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Game Preview: BOS @ CHW, 8:10pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 @U.S. Cellular Field

Red Sox, 5-9, 5-9 5th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (29, RHP, 0-1, 6.97)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 10.1 20 10 8 0 9 3 6.97
2013 (12-1) 108.1 75 23 21 36 96 4 1.74
2012 (11-8) 189.1 187 104 96 64 129 25 4.56
Last 7 GS 4-2 41.0 44 19 15 8 28 5 3.29 52
2014-04-10 @NYY L 6.0 7 4 2 0 6 1 94 52
2014-04-05 MIL ND 4.1 13 6 6 0 3 2 72 16
2013-09-27 @BAL W 7.0 7 3 3 0 4 2 113 55
2013-09-21 TOR L 6.0 6 3 2 2 2 0 106 50
2013-09-15 NYY W 6.0 2 1 0 4 3 0 91 65
2013-09-10 @TBR W 5.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 74 66
2013-06-08 LAA W 6.2 6 2 2 1 4 0 104 57
Last 5 v.CHW 2-1 32.2 28 12 12 9 20 2 3.31 56
2013-05-22 @CHW W 7.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 113 64
2012-07-19 CHW ND 8.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 107 71
2010-09-27 @CHW W 8.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 108 72
2010-09-04 CHW L 5.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 95 48
2009-08-24 CHW ND 4.2 6 7 7 3 3 2 92 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-4    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-8    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @CHW  L   1-2        5-9   5th  3.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @NYY  L   2-3        5-8   5th  2.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @NYY  L   4-7        5-7   5th  2.0 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @NYY  W   4-2        5-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @NYY  L   1-4        4-6   5th  1.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9   TEX  W   4-2        4-5   3rd  1.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8   TEX  L   7-10       3-5   4th  1.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   TEX  W   5-1        3-4   3rd  1.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   MIL  L   0-4        2-4   4th  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   MIL  L   6-7 (11)   2-3   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-9    Last 30: 5-9 
White Sox, 8-6, 8-6 1st, Tied

SP: John Danks (29, LHP, 1-0, 4.15)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 13.0 11 6 6 6 10 1 4.15
2013 (4-14) 138.1 151 81 73 27 89 28 4.75
2012 (3-4) 53.2 57 35 34 23 30 7 5.70
Last 7 GS 2-4 40.1 53 29 27 12 24 7 6.02 41
2014-04-10 CLE W 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 1 99 50
2014-04-05 @KCR ND 7.0 5 3 3 4 6 0 115 57
2013-09-18 MIN L 7.0 7 4 4 0 2 0 96 49
2013-09-12 CLE L 4.0 9 7 6 3 1 2 92 16
2013-09-06 @BAL L 5.1 7 4 4 1 4 3 103 41
2013-08-31 @BOS L 5.0 11 6 5 1 2 0 110 24
2013-08-25 TEX W 6.0 8 2 2 1 5 1 113 52
Last 5 v.BOS 2-3 29.2 35 19 18 12 21 3 5.46 44
2013-08-31 @BOS L 5.0 11 6 5 1 2 0 110 24
2012-04-27 BOS L 5.2 6 7 7 4 4 1 93 29
2010-09-30 BOS W 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 1 103 57
2010-09-04 @BOS W 7.0 6 1 1 3 5 0 103 63
2009-09-06 BOS L 6.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 107 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-2    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-5    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15   BOS  W   2-1        8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Sun, Apr 13   CLE  W   4-3        7-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12   CLE  L   6-12       6-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11   CLE  W   9-6        6-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10   CLE  W   7-3        5-5   2nd  1.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @COL  L   4-10       4-5   4th  2.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @COL  W  15-3        4-4   3rd  1.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @COL  L   1-8        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @KCR  W   5-1        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @KCR  L   3-4        2-3   4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-6    Last 30: 8-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 CHW  2  BOS  1        W:Daniel Webb (1-0), L: Burke Badenhop (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 01, 2013 BOS  7  CHW  6        W:Brandon Workman (4-2), L: Andre Rienzo (1-1), S: Koji Uehara (16)
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 BOS  7  CHW  2        W:Jake Peavy (11-5), L: John Danks (4-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 BOS  4  CHW  3        W:Ryan Dempster (7-9), L: Hector Santiago (4-8), S: Koji Uehara (15)
Wed, May 22, 2013 BOS  6 @CHW  2        W:Clay Buchholz (7-0), L: Hector Santiago (1-3), S: none
Tue, May 21, 2013 CHW  3  BOS  1        W:Jose Quintana (3-1), L: Felix Doubront (3-2), S: Addison Reed (16)
Mon, May 20, 2013 CHW  6  BOS  4        W:Dylan Axelrod (2-3), L: Jon Lester (6-1), S: Addison Reed (15)
Thu, Jul 19, 2012 BOS  3  CHW  1        W:Alfredo Aceves (1-6), L: Matt Thornton (2-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 BOS 10  CHW  1        W:Felix Doubront (10-4), L: Pedro Hernandez (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 CHW  7 @BOS  5        W:Philip Humber (4-4), L: Jon Lester (5-7), S: Addison Reed (15)
Season Series: 2014 - CHW over 1-0; 2013 - BOS won 4-2; 2012 - BOS won 6-2; All-Time - BOS leads 966-928

