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Game Preview: CHW @ OAK, 10:05pm, Wednesday, August 15, 2007 @McAfee Coliseum

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Chicago White Sox, 54-64, 4th, 11½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (28, LHP, 9-7, 3.34)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-7)            156.1 158  62  58  31  90 17    3.34      
 2006 (12-13)          204   247 124 113  48  98 36    4.99      
 2005 (16-8)           236.2 240  99  82  40 149 20    3.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  48.2  59  20  19  11  21  4    3.51   50 
 2007-08-09    CLE   L   4     8   7   6   2   2  1      89   20 
 2007-08-03    DET   W   8     7   3   3   2   3  0     105   57 
 2007-07-28    TOR   W   8     8   0   0   1   6  0     107   71 
 2007-07-23    DET   L   6.1  14   7   7   2   5  1     111   20 
 2007-07-18    CLE   W   6.1  10   1   1   1   3  0     109   51 
 2007-07-13    BAL   L   8     6   2   2   1   1  2     101   62 
 2007-07-07    MIN   W   8     6   0   0   2   1  0     111   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-2  33.1  41  23  16  12  12  1    4.32   43 
 2007-04-11    OAK  ND   7     4   3   3   2   1  0     114   56 
 2006-05-24    OAK   W   7     6   1   0   3   3  0     112   63 
 2005-07-09    OAK   L   7     6   5   2   2   3  1     112   52 
 2005-07-03    OAK   L   6.1  14   7   4   2   3  0     110   24 
 2005-04-26    OAK  ND   6    11   7   7   3   2  0      99   21 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-32   Road:   28-32   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  41-40   vsLHP:  13-24   1-Run:  11-17
 vsEast: 16-19   vsCntrl:24-20   vsWest: 10-11 IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Tue, Aug 14  @OAK  L   3-4       54-64  4th 11.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 12   SEA  L   0-6       54-63  4th 11.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 11   SEA  L   6-7       54-62  4th 10.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10   SEA  W   5-3       54-61  4th 10.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  9   CLE  L   5-7       53-61  4th 11.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8   CLE  W   6-4 (13)  53-60  4th 10.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7   CLE  L   1-2       52-60  4th 11.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5  @DET  W   3-1       52-59  4th 10.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  4  @DET  W   7-5       51-59  4th 11.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  3  @DET  W   7-4       50-59  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Oakland Athletics, 58-62, 3rd, 12½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (26, RHP, 9-8, 4.10)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-8)            171.1 177  83  78  29 100 13    4.10      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
 2005 (12-12)          201.1 178  86  79  67 116 23    3.53      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  43    67  36  34   5  16  3    7.12   35 
 2007-08-10    DET  ND   4     7   9   9   1   2  2      75   13 
 2007-08-04    LAA   W   7     8   1   1   2   0  0     105   55 
 2007-07-30    DET   L   6.2   9   5   5   0   5  0     110   41 
 2007-07-25    LAA  ND   6    11   5   5   0   3  0      96   33 
 2007-07-20    BAL   L   5.2  10   6   5   1   3  0     108   29 
 2007-07-14    MIN   L   7.2  10   4   4   1   2  0     106   44 
 2007-07-08    SEA   L   6    12   6   5   0   1  1      92   27 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-1  10.1  16   8   6   5   9  1    5.23   40 
 2007-05-21    CHW   L   5.1   8   6   4   2   4  0     100   34 
 2006-09-17    CHW   W   5     8   2   2   3   5  1      95   45 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-30   Road:   28-32   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  40-43   vsLHP:  18-19   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:15-20   vsWest: 17-21 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Tue, Aug 14   CHW  W   4-3       58-62  3rd 12.5 gb
119 Mon, Aug 13  @DET  W   7-2       57-62  3rd 13.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 12  @DET  L   6-11      56-62  3rd 14.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 11  @DET  L   2-5       56-61  3rd 13.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 10  @DET  W  16-10      56-60  3rd 12.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug  8  @TEX  W   6-3       55-60  3rd 12.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug  7  @TEX  L   6-8       54-60  3rd 13.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  6  @TEX  W   9-7 (13)  54-59  3rd 12.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  5   LAA  L   3-4       53-59  3rd 12.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  4   LAA  W   2-1       53-58  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 OAK  4  CHW  3    W:Lenny DiNardo (7-6), L: Jon Garland (8-8), S: Alan Embree (15)
Wed, May 23, 2007 OAK  4 @CHW  0    W:Chad Gaudin (4-1), L: Jon Garland (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2007 CHW 10  OAK  4    W:John Danks (3-4), L: Colby Lewis (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 21, 2007 CHW  8  OAK  5    W:Jose Contreras (4-4), L: Joe Blanton (4-2), S: Bobby Jenks (14)
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 CHW  6 @OAK  3    W:David Aardsma (1-0), L: Huston Street (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (2)
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 OAK  2  CHW  1    W:Huston Street (1-0), L: Bobby Jenks (1-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 09, 2007 CHW  4 @OAK  1    W:Jose Contreras (1-1), L: Rich Harden (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 17, 2006 OAK  5  CHW  4    W:Joe Blanton (16-11), L: Jose Contreras (13-8), S: Justin Duchscherer (9)
Sat, Sep 16, 2006 OAK  7  CHW  4    W:Barry Zito (16-9), L: Matt Thornton (5-3), S: Huston Street (34)
Fri, Sep 15, 2006 OAK  4  CHW  2    W:Esteban Loaiza (10-8), L: Jon Garland (17-5), S: Huston Street (33)
Season Series: 2007 - CHW leads 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - OAK won 7-2; All-Time - CHW leads 1003-944

