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Chicago White Sox vs. Detroit Tigers, at U.S. Cellular Field, August 31, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

U.S. Cellular Field

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at U.S. Cellular Field

Series:

Game #4 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

78° (based on last ten years)

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

137

On This Date:

53-55

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

139

On This Date:

53-48

Season Series
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 CHW  3 @DET  1     
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 DET  8  CHW  6     
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 CHW  6 @DET  4     
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 DET  7  CHW  4     
Tue, Apr 29, 2014 DET  4 @CHW  3     
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 DET  5 @CHW  1     
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 CHW  6  DET  5     
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 CHW  8  DET  2     
Thu, Jun 12, 2014 DET  4 @CHW  0     
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 CHW 11 @DET  4     
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 DET  7  CHW  2     
Thu, Jul 31, 2014 CHW  7 @DET  4     
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 DET  7 @CHW  1     
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 CHW  6  DET  3     
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 DET  8 @CHW  4     

Sun, Aug 31, 2014 DET    @CHW  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 CHW    @DET  7:08pm
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 CHW    @DET  7:08pm
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 CHW    @DET  1:08pm

                         All times ET

Detroit Tigers

74-61, 1st, Tied / Schedule

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

 Home:   35-30   Road:   39-31   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  49-41   vsLHP:  25-20   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:28-24   vsWest: 18-16 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Aug 30  @CHW  W   8-4       74-61  1st    Tied
134 Sat, Aug 30  @CHW  L   3-6       73-61  1st    Tied
133 Fri, Aug 29  @CHW  W   7-1       73-60  2nd  0.5 gb
132 Thu, Aug 28   NYY  W   3-2       72-60  2nd  1.5 gb
131 Wed, Aug 27   NYY  L   4-8       71-60  2nd  2.5 gb
130 Tue, Aug 26   NYY  W   5-2       71-59  2nd  1.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24  @MIN  W  13-4       70-59  2nd  2.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23  @MIN  W   8-6       69-59  2nd  3.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 23  @MIN  L   4-12      68-59  2nd  3.0 gb
126 Fri, Aug 22  @MIN  L   6-20      68-58  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Chicago White Sox

61-75, 4th, 13½ GB, 13½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   33-36   Road:   28-39   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  44-55   vsLHP:  17-20   1-Run:  22-21
 vsEast: 14-17   vsCntrl:26-31   vsWest: 10-18 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sat, Aug 30   DET  L   4-8       61-75  4th 13.5 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30   DET  W   6-3       61-74  4th 13.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29   DET  L   1-7       60-74  4th 14.0 gb
133 Thu, Aug 28   CLE  L   2-3       60-73  4th 14.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27   CLE  W   3-2       60-72  4th 14.0 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26   CLE  L   6-8 (10)  59-72  4th 14.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @NYY  L   4-7 (10)  59-71  4th 13.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @NYY  L   3-5       59-70  4th 13.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @NYY  L   3-4       59-69  4th 12.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20   BAL  L   3-4       59-68  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 DET  8 @CHW  4        W:Kyle Ryan (1-0), L: Chris Bassitt (0-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 CHW  6  DET  3        W:Chris Sale (11-3), L: Max Scherzer (15-5), S: Jake Petricka (10)
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 DET  7 @CHW  1        W:Justin Verlander (12-11), L: Scott Carroll (5-9), S: none
Thu, Jul 31, 2014 CHW  7 @DET  4        W:Ronald Belisario (4-7), L: Joakim Soria (1-4), S: Jake Petricka (6)
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 DET  7  CHW  2        W:Max Scherzer (13-3), L: Hector Noesi (5-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 CHW 11 @DET  4        W:Jose Quintana (6-7), L: Anibal Sanchez (7-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2014 DET  4 @CHW  0        W:Max Scherzer (8-2), L: Chris Sale (5-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 CHW  8  DET  2        W:John Danks (5-5), L: Justin Verlander (6-6), S: none
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 CHW  6  DET  5        W:Hector Noesi (2-4), L: Rick Porcello (8-4), S: Ronald Belisario (6)
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 DET  5 @CHW  1        W:Max Scherzer (3-1), L: Hector Noesi (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - DET over 8-7; 2013 - DET won 12-7; 2012 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1054-1021

SP: Rick Porcello (25, RHP, 15-8, 3.06)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (15-8)			173.1	162	63	59	32	102	15	3.06
2013 (13-8)			177.0	185	87	85	42	142	18	4.32
2012 (10-12)			176.1	226	101	90	44	107	16	4.59

Last 7 GS		3-2	52.0	46	15	13	2	35	4	2.25	63
2014-08-26	NYY	W	8.0	9	2	2	0	2	2	101	58
2014-08-20	@TBR	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	104	85
2014-08-15	SEA	L	6.0	10	6	5	0	3	1	100	33
2014-08-07	@NYY	L	7.0	9	1	1	0	5	0	110	60
2014-08-02	COL	W	8.0	5	2	2	2	10	0	108	72
2014-07-27	@LAA	ND	7.0	5	1	0	0	6	0	99	71
2014-07-22	@ARI	ND	7.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	77	60

