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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Chicago White Sox, 59-46, 1st, ½ up

SP: Gavin Floyd (25, RHP, 10-6, 3.57)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-6)           123.2 100  66  49  53  85 18    3.57      
 2007 (1-5)             70    85  45  41  19  49 17    5.27      
 2006 (4-3)             54.1  70  48  44  32  34 14    7.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  39    40  29  18  22  36  5    4.15   47 
 2008-07-25   @DET  ND   6     9   4   3   3   4  0     109   41 
 2008-07-19    KCR   L   6     4   3   1   3   6  1     100   59 
 2008-07-11   @TEX   L   2.2   5   6   6   7   2  2      84   19 
 2008-07-05    OAK   W   7.1   3   0   0   3   6  0     109   75 
 2008-06-30    CLE   W   6     7   4   3   2  10  1     103   52 
 2008-06-25   @LAD   L   5.1   6   5   4   2   2  0      86   38 
 2008-06-19    PIT   W   5.2   6   7   1   2   6  1     101   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-3  32.2  27  16  15  14  23  7    4.13   53 
 2008-06-08    MIN   W   7     6   2   2   1   9  1      90   65 
 2008-05-06    MIN   W   8.1   1   1   0   3   4  0     105   80 
 2008-04-29   @MIN   L   6     5   3   3   3   1  1      99   48 
 2007-09-23   @MIN   L   5.2   7   4   4   3   7  1     101   43 
 2007-07-06    MIN   L   5.2   8   6   6   4   2  4     107   27 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-16   Road:   24-30   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  38-32   vsLHP:  21-14   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:29-17   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
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
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Minnesota Twins, 59-47, 2nd, ½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 10-7, 5.31)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-7)           135.2 190  88  80  27  53 17    5.31      
 2007 (11-11)          204.1 247 116 112  79  90 34    4.93      
 2006 (13-13)          216   246 125 116  78 128 29    4.83      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  46.1  54  25  22  12  25  4    4.27   48 
 2008-07-25   @CLE   L   8    12   5   5   3   6  1     119   41 
 2008-07-19    TEX   W   7     5   2   2   1   2  1      95   60 
 2008-07-09   @BOS   L   4.1  11   6   6   0   2  0      82   19 
 2008-07-04    CLE   W   6     5   3   3   3   4  2     102   51 
 2008-06-28    MIL   L   7     7   5   4   4   5  0     115   46 
 2008-06-22    ARI   W   7     9   3   1   1   5  0     104   55 
 2008-06-17    WSN   W   7     5   1   1   0   1  0      77   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-1  13    17   8   8   2   5  2    5.54   43 
 2008-06-07   @CHW   L   4     8   7   7   1   2  1      60   19 
 2008-05-07   @CHW   W   9     9   1   1   1   3  1     121   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-19   Road:   23-28   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  42-32   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast:  7-15   vsCntrl:31-18   vsWest:  7-10 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Jul 29   CHW  W   6-5       59-47  2nd  0.5 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28   CHW  W   7-0       58-47  2nd  1.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27  @CLE  W   4-2       57-47  2nd  2.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26  @CLE  W  11-4       56-47  2nd  3.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25  @CLE  L   4-5       55-47  2nd  3.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @NYY  L   1-5       55-46  2nd  2.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @NYY  L   2-8       55-45  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @NYY  L   4-12      55-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   TEX  L   0-1       55-43  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   TEX  W  14-2       55-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 MIN  6  CHW  5        W:Glen Perkins (8-3), L: Clayton Richard (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (29)
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 MIN  7  CHW  0        W:Kevin Slowey (7-7), L: Mark Buehrle (8-9), S: none
Mon, Jun 09, 2008 CHW  7  MIN  5        W:Matt Thornton (2-1), L: Matt Guerrier (3-2), S: Bobby Jenks (15)
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 CHW 12  MIN  2        W:Gavin Floyd (7-3), L: Kevin Slowey (2-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 CHW 11  MIN  2        W:Mark Buehrle (3-6), L: Livan Hernandez (6-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 CHW 10  MIN  6        W:Javier Vazquez (6-4), L: Nick Blackburn (4-4), S: none
Thu, May 08, 2008 CHW  6  MIN  2        W:John Danks (3-3), L: Kevin Slowey (0-2), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2008 MIN 13 @CHW  1        W:Livan Hernandez (5-1), L: Mark Buehrle (1-4), S: none
Tue, May 06, 2008 CHW  7  MIN  1        W:Gavin Floyd (3-1), L: Nick Blackburn (2-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 MIN  4  CHW  3        W:Nick Blackburn (2-1), L: Ehren Wassermann (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 7-6; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1061-963

