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Game Preview: CHW @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, July 23, 2010 @McAfee Coliseum

WhiteSox, 52-42, 52-42 1st, 2 up

SP: Mark Buehrle (31, LHP, 8-8, 4.18)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-8)			118.1	138	59	55	29	54	10	4.18
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		5-2	48.1	53	13	13	10	24	3	2.42	56
2010-07-17	@MIN	L	8.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	95	55
2010-07-09	KCR	W	7.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	114	64
2010-07-04	@TEX	W	7.0	5	3	3	0	0	2	93	55
2010-06-28	@KCR	L	6.1	10	3	3	5	2	0	110	38
2010-06-23	ATL	W	6.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	97	49
2010-06-17	@PIT	W	7.1	6	2	2	1	6	1	109	63
2010-06-12	@CHC	W	6.2	8	0	0	0	7	0	108	65

Last 5 v.OAK		0-4	34.2	35	16	16	12	18	3	4.15	51
2009-06-04	OAK	L	8.0	5	4	4	3	4	1	101	57
2008-07-04	OAK	L	5.2	10	4	4	3	5	1	105	35
2008-04-14	OAK	L	7.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	102	54
2007-08-15	@OAK	L	7.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	112	52
2007-04-11	@OAK	ND	7.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	113	56

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

 Home:   27-19   Road:   25-23   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  41-32   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:  18-12
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:17-20   vsWest: 13-8  IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Wed, Jul 21  @SEA  L   1-2 (11)  52-42  1st  2.5 up
 93 Tue, Jul 20  @SEA  W   4-0       52-41  1st  3.5 up
 92 Mon, Jul 19  @SEA  W   6-1       51-41  1st  2.5 up
 91 Sun, Jul 18  @MIN  L   6-7       50-41  1st  1.5 up
 90 Sat, Jul 17  @MIN  L   2-3       50-40  1st  1.5 up
 89 Fri, Jul 16  @MIN  L   4-7       50-39  1st  1.0 up
 88 Thu, Jul 15  @MIN  W   8-7       50-38  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:22-8

Athletics, 48-47, 48-47 3rd, 7½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (22, RHP, 9-3, 3.19)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-3)			101.2	75	40	36	32	66	11	3.19
2009 (10-13)			178.2	185	99	92	72	90	27	4.63

Last 7 GS		4-1	46.0	30	19	18	13	36	5	3.52	58
2010-07-17	@KCR	ND	6.2	5	5	5	4	3	1	108	43
2010-07-11	LAA	W	7.0	5	1	0	2	3	0	108	66
2010-07-06	NYY	L	6.0	4	6	6	1	4	2	100	43
2010-07-01	@BAL	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	95	68
2010-06-26	PIT	W	7.2	2	0	0	3	10	0	113	82
2010-06-20	@STL	ND	6.0	4	2	2	0	7	2	91	63
2010-06-15	@CHC	W	5.2	6	4	4	2	5	0	96	44

Last 5 v.CHW		0-0	14.2	14	7	7	6	7	1	4.30	48
2009-09-09	@CHW	ND	3.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	74	37
2009-08-16	CHW	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	98	52
2009-06-01	@CHW	ND	5.2	3	2	2	2	3	1	98	56

