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Game Preview: CHW @ DET, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 26, 2008 @Comerica Park

Chicago White Sox, 58-43, 1st, 3½ up

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 7-4, 3.03)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-4)            118.2 110  41  40  33  97  8    3.03      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-0  44    38  14  14  10  42  2    2.86   59 
 2008-07-20    KCR  ND   4     9   6   6   2   3  0      77   21 
 2008-07-12   @TEX   W   7.2   7   4   4   0   8  1     110   57 
 2008-07-06    OAK   W   6.1   4   2   2   2   9  0     106   64 
 2008-07-01    CLE  ND   8     4   1   1   1   8  1      98   77 
 2008-06-26   @LAD   W   6     4   0   0   4   3  0     107   63 
 2008-06-20   @CHC  ND   6     5   1   1   0   5  0      85   63 
 2008-06-14    COL  ND   6     5   0   0   1   6  0     105   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-1  17.1  21  11  11   5  15  2    5.71   45 
 2007-07-26    DET  ND   6.2   6   3   3   2   5  1     104   53 
 2007-04-25    DET   L   6     9   4   4   0   6  0     104   44 
 2007-04-20   @DET  ND   4.2   6   4   4   3   4  1      94   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-16   Road:   23-27   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  37-30   vsLHP:  21-13   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:28-14   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Fri, Jul 25  @DET  W   6-5       58-43  1st  3.5 up
101 Wed, Jul 23   TEX  W  10-8       57-43  1st  2.5 up
100 Tue, Jul 22   TEX  W  10-2       56-43  1st  1.5 up
 99 Mon, Jul 21   TEX  L   1-6       55-43  1st  0.5 up
 98 Sun, Jul 20   KCR  L   7-8       55-42  1st  0.5 up
 97 Sat, Jul 19   KCR  L   1-9       55-41  1st  0.5 up
 96 Fri, Jul 18   KCR  W   9-5       55-40  1st  1.5 up
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @TEX  L  11-12      54-40  1st  1.5 up
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @TEX  W   9-7       54-39  1st  1.5 up
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @TEX  L   2-7       53-39  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Detroit Tigers, 52-50, 3rd, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 8-9, 3.95)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-9)            136.2 115  66  60  54  99 11    3.95      
 2007 (18-6)           201.2 181  88  82  67 183 20    3.66      
 2006 (17-9)           186   187  78  75  60 124 21    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-0  45.2  32  14  13  19  44  3    2.56   61 
 2008-07-20   @BAL   W   8.2   3   1   1   3   3  0     105   74 
 2008-07-13    MIN   W   7     4   2   2   2   8  0     108   67 
 2008-07-08    CLE   W   7     2   2   2   1   7  1      99   71 
 2008-07-03   @SEA   W   6     8   2   2   3   3  0     109   48 
 2008-06-28    COL  ND   5.2   5   2   2   4   6  0     118   53 
 2008-06-22   @SDP   W   5.1   5   2   2   5  10  1     115   55 
 2008-06-16   @SFG  ND   6     5   3   2   1   7  1      98   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-2  35.1  22  21  16  12  22  3    4.08   55 
 2008-06-11    CHW   W   9     4   1   1   0   3  0     101   78 
 2008-04-12   @CHW   L   7.2   4   6   6   4   3  1     115   46 
 2008-04-06    CHW   L   5.2   7   9   4   3   4  1     109   30 
 2007-09-29   @CHW  ND   6     4   2   2   2   7  1     117   61 
 2007-07-26   @CHW  ND   7     3   3   3   3   5  0     109   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-21   Road:   24-29   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  32-43   vsLHP:  20-7    1-Run:  13-16
 vsEast: 10-10   vsCntrl:17-25   vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Fri, Jul 25   CHW  L   5-6       52-50  3rd  6.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @KCR  W   7-1       52-49  3rd  5.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @KCR  W   7-1       51-49  3rd  5.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @KCR  W  19-4       50-49  3rd  5.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @BAL  W   5-1       49-49  3rd  6.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @BAL  L  10-11(10)  48-49  3rd  7.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18  @BAL  L   4-7       48-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 17  @BAL  W   6-5       48-47  3rd  6.5 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 13   MIN  W   4-2       47-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 12   MIN  L   5-6       46-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 CHW  6 @DET  5        W:D.J. Carrasco (1-0), L: Todd Jones (4-1), S: Bobby Jenks (20)
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 DET  2  CHW  1        W:Todd Jones (2-0), L: Octavio Dotel (3-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 DET  5  CHW  1        W:Justin Verlander (3-9), L: Javier Vazquez (6-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 DET  6  CHW  4        W:Nate Robertson (4-6), L: Jose Contreras (6-4), S: Todd Jones (11)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 CHW 11  DET  0        W:Javier Vazquez (2-1), L: Kenny Rogers (0-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 CHW  7  DET  0        W:Gavin Floyd (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 DET  5 @CHW  2        W:Aquilino Lopez (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-1), S: Todd Jones (1)
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 CHW 13 @DET  2        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 CHW  5 @DET  3        W:Gavin Floyd (1-0), L: Zach Miner (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (3)
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 CHW  8 @DET  5        W:Boone Logan (1-0), L: Jason Grilli (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (2)
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 6-4; 2007 - CHW won 11-7; 2006 - CHW won 12-7; All-Time - DET leads 988-973

