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Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at U.S. Cellular Field, August 4, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

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Date:

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Start Time:

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

Venue:

U.S. Cellular Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

78° (based on last ten years)

Rays

Manager:

Kevin Cash

Game #:

109

On This Date:

8-9

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

110

On This Date:

55-50

Season Series
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 TBR  7  CHW  5     
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 TBR  5  CHW  4     
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 TBR  2  CHW  1     
Mon, Aug 03, 2015 TBR  5 @CHW  4     

Tue, Aug 04, 2015 TBR    @CHW  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 TBR    @CHW  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Tampa Bay Rays

53-54, 4th, 7½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   27-30   Road:   26-24   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  34-43   vsLHP:  19-11   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 24-26   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest: 13-11 IL: 7-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Mon, Aug  3  @CHW  W   5-4       53-54  4th  7.5 gb
106 Sun, Aug  2  @BOS  W   4-3       52-54  4th  8.0 gb
105 Sat, Aug  1  @BOS  L   7-11      51-54  4th  8.0 gb
104 Fri, Jul 31  @BOS  L   5-7       51-53  4th  8.0 gb
103 Wed, Jul 29   DET  L   1-2       51-52  4th  7.5 gb
102 Tue, Jul 28   DET  W  10-2       51-51  3rd  7.5 gb
101 Mon, Jul 27   DET  W   5-2       50-51  4th  7.5 gb
100 Sun, Jul 26   BAL  L   2-5       49-51  4th  7.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 25   BAL  L   1-5       49-50  3rd  6.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 24   BAL  W   3-1       49-49  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-19

Chicago White Sox

50-54, 4th, 12 GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   25-25   Road:   25-29   ExtrInn: 8-3 
 vsRHP:  43-42   vsLHP:   7-12   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 11-13   vsCntrl:20-28   vsWest: 11-4  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Mon, Aug  3   TBR  L   4-5       50-54  4th 12.0 gb
103 Sun, Aug  2   NYY  L   3-12      50-53  3rd 11.5 gb
102 Sat, Aug  1   NYY  W   8-2       50-52  3rd 11.5 gb
101 Fri, Jul 31   NYY  L   6-13      49-52  3rd 11.5 gb
100 Thu, Jul 30  @BOS  L   2-8       49-51  3rd 11.5 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 29  @BOS  W   9-2       49-50  3rd 11.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 28  @BOS  W   9-4       48-50  3rd 12.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 27  @BOS  W  10-8       47-50  3rd 12.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 26  @CLE  W   2-1       46-50  4th 12.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 25  @CLE  W  10-3       45-50  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 03, 2015 TBR  5 @CHW  4        W:Jake McGee (1-1), L: David Robertson (4-3), S: Brad Boxberger (27)
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 TBR  2  CHW  1        W:C.J. Riefenhauser (1-0), L: Chris Sale (6-3), S: Kevin Jepsen (5)
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 TBR  5  CHW  4        W:Brad Boxberger (4-3), L: Zach Putnam (1-2), S: Jake McGee (3)
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 TBR  7  CHW  5        W:Matt Andriese (1-1), L: John Danks (3-6), S: Jake McGee (2)

Sun, Sep 21, 2014 CHW 10 @TBR  5        W:John Danks (10-11), L: Nate Karns (1-1), S: none
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 TBR  3  CHW  1        W:Chris Archer (10-8), L: Hector Noesi (8-11), S: Jake McGee (18)
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 CHW  4 @TBR  3        W:Jose Quintana (9-10), L: Jeremy Hellickson (1-4), S: Zach Putnam (6)
Mon, Apr 28, 2014 CHW  7  TBR  3        W:Andre Rienzo (2-0), L: Jake Odorizzi (1-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 CHW  9  TBR  2        W:Scott Carroll (1-0), L: David Price (3-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 TBR  4 @CHW  0        W:Cesar Ramos (1-1), L: John Danks (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - TBR over 4-0; 2014 - CHW won 5-2; 2013 - TBR won 5-2; All-Time - CHW leads 74-60

SP: Chris Archer (26, RHP, 9-8, 2.54)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (9-8)			141.2	107	47	40	33	173	12	2.54
2014 (10-9)			194.2	177	85	72	72	173	12	3.33
2013 (9-7)			128.2	107	49	46	38	101	15	3.22