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

 Home:   28-21   Road:   20-26   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  35-35   vsLHP:  13-12   1-Run:  15-10
 vsEast: 14-17   vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest: 15-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Wed, Jul 21   BOS  W   6-4       48-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 20   BOS  W   5-4 (10)  47-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 19   BOS  L   1-2       46-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 18  @KCR  W   9-6       46-46  3rd  7.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 17  @KCR  W   6-5       45-46  3rd  7.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 16  @KCR  W   5-1       44-46  3rd  8.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 11   LAA  W   5-2       43-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 10   LAA  W  15-1       42-46  3rd  8.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  9   LAA  L   5-6 (10)  41-46  3rd  9.5 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  7   NYY  L   2-6       41-45  3rd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 09, 2009 CHW  4  OAK  3 (13)   W:Octavio Dotel (3-3), L: Edgar Gonzalez (0-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 OAK 11 @CHW  3        W:Brett Tomko (4-3), L: Carlos Torres (1-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 OAK  3  CHW  2        W:Andrew Bailey (5-3), L: Bobby Jenks (2-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 CHW  8 @OAK  1        W:Gavin Floyd (10-7), L: Gio Gonzalez (4-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 CHW  8 @OAK  7 (10)   W:Octavio Dotel (2-3), L: Craig Breslow (5-6), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 OAK  7 @CHW  0        W:Brett Anderson (3-5), L: Mark Buehrle (6-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 OAK  5 @CHW  3        W:Josh Outman (3-0), L: Clayton Richard (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (3)
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 OAK  5 @CHW  0        W:Vin Mazzaro (1-0), L: Bartolo Colon (3-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 CHW  6  OAK  2        W:Matt Thornton (3-1), L: Craig Breslow (1-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 17, 2008 CHW 13 @OAK  1        W:Javier Vazquez (10-10), L: Gio Gonzalez (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - OAK won 5-4; 2008 - CHW won 5-4; All-Time - CHW leads 1012-955

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 5.43

CHW 4.51

SEA 3.33

RA/G

SDP 3.51

COL 4.35

ARI 5.63

J. Hamilton .353

D. Eckstein .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

N. Walker .355

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .650

J. Edmonds .458

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.070

A. Gonzalez .805

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.61

G. Floyd 3.87

N. Blackburn 6.53

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.01

K. Millwood 6.79

N. Blackburn 3.09

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WhiteSox Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 57.Bowers*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 50.Wolf
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 331/250 .241/.297/.341/.638 .571/.658 .639 68/1.003 4/3 4/10

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 53/37 .304/.385/.457/.841 .938/.803 .966 17/.579 1/0 2/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 37/1.054 ··· 13/.923 2/1.000 237/175 .202/.308/.433/.742 .792/.724 .694 52/.688 8/2 13/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/.333 370/296 .304/.381/.559/.940 1.094/.902 .770 89/.855 0/0 21/1

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 9/1.778 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 237/218 .219/.308/.357/.665 .105/.714 .644 66/.579 1/2 6/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/14 .423/.444/.769/1.214 1.455/1.000 1.455 21/1.176 1/1 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 32/.722 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 417/312 .255/.325/.288/.613 .595/.619 .613 99/.675 35/12 0/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 7/1.429 ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 ··· 6/1.133 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 305/238 .235/.276/.358/.634 .531/.661 .579 71/.580 0/2 6/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 317/251 .244/.344/.517/.860 .860/.860 .686 58/1.235 1/0 19/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 8/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.000 345/260 .281/.316/.420/.736 .660/.761 .774 79/.879 4/6 9/11

51.Rios G/S/vP 11/.364 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 7/.572 3/1.667 374/293 .306/.356/.512/.867 .900/.858 .795 96/.726 23/10 16/2

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/30 .295/.295/.477/.773 .857/.733 .476 36/.833 1/0 2/2

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/1.288 ··· 6/1.300 1/3.000 185/156 .276/.339/.344/.682 .566/.703 .684 62/.735 4/3 1/2

IP 101.2 40.1 33.1 13.0 44.2 6.1 119.1 1.2 21.0 40.2 TOTAL .260/.327/.416/.742 .706/.753 .697 .794 87/45 105/60

ERA-K/9

3.19/5.8

1.56/6.5

3.51/9.5

4.85/11.8

3.02/9.3

4.26/7.1

4.53/6.3

5.40/15.9

4.71/7.3

3.76/5.5

3.78/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (8-5-0)
Pierzynski (38-20-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 405/.206 156/.206 149/.269 58/.231 178/.186 30/.217 511/.267 11/.333 93/.263 175/.258 .249 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Quentin
Kotsay
Lillibridge 9/9/32/6
1/86/0/2
84/0/0/2
0/0/61/1
0/0/6/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .611 .551 .709 .810 .612 .771 .813 1.267 .794 .750 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.584 65/.553 61/.533 20/1.274 62/.678 12/.778 264/.801 3/2.167 34/1.001 56/1.141 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.638 91/.548 88/.843 38/.580 116/.576 18/.769 247/.825 8/.821 59/.681 119/.584 .712

