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Game Preview: ATL @ CHW, 8:10pm, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Braves, 42-29, 42-29 1st, 1½ up

SP: Tim Hudson (34, RHP, 7-2, 2.34)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-2)			92.1	73	25	24	34	41	6	2.34
2009 (2-1)			42.1	49	17	17	13	30	4	3.61
2008 (11-7)			142.0	125	53	50	40	85	11	3.17

Last 7 GS		4-1	48.0	36	12	11	16	24	2	2.06	61
2010-06-17	TBR	W	7.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	103	66
2010-06-11	@MIN	L	8.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	99	61
2010-06-06	@LAD	ND	7.0	9	4	3	2	1	1	102	44
2010-06-01	PHI	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	104	58
2010-05-27	@FLA	ND	4.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	70	43
2010-05-21	@PIT	W	8.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	109	75
2010-05-16	ARI	W	8.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	105	77

Last 5 v.CHW		3-1	36.0	25	17	14	7	22	2	3.50	58
2002-05-04	@CHW	L	6.1	9	9	9	3	3	1	100	19
2002-04-28	CHW	W	8.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	105	80
2001-08-19	@CHW	ND	4.2	8	6	4	1	3	1	100	30
2001-05-20	CHW	W	8.0	4	2	1	1	3	0	101	70
2000-08-28	CHW	W	9.0	1	0	0	1	8	0	106	92

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

 Home:   24-7    Road:   18-22   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  31-17   vsLHP:  11-12   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:15-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 7-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Tue, Jun 22  @CHW  L   6-9       42-29  1st  1.5 up
 70 Sun, Jun 20   KCR  W   8-5       42-28  1st  2.5 up
 69 Sat, Jun 19   KCR  W   5-4       41-28  1st  1.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 18   KCR  W   6-4       40-28  1st  0.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 17   TBR  W   3-1       39-28  1st  0.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 16   TBR  W   6-2       38-28  1st  0.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 15   TBR  L   4-10      37-28  1st  0.5 up
 64 Sun, Jun 13  @MIN  W   7-3       37-27  1st  1.5 up
 63 Sat, Jun 12  @MIN  W   3-2       36-27  1st  1.5 up
 62 Fri, Jun 11  @MIN  L   1-2       35-27  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9

WhiteSox, 35-34, 35-34 3rd, 4½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (31, LHP, 5-6, 4.71)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-6)			84.0	99	48	44	20	43	8	4.71
2009 (13-10)			213.1	222	97	91	45	105	27	3.84
2008 (15-12)			218.2	240	106	92	52	140	22	3.79

Last 7 GS		3-2	38.2	48	20	19	8	23	3	4.42	47
2010-06-17	@PIT	W	7.1	6	2	2	1	6	1	109	63
2010-06-12	@CHC	W	6.2	8	0	0	0	7	0	108	65
2010-06-06	CLE	ND	3.0	8	6	6	3	3	1	95	19
2010-06-01	TEX	L	5.1	12	6	6	1	3	0	106	22
2010-05-26	@CLE	ND	2.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	35	52
2010-05-21	FLA	W	8.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	91	76
2010-05-14	@KCR	L	6.0	8	6	5	0	0	1	86	34

Last 5 v.ATL		1-0	8.0	8	3	3	0	4	1	3.38	58
2004-06-13	ATL	W	8.0	8	3	3	0	4	1	91	58

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

 Home:   16-18   Road:   19-16   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  27-25   vsLHP:   8-9    1-Run:  14-8 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest:  5-6  IL:11-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Tue, Jun 22   ATL  W   9-6       35-34  3rd  4.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 20  @WSN  W   6-3       34-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 19  @WSN  W   1-0       33-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 18  @WSN  W   2-1 (11)  32-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 17  @PIT  W   5-4       31-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 16  @PIT  W   7-2       30-34  3rd  7.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 15  @PIT  W   6-4       29-34  3rd  7.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 13  @CHC  L   0-1       28-34  3rd  7.5 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 12  @CHC  W   2-1       28-33  3rd  7.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 11  @CHC  W  10-5       27-33  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 CHW  9  ATL  6        W:John Danks (7-5), L: Tommy Hanson (7-4), S: Bobby Jenks (15)

