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Game Preview: LAA @ CHW, 2:05pm, Thursday, July 8, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Angels, 46-41, 46-41 2nd, 5½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (27, RHP, 8-6, 3.95)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-6)			114.0	120	53	50	33	96	15	3.95
2009 (8-8)			139.2	159	83	78	47	107	24	5.03
2008 (16-7)			219.0	198	89	85	47	214	23	3.49

Last 7 GS		4-3	45.0	54	23	22	12	34	3	4.40	49
2010-07-03	KCR	L	8.1	7	4	4	2	4	0	114	55
2010-06-27	COL	W	6.2	8	3	3	1	7	1	120	52
2010-06-22	LAD	W	7.0	8	3	3	2	6	1	116	53
2010-06-15	MIL	L	5.0	10	6	6	2	6	1	103	27
2010-06-10	@OAK	L	5.0	7	5	4	2	3	0	107	36
2010-06-05	@SEA	W	6.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	102	53
2010-05-31	@KCR	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	101	65

Last 5 v.CHW		2-2	26.2	33	19	17	17	21	6	5.74	43
2010-05-20	@CHW	W	7.0	7	1	0	3	6	0	106	64
2009-09-12	CHW	ND	7.0	7	3	2	2	4	2	106	55
2009-08-06	@CHW	W	6.0	5	4	4	5	7	1	108	48
2009-05-25	CHW	L	1.0	9	7	7	1	1	1	41	7
2007-04-27	@CHW	L	5.2	5	4	4	6	3	2	109	40

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

 Home:   24-20   Road:   22-21   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  32-27   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:11-15   vsWest: 15-9  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Wed, Jul  7  @CHW  L   2-5       46-41  2nd  5.5 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  6  @CHW  L   1-4       46-40  2nd  4.5 gb
 85 Mon, Jul  5  @CHW  L   2-9       46-39  2nd  3.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  4   KCR  W  11-0       46-38  2nd  3.5 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  3   KCR  L   2-4       45-38  2nd  4.5 gb
 82 Fri, Jul  2   KCR  L   1-2 (10)  45-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 81 Thu, Jul  1   TEX  W   2-1       45-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 80 Wed, Jun 30   TEX  L   4-6       44-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 29   TEX  W   6-5       44-35  2nd  3.5 gb
 78 Sun, Jun 27   COL  W  10-3       43-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

WhiteSox, 45-38, 45-38 2nd, 1 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (25, LHP, 7-7, 3.58)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-7)			103.0	88	43	41	37	79	7	3.58
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		3-4	42.1	39	25	25	19	29	4	5.31	48
2010-07-03	@TEX	L	6.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	103	56
2010-06-27	CHC	L	5.0	7	6	6	2	5	1	95	32
2010-06-22	ATL	W	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	99	55
2010-06-16	@PIT	W	8.0	4	2	2	3	6	1	108	69
2010-06-10	DET	W	7.0	1	0	0	4	4	0	111	75
2010-06-04	CLE	L	5.1	9	4	4	2	5	0	113	37
2010-05-29	@TBR	L	4.0	8	8	8	3	2	1	102	13

Last 5 v.LAA		1-2	31.1	27	15	13	14	29	4	3.73	54
2010-05-19	LAA	L	7.2	3	3	2	2	8	1	104	69
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

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

 Home:   23-19   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  35-29   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:  16-9 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 10-7  IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Wed, Jul  7   LAA  W   5-2       45-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  6   LAA  W   4-1       44-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  5   LAA  W   9-2       43-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  4  @TEX  W   5-3       42-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 79 Sat, Jul  3  @TEX  L   1-3       41-38  3rd  2.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jul  2  @TEX  W   5-3       41-37  3rd  2.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 30  @KCR  L   6-7       40-37  3rd  2.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 29  @KCR  W   4-3       40-36  3rd  1.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 28  @KCR  L   1-3       39-36  3rd  2.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 27   CHC  L   6-8       39-35  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 07, 2010 CHW  5  LAA  2        W:Freddy Garcia (9-3), L: Joe Saunders (6-9), S: Bobby Jenks (19)
Tue, Jul 06, 2010 CHW  4  LAA  1        W:Tony Pena (2-1), L: Jered Weaver (8-4), S: Bobby Jenks (18)
Mon, Jul 05, 2010 CHW  9  LAA  2        W:Gavin Floyd (4-7), L: Scott Kazmir (7-8), S: Sergio Santos (1)
Thu, May 20, 2010 LAA  6 @CHW  5        W:Ervin Santana (3-3), L: Jake Peavy (3-3), S: Brian Fuentes (6)
Wed, May 19, 2010 LAA  3 @CHW  2        W:Joe Saunders (3-5), L: John Danks (3-3), S: Brian Fuentes (5)

