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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Monday, September 17, 2007 @Kauffman Stadium

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Chicago White Sox, 64-85, 5th, 23 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (30, RHP, 12-8, 3.90)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-8)           194   180  89  84  47 180 27    3.90      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
 2005 (11-15)          215.2 223 112 106  46 192 35    4.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  43.1  52  26  23  11  42  7    4.78   48 
 2007-09-12    CLE   W   6.1   6   2   1   1   9  0     116   63 
 2007-09-07    MIN  ND   6    11   4   4   1   8  0     106   41 
 2007-09-01    CLE   L   6     8   4   3   1   6  1     105   47 
 2007-08-26    BOS   L   6     6   7   7   3  10  3     109   39 
 2007-08-21    KCR   W   6     5   2   1   2   3  0      99   57 
 2007-08-16    OAK  ND   6     7   4   4   2   3  1     109   43 
 2007-08-10    SEA   W   7     9   3   3   1   3  2     112   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-2  31    30  17  15   6  18  3    4.35   50 
 2007-08-21    KCR   W   6     5   2   1   2   3  0      99   57 
 2007-05-13    KCR   L   6     7   4   4   3   3  1     108   42 
 2007-04-24    KCR  ND   6     7   5   5   1   5  0     105   42 
 2006-08-15    KCR   L   5.1   7   4   3   0   1  2      82   41 
 2006-05-06    KCR   W   7.2   4   2   2   0   6  0     116   69 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-41   Road:   30-44   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  50-58   vsLHP:  14-27   1-Run:  15-25
 vsEast: 17-23   vsCntrl:31-28   vsWest: 12-20 IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Sun, Sep 16   LAA  W   9-7       64-85  5th 23.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 15   LAA  L   1-2       63-85  5th 24.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 14   LAA  W   5-3       63-84  5th 23.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 12   CLE  W   7-4       62-84  5th 23.0 gb
145 Tue, Sep 11   CLE  L   3-8       61-84  5th 24.0 gb
144 Mon, Sep 10   CLE  L   2-6       61-83  5th 23.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep  9   MIN  L   2-5       61-82  5th 22.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  8   MIN  W   8-7       61-81  5th 21.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  7   MIN  W  11-10(13)  60-81  5th 21.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  6  @DET  L   2-3       59-81  5th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20
Kansas City Royals, 64-84, 4th, 22½ GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (23, RHP, 6-13, 5.72)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-13)           122.2 134  88  78  62  94 18    5.72      
 2006 (3-7)             63.1  90  60  59  33  51 14    8.38      
 2005 (7-6)             87.2  98  51  48  49  62  8    4.93      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-5  33.2  36  22  18  15  33  5    4.81   47 
 2007-09-11    MIN   L   5     4   4   2   3   4  0      98   48 
 2007-09-05    TEX   L   5     3   2   1   4   5  0      87   56 
 2007-08-31    MIN   W   5     4   3   2   1   5  1      91   53 
 2007-08-25    CLE   L   2     8   7   7   1   3  2      60   14 
 2007-08-19    OAK   L   5     6   2   2   3   4  1      99   48 
 2007-08-14    TEX   L   5     8   4   4   1   7  1      98   41 
 2007-08-09    MIN   W   6.2   3   0   0   2   5  0     104   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-42   Road:   32-42   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  46-60   vsLHP:  18-24   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast: 11-25   vsCntrl:24-35   vsWest: 19-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Sun, Sep 16  @CLE  W   4-3       64-84  4th 22.5 gb
147 Sat, Sep 15  @CLE  L   0-6       63-84  4th 23.5 gb
146 Fri, Sep 14  @CLE  L   4-5       63-83  4th 22.5 gb
145 Wed, Sep 12   MIN  W   6-3       63-82  4th 21.5 gb
144 Tue, Sep 11   MIN  L   3-6       62-82  4th 22.5 gb
143 Mon, Sep 10   MIN  L   2-4       62-81  4th 21.5 gb
142 Sun, Sep  9   NYY  L   3-6       62-80  4th 20.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep  8   NYY  L   5-11      62-79  4th 19.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep  7   NYY  L   2-3       62-78  4th 18.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  5  @TEX  L   2-3       62-77  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 KCR  7 @CHW  6    W:Brian Bannister (10-7), L: Jose Contreras (6-16), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 CHW  5  KCR  2    W:Javier Vazquez (11-6), L: Leo Nunez (2-1), S: Bobby Jenks (35)
Mon, Aug 20, 2007 CHW  4  KCR  3    W:Matt Thornton (4-4), L: David Riske (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (34)
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 CHW  3 @KCR  1    W:Jon Garland (6-5), L: John Thomson (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (22)
Sat, Jun 30, 2007 CHW  3 @KCR  1 (10)   W:Ryan Bukvich (1-0), L: Octavio Dotel (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (21)
Fri, Jun 29, 2007 KCR  8  CHW  1    W:Brian Bannister (5-4), L: Jose Contreras (5-9), S: Zack Greinke (1)
Sun, May 13, 2007 KCR 11 @CHW  1    W:Jorge de la Rosa (4-3), L: Javier Vazquez (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2007 CHW  5  KCR  4 (10)   W:Mike MacDougal (1-0), L: Brandon Duckworth (0-3), S: none
Fri, May 11, 2007 CHW  2  KCR  1    W:Jon Garland (2-2), L: Odalis Perez (2-4), S: Bobby Jenks (12)
Tue, Apr 24, 2007 CHW  9 @KCR  7    W:Boone Logan (1-0), L: Joakim Soria (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (8)
Season Series: 2007 - CHW leads 8-3; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; 2005 - CHW won 13-5; All-Time - CHW leads 300-265

