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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 8:10pm, Thursday, July 15, 2010 @Target Field

WhiteSox, 49-38, 49-38

SP: John Danks (25, LHP, 8-7, 3.29)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-7)			112.0	90	43	41	37	86	7	3.29
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		4-3	47.1	33	17	17	16	34	3	3.23	59
2010-07-08	LAA	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	111	90
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

Last 5 v.MIN		0-3	33.0	35	19	16	11	16	6	4.36	48
2010-05-12	@MIN	L	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	109	51
2010-04-09	MIN	ND	6.0	8	2	1	1	6	0	105	55
2009-09-22	MIN	L	6.0	8	7	7	3	2	3	98	27
2009-09-01	@MIN	ND	7.0	6	3	3	2	2	2	96	53
2009-07-27	@MIN	L	7.0	6	4	2	2	3	1	107	54

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

 Home:   27-19   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  38-29   vsLHP:  11-9    1-Run:  17-9 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:16-17   vsWest: 11-7  IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 87 Sun, Jul 11   KCR  W  15-5       49-38  1st  0.5 up
 86 Sat, Jul 10   KCR  W   5-1       48-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  9   KCR  W   8-2       47-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 84 Thu, Jul  8   LAA  W   1-0       46-38  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:25-5

Twins, 46-42, 46-42

SP: Kevin Slowey (26, RHP, 8-5, 4.64)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-5)			97.0	113	51	50	19	68	15	4.64
2009 (10-3)			90.2	113	50	49	15	75	15	4.86
2008 (12-11)			160.1	161	74	71	24	123	22	3.99

Last 7 GS		2-2	38.2	44	25	24	5	24	7	5.59	46
2010-07-07	@TOR	ND	6.1	10	5	5	1	4	2	98	36
2010-06-30	DET	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	81	63
2010-06-25	@NYM	L	6.0	6	5	5	0	2	1	92	42
2010-06-19	@PHI	ND	1.2	7	7	7	1	2	2	49	14
2010-06-13	ATL	L	4.2	9	6	5	1	6	2	89	29
2010-06-08	KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	102	74
2010-06-02	@SEA	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	98	65

Last 5 v.CHW		1-3	25.1	33	22	20	4	19	4	7.11	41
2010-05-11	CHW	L	4.2	8	5	5	1	3	0	75	30
2008-09-25	CHW	ND	3.2	5	6	4	1	3	1	59	33
2008-07-28	CHW	W	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	102	79
2008-06-08	@CHW	L	3.0	10	8	8	1	4	1	68	10
2008-05-08	@CHW	L	5.0	4	3	3	0	4	2	83	51

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

 Home:   26-17   Road:   20-25   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  29-28   vsLHP:  17-14   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:20-12   vsWest:  9-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul 11  @DET  W   6-3       46-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 10  @DET  L   4-7       45-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  9  @DET  L   3-7       45-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  8  @TOR  L   1-8       45-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  7  @TOR  L   5-6       45-39  3rd  1.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  6  @TOR  W   7-6       45-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4   TBR  L   4-7       44-38  1st    Tied
 81 Sat, Jul  3   TBR  L   6-8       44-37  1st    Tied
 80 Fri, Jul  2   TBR  W   2-1       44-36  1st  1.0 up
 79 Thu, Jul  1   TBR  L   4-5 (10)  43-36  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 12, 2010 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Carl Pavano (4-3), L: John Danks (3-2), S: Jon Rauch (9)
Tue, May 11, 2010 CHW  5 @MIN  2        W:Freddy Garcia (2-2), L: Kevin Slowey (4-3), S: Bobby Jenks (6)
Sun, Apr 11, 2010 CHW  5  MIN  4        W:Mark Buehrle (2-0), L: Nick Blackburn (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (1)
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 MIN  2 @CHW  1        W:Scott Baker (1-1), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (4)
Fri, Apr 09, 2010 MIN  4 @CHW  3 (11)   W:Brian Duensing (1-0), L: Tony Pena (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (3)

