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Game Preview: CHW @ BOS, 7:10pm, Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @Fenway Park II

WhiteSox, 25-31, 25-31 3rd, 8½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Philip Humber (28, RHP, 3-3, 2.85)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-3)			60.0	43	21	19	13	33	4	2.85
2010 (2-1)			21.2	22	10	10	7	16	1	4.15
2009 (0-0)			9.0	17	8	8	9	9	1	8.00

Last 7 GS		2-2	47.0	30	14	14	9	25	4	2.68	61
2011-05-26	@TOR	ND	7.2	6	1	1	1	3	1	110	65
2011-05-20	LAD	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	102	62
2011-05-13	@OAK	W	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	82	49
2011-05-06	@SEA	ND	7.0	3	2	2	3	4	0	93	64
2011-04-30	BAL	L	7.0	3	2	2	1	5	1	97	67
2011-04-25	@NYY	W	7.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	100	78
2011-04-20	@TBR	L	5.1	6	4	4	1	3	1	94	42

Has never faced BOS as starter.

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

 Home:   10-13   Road:   15-18   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  19-22   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:   6-9 
 vsEast:  9-12   vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  9-11 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Mon, May 30  @BOS  W   7-3       25-31  3rd  8.5 gb
 55 Sun, May 29  @TOR  L   4-13      24-31  4th  9.5 gb
 54 Sat, May 28  @TOR  L   8-9 (14)  24-30  4th  9.5 gb
 53 Fri, May 27  @TOR  L   2-4       24-29  4th  8.5 gb
 52 Thu, May 26  @TOR  W   3-1       24-28  3rd  8.5 gb
 51 Wed, May 25  @TEX  L   1-2       23-28  4th  9.0 gb
 50 Tue, May 24  @TEX  W   8-6       23-27  4th  9.0 gb
 49 Mon, May 23  @TEX  L   0-4       22-27  4th 10.0 gb
 48 Sun, May 22   LAD  W   8-3       22-26  4th  9.0 gb
 47 Sat, May 21   LAD  W   9-2       21-26  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

RedSox, 30-24, 30-24 1st, Tied

SP: Alfredo Aceves (28, RHP, 2-0, 2.22)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-0)			28.1	20	8	7	10	17	3	2.22
2010 (3-0)			12.0	10	5	4	4	2	1	3.00
2009 (10-1)			84.0	69	36	33	16	69	10	3.54

Last 7 GS		2-0	37.1	32	13	12	13	19	4	2.89	53
2011-05-26	@DET	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	98	62
2011-05-21	CHC	ND	5.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	86	57
2009-07-09	@MIN	ND	3.1	4	4	3	1	2	1	65	39
2008-09-26	@BOS	ND	4.0	5	4	4	4	1	2	77	33
2008-09-20	BAL	ND	6.0	5	0	0	3	3	0	92	62
2008-09-15	CHW	ND	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	87	56
2008-09-09	@LAA	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	89	65

Last 5 v.CHW		0-0	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	3.00	56
2008-09-15	CHW	ND	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	87	56

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

 Home:   16-11   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  20-17   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast: 10-8    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Mon, May 30   CHW  L   3-7       30-24  1st    Tied
 53 Sun, May 29  @DET  L   0-3       30-23  1st  1.0 up
 52 Sun, May 29  @DET  W   4-3       30-22  1st  1.0 up
 51 Fri, May 27  @DET  W   6-3       29-22  1st  1.0 up
 50 Thu, May 26  @DET  W  14-1  (8)  28-22  1st    Tied
 49 Wed, May 25  @CLE  W  14-2       27-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Tue, May 24  @CLE  W   4-2       26-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 47 Mon, May 23  @CLE  L   2-3       25-22  3rd  0.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 22   CHC  W   5-1       25-21  3rd  0.5 gb
 45 Sat, May 21   CHC  L   3-9       24-21  3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 30, 2011 CHW  7 @BOS  3        W:Jake Peavy (2-0), L: Jon Lester (7-2), S: none

