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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 3:55pm, Saturday, August 2, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Chicago White Sox, 61-47, 1st, ½ up

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 8-9, 3.69)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-9)            144   150  70  59  35  83 14    3.69      
 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         4-3  47.1  46  18  13   8  28  6    2.47   56 
 2008-07-28   @MIN   L   5     8   5   4   1   2  2      94   34 
 2008-07-22    TEX   W   7.1   6   1   1   0   3  1      91   65 
 2008-07-18    KCR   W   7     4   4   3   2   3  1      98   56 
 2008-07-10   @KCR   L   7.1   6   2   0   0   8  0     107   70 
 2008-07-04    OAK   L   5.2  10   4   4   3   5  1     105   35 
 2008-06-29    CHC   W   7     6   1   0   2   5  0      99   66 
 2008-06-24   @LAD   W   8     6   1   1   0   2  1      96   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-1  32.2  28  16  13   8  26  4    3.58   55 
 2008-07-18    KCR   W   7     4   4   3   2   3  1      98   56 
 2008-07-10   @KCR   L   7.1   6   2   0   0   8  0     107   70 
 2007-08-20    KCR  ND   5.1   6   3   3   2   4  1     101   46 
 2007-05-12    KCR  ND   6     7   4   4   3   7  1     114   46 
 2007-04-23   @KCR   W   7     5   3   3   1   4  1     103   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-16   Road:   26-31   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  40-33   vsLHP:  21-14   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:31-18   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Fri, Aug  1  @KCR  W   4-2       61-47  1st  0.5 up
108 Thu, Jul 31  @MIN  L   6-10      60-47  1st  0.5 up
107 Wed, Jul 30  @MIN  W   8-3       60-46  1st  1.5 up
106 Tue, Jul 29  @MIN  L   5-6       59-46  1st  0.5 up
105 Mon, Jul 28  @MIN  L   0-7       59-45  1st  1.5 up
104 Sun, Jul 27  @DET  L   4-6       59-44  1st  2.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 26  @DET  W   7-6       59-43  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Kansas City Royals, 50-60, 4th, 12 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (24, RHP, 4-2, 4.34)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-2)             58    70  30  28  23  30  6    4.34      
 2007 (7-15)           136   155 102  92  70  99 22    6.09      
 2006 (3-7)             63.1  90  60  59  33  51 14    8.38      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  33.1  47  26  24  11  18  6    6.48   40 
 2008-07-27    TBR   W   5     6   1   1   2   2  0      83   51 
 2008-07-22    DET   L   4     5   2   2   1   3  1      96   46 
 2008-07-13    SEA  ND   7     6   3   3   1   4  1      96   56 
 2008-07-08    CHW  ND   5.2   9   3   3   2   2  1     102   39 
 2008-07-03   @BAL  ND   4     8   7   7   1   4  2      77   21 
 2008-06-28    STL   L   6.1   7   5   3   2   2  1     100   43 
 2008-06-22    SFG  ND   1.1   6   5   5   2   1  0      52   21 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-1  10    16   9   9   5   6  3    8.10   33 
 2008-07-08    CHW  ND   5.2   9   3   3   2   2  1     102   39 
 2007-09-17    CHW   L   4.1   7   6   6   3   4  2      94   26 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-30   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  30-45   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 12-22   vsCntrl:15-21   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Fri, Aug  1   CHW  L   2-4       50-60  4th 12.0 gb
109 Wed, Jul 30  @OAK  W   4-3 (10)  50-59  4th 11.5 gb
108 Tue, Jul 29  @OAK  W   5-2       49-59  4th 11.5 gb
107 Mon, Jul 28  @OAK  W   4-2       48-59  4th 12.5 gb
106 Sun, Jul 27   TBR  W   6-1       47-59  4th 13.5 gb
105 Sat, Jul 26   TBR  L   3-5       46-59  5th 14.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 25   TBR  L   3-5       46-58  5th 13.5 gb
103 Thu, Jul 24   TBR  W   4-2       46-57  4th 12.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 23   DET  L   1-7       45-57  4th 13.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 22   DET  L   1-7       45-56  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 CHW  4 @KCR  2        W:Javier Vazquez (8-9), L: Luke Hochevar (6-9), S: Bobby Jenks (22)
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 KCR  8 @CHW  7        W:Ramon Ramirez (1-1), L: Matt Thornton (4-2), S: Joakim Soria (26)
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 KCR  9 @CHW  1        W:Gil Meche (7-9), L: Gavin Floyd (10-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 CHW  9  KCR  5        W:Mark Buehrle (7-8), L: Zack Greinke (7-6), S: none
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 KCR  4  CHW  1        W:Ron Mahay (5-0), L: Mark Buehrle (6-8), S: Joakim Soria (24)
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 CHW  7 @KCR  6        W:Adam Russell (3-0), L: Robinson Tejeda (0-2), S: Octavio Dotel (1)
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 CHW  8 @KCR  7 (13)   W:Nick Masset (1-0), L: Robinson Tejeda (0-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 CHW  6  KCR  2        W:Jose Contreras (6-3), L: Gil Meche (3-8), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 CHW  6  KCR  4 (15)   W:Octavio Dotel (3-2), L: Jimmy Gobble (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 CHW  9  KCR  5        W:Gavin Floyd (6-3), L: Zack Greinke (5-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 7-3; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 311-271

