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Game Preview: CHW @ TBR, 7:10pm, Friday, May 30, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Chicago White Sox, 30-23, 1st, 2 up

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 5-3, 3.06)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             67.2  55  24  23  16  42  3    3.06      
 2007 (10-17)          189   232 134 117  62 113 21    5.57      
 2006 (13-9)           196   194 101  93  55 134 20    4.27      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  49    35  14  14   9  32  3    2.57   62 
 2008-05-25    LAA  ND   8     3   2   2   0  10  1     107   78 
 2008-05-20    CLE   W   6     4   1   1   0   4  0      99   64 
 2008-05-14   @LAA   W   7     4   1   1   3   3  0     104   65 
 2008-05-09   @SEA   W   7     6   1   1   2   4  0      98   63 
 2008-05-04   @TOR   L   8     6   4   4   0   5  0     104   59 
 2008-04-27    BAL   W   6.2   5   1   1   3   3  1     100   60 
 2008-04-22    NYY   L   6.1   7   4   4   1   3  1      97   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-9    Road:   17-14   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  20-17   vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:14-8    vsWest:  6-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Thu, May 29  @TBR  W   5-1       30-23  1st  2.0 up
 53 Wed, May 28  @CLE  W   6-5       29-23  1st  2.0 up
 52 Tue, May 27  @CLE  L   2-8       28-23  1st  2.0 up
 51 Mon, May 26  @CLE  W   6-3 (12)  28-22  1st  3.0 up
 50 Sun, May 25   LAA  W   3-2       27-22  1st  2.5 up
 49 Sat, May 24   LAA  L   0-2       26-22  1st  2.5 up
 48 Fri, May 23   LAA  L   1-3       26-21  1st  2.5 up
 47 Thu, May 22   CLE  W   3-1       26-20  1st  3.5 up
 46 Wed, May 21   CLE  W   7-2       25-20  1st  2.5 up
 45 Tue, May 20   CLE  W   4-1       24-20  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-13
Tampa Bay Rays, 32-22, 1st, 1 up

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 4-3, 3.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-3)             74.2  69  36  28  16  52  6    3.38      
 2007 (12-8)           215   202  98  92  36 184 28    3.85      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  51.2  41  22  19  10  36  5    3.31   59 
 2008-05-25    BAL  ND   8     8   4   3   1   3  1      92   54 
 2008-05-19   @OAK  ND   7.2   8   5   5   1   4  3     102   46 
 2008-05-14    NYY   L   7.1   6   2   2   2   6  0     102   62 
 2008-05-09    LAA   W   9     1   0   0   0   8  0      92   93 
 2008-05-03   @BOS   L   3.2  10   7   7   3   3  0      98   13 
 2008-04-27    BOS   W   9     2   0   0   1   7  0      99   89 
 2008-04-22    TOR   W   7     6   4   2   2   5  1     104   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-1  14    19   9   9   3  13  3    5.79   45 
 2007-06-26    CHW   L   7     9   5   5   0  11  2     110   50 
 2007-05-25   @CHW  ND   7    10   4   4   3   2  1     108   40 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-10   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  24-14   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast: 21-12   vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  8-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Thu, May 29   CHW  L   1-5       32-22  1st  1.0 up
 53 Wed, May 28   TEX  W   5-3       32-21  1st  1.5 up
 52 Tue, May 27   TEX  L   6-12      31-21  1st  0.5 up
 51 Mon, May 26   TEX  W   7-3       31-20  1st  0.5 up
 50 Sun, May 25   BAL  W   5-4       30-20  1st  0.5 up
 49 Sat, May 24   BAL  W  11-4       29-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   BAL  W   2-0       28-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 21  @OAK  L   1-9       27-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 20  @OAK  W   3-2       27-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 19  @OAK  W   7-6 (13)  26-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 29, 2008 CHW  5 @TBR  1        W:John Danks (4-4), L: Edwin Jackson (3-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 CHW  6 @TBR  0        W:John Danks (2-1), L: Edwin Jackson (2-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 TBR  5  CHW  0        W:Andy Sonnanstine (2-1), L: Mark Buehrle (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 CHW  9 @TBR  2        W:Javier Vazquez (3-1), L: Jeff Niemann (1-1), S: none

Mon, Aug 27, 2007 CHW  5  TBD  4        W:Jose Contreras (7-16), L: Dan Wheeler (1-6), S: Bobby Jenks (36)
Thu, Jun 28, 2007 CHW  5 @TBD  1        W:Javier Vazquez (4-5), L: Scott Kazmir (5-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 27, 2007 CHW  5 @TBD  3        W:Mark Buehrle (5-4), L: Gary Glover (3-3), S: Bobby Jenks (20)
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 CHW  6 @TBD  1        W:Jon Garland (5-5), L: James Shields (6-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 CHW  5 @TBD  4        W:John Danks (4-6), L: Casey Fossum (5-7), S: Bobby Jenks (19)
Sun, May 27, 2007 TBD 11 @CHW  5        W:Scott Kazmir (3-2), L: Javier Vazquez (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 3-1; 2007 - CHW won 6-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 49-31