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  5.54

COL  4.61

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.74

CLE  4.52

TEX  5.88

BA

C. Jones  .369

D. Mientkiewicz  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Uggla  .358

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .626

R. Vazquez  .470

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.066

C. Hart  .821

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

R. Nolasco  3.99

I. Snell  6.10

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.52

T. Wellemeyer  6.13

K. Rogers  3.48

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 8/.929 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 2/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 143/87 .230/.262/.407/.670 .709/.644 .532 24/.895 2/1 5/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 17/.551 1/.000 14/1.012 12/.334 2/1.500 3/1.666 3/.333 5/.000 6/.334 460/333 .268/.328/.355/.683 .717/.670 .659 100/.602 16/2 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 33/1.061 1/.000 8/1.125 19/.842 6/.334 10/1.178 7/.619 3/.333 6/.167 403/287 .310/.367/.564/.932 .845/.963 .825 92/1.036 3/2 22/
22.Fields G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 6/.800 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 4/1 .333/.500/.333/.833 .667/ .833 4/.833 0/0 0/
44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 12/1.472 4/1.000 6/.334 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 87/51 .278/.337/.354/.692 .960/.499 .829 23/.431 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 27/.347 1/.000 8/.250 13/.648 6/.167 10/.900 11/1.091 4/.000 9/.722 323/237 .215/.316/.358/.674 .613/.696 .570 56/.599 1/0 9/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 30/1.057 1/3.000 11/.546 17/.507 3/.000 6/.900 8/.375 3/.000 5/.200 359/269 .287/.324/.421/.745 .756/.741 .744 75/.668 1/0 7/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 10/.200 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 426/310 .279/.380/.547/.927 .812/.969 .918 98/.912 5/3 26/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 271/189 .314/.333/.475/.808 .851/.789 .831 84/.944 7/4 8/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 28/.961 ··· 4/.917 4/.500 ··· 4/1.417 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 408/290 .233/.356/.407/.763 .749/.767 .635 91/.812 2/2 14/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 34/1.293 1/2.000 7/.572 18/1.924 3/.000 7/.286 4/1.750 6/.750 6/.533 376/271 .256/.386/.510/.895 .935/.878 .996 98/1.148 1/0 19/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 11/.495 ··· 6/.733 3/.333 4/.000 11/.522 8/.829 5/.750 4/.250 168/135 .229/.285/.373/.657 .817/.617 .682 21/1.011 1/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/42 .311/.333/.533/.867 .333/.947 1.271 20/.826 5/0 2/
IP 136.2 29.2 17.0 39.2 41.1 50.2 14.0 30.0 16.1 TOTAL .266/.340/.445/.785 .749/.799 .744 .828 44/19 139/75
ERA-K/9 3.95/6.5 4.85/3.9 5.82/6.9 4.99/2.9 3.05/6.3 3.73/4.3 5.14/7.7 3.00/7.2 1.65/8.8 4.39/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (29-6-1)
 Pierzynski (69-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 576/.225 135/.277 77/.314 179/.293 178/.272 220/.238 61/.192 127/.266 78/.258 .266  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/0/93/3
5/54/13/3
98/0/0/3
0/11/0/1
1/55/2/0
4/14/1/0
OPS .646 .758 .834 .798 .704 .675 .696 .720 .785 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 276/.681 48/1.019 37/.640 84/.837 65/.974 96/.675 29/.866 70/.855 32/.634 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.614 87/.618 40/1.021 95/.765 113/.544 124/.675 32/.513 57/.561 46/.866 .726