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  5.63

COL  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

OAK  3.80

MIN  4.65

TEX  5.93

BA

C. Jones  .369

J. Drew  .287

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Pedroia  .358

T. Pena  .171

SLG

L. Berkman  .620

C. Tracy  .475

T. Pena  .198

OPS

A. Pujols  1.065

C. Coste  .818

T. Pena  .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

S. Olsen  4.04

N. Robertson  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

J. Lester  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 147/88 .230/.262/.424/.687 .760/.637 .573 15/.857 2/1 6/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.500 1/.000 6/.334 24/.530 2/.000 3/.000 15/.583 493/362 .269/.326/.352/.678 .710/.667 .654 105/.663 17/3 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 6/1.133 13/.385 4/.833 15/.600 6/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 5/.000 431/311 .308/.364/.572/.936 .814/.979 .845 92/1.021 3/2 25/
22.Fields G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 22/15 .200/.273/.250/.523 .929/.343 .523 22/.523 0/0 0/
17.Griffey* G/S/vP 7/1.071 8/1.357 ··· 1/no AB 14/1.044 1/no AB ··· ··· 429/291 .249/.359/.434/.793 .709/.833 .768 88/.957 0/1 15/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 90/51 .280/.337/.354/.691 .936/.499 .818 22/.556 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/1.100 9/.583 3/1.167 13/.763 1/.000 4/.250 5/.200 4/.250 340/250 .214/.312/.349/.661 .608/.680 .556 73/.558 1/0 9/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 5/.400 8/1.000 3/.666 13/.077 6/.733 2/.000 6/.334 6/.666 387/296 .290/.326/.425/.752 .747/.753 .758 78/.620 1/0 8/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 7/.429 2/1.000 3/.333 458/338 .283/.380/.554/.933 .810/.976 .931 102/1.067 5/3 28/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 299/212 .312/.332/.472/.804 .878/.774 .819 88/.934 7/5 9/
1.Swisher# G/S/vP 9/.708 10/1.100 ··· 7/.429 8/.393 1/5.000 3/.666 9/.333 434/313 .229/.346/.399/.746 .731/.749 .618 89/.712 3/2 15/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/3.000 10/.971 2/4.000 8/1.786 13/.321 4/1.750 2/1.000 5/2.467 403/292 .256/.382/.503/.885 .924/.868 .961 97/1.061 1/0 20/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 5/.400 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· 178/144 .228/.286/.370/.656 .792/.623 .677 24/1.125 1/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 58/51 .296/.328/.481/.809 .286/.885 .991 18/.590 6/0 2/
IP 58.0 56.2 26.0 37.2 20.1 51.1 49.0 20.2 TOTAL .266/.338/.444/.782 .747/.795 .743 .820 47/21 149/81
ERA-K/9 4.34/4.7 1.75/6.7 2.08/5.9 5.50/6.0 3.10/4.4 2.81/9.8 1.47/9.4 4.79/8.7 4.59/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (30-6-1)
 Pierzynski (70-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 255/.303 231/.221 107/.207 157/.271 83/.253 208/.216 184/.150 90/.187 .268  Griffey
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/1/90/7
5/58/14/3
105/0/0/3
0/0/100/3
0/11/0/1
1/58/2/0
4/16/1/0
OPS .842 .579 .598 .856 .644 .560 .466 .593 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.838 92/.608 48/.714 71/.983 30/.680 96/.760 96/.537 42/.726 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.847 139/.561 59/.501 86/.758 53/.623 112/.385 88/.391 48/.471 .728
Home 180/.835 108/.498 62/.731 90/.912 44/.631 104/.489 79/.373 63/.817 .738
