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Game Preview: LAA @ CHW, 8:10pm, Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Angels, 18-23, 18-233rd, 4½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (29, LHP, 2-5, 4.96)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-5)			45.1	50	29	25	21	21	7	4.96
2009 (16-7)			186.0	202	102	95	64	101	29	4.60
2008 (17-7)			198.0	187	82	75	53	103	21	3.41

Last 7 GS		2-4	40.1	42	24	20	19	17	4	4.46	46
2010-05-14	OAK	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	109	83
2010-05-08	@SEA	ND	5.2	5	3	1	5	2	0	106	48
2010-05-03	@BOS	L	4.0	9	7	7	4	3	2	107	15
2010-04-27	CLE	L	5.0	9	3	3	4	2	1	104	35
2010-04-22	DET	L	2.2	6	5	5	2	0	0	59	24
2010-04-17	@TOR	W	8.0	5	2	0	1	2	0	107	69
2010-04-11	OAK	L	6.0	4	4	4	1	2	1	96	49

Last 5 v.CHW		3-1	35.1	19	8	8	13	22	5	2.04	65
2009-09-11	CHW	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	101	69
2009-05-26	CHW	L	6.2	7	3	3	3	4	2	114	49
2008-09-07	@CHW	W	7.1	4	2	2	1	4	2	91	65
2008-05-23	@CHW	W	8.1	3	1	1	3	4	0	99	74
2007-09-16	@CHW	ND	6.0	2	1	1	5	7	0	106	66

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

 Home:   12-11   Road:    6-12   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  13-14   vsLHP:   5-9    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest:  6-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Tue, May 18  @TEX  L   7-8       18-23  3rd  4.5 gb
 40 Mon, May 17  @TEX  L   3-4       18-22  3rd  3.5 gb
 39 Sun, May 16   OAK  W   4-0       18-21  3rd  2.5 gb
 38 Sat, May 15   OAK  W  12-3       17-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 37 Fri, May 14   OAK  W   4-0       16-21  3rd  4.5 gb
 36 Wed, May 12   TBR  L   3-4       15-21  3rd  5.0 gb
 35 Tue, May 11   TBR  L   2-7       15-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 34 Mon, May 10   TBR  W   5-4 (11)  15-19  3rd  4.0 gb
 33 Sun, May  9  @SEA  L   1-8       14-19  3rd  4.5 gb
 32 Sat, May  8  @SEA  W   4-3 (10)  14-18  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

WhiteSox, 16-22, 16-223rd, 7½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (25, LHP, 3-2, 2.25)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-2)			48.0	40	13	12	14	37	2	2.25
2009 (13-11)			200.1	184	89	84	73	149	28	3.77
2008 (12-9)			195.0	182	74	72	57	159	15	3.32

Last 7 GS		3-2	48.0	40	13	12	14	37	2	2.25	61
2010-05-12	@MIN	L	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	109	51
2010-05-06	TOR	L	7.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	107	58
2010-05-01	@NYY	ND	5.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	118	45
2010-04-25	SEA	W	8.0	7	2	2	0	5	1	107	65
2010-04-20	TBR	W	8.0	2	1	1	2	9	1	113	81
2010-04-14	@TOR	W	7.0	2	1	1	3	6	0	103	72
2010-04-09	MIN	ND	6.0	8	2	1	1	6	0	105	55

Last 5 v.LAA		1-2	28.2	29	14	13	14	25	4	4.08	50
2009-09-12	@LAA	ND	6.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	104	63
2009-08-06	LAA	L	6.1	9	7	6	3	5	3	109	31
2009-05-25	@LAA	W	6.0	4	3	3	6	4	0	112	50
2008-09-07	LAA	ND	5.1	5	2	2	1	7	0	87	56
2008-05-24	LAA	L	5.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	99	51

