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Game Preview: CHW @ TBR, 6:10pm, Saturday, May 31, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Chicago White Sox, 30-24, 1st, 2 up

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 5-3, 3.52)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             71.2  73  29  28  15  67  6    3.52      
 2007 (15-8)           216.2 197  95  90  50 213 29    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  46.1  50  20  19   9  40  6    3.69   53 
 2008-05-26   @CLE  ND   6     9   3   3   2   2  2     103   42 
 2008-05-21    CLE   W   7     4   2   2   1   7  1     101   67 
 2008-05-15   @LAA  ND   6.2   9   3   2   0   6  0     111   52 
 2008-05-10   @SEA   W   5.2   6   4   4   1   6  1      87   46 
 2008-05-05   @TOR   L   7.2   8   1   1   1   9  1     121   67 
 2008-04-28    BAL  ND   8     4   1   1   1   7  1     100   76 
 2008-04-23    NYY   L   5.1  10   6   6   3   3  0     104   24 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-9    Road:   17-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  20-18   vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:14-8    vsWest:  6-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Fri, May 30  @TBR  L   1-2       30-24  1st  2.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Tampa Bay Rays, 33-22, 1st, 1 up

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 4-1, 1.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-1)             30    19   6   5  10  32  0    1.50      
 2007 (13-9)           206.2 196  91  80  89 239 18    3.48      
 2006 (10-8)           144.2 132  59  52  52 163 15    3.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  41    26  10   8  14  51  0    1.76   64 
 2008-05-26    TEX   W   7     3   1   1   0  10  0      95   77 
 2008-05-20   @OAK   W   7     4   1   1   1   8  0      97   72 
 2008-05-15    NYY   W   6     3   0   0   3   3  0     100   66 
 2008-05-10    LAA   W   6     3   0   0   3   6  0     108   69 
 2008-05-04   @BOS   L   4     6   4   3   3   5  0      90   38 
 2007-09-27    NYY  ND   6     3   1   1   0  10  0     100   72 
 2007-09-21    BOS   L   5     4   3   2   4   9  0      91   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      2-1  19.1  19   9   9   8  24  2    4.19   55 
 2007-06-28    CHW   L   5.1   6   4   4   3   9  2     114   46 
 2007-05-27   @CHW   W   7     8   4   4   3   7  0     107   49 
 2006-05-16    CHW   W   7     5   1   1   2   8  0     105   69 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-10   Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  25-14   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast: 21-12   vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest:  8-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Fri, May 30   CHW  W   2-1       33-22  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 30, 2008 TBR  2  CHW  1        W:Dan Wheeler (1-3), L: Scott Linebrink (2-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 3-2; 2007 - CHW won 6-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 49-32