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
Season Series: 2010 - CHW leads 3-2; 2009 - CHW won 5-4; 2008 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - CHW leads 339-336

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

BOS 5.40

ARI 4.55

PIT 3.24

RA/G

SDP 3.36

CIN 4.38

ARI 5.78

M. Cabrera .347

J. Willingham .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

S. Smith .351

B. Wood .186

SLG

M. Cabrera .647

B. McCann .451

B. Wood .228

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.070

R. Spilborghs .803

B. Wood .414

ERA

J. Johnson 1.70

E. Santana 3.95

C. Narveson 6.02

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.17

A. Harang 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.19

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Angels Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.28 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 68.Threets*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 18/1.667 2/.000 10/.929 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/1.071 ··· 372/247 .250/.344/.391/.735 .624/.792 .646 101/.656 14/6 8/6

22.Aldridge* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 17/.426 5/.400 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 1/no AB 7/.762 ··· 342/241 .282/.342/.364/.706 .751/.687 .778 68/.768 13/6 2/11

18.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 116/84 .315/.362/.407/.769 .842/.742 .695 67/.715 2/0 0/5

48.Hunter G/S/vP 26/.846 10/.686 6/1.500 3/1.334 7/1.000 1/.000 10/.733 ··· 347/241 .304/.386/.525/.911 .901/.916 .997 101/1.098 7/10 14/1

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 9/.444 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 3/.333 1/no AB 3/1.334 ··· 362/255 .281/.318/.408/.727 .716/.731 .704 108/.898 9/2 7/6

5.Mathis G/S/vP 12/.973 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 85/59 .256/.286/.372/.658 .758/.615 .718 48/.507 2/0 2/2

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 8/.393 6/.167 5/.400 3/.333 6/1.167 ··· 11/.182 1/no AB 326/222 .253/.334/.404/.738 .589/.811 .712 82/.648 0/0 10/0

41.McAnulty* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 12/12 .091/.167/.364/.530 /.530 .125 12/.530 0/0 1/0

44.Napoli G/S/vP 6/.666 2/2.000 3/.333 3/1.167 4/.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 283/202 .256/.332/.484/.816 1.050/.723 .873 93/.806 3/2 14/7

20.Rivera G/S/vP 17/.607 7/.429 3/1.667 6/.900 8/1.518 ··· 3/.000 ··· 266/178 .236/.297/.413/.710 .784/.674 .807 55/.619 1/2 10/4

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/2.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 83/57 .246/.350/.275/.625 .717/.587 .606 28/.561 1/2 0/1

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/45 .196/.275/.348/.622 .714/.603 .598 23/.723 0/0 1/0

3.Wood G/S/vP 7/.143 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 177/120 .168/.186/.228/.414 .466/.389 .357 49/.501 1/0 3/8

IP 103.0 31.2 28.1 41.2 33.0 27.0 36.1 2.0 TOTAL .257/.323/.402/.725 .724/.726 .733 .715 59/32 86/72

ERA-K/9

3.58/6.9

3.98/10.8

5.08/9.5

4.97/5.6

1.64/10.6

2.00/10.7

2.72/12.1

0.00/0.0

4.10/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (14-3-2)
Napoli (39-15-5)
Wilson (11-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 422/.231 142/.264 127/.268 182/.258 122/.157 119/.222 142/.195 7/.167 .256 Abreu
Rivera
Willits
Matsui
Hunter
Frandsen
Aldridge 0/0/78/5
61/1/9/5
18/18/5/4
14/0/0/1
0/80/0/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .639 .706 .817 .735 .424 .622 .541 .452 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.742 72/.704 64/.993 65/.489 48/.505 44/.485 67/.416 3/1.167 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 296/.596 70/.705 63/.630 117/.861 74/.370 75/.704 75/.656 4/.000 .713

