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Game Preview: PIT @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Pittsburgh Pirates, 34-37, 4th, 11 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Tom Gorzelanny (25, LHP, 5-5, 6.65)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-5)             65    69  48  48  46  35  9    6.65      
 2007 (14-10)          201.2 214  90  87  68 135 18    3.88      
 2006 (2-5)             61.2  50  29  26  31  40  3    3.79      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  37.2  44  27  27  19  18  7    6.45   41 
 2008-06-12    WSN   W   5.2   6   3   3   3   6  0     107   48 
 2008-06-07    ARI  ND   7     5   3   3   3   1  0     105   53 
 2008-06-02   @STL  ND   6     7   4   4   3   2  0      90   41 
 2008-05-28   @CIN   L   0.2   4   6   6   2   0  1      38   18 
 2008-05-22    MIL   W   5     8   2   2   4   2  1     100   41 
 2008-05-16   @CHC   L   6     7   7   7   2   3  4      97   31 
 2008-05-10    ATL   W   7.1   7   2   2   2   4  1      92   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-15   Road:   13-22   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  23-24   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:15-18   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Tue, Jun 17  @CHW  L   5-16      34-37  4th 11.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @BAL  W   5-4 (10)  34-36  4th 11.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 14  @BAL  L   7-8       33-36  4th 11.0 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @BAL  L   6-9       33-35  4th 10.0 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 12   WSN  W   7-5       33-34  4th 10.0 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 11   WSN  W   3-1       32-34  5th 10.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 10   WSN  L   6-7       31-34  5th 10.0 gb
 64 Mon, Jun  9   ARI  W   5-3       31-33  5th  9.0 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8   ARI  W   6-4       30-33  5th  9.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7   ARI  L   3-4       29-33  6th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Chicago White Sox, 39-31, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 3-6, 4.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-6)             88.2 100  50  44  25  52  7    4.47      
 2007 (10-9)           201   208  86  81  45 115 22    3.63      
 2006 (12-13)          204   247 124 113  48  98 36    4.99      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  46.1  48  22  19  14  25  3    3.69   51 
 2008-06-12   @DET  ND   8     7   1   1   1   6  0     102   69 
 2008-06-07    MIN   W   8     7   1   1   1   4  1     106   67 
 2008-06-01   @TBR  ND   6     7   3   3   2   5  0      99   49 
 2008-05-27   @CLE   L   5     8   7   6   2   1  1     106   24 
 2008-05-22    CLE  ND   7     2   1   1   4   2  0     104   67 
 2008-05-17   @SFG   W   6.2   7   1   1   3   1  0     102   54 
 2008-05-12   @LAA   L   5.2  10   8   6   1   6  1     102   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.PIT      2-0  15    16   3   3   2   8  1    1.80   61 
 2007-06-16   @PIT   W   8     9   1   1   1   4  0     113   63 
 2006-06-27   @PIT   W   7     7   2   2   1   4  1     104   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-11   Road:   17-20   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  27-21   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:   7-8 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  6-6  IL: 5-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Tue, Jun 17   PIT  W  16-5       39-31  1st  4.5 up
 70 Sun, Jun 15   COL  L   3-5       38-31  1st  4.5 up
 69 Sat, Jun 14   COL  L   0-2       38-30  1st  4.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 13   COL  W   5-4       38-29  1st  5.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 12  @DET  L   1-2       37-29  1st  5.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 11  @DET  L   1-5       37-28  1st  5.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 10  @DET  L   4-6       37-27  1st  6.5 up
 64 Mon, Jun  9   MIN  W   7-5       37-26  1st  6.5 up
 63 Sun, Jun  8   MIN  W  12-2       36-26  1st  5.5 up
 62 Sat, Jun  7   MIN  W  11-2       35-26  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 17, 2008 CHW 16  PIT  5        W:Javier Vazquez (7-5), L: Ian Snell (3-7), S: none