Sun, Jun 13, 2004 CHW 10  ATL  3        W:Mark Buehrle (7-1), L: Travis Smith (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 12, 2004 CHW 10  ATL  8        W:Esteban Loaiza (7-3), L: John Thomson (5-4), S: Shingo Takatsu (1)
Fri, Jun 11, 2004 ATL  6 @CHW  4        W:Jaret Wright (5-5), L: Scott Schoeneweis (5-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 23, 2002 ATL  9  CHW  1        W:Jason Marquis (6-4), L: Dan Wright (5-8), S: none
Sat, Jun 22, 2002 ATL 15  CHW  2        W:Damian Moss (4-2), L: Gary Glover (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 21, 2002 ATL  3  CHW  2        W:Kevin Gryboski (1-1), L: Todd Ritchie (4-9), S: John Smoltz (23)
Season Series: 2010 - CHW leads 1-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - ATL leads 4-3

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 5.48

PHI 4.56

BAL 3.27

RA/G

SDP 3.29

TOR 4.44

ARI 5.81

R. Cano .363

D. Span .278

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .447

R. Weeks .353

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

B. Boesch .635

A. Torres .451

C. Izturis .238

OPS

J. Morneau 1.068

B. McCann .806

C. Izturis .508

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.15

B. Cecil 4.06

K. Davies 6.15

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.17

C. Wilson 6.62

N. Blackburn 2.84

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Braves Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
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

1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/14 .438/.526/.500/1.026 1.100/1.000 .788 19/1.026 1/0 0/0

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/1.454 6/.583 5/1.200 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 235/160 .261/.322/.336/.658 .644/.665 .676 89/.758 3/1 2/2

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/53 .267/.313/.533/.846 .481/.937 .966 30/.690 3/0 3/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.953 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 236/174 .252/.355/.302/.657 .746/.626 .744 102/.846 5/0 0/8

25.Glaus G/S/vP 23/1.031 3/2.334 4/1.750 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 291/205 .275/.375/.486/.860 .969/.817 .819 110/1.050 0/0 14/5

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 291/203 .259/.378/.473/.851 .708/.916 .846 122/.680 5/4 11/4

18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 15/.762 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 8/.125 ··· 7/1.429 1/no AB 151/141 .311/.377/.548/.926 .633/.946 .911 69/.737 0/0 5/1

4.Infante G/S/vP 13/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.167 ··· 5/.833 ··· 158/110 .306/.342/.381/.723 .506/.815 .657 62/.672 3/1 1/7

10.Jones# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 5/.000 4/1.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 234/160 .250/.389/.383/.772 .775/.770 .602 72/.900 5/0 4/6

16.McCann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.000 5/.800 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 239/173 .258/.377/.429/.806 .601/.886 .839 77/.794 3/1 8/6

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 332/239 .340/.380/.485/.865 .808/.888 .800 119/.974 2/3 7/2

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 4/1.250 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 76/34 .279/.405/.361/.766 .817/.695 .691 34/1.007 0/1 0/1

IP 84.0 27.0 25.1 34.1 24.2 21.2 29.2 24.0 TOTAL .264/.351/.400/.752 .679/.782 .717 .805 36/13 58/60

ERA-K/9

4.71/4.6

4.33/11.3

5.68/9.6

4.46/6.0

2.19/11.7

2.49/11.6

3.34/13.3

4.88/8.2

4.40/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (32-13-2)
Ross (7-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 358/.297 124/.275 116/.272 146/.214 95/.189 98/.235 116/.200 127/.333 .258 Cabrera
Infante
Heyward
Blanco
Hinske 42/22/8/4
5/0/0/1
0/0/65/0
7/9/0/0
25/0/0/0