Home 319/.609 66/.638 31/.647 102/.836 92/.579 93/.593 24/.351 70/.778 33/.773 .746
Last 28d days 135/.522 41/.905 52/.731 49/1.013 36/.753 38/.592 46/.583 23/.864 58/.724
HR/SB/CS 11/6/5 3/5/1 0/0/1 4/2/0 2/1/0 2/5/0 2/2/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 87/41/21
Usage ·····X·· ····X·oo ··o···Xo o·X··o·· ····X·X· ····X··· o··X··X· ·······o X··X··X·
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 6/1.166 2/.500 6/.900 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 428/335 .292/.355/.493/.849 .848/.849 .890 95/.990 1/0 17/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· ··· 11/.182 ··· 7/.000 1/.000 8/.661 348/280 .294/.360/.476/.836 .794/.847 .848 112/.817 6/4 10/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.286 3/3.500 7/.572 2/2.500 9/.472 392/305 .288/.377/.445/.822 .891/.807 .926 82/.734 8/2 9/
15.Inge G/S/vP 8/1.125 3/.666 ··· 14/.607 2/.500 3/.666 3/1.500 4/1.250 199/156 .219/.313/.414/.727 .528/.783 .910 28/.721 1/1 7/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 132/120 .277/.341/.639/.980 1.056/.970 1.087 73/1.140 0/0 10/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 9/1.778 6/3.750 9/.777 8/.875 3/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 3/.000 369/292 .319/.379/.500/.879 .899/.874 1.016 35/1.035 0/4 13/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 11/.311 10/.700 7/1.286 8/.500 3/.333 3/1.000 400/299 .311/.352/.405/.757 .926/.701 .712 97/.661 3/0 4/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 107/59 .240/.311/.448/.759 .878/.650 .880 26/1.119 1/0 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 6/1.467 24/.221 4/.250 8/.536 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 364/278 .257/.309/.329/.638 .857/.573 .708 75/.537 3/3 5/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 7/.715 8/.250 5/1.000 3/1.667 2/.500 2/2.500 321/240 .288/.333/.410/.744 .711/.754 .819 69/.823 6/1 5/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 70/57 .358/.485/.547/1.032 .944/1.050 .978 23/.888 0/0 1/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 6/1.417 5/.900 16/1.308 5/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/2.750 264/208 .221/.330/.363/.692 .651/.704 .705 84/.610 6/1 7/
33.Thames G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 2/.000 219/135 .266/.329/.598/.927 1.007/.879 .973 70/.891 0/3 19/
IP 118.2 11.0 45.0 35.1 39.0 36.1 43.2 39.2 TOTAL .276/.344/.440/.784 .830/.771 .853 .818 38/20 116/73
ERA-K/9 3.03/7.4 1.64/9.0 3.00/13.0 1.78/5.1 2.31/7.6 4.21/9.2 4.33/6.4 2.50/10.9 3.73/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (8-2-2)
 Rodriguez (31-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 486/.244 41/.200 196/.198 135/.228 150/.208 155/.269 197/.310 160/.186 .252  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Thames
 Inge
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/80/4
0/80/0/3
44/0/6/2
2/11/0/2
18/4/14/0
22/0/16/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .648 .578 .607 .595 .594 .746 .843 .532 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.656 23/.604 58/.625 67/.594 71/.569 85/.677 74/.950 78/.432 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.644 18/.544 138/.600 68/.596 79/.617 70/.832 123/.783 82/.626 .682
Road 226/.584 23/.547 97/.711 60/.563 64/.600 78/.675 90/.557 78/.507 .732
Last 28d days 103/.669 41/.578 31/.268 18/.472 33/.803 44/1.092 55/1.144 43/.726
HR/SB/CS 8/15/8 0/1/2 4/13/1 1/4/0 5/2/0 4/3/1 4/2/0 3/3/0 90/98/24
Usage ·····X·· o·X··X·· ··o··o·X o·o··o·· ···X···· o·X·X·o· o··oo·oo ···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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