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 2014 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

For the 2013 season

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Red Sox Batters (3.36 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 42.Danks*
G/S/vB
42.Belisario
G/S/vB
42.Cleto
G/S/vB
42.Downs*
G/S/vB
42.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
42.Paulino
G/S/vB
42.Petricka
G/S/vB
42.Veal*
G/S/vB
42.Webb
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
42.Bogaerts G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 50/32 .250/.320/.364/.684 1.089/.463 .759 57/.651 1/0 1/0
42.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/78 .189/.280/.337/.617 .327/.722 .651 41/.680 2/0 3/1
42.Carp* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/3.000 2/1.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 243/215 .296/.362/.523/.885 .745/.904 .916 14/.500 1/0 9/2
42.Gomes G/S/vP 11/.909 2/1.000 ··· 14/.517 6/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 366/176 .247/.344/.426/.771 .795/.745 .811 34/.668 1/0 13/1
42.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 215/161 .292/.336/.364/.701 .564/.747 .686 25/.547 3/2 1/5
42.Napoli G/S/vP 28/.509 2/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/2.000 ··· 3/.667 1/no AB ··· 578/400 .259/.360/.482/.842 .899/.816 .866 61/.903 1/1 23/6
42.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 536/397 .303/.385/.445/.831 .647/.894 .810 51/.540 0/2 12/4
42.Ortiz* G/S/vP 17/.941 ··· ··· 25/.861 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 600/384 .309/.395/.564/.959 .733/1.092 .990 58/.701 4/0 30/0
42.Pedroia G/S/vP 20/.329 ··· ··· 12/.606 3/.333 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 724/504 .301/.372/.415/.787 .937/.722 .712 55/.527 17/5 9/5
42.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 14/.071 3/2.000 9/.619 ··· 2/.500 ··· 529/353 .272/.297/.425/.722 .718/.724 .714 40/.728 1/1 17/2
42.Roberts G/S/vP 3/1.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 3/.667 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 173/86 .247/.295/.377/.671 .845/.494 .555 16/.393 0/2 5/4
42.Ross G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 116/55 .216/.298/.382/.681 .804/.544 .677 14/.593 1/0 4/1
42.Sizemore* G/S/vP 23/.360 ··· ··· 14/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 42/.870 / /
IP 138.1 68.0 2.1 43.1 60.2 19.1 29.1 11.1 TOTAL .245/.315/.361/.676 .691/.670 .657 .676 4/4 12/9
ERA-K/9 4.75/5.8 3.97/6.5 19.29/19.6 2.49/7.7 3.12/6.8 /0.0 3.26/4.7 4.60/8.9 3.18/8.0 5.15/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (49-24-6)
 Ross (19-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 583/.277 300/.274 15/.417 189/.276 260/.277 / 85/.278 126/.236 46/.220 .267  Nava
 Gomes
 Bradley
 Herrera
 Carp
63/1/69/5
98/0/4/5
14/19/2/1
2/0/0/0
41/0/2/0
OPS .798 .725 1.200 .694 .683 .688 .688 .502 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.831 98/.811 6/1.167 90/.630 95/.778 / 30/.775 78/.719 24/.553 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 423/.785 202/.684 9/1.194 99/.757 165/.629 / 55/.644 48/.633 22/.439 .732
Home 302/.738 144/.687 15/1.200 116/.525 140/.775 / 36/.920 66/.646 33/.536
Last 28d days 54/.684 28/.986 23/.419 14/.900 25/.917 76/.960 35/.686 29/.857 30/.567
HR/SB/CS 28/2/3 3/4/2 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/10/0 // 0/1/1 3/2/0 0/0/0 10/8/3
Usage ·····X·· ···X··XX ··X·X·X· X··o··o· ··X··o·· ···X···· X···X·o· o··XX··X o··o·X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

