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Game Preview: CHW @ CLE, 7:05pm, Monday, August 30, 2010 @Progressive Field

WhiteSox, 70-60, 70-60 2nd, 4½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (31, LHP, 12-10, 3.93)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (12-10)			167.1	184	78	73	39	72	14	3.93
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		4-2	49.0	46	19	18	10	18	4	3.31	54
2010-08-25	BAL	L	7.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	115	49
2010-08-19	@MIN	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	105	70
2010-08-13	DET	W	6.1	5	3	3	2	3	1	100	52
2010-08-08	@BAL	L	7.0	10	4	3	1	0	1	104	42
2010-08-03	@DET	W	7.2	7	2	2	1	1	0	98	57
2010-07-28	SEA	ND	5.0	9	5	5	1	4	1	97	32
2010-07-23	@OAK	W	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	101	77

Last 5 v.CLE		2-1	24.1	23	12	9	8	13	2	3.33	51
2010-06-06	CLE	ND	3.0	8	6	6	3	3	1	95	19
2010-05-26	@CLE	ND	2.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	35	52
2010-04-16	@CLE	L	6.0	6	6	3	4	3	1	109	41
2010-04-05	CLE	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	95	73
2009-09-30	@CLE	W	6.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	79	69

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

 Home:   38-27   Road:   32-33   ExtrInn: 4-9 
 vsRHP:  54-43   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  20-21
 vsEast: 11-17   vsCntrl:24-29   vsWest: 20-11 IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 29   NYY  L   1-2       70-60  2nd  4.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 28   NYY  L   9-12      70-59  2nd  4.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 27   NYY  W   9-4       70-58  2nd  3.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 26   BAL  W   8-0       69-58  2nd  3.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 25   BAL  L   2-4       68-58  2nd  3.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 24   BAL  W   7-5       68-57  2nd  3.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22  @KCR  L   2-3 (10)  67-57  2nd  5.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21  @KCR  W   7-6 (10)  67-56  2nd  4.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 21  @KCR  L   5-6 (11)  66-56  2nd  4.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19  @MIN  W  11-0       66-55  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

Indians, 53-77, 53-77 5th, 21½ GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Mitch Talbot (26, RHP, 8-11, 4.44)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-11)			135.2	142	76	67	61	73	12	4.44
2008 (0-0)			9.2	16	12	12	11	5	3	11.17

Last 7 GS		0-4	33.0	43	26	23	19	23	4	6.27	40
2010-08-25	OAK	L	6.0	6	6	6	3	2	0	103	35
2010-08-19	@KCR	ND	4.2	8	3	2	4	2	0	97	36
2010-08-14	SEA	L	4.0	8	6	4	3	2	1	90	25
2010-07-29	NYY	ND	2.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	40	48
2010-07-24	TBR	L	5.2	7	5	5	1	8	2	97	42
2010-07-17	DET	ND	5.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	105	53
2010-07-07	@TEX	L	5.2	7	4	4	3	4	1	105	40

Last 5 v.CHW		3-0	23.0	18	5	4	3	11	1	1.57	65
2010-06-05	@CHW	W	7.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	111	63
2010-05-25	CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	77	61
2010-04-16	CHW	W	9.0	6	2	1	0	2	1	97	71