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  5.62

CLE  4.59

WSN  3.67

RA/G

OAK  3.81

CLE  4.57

TEX  5.92

BA

C. Jones  .369

C. Hart  .285

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

J. Werth  .358

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .621

J. Crede  .474

T. Pena  .201

OPS

A. Pujols  1.077

J. Cantu  .822

T. Pena  .375

ERA

C. Lee  2.29

O. Perez  4.02

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

T. Wellemeyer  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

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

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 6/.367 4/.500 3/.333 147/88 .230/.262/.424/.687 .760/.637 .573 18/.882 2/1 6/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 30/.969 2/2.000 13/1.000 ··· 5/1.600 9/.708 13/.154 10/1.125 478/347 .266/.324/.352/.676 .710/.663 .647 100/.591 16/2 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 9/.958 1/5.000 16/.956 2/.000 13/.160 12/.781 12/.973 7/.929 418/298 .311/.368/.575/.944 .814/.991 .854 91/1.127 3/2 24/
22.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 15/8 .231/.333/.308/.641 .929/.393 .641 15/.641 0/0 0/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 90/51 .280/.337/.354/.691 .936/.499 .818 22/.556 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/1.500 3/.666 21/.992 2/.000 11/.673 16/.588 13/.322 7/.572 335/246 .213/.310/.351/.661 .591/.686 .554 68/.550 1/0 9/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 10/.700 3/.666 20/.821 1/.000 9/.708 13/.334 10/.311 8/.661 373/282 .289/.325/.427/.752 .747/.754 .759 77/.709 1/0 8/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 444/324 .275/.376/.542/.918 .810/.958 .901 100/.903 5/3 27/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 4/1.000 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 286/200 .312/.333/.468/.802 .888/.765 .816 83/.880 7/4 8/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 11/.282 1/.000 5/1.000 10/.971 7/.953 6/.750 421/301 .228/.348/.405/.752 .738/.755 .622 88/.705 2/2 15/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 26/.824 2/.000 20/1.032 2/3.500 5/1.000 9/.889 4/.500 13/1.362 391/280 .252/.381/.498/.880 .924/.860 .954 97/1.011 1/0 19/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 21/.286 3/.333 14/.539 ··· 12/1.273 14/.594 9/.000 4/1.833 172/139 .231/.290/.378/.668 .817/.631 .701 25/1.036 1/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/46 .300/.321/.500/.821 .286/.906 1.059 20/.724 5/0 2/
IP 135.2 61.2 86.0 24.2 42.0 55.2 43.2 27.2 TOTAL .264/.337/.444/.782 .748/.794 .739 .800 44/19 145/78
ERA-K/9 5.31/3.5 4.96/4.2 6.59/6.9 2.19/8.0 3.43/6.9 3.23/7.1 1.24/9.7 2.93/5.2 4.28/5.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 605/.336 275/.296 392/.293 100/.202 182/.268 236/.242 166/.187 112/.257 .277  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/0/97/3
5/57/13/3
102/0/0/3
0/11/0/1
1/56/2/0
4/15/1/0
OPS .862 .860 .789 .537 .762 .680 .525 .701 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 266/.838 99/.783 188/.822 42/.562 66/.690 87/.669 90/.597 63/.551 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.880 176/.903 204/.758 58/.514 116/.799 149/.686 76/.443 49/.897 .763
Home 332/.805 133/.779 261/.724 53/.552 94/.638 121/.539 103/.498 58/.584 .702
Last 28d days 115/.829 38/1.042 38/1.026 24/.625 40/.799 45/.578 35/.462 17/.915
HR/SB/CS 17/3/3 11/1/2 11/10/0 1/2/2 4/2/1 5/7/1 4/5/0 2/4/2 115/50/21
