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Game Preview: CHW @ BOS, 1:35pm, Sunday, August 31, 2008 @Fenway Park II

Chicago White Sox, 76-59, 1st, ½ up

SP: Gavin Floyd (25, RHP, 14-6, 3.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-6)           160.1 136  84  66  62 114 23    3.70      
 2007 (1-5)             70    85  45  41  19  49 17    5.27      
 2006 (4-3)             54.1  70  48  44  32  34 14    7.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-0  42.2  45  22  20  12  33  5    4.22   50 
 2008-08-26   @BAL   W   8     4   2   2   1   4  0      98   69 
 2008-08-20    SEA   W   6     6   3   3   2   7  1      99   53 
 2008-08-15   @OAK  ND   5.2   6   2   1   2   4  1     110   53 
 2008-08-10    BOS   W   5.1   7   5   5   1   6  1      81   39 
 2008-08-05    DET  ND   4     8   5   5   2   4  2      88   28 
 2008-07-30   @MIN   W   7.2   5   1   1   1   4  0     101   68 
 2008-07-25   @DET  ND   6     9   4   3   3   4  0     109   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-0   5.1   7   5   5   1   6  1    8.44   39 
 2008-08-10    BOS   W   5.1   7   5   5   1   6  1      81   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-22   Road:   30-37   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  48-43   vsLHP:  28-16   1-Run:  19-14
 vsEast: 12-20   vsCntrl:36-21   vsWest: 16-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Aug 30  @BOS  L   2-8       76-59  1st  0.5 up
134 Fri, Aug 29  @BOS  L   0-8       76-58  1st  0.5 up
133 Wed, Aug 27  @BAL  L   3-11      76-57  1st  1.0 up
132 Tue, Aug 26  @BAL  W   8-3       76-56  1st  2.0 up
131 Mon, Aug 25  @BAL  W   4-3       75-56  1st  1.0 up
130 Sun, Aug 24   TBR  W   6-5 (10)  74-56  1st    Tied
129 Sat, Aug 23   TBR  L   3-5       73-56  2nd  1.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   TBR  L   4-9       73-55  2nd  1.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20   SEA  W  15-3       73-54  1st  0.5 up
126 Tue, Aug 19   SEA  W   5-0       72-54  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Boston Red Sox, 79-56, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3½ up in WC

SP: Tim Wakefield (41, RHP, 8-8, 3.73)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-8)            152   127  69  63  55  99 21    3.73      
 2007 (17-12)          189   191 104 100  64 110 22    4.76      
 2006 (7-11)           140   135  80  72  51  90 19    4.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  43    36  19  18  10  26  7    3.77   54 
 2008-08-26   @NYY   W   5     8   3   3   1   1  2      80   39 
 2008-08-06   @KCR   W   6     4   2   1   0   6  0      81   64 
 2008-08-01    OAK  ND   6.1   4   0   0   3   4  0     108   66 
 2008-07-26    NYY   L   5.1   8   6   6   4   3  1      94   27 
 2008-07-20   @LAA   L   7     6   4   4   0   1  2      94   50 
 2008-07-12    BAL   W   7     2   1   1   1   6  1     100   74 
 2008-07-06   @NYY  ND   6.1   4   3   3   1   5  1      95   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      3-2  32    31  19  19   7  18  7    5.34   48 
 2007-08-25   @CHW   W   7     3   0   0   3   6  0     112   74 
 2007-07-22    CHW   W   6.1   6   4   4   2   2  0      96   45 
 2005-08-13    CHW   W   6.2   7   2   2   0   5  2      94   57 
 2005-07-22   @CHW   L   5.2   9   7   7   1   2  3      98   24 
 2004-08-13    CHW   L   6.1   6   6   6   1   3  2     101   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   45-18   Road:   34-38   ExtrInn: 7-2 
 vsRHP:  59-46   vsLHP:  20-10   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 27-26   vsCntrl:21-8    vsWest: 20-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Aug 30   CHW  W   8-2       79-56  2nd  4.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29   CHW  W   8-0       78-56  2nd  4.5 gb
133 Thu, Aug 28  @NYY  L   2-3       77-56  2nd  4.5 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27  @NYY  W  11-3       77-55  2nd  3.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26  @NYY  W   7-3       76-55  2nd  3.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @TOR  W   6-5 (11)  75-55  2nd  4.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @TOR  L   0-11      74-55  2nd  5.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @TOR  W   8-4       74-54  2nd  4.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @BAL  L   6-11      73-54  2nd  4.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @BAL  W   7-2       73-53  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 BOS  8  CHW  2        W:Michael Bowden (1-0), L: Mark Buehrle (11-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 BOS  8  CHW  0        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (16-2), L: Javier Vazquez (10-12), S: none
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 BOS  5 @CHW  1        W:Josh Beckett (11-8), L: John Danks (9-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 CHW  6  BOS  5        W:Gavin Floyd (12-6), L: Clay Buchholz (2-8), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 BOS  6 @CHW  2        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-2), L: Boone Logan (2-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 CHW  5  BOS  3        W:Mark Buehrle (9-10), L: Jon Lester (10-4), S: Bobby Jenks (23)

