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Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins, at U.S. Cellular Field, May 22, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, May 22, 2015

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

U.S. Cellular Field

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

67° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

40-54

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

On This Date:

56-42

Season Series
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 MIN  6 @CHW  0     
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 CHW  5  MIN  4     
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 CHW  6  MIN  2     
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 MIN 12  CHW  2     
Fri, May 01, 2015 MIN  1  CHW  0     
Sat, May 02, 2015 MIN  5  CHW  3     
Sun, May 03, 2015 MIN 13  CHW  3     

Fri, May 22, 2015 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, May 23, 2015 MIN    @CHW  4:10pm
Sun, May 24, 2015 MIN    @CHW  2:10pm
Mon, Jun 22, 2015 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Jun 24, 2015 CHW    @MIN  1:10pm
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 CHW    @MIN  1:10pm
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 MIN    @CHW  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 13, 2015 MIN    @CHW  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

23-17, 3rd, 3 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   14-6    Road:    9-11   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  10-12   vsLHP:  13-5    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  5-2  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Wed, May 20  @PIT  W   4-3 (13)  23-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 19  @PIT  W   8-5       22-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 17   TBR  L   3-11      21-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 16   TBR  W   6-4       21-16  3rd  2.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 15   TBR  W   3-2       20-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @DET  L   1-13      19-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @DET  W   6-2       19-15  3rd  2.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @DET  L   1-2 (10)  18-15  3rd  3.0 gb
 32 Sun, May 10  @CLE  L   2-8       18-14  3rd  2.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  9  @CLE  W   7-4       18-13  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Chicago White Sox

18-20, 4th, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   11-8    Road:    7-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  16-16   vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   8-4 
 vsEast:  0-1    vsCntrl:11-17   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Thu, May 21   CLE  L   2-5       18-20  4th  7.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 20   CLE  L   3-4       18-19  4th  6.5 gb
 36 Tue, May 19   CLE  L   1-3       18-18  4th  5.5 gb
 35 Mon, May 18   CLE  W   2-1 (10)  18-17  4th  4.5 gb
 34 Sun, May 17  @OAK  W   7-3       17-17  4th  5.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 16  @OAK  W   4-3       16-17  4th  5.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 15  @OAK  W   7-6       15-17  4th  6.0 gb
 31 Wed, May 13  @MIL  W   4-2       14-17  4th  5.5 gb
 30 Tue, May 12  @MIL  W   4-2       13-17  4th  6.5 gb
 29 Mon, May 11  @MIL  L   7-10      12-17  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 03, 2015 MIN 13  CHW  3        W:Ryan Pressly (1-0), L: John Danks (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 02, 2015 MIN  5  CHW  3        W:Ricky Nolasco (1-1), L: Hector Noesi (0-3), S: Glen Perkins (8)
Fri, May 01, 2015 MIN  1  CHW  0        W:Kyle Gibson (2-2), L: Jose Quintana (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (7)
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 MIN 12  CHW  2        W:Trevor May (2-1), L: Chris Sale (2-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 CHW  6  MIN  2        W:Chris Sale (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 CHW  5  MIN  4        W:Zach Duke (1-0), L: Blaine Boyer (0-1), S: David Robertson (1)
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 MIN  6 @CHW  0        W:Tommy Milone (1-0), L: Hector Noesi (0-1), S: Brian Duensing (1)

Sun, Sep 14, 2014 MIN  6 @CHW  4        W:Trevor May (3-4), L: Hector Noesi (8-10), S: Glen Perkins (34)
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 CHW  7  MIN  6        W:Jake Petricka (1-4), L: Glen Perkins (3-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 CHW  5  MIN  1        W:Jose Quintana (8-10), L: Phil Hughes (15-10), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 5-2; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; 2013 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 1116-1031

SP: Phil Hughes (29, RHP, 3-4, 4.76)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (3-4)			51.0	61	27	27	5	35	10	4.76
2014 (16-10)			209.2	221	88	82	16	186	16	3.52
2013 (4-14)			145.2	170	91	84	42	121	24	5.19

Last 7 GS		3-3	45.0	53	23	23	4	29	8	4.60	49
2015-05-15	TBR	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	100	61
2015-05-09	@CLE	W	6.1	10	4	4	0	4	1	94	41
2015-05-04	OAK	W	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	2	101	34
2015-04-29	DET	ND	5.0	7	3	3	0	4	0	71	45
2015-04-24	@SEA	L	8.0	6	2	2	0	9	2	96	71
2015-04-18	CLE	L	6.2	8	4	4	1	3	1	86	44
2015-04-12	@CHW	L	6.0	8	3	3	0	4	1	98	48

