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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 1:10pm, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Chicago White Sox, 14-11, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Nick Masset (26, RHP, 0-0, 3.75)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             12    11   5   5   6  11  1    3.75      
 2007 (2-3)             39.1  52  33  31  26  21  2    7.09      
 2006 (0-0)              8.2   9   4   4   2   4  0    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-0   5.2   3   2   2   3   3  0    3.18   55 
 2007-05-20   @CHC   W   5.2   3   2   2   3   3  0      78   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-6    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   9-7    vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @MIN  L   1-3       14-11  1st  2.5 up
 25 Mon, Apr 28   BAL  -   3-3 (11)  14-10  1st  3.0 up
 24 Sun, Apr 27   BAL  W   6-1       14-10  1st  2.5 up
 23 Sat, Apr 26   BAL  W   6-5       13-10  1st  1.5 up
 22 Sat, Apr 26   BAL  L   1-5       12-10  1st  1.5 up
 21 Thu, Apr 24   NYY  W   7-6       12-9   1st  2.5 up
 20 Wed, Apr 23   NYY  L   4-6       11-9   1st  1.5 up
 19 Tue, Apr 22   NYY  L   5-9       11-8   1st  1.5 up
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @TBR  W   6-0       11-7   1st  2.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @TBR  L   0-5       10-7   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 4-5    Last 20:10-9    Last 30:14-11
Minnesota Twins, 12-14, 2nd, 2½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 1-1, 3.45)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             31.1  39  12  12   4  15  0    3.45      
 2007 (0-2)             11.2  19  12  10   2   8  2    7.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  31.1  39  12  12   4  15  0    3.45   50 
 2008-04-25   @TEX  ND   6    11   5   5   1   3  0      90   32 
 2008-04-19    CLE   W   7.2   8   0   0   0   1  0     102   64 
 2008-04-14   @DET  ND   5.2   8   4   4   0   0  0      89   37 
 2008-04-07   @CHW  ND   5     7   2   2   2   5  0      90   48 
 2008-04-02    LAA   L   7     5   1   1   1   6  0      86   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-0   5     7   2   2   2   5  0    3.60   48 
 2008-04-07   @CHW  ND   5     7   2   2   2   5  0      90   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-6    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-10   vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Tue, Apr 29   CHW  W   3-1       12-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @TEX  L   0-10      11-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @TEX  W  12-6       11-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @TEX  L   5-6 (10)  10-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @OAK  L   2-11      10-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @OAK  L   0-3       10-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @OAK  W   5-4       10-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   CLE  W   2-1 (10)   9-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   CLE  W   3-0        8-10  3rd  2.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   CLE  L   0-4        7-10  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 MIN  3  CHW  1        W:Boof Bonser (2-4), L: Gavin Floyd (2-1), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 MIN 12 @CHW  5        W:Scott Baker (2-0), L: John Danks (0-1), S: Brian Bass (1)
Mon, Apr 07, 2008 CHW  7  MIN  4        W:Javier Vazquez (1-1), L: Matt Guerrier (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (4)

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 MIN  7  CHW  1        W:Kevin Slowey (4-0), L: Gavin Floyd (1-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 CHW  8 @MIN  3        W:Javier Vazquez (14-8), L: Scott Baker (9-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 CHW  6 @MIN  4        W:Mark Buehrle (10-9), L: Johan Santana (15-13), S: Bobby Jenks (39)
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 MIN  5 @CHW  2        W:Johan Santana (15-11), L: Jon Garland (9-11), S: Joe Nathan (30)
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 CHW  8  MIN  7        W:Mike Myers (4-0), L: Carmen Cali (0-1), S: Matt Thornton (2)
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 CHW 11  MIN 10 (13)   W:Heath Phillips (1-1), L: Juan Rincon (3-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 CHW  6  MIN  3        W:Javier Vazquez (6-5), L: Carlos Silva (6-10), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 2-1; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1055-959

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
41.Korecky
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 6/.367 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .258 / 0/0 0/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 8/.393 ··· 12/.166 2/1.000 10/1.125 8/.500 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .768 / 20/4 8/11
24.Crede G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/1.500 7/.666 13/.385 ··· 10/1.222 6/.834 6/1.100 16/.838 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .597 / 0/1 4/4
23.Dye G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 10/.211 10/.600 ··· 12/.973 5/.650 7/.929 12/.440 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .806 / 2/1 28/3