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

 Home:   29-36   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  37-54   vsLHP:  16-23   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 17-24   vsCntrl:24-26   vsWest:  7-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 29   KCR  L   2-6       53-77  5th 21.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 28   KCR  W   4-3 (10)  53-76  5th 21.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 27   KCR  W  15-4       52-76  5th 21.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 26   OAK  W   3-2       51-76  5th 21.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 25   OAK  L   1-6       50-76  5th 21.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 24   OAK  L   0-5       50-75  5th 21.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22  @DET  L   1-8       50-74  5th 22.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21  @DET  L   2-5       50-73  5th 21.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 20  @DET  L   0-6       50-72  5th 21.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19  @KCR  W   7-3       50-71  5th 20.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 CHW  8  CLE  7        W:J.J. Putz (1-2), L: Tony Sipp (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (9)
Sat, Jun 05, 2010 CLE  3 @CHW  1        W:Mitch Talbot (7-4), L: Jake Peavy (4-5), S: Kerry Wood (4)
Fri, Jun 04, 2010 CLE 10 @CHW  1        W:Justin Masterson (1-5), L: John Danks (4-5), S: none
Wed, May 26, 2010 CHW  5 @CLE  4        W:Tony Pena (1-1), L: Jake Westbrook (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 25, 2010 CLE  7  CHW  3        W:Mitch Talbot (6-3), L: Jake Peavy (3-4), S: none
Mon, May 24, 2010 CHW  7 @CLE  2        W:John Danks (4-3), L: Justin Masterson (0-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 18, 2010 CLE  7  CHW  4        W:Fausto Carmona (2-0), L: Gavin Floyd (0-2), S: Chris Perez (4)
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 CLE  3  CHW  2        W:Jensen Lewis (2-0), L: Matt Thornton (1-1), S: Chris Perez (3)
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 CLE  6  CHW  2        W:Mitch Talbot (1-1), L: Mark Buehrle (2-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 08, 2010 CLE  5 @CHW  3 (11)   W:Jensen Lewis (1-0), L: J.J. Putz (0-1), S: Chris Perez (2)
Season Series: 2010 - CLE over 8-4; 2009 - CHW won 10-8; 2008 - CHW won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 1019-985

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 5.36

DET 4.50

SEA 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.47

CIN 4.33

ARI 5.42

J. Hamilton .359

F. Sanchez .287

L. Valbuena .165

OBP

M. Cabrera .437

O. Hudson .359

B. Wood .190

SLG

M. Cabrera .647

C. Young .469

R. Tejada .207

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.084

A. Rodriguez .818

B. Wood .410

ERA

C. Buchholz 2.21

C. Billingsley 3.73

B. Bergesen 5.55

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.93

A. Sanchez 6.99

M. Buehrle 3.87

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WhiteSox Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 57.Ambriz
G/S/vB 39.Germano
G/S/vB 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.715 5/.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 458/342 .254/.316/.389/.705 .686/.711 .648 93/.910 4/6 9/12

27.Castro G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/72 .322/.378/.578/.955 1.050/.919 1.036 34/.865 1/0 7/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 6/.500 1/3.000 9/1.319 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 293/200 .215/.321/.474/.795 .894/.749 .671 34/1.049 9/2 18/2

14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 11/.573 1/no AB 4/2.083 ··· 524/405 .319/.397/.582/.979 1.115/.940 .849 114/1.115 0/1 32/5

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 313/288 .233/.307/.382/.688 .080/.742 .712 60/.860 1/3 8/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/34 .281/.293/.491/.784 1.027/.618 .833 26/.346 3/2 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 11/.400 1/.000 10/1.056 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 4/1.500 3/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 587/428 .283/.348/.325/.673 .672/.673 .654 126/.818 51/14 1/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 10/.400 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 412/308 .256/.291/.370/.661 .588/.686 .613 79/.810 3/4 6/3

20.Quentin G/S/vP 10/.422 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 447/338 .239/.336/.486/.821 .744/.844 .659 91/.786 2/1 24/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 10/.700 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 7/.762 2/1.000 ··· ··· 501/366 .287/.315/.439/.754 .779/.744 .756 116/.777 8/7 15/15

51.Rios G/S/vP 10/.522 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 4/2.417 1/5.000 3/1.167 ··· 520/393 .288/.335/.463/.798 .752/.813 .777 107/.653 27/13 18/2

23.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 13/.398 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 197/161 .269/.342/.417/.759 .371/.850 .815 40/.876 3/4 4/8

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 296/247 .288/.357/.339/.696 .594/.716 .732 92/.691 7/5 1/2

IP 135.2 44.2 16.2 38.0 34.2 52.1 51.1 50.2 29.0 35.1 TOTAL .270/.332/.429/.761 .744/.767 .715 .815 121/62 149/83

ERA-K/9

4.44/4.8

5.84/7.0

0.00/8.1

3.55/4.7

4.15/4.4

2.06/8.8

2.98/5.6

4.80/9.4

4.66/6.2

4.08/4.1

4.50/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (17-8-1)
Pierzynski (57-22-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 589/.275 211/.353 67/.155 168/.291 147/.284 222/.198 226/.283 216/.226 126/.200 147/.273 .275 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Kotsay
Quentin
Teahen
Lillibridge 11/12/52/8
1/119/0/4
118/0/0/3
0/0/7/1
0/0/85/1
0/0/2/0
1/4/0/0