Home 183/.558 91/.555 75/.636 39/.701 80/.554 16/.327 276/.685 11/1.267 47/.717 86/.588

Last 28d days 136/.524 42/.590 28/.286 20/.821 50/.747 5/.400 107/.717 11/1.267 28/.502 23/.915

HR/SB/CS 11/7/4 3/3/1 3/1/0 4/0/1 5/3/1 1/1/0 18/13/9 0/0/0 3/0/0 4/1/1 96/47/23

Usage ·····X·· ··X·oX·· ··oooo·· ····o··· ··Xo·oo· ·X······ ···X···· ··X····· ·ooo··o· ·o··o···

Athletics Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 68.Threets*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 415/302 .278/.386/.402/.789 .882/.754 .808 84/.805 2/2 5/9

25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/ .188/.188/.438/.625 .625/ .200 7/.714 0/0 1/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 38/.990 4/1.666 6/1.133 3/.000 7/.000 ··· 8/.775 ··· 104/78 .239/.291/.478/.770 1.042/.683 .857 82/.683 8/2 3/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 7/.953 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 182/158 .289/.396/.461/.856 .519/.911 .838 67/1.055 1/0 6/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 7/.286 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 310/224 .266/.311/.377/.688 .866/.622 .703 47/.796 29/6 4/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP 39/.398 7/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 11/.182 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 229/182 .282/.355/.356/.712 .626/.733 .534 75/.692 3/2 2/1

18.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.800 4/.250 3/1.666 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 183/146 .240/.272/.310/.582 .469/.607 .488 43/.381 2/1 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.444 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 382/288 .270/.304/.398/.702 .781/.676 .725 77/.517 1/0 9/8

2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 350/265 .264/.336/.384/.721 .644/.746 .692 73/.845 15/2 3/13

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/60 .254/.346/.343/.689 .922/.622 .683 9/.583 1/0 1/3

7.Rosales G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 254/170 .277/.329/.420/.749 .892/.682 .666 45/.913 2/2 7/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 12/1.409 2/.000 4/1.000 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 288/220 .257/.316/.408/.724 .525/.783 .804 79/.651 2/1 10/5

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/2.000 5/1.800 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 331/257 .294/.342/.383/.725 .623/.754 .798 49/.659 1/1 1/0

26.Watson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .143/.250/.571/.821 /.821 .821 8/.821 0/0 1/0

IP 118.1 35.1 31.0 46.1 36.0 30.0 38.1 5.1 TOTAL .262/.325/.386/.710 .711/.710 .708 .718 75/19 63/64

ERA-K/9

4.18/4.1

5.09/11.0

4.65/9.0

4.66/5.4

1.50/10.5

1.80/9.6

2.58/12.0

0.00/5.1

3.94/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (8-7-0)
Suzuki (34-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.297 162/.282 137/.262 203/.270 135/.172 136/.248 151/.199 18/.176 .257 Gross
Sweeney
Cust
Davis
Crisp
Carson
Watson
Rosales 31/9/24/5
0/1/80/4
9/0/3/3
14/64/2/3
0/24/0/0
2/1/3/0
3/0/0/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .761 .735 .784 .738 .451 .659 .551 .399 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.849 83/.740 69/.946 77/.545 56/.559 51/.541 73/.452 8/.661 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 360/.727 79/.728 68/.612 126/.846 79/.372 85/.733 78/.647 10/.200 .707

Road 258/.769 75/.743 59/.655 81/.740 70/.382 68/.759 81/.516 17/.353

Last 28d days 116/.723 32/.790 21/.461 54/1.043 34/.393 34/.739 31/.540 18/.399

HR/SB/CS 10/3/5 2/7/0 6/5/0 5/2/2 2/2/1 0/1/1 1/3/0 0/0/0 71/51/27

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