Thu, Sep 30, 2010 CHW  8  BOS  2        W:John Danks (15-11), L: Jon Lester (19-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 CHW  5  BOS  2        W:Freddy Garcia (12-6), L: Josh Beckett (6-6), S: Matt Thornton (8)
Tue, Sep 28, 2010 CHW  5  BOS  4        W:Chris Sale (2-1), L: Michael Bowden (0-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 BOS  6 @CHW  1        W:Clay Buchholz (17-7), L: Mark Buehrle (12-13), S: none
Sun, Sep 05, 2010 CHW  7 @BOS  5        W:Scott Linebrink (3-1), L: Jonathan Papelbon (5-6), S: Matt Thornton (6)
Sat, Sep 04, 2010 CHW  3 @BOS  1        W:Gavin Floyd (10-11), L: John Lackey (12-9), S: Bobby Jenks (27)
Sat, Sep 04, 2010 CHW  3 @BOS  1        W:John Danks (13-9), L: Clay Buchholz (15-6), S: Bobby Jenks (26)
Mon, Sep 07, 2009 CHW  5  BOS  1        W:Mark Buehrle (12-7), L: Josh Beckett (14-6), S: none
Sun, Sep 06, 2009 BOS  6 @CHW  1        W:Jon Lester (12-7), L: John Danks (12-9), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - CHW over 1-0; 2010 - CHW won 6-1; 2009 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - BOS leads 954-920

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 2011 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 5.17 FLA 4.13 SDP 3.37	RA/G ATL 3.27 LAD 4.13 MIN 5.19	BA M. Joyce .368 A. Sanchez .260 A. LaRoche .172	OBP J. Bautista .502 B. Upton .333 C. Figgins .232	SLG J. Bautista .791 F. Sanchez .401 C. Figgins .256	OPS J. Bautista 1.294 A. Pujols .740 C. Figgins .488	ERA J. Jurrjens 1.51 G. Floyd 3.69 R. Dempster 6.00	K/9IP M. Garza 10.99 T. Wood 6.65 C. Pavano 3.38

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.17

FLA 4.13

SDP 3.37

RA/G

ATL 3.27

LAD 4.13

MIN 5.19

M. Joyce .368

A. Sanchez .260

A. LaRoche .172

OBP

J. Bautista .502

B. Upton .333

C. Figgins .232

SLG

J. Bautista .791

F. Sanchez .401

C. Figgins .256

OPS

J. Bautista 1.294

A. Pujols .740

C. Figgins .488

ERA

J. Jurrjens 1.51

G. Floyd 3.69

R. Dempster 6.00

K/9IP

M. Garza 10.99

T. Wood 6.65

C. Pavano 3.38

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WhiteSox Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 64.Bowden
G/S/vB 53.Hill*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 190/144 .231/.294/.343/.637 .483/.687 .630 74/.744 2/1 4/1

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 4/.500 46/13 .227/.261/.409/.670 .722/.538 .893 17/.706 0/0 2/0

32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.850 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 20/.311 1/.000 3/2.667 9/.472 203/158 .181/.320/.331/.652 .156/.797 .752 104/.720 0/1 5/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.667 5/1.100 3/.666 5/.900 2/.500 5/.600 5/.400 41/.841 13/.891 237/183 .301/.371/.495/.866 .820/.882 .906 108/.825 1/1 11/2

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 71/38 .288/.377/.610/.987 .930/1.039 .719 39/.949 5/4 5/0

22.Morel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 121/80 .239/.258/.316/.575 .437/.642 .608 44/.816 1/2 1/6

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 7/1.071 9/.730 249/189 .265/.328/.306/.634 .834/.570 .596 114/.680 9/8 0/5

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 4/.500 3/.666 33/.858 3/.333 188/161 .267/.301/.335/.636 .499/.659 .639 88/.680 0/0 2/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 4/.500 4/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 9/1.000 6/1.166 219/168 .254/.352/.545/.897 1.026/.858 1.044 90/.849 0/1 13/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.500 2/1.000 2/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 4/.833 9/.222 3/1.333 235/177 .278/.342/.443/.785 .633/.836 .667 111/.909 2/2 6/9

51.Rios G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 11/.764 53/.696 11/.606 220/167 .206/.259/.314/.573 .617/.558 .441 98/.669 4/3 4/1

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 18/.544 3/1.000 58/.808 6/.500 78/70 .282/.316/.338/.654 .500/.673 .652 47/.668 1/2 0/0

