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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, August 3, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Chicago White Sox, 61-48, 1st, ½ up

SP: Clayton Richard (24, LHP, 0-1, 9.35)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              8.2  14  10   9   3  10  1    9.35      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1   8.2  14  10   9   3  10  1    9.35   34 
 2008-07-29   @MIN   L   4.2   7   5   5   2   3  0      73   31 
 2008-07-23    TEX  ND   4     7   5   4   1   7  1      85   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-16   Road:   26-32   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  40-34   vsLHP:  21-14   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:31-19   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  2  @KCR  L   7-9       61-48  1st  0.5 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13
Kansas City Royals, 51-60, 4th, 11 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 8-7, 3.98)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-7)            140.1 145  63  62  42 125 18    3.98      
 2007 (7-7)            122   122  52  50  36 106 12    3.69      
 2006 (1-0)              6.1   7   3   3   3   5  1    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  40.1  54  25  25   9  51  4    5.58   47 
 2008-07-28   @OAK   W   7.1   7   2   2   1  11  0     106   66 
 2008-07-23    DET   L   6     7   5   5   2   8  0      98   44 
 2008-07-18   @CHW   L   3    11   7   7   3   2  1      87    8 
 2008-07-10    CHW  ND   7     6   1   1   1   8  1     109   68 
 2008-07-05   @TBR   L   6     7   2   2   1   7  0     113   56 
 2008-06-30   @BAL  ND   5     7   5   5   1   5  1      86   37 
 2008-06-24    COL   W   6     9   3   3   0  10  1      99   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-3  29    35  19  19   8  29  8    5.90   46 
 2008-07-18   @CHW   L   3    11   7   7   3   2  1      87    8 
 2008-07-10    CHW  ND   7     6   1   1   1   8  1     109   68 
 2008-06-03   @CHW   L   6     9   8   8   2   3  4      83   23 
 2007-09-26   @CHW   L   5     7   3   3   2   6  2      93   45 
 2007-09-20    CHW   W   8     2   0   0   0  10  0     101   88 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-30   Road:   26-30   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  30-45   vsLHP:  21-15   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 12-22   vsCntrl:16-21   vsWest: 10-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sat, Aug  2   CHW  W   9-7       51-60  4th 11.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 KCR  9  CHW  7        W:Kyle Davies (5-2), L: Mark Buehrle (8-10), S: Joakim Soria (31)
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 7-4; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 311-272