Sun, Aug 26, 2007 BOS 11 @CHW  1        W:Julian Tavarez (7-9), L: Javier Vazquez (11-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 BOS 14 @CHW  2        W:Tim Wakefield (16-10), L: Mark Buehrle (9-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 BOS 10 @CHW  1        W:Curt Schilling (8-5), L: John Danks (6-12), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 BOS 11 @CHW  3        W:Josh Beckett (16-5), L: Jon Garland (8-10), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - BOS leads 4-2; 2007 - BOS won 7-1; 2006 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - BOS leads 949-908

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 2008 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

TEX  5.49

LAA  4.63

WSN  3.82

RA/G

TOR  3.88

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.96

BA

A. Pujols  .362

M. Fontenot  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

C. Pena  .365

T. Pena  .188

SLG

A. Pujols  .644

R. Howard  .487

T. Pena  .213

OPS

A. Pujols  1.113

B. Abreu  .837

T. Pena  .400

ERA

T. Lincecum  2.43

G. Smith  3.90

N. Robertson  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.20

J. Jurrjens  6.38

L. Hernandez  3.47

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Chicago White Sox Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB
64.Bowden
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
63.Masterson
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 163/98 .235/.273/.444/.718 .863/.618 .597 13/.724 4/1 7/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 20/.771 3/1.167 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.000 11/.818 605/440 .272/.325/.361/.686 .754/.662 .664 107/.727 18/4 7/
24.Crede G/S/vP 14/.786 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.125 364/275 .248/.313/.462/.775 .341/.914 .673 15/.400 0/3 17/
23.Dye G/S/vP 45/.648 3/1.000 4/.500 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 10/.422 531/379 .296/.348/.574/.922 .876/.940 .849 95/.839 3/2 32/
17.Griffey* G/S/vP 27/.870 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 12/1.200 505/338 .248/.356/.422/.778 .651/.842 .765 73/.708 0/1 16/
44.Hall G/S/vP 40/.667 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 11/.364 115/67 .283/.333/.340/.673 .969/.456 .804 22/.604 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 31/.763 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 4/.250 9/.777 426/299 .232/.347/.389/.737 .704/.750 .612 81/1.024 2/0 13/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 26/.804 3/.666 3/.000 6/1.166 2/1.500 4/.500 3/.666 6/.900 481/360 .292/.322/.437/.759 .803/.744 .756 92/.799 1/0 12/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 561/405 .288/.394/.573/.967 .964/.968 .954 98/1.167 7/3 36/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 400/278 .310/.326/.493/.819 .920/.775 .807 97/.867 10/8 15/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 4/1.167 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 516/372 .229/.348/.428/.776 .759/.780 .607 81/.946 3/2 22/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 55/.486 2/.000 1/no AB 12/.523 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 11/1.555 493/350 .251/.371/.516/.887 .864/.896 .945 85/.845 1/0 28/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.200 263/202 .238/.293/.377/.670 .895/.605 .653 80/.719 1/2 5/
IP 152.0 5.0 57.0 50.1 74.2 54.0 58.0 41.2 TOTAL .267/.339/.456/.794 .797/.793 .748 .841 57/27 198/96
ERA-K/9 3.73/5.9 3.60/5.4 4.11/8.8 2.86/5.4 3.25/7.0 2.83/8.2 1.71/10.1 4.97/5.2 3.96/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (31-8-1)
 Pierzynski (84-19-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 631/.226 22/.333 244/.231 206/.257 312/.216 229/.225 222/.194 188/.285 .249  Griffey
 Quentin
