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Game Preview: NYY @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

New York Yankees, 10-10, 3rd, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Chien-Ming Wang (28, RHP, 3-0, 3.81)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             26    21  11  11   7  13  1    3.81      
 2007 (19-7)           199.1 199  84  82  59 104  9    3.70      
 2006 (19-6)           218   233  92  88  52  76 12    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  44.2  43  20  19  14  26  2    3.83   52 
 2008-04-16    BOS  ND   4     9   8   8   3   2  0      69   11 
 2008-04-11   @BOS   W   9     2   1   1   0   3  1      93   82 
 2008-04-06    TBR   W   6     4   0   0   2   6  0      96   68 
 2008-04-01    TOR   W   7     6   2   2   2   2  0      92   57 
 2007-09-26   @TBD   W   6     7   2   2   3   6  1      94   53 
 2007-09-21    TOR  ND   7     6   2   1   1   4  0     100   62 
 2007-09-15   @BOS   L   5.2   9   5   5   3   3  0      97   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      2-0  21    18   6   6   4   8  1    2.57   58 
 2007-06-06   @CHW   W   9     5   1   1   1   4  0     104   76 
 2007-05-16   @CHW   W   7     6   1   1   1   3  0      91   63 
 2006-08-08   @CHW  ND   5     7   4   4   2   1  1      94   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-4    Road:    5-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   9-9    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Sun, Apr 20  @BAL  W   7-1       10-10  4th  3.0 gb
 19 Sat, Apr 19  @BAL  L   0-6        9-10  4th  3.0 gb
 18 Fri, Apr 18  @BAL  L   2-8        9-9   3rd  2.0 gb
 17 Thu, Apr 17   BOS  L   5-7        9-8   3rd  1.0 gb
 16 Wed, Apr 16   BOS  W  15-9        9-7   1st    Tied
 15 Tue, Apr 15  @TBR  W   5-3        8-7   4th  1.0 gb
 14 Mon, Apr 14  @TBR  W   8-7        7-7   4th  1.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @BOS  L   5-8        6-7   5th  1.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @BOS  L   3-4        6-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @BOS  W   4-1        6-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-10
Chicago White Sox, 11-7, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 1-1, 4.34)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             18.2  20  10   9   7  10  0    4.34      
 2007 (10-17)          189   232 134 117  62 113 21    5.57      
 2006 (13-9)           196   194 101  93  55 134 20    4.27      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  47.2  51  23  21  11  24  2    3.97   50 
 2008-04-16   @BAL   W   7     4   1   1   0   6  0      91   71 
 2008-04-11    DET   L   6.2   6   4   4   3   2  0     102   45 
 2008-04-04   @DET  ND   5    10   5   4   4   2  0      92   27 
 2007-09-30    DET   L   6.1   9   5   5   1   2  1      86   36 
 2007-09-25    KCR  ND   6.1   6   5   4   1   3  1      86   45 
 2007-09-19   @KCR   W   9     5   0   0   1   6  0     100   82 
 2007-09-14    LAA   W   7.1  11   3   3   1   3  0     103   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      1-4  31.2  35  20  17   8  21  4    4.83   48 
 2007-07-31   @NYY   L   2.2   8   7   7   1   2  3      61   15 
 2007-06-07    NYY   L   7.1   4   3   3   1   5  0      99   62 
 2007-05-16    NYY   L   6.2   5   4   2   3   6  0     100   55 
 2006-07-14   @NYY   L   7     7   4   4   3   3  1     100   47 
 2005-08-21    NYY   W   8    11   2   1   0   5  0     112   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    7-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   6-4    vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 7-4    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @TBR  W   6-0       11-7   1st  2.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @TBR  L   0-5       10-7   1st  1.5 up
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @TBR  W   9-2       10-6   1st  1.5 up
 15 Thu, Apr 17  @BAL  L   5-6 (10)   9-6   1st  0.5 up
 14 Wed, Apr 16  @BAL  W   3-1        9-5   1st  0.5 up
 13 Tue, Apr 15   OAK  W   4-1        8-5   1st  0.5 up
 12 Mon, Apr 14   OAK  L   1-2        7-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 13   DET  W  11-0        7-4   1st  0.5 up
 10 Sat, Apr 12   DET  W   7-0        6-4   1st  0.5 up
  9 Fri, Apr 11   DET  L   2-5        5-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-7    Last 30:11-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 02, 2007 CHW 13 @NYY  9        W:Boone Logan (2-0), L: Jeff Karstens (0-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 NYY  8  CHW  1        W:Andy Pettitte (7-7), L: John Danks (6-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 NYY 16  CHW  3        W:Mike Mussina (6-7), L: Jose Contreras (5-14), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2007 NYY 10 @CHW  3        W:Scott Proctor (1-3), L: Jose Contreras (4-6), S: Mariano Rivera (7)
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 NYY  5 @CHW  1        W:Chien-Ming Wang (5-4), L: Javier Vazquez (3-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 05, 2007 NYY  7 @CHW  3        W:Tyler Clippard (3-1), L: Mark Buehrle (2-3), S: Mariano Rivera (6)
Mon, Jun 04, 2007 CHW  6  NYY  4        W:Jon Garland (4-3), L: Matt DeSalvo (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (16)
Thu, May 17, 2007 CHW  4  NYY  1        W:Jon Garland (3-2), L: Matt DeSalvo (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (13)
Wed, May 16, 2007 NYY  8 @CHW  1        W:Chien-Ming Wang (2-3), L: Jose Contreras (3-4), S: none
Wed, May 16, 2007 CHW  5  NYY  3        W:John Danks (2-4), L: Mike Mussina (2-2), S: Matt Thornton (1)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - NYY won 6-4; 2006 - NYY won 4-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1034-818

