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Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins, at U.S. Cellular Field, May 23, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Start Time:
3:10ct (local), 4:10et
Venue:
U.S. Cellular Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
68° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
42
On This Date:
33-57
White Sox
Manager:
Robin Ventura
Game #:
44
On This Date:
52-39
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 CHW  3  MIN  2     

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
23-18, 3rd, 4 GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-6    Road:    9-12   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  10-13   vsLHP:  13-5    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest:  5-2  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Fri, May 22  @CHW  L   2-3       23-18  3rd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Chicago White Sox
19-20, 4th, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-8    Road:    7-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  17-16   vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   9-4 
 vsEast:  0-1    vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Fri, May 22   MIN  W   3-2       19-20  4th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 22, 2015 CHW  3  MIN  2        W:Jeff Samardzija (4-2), L: Aaron Thompson (0-1), S: David Robertson (9)
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
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 5-3; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; 2013 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 1117-1031

SP: Trevor May (25, RHP, 2-3, 5.15)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-3) 36.2 46 21 21 8 27 3 5.15
2014 (3-6) 45.2 59 41 40 22 44 7 7.88
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.2 46 21 21 8 27 3 5.15 45
2015-05-16 TBR ND 6.2 7 3 3 0 3 1 104 51
2015-05-10 @CLE L 4.0 9 6 6 3 4 1 89 21
2015-05-05 OAK L 5.2 5 2 2 2 3 0 101 52
2015-04-30 CHW W 5.2 10 2 2 1 4 0 97 44
2015-04-25 @SEA ND 3.1 3 2 2 1 5 0 51 50
2015-04-19 CLE W 6.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 97 64
2015-04-13 KCR L 5.1 8 5 5 1 4 1 78 35
Last 5 v.CHW 3-0 16.2 21 8 8 2 20 2 4.32 51
2015-04-30 CHW W 5.2 10 2 2 1 4 0 97 44
2014-09-14 @CHW W 6.0 5 3 3 0 10 1 93 60
2014-09-03 CHW W 5.0 6 3 3 1 6 1 78 48

SP: Chris Sale (26, LHP, 3-1, 4.36)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-1) 43.1 41 22 21 13 44 4 4.36
2014 (12-4) 174.0 129 48 42 39 208 13 2.17
2013 (11-14) 214.1 184 81 73 46 226 23 3.07
Last 7 GS 3-1 43.1 41 22 21 13 44 4 4.36 54
2015-05-18 CLE ND 8.0 4 1 1 2 7 0 109 75
2015-05-12 @MIL W 8.0 3 2 2 1 11 1 110 78
2015-05-06 DET ND 5.1 7 5 5 5 6 1 109 35
2015-04-30 @MIN L 3.0 9 9 8 2 4 1 73 9
2015-04-23 KCR ND 7.0 9 2 2 1 2 0 99 52
2015-04-18 @DET W 6.0 4 2 2 1 6 1 101 61
2015-04-12 MIN W 6.0 5 1 1 1 8 0 98 65
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 30.1 32 18 16 7 39 1 4.75 53
2015-04-30 @MIN L 3.0 9 9 8 2 4 1 73 9
2015-04-12 MIN W 6.0 5 1 1 1 8 0 98 65
2014-08-01 MIN ND 6.0 8 5 4 1 7 0 107 44
2014-07-26 @MIN W 8.0 5 0 0 2 12 0 112 82
2014-03-31 MIN W 7.1 5 3 3 1 8 0 108 63

