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Game Preview: CHW @ TBR, 7:10pm, Thursday, May 27, 2010 @Tropicana Field

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WhiteSox, 20-26, 20-263rd, 6 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (27, RHP, 2-4, 6.31)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (2-4) 51.1 66 38 36 19 43 4 6.31
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 2-3 39.1 52 32 30 14 31 4 6.86 40
2010-05-22 FLA W 6.1 6 1 1 2 7 0 97 62
2010-05-16 @KCR L 6.0 10 5 5 1 4 0 101 35
2010-05-09 TOR ND 6.1 5 5 5 2 7 1 109 48
2010-05-04 KCR L 6.1 13 6 6 2 2 1 94 23
2010-04-29 @TEX W 7.0 5 3 1 0 5 1 99 64
2010-04-23 SEA ND 6.1 7 5 5 3 4 0 104 40
2010-04-18 @CLE L 1.0 6 7 7 4 2 1 51 11
Last 5 v.TBR 2-0 14.0 9 5 5 2 14 4 3.21 64
2009-07-20 TBR W 7.0 3 3 3 2 7 3 99 64
2009-04-19 @TBR W 7.0 6 2 2 0 7 1 91 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-13   Road:    9-13   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  15-18   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest:  4-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Wed, May 26  @CLE  W   5-4       20-26  3rd  6.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 25  @CLE  L   3-7       19-26  3rd  7.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 24  @CLE  W   7-2       19-25  3rd  7.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 23   FLA  L   0-13      18-25  3rd  7.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 22   FLA  W   4-1       18-24  3rd  7.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 21   FLA  W   8-0       17-24  3rd  7.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 20   LAA  L   5-6       16-24  3rd  7.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 19   LAA  L   2-3       16-23  3rd  7.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 18  @DET  W   6-2       16-22  3rd  7.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 16  @KCR  L   3-5       15-22  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Rays, 32-15, 32-151st, 3½ up

SP: Jeff Niemann (27, RHP, 4-0, 2.54)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (4-0) 56.2 45 16 16 17 36 5 2.54
2009 (13-6) 180.2 185 84 79 59 125 17 3.94
2008 (2-2) 16.0 18 12 9 8 14 3 5.06
Last 7 GS 4-0 48.1 37 13 13 16 33 4 2.42 61
2010-05-22 @HOU W 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 97 65
2010-05-17 CLE ND 6.0 10 3 3 3 3 0 94 40
2010-05-11 @LAA W 7.1 6 2 2 2 4 0 111 60
2010-05-06 @SEA W 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 99 73
2010-04-30 KCR ND 7.1 3 1 1 4 3 0 88 67
2010-04-24 TOR ND 6.2 5 3 3 1 8 2 95 59
2010-04-19 @BOS W 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 100 60
Last 5 v.CHW 1-2 17.1 22 12 9 5 11 3 4.67 45
2009-07-21 @CHW W 8.0 8 2 2 0 7 0 100 65
2009-04-16 CHW L 6.0 9 2 2 1 3 1 97 48
2008-04-18 CHW L 3.1 5 8 5 4 1 2 85 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-10   Road:   19-5    ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  17-9    vsLHP:  15-6    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast: 14-7    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest: 10-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Wed, May 26   BOS  L   3-11      32-15  1st  3.5 up
 46 Tue, May 25   BOS  L   0-2       32-14  1st  4.5 up
 45 Mon, May 24   BOS  L   1-6       32-13  1st  5.5 up
 44 Sun, May 23  @HOU  W  10-6       32-12  1st  6.0 up
 43 Sat, May 22  @HOU  W   4-2       31-12  1st  5.0 up
 42 Fri, May 21  @HOU  L   1-2       30-12  1st  4.0 up
 41 Thu, May 20  @NYY  W   8-6       30-11  1st  5.0 up
 40 Wed, May 19  @NYY  W  10-6       29-11  1st  4.0 up
 39 Tue, May 18   CLE  W   6-2       28-11  1st  3.0 up
 38 Mon, May 17   CLE  W   4-3 (11)  27-11  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 22, 2010 TBR 10 @CHW  2        W:James Shields (2-0), L: Jake Peavy (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 TBR 12 @CHW  0        W:Wade Davis (1-1), L: Mark Buehrle (2-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 CHW  4  TBR  1        W:John Danks (2-0), L: David Price (2-1), S: Bobby Jenks (3)