Last 7 GS		1-4	46.2	36	21	18	10	57	7	3.47	60
2015-07-29	DET	L	7.0	3	2	0	0	11	0	101	78
2015-07-24	BAL	ND	6.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	110	65
2015-07-19	@TOR	L	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	106	64
2015-07-08	@KCR	L	6.0	12	9	9	2	6	2	107	16
2015-07-03	@NYY	ND	6.2	3	0	0	3	8	0	122	73
2015-06-28	BOS	L	6.0	5	5	5	1	10	3	107	51
2015-06-23	TOR	W	8.0	3	2	1	1	7	1	100	76

Last 5 v.CHW		1-0	19.1	16	7	7	5	12	1	3.26	56
2015-06-13	CHW	ND	7.0	5	3	3	1	5	0	93	59
2014-09-20	CHW	W	6.1	2	0	0	4	3	0	95	68
2014-04-25	@CHW	ND	6.0	9	4	4	0	4	1	101	42

SP: Chris Sale (26, LHP, 9-6, 3.20)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (9-6)			137.2	120	52	49	25	177	12	3.20
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		3-3	49.0	57	23	22	5	58	5	4.04	55
2015-07-30	@BOS	L	5.0	12	7	7	1	7	0	95	21
2015-07-25	@CLE	W	7.0	7	2	2	0	7	0	109	62
2015-07-19	KCR	L	6.1	11	4	4	1	6	2	105	40
2015-07-11	@CHC	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	10	0	115	70
2015-07-06	TOR	W	9.0	6	2	2	0	6	2	108	73
2015-06-30	@STL	ND	8.0	6	1	1	1	12	1	116	77
2015-06-24	@MIN	L	6.2	9	6	5	1	10	0	112	43

Last 5 v.TBR		2-3	31.1	23	13	12	13	50	3	3.45	61
2015-06-14	@TBR	L	6.2	3	2	2	3	12	1	125	69
2013-07-06	@TBR	L	7.0	6	3	2	1	9	0	118	63
2013-04-25	TBR	W	7.0	4	2	2	4	7	1	104	64
2012-09-29	TBR	L	3.1	7	5	5	3	7	1	82	30
2012-05-28	@TBR	W	7.1	3	1	1	2	15	0	115	81

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

Rays Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Sale*
G/S/vB 34.Albers
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 40.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/76 .238/.298/.452/.750 .817/.687 .892 36/.920 3/1 5/5

9.Butler G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 241/155 .284/.340/.419/.759 .794/.739 .811 38/.589 5/2 6/0

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 38/.832 2/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 5/.933 3/.333 8/.250 4/.000 350/264 .238/.289/.380/.669 .658/.673 .584 38/1.034 3/3 6/3

19.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 71/52 .231/.282/.600/.882 .793/.913 .687 39/.959 0/0 7/0

11.Forsythe G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 416/295 .281/.365/.441/.806 .936/.753 .835 82/.873 7/3 12/7

5.Guyer G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 244/111 .246/.349/.377/.725 .743/.704 .704 49/.752 10/2 5/0

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.572 ··· 70/62 .344/.414/.508/.922 .833/.930 1.207 64/.796 0/1 1/0

39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 358/284 .242/.275/.401/.676 .577/.703 .802 69/.533 11/2 4/1

21.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 14/.500 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 10/.300 1/.000 212/170 .262/.311/.344/.655 .563/.678 .674 71/.524 2/4 3/4

3.Longoria G/S/vP 12/.258 18/.545 2/2.000 2/.500 4/.750 3/.000 15/.276 2/1.000 431/333 .275/.346/.424/.770 .894/.734 .683 88/.762 3/1 11/7

27.Mahtook G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 37/7 .188/.278/.406/.684 .790/.286 .687 14/.690 0/2 2/0

44.Rivera G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.667 260/177 .176/.210/.287/.497 .476/.507 .439 36/.593 0/0 5/9

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 9/1.569 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 164/151 .244/.274/.353/.627 1.098/.589 .570 27/.702 1/1 3/1

IP 137.2 14.0 42.1 33.2 37.0 35.2 42.0 20.1 TOTAL .241/.306/.384/.689 .742/.670 .709 .715 65/33 95/59

ERA-K/9

3.20/11.6

3.21/5.8

3.40/8.5

6.15/7.5

3.16/6.6

3.28/13.1

2.79/12.6

1.33/6.7

4.00/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casali (13-4-0)
Rivera (29-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 554/.232 56/.235 174/.216 151/.269 154/.290 148/.208 169/.197 89/.250 .264 Kiermaier
Sizemore
Jaso
Butler
Guyer
Mahtook 0/99/2/12
6/0/33/2
3/0/0/1
23/0/3/1
41/15/22/0
5/7/1/0

