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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 40-36, 40-36 3rd, 1½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: (2010, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-19   Road:   20-17   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  32-27   vsLHP:   8-9    1-Run:  16-8 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest:  5-6  IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 73 Sat, Jun 26   CHC  W   3-2       39-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 25   CHC  W   6-0       38-34  3rd  1.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 24   ATL  W   2-0       37-34  3rd  2.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 23   ATL  W   4-2       36-34  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:20-10
Royals, 33-45, 33-45 4th, 9½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: (2010, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced CHW as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-21   Road:   16-24   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  28-36   vsLHP:   5-9    1-Run:  10-17
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest:  3-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Tue, Jun 29   CHW  L   3-4       33-45  4th  9.5 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 28   CHW  W   3-1       33-44  4th  9.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 27   STL  W  10-3       32-44  4th  9.5 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 26   STL  L   3-5       31-44  4th 10.5 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 25   STL  W   4-2       31-43  4th  9.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 23  @WSN  W   1-0       30-43  4th 11.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 22  @WSN  L   3-4       29-43  4th 12.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 21  @WSN  L   1-2       29-42  4th 12.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 20  @ATL  L   5-8       29-41  4th 11.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 19  @ATL  L   4-5       29-40  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 CHW  4 @KCR  3        W:Gavin Floyd (3-7), L: Brian Bannister (7-6), S: J.J. Putz (2)
Mon, Jun 28, 2010 KCR  3  CHW  1        W:Anthony Lerew (1-1), L: Mark Buehrle (6-7), S: Joakim Soria (19)
Sun, May 16, 2010 KCR  5  CHW  3        W:Brian Bannister (2-3), L: Gavin Floyd (1-4), S: Joakim Soria (9)
Sat, May 15, 2010 CHW  5 @KCR  4        W:Jake Peavy (3-2), L: Luke Hochevar (3-2), S: Matt Thornton (1)
Fri, May 14, 2010 KCR  6  CHW  1        W:Dusty Hughes (1-1), L: Mark Buehrle (2-5), S: none
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
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 329-287