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  5.94

TOR  4.63

WSN  3.91

RA/G

SDP  3.85

CLE  4.67

TBD  6.05

BA

M. Ordonez  .359

B. Hawpe  .291

R. Langerhans  .154

OBP

B. Bonds  .498

N. Markakis  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .684

B. Roberts  .466

N. Punto  .267

OPS

B. Bonds  1.081

I. Suzuki  .826

R. Langerhans  .538

ERA

C. Young  2.02

G. Maddux  4.00

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.06

B. Arroyo  6.38

S. Trachsel  3.06

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
G/S/vB
54.Brown
G/S/vB
50.Calero
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
45.Lugo
G/S/vB
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Cintron# G/S/vP 5/.800 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 160/143 .219/.263/.272/.535 .686/.517 .593 36/.253 1/1 0/6
23.Dye G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 6/.000 5/.400 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 417/294 .245/.309/.497/.806 .908/.765 .873 97/1.089 2/1 24/2
17.Erstad* G/S/vP 18/.745 ··· 2/2.000 5/2.200 ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/.333 236/166 .264/.314/.344/.658 .521/.715 .602 35/.679 7/2 2/2
27.Fields G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 245/161 .251/.307/.471/.778 1.125/.595 .701 97/.883 1/1 13/7
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/49 .223/.331/.313/.644 .598/.713 .562 38/.655 1/4 2/0
44.Hall G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 76/34 .230/.237/.257/.494 .660/.294 .565 26/.628 0/0 0/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 6/1.666 1/no AB 2/.500 1/no AB 8/1.500 481/341 .263/.353/.495/.848 .870/.839 .856 99/.730 0/0 23/4
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 208/161 .251/.295/.287/.582 .486/.609 .614 101/.630 16/3 1/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 7/.858 ··· 5/2.300 2/.500 4/.250 386/289 .267/.316/.410/.726 .715/.730 .774 79/.894 0/1 11/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 6/.167 3/.333 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.333 148/93 .263/.333/.368/.701 .807/.642 .782 72/.643 9/4 1/3
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/26 .176/.317/.265/.582 .424/.656 .717 42/.582 0/2 0/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP 9/.556 1/.000 1/.000 13/.408 1/3.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 376/246 .261/.412/.492/.904 .580/1.090 .862 98/.673 0/0 18/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.666 1/.000 3/1.334 390/271 .228/.278/.376/.654 .880/.555 .582 86/.813 1/5 13/13
IP 171.1 21.1 37.0 53.0 35.2 21.2 35.1 28.2 TOTAL .246/.319/.396/.715 .724/.712 .705 55/30 130/72
ERA-K/9 4.10/5.3 1.69/10.6 6.08/7.3 3.40/7.3 3.28/9.1 7.89/7.1 5.35/3.3 2.83/10.3 3.98/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (15-2-3)
 Pierzynski (51-15-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 707/.264 77/.151 169/.285 217/.240 149/.218 115/.310 162/.268 115/.184 .254  Dye
 Gonzalez
 Owens
 Erstad
 Podsednik
0/0/98/9
15/10/10/2
11/43/0/1
2/43/1/1
35/0/0/1
OPS .674 .359 .792 .615 .642 .984 .769 .520 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 342/.688 36/.428 57/.713 65/.647 59/.656 56/.992 63/.632 56/.546 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 365/.661 41/.299 112/.830 152/.602 90/.633 59/.977 99/.857 59/.493 .723
Home 350/.587 42/.512 90/.852 108/.484 59/.429 37/.976 98/.688 48/.375 .672
