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Game Preview: CHW @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, September 2, 2007 @Jacobs Field

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Chicago White Sox, 57-79, 5th, 21½ GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Jose Contreras (35, RHP, 7-16, 6.13)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-16)           148.1 184 114 101  51  92 17    6.13      
 2006 (13-9)           196   194 101  93  55 134 20    4.27      
 2005 (15-7)           204.2 177  91  82  75 154 23    3.61      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-6  40.2  63  44  43  13  26 10    9.52   30 
 2007-08-27    TBD   W   7     8   4   4   3   8  1     101   50 
 2007-08-22    KCR   L   6     6   4   4   1   3  0     104   46 
 2007-08-17    SEA   L   7     9   5   4   0   5  1      97   46 
 2007-07-31    NYY   L   2.2   8   7   7   1   2  3      58   15 
 2007-07-25    DET   L   4.2  12   9   9   3   3  2      95    4 
 2007-07-20    BOS   L   7.1  10  10  10   3   2  1      99   17 
 2007-07-15    BAL   L   6    10   5   5   2   3  2     102   33 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-2  24    25  18  15  15  18  1    5.63   45 
 2007-04-15    CLE   L   5     1   2   0   5   3  0     101   59 
 2007-04-02    CLE   L   1     7   8   7   1   1  1      48    9 
 2006-06-01    CLE  ND   5     8   6   6   4   4  0     107   27 
 2006-04-05    CLE  ND   6     6   2   2   2   3  0      99   53 
 2005-07-14    CLE   W   7     3   0   0   3   7  0      97   75 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-37   Road:   28-42   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  44-54   vsLHP:  13-25   1-Run:  13-22
 vsEast: 17-23   vsCntrl:26-23   vsWest: 10-19 IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sat, Sep  1  @CLE  L   0-7       57-79  5th 21.5 gb
135 Fri, Aug 31  @CLE  L   5-8       57-78  5th 20.5 gb
134 Thu, Aug 30  @TEX  L   1-5       57-77  5th 19.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 29  @TEX  L   4-5 (11)  57-76  5th 18.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 28  @TEX  L   3-4       57-75  5th 17.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 27   TBD  W   5-4       57-74  5th 16.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 26   BOS  L   1-11      56-74  5th 16.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 25   BOS  L   2-14      56-73  5th 15.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24   BOS  L   1-10      56-72  5th 14.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 24   BOS  L   3-11      56-71  5th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30: 9-21
Cleveland Indians, 78-57, 1st, 5½ up

SP: Jake Westbrook (29, RHP, 5-7, 4.38)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-7)            115   113  58  56  41  62 10    4.38      
 2006 (15-10)          211.1 247 106  98  55 109 15    4.17      
 2005 (15-15)          210.2 218 121 105  56 119 19    4.49      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  49.2  37  11  11  12  26  3    1.99   62 
 2007-08-28    MIN   W   6.2  10   3   3   2   4  0     104   44 
 2007-08-23    DET  ND   8     5   0   0   2   3  0     104   73 
 2007-08-18    TBD   W   7     2   1   1   2   4  0      89   71 
 2007-08-12    NYY   L   7     9   4   4   2   2  2     118   43 
 2007-08-07    CHW   W   8     2   1   1   0   5  0     103   79 
 2007-08-02    TEX   W   6     5   0   0   1   5  0     103   66 
 2007-07-28    MIN  ND   7     4   2   2   3   3  1     100   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      3-1  34    28  14  14   6  19  4    3.71   56 
 2007-08-07    CHW   W   8     2   1   1   0   5  0     103   79 
 2007-07-18    CHW   L   6     7   4   4   2   3  1     103   43 
 2007-04-04    CHW  ND   5     7   7   7   3   5  2      96   27 
 2006-06-11    CHW   W   8     6   2   2   1   4  1     108   65 
 2006-05-31    CHW   W   7     6   0   0   0   2  0     107   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-26   Road:   34-31   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  52-39   vsLHP:  26-18   1-Run:  25-20
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:36-20   vsWest: 15-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Sep  1   CHW  W   7-0       78-57  1st  5.5 up
134 Fri, Aug 31   CHW  W   8-5       77-57  1st  5.5 up
133 Thu, Aug 30   SEA  W   6-5       76-57  1st  4.5 up
132 Wed, Aug 29   MIN  W   4-3       75-57  1st  4.5 up
131 Tue, Aug 28   MIN  W   6-5       74-57  1st  3.5 up
130 Mon, Aug 27   MIN  W   8-3       73-57  1st  2.5 up
129 Sun, Aug 26  @KCR  W   5-3 (11)  72-57  1st  2.5 up
128 Sat, Aug 25  @KCR  W   9-4       71-57  1st  2.5 up
127 Fri, Aug 24  @KCR  L   1-2       70-57  1st  1.5 up
126 Thu, Aug 23  @DET  W   3-1 (10)  70-56  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 CLE  7  CHW  0    W:Paul Byrd (14-5), L: Javier Vazquez (11-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2007 CLE  8  CHW  5    W:Aaron Fultz (4-2), L: Mike MacDougal (1-5), S: Rafael Betancourt (1)
Thu, Aug 09, 2007 CLE  7 @CHW  5    W:Aaron Laffey (1-1), L: Mark Buehrle (9-7), S: Joe Borowski (32)
Wed, Aug 08, 2007 CHW  6  CLE  4 (13)   W:Jose Contreras (6-14), L: Aaron Fultz (3-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 07, 2007 CLE  2 @CHW  1    W:Jake Westbrook (3-6), L: John Danks (6-9), S: Joe Borowski (31)
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 CHW  5 @CLE  1    W:Mark Buehrle (7-5), L: Jake Westbrook (1-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 CLE  6  CHW  5 (11)   W:Rafael Betancourt (2-0), L: Dewon Day (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 CHW 11 @CLE 10    W:John Danks (6-6), L: Cliff Lee (5-6), S: Bobby Jenks (25)
Sun, Apr 15, 2007 CLE  2  CHW  1    W:C.C. Sabathia (3-0), L: Jose Contreras (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (5)
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 CLE  4  CHW  0    W:Paul Byrd (1-0), L: John Danks (0-2), S: Joe Borowski (4)
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 9-5; 2006 - CLE won 11-8; 2005 - CHW won 14-5; All-Time - CHW leads 992-960