Last 28d days 92/.836 48/.550 24/.851 50/.797 62/.720 42/.554 44/.552 43/.580
HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 2/2/2 1/0/0 10/2/1 1/1/0 1/3/1 4/1/1 1/5/0 108/49/17
Usage ·····X·· ··oo·X·· ··o··X·X X·····X· ··o···X· ··X·o·oX ··oXoo·· ········
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP 7/.619 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 210/150 .320/.348/.520/.868 1.089/.782 .759 98/.962 3/1 6/
14.Buck G/S/vP 44/.534 1/no AB 4/.250 9/.889 1/.000 4/.250 2/.500 295/212 .245/.322/.402/.724 .861/.672 .700 67/.888 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP 12/.712 2/.500 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 310/222 .259/.323/.372/.695 .880/.624 .660 86/.696 0/1 6/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 49/.501 1/2.000 5/.400 8/.625 7/.715 9/.472 ··· 399/262 .301/.361/.457/.818 .723/.869 .823 100/.666 9/7 10/
3.German G/S/vP 20/.613 2/.500 2/.000 7/.800 1/2.000 5/.600 ··· 123/62 .236/.292/.309/.601 .530/.669 .732 44/.945 6/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 6/.533 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 6/.533 ··· 309/235 .266/.315/.336/.651 .430/.722 .787 91/.702 3/4 2/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/.523 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 8/.000 5/.400 ··· 457/320 .251/.342/.405/.747 .534/.841 .771 88/.671 4/2 12/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 37/.621 1/.000 23/.547 5/.400 4/.250 6/2.000 1/2.000 360/261 .299/.345/.399/.743 .982/.656 .872 73/.561 2/1 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 9/.666 2/2.000 11/.614 1/.000 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 416/308 .259/.286/.442/.728 .917/.664 .684 63/.445 2/0 14/
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/16 .188/.235/.188/.423 .000/.481 .282 18/.423 0/0 0/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.000 9/.222 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 221/156 .251/.281/.455/.736 .955/.647 .563 24/.426 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 195/139 .150/.171/.198/.369 .530/.307 .413 14/.000 3/1 1/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 36/.973 1/.000 1/.000 7/.000 10/.856 11/.955 ··· 413/296 .245/.310/.386/.696 .637/.719 .690 69/.515 3/2 10/
IP 144.0 14.0 48.1 38.1 37.1 42.2 9.0 TOTAL .260/.314/.386/.701 .733/.688 .708 .675 59/28 81/58
ERA-K/9 3.69/5.2 2.57/8.4 3.17/12.9 2.11/5.2 4.34/8.9 2.53/10.3 11.00/5.0 3.83/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (36-7-3)
 Olivo (13-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 597/.271 54/.213 211/.196 148/.230 164/.278 171/.194 49/.341 .254  Guillen
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 German
 Maier
 Gload
37/0/39/8
22/1/66/4
52/41/13/3
17/0/0/0
0/7/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .729 .573 .623 .607 .771 .536 .840 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.756 26/.612 61/.686 75/.615 90/.684 84/.456 16/.804 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 450/.719 28/.536 150/.597 73/.597 74/.877 87/.612 33/.859 .692
Road 318/.785 36/.551 112/.727 73/.592 87/.728 89/.518 41/.730 .738
Last 28d days 109/.638 54/.573 38/.487 23/.455 43/1.239 42/.633 9/.111
HR/SB/CS 14/3/4 0/1/2 5/14/1 1/4/0 4/3/1 3/3/0 0/4/0 98/100/24
Usage ····X··· X··X··oo oo·X··X· o·X···Xo ·X····oo ·ooo·o·· ·o··X···

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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