Wed, Sep 23, 2009 MIN  8 @CHW  6        W:Brian Duensing (5-1), L: Mark Buehrle (12-10), S: Joe Nathan (44)
Tue, Sep 22, 2009 MIN  8 @CHW  6        W:Jesse Crain (7-4), L: John Danks (12-10), S: Joe Nathan (43)
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 MIN  7 @CHW  0        W:Nick Blackburn (11-11), L: Daniel Hudson (0-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 CHW  4 @MIN  2        W:D. J. Carrasco (5-1), L: Joe Nathan (2-2), S: Bobby Jenks (28)
Tue, Sep 01, 2009 MIN  4  CHW  3        W:Jon Rauch (4-2), L: Matt Thornton (6-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 3-2; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1071-982

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 5.47

LAA 4.53

PIT 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.45

COL 4.38

ARI 5.66

J. Hamilton .346

O. Hudson .281

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

M. Young .353

B. Wood .189

SLG

M. Cabrera .651

A. LaRoche .456

B. Wood .229

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.074

J. Loney .803

B. Wood .418

ERA

J. Johnson 1.70

H. Kuroda 3.87

S. Kazmir 6.92

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.26

A. Burnett 6.75

N. Blackburn 3.15

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WhiteSox Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 10/.633 4/1.750 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 304/231 .216/.277/.304/.581 .534/.594 .526 63/.697 4/3 3/9

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 49/35 .302/.388/.465/.853 .857/.852 1.008 17/.665 1/0 2/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.600 4/1.000 9/.889 220/163 .210/.323/.446/.769 .830/.748 .748 44/.697 8/2 12/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 17/.470 1/3.000 14/.522 11/.473 26/.689 9/.583 1/.000 2/.000 338/272 .299/.382/.560/.942 1.080/.909 .738 83/.831 0/0 20/1

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/2.000 2/.000 4/.500 13/.385 1/.000 6/.334 213/198 .230/.324/.385/.709 .133/.752 .728 61/.821 1/2 6/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 23/13 .455/.478/.864/1.342 1.711/1.077 2.000 20/1.134 1/1 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.619 384/287 .257/.326/.289/.615 .590/.623 .617 97/.661 32/11 0/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 12/.872 1/.000 11/.573 9/.222 20/.210 12/1.083 5/.400 5/.600 282/220 .247/.288/.376/.664 .577/.688 .636 70/.714 0/2 6/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP 10/.600 2/.000 8/.417 10/1.822 8/.708 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 305/239 .244/.344/.523/.867 .860/.868 .687 73/1.399 0/0 19/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/.917 1/.000 6/.334 11/.819 8/.750 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 317/241 .274/.306/.408/.714 .574/.759 .735 78/.773 3/6 8/10

51.Rios G/S/vP 14/.972 2/1.000 9/.778 5/.650 18/.889 4/1.250 ··· 6/.334 341/268 .305/.361/.518/.878 1.005/.844 .804 86/.709 23/9 15/1

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/29 .300/.300/.500/.800 1.091/.690 .471 40/.800 1/0 2/1

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 4/.000 1/.000 11/.844 157/133 .254/.316/.326/.642 .511/.665 .602 57/.630 2/3 1/2

IP 97.0 40.0 34.1 39.0 39.1 26.0 18.2 34.0 TOTAL .257/.327/.417/.744 .711/.753 .692 .794 80/43 100/53

ERA-K/9

4.64/6.3

3.60/6.5

3.93/7.6

1.62/6.0

2.97/6.4

3.81/7.6

2.41/6.7

2.38/6.6

4.08/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (8-5-0)
Pierzynski (37-18-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 413/.293 169/.278 149/.252 154/.187 162/.224 107/.250 76/.243 138/.258 .268 Jones
Pierre
Rios
Kotsay
Quentin
Lillibridge 9/9/27/3
77/0/0/2
1/79/0/2
0/0/6/1
0/0/58/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .819 .802 .740 .552 .634 .670 .722 .671 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 200/.730 62/.855 56/.914 69/.398 62/.755 49/.459 35/.652 71/.736 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 213/.899 107/.770 93/.634 85/.678 100/.558 58/.853 41/.779 67/.601 .756

