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Game Preview: CHW @ OAK, 10:05pm, Monday, September 20, 2010 @Oakland-Alameda Country Coliseum

WhiteSox, 79-70, 79-70 2nd, 10 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (27, RHP, 10-13, 4.08)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-13)			187.1	199	92	85	58	151	14	4.08
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		2-5	43.0	61	30	29	16	34	6	6.07	40
2010-09-15	MIN	L	5.1	9	6	6	2	4	1	95	28
2010-09-09	@DET	L	6.0	13	6	5	1	3	0	108	26
2010-09-04	@BOS	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	115	61
2010-08-29	NYY	L	6.2	7	2	2	3	4	1	102	53
2010-08-24	BAL	W	7.0	7	2	2	2	6	1	109	59
2010-08-18	@MIN	L	5.1	10	7	7	3	5	1	96	22
2010-08-12	MIN	L	6.2	10	6	6	3	7	2	125	34

Last 5 v.OAK		3-0	34.0	25	6	5	13	31	2	1.32	65
2010-08-01	OAK	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	110	67
2009-08-15	@OAK	W	7.0	8	1	1	2	8	0	101	63
2009-06-01	OAK	ND	7.0	4	2	2	3	8	1	107	66
2008-08-15	@OAK	ND	5.2	6	2	1	2	4	1	110	53
2008-07-05	OAK	W	7.1	3	0	0	3	6	0	109	75

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

 Home:   40-34   Road:   39-36   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  62-51   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  23-21
 vsEast: 14-17   vsCntrl:30-39   vsWest: 20-11 IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Sun, Sep 19   DET  L   7-9 (11)  79-70  2nd 10.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18   DET  L   3-6       79-69  2nd 10.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 17   DET  L   2-9       79-68  2nd  9.0 gb
146 Thu, Sep 16   MIN  L   5-8       79-67  2nd  9.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 15   MIN  L   3-9       79-66  2nd  8.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 14   MIN  L   3-9       79-65  2nd  7.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep 12   KCR  W  12-6       79-64  2nd  6.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep 11   KCR  L   2-8       78-64  2nd  6.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep 10   KCR  W   4-3       78-63  2nd  5.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  9  @DET  L   3-6       77-63  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Athletics, 74-74, 74-74 2nd, 9 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (24, LHP, 14-9, 3.47)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (14-9)			181.2	156	73	70	80	154	14	3.47
2009 (6-7)			98.2	113	68	63	56	109	14	5.75
2008 (1-4)			34.0	32	34	29	25	34	9	7.68

Last 7 GS		4-2	40.2	32	17	15	18	40	4	3.32	56
2010-09-14	@KCR	L	2.0	7	7	7	3	1	1	55	12
2010-09-08	SEA	W	6.2	6	3	3	2	9	2	117	57
2010-09-03	LAA	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	103	67
2010-08-29	@TEX	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	95	57
2010-08-24	@CLE	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	109	73
2010-08-18	TOR	ND	7.0	2	1	1	4	6	0	110	71
2010-08-13	@MIN	L	6.0	3	4	2	4	7	0	110	57

Last 5 v.CHW		0-3	16.1	18	18	16	11	15	4	8.82	36
2010-08-01	@CHW	L	8.0	6	4	4	0	11	0	99	65
2009-08-15	CHW	L	5.0	6	6	5	6	2	1	96	29
2008-08-17	CHW	L	3.1	6	8	7	5	2	3	88	15

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

 Home:   44-30   Road:   30-44   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  54-54   vsLHP:  20-20   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 20-25   vsCntrl:21-18   vsWest: 25-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Sun, Sep 19  @MIN  W   6-2       74-74  2nd  9.0 gb
147 Sat, Sep 18  @MIN  L   2-4       73-74  2nd 10.0 gb
146 Fri, Sep 17  @MIN  W   3-1       73-73  2nd  9.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 15  @KCR  L   3-6       72-73  2nd 10.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 14  @KCR  L   3-11      72-72  2nd  9.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep 13  @KCR  W   3-1       72-71  2nd  8.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep 12   BOS  L   3-5       71-71  2nd  8.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep 11   BOS  W   4-3       71-70  2nd  7.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep 10   BOS  W   5-0       70-70  2nd  7.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  8   SEA  W   4-3       69-70  2nd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 01, 2010 CHW  4  OAK  1        W:Gavin Floyd (7-8), L: Gio Gonzalez (9-7), S: Bobby Jenks (22)
Sat, Jul 31, 2010 OAK  6 @CHW  2        W:Dallas Braden (6-7), L: John Danks (11-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 30, 2010 CHW  6  OAK  1        W:Lucas Harrell (1-0), L: Brett Anderson (2-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 25, 2010 OAK  6  CHW  4        W:Dallas Braden (5-7), L: Daniel Hudson (1-1), S: Michael Wuertz (3)
Sat, Jul 24, 2010 OAK 10  CHW  2        W:Vin Mazzaro (6-2), L: Freddy Garcia (9-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 CHW  5 @OAK  1        W:Mark Buehrle (9-8), L: Trevor Cahill (9-4), S: none

