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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @Target Field

WhiteSox, 65-54, 65-54 2nd, 4 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (27, RHP, 8-9, 3.70)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-9)			151.0	148	68	62	45	124	10	3.70
2009 (11-11)			193.0	178	93	87	59	163	21	4.06
2008 (17-8)			206.1	190	107	88	70	145	30	3.84

Last 7 GS		4-2	47.1	43	14	11	13	38	3	2.09	60
2010-08-12	MIN	L	6.2	10	6	6	3	7	2	125	34
2010-08-07	@BAL	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	101	60
2010-08-01	OAK	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	110	67
2010-07-27	SEA	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	82	73
2010-07-21	@SEA	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	100	72
2010-07-16	@MIN	L	5.0	7	4	1	3	5	0	102	45
2010-07-10	KCR	W	7.2	6	1	1	1	4	0	109	66

Last 5 v.MIN		1-3	31.0	45	22	19	7	27	6	5.52	42
2010-08-12	MIN	L	6.2	10	6	6	3	7	2	125	34
2010-07-16	@MIN	L	5.0	7	4	1	3	5	0	102	45
2009-08-31	@MIN	L	6.0	9	3	3	0	4	2	106	46
2009-07-11	@MIN	W	7.2	8	5	5	0	7	2	103	50
2008-09-25	@MIN	ND	5.2	11	4	4	1	4	0	101	34

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

 Home:   35-24   Road:   30-30   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  49-40   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast:  8-14   vsCntrl:22-26   vsWest: 20-11 IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 17  @MIN  L   6-7 (10)  65-54  2nd  4.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 15   DET  L   8-13      65-53  2nd  3.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 14   DET  L   2-3       65-52  2nd  2.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 13   DET  W   8-4       65-51  2nd  1.0 gb
115 Thu, Aug 12   MIN  L   1-6       64-51  2nd  1.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 11   MIN  W   6-1       64-50  1st    Tied
113 Tue, Aug 10   MIN  L   6-12      63-50  2nd  1.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  9  @BAL  L   2-3 (10)  63-49  1st    Tied
111 Sun, Aug  8  @BAL  L   3-4       63-48  1st  0.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  7  @BAL  W   4-2       63-47  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Twins, 69-50, 69-50 1st, 4 up

SP: Francisco Liriano (26, LHP, 11-7, 3.26)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (11-7)			146.1	138	53	53	46	160	2	3.26
2009 (5-13)			136.2	147	93	88	65	122	21	5.80
2008 (6-4)			76.0	74	40	33	32	67	7	3.91

Last 7 GS		5-1	40.2	37	14	14	18	44	0	3.10	56
2010-08-12	@CHW	W	5.2	7	1	1	2	4	0	106	53
2010-08-06	@CLE	ND	4.2	7	4	4	6	6	0	109	34
2010-08-01	SEA	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	11	0	109	82
2010-07-26	@KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	84	77
2010-07-21	CLE	W	7.0	6	0	0	4	8	0	108	69
2010-07-16	CHW	W	7.2	6	2	2	2	8	0	106	65
2010-07-09	@DET	L	1.2	6	7	7	2	1	0	52	14

Last 5 v.CHW		2-2	28.0	30	18	18	16	19	2	5.79	43
2010-08-12	@CHW	W	5.2	7	1	1	2	4	0	106	53
2010-07-16	CHW	W	7.2	6	2	2	2	8	0	106	65
2010-04-09	@CHW	ND	6.0	4	3	3	5	3	0	92	50
2009-05-20	@CHW	L	4.0	7	7	7	3	1	2	90	18
2009-04-11	@CHW	L	4.2	6	5	5	4	3	0	85	31

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

 Home:   37-20   Road:   32-30   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  44-33   vsLHP:  25-17   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:32-17   vsWest: 15-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 17   CHW  W   7-6 (10)  69-50  1st  4.0 up
118 Sun, Aug 15   OAK  W   4-2       68-50  1st  3.0 up
117 Sat, Aug 14   OAK  W   2-0       67-50  1st  2.0 up
116 Fri, Aug 13   OAK  W   4-3       66-50  1st  1.0 up
115 Thu, Aug 12  @CHW  W   6-1       65-50  1st  1.0 up
114 Wed, Aug 11  @CHW  L   1-6       64-50  1st    Tied
113 Tue, Aug 10  @CHW  W  12-6       64-49  1st  1.0 up
112 Sun, Aug  8  @CLE  W   5-4       63-49  2nd  0.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  7  @CLE  W   7-2       62-49  2nd  1.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  6  @CLE  L   6-7       61-49  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:23-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  6 (10)   W:Ron Mahay (1-1), L: Matt Thornton (3-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 12, 2010 MIN  6 @CHW  1        W:Francisco Liriano (11-7), L: Gavin Floyd (8-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 11, 2010 CHW  6  MIN  1        W:John Danks (12-8), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 MIN 12 @CHW  6        W:Scott Baker (10-9), L: Freddy Garcia (10-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  6        W:Brian Duensing (3-1), L: Bobby Jenks (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Carl Pavano (11-6), L: Mark Buehrle (8-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  4        W:Francisco Liriano (7-7), L: Gavin Floyd (5-8), S: Jesse Crain (1)
Thu, Jul 15, 2010 CHW  8 @MIN  7        W:John Danks (9-7), L: Alex Burnett (1-2), S: Bobby Jenks (20)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 9-4; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1073-988

