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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 12:10pm, Saturday, September 22, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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Chicago White Sox, 67-87, 4th, 24½ GB, 21½ GB in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (30, RHP, 13-8, 3.83)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (13-8)           202   185  91  86  47 193 28    3.83      
 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  44.1  48  25  22  10  52  6    4.47   52 
 2007-09-17    KCR   W   8     5   2   2   0  13  1     109   77 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-1  33.1  32  12  12   6  35  3    3.24   58 
 2007-09-07    MIN  ND   6    11   4   4   1   8  0     106   41 
 2007-07-08    MIN   W   9     8   3   3   0   8  1     120   67 
 2007-05-08    MIN  ND   7     4   1   1   1   7  1     107   71 
 2007-04-07    MIN   W   6.2   1   0   0   4   5  0     102   73 
 2006-10-01    MIN   L   4.2   8   4   4   0   7  1      93   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-41   Road:   33-46   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  52-60   vsLHP:  15-27   1-Run:  15-26
 vsEast: 17-23   vsCntrl:34-30   vsWest: 12-20 IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Fri, Sep 21  @MIN  W   6-4       67-87  4th 24.5 gb
153 Thu, Sep 20  @KCR  L   0-3       66-87  5th 24.5 gb
152 Wed, Sep 19  @KCR  W   7-0       66-86  4th 24.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 18  @KCR  L   2-3       65-86  5th 24.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 17  @KCR  W  11-3       65-85  4th 23.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18
Minnesota Twins, 75-78, 3rd, 16 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (25, RHP, 9-8, 4.15)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-8)            138.2 154  66  64  28  98 14    4.15      
 2006 (5-8)             83.1 114  63  59  16  62 17    6.37      
 2005 (3-3)             53.2  48  21  20  14  32  5    3.35      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  46    59  17  15   8  31  4    2.93   52 
 2007-09-16    DET   L   7     8   4   3   0   3  1      94   50 
 2007-09-11    KCR   W   5.2  10   3   3   1   4  0      85   40 
 2007-09-05    CLE   L   5    11   3   3   2   6  0      97   37 
 2007-08-31    KCR   W   9     1   0   0   1   9  0     111   93 
 2007-08-26    BAL   W   6     7   3   2   1   0  0      93   47 
 2007-08-21    SEA   L   6.2  14   3   3   1   2  2     101   35 
 2007-08-15    SEA  ND   6.2   8   1   1   2   7  1      86   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-1  19.2  32  19  19   6  15  4    8.69   34 
 2007-07-06    CHW   W   5     9   7   7   1   6  1      99   26 
 2007-05-30    CHW  ND   3    10   6   6   1   3  1      63   17 
 2006-05-15    CHW   L   4.2  11   5   5   1   4  2      88   25 
 2005-09-16    CHW  ND   7     2   1   1   3   2  0     101   68 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-39   Road:   35-39   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  54-54   vsLHP:  21-24   1-Run:  20-22
 vsEast: 17-17   vsCntrl:26-41   vsWest: 21-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Fri, Sep 21   CHW  L   4-6       75-78  3rd 16.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 19   TEX  W   4-2       75-77  3rd 15.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 18   TEX  W   4-2       74-77  3rd 15.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 17   TEX  W   5-4       73-77  3rd 15.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 16   DET  L   4-6       72-77  3rd 15.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 15   DET  L   3-4       72-76  3rd 15.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 14   DET  L   2-4       72-75  3rd 14.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 12  @KCR  L   3-6       72-74  3rd 13.0 gb
145 Tue, Sep 11  @KCR  W   6-3       72-73  3rd 13.0 gb
144 Mon, Sep 10  @KCR  W   4-2       71-73  3rd 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 CHW  6 @MIN  4    W:Mark Buehrle (10-9), L: Johan Santana (15-13), S: Bobby Jenks (39)
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 MIN  5 @CHW  2    W:Johan Santana (15-11), L: Jon Garland (9-11), S: Joe Nathan (30)
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 CHW  8  MIN  7    W:Mike Myers (4-0), L: Carmen Cali (0-1), S: Matt Thornton (2)
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 CHW 11  MIN 10 (13)   W:Heath Phillips (1-1), L: Juan Rincon (3-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 CHW  6  MIN  3    W:Javier Vazquez (6-5), L: Carlos Silva (6-10), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 CHW  3  MIN  1    W:Mark Buehrle (6-4), L: Boof Bonser (5-6), S: Bobby Jenks (23)
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 MIN 12 @CHW  0    W:Matt Garza (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 MIN 20 @CHW 14    W:Scott Baker (3-3), L: Jon Garland (6-6), S: none
Wed, May 30, 2007 MIN  7  CHW  6    W:Joe Nathan (2-1), L: Mike MacDougal (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 29, 2007 MIN  9  CHW  2    W:Boof Bonser (4-1), L: John Danks (3-5), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 8-8; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; 2005 - CHW won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 1053-956