Last 5 v.CHW		2-1	34.1	41	13	12	4	26	2	3.15	54
2014-06-09	@CHW	L	5.0	9	6	5	1	4	1	91	30
2013-09-21	CHW	ND	6.2	6	2	2	0	9	0	101	63
2013-09-10	@CHW	W	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	105	73
2013-08-14	@CHW	W	6.0	11	3	3	1	4	0	102	41
2013-08-04	CHW	ND	7.2	8	1	1	1	4	1	93	62

SP: Jose Quintana (25, LHP, 6-10, 3.48)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-10)			165.2	161	75	64	48	142	7	3.48
2013 (9-7)			200.0	188	83	78	56	164	23	3.51
2012 (6-6)			136.1	142	62	57	42	81	14	3.76

Last 7 GS		1-3	41.1	49	22	19	12	27	1	4.14	48
2014-08-26	CLE	ND	5.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	102	26
2014-08-19	BAL	L	6.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	97	43
2014-08-13	@SFG	L	6.2	4	4	4	2	7	0	90	55
2014-08-08	@SEA	L	5.2	7	4	2	2	4	1	93	45
2014-08-03	MIN	ND	5.0	5	1	0	2	5	0	115	58
2014-07-29	@DET	W	6.0	9	2	2	2	2	0	101	46
2014-07-23	KCR	ND	7.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	112	60

Last 5 v.DET		2-1	33.0	35	11	11	5	28	3	3.00	57
2014-07-29	@DET	W	6.0	9	2	2	2	2	0	101	46
2014-04-29	DET	ND	6.0	8	3	3	0	10	0	107	54
2014-04-24	@DET	L	6.0	7	3	3	0	3	1	98	49
2013-09-11	DET	ND	7.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	114	71
2013-07-09	@DET	W	8.0	6	3	3	1	7	2	105	64

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

Tigers Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Quintana*
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 39.Cleto
G/S/vB 41.Guerra
G/S/vB 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 52.Petricka
G/S/vB 57.Putnam
G/S/vB 40.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.666 400/295 .221/.323/.369/.692 .568/.739 .745 88/.700 0/3 10/4

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 22/.959 6/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 5/.650 5/.800 3/1.000 2/1.000 575/411 .299/.363/.486/.850 .874/.840 .784 115/.626 1/1 17/5

61.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/40 .280/.308/.380/.688 .717/.675 .887 52/.688 5/1 0/0

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 8/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 473/328 .262/.311/.411/.722 .738/.715 .640 98/.762 2/2 10/12

20.Davis G/S/vP 24/1.026 3/1.334 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/.666 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 416/272 .285/.328/.412/.740 .912/.647 .712 98/.616 32/8 7/5

50.Holaday G/S/vP 7/.486 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 134/60 .240/.278/.281/.559 .412/.743 .553 30/.389 1/1 0/5

48.Hunter G/S/vP 20/.600 10/1.100 2/.000 1/no AB 6/.000 4/.500 1/.000 4/.000 471/332 .280/.316/.450/.766 .758/.770 .757 96/.727 4/3 15/5

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 160/135 .262/.346/.305/.651 .596/.660 .639 41/.724 5/1 0/1

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 15/.690 5/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.800 5/.000 4/.250 2/.000 606/443 .280/.313/.419/.732 .751/.726 .735 126/.613 15/3 13/6

28.Martinez G/S/vP 6/.933 1/2.000 3/.333 4/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 369/258 .308/.347/.548/.895 .951/.872 .849 109/.739 5/3 17/3

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 15/.800 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.334 5/.900 1/.000 3/1.167 531/389 .328/.397/.557/.954 1.100/.898 .986 122/.970 3/2 27/6

27.Romine# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 221/174 .211/.261/.265/.526 .762/.460 .448 48/.545 7/2 2/8

30.Suarez G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 235/147 .252/.329/.364/.693 .672/.705 .761 72/.643 3/2 4/8

IP 165.2 60.0 22.0 38.0 25.2 64.0 48.1 60.1 TOTAL .274/.330/.424/.754 .785/.741 .729 .697 92/37 126/87

ERA-K/9

3.48/7.7

5.85/6.5

5.32/8.2

2.84/8.1

4.56/6.0

2.81/6.8

1.86/7.3

3.58/7.0

4.42/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (60-31-3)
Holaday (22-10-3)
Martinez (3-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 692/.255 260/.292 106/.218 165/.246 114/.300 269/.247 185/.199 260/.233 .264 Davis
Hunter
Martinez
Carrera
Kelly 91/26/0/6
0/0/102/4
56/0/33/1
0/24/0/0
8/3/11/0