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

Twins Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Sale*
G/S/vB		 67.Carroll
G/S/vB		 33.Duke*
G/S/vB		 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB		 48.Noesi
G/S/vB		 52.Petricka
G/S/vB		 57.Putnam
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Dozier G/S/vP 27/1.013 12/.606 2/2.000 2/.000 18/.500 7/.858 4/.833 5/1.400 182/119 .248/.335/.471/.807 .867/.773 .735 108/.926 3/1 7/1
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 12/.750 8/.375 2/.000 1/.000 19/.839 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 113/71 .252/.283/.374/.657 .613/.683 .525 76/.732 1/0 2/2
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 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 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 34/26 .242/.265/.273/.537 .661/.500 .681 34/.537 1/1 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 34/.779 8/.411 2/.000 1/.000 12/1.318 5/.650 5/1.100 10/.200 159/101 .281/.327/.459/.786 .817/.768 .810 94/.897 1/2 6/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 28/.691 6/.733 6/.334 2/.000 21/.649 3/1.667 ··· 10/.650 174/104 .283/.339/.384/.723 .893/.606 .772 101/.750 1/0 1/2
9.Nunez G/S/vP 12/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 26/11 .375/.423/.542/.965 .552/1.536 1.110 15/.552 0/1 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 29/.678 10/1.000 4/.833 3/.000 14/1.571 4/1.000 2/.000 7/.000 160/98 .257/.344/.450/.794 .961/.692 .686 96/.836 0/0 6/3
21.Robinson G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 7/.453 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 67/29 .274/.328/.290/.619 .573/.678 .427 40/.469 3/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/26 .222/.237/.333/.570 .891/.408 .273 39/.570 2/0 1/2
39.Santana# G/S/vP 13/.539 9/.833 1/.000 1/.000 16/1.125 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 154/101 .238/.258/.327/.585 .735/.508 .445 94/.680 4/2 0/10
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 17/.900 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 21/.619 3/1.333 1/2.000 8/1.357 130/87 .228/.302/.325/.627 .658/.609 .624 75/.634 0/0 2/1
IP 43.1 15.1 18.0 17.0 17.2 11.2 15.0 18.1 TOTAL .254/.309/.380/.689 .770/.643 .615 .748 16/11 30/26
ERA-K/9 4.36/9.1 2.35/4.1 3.00/8.0 7.41/7.4 5.60/8.1 3.86/5.4 4.80/12.6 0.98/14.3 4.21/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (3-3-0)
 Suzuki (22-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 180/.252 65/.276 73/.254 79/.250 83/.254 51/.319 66/.246 68/.152 .262  Escobar
 Robinson
 Rosario
 Nunez
 Hicks
 Hunter
 Herrmann
20/0/0/4
14/13/3/3
6/0/5/1
2/0/0/1
0/9/0/0
0/0/32/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .700 .723 .728 .676 .812 .819 .732 .419 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.871 33/.797 22/.510 33/.723 54/.698 20/1.000 28/.776 31/.229 .680
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 153/.671 32/.644 51/.809 46/.627 29/1.032 31/.693 38/.695 37/.577 .774
Home 108/.685 33/.814 41/.464 49/.804 62/.756 37/.661 40/.619 44/.341
Last 28d days 106/.744 65/.723 40/.807 42/.819 36/.920 39/.857 40/.806 44/.576
HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 0/4/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 4/1/0 1/0/0 3/2/0 1/2/0 36/28/8
Usage ····X··· ·X·····X ····o·oX ··Xo··oX ·o······ ··X···oo ··oX·o·· o···o·X·
White Sox Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.May
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		 22.Stauffer
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP 9/.888 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 9/1.667 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 164/133 .291/.360/.473/.833 .693/.864 .862 95/.677 0/0 6/3
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 27/.491 1/.000 21/.961 7/.143 ··· 2/.500 ··· 58/34 .245/.345/.429/.773 .533/.939 .929 35/.612 0/1 2/1
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 16/.321 2/.000 ··· 44/27 .220/.256/.220/.475 .500/.459 .544 31/.644 0/1 0/1
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 18/.722 1/.000 12/.834 1/.000 6/.500 3/.666 1/.000 171/131 .252/.300/.284/.584 .184/.706 .567 101/.564 0/0 1/0
1.Eaton* G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 4/2.250 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 155/118 .229/.284/.333/.617 .595/.624 .624 84/.694 1/2 1/2
21.Flowers G/S/vP 3/.000 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/.944 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 8/.500 1/3.000 7/.572 2/1.000 4/.250 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 102/99 .253/.294/.411/.705 .667/.706 .865 59/.820 0/1 2/6
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/.000 18/.945 4/.000 ··· 147/113 .217/.361/.350/.711 .555/.760 .631 81/.714 0/0 4/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.666 2/1.000 27/.795 3/1.000 33/.765 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 153/130 .250/.268/.361/.629 .455/.659 .680 92/.665 2/1 2/5
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 28/24 .192/.222/.231/.453 1.250/.310 .258 25/.341 0/0 0/0
20.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 33/30 .276/.313/.276/.588 .000/.653 .899 24/.554 1/0 0/0
58.Soto G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 53/44 .196/.226/.333/.560 .583/.553 .696 34/.608 0/0 2/3
IP 36.2 21.2 8.2 17.1 19.1 10.2 9.2 22.1 6.2 TOTAL .251/.309/.360/.668 .564/.694 .670 .668 8/11 26/28
ERA-K/9 5.15/6.6 2.49/3.7 9.35/4.1 3.63/6.8 1.40/8.9 4.22/9.3 8.38/1.9 3.63/5.7 5.40/9.4 4.15/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (20-7-3)
 Soto (8-1-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 162/.303 87/.263 45/.395 74/.254 76/.227 47/.244 50/.372 91/.235 30/.296 .278  Garcia
 Eaton
 Cabrera
 Bonifacio
 Shuck
0/0/37/6
0/35/0/3
39/0/0/1
0/3/0/0
3/4/3/0
OPS .768 .752 1.094 .802 .530 .636 1.207 .607 .852 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.850 31/.348 19/1.089 31/.787 19/.895 22/.718 19/1.169 36/.328 15/1.119 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.617 56/.961 26/1.098 43/.813 57/.408 25/.558 31/1.215 55/.777 15/.564 .795
Road 38/.980 50/1.054 23/.918 40/.826 32/.412 23/1.110 21/1.095 45/.653 16/.717
Last 28d days 101/.845 46/.554 29/1.218 49/.755 50/.587 47/.636 15/1.700 46/.774 30/.852
HR/SB/CS 3/4/0 2/2/2 1/2/0 3/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/1 3/0/0 2/2/0 2/1/0 40/25/10
Usage ······X· ··Xo··oo ··o··oo· ··X··X·· ··Xo··oo ··oo·X·· ········ o·oo·X·· o·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  5.14

CHC  4.22

PHI  3.11

 RA/G

STL  3.10

MIN  4.39

COL  5.28

 BA

D. Gordon  .386

J. Martinez  .266

C. Carter  .157

 OBP

B. Harper  .475

A. Hechavarria  .327

E. Gattis  .221

 SLG

B. Harper  .750

S. Souza  .417

J. Ramirez  .254

 OPS

B. Harper  1.225

B. Moss  .749

J. Ramirez  .519

 ERA

S. Miller  1.33

C. Kluber  3.79

K. Kendrick  6.58

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  12.36

S. Miller  7.17

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.