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Game Preview: BAL @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, April 27, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Baltimore Orioles, 14-10, 1st, Tied

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (29, RHP, 0-2, 4.18)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             32.1  34  18  15   9  15  5    4.18      
 2007 (7-5)            175.1 165  78  72  47 123 23    3.70      
 2006 (0-0)             19.1  24  15  15  15  14  2    6.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-2  42.1  47  23  20  12  23  5    4.25   48 
 2008-04-22   @SEA   L   7.2   5   4   3   4   5  0     116   56 
 2008-04-17    CHW  ND   6     6   4   3   1   2  2     103   47 
 2008-04-11   @TBR  ND   6.1   8   2   2   1   4  1     109   52 
 2008-04-06    SEA  ND   7     6   2   2   2   2  1     101   57 
 2008-03-31    TBR   L   5.1   9   6   5   1   2  1      78   29 
 2007-09-27    TOR  ND   5     6   3   3   1   3  0      80   45 
 2007-09-09    BOS  ND   5     7   2   2   2   5  0     105   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-1   9.2  15  10   8   4   5  4    7.45   34 
 2008-04-17    CHW  ND   6     6   4   3   1   2  2     103   47 
 2007-07-12    CHW   L   3.2   9   6   5   3   3  2      81   21 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-4    Road:    5-6    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  11-7    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   7-2 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @CHW  L   5-6       14-10  1st    Tied
 23 Sat, Apr 26  @CHW  W   5-1       14-9   1st    Tied
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @SEA  W   8-7       13-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @SEA  W   3-2       12-9   2nd  2.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @SEA  L   2-4       11-9   2nd  3.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   NYY  L   1-7       11-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   NYY  W   6-0       11-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   NYY  W   8-2       10-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   CHW  W   6-5 (10)   9-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   CHW  L   1-3        8-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-10
Chicago White Sox, 13-10, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 1-2, 4.68)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             25    27  14  13   8  13  1    4.68      
 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         2-3  46.2  47  24  22  11  24  3    4.24   50 
 2008-04-22    NYY   L   6.1   7   4   4   1   3  1      97   45 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      2-2  30.2  34  18  18   7  20  4    5.28   47 
 2008-04-16   @BAL   W   7     4   1   1   0   6  0      91   71 
 2007-07-15   @BAL   L   6    10   5   5   2   3  2      99   33 
 2007-07-04    BAL   L   5     8   6   6   2   5  1     105   30 
 2006-07-04    BAL   W   6.2   6   0   0   0   3  0      99   65 
 2005-07-30   @BAL  ND   6     6   6   6   3   3  1     104   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-6    Road:    7-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   8-6    vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 7-4    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Sat, Apr 26   BAL  W   6-5       13-10  1st  1.5 up
 22 Sat, Apr 26   BAL  L   1-5       12-10  1st  1.5 up
 21 Thu, Apr 24   NYY  W   7-6       12-9   1st  2.5 up
 20 Wed, Apr 23   NYY  L   4-6       11-9   1st  1.5 up
 19 Tue, Apr 22   NYY  L   5-9       11-8   1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:13-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 CHW  6  BAL  5        W:Bobby Jenks (2-0), L: Randor Bierd (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 BAL  5 @CHW  1        W:Brian Burres (3-1), L: John Danks (2-2), S: George Sherrill (9)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 BAL  6  CHW  5 (10)   W:George Sherrill (1-0), L: Boone Logan (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 CHW  3 @BAL  1        W:Jose Contreras (1-1), L: Adam Loewen (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (6)

Sun, Jul 15, 2007 BAL  5  CHW  3        W:Garrett Olson (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (5-11), S: Chris Ray (16)
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 BAL  7  CHW  6 (10)   W:Chris Ray (5-6), L: Charlie Haeger (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 BAL  2  CHW  0        W:Erik Bedard (8-4), L: Mark Buehrle (6-5), S: Chris Ray (15)
Thu, Jul 12, 2007 CHW  9 @BAL  7        W:Jon Garland (7-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (4-3), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 CHW 11  BAL  6        W:John Danks (5-6), L: Brian Burres (4-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 BAL  9 @CHW  6        W:Rob Bell (2-1), L: Jose Contreras (5-10), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - BAL won 5-3; 2006 - CHW won 5-2; All-Time - CHW leads 983-854

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.

