.167 2/.000 3/1.667 104/88 .256/.365/.523/.889 .388/.989 .963 72/.920 0/0 5/0
15.Rios G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 2/2.000 6/1.500 2/2.000 3/1.000 1/3.000 3/1.000 3/.667 174/128 .265/.328/.413/.740 .814/.714 .853 119/.815 3/0 4/1
33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 16/1.429 5/1.100 2/.500 9/.365 2/2.500 2/2.000 136/93 .325/.382/.480/.862 1.206/.713 .884 87/.842 2/0 3/4
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 5/2.400 ··· 1/no AB 2/no AB 6/.167 4/.750 2/.000 3/2.334 5/.200 179/130 .266/.399/.427/.825 1.064/.740 .706 122/.689 2/2 5/0
45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 100/82 .253/.306/.418/.724 .775/.714 .539 73/.514 1/0 3/1
10.Wells G/S/vP 6/.733 1/5.000 6/1.333 5/1.100 7/.143 6/.000 2/1.500 3/1.333 2/1.000 170/126 .269/.324/.442/.766 .626/.813 .619 116/.704 4/0 5/0
IP 34.1 9.2 25.0 11.1 0.1 12.0 12.0 20.0 12.2 TOTAL .288/.357/.459/.815 .851/.800 .781 .775 15/3 46/18
ERA-K/9 3.41/8.1 3.72/4.6 2.88/5.4 0.00/11.2 27.00/30.0 1.50/9.0 0.75/7.5 5.40/5.4 2.84/13.5 4.66/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 143/.240 46/.300 110/.294 48/.154 3/.667 49/.178 51/.239 94/.337 55/.250 .275
OPS .662 .720 .719 .471 1.333 .556 .618 .905 .762 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.613 21/.782 53/.845 14/.629 1/.000 25/.715 23/.669 37/.849 26/.481 .835
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.683 25/.668 57/.607 34/.408 2/2.000 24/.390 28/.571 57/.942 29/1.032 .706
Road 75/.675 23/.570 59/.607 25/.570 3/1.333 17/.307 26/.641 58/.877 33/1.017
Last 28d days 94/.758 46/.720 83/.690 28/.468 3/1.333 31/.336 40/.693 69/.953 36/.646
HR/SB/CS 4/6/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 0/5/0 0/0/0 1/4/0 0/2/0 2/0/1 1/0/2 27/32/3
Usage ·····X·· ···XX·X· ··X·X·X· ··o·o··· ···o···· ··o··o·X ·X···X·· ··X·o·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.