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 2007 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

NYY  5.88

BAL  4.61

WSN  3.96

RA/G

SDP  3.95

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.93

BA

J. Keppinger  .358

N. Markakis  .293

J. LaRue  .140

OBP

B. Bonds  .484

J. Varitek  .361

J. LaRue  .234

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .639

C. Crawford  .469

N. Punto  .254

OPS

B. Bonds  1.061

M. Lamb  .827

J. LaRue  .507

ERA

J. Peavy  2.10

C. Zambrano  4.06

A. Eaton  6.23

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

D. Lowe  6.38

S. Trachsel  2.88

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
46.Fultz*
G/S/vB
44.Koplove
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Cintron# G/S/vP 15/.938 4/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 161/144 .217/.261/.270/.531 .686/.513 .585 8/.250 1/1 0/6
23.Dye G/S/vP 40/.757 12/.878 5/.000 3/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 486/355 .246/.311/.485/.796 .931/.747 .802 98/.804 2/1 26/3
17.Erstad* G/S/vP 18/.971 3/.666 6/.167 11/1.755 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 289/209 .265/.324/.342/.666 .477/.737 .615 78/.657 7/2 2/2
27.Fields G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 325/231 .237/.290/.451/.741 1.059/.612 .642 115/.782 1/1 17/9
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 168/82 .215/.323/.299/.622 .607/.637 .560 47/.569 1/4 2/4
44.Hall G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 93/48 .209/.215/.242/.457 .614/.312 .553 24/.417 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP 55/.864 19/.983 6/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 541/390 .262/.355/.497/.852 .990/.797 .870 90/.701 0/0 27/4
7.Owens* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.000 286/231 .243/.299/.293/.592 .513/.611 .635 107/.617 22/5 1/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 43/.512 8/.625 3/1.666 4/.000 5/.200 1/.000 2/5.000 3/.000 442/338 .258/.308/.403/.711 .671/.724 .738 82/.701 0/1 13/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 31/.369 7/.715 5/.400 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 170/113 .257/.323/.382/.705 .776/.669 .731 49/.685 9/4 2/4
1.Richar* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 107/83 .191/.276/.340/.617 .769/.576 .588 85/.617 1/2 3/2
30.Terrero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/68 .222/.339/.370/.709 .752/.684 .768 / 3/2 5/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP 19/1.298 7/.000 4/.500 5/.650 ··· 2/no AB 1/3.000 4/.000 438/297 .270/.413/.517/.930 .647/1.074 .936 91/.822 0/1 23/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 25/.285 12/.606 5/1.000 7/1.262 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 459/333 .217/.267/.363/.630 .841/.550 .555 95/.711 1/6 15/15
IP 115.0 65.0 54.2 30.0 4.0 16.1 47.0 49.1 TOTAL .243/.316/.395/.711 .734/.701 .695 62/34 153/90
ERA-K/9 4.38/4.9 1.52/8.2 5.60/8.1 2.70/6.3 4.50/9.0 3.31/10.5 4.60/8.6 1.64/9.5 4.19/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (19-2-4)
 Pierzynski (57-16-12)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 482/.264 234/.176 246/.297 127/.218 18/.250 75/.303 211/.264 193/.190 .269  Dye
 Podsednik
 Gonzalez
 Terrero
 Erstad
 Owens
 Fields
0/0/115/9
42/0/0/2
18/10/10/2
4/36/7/2
7/44/2/1
11/60/0/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .708 .474 .783 .654 .833 .780 .759 .530 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 249/.798 90/.529 124/.741 65/.616 5/.200 29/.494 81/.681 77/.344 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 233/.615 144/.439 122/.828 62/.693 13/1.051 46/.948 130/.805 116/.649 .741
Home 279/.720 110/.500 114/.754 71/.800 / 51/.864 105/.784 109/.495 .737
Last 28d days 142/.568 49/.544 60/1.061 40/.916 / 26/.808 17/.561 53/.523
HR/SB/CS 10/10/3 4/2/3 7/7/2 2/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/1 4/3/2 4/1/1 127/77/34