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  5.86

OAK  4.62

WSN  4.09

RA/G

SDP  3.95

MIL  4.76

TBD  5.82

BA

M. Ordonez  .354

B. Phillips  .293

J. LaRue  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .483

R. Spilborghs  .366

J. LaRue  .247

SLG

C. Ross  .659

F. Thomas  .475

P. Bako  .253

OPS

C. Ross  1.067

M. Reynolds  .836

P. Bako  .528

ERA

J. Peavy  2.36

J. Maine  4.04

A. Eaton  6.33

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

K. Wells  6.49

S. Trachsel  3.04

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB
53.Blackburn
G/S/vB
56.Cali*
G/S/vB
51.DePaula
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
60.Perkins*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
59.Slowey
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Cintron# G/S/vP 7/1.428 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 7/1.000 9/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 195/172 .245/.282/.326/.608 .590/.610 .671 34/.976 2/1 2/10
23.Dye G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.600 10/1.214 4/.250 3/.000 12/.440 1/.000 536/394 .250/.315/.483/.799 .940/.749 .807 77/.858 2/1 27/3
17.Erstad* G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 8/.804 ··· 1/.000 8/.000 ··· 329/241 .248/.308/.330/.638 .445/.707 .582 58/.364 7/2 3/2
27.Fields G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 384/275 .245/.301/.484/.785 1.084/.667 .766 93/.864 1/1 22/10
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/115 .189/.282/.254/.536 .545/.529 .507 72/.346 1/5 2/9
44.Hall G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 109/59 .198/.211/.226/.437 .578/.322 .496 19/.269 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP 11/1.064 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/.000 12/.350 5/.600 3/1.667 21/1.569 1/.000 610/442 .260/.352/.489/.841 .967/.792 .837 98/.772 0/1 29/5
55.Lucy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .286/.286/.286/.571 1.000/.400 1.000 7/.571 0/0 0/0
7.Owens* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 357/287 .256/.319/.306/.625 .588/.633 .641 103/.717 28/7 1/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 12/.364 7/.286 5/1.400 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 496/382 .259/.307/.399/.706 .711/.704 .740 84/.570 1/1 14/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 6/2.333 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 13/.321 5/.400 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.666 1/.000 208/144 .243/.302/.349/.652 .809/.584 .673 38/.427 12/5 2/4
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 176/138 .231/.293/.425/.718 .704/.722 .704 98/.764 1/3 6/3
30.Terrero G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 134/72 .232/.353/.375/.728 .748/.723 .739 6/1.167 4/3 5/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 3/2.334 1/5.000 6/.533 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 11/1.985 1/.000 510/348 .273/.404/.543/.947 .655/1.091 .937 102/1.049 0/1 31/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 8/.375 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/.539 9/.000 5/.000 2/.000 12/.455 2/3.000 532/388 .229/.282/.397/.679 .767/.645 .576 103/.818 1/7 20/16
IP 138.2 8.2 21.0 15.0 84.2 67.1 70.1 26.0 56.2 54.0 TOTAL .245/.316/.402/.718 .729/.714 .701 74/42 181/103
ERA-K/9 4.15/6.4 2.08/5.2 4.71/6.0 9.00/2.4 2.23/6.7 2.00/9.5 2.94/9.5 3.46/6.9 5.40/7.3 5.00/5.8 4.15/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (22-2-5)
 Lucy (7-0-0)
 Pierzynski (59-20-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 584/.283 33/.258 101/.265 74/.361 335/.212 261/.210 278/.183 105/.236 262/.281 248/.301 .267  Dye
 Podsednik
 Gonzalez
 Erstad
 Terrero
 Owens
 Fields
0/0/128/9
48/3/0/3
18/10/10/2
11/44/8/2
5/38/12/2
11/77/0/1
20/0/0/1
OPS .752 .561 .794 1.059 .592 .564 .591 .685 .817 .903 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 272/.809 19/.885 53/.744 37/.986 143/.692 128/.570 113/.618 35/.734 127/.954 134/.872 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 312/.703 14/.143 48/.847 37/1.133 192/.518 133/.557 165/.573 70/.658 135/.689 114/.937 .710
Home 316/.731 22/.418 48/.581 36/.864 189/.629 159/.560 155/.560 60/.723 135/.782 119/.812 .711
Last 28d days 141/.703 33/.561 39/.913 56/.853 59/.785 39/.663 46/.896 8/.375 56/.719 74/.715