OPS .627 .719 .712 .736 .747 .670 .560 .688 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.668 19/.868 60/.636 61/.707 45/.882 65/.688 74/.479 27/.726 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 463/.618 37/.645 114/.750 90/.757 109/.691 83/.656 95/.620 62/.672 .752

Home 256/.628 25/.951 85/.527 92/.703 78/.743 82/.610 102/.382 44/.775

Last 28d days 114/.809 33/.786 43/.474 38/.732 31/.733 34/.523 30/.646 36/.657

HR/SB/CS 12/4/2 3/1/0 7/2/1 3/0/0 2/0/0 6/4/1 3/2/0 1/3/1 96/54/18

Usage ····X··· ···XX··X o·o····o ···XX·o· X·o····X ··X··X·· X······X ···X·X··

White Sox Batters (3.72 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Archer
G/S/vB 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 37.Colome
G/S/vB 54.Geltz
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 49.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 9/1.445 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.667 2/.500 ··· 422/333 .299/.355/.510/.866 .765/.893 .859 95/.977 0/0 19/6

15.Beckham G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 191/122 .192/.253/.308/.561 .440/.631 .535 21/.238 0/1 4/4

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 22/.523 1/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 8/.625 ··· 443/336 .284/.324/.400/.723 .634/.752 .673 100/1.010 1/0 7/4

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 8/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 440/327 .269/.346/.422/.768 .586/.834 .727 103/1.068 10/4 9/5

21.Flowers G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 245/201 .219/.257/.348/.605 .766/.570 .512 61/.475 0/1 7/1

26.Garcia G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/no AB 1/2.000 381/303 .264/.310/.360/.669 .771/.643 .663 89/.552 5/6 7/2

27.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 2.000/.000 .000 4/.500 0/0 0/0

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 381/297 .219/.312/.348/.661 .429/.730 .594 79/.481 0/0 9/0

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 10/.600 2/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 5/.400 3/1.167 ··· 402/321 .237/.264/.348/.613 .695/.592 .691 88/.814 14/4 7/10

18.Saladino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 95/76 .244/.290/.360/.651 .778/.627 .698 95/.651 2/2 2/2

5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 245/193 .224/.255/.332/.587 .373/.646 .433 89/.854 0/1 3/3

58.Soto G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 144/108 .244/.333/.488/.822 1.073/.737 .953 27/1.569 0/0 8/4

IP 141.2 43.2 31.1 81.1 50.2 36.0 27.2 8.1 TOTAL .250/.303/.379/.682 .625/.698 .675 .783 40/29 85/65

ERA-K/9

2.54/11.0

2.89/11.5

2.59/8.6

4.43/6.2

3.73/8.2

4.50/6.0

1.95/12.7

7.56/11.9

3.59/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (37-12-9)
Soto (17-6-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 559/.206 185/.220 133/.250 347/.288 197/.170 154/.266 105/.178 38/.351 .236 Garcia
Eaton
Cabrera
Garcia 0/0/93/11
0/97/0/8
103/0/0/5
1/0/0/0

OPS .561 .657 .673 .765 .552 .754 .477 1.125 .671

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 283/.570 98/.585 73/.478 190/.790 93/.626 73/.704 34/.509 17/1.596 .668

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 276/.551 87/.741 60/.926 157/.735 104/.488 81/.796 71/.461 21/.762 .674

Road 233/.567 90/.750 75/.601 153/.780 99/.591 74/.821 53/.385 21/1.000

Last 28d days 107/.653 41/.446 22/.273 41/.733 42/.548 34/.817 42/.595 5/1.400

HR/SB/CS 12/6/6 5/3/3 3/1/2 9/3/5 6/5/2 5/3/0 2/0/0 4/1/1 106/56/29

Usage ·····X·· Xo···X·X ooX···X· ··X····· ooX··oX· o··X··o· oX·X···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 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 5.29

OAK 4.12

MIA 3.55

RA/G

STL 2.93

CLE 4.23

COL 5.17

M. Cabrera .350

D. Murphy .269

M. Zunino .178

OBP

M. Cabrera .456

J. Peterson .327

M. Zunino .234

SLG

B. Harper .667

M. Trumbo .422

B. Hamilton .288

OPS

B. Harper 1.121

M. Betts .755

M. Zunino .547

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.41

M. Pelfrey 3.65

K. Kendrick 6.43

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.68

A. Burnett 7.58

M. Pelfrey 4.26

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.