OPS .767 .742 .843 .639 .501 .647 .562 .976 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.795 63/.780 62/.976 58/.532 38/.553 37/.516 61/.459 57/.847 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.756 61/.700 54/.678 88/.703 57/.466 61/.730 55/.681 70/1.086 .723

Home 186/.768 66/.834 71/.917 81/.711 46/.707 53/.656 54/.590 79/1.023

Last 28d days 102/.857 37/.394 44/1.159 40/.683 37/.384 29/1.076 47/.776 30/.647

HR/SB/CS 8/2/3 2/5/0 6/5/0 3/2/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 1/3/0 2/2/3 60/42/16

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Hudson
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 40.Saito
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 257/190 .202/.273/.254/.527 .433/.558 .535 81/.530 4/2 1/7

27.Castro G/S/vP 16/.517 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.750 36/25 .323/.417/.548/.965 .919/.985 .945 19/1.516 1/0 2/0

25.Jones G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 25/.996 181/134 .208/.320/.455/.775 .865/.743 .739 39/.413 7/2 10/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 19/1.162 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 269/213 .304/.401/.577/.979 1.116/.943 1.210 92/1.031 0/0 17/1

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 3/3.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 10/.733 161/149 .207/.311/.364/.675 .167/.714 .677 54/.557 1/2 6/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/ .667/.667/2.000/2.667 2.667/ 2.500 3/2.667 0/0 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 24/.810 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· 13/.658 306/222 .248/.316/.278/.594 .615/.586 .617 104/.574 27/6 0/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 16/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 224/172 .252/.290/.381/.671 .579/.697 .691 74/.850 0/1 4/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 248/189 .221/.310/.410/.721 .759/.709 .768 82/.785 0/0 9/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 256/190 .262/.294/.393/.688 .554/.735 .680 94/.768 2/5 6/9

51.Rios G/S/vP 13/.462 2/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 1/3.000 5/1.400 ··· 2/.000 270/208 .318/.378/.555/.933 1.094/.886 .988 97/.936 20/6 13/1

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 .000 5/.400 0/0 0/0

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 40/.819 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.200 ··· 9/.222 115/95 .265/.319/.343/.662 .498/.694 .669 65/.804 2/2 1/0

IP 92.1 27.2 75.1 7.2 67.2 28.2 27.2 24.2 31.0 29.1 TOTAL .250/.323/.401/.724 .693/.734 .759 .758 68/30 75/40

ERA-K/9

2.34/4.0

6.18/8.1

4.78/6.1

2.35/8.2

3.33/6.5

3.14/8.2

2.28/7.8

2.92/12.4

1.45/9.9

1.23/13.2

3.79/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (6-2-0)
Pierzynski (31-12-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 371/.221 118/.259 336/.285 29/.207 269/.262 128/.271 112/.230 99/.176 130/.185 116/.168 .248 Jones
Pierre
Quentin
Rios
Kotsay
Lillibridge 8/6/20/2
60/0/0/2
0/0/47/1
1/63/0/1
0/0/6/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .607 .783 .823 .586 .707 .727 .626 .528 .540 .530 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.694 43/.897 155/.859 13/.769 122/.722 41/.948 55/.548 44/.506 47/.456 26/.279 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 193/.527 75/.718 181/.792 16/.438 147/.694 87/.633 57/.702 55/.544 83/.588 90/.605 .684

Road 241/.646 75/.840 202/.856 17/.529 156/.692 86/.753 58/.625 64/.559 58/.519 59/.568

Last 28d days 135/.633 25/.432 121/.814 26/.577 127/.723 40/.862 39/.892 18/.278 60/.516 47/.425

HR/SB/CS 6/3/6 5/0/0 9/5/2 1/0/0 8/2/1 1/7/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 53/39/18

Usage ·····X·· X······· ··X····X ··X····· ···X···· ··Xoo·o· ··Xoo··· ········ ···o·XX· ··XoXo··

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.