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  5.85

BAL  4.64

WSN  4.00

RA/G

SDP  4.01

NYY  4.77

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .357

R. Martin  .292

J. LaRue  .143

OBP

B. Bonds  .483

R. Gotay  .366

J. LaRue  .235

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Wigginton  .475

P. Bako  .257

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.071

C. Duncan  .834

J. LaRue  .502

ERA

J. Peavy  2.39

F. Hernandez  4.03

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.42

S. Trachsel  3.04

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
47.Braun
G/S/vB
31.Duckworth
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
58.Musser*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Cintron# G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.667 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 183/162 .231/.273/.312/.585 .649/.577 .634 22/.983 2/1 2/10
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 8/.929 ··· ··· 4/.833 11/.455 13/.693 1/.000 517/379 .251/.315/.484/.799 .931/.752 .808 78/.872 2/1 26/3
17.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.500 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 2/.500 2/1.000 320/232 .256/.317/.340/.658 .445/.737 .614 63/.560 7/2 3/2
27.Fields G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 366/262 .232/.285/.446/.731 .998/.626 .650 97/.664 1/1 19/10
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 202/110 .192/.289/.260/.548 .564/.535 .527 71/.380 1/5 2/8
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.728 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.000 1/.000 103/56 .210/.223/.240/.463 .616/.339 .549 20/.255 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 7/3.457 ··· ··· 3/1.167 10/.800 26/.699 3/.333 593/429 .264/.356/.495/.851 .972/.804 .856 103/.848 0/1 29/5
55.Lucy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 1.000 5/.400 0/0 0/0
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 340/274 .253/.318/.299/.616 .544/.633 .625 108/.698 27/7 1/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 8/1.714 ··· ··· 3/.666 9/.111 16/.760 2/1.000 483/370 .262/.311/.406/.717 .718/.717 .766 84/.607 1/1 14/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 9/.444 ··· ··· 6/.500 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 200/137 .254/.315/.365/.679 .823/.616 .728 36/.678 12/5 2/4
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 157/124 .227/.297/.404/.701 .757/.687 .660 96/.738 1/3 5/3
30.Terrero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 132/71 .236/.359/.382/.741 .762/.734 .768 4/2.000 4/3 5/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/4.000 6/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 495/339 .268/.402/.520/.922 .625/1.066 .884 100/.944 0/1 28/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 12/.546 7/1.286 ··· ··· 5/.400 5/.600 16/.388 3/2.000 513/374 .230/.284/.393/.677 .773/.640 .565 102/.802 1/7 19/15
IP 122.2 34.2 35.1 39.0 50.1 3.0 24.2 35.2 82.0 67.0 63.0 TOTAL .245/.318/.399/.717 .724/.714 .695 73/42 172/101
ERA-K/9 5.72/6.9 4.67/8.8 7.39/5.6 4.15/3.9 3.04/8.1 0.00/3.0 4.38/6.9 4.54/6.8 3.95/7.1 2.42/6.7 2.57/9.7 4.47/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (20-2-5)
 Lucy (7-0-0)
 Pierzynski (59-20-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 560/.276 157/.291 169/.310 178/.273 220/.275 14/.250 116/.314 154/.289 344/.276 277/.235 249/.195 .277  Dye
 Podsednik
 Gonzalez
 Erstad
 Terrero
 Owens
 Fields
0/0/123/9
47/2/0/3
18/10/10/2
10/44/8/2
5/37/10/2
11/73/0/1
16/0/0/1
OPS .834 .729 .876 .744 .817 .690 .936 .831 .774 .699 .528 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.812 66/.696 80/1.030 78/.775 121/.717 10/.844 41/1.150 70/1.018 132/.773 108/.623 96/.449 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 281/.856 91/.753 89/.747 100/.720 99/.936 4/.250 75/.811 84/.685 212/.774 169/.746 153/.578 .790
Home 246/.826 67/.743 86/1.126 83/.666 107/.716 14/.690 73/1.073 81/.731 194/.705 144/.641 117/.537 .800
Last 28d days 81/.885 77/.543 50/1.038 30/.928 45/.641 14/.690 24/1.079 63/1.113 38/.849 43/.779 43/.745
HR/SB/CS 18/13/3 1/0/0 4/2/0 2/1/0 6/2/1 0/0/0 5/3/1 7/5/0 9/8/0 8/4/1 3/0/0 152/66/23
Usage ·····X·· o·X··X·X ·X···o·· o······X XX···oX· ········ ······X· ·o···X·· ··X···X· ··o·X·o· X···X··o