Home 242/.613 84/.755 74/.905 112/.751 61/.527 65/.583 68/.563 1/

Last 28d days 103/.673 36/.374 19/.922 47/1.060 41/.225 28/.697 41/.463 7/.452

HR/SB/CS 7/2/6 2/6/0 6/5/0 5/2/2 2/2/1 0/1/1 1/3/0 0/0/0 68/49/24

Usage ····X··· oXX····· ····X··X ·X··o··o oo·o·o·· X·X··o·· oX·X·X·· ··o·o··o

WhiteSox Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 45.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 63.Thompson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 10/1.025 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 291/220 .208/.272/.281/.553 .519/.562 .582 74/.595 4/3 2/9

27.Castro G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 48/34 .310/.396/.476/.872 .857/.878 .742 20/.938 1/0 2/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 9/1.587 7/.453 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 205/151 .195/.312/.431/.743 .841/.709 .739 40/.425 8/2 11/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 25/.467 5/2.400 2/.000 17/1.172 1/.000 12/.450 1/.000 327/263 .298/.382/.560/.943 1.083/.909 1.157 100/.827 0/0 20/1

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 29/1.059 11/.664 3/.333 10/.425 1/no AB 18/.944 ··· 205/191 .229/.327/.391/.718 .143/.759 .708 59/.867 1/2 6/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 22/12 .429/.455/.810/1.264 1.711/.917 .905 20/1.134 1/1 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 16/.938 9/.500 2/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 7/.715 2/.000 367/274 .262/.331/.296/.627 .603/.634 .636 107/.710 32/10 0/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 21/.571 9/.666 ··· 13/.508 1/.000 9/.958 1/.000 266/207 .237/.278/.345/.623 .506/.655 .611 74/.682 0/1 4/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP 7/1.514 11/.182 3/.666 5/2.100 ··· 1/5.000 1/5.000 293/229 .234/.334/.476/.811 .831/.805 .919 79/1.140 0/0 15/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 8/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 8/.661 ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 307/233 .280/.313/.419/.731 .590/.777 .728 95/.805 2/6 8/10

51.Rios G/S/vP 12/.872 5/.600 2/.000 6/.583 ··· 11/.473 2/.000 325/255 .302/.354/.510/.864 1.021/.822 .923 98/.711 22/8 14/1

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 32/23 .281/.281/.406/.688 1.111/.522 .933 32/.688 1/0 1/1

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/1.000 13/1.138 ··· 5/.400 ··· 4/1.000 2/.500 145/123 .240/.301/.318/.619 .449/.648 .637 55/.547 2/2 1/1

IP 114.0 24.1 28.0 34.1 19.0 28.2 1.2 TOTAL .254/.324/.406/.730 .704/.738 .769 .743 78/39 90/52

ERA-K/9

3.95/7.6

4.44/10.4

4.82/10.9

3.15/5.5

3.79/9.5

5.02/8.2

5.40/10.6

4.39/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (8-5-0)
Pierzynski (36-17-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 493/.269 104/.226 127/.255 152/.234 80/.208 136/.269 9/.333 .263 Jones
Pierre
Kotsay
Quentin
Rios
Lillibridge 9/9/23/3
73/0/0/2
0/0/6/1
0/0/58/1
1/75/0/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .770 .770 .686 .690 .621 .758 1.000 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 272/.852 27/.264 69/.695 70/.716 33/.726 63/.582 2/.000 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.671 77/.961 58/.674 82/.669 47/.551 73/.902 7/1.286 .766

Road 228/.759 42/.888 61/.763 65/.714 33/.509 67/.728 9/1.000

Last 28d days 122/.782 39/.733 35/.738 53/.729 55/.810 33/.419 9/1.000

HR/SB/CS 15/18/3 5/3/1 1/3/0 2/7/0 2/0/0 2/3/3 1/0/0 85/69/20

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