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

 Home:    9-10   Road:    7-12   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  11-15   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Tue, May 18  @DET  W   6-2       16-22  3rd  7.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 16  @KCR  L   3-5       15-22  4th  8.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 15  @KCR  W   5-4       15-21  3rd  7.0 gb
 35 Fri, May 14  @KCR  L   1-6       14-21  3rd  8.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 12  @MIN  L   2-3       14-20  4th  8.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 11  @MIN  W   5-2       14-19  3rd  7.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  9   TOR  L   7-9       13-19  3rd  8.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  8   TOR  W   7-3       13-18  3rd  7.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  7   TOR  L   4-7 (12)  12-18  3rd  7.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  6   TOR  L   0-2       12-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 13, 2009 LAA  3  CHW  2        W:Darren Oliver (5-1), L: Mark Buehrle (12-8), S: Brian Fuentes (41)
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 CHW  4 @LAA  3 (10)   W:Bobby Jenks (3-4), L: Brian Fuentes (1-4), S: Tony Pena (2)
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 LAA  7  CHW  1        W:Joe Saunders (13-7), L: Gavin Floyd (11-10), S: none
Thu, Aug 06, 2009 LAA  9 @CHW  5        W:Ervin Santana (4-6), L: John Danks (9-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 05, 2009 CHW  6  LAA  2        W:Gavin Floyd (9-6), L: Sean O'Sullivan (3-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 04, 2009 CHW  5  LAA  4        W:Matt Thornton (6-2), L: Kevin Jepsen (3-3), S: none
Wed, May 27, 2009 LAA  3  CHW  1        W:Jered Weaver (4-2), L: Gavin Floyd (3-5), S: Brian Fuentes (13)
Tue, May 26, 2009 CHW  4 @LAA  2        W:Bartolo Colon (3-4), L: Joe Saunders (6-3), S: Scott Linebrink (1)
Mon, May 25, 2009 CHW 17 @LAA  3        W:John Danks (4-3), L: Ervin Santana (0-2), S: none
Sun, Sep 07, 2008 LAA  3 @CHW  2        W:Joe Saunders (15-7), L: Horacio Ramirez (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (55)
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - CHW won 5-4; 2008 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - CHW leads 336-334

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 2010 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 5.77

ATL 4.46

HOU 2.95

RA/G

TBR 2.97

DET 4.56

ARI 6.10

M. Young .298

R. Weeks .250

OBP

D. Pedroia .362

D. Jeter .315

SLG

D. Pedroia .525

M. Scutaro .342

OPS

D. Pedroia .887

M. Scutaro .700

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.12

J. Santana 3.72

M. Scherzer 7.29

K/9IP

B. Morrow 11.85

B. Myers 6.50

N. Blackburn 2.51

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Angels Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 40.Putz
G/S/vB 46.Santos
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 67.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 15/1.778 1/.000 9/1.056 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/1.238 5/.900 172/113 .275/.349/.458/.806 .613/.908 .656 106/.928 7/3 5/3

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 13/.564 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.533 1/5.000 176/118 .236/.306/.306/.612 .732/.553 .679 109/.564 5/4 1/3

18.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .500/.571/.500/1.071 .333/1.500 1.500 7/1.071 0/0 0/2

48.Hunter G/S/vP 23/.729 9/.619 5/1.400 1/.000 7/1.000 ··· 9/.819 ··· 161/112 .282/.348/.500/.848 .898/.827 .808 98/.848 4/3 6/0

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 156/109 .281/.312/.377/.688 .676/.693 .517 96/.603 4/1 2/5

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 5/.650 5/.200 5/.400 1/.000 6/1.167 ··· 10/.200 1/no AB 159/105 .229/.310/.386/.696 .758/.660 .527 93/.529 0/0 5/0

8.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.500 1/2.000 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.583 ··· 167/108 .277/.323/.471/.794 .569/.916 .729 105/.801 0/1 9/2

44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 106/76 .226/.321/.419/.740 .972/.649 .923 82/.861 2/0 3/4

20.Rivera G/S/vP 14/.594 5/.600 3/1.667 3/.666 6/2.100 ··· 3/.000 ··· 139/92 .250/.295/.422/.717 .840/.653 .755 80/.739 0/0 5/2

27.Ryan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .154/.154/.231/.385 .000/.417 .500 13/.385 0/0 0/0

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/2.333 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 31/17 .208/.345/.250/.595 .762/.464 .638 19/.423 0/0 0/0

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

3.Wood G/S/vP 4/.250 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 120/83 .167/.179/.228/.408 .528/.356 .367 75/.518 1/0 2/5