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

New York Yankees Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 9/1.222 11/.697 1/.000 7/.821 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/1.167 699/532 .283/.369/.445/.814 .678/.857 .725 / 25/8 16/4
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.311 ··· 6/.583 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 612/445 .273/.327/.391/.718 .641/.747 .746 / 13/5 8/4
24.Cano* G/S/vP 15/.734 ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 7/.286 669/458 .306/.353/.488/.841 .864/.831 .816 / 4/5 19/13
18.Damon* G/S/vP 28/.654 4/1.250 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 3/.666 605/448 .270/.351/.396/.747 .705/.762 .750 / 27/3 12/3
11.Ensberg G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 324/205 .230/.320/.404/.724 .830/.661 .860 / 0/1 12/13
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 10/.400 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 6/1.666 303/227 .236/.356/.433/.790 .782/.789 .806 / 1/0 14/1
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/12 .071/.133/.071/.205 .667/.083 .220 / 0/1 0/1
2.Jeter G/S/vP 18/.804 4/.833 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.500 ··· 5/1.400 714/550 .322/.388/.452/.840 .876/.830 .835 / 15/8 12/18
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 15/.904 5/.900 4/.250 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.143 634/443 .285/.367/.488/.855 .814/.872 .821 / 4/2 25/3
19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/37 .161/.175/.232/.408 .667/.253 .308 / 0/0 1/0
26.Molina G/S/vP 5/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 202/151 .257/.274/.340/.614 .853/.530 .572 / 2/1 1/4
20.Posada# G/S/vP 9/.777 2/no AB 4/.000 2/.000 4/.750 2/.000 ··· 7/.762 589/421 .338/.426/.543/.970 .942/.981 1.007 / 2/0 20/5
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 19/.833 8/1.125 3/.667 1/no AB 2/.000 5/1.850 ··· 4/.500 708/532 .314/.422/.645/1.067 .961/1.099 1.101 / 24/4 54/13
IP 189.0 30.2 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL .265/.334/.425/.759 .682/.774 .764 .759 8/4 20/12
ERA-K/9 5.57/5.4 4.11/12.0 2.77/7.8 3.71/6.4 4.97/6.2 6.80/8.3 7.09/4.8 4.79/8.8 3.45/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (11-1-0)
 Molina (31-13-4)
 Posada (102-32-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 858/.304 138/.242 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 .248  Cabrera
 Abreu
 Matsui
 Damon
18/131/5/16
0/0/157/6
112/0/0/6
32/48/1/3
OPS .814 .748 .488 .742 .802 .839 .851 .783 .646
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 466/.887 58/.756 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 57/.910 79/.844 104/.800 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 392/.729 80/.740 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 151/.812 114/.857 145/.771 .601
Home 444/.835 84/.804 134/.472 145/.603 120/.874 102/.814 95/.906 131/.867 .639
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 21/25/6 4/2/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 3/9/0 2/8/1 4/1/1 5/10/4
Usage ·····X·· ····X··X ····Xoo· ····Xoo· ·X··X··o ··o····o ···o···· ···Xo···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.44 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Wang
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
61.Traber*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .619 / 0/0 0/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/.400 3/.666 1/.000 11/.910 1/3.000 ··· 8/.875 ··· 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .716 / 20/4 8/11
24.Crede G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 7/1.286 9/.222 ··· 7/.143 5/1.067 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .541 / 0/1 4/4
23.Dye G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 ··· 10/.700 19/.979 ··· 13/.321 ··· 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .801 / 2/1 28/3
44.Hall G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 16/.250 2/.000 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .433 / 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP 8/.536 1/.000 ··· 12/2.334 20/.500 ··· 13/1.129 6/2.233 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .863 / 0/1 31/5
38.Ozuna G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .686 / 3/0 0/4
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.000 ··· 7/1.881 1/2.000 ··· 11/.382 ··· 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .678 / 1/1 14/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .862 / 2/2 5/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 5/2.467 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .820 / 3/2 22/5
25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.500 ··· 4/1.167 22/1.636 ··· 19/1.012 ··· 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .991 / 0/1 35/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 5/.000 ··· 5/.950 3/.000 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .783 / 1/9 20/17
IP 199.1 50.0 24.0 60.0 55.1 6.1 71.1 39.2 TOTAL .242/.336/.423/.759 .799/.742 .698 .759 3/2 25/8
ERA-K/9 3.70/4.7 4.68/7.0 0.38/12.8 4.80/7.2 3.42/4.7 2.84/12.9 3.15/9.3 4.76/6.1 4.60/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (26-3-5)
 Pierzynski (62-20-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 823/.265 228/.243 91/.145 266/.256 225/.252 26/.208 295/.248 182/.314 .270  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Anderson
 Ozuna
0/0/135/9
0/60/57/3
3/0/75/2
5/3/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .692 .757 .440 .750 .698 .603 .644 .835 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 430/.764 92/1.028 42/.406 132/.824 110/.735 15/.733 146/.618 56/.567 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 393/.613 136/.591 49/.469 134/.680 115/.665 11/.384 149/.670 126/.959 .737
Road 380/.750 124/.794 55/.541 138/.772 115/.807 22/.718 158/.657 84/1.022 .738
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 9/14/7 5/4/5 1/1/0 9/9/2 6/2/1 1/0/0 4/2/1 4/5/1 15/25/10
Usage ·····X·· ·o···X·X ·oX····· ····o·o· ···o·X·· ··X··X·· ·X····oo ··X·Xo·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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