Usage ····X··· ···X···X ········ ···X···· X··o···X o·oo··X· o·o···X· o·o····o
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
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
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 116/93 .324/.353/.454/.807 .310/.933 .754 53/.820 0/2 3/
12.Everett G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 83/68 .189/.235/.324/.559 .916/.493 .617 / 0/0 1/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 11/.311 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 8/1.250 1/.000 3/1.334 428/312 .256/.289/.354/.643 .707/.618 .695 74/.466 21/9 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 12/.450 1/.000 7/.971 2/.000 1/.000 7/1.333 2/.500 4/.333 366/255 .257/.314/.367/.681 .609/.713 .652 64/.825 1/1 5/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 15/1.102 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.250 8/.696 7/.286 ··· 333/265 .263/.327/.451/.779 .538/.838 .844 58/.725 0/1 13/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 9/.000 4/.833 4/.500 3/.333 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 239/211 .229/.264/.307/.571 .292/.609 .433 22/.636 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 16/.837 8/.750 ··· 10/.775 7/.629 6/.900 15/.481 1/.000 399/283 .318/.412/.452/.864 .953/.824 .982 83/.899 0/1 6/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.200 3/.000 9/.222 3/.333 4/1.750 5/.800 1/2.000 179/83 .202/.274/.405/.679 .449/.943 .794 35/.457 0/1 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 15/.910 10/.875 3/2.334 13/.154 11/1.454 8/2.036 16/.376 2/.500 458/307 .320/.393/.526/.919 .826/.967 .872 97/1.143 0/1 17/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.400 7/.000 1/.000 4/.583 3/.000 7/1.714 13/.685 2/1.000 144/85 .292/.343/.408/.750 .753/.748 .803 65/.853 5/2 1/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.071 3/.333 1/.000 4/2.250 ··· ··· 91/41 .282/.319/.329/.648 .619/.684 .790 26/.509 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 132/90 .313/.403/.446/.850 1.136/.720 .795 90/.914 5/3 1/
21.Young G/S/vP 9/.944 1/.000 6/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.750 4/.500 2/1.000 408/296 .291/.333/.391/.724 .676/.743 .732 90/.809 12/4 4/
IP 123.2 13.0 47.1 36.1 36.1 44.2 41.2 8.2 TOTAL .278/.335/.408/.743 .701/.761 .769 .788 58/31 73/68
ERA-K/9 3.57/6.2 2.77/8.3 2.85/13.1 1.73/5.2 4.21/9.2 4.63/6.4 2.38/10.6 11.42/5.2 3.81/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (37-18-1)
 Redmond (13-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 524/.219 49/.209 205/.194 139/.228 156/.274 203/.313 167/.192 47/.359 .254  Young
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Span
 Monroe
 Punto
98/0/0/8
0/97/0/6
11/0/23/2
0/7/31/2
1/7/3/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .710 .565 .601 .600 .754 .850 .537 .880 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.789 24/.577 59/.613 68/.631 86/.692 77/.908 82/.441 16/.804 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 283/.645 25/.553 146/.596 71/.569 70/.832 126/.818 85/.627 31/.923 .692
Road 222/.862 31/.534 106/.690 64/.576 79/.692 96/.591 85/.519 39/.772 .741
Last 28d days 100/.787 49/.565 36/.292 14/.297 42/1.121 49/1.109 38/.648 7/.143
HR/SB/CS 18/22/5 0/1/2 4/14/1 1/4/0 4/3/1 4/2/0 3/3/0 0/4/0 96/100/24
Usage ····X··· X··oo·X· X··X··o· ···Xo·o· ···oo·X· ·X··o··o o·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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