 Dye
 Swisher
 Ramirez
 Anderson
0/14/91/7
128/0/0/5
0/0/124/3
8/69/17/3
0/11/0/1
1/77/2/0
OPS .683 .935 .661 .720 .683 .650 .500 .814 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.653 9/.556 111/.612 106/.641 159/.798 98/.564 118/.534 84/.999 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 373/.704 13/1.212 133/.702 100/.799 153/.568 131/.716 104/.462 104/.661 .705
Home 271/.668 22/.935 115/.593 119/.669 158/.740 111/.792 108/.416 85/.812 .728
Last 28d days 45/.698 22/.935 51/.663 31/.526 53/.614 44/.550 39/.359 50/.863
HR/SB/CS 21/23/10 0/0/0 4/7/0 4/1/3 9/8/0 6/0/1 3/2/0 6/4/0 124/83/31
Usage ····X··· X······· o··XX·Xo o···o··X o·X·o·X· o·X·o·o· ··o·o·X· ·o·X···X
Boston Red Sox Batters (5.23 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
49.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/11 .273/.360/.455/.815 .896/.697 1.000 17/.941 0/0 1/
44.Bay G/S/vP 10/.929 3/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 12/.633 4/1.000 ··· 578/446 .292/.374/.522/.896 .808/.920 .939 108/.852 10/0 26/
30.Cash G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 131/100 .229/.298/.339/.637 .984/.533 .591 20/.644 0/0 2/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 8/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 133/114 .274/.371/.345/.716 .594/.738 .802 52/.733 1/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 1/.000 11/.364 6/.334 2/.000 6/.650 ··· 7/.686 336/254 .263/.322/.394/.716 .787/.691 .734 65/.757 16/6 7/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 3/.666 505/385 .263/.325/.362/.687 .715/.678 .757 90/.738 41/8 7/
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.666 2/1.500 6/.000 ··· 5/1.550 359/255 .293/.344/.429/.773 .652/.823 .830 83/.940 2/3 6/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 202/141 .286/.350/.451/.801 .956/.734 .876 102/.853 0/0 2/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 5/1.400 7/.821 6/1.000 2/2.500 8/1.768 1/.000 9/.819 389/302 .270/.380/.491/.871 .675/.928 1.030 107/.945 1/0 17/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 5/.600 2/1.000 3/2.334 2/.000 5/1.100 2/.000 2/.500 613/470 .327/.372/.490/.862 .931/.842 .877 111/1.116 14/1 15/
28.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 173/93 .231/.381/.366/.747 .650/.827 .852 16/.543 0/1 3/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 2/.000 9/.111 4/1.833 4/.250 5/.400 2/1.000 4/.500 413/320 .226/.317/.369/.686 .789/.656 .703 80/.774 0/1 11/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 2/2.500 4/.500 ··· 2/no AB 7/1.071 3/1.334 2/.500 533/437 .318/.388/.565/.953 1.031/.937 1.015 96/1.029 3/4 24/
IP 160.1 29.1 57.2 48.1 31.2 23.1 54.2 TOTAL .283/.360/.449/.808 .843/.799 .858 .859 100/28 146/73
ERA-K/9 3.70/6.4 2.45/7.1 3.75/12.3 1.68/5.0 3.69/3.4 4.63/8.1 2.80/10.7 3.98/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (33-15-12)
 Ross (24-10-6)
 Varitek (50-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 676/.227 113/.180 253/.219 187/.216 136/.280 101/.256 219/.197 .259  Bay
 Kotsay
 Crisp
 Ellsbury
 Bailey
 Youkilis
131/0/0/6
0/84/3/3
0/95/0/3
54/56/25/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .713 .515 .706 .569 .684 .674 .564 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 325/.796 46/.408 80/.810 97/.561 53/.775 52/.765 108/.462 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.640 67/.592 173/.658 90/.575 83/.625 49/.581 111/.661 .704
Road 303/.759 46/.701 128/.796 80/.564 42/.736 28/.869 106/.501 .767
Last 28d days 124/.792 57/.444 42/1.082 39/.425 35/.813 56/.533 44/.555
HR/SB/CS 23/29/5 1/2/2 10/14/1 1/4/0 1/5/0 1/0/0 5/3/0 125/115/27
Usage ····X··· oo····oX X····X·· ·····oX· ·o······ ·o··X··· o····o·X

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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