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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, May 14, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 14-20, 14-203rd, 8 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (31, LHP, 2-4, 4.96)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (2-4) 45.1 51 28 25 12 20 5 4.96
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 2-4 45.1 51 28 25 12 20 5 4.96 45
2010-05-07 TOR ND 8.0 8 3 3 2 4 1 101 56
2010-05-02 @NYY L 4.2 10 5 5 1 3 2 93 26
2010-04-27 @TEX L 7.0 7 4 4 1 2 1 104 48
2010-04-21 TBR L 4.2 9 6 6 1 4 0 85 25
2010-04-16 @CLE L 6.0 6 6 3 4 3 1 109 41
2010-04-11 MIN W 8.0 8 4 4 2 1 0 113 49
2010-04-05 CLE W 7.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 95 73
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 32.2 35 15 15 9 14 4 4.13 49
2009-09-18 KCR L 6.0 7 5 5 4 4 1 100 38
2009-08-17 KCR ND 6.0 9 4 4 2 0 1 96 36
2009-07-02 @KCR W 8.1 6 1 1 0 1 0 100 68
2009-05-30 @KCR ND 7.1 7 3 3 0 6 1 95 58
2009-04-07 KCR ND 5.0 6 2 2 3 3 1 97 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-10   Road:    5-10   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   9-13   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 28 Wed, May  5   KCR  W   9-2       12-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  4   KCR  L   2-7       11-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  3   KCR  W   5-1       11-15  3rd  6.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  2  @NYY  L   3-12      10-15  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Royals, 12-23, 12-235th, 10½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (31, RHP, 0-4, 8.24)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-4) 31.2 42 29 29 25 17 3 8.24
2009 (6-10) 129.0 144 81 73 58 95 17 5.09
2008 (14-11) 210.1 204 98 93 73 183 19 3.98
Last 7 GS 0-5 35.2 50 36 36 25 18 5 9.08 32
2010-05-08 @TEX L 8.0 6 3 3 7 3 0 128 54
2010-05-03 @CHW L 5.0 9 5 5 3 2 1 96 28
2010-04-28 SEA ND 6.0 8 5 5 3 5 0 115 38
2010-04-23 MIN L 3.1 4 4 4 5 2 0 84 33
2010-04-17 @MIN ND 6.0 7 5 5 4 1 1 109 35
2010-04-11 BOS L 3.1 8 7 7 3 4 1 88 17
2009-08-29 @SEA L 4.0 8 7 7 0 1 2 86 19
Last 5 v.CHW 2-1 30.1 31 13 13 11 23 3 3.86 52
2010-05-03 @CHW L 5.0 9 5 5 3 2 1 96 28
2009-08-18 @CHW W 5.0 8 4 4 5 2 2 105 32
2009-05-30 CHW ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 103 64
2009-04-07 @CHW ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 6 0 91 65
2008-07-19 @CHW W 6.1 2 1 1 1 6 0 91 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-10   Road:    7-13   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  10-17   vsLHP:   2-6    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest:  1-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Thu, May 13   CLE  W   6-4       12-23  5th 10.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 12   CLE  L   0-4       11-23  5th 11.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 11   CLE  L   2-8       11-22  5th 10.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  9  @TEX  L   4-6       11-21  5th 10.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  8  @TEX  L   2-3       11-20  5th  9.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  7  @TEX  L   1-4       11-19  5th  8.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  6  @TEX  L  12-13      11-18  4th  8.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  5  @CHW  L   2-9       11-17  4th  8.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  4  @CHW  W   7-2       11-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  3  @CHW  L   1-5       10-16  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 05, 2010 CHW  9  KCR  2        W:Freddy Garcia (1-2), L: Brian Bannister (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 04, 2010 KCR  7 @CHW  2        W:Luke Hochevar (3-1), L: Gavin Floyd (1-3), S: none
Mon, May 03, 2010 CHW  5  KCR  1        W:Jake Peavy (1-2), L: Gil Meche (0-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 20, 2009 KCR  2 @CHW  1        W:Rob Tejeda (4-1), L: Freddy Garcia (2-3), S: Joakim Soria (26)
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 CHW 13  KCR  3        W:Jake Peavy (7-6), L: Dusty Hughes (0-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 18, 2009 KCR 11 @CHW  0        W:Luke Hochevar (7-10), L: Mark Buehrle (12-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 CHW  4  KCR  2        W:Jose Contreras (5-11), L: Zack Greinke (11-8), S: Bobby Jenks (26)
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 KCR  5 @CHW  4        W:Gil Meche (6-9), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (20)
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 CHW  8  KCR  7        W:Scott Linebrink (3-5), L: Roman Colon (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (25)
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 KCR  6  CHW  3        W:Brian Bannister (6-6), L: Clayton Richard (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (12)
Season Series: 2010 - CHW leads 2-1; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 327-284

