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Game Preview: CHW @ CLE, 7:05pm, Monday, May 26, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Chicago White Sox, 27-22, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 5-3, 3.43)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             65.2  64  26  25  13  65  4    3.43      
 2007 (15-8)           216.2 197  95  90  50 213 29    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  46.2  47  19  18   8  42  4    3.47   55 
 2008-05-21    CLE   W   7     4   2   2   1   7  1     101   67 
 2008-05-15   @LAA  ND   6.2   9   3   2   0   6  0     111   52 
 2008-05-10   @SEA   W   5.2   6   4   4   1   6  1      87   46 
 2008-05-05   @TOR   L   7.2   8   1   1   1   9  1     121   67 
 2008-04-28    BAL  ND   8     4   1   1   1   7  1     100   76 
 2008-04-23    NYY   L   5.1  10   6   6   3   3  0     104   24 
 2008-04-18   @TBR   W   6.1   6   2   2   1   4  0     104   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      3-2  29.2  31  14  12  10  35  2    3.64   54 
 2008-05-21    CLE   W   7     4   2   2   1   7  1     101   67 
 2008-04-02   @CLE   L   5     5   4   4   4   6  0     103   43 
 2007-09-12    CLE   W   6.1   6   2   1   1   9  0     114   63 
 2007-09-01   @CLE   L   6     8   4   3   1   6  1     105   47 
 2007-04-13   @CLE   W   5.1   8   2   2   3   7  0     112   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-9    Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  17-17   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  6-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sun, May 25   LAA  W   3-2       27-22  1st  2.5 up
 49 Sat, May 24   LAA  L   0-2       26-22  1st  2.5 up
 48 Fri, May 23   LAA  L   1-3       26-21  1st  2.5 up
 47 Thu, May 22   CLE  W   3-1       26-20  1st  3.5 up
 46 Wed, May 21   CLE  W   7-2       25-20  1st  2.5 up
 45 Tue, May 20   CLE  W   4-1       24-20  1st  1.5 up
 44 Sun, May 18  @SFG  W  13-8       23-20  1st  1.5 up
 43 Sat, May 17  @SFG  W   3-1       22-20  1st  0.5 up
 42 Fri, May 16  @SFG  W   2-0       21-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 15  @LAA  W   4-3       20-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-13
Cleveland Indians, 23-27, 3rd, 4½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 2-4, 4.10)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-4)             52.2  53  27  24   7  23 11    4.10      
 2007 (15-8)           192.1 239 107  98  28  88 27    4.59      
 2006 (10-9)           179   232 120  97  38  88 26    4.88      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  45.1  40  16  15   3  21  8    2.98   56 
 2008-05-21   @CHW   L   5.1   5   5   5   2   1  1      81   37 
 2008-05-13    OAK   W   7.1   5   0   0   0   7  0      92   75 
 2008-05-08   @NYY   L   6.1   8   5   5   0   0  3      81   37 
 2008-05-01    SEA  ND   7.2   4   0   0   1   4  0      87   74 
 2008-04-25    NYY   W   5.2   6   4   4   0   0  3      77   41 
 2008-04-20   @MIN  ND   7     6   1   1   0   3  1      80   64 
 2008-04-15    BOS  ND   6     6   1   0   0   6  0      78   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      3-1  32.2  26  12  12   9  13  4    3.31   55 
 2008-05-21   @CHW   L   5.1   5   5   5   2   1  1      81   37 
 2007-09-11   @CHW   W   6.1   6   3   3   1   1  2      96   49 
 2007-09-01    CHW   W   9     4   0   0   2   3  0     110   80 
 2007-07-17    CHW  ND   6     6   4   4   2   3  1      99   45 
 2007-04-14    CHW   W   6     5   0   0   2   5  0      89   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-14   Road:    8-13   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  17-20   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest:  9-9  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sun, May 25   TEX  L   1-2 (10)  23-27  3rd  4.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24   TEX  W   5-2       23-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   TEX  L   9-13      22-26  3rd  4.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 22  @CHW  L   1-3       22-25  3rd  4.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21  @CHW  L   2-7       22-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20  @CHW  L   1-4       22-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 18  @CIN  L   4-6       22-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @CIN  L   2-4       22-21  2nd  0.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 16  @CIN  L   3-4       22-20  1st  0.5 up
 41 Thu, May 15   OAK  W   4-2       22-19  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 22, 2008 CHW  3  CLE  1        W:Scott Linebrink (1-0), L: Aaron Laffey (2-3), S: Bobby Jenks (12)
Wed, May 21, 2008 CHW  7  CLE  2        W:Javier Vazquez (5-3), L: Paul Byrd (2-4), S: none
Tue, May 20, 2008 CHW  4  CLE  1        W:Jose Contreras (5-3), L: C.C. Sabathia (3-6), S: Bobby Jenks (11)
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 CHW  2 @CLE  1        W:Octavio Dotel (1-1), L: Jake Westbrook (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (1)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 CLE  7  CHW  2        W:Fausto Carmona (1-0), L: Javier Vazquez (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 CLE 10  CHW  8        W:Rafael Betancourt (1-0), L: Octavio Dotel (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (1)