OPS .656 .720 .726 .713 .856 .658 .525 .704 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.644 116/.795 50/.816 95/.635 62/.830 117/.805 95/.546 123/.616 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 505/.661 144/.660 56/.652 70/.814 52/.889 152/.543 90/.500 137/.784 .732

Home 303/.647 144/.714 72/.754 97/.779 62/1.012 144/.621 92/.583 158/.693

Last 28d days 105/.761 32/.688 35/.754 38/.582 31/1.075 35/1.102 33/.186 44/.754

HR/SB/CS 7/7/5 4/5/0 3/2/0 3/2/0 3/0/0 3/0/4 2/6/2 5/5/1 125/74/28

Usage ····X··· ooX····· ooX·o··· X··XX·X· ·X··o··X X···o·X· o··oX·o· X·o·····

White Sox Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Porcello
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 49.Johnson
G/S/vB 63.McCoy*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 57.Reed
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 520/389 .321/.381/.605/.985 1.021/.974 .973 99/.970 1/0 33/6

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 28/1.033 8/1.950 7/2.190 10/1.457 ··· 9/1.194 ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 435/373 .220/.340/.433/.773 .563/.808 .664 64/.607 1/1 20/2

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 441/319 .311/.378/.413/.791 .779/.795 .851 37/.988 14/8 1/4

21.Flowers G/S/vP 13/.154 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.833 395/300 .235/.294/.359/.654 .673/.647 .702 70/.632 0/1 10/6

26.Garcia G/S/vP 10/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 89/68 .222/.281/.420/.701 1.170/.556 .622 55/.629 0/0 4/0

28.Garcia# G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/78 .178/.207/.225/.432 .394/.462 .420 25/.320 11/1 1/6

12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 20/1.100 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 436/334 .298/.351/.439/.790 .565/.860 .710 87/.670 0/3 6/11

14.Konerko G/S/vP 45/.922 9/.347 4/.000 6/.750 1/.000 9/.777 ··· 22/.651 2/1.000 197/82 .219/.264/.344/.608 .700/.475 .660 33/.315 0/0 5/0

17.Nieto# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/82 .240/.305/.323/.628 .724/.598 .414 17/.301 0/1 1/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 51/.380 11/.664 7/1.000 5/.500 1/.000 9/1.250 ··· 8/.536 5/.400 561/424 .284/.316/.422/.738 .753/.733 .814 100/.723 19/4 13/10

77.Sanchez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/30 .268/.268/.293/.561 .727/.500 .455 36/.639 0/0 0/1

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 28/.671 7/1.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 480/356 .232/.277/.402/.679 .689/.675 .678 54/.711 0/0 17/8

IP 173.1 48.1 54.0 49.2 34.0 46.1 12.2 49.0 28.2 TOTAL .256/.314/.403/.716 .701/.722 .713 .656 72/29 130/87

ERA-K/9

3.06/5.3

2.61/10.4

3.50/8.7

4.17/6.7

2.12/7.4

7.38/6.2

4.26/7.1

5.14/9.0

4.71/7.8

4.06/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (54-24-8)
Nieto (20-4-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 687/.250 202/.229 226/.251 219/.277 138/.221 231/.339 67/.357 221/.264 130/.310 .261 Eaton
Viciedo
Garcia
Dunn
Garcia 0/98/0/7
45/0/83/5
0/0/22/2
4/0/2/0
2/13/3/0

OPS .667 .670 .671 .767 .554 .903 .927 .727 .807 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 388/.684 101/.809 118/.639 94/.640 58/.518 120/.966 25/.507 126/.777 59/.909 .683

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 299/.646 101/.527 108/.704 125/.864 80/.580 111/.837 42/1.189 95/.661 71/.724 .768

Road 382/.634 102/.560 116/.629 119/.740 79/.654 137/.775 48/.908 113/.814 42/.645

Last 28d days 129/.668 37/.491 46/.786 47/.663 59/.502 31/.842 41/.851 44/.715 5/.650

HR/SB/CS 15/3/5 7/6/3 3/5/2 5/2/1 1/0/0 5/8/0 0/0/0 5/10/0 2/3/2 113/85/42

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

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

OAK 4.72

TEX 4.00

SDP 3.29

RA/G

SEA 3.27

PIT 4.11

COL 5.15

J. Altuve .332

A. Gonzalez .273

C. Davis .188

OBP

G. Stanton .403

N. Aoki .331

G. Beckham .263

SLG

J. Abreu .605

B. Dozier .417

A. Callaspo .302

OPS

J. Abreu .985

J. Heyward .751

Z. Cozart .578

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.73

M. Buehrle 3.50

E. Jackson 6.09

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

C. Lewis 7.34

K. Correia 4.56

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.