44.Hall G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 3/.000 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .496 / 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 10/.600 13/.160 ··· 13/.322 5/.600 7/.572 21/1.569 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .820 / 0/1 31/5
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .479 / 3/0 0/4
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 9/.708 12/.364 ··· 8/.250 6/1.133 7/.762 7/.572 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .746 / 1/1 14/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .415 / 2/2 5/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 8/1.042 ··· 5/.200 3/.666 6/.750 5/.900 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .850 / 3/2 22/5
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 7/.629 ··· 4/.500 ··· 10/1.625 12/1.750 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .954 / 0/1 35/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 11/1.200 14/.594 ··· 9/.000 6/.000 4/1.833 12/.455 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .575 / 1/9 20/17
IP 11.2 16.1 88.0 71.2 70.1 29.1 59.2 TOTAL .241/.335/.414/.749 .737/.753 .780 .733 8/5 35/14
ERA-K/9 7.71/6.2 /0.0 5.51/5.5 2.35/7.0 /0.0 1.88/9.7 2.94/9.5 3.99/6.5 5.13/7.4 4.37/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (26-3-5)
 Pierzynski (62-20-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.365 / 71/.292 351/.220 / 282/.209 278/.183 139/.309 272/.273 .274  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Anderson
 Ozuna
0/0/135/9
0/60/57/3
3/0/75/2
5/3/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .908 .876 .618 .574 .591 .810 .793 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/1.129 / 30/.872 153/.742 / 138/.620 113/.618 82/.673 132/.915 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 29/.724 / 41/.880 198/.523 / 144/.532 165/.573 57/1.009 140/.677 .767
Home 22/.418 / 38/.636 194/.634 / 162/.549 155/.560 76/.764 138/.764 .676
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 // 4/0/1 9/6/2 // 4/7/0 7/1/2 1/1/3 9/3/1 28/10/6
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ···o·X·· ···Xo·X· ··XX···· o·X····X o··Xo··o o··ooo·· ····oo·X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Minnesota Twins Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Masset
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
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
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 94/82 .244/.323/.329/.652 .450/.681 .569 / 1/0 2/4
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 11/.808 ··· 6/1.000 6/.666 1/2.000 623/442 .276/.356/.433/.790 .865/.759 .861 / 5/0 16/4
22.Gomez G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 139/77 .232/.288/.304/.592 .614/.569 .641 / 12/3 2/3
23.Harris G/S/vP 2/1.500 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 576/414 .286/.343/.434/.777 .897/.731 .755 / 4/1 12/13
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.967 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 5/.400 ··· 466/382 .273/.335/.450/.785 .667/.810 .771 / 5/0 13/2
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 3/2.500 3/.666 2/.500 2/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 353/296 .289/.366/.453/.820 1.056/.777 .888 / 0/0 11/11
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 9/.873 2/.000 5/.933 11/.473 ··· 471/312 .293/.382/.426/.808 .673/.877 .666 / 7/1 7/1
27.Monroe G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 9/.222 ··· 3/.333 5/.800 ··· 427/287 .219/.268/.370/.638 .805/.555 .592 / 0/4 12/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/2.433 2/2.500 11/.182 1/2.000 9/1.222 12/.334 ··· 668/445 .271/.343/.492/.834 .693/.907 .815 / 1/1 31/5
8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/.583 ··· 2/.000 11/.830 1/2.000 536/364 .210/.291/.271/.562 .483/.599 .544 / 16/6 1/13
55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/1.500 6/1.267 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 298/198 .294/.346/.353/.699 .853/.623 .715 / 0/0 1/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Young G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 681/509 .288/.316/.408/.723 .752/.714 .714 / 10/3 13/7
IP 39.1 30.2 65.0 70.1 50.2 56.1 23.0 TOTAL .261/.303/.363/.666 .597/.689 .639 .668 26/7 14/18
ERA-K/9 7.09/4.8 4.11/12.0 2.77/7.8 3.71/6.4 4.97/6.2 4.79/8.8 2.74/5.5 3.76/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (21-24-4)
 Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.323 138/.242 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 249/.269 94/.238 .248  Cuddyer
 Young
 Monroe
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Lamb
0/0/140/19
0/29/133/16
102/7/9/6
27/4/22/3
84/0/0/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .851 .748 .488 .742 .802 .783 .606 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.844 58/.756 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 104/.800 19/1.365 .800
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.857 80/.740 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 145/.771 75/.430 .590
Road 98/.797 54/.654 115/.507 150/.880 106/.725 118/.691 51/.652 .657
Last 28d days / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 2/8/1 4/2/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 4/1/1 0/2/0 15/21/6
Usage ······X· ··oX···o ·X·o·oX· ·X·X·o·· o··X·Xoo ··XX·o·X 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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