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  5.53

DET  4.55

PIT  3.22

RA/G

SDP  3.35

FLA  4.40

ARI  5.69

BA

R. Cano  .358

C. Coghlan  .279

L. Valbuena  .166

OBP

J. Morneau  .445

D. Uggla  .353

A. Ramirez  .242

SLG

M. Cabrera  .630

F. Lewis  .452

L. Valbuena  .245

OPS

J. Morneau  1.050

J. Guillen  .804

T. Manzella  .513

ERA

U. Jimenez  1.83

J. Verlander  4.02

K. Davies  6.06

K/9IP

J. Weaver  10.44

B. Cecil  6.75

N. Blackburn  3.11

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB
40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
31.Hughes*
G/S/vB
47.Marte
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
53.Texeira
G/S/vB
38.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.250 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 277/208 .207/.275/.285/.559 .504/.576 .540 83/.628 4/3 2/7
27.Castro G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/28 .294/.385/.500/.885 .919/.873 .984 18/1.289 1/0 2/0
25.Jones G/S/vP 11/.473 18/1.244 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 189/141 .199/.312/.435/.747 .846/.713 .784 36/.348 7/2 10/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 14/1.262 15/1.933 3/2.667 3/1.167 9/.222 1/2.000 3/.000 298/240 .295/.389/.575/.964 1.073/.938 .746 95/.912 0/0 20/1
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 19/1.339 16/.780 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 184/171 .219/.321/.381/.702 .154/.743 .706 58/.834 1/2 6/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .333/.333/1.000/1.333 2.667/.000 3.000 6/1.333 0/0 1/0
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.250 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 336/250 .249/.318/.279/.598 .600/.597 .585 106/.633 29/8 0/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 12/1.401 13/1.621 6/1.166 3/.333 11/.495 1/.000 ··· 246/192 .243/.284/.361/.645 .556/.669 .650 74/.777 0/1 4/1
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 3/.333 2/.500 6/1.100 1/2.000 ··· 275/214 .233/.335/.462/.796 .756/.807 .716 88/.985 0/0 13/3
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 4/.500 1/no AB 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 282/214 .264/.297/.392/.690 .538/.740 .668 95/.770 2/6 6/9
51.Rios G/S/vP 17/.309 9/1.445 2/1.000 1/2.000 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 296/232 .307/.365/.526/.891 1.057/.846 .846 97/.748 21/8 13/1
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 13/10 .308/.308/.308/.615 .667/.600 .750 13/.615 1/0 0/0
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 134/112 .252/.311/.319/.630 .449/.664 .613 70/.668 2/2 1/0
IP 41.1 33.2 25.2 18.1 28.2 31.2 22.0 TOTAL .249/.323/.402/.724 .681/.737 .690 .743 72/36 83/44
ERA-K/9 3.92/8.5 2.14/6.7 3.16/6.0 2.95/4.9 2.51/11.3 3.69/6.5 4.09/3.3 4.65/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (6-3-0)
 Pierzynski (32-15-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 180/.220 136/.228 114/.265 74/.194 120/.234 143/.273 88/.243 .266  Jones
 Pierre
 Rios
 Kotsay
 Quentin
 Lillibridge
9/8/20/3
66/0/0/2
1/69/0/1
0/0/6/1
0/0/54/1
0/1/0/0
OPS .690 .613 .760 .628 .675 .685 .706 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.724 62/.766 55/.693 28/.526 60/.785 66/.706 41/.890 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.673 74/.485 59/.820 46/.689 60/.562 77/.668 47/.554 .734
Home 96/.623 68/.633 58/.759 34/.765 67/.597 65/.640 55/.616
Last 28d days 120/.741 45/.508 28/.571 39/.528 36/.658 56/.576 53/.868
HR/SB/CS 4/5/1 2/3/3 3/1/1 3/0/0 4/0/0 0/2/0 2/1/1 83/69/22
Usage ··X····· X·Xo···· ···o···o ·o······ ·X··o·o· X······X o·oX····
Royals Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 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
67.Williams*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 187/147 .322/.348/.400/.748 .522/.805 .688 78/.758 2/4 2/6
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 278/225 .259/.286/.384/.670 .803/.640 .638 88/.556 0/1 5/9
46.Betemit# G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/23 .480/.536/1.000/1.536 4.333/1.117 1.214 27/1.597 0/0 3/0
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 79/45 .236/.282/.389/.671 .867/.530 .908 18/1.000 4/3 2/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 7/.858 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 2/1.500 332/276 .319/.370/.468/.839 .792/.848 .838 98/.772 0/0 7/3
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 8/.250 4/1.500 4/.833 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· 1/2.000 323/251 .277/.310/.419/.729 .686/.749 .734 97/.542 3/0 7/4
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 18/.457 ··· 3/no AB 330/248 .331/.398/.478/.875 .811/.896 .920 102/.941 3/3 5/0
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 111/89 .222/.300/.253/.553 .865/.481 .654 31/.688 6/1 0/2
6.Guillen G/S/vP 8/.393 2/.000 7/.572 1/.000 7/.310 ··· 2/1.500 326/263 .279/.342/.463/.804 .695/.829 .763 98/.805 1/0 13/0
18.Kendall G/S/vP 13/1.365 4/1.000 6/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 1/3.000 ··· 295/240 .266/.331/.319/.650 .883/.597 .774 98/.558 5/7 0/9
12.Maier* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 2/.000 1/no AB 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 205/169 .257/.340/.358/.697 .732/.689 .667 53/.701 0/1 2/1
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 33/25 .185/.303/.222/.525 .393/.570 .468 12/.944 1/0 0/1
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 3/3.000 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 330/253 .290/.335/.365/.701 .607/.731 .677 103/.683 22/9 3/2
IP 26.1 37.1 29.0 24.1 32.2 25.0 TOTAL .282/.336/.405/.742 .751/.739 .759 .731 48/30 53/56
ERA-K/9 5.47/9.6 4.34/6.3 1.86/10.6 2.22/11.1 3.03/12.4 /0.0 5.04/7.9 4.22/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (64-22-3)
 Pena (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 119/.274 159/.223 109/.175 108/.233 128/.200 / 131/.340 .258  DeJesus
 Maier
 Guillen
 Bloomquist
 Podsednik
2/11/63/4
5/52/1/3
0/0/15/1
4/5/7/1
72/1/0/0
OPS .838 .665 .465 .646 .560 .986 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.976 59/.522 45/.539 40/.506 64/.436 / 58/.869 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.677 100/.742 64/.412 68/.730 64/.689 / 73/1.083 .717
Road 45/.731 65/.549 54/.342 51/.664 67/.559 / 48/.887
Last 28d days 28/1.384 37/.797 38/.243 29/.972 46/.827 / 16/.775
HR/SB/CS 6/5/0 4/2/1 2/2/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 // 2/2/3 63/43/20
Usage ··o····X ··X·o··o X··X·oo· ·o··X··· o··X··X· ··o·····

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.