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 5.24

LAA 4.43

SEA 3.26

RA/G

SDP 3.39

TOR 4.34

ARI 5.45

J. Hamilton .359

J. Loney .285

L. Valbuena .163

OBP

J. Morneau .437

P. Polanco .357

B. Wood .183

SLG

M. Cabrera .629

I. Stewart .465

B. Wood .223

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.060

D. Valencia .812

B. Wood .406

ERA

A. Wainwright 1.99

M. Leake 3.78

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.49

B. Matusz 6.94

M. Buehrle 3.76

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WhiteSox Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB 39.Slama
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 10/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.933 4/1.750 3/.333 4/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 414/308 .252/.314/.377/.690 .658/.701 .661 83/.911 4/6 7/10

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 90/65 .309/.371/.556/.926 1.102/.861 .966 37/1.037 1/0 6/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 11/.384 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 5/1.600 4/1.000 9/.889 ··· 272/188 .209/.313/.457/.770 .819/.748 .656 35/.956 9/2 16/2

14.Konerko G/S/vP 20/1.150 2/1.500 3/.000 17/.426 30/.662 9/.583 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 475/368 .301/.381/.575/.956 1.078/.921 .811 105/1.014 0/1 30/4

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/2.000 1/4.000 5/1.600 5/.400 14/.357 1/.000 8/.750 ··· 299/275 .237/.311/.393/.704 .083/.758 .741 62/.839 1/2 8/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 6/.650 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 49/29 .292/.306/.521/.827 1.239/.552 .800 22/.364 2/1 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 11/.473 2/.000 5/.500 2/1.500 2/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 8/.708 ··· 532/387 .268/.341/.308/.649 .673/.640 .619 115/.782 45/14 1/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 12/.917 2/1.500 4/1.250 12/.523 21/.200 14/.929 5/.400 7/.929 ··· 374/279 .243/.277/.357/.634 .588/.650 .589 69/.637 2/3 6/3

20.Quentin G/S/vP 10/.933 3/.333 3/.666 10/.325 10/.550 3/.333 3/1.334 4/.000 ··· 411/312 .234/.336/.493/.829 .814/.832 .650 94/.721 2/1 24/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 15/1.104 1/.000 2/2.500 8/.250 9/.666 3/.000 1/.000 6/1.833 ··· 451/329 .290/.318/.436/.755 .746/.758 .749 106/.817 8/6 13/14

51.Rios G/S/vP 15/.333 3/.666 4/.833 12/.750 22/.814 4/1.250 ··· 6/.334 ··· 469/354 .293/.341/.470/.811 .789/.818 .796 95/.595 24/13 17/2

23.Teahen* G/S/vP 18/.470 1/.000 3/2.334 8/.000 11/.819 6/.333 6/.900 ··· ··· 169/136 .255/.333/.403/.736 .343/.836 .801 12/.833 3/4 4/8

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 82/40 .268/.268/.451/.720 .881/.550 .441 38/.658 1/0 3/4

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 6/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 6/.833 6/.000 1/.000 11/.844 ··· 255/213 .288/.355/.347/.701 .617/.718 .701 70/.753 6/4 1/2

IP 146.1 41.0 56.0 50.2 55.1 34.0 25.2 43.1 4.2 TOTAL .264/.328/.424/.753 .742/.756 .703 .790 109/57 139/76

ERA-K/9

3.26/9.8

4.39/6.6

2.57/7.6

2.84/7.8

3.09/5.2

3.44/6.6

2.81/7.4

3.53/7.1

7.71/9.6

3.88/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (16-7-1)
Pierzynski (47-21-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 615/.249 178/.293 241/.278 205/.211 223/.216 139/.248 107/.260 189/.297 25/.300 .265 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Kotsay
Quentin
Lillibridge
Teahen 11/12/45/7
1/108/0/4
107/0/0/3
0/0/6/1
0/0/80/1
1/4/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .641 .835 .735 .616 .612 .670 .742 .752 .990 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.518 67/.942 112/.634 79/.763 83/.671 67/.528 49/.736 94/.854 12/1.389 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 488/.674 111/.773 129/.821 126/.526 140/.576 72/.803 58/.747 95/.653 13/.657 .733