Home 217/.732 88/.755 57/.817 72/.573 75/.744 46/.499 43/.702 66/.712

Last 28d days 92/.976 38/1.274 32/.443 51/.586 50/.925 29/.776 17/.243 34/.640

HR/SB/CS 15/5/3 4/2/0 3/1/0 3/0/0 3/1/1 4/3/1 3/0/1 3/0/1 92/43/17

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

Twins Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.17 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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 56/27 .157/.185/.235/.420 .297/.551 .586 14/.571 0/0 1/1

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 38/1.554 18/.708 6/.000 8/.125 3/1.667 1/.000 11/.473 ··· 359/241 .267/.334/.432/.766 .945/.684 .802 89/.710 2/1 9/3

27.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.400 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 169/120 .226/.268/.340/.607 .518/.643 .581 21/.667 0/0 3/1

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 10/.708 1/.000 11/.382 4/.250 5/.650 ··· 5/.933 1/.000 322/202 .281/.350/.389/.739 .758/.727 .793 100/.609 6/2 4/3

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 28/.899 9/.555 5/.000 3/1.667 4/.750 ··· 10/.400 ··· 316/215 .264/.345/.442/.787 .701/.825 .823 80/.824 0/0 11/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 37/.749 12/.633 4/.250 4/.833 6/.167 ··· 22/.790 ··· 329/199 .293/.368/.424/.792 .722/.838 .782 85/.695 1/2 4/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 41/1.222 16/.192 6/.833 2/.500 6/.900 1/2.000 22/.272 ··· 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 .914 74/1.063 0/0 18/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 23/.269 7/.486 5/.800 3/1.167 6/1.333 1/.000 17/.508 ··· 229/152 .241/.319/.307/.625 .599/.615 .683 69/.655 5/1 1/5

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/4 .333/.333/.333/.667 .800/.500 2.000 9/.667 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 27/1.005 5/1.150 5/.400 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.333 ··· 402/264 .273/.348/.375/.722 .733/.717 .899 97/.760 16/1 3/3

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 175/130 .255/.377/.552/.929 .554/1.074 1.002 48/1.113 0/0 10/0

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/33 .310/.375/.345/.720 .790/.656 1.039 25/.646 1/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP 26/.748 6/.833 3/1.334 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 6/.666 ··· 303/202 .305/.340/.502/.842 .873/.826 .858 87/.880 4/3 10/3

IP 112.0 32.2 29.1 44.2 34.0 28.0 36.2 2.0 TOTAL .271/.343/.420/.762 .741/.773 .793 .769 35/13 77/42

ERA-K/9

3.29/6.9

3.86/10.7

4.91/9.2

4.63/5.4

1.59/10.6

1.93/10.3

2.70/12.0

0.00/0.0

4.01/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (6-6-1)
Mauer (33-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 452/.219 145/.258 131/.267 192/.260 126/.160 122/.216 144/.200 7/.167 .254 Young
Cuddyer
Span
Kubel
Repko 78/0/0/6
0/2/66/5
0/86/0/3
16/0/30/3
0/1/3/1

OPS .604 .690 .807 .727 .427 .605 .555 .452 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.724 73/.694 66/.993 70/.482 51/.515 45/.473 68/.456 3/1.167 .703

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 323/.556 72/.684 65/.609 122/.858 75/.365 77/.683 76/.647 4/.000 .706

Road 180/.675 58/.633 53/.695 70/.710 61/.321 54/.664 74/.521 6/.333

Last 28d days 104/.544 25/.330 20/.816 50/.994 38/.215 24/.440 37/.540 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 70/50/25

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