White Sox Batters (5.86 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 42.Buchholz
G/S/vB
42.Badenhop
G/S/vB
42.Breslow*
G/S/vB
42.Capuano*
G/S/vB
42.Miller*
G/S/vB
42.Mujica
G/S/vB
42.Tazawa
G/S/vB
42.Uehara
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
42.Abreu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 65/.909 / /
42.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 179/155 .231/.313/.369/.682 .523/.707 .786 6/.533 7/2 5/1
42.De Aza* G/S/vP 8/.804 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 2/.000 675/522 .264/.323/.405/.728 .816/.702 .711 44/.585 20/8 17/8
42.Dunn* G/S/vP 7/.143 9/.472 6/.000 30/.944 12/.444 3/.333 3/.666 3/.666 607/465 .219/.320/.442/.762 .681/.786 .815 47/1.086 1/1 34/8
42.Eaton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 277/218 .252/.314/.360/.674 .708/.665 .701 67/.882 5/2 3/4
42.Flowers G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 275/198 .195/.247/.355/.603 .455/.661 .665 40/.822 0/1 10/4
42.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 111/82 .198/.248/.228/.475 .566/.445 .511 16/.481 7/2 0/2
42.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 452/386 .245/.305/.390/.695 .451/.738 .729 52/.765 0/1 13/17
42.Konerko G/S/vP 17/1.262 ··· 7/.286 ··· 10/.543 ··· 9/1.445 5/.800 520/407 .244/.313/.355/.669 .923/.600 .593 9/.236 0/0 12/4
42.Nieto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 13/.385 / /
42.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/.464 2/1.000 7/.953 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 9/.889 6/.000 674/534 .284/.313/.380/.693 .701/.691 .731 58/1.126 30/9 6/22
42.Semien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 71/55 .261/.268/.406/.673 .783/.643 .802 62/.647 2/2 2/3
42.Viciedo G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 4/.250 3/1.334 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.000 473/355 .265/.304/.426/.731 .709/.738 .682 38/.849 0/0 14/5
IP 108.1 62.1 59.2 105.2 30.2 64.2 68.1 74.1 TOTAL .276/.353/.450/.803 .787/.807 .847 .803 9/2 19/13
ERA-K/9 1.74/8.0 3.47/6.1 1.81/5.0 4.26/6.9 2.64/14.1 2.78/6.4 3.16/9.5 1.09/12.2 3.57/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (52-16-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 416/.199 254/.266 237/.228 457/.295 135/.217 255/.245 284/.265 265/.130 .266  Viciedo
 Eaton
 De Aza
 Danks
 Garcia
 Dunn
109/0/0/12
35/30/4/6
79/107/0/5
2/47/20/1
0/6/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .546 .694 .635 .781 .624 .674 .741 .400 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 232/.536 91/.918 102/.704 118/.566 62/.725 114/.659 129/.790 137/.338 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 184/.560 163/.574 135/.581 339/.858 73/.526 141/.687 155/.700 128/.466 .763
Road 168/.521 106/.648 118/.502 196/.660 74/.635 126/.844 155/.740 128/.343
Last 28d days 49/1.082 34/1.188 6/.400 24/.382 18/.564 18/.912 29/.562 19/.368
HR/SB/CS 4/6/6 6/3/4 3/1/3 11/2/1 3/2/1 9/2/2 9/3/2 5/1/1 16/9/3
Usage ·····X·· X··X···X ···o·o·· o·X··o·· o··X··o· ····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.