Sun, Jun 17, 2007 PIT  8  CHW  7        W:Shawn Chacon (3-1), L: Nick Masset (2-3), S: Matt Capps (5)
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 CHW  6 @PIT  1        W:Mark Buehrle (4-3), L: John Van Benschoten (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 PIT  4  CHW  2        W:Paul Maholm (3-9), L: Jon Garland (4-4), S: Matt Capps (4)
Thu, Jun 29, 2006 PIT  7  CHW  6        W:Mike Gonzalez (2-3), L: Cliff Politte (1-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 CHW  4 @PIT  3        W:Freddy Garcia (10-4), L: Paul Maholm (2-7), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 CHW  4 @PIT  2        W:Mark Buehrle (9-4), L: Ian Snell (7-5), S: Bobby Jenks (23)
Sun, Jul 08, 2001 CHW  9  PIT  2        W:Sean Lowe (4-1), L: Todd Ritchie (5-9), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2001 CHW  4  PIT  1        W:Kip Wells (5-5), L: Jason Schmidt (5-4), S: Keith Foulke (18)
Fri, Jul 06, 2001 PIT 10 @CHW  6        W:Josias Manzanillo (2-2), L: Bobby Howry (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 1-0; 2007 - PIT won 2-1; 2006 - CHW won 2-1; All-Time - CHW leads 10-8