Home 314/.575 97/.818 140/.755 83/.639 102/.658 56/.481 56/.764 91/.853 4/.500

Last 28d days 104/.581 / 51/.648 39/.272 49/.556 24/.733 24/.583 38/.862 21/1.101

HR/SB/CS 2/8/2 4/2/0 6/2/1 3/3/0 5/1/1 5/3/1 3/0/1 3/0/1 1/1/0 107/59/25

Usage ·····X·· ········ X·o·oXo· o·o·ooo· o···Xo·X o···o·X· ······o· o·o····X ········

Twins Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 40.Putz
G/S/vB 49.Sale*
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 105/56 .208/.245/.333/.578 .414/.722 .524 42/.815 0/0 2/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 11/.700 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 124/94 .280/.350/.421/.771 .757/.775 .677 77/.808 4/1 1/2

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 27/.644 20/.739 8/.250 10/.967 4/1.167 1/.000 2/.500 13/.558 1/.000 499/334 .272/.341/.424/.765 .887/.707 .784 109/.698 5/3 11/4

27.Hardy G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 6/.333 8/.929 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 264/185 .264/.309/.394/.703 .548/.768 .640 68/.865 1/0 5/4

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 10/1.100 4/.500 12/.349 7/.286 6/1.100 ··· ··· 6/.750 2/1.000 398/248 .287/.359/.406/.766 .796/.747 .828 43/.833 7/2 6/6

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 34/1.072 11/.637 8/.625 5/1.800 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 12/.334 1/.000 446/300 .263/.341/.454/.795 .633/.873 .763 98/.876 0/1 17/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 36/.905 14/.884 6/.533 7/.762 7/.143 ··· ··· 24/.723 1/.000 455/276 .329/.402/.482/.885 .697/1.008 .813 98/1.222 1/2 7/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/3 .000/.200/.000/.200 .000/.333 5/.200 0/0 0/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 27/.759 16/.192 6/.833 2/.500 6/.900 ··· 1/2.000 22/.272 ··· 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 .914 / 0/0 18/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/30 .138/.133/.276/.409 .000/.439 .299 6/.833 0/0 1/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 16/.327 7/.486 5/.800 4/1.167 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 17/.508 1/.000 265/178 .251/.326/.316/.642 .669/.610 .681 21/.802 6/2 1/5

18.Repko G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 67/40 .267/.333/.517/.850 .551/1.057 .523 55/.905 0/1 3/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 22/1.000 7/1.096 6/.333 6/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.250 1/.000 532/347 .271/.337/.357/.694 .727/.677 .824 96/.631 18/3 3/3

25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/1.167 4/1.250 3/.000 3/.333 5/.933 1/.000 3/.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 253/189 .273/.391/.593/.985 .895/1.017 1.013 53/1.179 0/0 17/0

19.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 172/106 .333/.378/.434/.812 1.027/.681 1.049 95/.873 1/0 1/1

21.Young G/S/vP 21/.649 7/1.000 4/1.000 6/.500 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.200 7/.858 ··· 440/296 .320/.350/.520/.870 .990/.814 .895 106/.913 4/3 15/4

IP 151.0 41.2 40.0 62.2 44.1 3.2 39.1 47.1 9.1 TOTAL .282/.350/.438/.788 .761/.802 .795 .871 47/20 111/61

ERA-K/9

3.70/7.4

4.97/11.0

4.28/8.8

5.60/5.0

2.64/10.6

0.00/7.3

1.60/9.2

2.66/12.2

0.00/4.8

3.97/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (17-11-2)
Mauer (38-14-4)
Morales (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 629/.256 188/.271 172/.250 281/.276 175/.195 13/.091 174/.236 190/.215 35/.250 .259 Young
Kubel
Cuddyer
Span
Repko
Casilla 108/0/0/8
16/0/56/5
0/2/66/5
0/114/0/5
1/5/13/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .679 .716 .754 .796 .546 .322 .641 .604 .536 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 337/.617 100/.676 86/.921 120/.587 74/.692 5/.400 66/.476 88/.482 13/.825 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.751 88/.760 86/.579 161/.940 101/.436 8/.250 108/.748 102/.712 22/.372 .710

Road 281/.659 88/.754 77/.678 117/.801 83/.448 5/.933 84/.737 100/.535 29/.392

Last 28d days 110/.656 26/.603 35/.640 78/.954 40/.878 13/.322 38/.577 39/.806 17/.686

HR/SB/CS 10/6/3 3/8/0 8/5/0 9/2/3 4/4/1 0/0/0 1/1/1 3/3/0 0/1/0 100/68/30

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

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.