Thu, Jul 23, 2009 CHW  5  TBR  0        W:Mark Buehrle (11-3), L: Scott Kazmir (4-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 CHW  4  TBR  3        W:D. J. Carrasco (3-0), L: Dan Wheeler (3-3), S: Matt Thornton (1)
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 TBR  3 @CHW  2        W:Jeff Niemann (9-4), L: Bobby Jenks (2-3), S: J.P. Howell (10)
Mon, Jul 20, 2009 CHW  4  TBR  3        W:Gavin Floyd (8-6), L: David Price (3-4), S: Bobby Jenks (22)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 CHW 12 @TBR  2        W:Gavin Floyd (2-1), L: Matt Garza (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 CHW  8 @TBR  3        W:Mark Buehrle (2-0), L: Scott Kazmir (2-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 TBR  6  CHW  5        W:James Shields (2-1), L: Matt Thornton (0-1), S: Troy Percival (2)
Season Series: 2010 - TBR leads 2-1; 2009 - CHW won 6-2; 2008 - TBR won 6-4; All-Time - CHW leads 57-40

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

DET  4.48

HOU  3.00

 RA/G

SDP  3.15

TEX  4.55

ARI  6.06

 BA

J. Morneau  .369

N. Morgan  .256

C. Pena  .189

 OBP

J. Morneau  .487

J. Bartlett  .330

C. Lee  .236

 SLG

J. Morneau  .675

B. Gardner  .381

C. Figgins  .255

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.162

H. Matsui  .705

J. Lopez  .505

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .88

J. Verlander  3.74

B. Morrow  6.66

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  11.70

C. Sabathia  6.75

N. Blackburn  2.50

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 31.Cormier
G/S/vB		 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 176/127 .191/.287/.237/.524 .421/.562 .511 87/.424 3/2 1/4
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 17/11 .133/.235/.133/.369 .333/.364 .286 17/.369 0/0 0/0
25.Jones G/S/vP 2/1.500 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 11/.664 142/101 .240/.345/.529/.874 .966/.837 .996 76/.750 7/1 9/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 10/.856 11/.920 21/.742 ··· 5/.400 9/.347 2/.000 10/.856 177/134 .262/.367/.584/.951 1.253/.859 .758 89/.766 0/0 14/1
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 9/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.000 7/.453 1/3.000 107/97 .223/.318/.415/.733 .100/.799 .762 67/.940 1/0 5/0
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 30/7 .160/.276/.160/.436 .384/.571 .154 18/.371 0/0 0/3
1.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 7/.858 4/.500 6/.666 9/.730 202/142 .259/.312/.292/.603 .515/.640 .615 108/.725 18/4 0/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 8/1.250 2/.000 9/1.445 2/1.500 6/.000 9/1.334 1/2.000 2/.500 150/111 .216/.264/.317/.580 .642/.559 .546 80/.704 0/1 2/1
20.Quentin G/S/vP 8/.393 5/.650 ··· ··· 5/.000 6/1.133 1/.000 4/1.250 166/122 .211/.313/.373/.686 .702/.681 .581 79/.642 0/0 4/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 7/.572 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 10/.500 ··· 3/1.333 162/113 .245/.273/.368/.641 .454/.725 .711 88/.716 2/2 3/7
51.Rios G/S/vP 3/.000 11/.773 2/.000 ··· 6/.833 19/.790 ··· 8/.679 173/126 .308/.358/.572/.931 .968/.917 .768 88/1.073 14/3 9/1
23.Teahen* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 4/.000 10/.200 ··· 2/.000 148/117 .242/.333/.352/.685 .366/.775 .729 82/.574 2/4 2/8
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 7/.429 1/.000 ··· 6/.500 50/37 .200/.260/.222/.482 .397/.513 .564 24/.596 0/1 0/0
IP 56.2 20.1 9.0 11.2 20.2 21.0 19.1 15.2 TOTAL .239/.316/.392/.707 .668/.721 .682 .714 48/18 50/28
ERA-K/9 2.54/5.7 2.21/8.9 0.00/14.0 7.71/9.2 4.79/3.5 3.43/5.6 1.40/7.5 2.30/9.7 3.09/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (1-2-0)
 Pierzynski (19-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 228/.220 78/.203 30/.071 54/.265 97/.318 88/.232 73/.182 60/.164 .230  Jones
 Pierre
 Kotsay
 Quentin
 Rios
 Nix
6/5/14/2
39/0/0/1
0/0/5/1
0/0/28/1
1/41/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .621 .545 .205 .743 .852 .711 .534 .542 .664