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  5.57

CLE  4.54

WSN  3.71

RA/G

OAK  3.61

BAL  4.60

TEX  5.82

BA

C. Jones  .400

V. Martinez  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .493

J. Votto  .349

C. Patterson  .229

SLG

L. Berkman  .697

C. Guzman  .444

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

L. Berkman  1.139

B. Abreu  .799

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.64

R. Wolf  4.16

B. Bonser  6.45

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.74

R. Nolasco  6.13

L. Hernandez  2.71

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Pittsburgh Pirates Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
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
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 7/.833 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 231/161 .257/.323/.406/.729 .853/.678 .908 81/.833 1/1 6/
38.Bay G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 300/221 .288/.400/.532/.932 .828/.967 .849 110/1.003 6/0 14/
37.Chavez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 43/34 .244/.256/.317/.573 1.000/.456 .500 42/.513 0/0 0/
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/112 .341/.387/.609/.995 .963/1.007 .835 40/1.114 0/0 9/
5.Gomez G/S/vP 22/.326 7/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 103/67 .313/.343/.354/.697 .726/.682 .660 32/.766 0/0 0/
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 4/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.875 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 265/189 .221/.302/.370/.672 .735/.647 .663 97/.723 1/0 7/
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 318/223 .293/.380/.560/.940 .799/1.001 .967 113/.851 7/3 15/
18.Michaels G/S/vP 34/.998 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 6/.333 4/2.250 1/.000 5/1.600 136/87 .254/.304/.402/.705 .538/.800 .722 50/.936 1/1 3/
16.Mientkiewicz* G/S/vP 46/.653 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.000 139/116 .233/.353/.310/.663 .514/.690 .621 59/.628 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 274/197 .314/.376/.510/.886 .997/.845 .953 86/.929 1/0 10/
31.Rivas G/S/vP 53/.628 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/74 .247/.283/.398/.681 1.032/.555 .662 34/1.088 2/1 3/
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 306/232 .229/.262/.303/.564 .659/.534 .607 117/.451 0/1 3/
2.Wilson G/S/vP 7/.453 13/.385 2/.000 10/1.056 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 92/69 .293/.337/.329/.666 .798/.626 .652 78/.731 1/0 0/
IP 88.2 32.1 27.1 28.0 25.0 29.2 1.0 26.2 TOTAL .259/.327/.408/.735 .781/.718 .743 .777 20/8 73/53
ERA-K/9 4.47/5.3 2.78/12.5 1.98/5.6 1.29/8.4 2.16/8.6 3.34/7.9 0.00/9.0 2.70/11.1 3.39/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chavez (6-4-2)
 Doumit (14-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 374/.292 143/.210 106/.240 106/.188 101/.234 127/.259 3/.000 106/.149 .243  Nady
 Michaels
 Bay
 McLouth
 Mientkiewicz
0/0/62/9
20/3/16/3
68/0/0/2
4/67/2/1
0/0/4/0
OPS .779 .618 .611 .523 .599 .753 .000 .470 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.695 45/.665 53/.654 54/.424 53/.486 49/.921 1/.000 49/.524 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 305/.798 98/.596 53/.567 52/.623 48/.729 78/.652 2/.000 57/.424 .648
Home 138/.688 70/.607 57/.630 55/.529 46/.736 67/.985 3/.000 56/.452 .663
Last 28d days 136/.677 60/.561 32/.655 30/.367 37/.395 37/.819 3/.000 41/.463
HR/SB/CS 7/2/4 2/11/1 1/4/0 2/1/0 1/2/1 2/1/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 52/68/14
Usage ·····X·· X··X·o·X ····o··· ····X··· ··Xo···o o··o··o· o······· ··o·o···
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB
61.Burnett*
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
34.Grabow*
G/S/vB
43.Marte*
G/S/vB
52.Osoria
G/S/vB
56.Salas
G/S/vB
30.Yates
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 98/75 .247/.286/.387/.673 .672/.673 .740 44/.645 2/1 2/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.715 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 7/1.238 319/239 .269/.322/.366/.687 .763/.663 .753 122/.876 9/2 5/
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 254/197 .284/.358/.542/.900 .331/1.064 .999 93/.979 0/3 15/
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 272/201 .289/.338/.502/.840 .607/.915 .973 107/.848 1/2 12/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 56/31 .321/.357/.377/.735 .898/.601 .581 22/.876 0/0 0/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 55/41 .275/.302/.294/.596 .890/.493 .693 15/.829 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/1.667 2/2.500 5/.200 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 251/196 .306/.348/.443/.791 .580/.850 .721 96/.707 1/0 4/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.667 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 287/217 .267/.376/.521/.897 .747/.943 .904 107/.693 4/3 16/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 155/113 .297/.327/.434/.761 .735/.771 .743 92/.898 3/2 4/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 280/208 .229/.346/.386/.732 .698/.741 .822 95/.856 1/2 8/
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 1/3.000 1/5.000 ··· 260/195 .221/.346/.465/.812 .994/.745 .737 88/.894 1/0 14/
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 138/112 .198/.257/.317/.575 .522/.587 .569 10/.400 0/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.333 11/9 .182/.182/.182/.364 .000/.444 .667 11/.364 1/0 0/
IP 65.0 16.0 34.1 34.1 33.1 48.2 9.2 31.2 TOTAL .260/.335/.430/.765 .685/.792 .810 .807 24/15 91/44
ERA-K/9 6.65/4.8 7.31/6.8 2.88/6.3 2.36/7.1 3.51/10.0 5.36/4.8 11.17/6.5 3.41/5.1 4.99/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (18-4-0)
 Pierzynski (50-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 301/.278 82/.333 136/.240 144/.214 135/.228 220/.330 55/.409 145/.211 .286  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
 Wise
5/42/10/3
67/0/0/2
0/10/0/1
0/0/63/1
1/37/2/0
1/4/1/0
OPS .858 1.021 .677 .616 .550 .880 1.178 .679 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.729 22/.527 65/.658 31/.680 44/.613 79/.911 18/1.651 53/.571 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.879 60/1.232 71/.694 113/.598 91/.520 141/.861 37/.950 92/.742 .828
Road 125/1.001 48/.775 55/.866 73/.642 62/.537 119/.944 37/1.276 64/.669 .854
Last 28d days 116/.876 52/1.076 58/.785 65/.751 49/.632 85/.870 36/1.280 53/.745
HR/SB/CS 9/11/1 3/0/0 4/4/1 5/3/1 2/1/1 6/0/0 3/0/0 2/3/1 72/43/17
Usage ·····X·· X···Xo·· ··XX··oo ··XX···X ··Xo·oo· X···XX·o X···o··· ···o·oX·

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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