Last 28d days 133/.848 66/.310 48/.924 47/.397 63/.865 37/.731 18/.289 46/.606
HR/SB/CS 13/17/4 0/2/0 3/8/0 3/4/1 4/8/0 2/0/0 3/1/0 1/3/2 93/87/23
Usage ····X··· XX··X··· ··X····· X·····X· o··X··oX ··X·X··X o·Xo···· oo··o·o·
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
52.Contreras
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bowen# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/105 .227/.336/.391/.727 .806/.688 .477 20/1.207 1/2 4/5
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 322/253 .289/.381/.476/.857 1.006/.816 .791 90/.869 3/1 7/0
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 324/216 .273/.404/.550/.954 .889/.986 1.114 83/.957 0/2 20/2
14.Ellis G/S/vP 28/.399 ··· 8/.268 4/.500 ··· 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 470/336 .262/.327/.433/.760 .936/.693 .772 114/.877 7/3 16/4
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.250/.000/.250 /.250 .250 4/.250 0/0 0/0
29.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.629 ··· 363/217 .227/.342/.401/.743 .736/.748 .661 60/.470 0/0 11/4
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP 20/1.000 ··· 15/.553 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.550 ··· 227/177 .214/.279/.296/.575 .332/.645 .471 73/.544 1/1 1/2
30.Meyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
12.Murphy G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 83/58 .227/.301/.480/.781 .929/.716 .863 77/.847 1/0 4/3
31.Piazza G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 9/.583 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 207/143 .271/.319/.365/.684 .672/.689 .493 95/.643 0/0 3/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 12/.733 ··· 10/.311 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 ··· 246/177 .247/.322/.370/.692 .880/.623 .630 104/.731 1/0 6/11
24.Stewart G/S/vP 38/1.106 2/2.000 22/.511 1/2.000 1/2.000 12/.697 2/.000 ··· 454/315 .303/.366/.403/.769 .737/.784 .690 100/.759 10/1 9/4
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/85 .242/.327/.379/.706 .448/.788 .531 75/.682 0/0 2/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 16/.852 ··· 12/1.083 3/.333 1/2.000 2/.000 7/.786 ··· 482/334 .252/.393/.426/.819 .935/.769 .751 104/.804 2/2 14/1
IP 156.1 27.1 128.1 52.1 37.0 28.1 37.2 10.1 TOTAL .252/.334/.398/.732 .753/.723 .693 44/16 124/71
ERA-K/9 3.34/5.2 2.96/5.3 6.24/5.3 2.92/8.1 4.38/6.1 5.72/8.6 4.78/8.1 3.48/6.1 4.84/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (30-4-3)
 Suzuki (19-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 637/.266 119/.260 596/.305 198/.194 159/.275 135/.277 168/.277 37/.152 .275  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Buck
 Swisher
 Scutaro
 Cust
0/56/0/5
102/6/0/4
18/2/65/3
0/37/40/1
6/0/4/0
10/0/15/0
OPS .715 .781 .820 .497 .716 .804 .776 .428 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.877 41/.641 318/.945 80/.559 73/.548 33/.936 72/.849 8/1.482 .802
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 512/.675 78/.851 278/.678 118/.455 86/.853 102/.761 96/.721 29/.141 .757
Road 292/.672 47/.655 326/.829 97/.487 69/.574 80/.884 83/.602 14/.650 .773
Last 28d days 145/.832 55/.633 110/1.069 38/.000 45/.604 23/.608 24/.633 37/.428
HR/SB/CS 17/2/3 4/1/0 15/18/5 2/4/0 4/5/1 2/3/0 3/0/1 0/1/0 133/68/17
Usage ·····X·· ··X··Xoo ···X··X· ··o·o·o· X····XoX o···o·X· ··X·o·oo ·····X·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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