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  5.59

FLA  4.46

HOU  3.06

 RA/G

SDP  2.97

DET  4.51

PIT  6.21

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .93

R. Wolf  3.95

J. Beckett  7.46

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.93

C. Pavano  6.61

N. Blackburn  2.04

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

WhiteSox Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 57.Thompson
G/S/vB		 38.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 137/95 .191/.304/.252/.556 .469/.592 .584 87/.468 2/2 1/4
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/ .000/.333/.000/.333 .333/ 6/.333 0/0 0/0
25.Jones G/S/vP 6/.833 11/.473 18/1.244 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 111/75 .260/.360/.604/.965 1.117/.894 1.125 83/.899 6/0 9/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 43/.909 14/1.262 14/2.098 3/2.667 8/.250 2/1.000 ··· 131/97 .290/.405/.710/1.115 1.211/1.081 .987 89/1.194 0/0 13/1
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 35/.347 19/1.339 15/.833 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 66/60 .133/.212/.283/.495 .000/.548 .432 42/.504 0/0 3/0
5.Nix G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/2.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 23/6 .211/.348/.211/.558 .507/.667 .167 17/.643 0/0 0/1
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/.000 8/.286 1/2.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· 148/98 .252/.308/.259/.567 .472/.613 .635 102/.595 17/4 0/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 35/.617 12/1.401 12/1.765 4/1.750 9/.472 2/1.000 ··· 111/82 .196/.255/.294/.549 .646/.517 .544 74/.570 0/1 2/0
20.Quentin G/S/vP 12/.777 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 5/1.000 3/.666 ··· 133/95 .180/.308/.360/.669 .723/.647 .524 84/.584 0/0 4/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/1.063 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 118/75 .221/.248/.327/.575 .471/.637 .660 82/.635 1/0 2/6
51.Rios G/S/vP 26/1.448 17/.309 9/1.445 2/1.000 3/.333 1/5.000 ··· 127/88 .322/.362/.585/.947 1.142/.865 .766 81/1.087 11/3 6/0
23.Teahen* G/S/vP 7/.143 4/.000 7/.971 1/2.000 ··· 14/1.198 ··· 107/80 .226/.321/.355/.676 .345/.794 .755 75/.593 2/2 2/5
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 18/1.115 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 36/26 .129/.222/.161/.384 .100/.497 .449 22/.495 0/1 0/0
IP 31.2 5.1 14.1 13.2 14.0 10.2 1.0 TOTAL .230/.314/.397/.711 .699/.715 .696 .717 40/13 43/19
ERA-K/9 8.24/4.8 5.06/8.5 3.14/6.9 3.95/4.6 3.86/14.1 4.22/5.9 0.00/0.0 5.14/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (1-2-0)
 Pierzynski (14-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.328 28/.238 64/.281 59/.245 60/.241 47/.273 3/.333 .278  Jones
 Rios
 Pierre
 Kotsay
 Quentin
 Nix
6/4/8/2
1/30/0/1
27/0/0/1
0/0/4/1
0/0/23/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .935 .631 .745 .730 .788 .873 .667 .808
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.959 13/.684 31/.780 32/.798 29/.900 22/1.312 2/1.000 .809
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.907 15/.583 33/.713 27/.651 31/.678 25/.471 1/.000 .807
Home 68/1.027 16/.606 27/.850 40/.646 30/.776 20/1.087 3/.667
Last 28d days 133/.876 28/.631 45/.701 39/.690 45/.801 47/.873 3/.667