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
41.Broadway
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
36.Myers*
G/S/vB
43.Phillips*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
39.Brazell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 /1.000// / 1/ 0/0 0/
35.Brown G/S/vP 15/.948 ··· 3/1.334 7/.286 2/.000 6/1.467 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 369/220 .257/.301/.351/.652 .814/.544 .652 59/.889 10/2 6/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 11/.606 ··· ··· 7/.857 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 367/284 .230/.319/.454/.773 .789/.769 .629 57/.649 0/0 18/8
21.Butler G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 316/221 .296/.354/.446/.800 .965/.731 .748 88/.805 0/0 6/3
32.Costa* G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 104/96 .222/.250/.303/.553 .250/.579 .516 37/.793 0/1 0/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 18/.347 ··· ··· 6/.500 4/.750 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.733 ··· 657/464 .266/.356/.379/.735 .687/.755 .774 105/.685 9/4 7/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.666 1/2.000 7/.572 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 223/187 .318/.381/.354/.735 .677/.746 .594 80/.570 9/7 0/4
3.German G/S/vP 9/1.238 ··· ··· 5/.500 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.833 ··· 3/.000 ··· 379/220 .269/.359/.373/.733 .793/.689 .879 49/.584 11/7 3/9
11.Gload* G/S/vP 12/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 8/.625 ··· ··· ··· 304/259 .293/.313/.446/.758 .889/.735 .735 74/.641 2/2 7/3
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.873 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 556/416 .256/.323/.425/.749 .749/.748 .787 91/.887 14/4 14/12
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 41/.667 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.333 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 449/305 .297/.343/.420/.763 .786/.752 .758 93/.643 1/2 5/6
30.Huber G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 4/.000 0/0 0/
6.LaRue G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 186/132 .143/.235/.267/.502 .647/.442 .608 31/.427 1/0 4/4
1.Pena G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 500/368 .259/.278/.337/.615 .615/.615 .765 67/.492 4/5 1/22
12.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 11/7 .200/.273/.300/.573 .250/.714 / 0/0 0/0
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 128/116 .200/.242/.358/.601 .258/.635 .455 34/.458 0/0 5/2
29.Sweeney G/S/vP 12/.349 ··· ··· 8/.875 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 262/182 .264/.321/.423/.743 .836/.703 .713 37/.920 0/0 7/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 15/.910 ··· ··· 5/.000 5/.200 2/2.500 4/.500 ··· 8/1.339 ··· 562/399 .285/.358/.410/.768 .676/.805 .862 51/.870 11/5 7/6
IP 194.0 4.1 35.2 62.0 46.1 39.2 51.0 5.0 51.2 21.1 TOTAL .264/.326/.390/.716 .738/.708 .738 72/41 95/95
ERA-K/9 3.90/8.4 2.08/12.6 5.05/4.5 2.90/8.1 4.86/5.6 6.35/8.4 3.88/4.4 1.80/1.8 5.05/8.5 2.53/5.5 4.86/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (41-10-3)
 LaRue (25-13-2)
 Phillips (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 796/.246 19/.200 170/.257 238/.199 207/.300 193/.285 223/.269 20/.316 231/.277 86/.224 .279  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gathright
 Gload
 Butler
 Costa
0/4/125/15
72/0/17/6
0/144/0/5
7/0/0/2
56/7/0/2
7/0/0/1
6/0/0/0
15/0/13/0
OPS .709 .649 .801 .495 .811 .808 .756 .771 .805 .592 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 363/.699 8/1.000 54/.719 101/.560 89/.606 52/.895 109/.764 5/.800 94/.869 19/1.365 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 433/.717 11/.455 116/.838 137/.447 118/.965 141/.776 114/.748 15/.762 137/.761 67/.389 .766
Road 379/.739 / 72/.641 112/.521 97/.731 101/.894 73/.875 5/1.350 112/.691 48/.650 .777
Last 28d days 136/.779 19/.649 40/1.000 40/.485 39/1.060 51/.885 48/.988 20/.771 52/.737 34/.686
HR/SB/CS 27/6/4 0/0/0 5/1/0 2/5/0 6/5/1 2/7/0 6/4/2 0/0/0 4/1/1 0/2/0 165/88/22
Usage ····X··· ·····XX· o·····X· ··o·o··· ·o··X··· Xo···X·· ·oo···X· ·····X·o o····X·· ·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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