IP 48.0 14.0 12.2 17.1 13.0 14.1 17.0 12.1 TOTAL .251/.311/.396/.708 .728/.698 .676 .708 28/13 40/34

ERA-K/9

2.25/6.9

5.79/12.2

4.26/8.5

5.71/5.2

4.15/11.8

0.63/11.3

2.12/13.8

4.38/9.5

4.57/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (26-10-1)
Wilson (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.229 70/.339 54/.240 73/.194 53/.224 58/.163 62/.155 70/.275 .257 Willits
Matsui
Abreu
Rivera
Hunter
Ryan 4/8/2/3
4/0/0/1
0/0/37/1
33/1/4/1
0/37/0/1
4/0/0/0

OPS .587 .922 .676 .693 .637 .485 .451 .942 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.823 36/1.006 27/.721 33/.635 25/.600 26/.405 36/.361 38/.835 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.476 34/.826 27/.625 40/.722 28/.676 32/.553 26/.587 32/1.077 .718

Home 112/.595 43/1.074 31/.656 35/.870 26/.985 30/.516 34/.211 35/1.053

Last 28d days 111/.703 44/1.090 27/.947 35/.814 27/.676 38/.623 34/.395 34/1.031

HR/SB/CS 2/1/4 2/4/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/2 34/22/10

Usage ······X· X······X ····o··· ··o·o··· X···o··· X·····o· ···o···o ··o·o···

WhiteSox Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 70.Bell
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 38.Cassevah
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 150/107 .188/.291/.242/.533 .457/.561 .531 83/.434 2/2 1/4

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 10/4 .125/.300/.125/.425 .333/.500 .333 10/.425 0/0 0/0

25.Jones G/S/vP 10/1.114 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 7/.453 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 124/88 .257/.363/.571/.934 1.117/.861 .864 84/.866 7/1 9/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 14/.895 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 16/1.038 12/.450 147/113 .262/.374/.631/1.005 1.211/.945 1.226 88/1.044 0/0 13/1

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.664 2/.500 9/.476 18/.944 78/71 .174/.269/.304/.574 .143/.615 .564 51/.655 1/0 3/0

5.Nix G/S/vP 5/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 24/6 .200/.333/.200/.533 .476/.667 1.065 17/.507 0/0 0/1

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 11/.400 ··· ··· ··· 9/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/.833 166/114 .247/.307/.260/.567 .452/.617 .520 103/.611 18/4 0/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 12/.250 9/.958 123/92 .202/.254/.298/.552 .600/.537 .552 73/.642 0/1 2/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 9/.222 2/.000 5/2.100 1/5.000 137/99 .200/.321/.383/.704 .723/.696 .782 74/.731 0/0 4/0

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/.432 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.661 2/.500 133/88 .234/.258/.328/.586 .494/.633 .519 85/.623 2/1 2/6

51.Rios G/S/vP 18/.778 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 6/.583 10/.522 143/104 .308/.350/.564/.914 1.142/.832 1.079 82/1.027 12/3 7/0

23.Teahen* G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 9/.555 5/.000 121/93 .221/.325/.337/.662 .332/.767 .606 76/.602 2/4 2/6

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 13/1.138 ··· 4/.500 4/1.000 45/34 .175/.244/.200/.444 .282/.498 .286 27/.468 0/1 0/0

IP 45.1 3.2 15.0 8.1 8.2 14.1 16.2 11.1 TOTAL .231/.313/.385/.699 .692/.701 .722 .713 45/17 44/21

ERA-K/9

4.96/4.2

7.36/4.9

4.20/9.0

5.40/7.6

6.23/10.3

3.77/10.1

2.70/5.9

7.15/8.0

4.72/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (1-2-0)
Pierzynski (16-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 201/.287 20/.444 70/.276 35/.281 40/.229 63/.241 67/.164 60/.283 .275 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Kotsay
Nix
Quentin 6/4/11/2
1/34/0/1
31/0/0/1
0/0/5/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/23/0

OPS .881 1.111 .840 .721 .839 .672 .558 .919 .814

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.827 9/.984 36/.906 19/1.046 13/.237 37/.649 36/.621 30/.814 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.901 11/1.182 34/.773 16/.375 27/1.147 26/.703 31/.485 30/1.022 .837

Road 81/.856 7/1.405 33/.993 6/1.667 11/.455 22/1.029 23/.283 24/.985

Last 28d days 124/.962 20/1.111 40/.707 14/.522 32/.730 30/.540 38/.593 38/.868

HR/SB/CS 7/3/2 0/1/0 2/2/1 0/0/0 3/2/1 0/2/0 1/2/0 2/3/1 47/35/11

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