OPS .769 .997 .447 .796 .809 .632 .688 .818 .699 .786 .773

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 281/.745 110/.885 34/.644 93/.742 77/.974 98/.860 101/.674 96/.820 36/.881 83/.688 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.787 101/1.120 33/.251 75/.864 70/.631 124/.463 125/.700 120/.817 90/.630 64/.909 .750

Home 328/.848 124/.839 39/.502 96/.622 73/.762 120/.540 102/.650 117/.789 47/.582 71/.870

Last 28d days 76/.919 52/1.143 56/.438 119/.846 51/.797 33/.413 50/.433 41/.803 32/.541 102/.929

HR/SB/CS 12/2/9 10/4/0 0/0/0 4/1/2 5/1/2 4/7/0 1/4/1 11/6/6 4/5/1 5/0/2 116/94/42

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

Indians Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 58.Harrell
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 49.Sale*
G/S/vB 46.Santos
G/S/vB 52.Torres
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 190/152 .218/.282/.306/.588 .544/.599 .656 76/.816 5/2 3/2

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 25/.457 ··· 4/.000 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/1.417 308/206 .279/.332/.370/.702 .706/.699 .766 103/.756 4/4 3/7

17.Choo* G/S/vP 23/1.178 ··· 3/1.167 7/1.071 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 506/323 .292/.389/.462/.851 .684/.951 .964 107/.806 15/5 15/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP 10/.522 ··· 4/1.000 3/1.833 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 387/289 .244/.299/.331/.631 .475/.684 .641 86/.464 14/3 2/5

16.Donald G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 288/215 .266/.320/.403/.723 .900/.666 .706 70/.672 3/1 4/12

47.Duncan G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 189/118 .226/.312/.399/.711 .808/.651 .823 61/.417 0/0 7/0

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 43/28 .189/.286/.378/.664 .624/.688 .848 22/.844 0/0 1/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 69/.678 ··· 8/.708 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.850 360/263 .274/.372/.436/.809 .598/.890 .973 42/.891 1/1 10/0

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 14/.594 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 338/238 .234/.308/.373/.681 .717/.665 .643 87/.627 0/0 9/3

30.Marson G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.833 217/154 .186/.260/.263/.523 .753/.427 .445 58/.506 6/0 2/4

25.Marte G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 4/.750 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 139/94 .226/.302/.371/.673 .673/.674 .703 41/.825 0/2 4/11

12.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 255/178 .242/.302/.433/.734 .751/.728 .807 80/.817 1/0 11/10

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 7/.334 3/2.000 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 5/1.417 222/185 .165/.255/.232/.487 .866/.414 .367 37/.416 1/2 2/7

IP 167.1 6.2 48.2 44.1 71.2 8.0 41.1 9.1 TOTAL .247/.322/.380/.701 .677/.711 .709 .680 65/23 103/112

ERA-K/9

3.93/3.9

1.35/2.7

4.25/10.7

4.67/8.5

5.65/4.9

1.13/12.4

2.40/9.2

6.75/5.8

4.00/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (12-6-1)
Marson (35-22-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 700/.283 28/.174 213/.257 193/.257 319/.273 32/.154 188/.256 49/.366 .259 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Nix
LaPorta
Gimenez
Brantley
Valbuena 0/0/113/12
29/64/0/8
25/0/8/5
2/0/1/1
7/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
7/36/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .728 .495 .666 .782 .778 .483 .699 1.030 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 203/.745 15/.500 111/.623 100/.988 143/.588 15/.593 74/.542 28/1.202 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 497/.721 13/.490 102/.712 93/.555 176/.921 17/.371 114/.805 21/.793 .716

Road 375/.706 / 104/.691 93/.719 145/.735 16/.582 94/.785 32/.882

Last 28d days 143/.659 2/.000 41/.526 43/.767 82/.820 32/.483 42/.996 49/1.030

HR/SB/CS 14/5/5 0/0/0 3/10/0 10/7/0 9/3/3 0/0/0 2/2/1 1/0/1 113/79/32

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