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

CHC  5.63

LAD  4.47

SDP  3.55

RA/G

TOR  3.55

FLA  4.65

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .420

J. Hermida  .266

R. Weeks  .204

OBP

C. Jones  .500

K. Millar  .330

K. Greene  .262

SLG

L. Berkman  .758

E. Encarnacion  .422

J. Bartlett  .286

OPS

L. Berkman  1.228

J. Loney  .756

F. Sanchez  .574

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

J. Suppan  3.93

B. Bonser  6.16

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  2.38

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
Balfour
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 68/57 .234/.279/.359/.639 .773/.614 .624 36/.575 1/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/1.000 3/.666 3/1.000 4/.000 3/.333 3/1.167 5/.000 7/1.143 239/183 .245/.304/.329/.633 .708/.609 .649 119/.696 7/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/2.000 2/.000 4/.750 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 191/152 .271/.340/.488/.829 .318/.964 .904 88/.805 0/2 9/
23.Dye G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 8/.000 4/.833 8/.375 2/2.000 4/.250 2/.000 202/153 .288/.342/.495/.836 .664/.885 .807 110/.865 0/1 9/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 41/25 .375/.390/.450/.840 1.163/.640 .900 22/1.119 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/1.334 7/1.262 1/no AB 5/2.000 11/.764 2/.500 3/.000 4/.000 206/154 .213/.325/.351/.676 .675/.675 .591 98/.558 1/0 6/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 47/34 .250/.267/.273/.539 .962/.375 .509 26/.653 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 15/1.667 5/1.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 188/150 .282/.335/.431/.766 .722/.777 .855 94/.676 1/0 3/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 219/173 .299/.402/.587/.989 .888/1.015 .941 115/.934 4/2 14/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/64 .218/.242/.299/.541 .775/.430 .653 57/.669 2/1 1/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 2/.500 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 214/159 .207/.332/.318/.650 .686/.635 .692 96/.562 1/2 4/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 8/1.357 ··· 18/1.473 2/.000 3/.666 6/1.100 9/.777 7/.857 203/149 .212/.340/.429/.769 .888/.719 .863 91/.667 1/0 10/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 6/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 1/0 0/
IP 74.2 16.2 37.1 33.2 17.0 10.1 24.2 TOTAL .248/.327/.406/.733 .719/.737 .748 .716 19/10 63/32
ERA-K/9 3.38/6.3 /0.0 4.86/5.4 4.82/5.1 3.74/7.7 3.71/7.9 4.35/7.0 2.19/6.6 3.78/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (14-3-0)
 Pierzynski (36-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 303/.246 / 82/.294 165/.269 139/.208 67/.224 41/.194 96/.161 .243  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
 Wise
3/33/8/2
52/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/47/1
0/25/2/0
1/2/0/0
OPS .667 .819 .816 .611 .594 .574 .562 .690
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.676 / 39/.796 80/1.021 47/.593 34/.449 15/.905 38/.362 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.657 / 43/.840 85/.627 92/.619 33/.739 26/.367 58/.686 .686
Home 172/.504 / 70/.873 63/.669 72/.633 36/.288 22/.500 41/.436 .618
Last 28d days 145/.702 / 35/1.119 42/.881 69/.623 33/.592 18/.111 43/.853
HR/SB/CS 6/6/2 // 1/0/0 5/5/0 3/2/0 0/0/2 1/1/0 4/0/0 45/28/9
Usage ····X··· ··Xo·X·· X······· ··X··X·· ···oo·o· ···X·o·· ·o······
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Contreras
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
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/18 .286/.355/.500/.855 1.128/.653 1.083 4/.750 0/1 1/
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 19/.816 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.800 7/1.333 ··· 194/139 .251/.305/.286/.591 .760/.524 .533 95/.684 10/3 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 23/.490 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 1/.000 7/1.000 ··· 246/173 .274/.314/.381/.695 .634/.722 .764 118/.666 14/4 4/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 9/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 64/61 .281/.359/.474/.833 .000/.877 .862 47/.698 0/0 3/
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 100/47 .209/.310/.407/.717 .758/.669 .637 34/.469 5/1 4/
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/114 .218/.341/.327/.668 .222/.707 .709 48/.838 2/1 2/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 17/.728 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.429 1/2.000 162/126 .257/.340/.542/.881 .476/.993 .782 72/.699 4/1 10/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 245/175 .277/.340/.364/.704 .660/.721 .741 119/.864 2/2 3/
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 180/133 .252/.328/.458/.786 .507/.880 .884 108/.748 3/0 7/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· 128/100 .361/.402/.454/.855 .652/.930 .878 90/.834 0/2 1/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 30/.909 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 4/1.833 ··· 227/150 .223/.330/.415/.745 .731/.752 .837 115/.768 0/0 10/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/35 .232/.279/.411/.689 .535/.799 .605 14/.747 0/0 3/
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/2.000 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 227/164 .309/.407/.436/.843 .807/.856 .853 108/.855 15/5 3/
IP 67.2 22.2 22.1 24.0 18.0 24.0 18.2 6.2 TOTAL .265/.337/.402/.739 .668/.767 .756 .749 58/22 51/23
ERA-K/9 3.06/5.6 3.18/14.3 1.61/5.7 1.13/6.8 2.50/8.0 3.38/8.6 3.38/11.1 14.85/6.7 3.42/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (14-7-1)
 Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 271/.221 103/.221 86/.218 91/.186 77/.271 104/.244 75/.164 40/.424 .242  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Gomes
0/52/0/5
2/14/29/4
53/0/0/1
0/0/23/1
3/0/5/0
OPS .577 .627 .578 .510 .672 .746 .464 1.015 .668
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.685 33/.779 41/.617 49/.360 37/.592 43/.904 31/.517 11/1.055 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 136/.472 70/.559 45/.543 42/.677 40/.746 61/.636 44/.427 29/.997 .637
Road 139/.571 62/.621 49/.589 50/.425 49/.542 57/.505 41/.409 32/.915 .686
Last 28d days 137/.463 60/.505 39/.454 47/.327 28/.561 33/.651 27/.539 34/1.002
HR/SB/CS 3/8/1 1/6/0 1/3/0 1/1/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 1/1/0 0/4/0 31/50/9
Usage ····X··· XX·X·X·· ·X·o···o ·X·oo··o o··X·o·· ···X·X·· X··o···· ··X··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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