HR/SB/CS 14/10/4 0/0/1 2/0/0 4/0/0 7/6/2 4/4/0 7/1/2 2/1/1 9/3/1 16/0/0 175/55/41
Usage ·····X·· X······· ·····o·· ···o·o·· ···XX·Xo ··oXX··· ·····X·o ··oo···· ··o·X··X ····X···
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.21 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
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 22/.559 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 11/1.091 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 543/395 .266/.341/.361/.702 .846/.647 .668 106/.737 22/3 5/26
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 68/59 .263/.358/.368/.727 .619/.742 .546 44/.852 0/0 2/4
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/104 .236/.268/.276/.544 .655/.454 .472 48/.538 11/1 0/8
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 33/.972 ··· 1/.000 11/.808 4/1.000 9/.583 4/.833 1/2.000 6/.666 ··· 588/413 .275/.354/.433/.787 .867/.753 .872 107/.776 4/0 15/4
20.Ford G/S/vP 8/.268 ··· ··· 7/.619 1/.000 7/1.514 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 129/80 .235/.318/.365/.683 .766/.633 .703 6/1.000 3/1 3/1
41.Heintz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 52/38 .234/.280/.234/.514 .429/.548 .325 25/.488 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 34/.629 ··· 2/.500 7/.486 3/.666 14/.917 2/.000 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 616/443 .290/.338/.518/.856 .911/.834 .862 113/.721 18/8 28/2
50.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/54 .169/.234/.220/.455 .300/.484 .572 22/.568 0/1 0/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 15/.133 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 436/360 .268/.329/.441/.770 .696/.785 .755 78/.935 4/0 12/2
23.LeCroy G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 .667/.667 .500 6/.667 0/0 0/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 22/.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.873 4/1.250 1/no AB 5/.200 ··· 9/.583 ··· 461/304 .290/.381/.419/.800 .673/.869 .678 45/.711 7/1 6/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 36/1.535 ··· ··· 11/.182 7/1.286 5/1.000 12/.334 1/.000 11/.364 ··· 634/418 .273/.342/.499/.841 .698/.917 .810 108/.576 1/1 30/5
8.Punto# G/S/vP 24/.685 ··· 3/.333 4/.583 1/.000 7/.858 3/.666 1/.000 11/.830 ··· 516/347 .214/.295/.275/.571 .489/.615 .552 78/.677 16/6 1/12
55.Redmond G/S/vP 19/.737 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 297/197 .295/.347/.354/.701 .853/.626 .719 33/.743 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 162/129 .218/.269/.306/.575 .488/.596 .675 42/.653 1/0 2/4
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 21/.571 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 319/252 .288/.334/.359/.694 .626/.710 .675 74/.686 8/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 23/.579 ··· 2/.500 4/1.000 1/5.000 4/.500 5/.200 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 107/65 .155/.224/.278/.503 .607/.436 .230 38/.696 0/0 3/0
IP 202.0 4.1 35.2 63.0 46.1 41.0 53.0 6.0 51.2 22.0 TOTAL .266/.331/.392/.723 .720/.726 .705 107/29 111/90
ERA-K/9 3.83/8.6 2.08/12.6 5.05/4.5 2.86/8.0 4.86/5.6 6.15/8.3 3.74/4.4 3.00/1.5 5.05/8.5 2.45/5.3 4.79/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Heintz (12-1-1)
 Mauer (20-24-4)
 Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 825/.243 19/.200 170/.257 241/.196 207/.300 198/.278 231/.260 26/.333 231/.277 88/.218 .277  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Tyner
 Kubel
 Ford
 Jones
 White
0/0/131/18
0/146/0/5
44/14/18/3
78/0/0/2
35/12/3/1
5/0/1/0
15/0/0/0
OPS .705 .649 .801 .488 .811 .793 .734 .926 .805 .578 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 378/.718 8/1.000 54/.719 103/.548 89/.606 54/.858 115/.734 9/.819 94/.869 19/1.365 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 447/.694 11/.455 116/.838 138/.444 118/.965 144/.769 116/.734 17/.978 137/.761 69/.378 .762
Road 408/.728 / 72/.641 115/.507 97/.731 106/.863 81/.801 11/1.434 112/.691 50/.622 .769
Last 28d days 138/.775 19/.649 36/.884 36/.469 33/1.211 50/.890 41/.539 26/.926 40/.703 30/.667
HR/SB/CS 28/6/4 0/0/0 5/1/0 2/5/0 6/5/1 2/8/0 6/4/2 1/0/0 4/1/1 0/2/0 167/90/22
Usage ····X··· ········ ·····o·· o······o ······o· X····Xo· o··o··oo ····X··· ·····o·· ···o··oo

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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