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
Season Series: 2010 - tied 3-3; 2009 - OAK won 5-4; 2008 - CHW won 5-4; All-Time - CHW leads 1015-958

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 5.32

ARI 4.45

SEA 3.17

RA/G

SDP 3.64

CHW 4.41

PIT 5.38

J. Hamilton .361

D. Murphy .285

B. Wood .157

OBP

J. Morneau .437

H. Matsui .359

B. Wood .184

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

H. Pence .467

B. Wood .225

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

M. Joyce .819

B. Wood .409

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

I. Kennedy 3.79

Z. Duke 5.68

K/9IP

J. Lester 9.69

A. Sanchez 7.02

M. Buehrle 4.12

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WhiteSox Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 52.Bonser
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 64.Cramer*
G/S/vB 61.James
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
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 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 498/374 .252/.317/.378/.695 .667/.705 .651 63/.791 4/6 9/12

27.Castro G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/.000 115/86 .294/.348/.520/.868 1.011/.819 .881 20/.387 1/0 7/1

30.de Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 1/1 0/0

17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

25.Jones G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/.857 3/1.167 316/222 .227/.335/.487/.822 .901/.789 .714 35/1.229 9/2 19/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 9/.333 2/.000 3/.333 23/.970 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 4/.250 595/464 .318/.400/.594/.994 1.126/.958 .850 97/1.116 0/1 37/6

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 6/1.700 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 340/314 .233/.303/.375/.678 .077/.729 .722 27/.567 1/3 8/1

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 73/48 .268/.288/.479/.767 1.192/.548 .882 19/.544 4/2 2/1

22.Morel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/19 .238/.304/.619/.923 1.750/.734 .000 23/.923 0/0 2/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 681/507 .271/.337/.312/.649 .682/.638 .635 122/.573 58/18 1/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/no AB 22/.809 7/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 477/356 .272/.301/.390/.691 .642/.708 .650 85/.900 3/4 8/4

20.Quentin G/S/vP 9/1.667 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 501/376 .236/.331/.473/.805 .744/.824 .665 77/.684 2/2 25/8

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 8/.661 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.850 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 4/.000 581/435 .280/.310/.427/.737 .747/.734 .726 105/.639 12/8 17/17

99.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 296/237 .301/.409/.472/.880 .802/.898 .882 73/.776 1/1 9/3

51.Rios G/S/vP 10/.300 2/.000 4/1.000 9/.555 4/1.417 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.572 3/1.667 598/459 .288/.339/.465/.805 .722/.830 .811 104/.829 33/13 21/4

23.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· 2/.000 28/1.045 5/1.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 236/198 .259/.328/.387/.714 .437/.769 .737 56/.611 3/5 4/10

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 86/44 .271/.279/.447/.726 .881/.576 .465 4/.833 1/0 3/4

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.300 1/3.000 358/295 .285/.355/.346/.701 .578/.728 .747 82/.640 10/6 2/3

IP 181.2 49.0 48.2 19.1 67.2 11.0 3.0 23.2 8.0 37.2 56.0 TOTAL .268/.332/.424/.756 .748/.759 .717 .753 143/71 168/107

ERA-K/9

3.47/7.6

1.47/7.7

3.70/8.5

6.05/5.6

3.19/8.8

2.45/4.9

3.00/9.0

3.42/9.9

1.13/7.9

4.30/9.3

2.89/6.1

3.58/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (21-9-1)
Flowers (0-0-0)
Pierzynski (65-25-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 768/.230 189/.199 220/.274 88/.346 271/.192 43/.231 14/.333 98/.212 32/.154 163/.243 232/.234 .243 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Ramirez
Kotsay
Quentin
Teahen
de Aza
Lillibridge 11/15/60/8
1/137/0/6
137/0/0/4
48/0/0/2
0/0/8/2
0/0/97/2
0/0/5/0
0/1/1/0
1/5/1/0

OPS .646 .544 .758 .835 .611 .790 .762 .617 .521 .733 .680 .692

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.605 85/.569 97/.598 48/.848 98/.568 14/1.000 8/.661 42/.667 14/.774 61/.920 69/1.038 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 585/.659 104/.523 123/.892 40/.818 173/.635 29/.676 6/.900 56/.579 18/.307 102/.630 163/.542 .680

Home 364/.576 108/.526 108/.744 32/.781 128/.617 / 4/.500 52/.380 24/.568 81/.585 115/.501

Last 28d days 122/.698 30/.567 36/.606 63/.803 45/.392 43/.790 14/.762 29/.695 14/.220 29/.609 30/.381