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  5.71

CIN  4.51

KCR  3.58

RA/G

TOR  3.56

KCR  4.67

COL  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .409

B. Roberts  .268

R. Weeks  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .489

D. Murphy  .331

K. Greene  .260

SLG

L. Berkman  .757

J. Thome  .422

J. Bartlett  .281

OPS

L. Berkman  1.228

J. Cantu  .756

M. Bourn  .571

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

S. Chacon  3.95

B. Tomko  6.32

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

Z. Greinke  6.36

J. Garland  2.38

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
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 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 68/57 .234/.279/.359/.639 .773/.614 .624 33/.587 1/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/.775 3/.666 3/1.000 4/.000 4/.250 3/1.167 5/.000 7/1.143 243/186 .245/.303/.327/.630 .695/.610 .645 119/.678 7/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP 6/.900 2/2.000 2/.000 4/.750 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 195/156 .270/.338/.483/.821 .318/.951 .889 89/.803 0/2 9/
23.Dye G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 8/.000 4/.833 9/.444 2/2.000 4/.250 2/.000 206/156 .294/.350/.503/.852 .677/.901 .832 110/.928 0/1 9/
44.Hall G/S/vP 3/.000 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 9/1.556 7/1.262 1/no AB 5/2.000 11/.764 2/.500 4/.250 5/.000 210/158 .209/.324/.345/.668 .675/.666 .581 102/.548 1/0 6/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 47/34 .250/.267/.273/.539 .962/.375 .509 26/.653 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 15/1.667 5/1.400 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 192/153 .281/.333/.427/.760 .703/.775 .841 94/.698 1/0 3/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 223/176 .298/.399/.580/.979 .914/.996 .926 115/.938 4/2 14/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 97/68 .231/.253/.341/.593 .775/.513 .742 61/.743 2/1 2/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 18/.398 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 2/.500 2/.500 3/1.000 1/no AB 218/163 .203/.330/.313/.643 .686/.627 .679 96/.575 1/2 4/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 10/.000 ··· 18/1.473 2/.000 4/.500 6/1.100 9/.777 7/.857 207/152 .208/.338/.422/.760 .871/.713 .844 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 30.0 16.2 37.1 34.2 17.0 11.1 25.2 TOTAL .248/.327/.406/.732 .719/.736 .747 .730 19/10 64/32
ERA-K/9 1.50/9.6 /0.0 4.86/5.4 4.82/5.1 3.63/7.8 3.71/7.9 3.97/8.8 2.10/6.3 3.73/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (14-3-0)
 Pierzynski (39-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 117/.181 / 82/.294 165/.269 144/.210 67/.224 45/.179 100/.156 .243  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
 Wise
3/34/8/2
53/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/48/1
0/25/2/0
1/3/0/0
OPS .495 .819 .816 .612 .594 .549 .552 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.317 / 39/.796 80/1.021 49/.566 34/.449 16/.846 39/.382 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.557 / 43/.840 85/.627 95/.635 33/.739 29/.366 61/.651 .691
Home 70/.405 / 70/.873 63/.669 77/.635 36/.288 26/.472 45/.422 .621
Last 28d days 117/.495 / 35/1.119 32/.894 74/.625 33/.592 22/.136 47/.806
HR/SB/CS 0/3/1 // 1/0/0 5/5/0 3/2/0 0/0/2 1/1/0 4/0/0 46/28/9
Usage ····X··· ···Xo·X· ·X······ X··X··X· ····oo·o X···X·o· X·o·····
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
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 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 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 25/.490 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.800 7/1.333 ··· 197/142 .247/.301/.281/.581 .760/.512 .517 94/.619 10/3 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 24/1.000 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 1/.000 8/.875 ··· 250/176 .272/.317/.377/.694 .625/.725 .762 117/.637 14/4 4/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 39/.579 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 68/65 .279/.353/.508/.861 .000/.904 .910 51/.746 0/0 4/
31.Gomes G/S/vP 10/.550 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 100/47 .209/.310/.407/.717 .758/.669 .637 30/.493 5/1 4/
26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/114 .218/.341/.327/.668 .222/.707 .709 46/.878 2/1 2/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 15/.354 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.429 1/2.000 165/129 .252/.333/.531/.864 .476/.969 .756 71/.689 4/1 10/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 7/.762 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 249/178 .281/.343/.366/.709 .651/.732 .749 118/.885 3/2 3/
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 184/136 .252/.326/.453/.779 .496/.875 .868 108/.753 3/0 7/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 6/.833 4/.833 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· 131/103 .361/.400/.451/.851 .652/.922 .868 89/.868 0/2 1/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 11/.455 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 5/1.933 ··· 231/153 .219/.329/.408/.737 .740/.736 .820 115/.743 0/0 10/
9.Riggans G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/35 .232/.279/.411/.689 .535/.799 .605 14/.747 0/0 3/
2.Upton G/S/vP 7/1.428 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 231/167 .311/.413/.437/.850 .816/.861 .864 112/.868 17/5 3/
IP 71.2 22.2 22.1 24.0 18.0 24.0 19.2 6.2 TOTAL .264/.337/.401/.738 .667/.766 .753 .751 61/22 52/23
ERA-K/9 3.52/8.4 3.18/14.3 1.61/5.7 1.50/6.8 2.50/8.0 3.38/8.6 3.20/11.4 14.85/6.7 3.41/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 300/.263 103/.221 86/.218 92/.195 77/.271 104/.244 80/.157 40/.424 .241  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Gomes
0/53/0/6
2/14/30/4
54/0/0/1
0/0/24/1
3/0/5/0
OPS .726 .627 .578 .561 .672 .746 .464 1.015 .668
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 152/.857 33/.779 41/.617 50/.459 37/.592 43/.904 34/.506 11/1.055 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.592 70/.559 45/.543 42/.677 40/.746 61/.636 46/.434 29/.997 .636
Road 165/.801 62/.621 49/.589 51/.516 49/.542 57/.505 46/.414 32/.915 .685
Last 28d days 138/.794 60/.505 39/.454 48/.428 28/.561 33/.651 32/.531 34/1.002
HR/SB/CS 6/2/1 1/6/0 1/3/0 2/1/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 1/2/0 0/4/0 32/53/9
Usage ····X··· ·XX·X·X· ··X·o··· o·X·oo·· ·o··X·o· ····X·X· XX··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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