Wed, Sep 12, 2007 CHW  7  CLE  4        W:Javier Vazquez (12-8), L: Jake Westbrook (5-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 CLE  8 @CHW  3        W:Paul Byrd (15-6), L: Lance Broadway (0-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 10, 2007 CLE  6 @CHW  2        W:Fausto Carmona (16-8), L: Gavin Floyd (1-3), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 CHW  8 @CLE  0        W:Jose Contreras (8-16), L: Jake Westbrook (5-8), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 4-2; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 998-964

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

CHC  5.76

MIN  4.54

SDP  3.50

RA/G

OAK  3.61

KCR  4.54

TEX  5.48

BA

C. Jones  .417

B. Butler  .261

J. Thome  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .488

K. Millar  .328

K. Greene  .258

SLG

L. Berkman  .759

J. Lopez  .403

M. Bourn  .303

OPS

L. Berkman  1.230

P. Feliz  .735

M. Bourn  .580

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

P. Byrd  4.10

K. Rogers  6.66

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

D. Lowe  6.32

J. Garland  1.96

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
39.Elarton
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 63/55 .237/.286/.356/.642 1.089/.580 .628 40/.714 0/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 31/.294 7/.000 6/.167 16/.277 3/.333 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 218/165 .228/.287/.305/.592 .684/.563 .579 112/.581 7/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP 17/.589 16/.600 3/.000 22/.465 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 178/140 .258/.326/.472/.798 .327/.929 .856 87/.724 0/1 8/
23.Dye G/S/vP 27/.899 14/.895 6/.834 23/.961 9/.778 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 184/139 .293/.348/.503/.851 .729/.884 .826 100/.825 0/1 8/
44.Hall G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 2/2.500 8/1.125 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· 37/23 .351/.351/.405/.757 1.000/.609 .762 21/.952 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 36/.847 19/.983 7/1.571 30/.731 5/.000 ··· ··· 6/.733 188/141 .212/.335/.346/.681 .707/.672 .584 90/.555 1/0 5/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/32 .231/.250/.231/.481 .733/.400 .399 22/.536 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 34/.442 9/.555 4/1.833 23/1.044 10/2.489 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 172/135 .283/.337/.440/.777 .687/.803 .891 89/.657 1/0 3/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 200/158 .301/.415/.608/1.023 .987/1.033 .998 108/1.043 4/2 14/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 76/51 .200/.230/.300/.530 .738/.421 .693 44/.654 1/1 1/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 23/.739 7/.619 1/.000 18/.778 4/2.750 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 201/149 .205/.338/.319/.658 .686/.645 .712 98/.570 1/2 4/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 35/.883 9/.000 4/.500 19/.974 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/.000 190/138 .201/.332/.409/.740 .925/.662 .821 92/.625 1/0 9/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 1/0 0/
IP 52.2 18.2 5.0 17.2 23.1 22.0 TOTAL .243/.326/.402/.728 .727/.728 .742 .704 17/9 59/28
ERA-K/9 4.10/3.9 6.27/8.2 14.40/5.4 /0.0 5.60/7.6 3.09/6.2 /0.0 3.27/7.8 3.58/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (11-3-0)
 Pierzynski (30-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.260 85/.325 27/.381 / 78/.277 98/.277 / 94/.256 .257  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
3/31/7/2
48/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/44/1
0/23/2/0
OPS .734 .881 1.366 .895 .689 .691 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.933 42/.639 9/.700 / 37/1.053 45/.844 / 43/.519 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.496 43/1.106 18/1.569 / 41/.762 53/.558 / 51/.834 .687