HR/SB/CS 14/10/3 3/3/1 7/1/1 2/3/1 8/4/1 3/0/1 0/0/0 2/5/0 0/0/0 5/3/0 4/1/1 143/78/31

Usage ·····X·· ··X···X· ····X·oo ·····X·· o·X···o· X·····X· ·····o·· ·X··o··o ·····X·· X·o···oX Xo····oo

Athletics Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 58.Harrell
G/S/vB 47.Infante
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 52.Torres
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 633/459 .275/.396/.402/.798 .844/.780 .823 107/.842 7/3 8/10

25.Carson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/15 .167/.174/.318/.492 .558/.267 .296 27/.508 3/0 3/0

22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/22 .000/.030/.000/.030 .091/.000 13/.000 0/0 0/1

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 8/.929 3/1.167 ··· 5/1.250 7/.953 6/.167 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.775 ··· 328/241 .279/.342/.438/.779 .949/.716 .890 102/.752 32/3 8/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 15/.696 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.666 4/2.750 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 1/5.000 367/306 .277/.409/.459/.868 .714/.900 .909 93/.998 1/2 12/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 11/.764 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 503/370 .270/.305/.365/.670 .766/.635 .667 96/.650 44/10 5/4

29.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/11 .148/.207/.296/.503 .833/.000 .000 2/.500 0/0 1/1

14.Ellis G/S/vP 12/.250 3/1.167 ··· 8/.875 4/.500 6/.000 12/.167 ··· ··· 3/1.333 1/5.000 432/328 .278/.350/.362/.712 .818/.678 .626 100/.897 5/5 4/3

18.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 4/1.750 4/1.833 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/2.667 226/185 .237/.283/.304/.587 .449/.614 .606 22/.327 5/1 1/1

45.Hermida* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 196/169 .194/.255/.333/.588 .431/.613 .624 25/.467 1/0 5/4

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 7/.619 ··· 216/170 .178/.288/.259/.548 .328/.606 .437 23/.461 3/1 2/3

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 13/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 539/404 .256/.291/.404/.696 .764/.673 .697 48/.965 2/1 14/11

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/56 .175/.266/.316/.581 .393/.608 .303 51/.658 0/0 2/2

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 6/.333 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 526/407 .246/.318/.356/.674 .567/.706 .670 86/.495 24/5 4/21

35.Powell# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/86 .231/.314/.327/.640 .646/.639 .601 19/.786 1/0 2/4

36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .333/.500/.333/.833 2.000/.333 4/.833 0/0 0/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 9/.111 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 5/1.200 5/2.300 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/no AB 487/363 .242/.304/.363/.667 .535/.712 .724 96/.584 3/2 12/8

30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/25 .262/.295/.286/.581 .684/.497 .677 24/.564 0/0 0/1

IP 187.1 19.0 2.2 52.2 53.1 82.2 51.1 18.0 49.0 53.0 13.2 TOTAL .254/.322/.373/.695 .696/.695 .707 .708 139/35 94/99

ERA-K/9

4.08/7.3

4.74/4.7

0.00/13.3

4.44/10.4

4.39/8.3

5.23/5.1

2.98/10.7

1.50/11.5

3.12/9.4

3.06/12.2

8.56/8.5

4.16/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Donaldson (4-2-1)
Powell (13-9-0)
Suzuki (60-18-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 798/.274 93/.342 10/.222 231/.260 226/.248 365/.270 208/.208 73/.177 224/.260 214/.209 71/.377 .264 Gross
Davis
Hermida
Cust
Crisp
Carson
Larish
Carter 33/9/47/6
47/71/27/5
47/0/11/4
13/0/3/3
0/73/0/2
6/1/22/2
7/0/0/0
9/0/0/0

OPS .719 .916 .522 .668 .759 .762 .584 .534 .694 .599 1.041 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 439/.673 52/1.081 4/1.000 120/.648 118/.933 170/.630 93/.738 31/.674 88/.538 98/.497 36/1.039 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 359/.775 41/.720 6/.167 111/.689 108/.566 195/.867 115/.457 42/.433 136/.800 116/.688 35/1.041 .722

Road 366/.712 19/.967 4/.833 122/.690 105/.662 165/.726 95/.482 39/.449 107/.743 106/.506 40/.993

Last 28d days 141/.806 67/1.056 10/.522 27/.528 38/.720 56/.737 21/.825 49/.608 40/.796 24/.555 39/1.167

HR/SB/CS 14/7/4 2/2/1 0/0/0 3/11/0 11/8/1 9/3/3 4/4/1 1/0/0 2/2/1 3/3/0 2/0/1 128/91/36

Usage ····X··· ·X·····X ·X······ ········ ··XX·o·X ·o··X··· o··X·o·X ·oX·o··X Xo··X··X ·X·X·X·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.