HR/SB/CS 3/12/3 0/2/0 1/2/1 2/0/1 4/0/0 3/0/0 0/0/0 37/36/12
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X ·X····o· oXX····· X·X····o ·X··X··· ·X······
Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.85 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 18/.827 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 37/25 .405/.405/.595/1.000 .333/1.320 .786 36/1.028 0/1 2/0
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 15/.978 5/.200 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 127/96 .283/.312/.383/.695 .948/.618 .698 88/.616 0/1 2/3
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 31/1.085 7/.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 37/22 .114/.162/.143/.305 .343/.279 .000 25/.457 3/0 0/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 36/.906 10/.200 6/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 151/117 .326/.364/.449/.814 .882/.795 .823 107/.824 0/0 3/2
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 14/.214 3/1.667 8/.250 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/2.000 1/2.000 147/111 .304/.340/.507/.847 .690/.899 .886 106/.924 2/0 6/3
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 69/.427 11/.909 3/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 17/.485 1/no AB 152/107 .263/.347/.459/.805 .728/.837 .933 108/.774 2/1 4/0
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 58/44 .189/.246/.189/.434 .993/.278 .511 25/.367 5/1 0/1
6.Guillen G/S/vP 27/.682 7/.000 8/.393 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 6/.000 2/1.500 146/108 .246/.301/.485/.786 .613/.846 .606 103/.613 1/0 8/0
25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 4/.500 0/0 0/0
18.Kendall G/S/vP 21/.920 2/1.000 13/1.365 3/.666 6/.666 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 132/102 .282/.359/.342/.701 .962/.625 .630 91/.624 2/1 0/4
12.Maier* G/S/vP 17/1.221 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 2/.000 82/67 .254/.363/.373/.736 .651/.755 .828 72/.797 0/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 13/10 .000/.077/.000/.077 .000/.100 .167 12/.083 1/0 0/1
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/3.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 149/109 .315/.366/.415/.782 .710/.810 .694 102/.702 12/3 2/1
IP 45.1 13.0 12.1 15.2 11.0 13.1 16.1 11.1 TOTAL .272/.329/.410/.740 .718/.747 .739 .715 29/9 31/28
ERA-K/9 4.96/4.0 6.23/11.8 4.38/8.8 6.32/5.7 4.91/13.1 0.68/11.5 2.20/14.4 4.76/9.6 4.60/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (34-12-0)
 Pena (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.290 66/.345 53/.245 67/.196 46/.238 52/.156 60/.161 64/.298 .257  DeJesus
 Maier
 Podsednik
 Guillen
 Bloomquist
1/0/33/2
5/20/1/1
33/1/0/0
0/0/2/0
0/2/2/0
OPS .779 .950 .690 .729 .694 .455 .467 .995 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.799 33/1.040 27/.721 31/.685 21/.619 25/.422 35/.371 34/.856 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.769 33/.853 26/.651 36/.748 25/.768 27/.487 25/.613 30/1.167 .718
Road 83/.876 23/.729 22/.727 32/.578 20/.311 22/.377 26/.804 29/.924
Last 28d days 109/.911 44/1.090 33/.880 45/.882 27/.676 39/.572 37/.537 39/.979
HR/SB/CS 5/0/2 2/4/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/2 31/20/10
Usage ······X· ··X·X·X· ····X··· ····o··o ······X· ·o···X·o ··o·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.