IP 28.1 20.1 10.1 25.2 2.0 8.0 22.2 37.0 14.0 TOTAL .249/.317/.388/.705 .651/.723 .694 .751 25/25 54/32

ERA-K/9

2.22/5.4

3.54/9.3

4.35/7.9

3.51/8.8

0.00/4.5

0.00/13.5

2.78/12.3

4.14/3.9

8.36/7.7

4.04/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (11-1-1)
Pierzynski (39-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 118/.192 86/.211 44/.308 100/.200 10/.333 29/.115 93/.241 151/.237 62/.333 .243 Rios
Quentin
Pierre
Lillibridge 0/53/0/3
0/0/47/1
54/0/0/1
3/4/18/0

OPS .625 .554 .800 .643 .733 .322 .624 .704 .955 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.515 39/.636 18/.631 55/.748 2/1.000 15/.205 48/.570 65/.563 24/1.227 .680

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/.723 47/.488 26/.923 45/.506 8/.661 14/.452 45/.683 86/.811 38/.789 .727

Home 81/.598 44/.691 37/.776 46/.425 10/.733 12/.533 48/.539 98/.728 39/.952

Last 28d days 88/.609 55/.674 44/.800 48/.715 10/.733 29/.322 46/.639 86/.732 17/.953

HR/SB/CS 3/3/0 0/4/0 0/1/0 3/4/1 0/1/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 5/1/1 4/1/1 49/58/18

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

RedSox Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Humber
G/S/vB 40.Bruney
G/S/vB 26.Crain
G/S/vB 48.Marquez
G/S/vB 77.Ohman*
G/S/vB 49.Sale*
G/S/vB 46.Santos
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Cameron G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 65/26 .196/.266/.375/.641 .737/.501 .553 35/.631 0/0 3/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 15/.734 219/150 .232/.267/.362/.630 .329/.768 .525 103/.759 7/4 4/2

7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 4/.250 ··· 10/.522 1/no AB ··· 6/.750 157/127 .235/.350/.348/.699 .729/.689 .692 66/.734 0/0 3/0

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 236/172 .297/.366/.462/.828 .642/.898 .789 120/.848 19/6 6/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 13/1.295 ··· ··· 6/.167 243/164 .332/.379/.547/.926 .675/1.045 .935 115/1.005 1/0 10/0

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 174/115 .306/.351/.452/.803 1.137/.621 .968 90/.684 0/1 3/7

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 5/.400 ··· 6/.167 2/1.000 1/.000 12/.717 217/153 .306/.378/.549/.927 .835/.962 .901 103/1.010 0/0 11/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 11/.282 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.250 243/171 .243/.351/.335/.686 1.026/.550 .708 112/.656 12/2 4/2

16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/5 .500/.556/.500/1.056 1.000/1.100 9/1.056 1/0 0/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 119/81 .218/.277/.382/.659 .589/.692 .773 57/.798 0/0 4/1

44.Sutton# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 25/18 .208/.208/.375/.583 .000/.824 .000 25/.583 0/0 0/0

33.Varitek# G/S/vP ··· 7/.629 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 87/57 .208/.291/.299/.589 .522/.626 .577 42/.805 0/0 1/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 9/.889 7/1.071 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 212/146 .260/.387/.491/.878 1.078/.791 1.119 106/.861 1/0 8/4

IP 60.0 24.1 13.1 20.0 25.2 17.2 TOTAL .266/.340/.427/.767 .762/.769 .802 .816 42/14 59/25

ERA-K/9

2.85/5.0

/0.0

2.59/8.9

/0.0

5.40/9.5

5.40/9.9

1.40/10.5

5.60/9.7

4.07/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (34-12-3)
Varitek (24-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 239/.194 / 97/.157 / 58/.288 95/.268 100/.151 91/.325 .259 Drew
Ellsbury
Reddick
Cameron
Crawford 0/0/39/3
0/51/0/2
0/0/2/0
1/2/15/0
52/0/0/0

OPS .554 .485 .814 .837 .484 .868 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.644 / 36/.350 / 28/.630 36/.716 50/.568 35/.694 .697

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.429 / 61/.562 / 30/.974 59/.903 50/.402 56/.975 .725

Road 139/.558 / 45/.548 / 38/.940 54/.623 65/.398 49/.790

Last 28d days 107/.565 / 43/.531 / 13/.481 39/.636 51/.518 38/.789

HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 // 1/6/0 // 2/0/0 3/0/0 1/2/0 2/5/1 46/50/10

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