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.22 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
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Fahey* G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 56/47 .167/.196/.222/.419 .000/.501 .231 / 2/1 0/1
2.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 71/49 .290/.300/.362/.662 .833/.592 .412 / 2/2 1/3
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.666 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 409/299 .258/.333/.382/.714 .754/.700 .682 / 1/3 9/7
17.Huff* G/S/vP 25/.990 3/2.334 4/.500 4/.500 6/.666 ··· 7/.629 603/461 .280/.337/.442/.778 .779/.778 .749 / 1/1 15/4
10.Jones G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 71/40 .246/.300/.400/.700 .941/.506 .842 / 2/1 2/2
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 11/.955 2/1.000 6/.750 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 710/496 .300/.362/.485/.848 .775/.880 .819 / 18/6 23/2
15.Millar G/S/vP 27/1.366 13/1.280 7/.715 3/.000 3/2.667 1/no AB 3/.666 562/397 .254/.365/.420/.785 .806/.776 .740 / 1/1 17/1
6.Mora G/S/vP 20/.650 7/.715 6/1.267 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 527/393 .274/.341/.418/.759 .762/.757 .784 / 9/3 14/10
16.Payton G/S/vP 9/1.000 6/.650 2/.000 5/2.400 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 470/334 .256/.292/.376/.668 .776/.624 .672 / 5/2 7/7
24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .400/.455/.500/.955 1.667/.750 1.056 / 0/0 0/2
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 32/.823 6/.833 4/1.250 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 9/.222 716/500 .290/.377/.432/.808 .727/.841 .841 / 50/7 12/7
30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 425/358 .255/.351/.504/.855 .850/.856 .993 / 3/1 18/3
14.Torres# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 189.0 30.2 65.0 70.1 50.2 39.1 56.1 TOTAL .254/.328/.409/.736 .784/.721 .716 .736 24/9 24/12
ERA-K/9 5.57/5.4 4.11/12.0 2.77/7.8 3.71/6.4 4.97/6.2 7.09/4.8 4.79/8.8 3.96/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (68-20-9)
 Quiroz (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 858/.304 138/.242 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 193/.323 249/.269 .252  Markakis
 Scott
 Payton
 Jones
 Hernandez
 Millar
 Fahey
0/0/161/13
5/3/101/8
123/17/6/3
26/7/6/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .814 .748 .488 .742 .802 .851 .783 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 466/.887 58/.756 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 79/.844 104/.800 .805
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 392/.729 80/.740 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 114/.857 145/.771 .591
Home 444/.835 84/.804 134/.472 145/.603 120/.874 95/.906 131/.867 .705
Last 28d days / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 21/25/6 4/2/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 2/8/1 4/1/1 11/15/5
Usage ····X··· X···o··· o·oX···· X·o····· X·Xoo·X· ···X···· X·o·X···

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 (5.26 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB
78.Albers
G/S/vB
35.Aquino
G/S/vB
51.Bierd
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .619 / 0/0 0/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 4/.750 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .716 / 20/4 8/11
24.Crede G/S/vP 5/1.850 ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 6/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .541 / 0/1 4/4
23.Dye G/S/vP 5/2.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.500 9/.000 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .801 / 2/1 28/3
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .433 / 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP 7/.453 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 9/1.431 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.971 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .863 / 0/1 31/5
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .686 / 3/0 0/4
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/.500 4/.000 12/1.333 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .678 / 1/1 14/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/no AB ··· 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .862 / 2/2 5/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 9/1.223 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 8/1.357 4/1.000 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .820 / 3/2 22/5
25.Thome* G/S/vP 7/1.229 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.200 2/no AB 5/1.400 14/.368 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .991 / 0/1 35/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .783 / 1/9 20/17
IP 175.1 110.2 14.0 64.2 2.0 8.1 45.2 61.1 TOTAL .244/.335/.417/.752 .734/.758 .711 .752 4/4 30/13
ERA-K/9 3.70/6.3 5.86/5.8 4.50/7.7 /0.0 3.34/4.0 9.00/4.5 1.08/15.2 2.36/11.0 3.23/6.0 4.21/5.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 723/.249 508/.291 59/.245 / 289/.294 11/.375 31/.172 182/.179 258/.244 .245  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 .713 .859 .744 .687 .830 .435 .553 .658 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 373/.756 226/.859 25/.882 / 94/.797 5/.933 12/.439 106/.529 122/.594 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 350/.666 282/.858 34/.639 / 195/.636 6/.733 19/.433 76/.587 136/.715 .711
Road 357/.647 281/.902 30/.778 / 131/.553 / 12/.523 93/.474 121/.656 .694
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 23/4/5 18/11/3 2/0/0 // 1/4/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 6/2/1 26/19/10
Usage ····X··· X·X···o· ········ X·X····· X·X···o· X······X o···o·o· o·oo··X· o·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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