Last 5 v.CHW		1-3	26.0	33	19	17	3	30	4	5.88	46
2015-04-12	@CHW	L	6.0	8	3	3	0	4	1	98	48
2014-09-13	@CHW	L	7.0	6	5	3	1	11	1	106	59
2014-07-24	CHW	L	3.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	64	47
2014-06-22	CHW	W	5.0	8	5	5	1	4	0	87	34
2014-04-03	@CHW	ND	5.0	7	4	4	1	7	2	97	43

SP: Jeff Samardzija (30, RHP, 3-2, 4.58)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (3-2)			53.0	61	30	27	11	40	7	4.58
2014 (7-13)			219.2	191	86	73	43	202	20	2.99
2013 (8-13)			213.2	210	109	103	78	214	25	4.34

Last 7 GS		3-1	47.0	55	25	22	8	39	6	4.21	51
2015-05-17	@OAK	W	8.0	8	3	3	3	5	1	120	56
2015-05-11	@MIL	ND	6.0	8	7	5	1	6	1	84	37
2015-05-05	DET	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	105	61
2015-04-29	@BAL	L	5.0	10	8	7	1	5	2	87	21
2015-04-22	CLE	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	113	61
2015-04-17	@DET	ND	8.0	8	1	1	0	7	1	106	69
2015-04-11	MIN	ND	7.0	8	4	4	0	6	0	113	51

Last 5 v.MIN		1-1	16.2	24	14	14	3	12	0	7.56	38
2015-04-11	MIN	ND	7.0	8	4	4	0	6	0	113	51
2014-08-09	MIN	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	109	53
2012-06-09	@MIN	L	3.2	9	8	8	1	1	0	78	11

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

Twins Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 67.Carroll
G/S/vB 33.Duke*
G/S/vB 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB 52.Petricka
G/S/vB 57.Putnam
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Dozier G/S/vP 9/1.069 12/.606 2/2.000 2/.000 7/.858 4/.833 5/1.400 178/115 .255/.343/.484/.826 .867/.803 .769 110/.973 3/1 7/1

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 6/.733 8/.375 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 110/68 .248/.273/.371/.644 .613/.663 .491 78/.735 1/0 2/2

12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 34/20 .156/.206/.250/.456 .298/.550 .550 25/.290 0/0 0/0

32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 31/23 .267/.290/.300/.590 .661/.565 .781 31/.590 1/1 0/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 8/.411 2/.000 1/.000 5/.650 5/1.100 9/.222 155/97 .282/.329/.465/.794 .817/.780 .827 95/.915 1/2 6/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 5/.400 6/.733 6/.334 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 9/.730 170/100 .284/.341/.381/.722 .893/.599 .772 102/.760 0/0 1/2

9.Nunez G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 26/11 .375/.423/.542/.965 .552/1.536 1.110 20/.739 0/1 0/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 8/1.000 10/1.000 4/.833 3/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 6/.000 156/94 .263/.353/.460/.812 .961/.719 .720 97/.837 0/0 6/3

21.Robinson G/S/vP 8/.929 2/.000 7/.453 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 67/29 .274/.328/.290/.619 .573/.678 .427 45/.536 3/1 0/0

20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/23 .235/.250/.353/.603 .891/.445 .300 36/.603 2/0 1/2

39.Santana# G/S/vP 8/.875 9/.833 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 151/98 .243/.264/.333/.597 .735/.524 .463 91/.703 4/2 0/10

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 5/.900 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.333 1/2.000 8/1.357 127/84 .234/.310/.333/.643 .658/.632 .652 77/.644 0/0 2/1

IP 53.0 15.1 18.0 17.0 11.2 15.0 17.1 TOTAL .257/.313/.385/.698 .770/.655 .629 .765 15/11 30/26

ERA-K/9

4.58/6.8

2.35/4.1

3.00/8.0

7.41/7.4

3.86/5.4

4.80/12.6

1.04/14.0

4.27/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Herrmann (3-3-0)
Suzuki (21-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 231/.284 65/.276 73/.254 79/.250 51/.319 66/.246 65/.159 .265 Escobar
Robinson
Rosario
Nunez
Hicks
Hunter
Herrmann 20/0/0/4
14/13/3/3
5/0/5/1
2/0/0/1
0/8/0/0
0/0/31/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .784 .723 .728 .676 .819 .732 .439 .749

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.770 33/.797 22/.510 33/.723 20/1.000 28/.776 30/.237 .687