Usage ····X··· ·o·XX·X· ··XoX·o· ·X···o·X ········ ···o·o·o ·······X ··X·ooX·
Cleveland Indians Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
34.Floyd
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
36.Myers*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 1/4.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 429/311 .244/.272/.326/.598 .563/.611 .598 26/.512 13/3 3/13
1.Blake G/S/vP 22/.914 3/.666 ··· 10/.500 5/1.850 12/.788 1/no AB 5/1.800 1/.000 571/399 .267/.340/.431/.771 .813/.752 .692 99/.624 3/4 15/12
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 73/55 .303/.329/.485/.813 1.056/.724 .796 73/.813 0/0 2/0
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/47 .273/.313/.545/.858 .000/.877 1.131 / 0/2 3/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 441/299 .299/.367/.475/.842 .866/.831 .870 91/.644 0/1 14/7
27.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.833 6/1.167 3/.000 ··· 210/123 .314/.346/.397/.743 .695/.778 .769 25/.840 1/2 1/3
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 208/123 .279/.327/.511/.837 .920/.779 1.036 76/.799 7/0 10/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 26/.543 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/2.250 4/.750 8/.542 11/.673 ··· 549/342 .255/.378/.430/.809 .847/.786 .783 84/.776 1/1 19/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.250 8/.542 4/.750 1/.000 477/379 .299/.375/.417/.792 .550/.854 .808 86/.766 22/6 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 23/.419 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 7/.310 7/1.238 6/.750 13/.885 1/no AB 545/341 .306/.374/.512/.886 .882/.888 .885 108/.839 0/0 21/4
8.Michaels G/S/vP 7/.572 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 4/.500 2/.500 3/.333 5/1.600 1/.000 257/119 .264/.313/.404/.717 .794/.631 .757 35/.507 2/4 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 17/.627 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 5/.450 ··· 337/283 .256/.344/.345/.689 .594/.707 .693 26/.549 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 18/.572 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.000 9/.347 ··· 5/.000 ··· 554/406 .271/.336/.429/.765 .780/.760 .860 103/.633 3/3 18/15
11.Rivas G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.500 2/4.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 148/115 .274/.327/.489/.815 1.202/.715 .888 29/.759 0/0 6/2
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 24/1.131 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 6/.167 8/1.000 7/.143 11/1.357 2/2.000 632/418 .277/.386/.470/.856 .800/.885 .920 119/.823 29/10 23/2
IP 148.1 34.2 39.0 55.1 43.0 34.2 44.2 46.2 17.1 TOTAL .269/.343/.427/.770 .790/.761 .796 62/33 149/76
ERA-K/9 6.13/5.6 4.93/4.7 6.92/5.5 2.77/8.0 4.40/5.4 6.49/9.3 4.03/4.6 5.21/8.3 3.12/4.7 5.01/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (57-25-6)
 Shoppach (20-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 683/.305 158/.254 179/.321 208/.190 187/.285 170/.281 202/.277 210/.288 70/.238 .278  Lofton
 Nixon
 Michaels
 Sizemore
 Blake
 Gutierrez
 Francisco
29/81/0/7
0/0/83/4
67/1/24/4
0/133/0/3
0/0/7/2
7/6/63/1
12/0/2/0
OPS .820 .782 .976 .484 .763 .809 .778 .834 .602 .783
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 359/.921 52/.682 77/1.031 86/.542 83/.568 45/.889 98/.827 87/.902 15/1.267 .808
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.709 106/.825 102/.933 122/.443 104/.917 125/.780 104/.732 123/.786 55/.434 .768
Road 356/.836 69/.612 75/.834 97/.487 88/.716 99/.899 72/.888 106/.734 38/.706 .784
Last 28d days 117/.742 60/.647 105/.797 22/.095 44/.900 49/.733 33/1.265 55/.905 44/.666
HR/SB/CS 17/22/5 5/1/0 14/6/0 2/4/0 5/5/1 2/5/0 5/4/2 4/1/1 0/1/0 155/78/18
Usage ·····X·· X·oo··XX ····X··· ·····o·· ·o·Xo··o ·X··Xo·X ·oo···X· X··X···X ·o·oo··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.

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