Home 97/.550 56/.962 18/1.345 / 41/1.185 70/.584 / 41/.633 .707
Last 28d days 101/.629 39/1.009 4/.500 / 35/1.079 51/.812 / 39/.482
HR/SB/CS 11/0/3 4/3/0 3/0/0 // 3/0/0 3/1/0 // 2/0/3 48/14/12
Usage ····X··· o·X·X··· ·o······ ··X·X··o X·Xo···· ·Xoo···X
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
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
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aubrey* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/16 .250/.294/.625/.919 .000/.979 .583 17/.919 0/0 2/
1.Blake G/S/vP 28/.571 9/1.015 12/.417 1/.000 6/1.867 8/1.071 6/1.467 1/.000 164/131 .214/.301/.345/.645 .380/.712 .460 82/.616 1/0 3/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 157/124 .179/.275/.239/.513 .380/.555 .490 72/.423 1/1 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP 3/.000 1/4.000 ··· 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/57 .203/.329/.246/.576 .782/.469 .638 46/.422 3/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 30/.900 7/.715 3/1.167 5/1.200 ··· 2/.500 6/1.500 ··· 136/130 .217/.301/.358/.660 .167/.682 .567 75/.486 1/0 4/
12.Francisco G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/60 .353/.384/.603/.987 .846/1.020 1.077 67/1.001 2/2 2/
25.Garko G/S/vP 18/.977 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 2/2.000 5/.000 6/1.267 2/.000 171/133 .236/.333/.372/.705 .929/.644 .750 71/.671 0/0 4/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 12/1.400 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 143/103 .235/.279/.341/.619 .761/.564 .738 60/.569 3/1 2/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 25/.558 5/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 6/1.834 4/.500 13/.840 ··· 188/140 .217/.326/.350/.677 .725/.660 .692 80/.657 1/1 4/
15.Marte G/S/vP 8/.700 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.000 ··· ··· 30/25 .115/.179/.115/.294 .933/.174 .133 18/.284 0/1 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 25/.430 4/.250 4/.750 3/.000 9/.619 7/.829 14/.974 1/no AB 156/116 .297/.340/.352/.691 .974/.583 .773 82/.576 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 24/.297 3/1.334 7/.286 ··· 4/.000 8/1.000 7/.000 ··· 176/136 .219/.280/.419/.699 .811/.667 .589 84/.635 2/0 9/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 8/.393 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 70/48 .222/.290/.302/.591 .381/.690 .643 33/.406 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 36/.794 3/3.000 5/1.000 4/.500 10/.200 8/.000 13/1.458 2/2.000 218/156 .262/.376/.470/.846 .800/.863 1.039 106/.950 11/2 8/
IP 65.2 19.0 20.1 22.0 15.2 23.1 17.1 3.2 TOTAL .232/.313/.362/.675 .701/.667 .684 .642 26/9 40/23
ERA-K/9 3.43/8.9 3.79/14.7 1.77/5.8 1.23/6.5 2.87/7.5 3.47/8.9 3.63/10.9 27.00/4.9 3.43/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (13-10-1)
 Shoppach (1-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 271/.254 88/.233 77/.211 84/.190 69/.302 100/.247 70/.177 26/.565 .241  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Carroll
 Dellucci
9/0/14/3
1/3/38/1
0/48/0/1
1/0/0/0
39/0/0/0
OPS .694 .658 .570 .529 .734 .742 .499 1.296 .664
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.838 26/.962 38/.577 46/.339 35/.627 42/.890 28/.577 5/1.600 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 136/.552 62/.538 39/.562 38/.749 34/.845 58/.636 42/.449 21/1.211 .630
Road 136/.753 47/.675 40/.574 43/.448 41/.622 53/.488 36/.469 18/1.235 .682
Last 28d days 136/.693 48/.488 34/.500 48/.492 28/.753 49/.725 29/.501 25/1.279
HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 1/5/0 1/3/0 1/1/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 27/41/8
Usage ····X··· ·X···o·X ···o·o·· o··ooo·· ·o··o··· ·X·····o ····Xo·o ·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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