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.798 32/.644 51/.809 46/.627 31/.693 38/.695 35/.611 .785

Home 84/.644 33/.814 41/.464 49/.804 37/.661 40/.619 41/.366

Last 28d days 116/.858 65/.723 40/.807 42/.819 39/.857 40/.806 41/.619

HR/SB/CS 7/7/1 0/4/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 3/2/0 1/2/0 36/27/8

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

White Sox Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Hughes
G/S/vB 36.Boyer
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 62.Graham
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 15/1.225 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 9/1.667 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 160/129 .292/.363/.479/.842 .693/.876 .881 91/.685 0/0 6/3

15.Beckham G/S/vP 18/.333 1/5.000 27/.491 1/.000 21/.961 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 57/34 .245/.333/.429/.762 .504/.939 .908 34/.590 0/1 2/1

64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 44/27 .220/.256/.220/.475 .500/.459 .544 31/.644 0/1 0/1

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 12/.834 2/1.000 18/.722 1/.000 12/.834 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 167/127 .252/.301/.285/.586 .184/.713 .570 97/.566 0/0 1/0

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 15/.696 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 4/2.250 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 151/114 .236/.291/.343/.634 .595/.647 .657 80/.730 1/2 1/2

21.Flowers G/S/vP 11/.473 1/2.000 8/1.292 ··· 8/.393 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 87/73 .207/.253/.329/.582 .676/.565 .507 51/.553 0/0 2/0

26.Garcia G/S/vP 9/.222 2/1.000 3/.666 1/2.000 9/.111 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.666 153/129 .319/.359/.451/.811 .982/.779 .616 91/.885 1/3 4/1

12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/3.000 7/.572 2/1.000 4/.250 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 99/96 .261/.303/.424/.727 .667/.729 .922 56/.867 0/1 2/6

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/1.500 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 143/110 .222/.364/.359/.723 .573/.770 .649 77/.738 0/0 4/0

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 27/.758 2/1.000 27/.795 3/1.000 33/.765 7/.715 1/.000 2/2.000 149/126 .236/.255/.350/.605 .455/.632 .637 88/.626 1/1 2/5

5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 25/21 .208/.208/.250/.458 1.250/.300 .222 22/.333 0/0 0/0

20.Shuck* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 29/26 .231/.286/.231/.516 .000/.581 .762 20/.440 1/0 0/0

58.Soto G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.750 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 49/40 .170/.204/.298/.502 .583/.483 .579 30/.519 0/0 2/3

IP 51.0 21.2 8.2 17.1 19.1 10.2 22.0 6.0 TOTAL .250/.308/.361/.669 .564/.695 .671 .668 7/11 26/28

ERA-K/9

4.76/6.2

2.49/3.7

9.35/4.1

3.63/6.8

1.40/8.9

4.22/9.3

3.27/5.7

6.00/9.0

4.17/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (20-7-3)
Soto (7-1-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.293 87/.263 45/.395 74/.254 76/.227 47/.244 89/.238 27/.280 .278 Garcia
Eaton
Cabrera
Bonifacio
Shuck 0/0/37/6
0/34/0/3
38/0/0/1
0/3/0/0
3/4/2/0

OPS .826 .752 1.094 .802 .530 .636 .606 .853 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.792 31/.348 19/1.089 31/.787 19/.895 22/.718 35/.338 14/1.143 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.874 56/.961 26/1.098 43/.813 57/.408 25/.558 54/.765 13/.490 .790

Road 111/.820 50/1.054 23/.918 40/.826 32/.412 23/1.110 43/.654 13/.692

Last 28d days 103/.860 47/.610 29/1.218 49/.755 54/.580 47/.636 50/.827 27/.853

HR/SB/CS 10/3/2 2/2/2 1/2/0 3/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/1 2/2/0 2/0/0 40/24/10

Usage ······X· ·Xo··oo· ·o··oo·X ·X··X··X ·Xo··oo· ·oo·X··X ·oo·X··· ·o··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 2015 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

TOR 5.19

CHC 4.23

PHI 3.16

RA/G

STL 3.05

WSN 4.32

MIL 5.14

D. Gordon .386

D. Fowler .267

C. Carter .161

OBP

B. Harper .472

R. Braun .329

E. Gattis .220

SLG

B. Harper .732

K. Kiermaier .419

J. Ramirez .261

OPS

B. Harper 1.203

C. Granderson .750

J. Ramirez .526

ERA

S. Miller 1.33

A. DeSclafani 3.80

J. Marquis 6.91

K/9IP

D. Salazar 12.36

J. Marquis 7.12

J. Guthrie 3.42

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.