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.711 32/.724 16/.321 40/.503 60/.763 44/.693 30/.497 10/.550 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.531 46/.424 14/.071 14/1.418 37/.994 44/.726 43/.558 50/.539 .665
Home 86/.708 37/.676 17/.243 41/.727 56/1.038 56/.757 40/.639 31/.469
Last 28d days 137/.582 35/.456 25/.122 27/.353 58/1.027 38/.666 41/.438 31/.536
HR/SB/CS 5/3/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/3/0 4/1/0 1/1/0 2/0/1 44/22/9
Usage ····X··· o··Xo··· ·X·o···o o·····o· X·Xo···X X·X····X ···oo·o· o··X··o·
Rays Batters (5.19 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.74 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		 46.Santos
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 67.Williams*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 8/.250 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 79/30 .243/.278/.446/.724 .620/.905 .894 51/.638 0/0 4/0
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 8/.536 12/.334 3/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 9/1.214 2/.000 203/124 .239/.330/.341/.671 .636/.693 .659 105/.613 3/2 1/6
9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 10/.900 ··· 9/.944 3/.000 27/23 .292/.370/.417/.787 .500/.841 .544 27/.787 1/0 1/1
15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 101/94 .293/.356/.435/.791 .452/.815 .762 57/.786 1/1 2/4
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 6/1.133 4/.833 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 12/.916 3/3.000 203/121 .322/.380/.500/.880 .799/.932 .851 105/.807 15/4 3/0
28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 89/73 .324/.449/.493/.942 .697/.997 .704 56/.745 0/0 2/3
19.Kapler G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 76/16 .254/.329/.328/.657 .650/.683 .636 44/.618 1/1 1/0
3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.834 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.250 3/1.167 202/125 .311/.381/.554/.935 .910/.948 1.052 106/.911 7/2 9/7
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/3.000 5/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 5/.200 1/.000 4/2.250 1/no AB 94/47 .181/.261/.229/.490 .480/.499 .548 45/.626 0/0 0/2
23.Pena* G/S/vP 6/.533 8/.125 1/.000 2/.000 7/.762 ··· 9/1.389 3/1.000 189/119 .189/.307/.377/.684 .616/.726 .670 98/.519 2/1 8/3
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 80/55 .205/.253/.329/.582 .860/.449 .404 41/.567 0/1 1/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 4/.500 2/3.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 6/.750 2/.500 179/115 .210/.285/.370/.655 .816/.570 .563 88/.448 14/4 5/2
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/1.666 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 3/2.667 2/1.500 203/129 .303/.375/.440/.815 .615/.931 .713 107/.921 9/1 3/1
IP 51.1 17.0 17.1 25.2 14.2 17.1 19.0 17.0 TOTAL .256/.335/.409/.744 .683/.780 .721 .686 53/17 42/36
ERA-K/9 6.31/7.5 6.35/11.1 3.63/8.3 4.21/6.7 3.68/11.0 0.52/10.9 1.89/13.3 5.82/8.5 4.52/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (11-4-1)
 Navarro (8-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.310 87/.324 72/.222 106/.196 58/.204 69/.167 69/.141 97/.351 .257  Crawford
 Zobrist
 Upton
 Rodriguez
 Kapler
 Brignac
46/0/0/5
0/3/40/3
0/45/0/1
2/5/0/0
5/0/23/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .827 .898 .643 .623 .579 .481 .422 1.082 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.857 44/.957 35/.570 44/.559 25/.600 27/.389 41/.346 44/.786 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.803 43/.835 37/.705 62/.660 33/.564 42/.543 28/.542 53/1.328 .739
Road 95/.878 41/.782 31/.667 53/.484 30/.274 32/.496 34/.608 39/.944
Last 28d days 113/.823 43/1.023 42/.862 67/.661 25/.410 41/.623 28/.414 43/1.268
HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 2/4/0 2/4/0 3/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 2/2/3 43/25/13
Usage ····X··· X·o·o··· ·X·X···o X··X··Xo ··X·o··· ··o·oo·· o·o·o··· 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.