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  5.61

COL  4.64

WSN  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.87

CLE  4.61

TEX  5.93

BA

C. Jones  .369

J. Drew  .286

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Ortiz  .358

T. Pena  .171

SLG

L. Berkman  .615

C. Blake  .475

T. Pena  .198

OPS

C. Jones  1.062

C. Beltran  .817

T. Pena  .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

J. Maine  4.13

N. Robertson  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

T. Wellemeyer  6.20

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Chicago White Sox Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
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 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 149/89 .234/.265/.447/.712 .834/.629 .627 12/1.000 2/1 7/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 17/.647 4/.500 1/.000 6/.334 25/.507 2/.000 3/.000 15/.583 497/365 .268/.325/.353/.679 .704/.670 .655 104/.637 17/3 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 33/1.198 14/.714 4/.833 15/.600 6/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 5/.000 435/314 .308/.366/.578/.943 .854/.974 .859 92/1.058 3/2 26/
22.Fields G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· 23/16 .200/.304/.250/.554 .929/.393 .554 23/.554 0/0 0/
17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.357 ··· 1/no AB 14/1.044 1/no AB ··· ··· 431/293 .247/.357/.431/.789 .709/.827 .761 85/.923 0/1 15/
44.Hall G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· ··· 3/1.667 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 93/53 .282/.337/.353/.690 .964/.479 .809 21/.628 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 41/.528 9/.583 3/1.167 13/.763 2/.000 5/.400 5/.200 4/.250 344/253 .215/.314/.359/.673 .601/.699 .579 77/.614 1/0 10/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 24/.897 8/1.000 3/.666 13/.077 6/.733 2/.000 7/.310 6/.666 388/297 .290/.326/.425/.751 .747/.752 .756 79/.617 1/0 8/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 9/1.842 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 7/.429 2/1.000 3/.333 461/341 .281/.377/.549/.927 .810/.967 .918 101/1.047 5/3 28/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 8/1.107 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 5/.600 1/.000 2/1.000 303/215 .311/.331/.472/.803 .867/.777 .817 88/.846 8/5 9/
1.Swisher# G/S/vP 13/1.000 10/1.100 ··· 7/.429 8/.393 1/5.000 3/.666 9/.333 434/313 .229/.346/.399/.746 .731/.749 .618 85/.663 3/2 15/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 20/1.047 11/1.205 2/4.000 8/1.786 14/.297 4/1.750 2/1.000 5/2.467 407/294 .259/.383/.515/.898 .936/.882 .985 97/1.142 1/0 21/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 18/.916 3/.000 5/.400 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 182/147 .229/.285/.367/.652 .769/.624 .670 28/1.029 1/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 61/53 .298/.328/.474/.802 .250/.889 .956 21/.602 6/0 2/
IP 140.1 57.0 26.0 37.2 22.0 51.1 50.2 20.2 TOTAL .266/.338/.447/.785 .754/.796 .748 .821 48/21 153/81
ERA-K/9 3.98/8.0 2.21/6.6 2.08/5.9 5.50/6.0 2.86/4.5 2.98/9.8 1.42/9.4 4.79/8.7 4.61/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (30-7-1)
 Pierzynski (70-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 594/.266 235/.231 107/.207 157/.271 89/.247 210/.220 189/.147 90/.187 .268  Griffey
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/2/90/7
5/58/14/3
106/0/0/3
0/0/101/3
0/11/0/1
1/59/2/0
5/17/1/0
OPS .746 .630 .598 .856 .623 .576 .461 .593 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 273/.770 94/.629 48/.714 71/.983 31/.658 96/.760 98/.529 42/.726 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.726 141/.630 59/.501 86/.758 58/.603 114/.417 91/.390 48/.471 .732
Home 220/.676 112/.606 62/.731 90/.912 50/.594 106/.522 84/.366 63/.817 .744
Last 28d days 107/.807 52/.776 24/.851 50/.797 59/.634 44/.632 49/.528 43/.580
HR/SB/CS 18/1/3 4/2/2 1/0/0 10/2/1 1/1/0 1/3/1 4/2/1 1/5/0 112/50/17
Usage ·····X·· X··oo·X· ···o··X· ·X·····X X··o···X o··X·o·o X··oXoo· ········
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Richard*
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 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 215/152 .327/.353/.527/.880 1.118/.785 .787 100/1.014 3/1 6/
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 315/224 .265/.327/.387/.714 .957/.618 .702 87/.797 0/1 7/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 8/.625 7/.715 9/.472 ··· 399/262 .301/.361/.457/.818 .723/.869 .823 96/.695 9/7 10/
3.German G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 7/.800 1/2.000 5/.600 2/3.500 128/64 .252/.304/.348/.652 .537/.764 .812 49/1.040 6/2 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 7/.762 1/.000 314/236 .272/.319/.341/.661 .489/.718 .803 92/.729 3/4 2/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 8/.000 6/.333 1/.000 462/321 .250/.341/.403/.743 .533/.838 .762 89/.688 4/2 12/
11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 11/.614 1/.000 2/.000 5/.000 3/.333 421/310 .259/.287/.448/.735 .938/.664 .699 64/.541 2/0 15/
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 23/17 .238/.273/.238/.511 .667/.450 .450 23/.511 0/0 0/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 9/.222 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 226/157 .259/.288/.472/.760 1.034/.643 .623 26/.669 2/0 10/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 195/139 .150/.171/.198/.369 .530/.307 .413 14/.000 3/1 1/
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· / /// / / / /
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.000 10/.856 11/.955 2/no AB 418/298 .243/.313/.384/.697 .632/.724 .693 74/.532 3/2 10/
IP 8.2 14.0 48.1 38.1 37.1 43.2 11.2 TOTAL .262/.316/.391/.707 .751/.689 .721 .719 59/29 84/58
ERA-K/9 9.35/10.3 2.57/8.4 3.17/12.9 2.11/5.2 4.34/8.9 2.68/10.3 8.49/3.8 3.88/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (36-7-3)
 Olivo (14-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 43/.350 54/.213 211/.196 148/.230 164/.278 175/.201 63/.327 .256  Guillen
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 German
 Maier
 Gload
37/0/39/8
22/1/67/4
52/41/13/3
18/0/0/0
0/8/0/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .895 .573 .623 .607 .771 .566 .869 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/.739 26/.612 61/.686 75/.615 90/.684 87/.463 21/.734 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/1.026 28/.536 150/.597 73/.597 74/.877 88/.666 42/.936 .702
Road 22/.809 36/.551 112/.727 73/.592 87/.728 93/.575 55/.790 .750
Last 28d days 43/.895 54/.573 38/.487 23/.455 43/1.239 44/.774 23/.620
HR/SB/CS 1/5/0 0/1/2 5/14/1 1/4/0 4/3/1 4/3/0 0/4/0 101/100/25
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··o ·oo·X··X ·o·X···X ··X····o o·ooo·o· X·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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