CHW @ TBR, Thursday, October 2, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 89-74, 1st, 1 up	SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 12-16, 4.67) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-16) 208.1 214 113 108 61 200 25 4.67 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 10 GS 4-6 60.1 55 33 30 17 59 4 4.48 53 2008-09-27 CLE L 4.1 5 7 7 2 5 1 73 28 2008-09-23 MIN L 4 7 5 5 1 3 1 78 30 2008-09-18 NYY L 3.2 6 7 6 4 4 2 88 23 2008-09-14 DET W 7.2 3 0 0 2 8 0 106 79 2008-09-09 TOR L 6 5 2 2 3 5 0 98 56 2008-09-03 CLE W 6 5 2 2 1 5 0 104 58 2008-08-29 BOS L 5.2 10 5 3 2 7 0 109 38 2008-08-23 TBR L 7 5 4 4 1 4 0 90 54 2008-08-17 OAK W 8 4 1 1 0 8 0 91 78 2008-08-12 KCR W 8 5 0 0 1 10 0 109 81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 54-28 Road: 35-46 ExtrInn: 8-4 vsRHP: 58-54 vsLHP: 31-20 1-Run: 22-17 vsEast: 15-26 vsCntrl:44-29 vsWest: 18-13 IL:12-6 Last 20 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 163 Tue, Sep 30 MIN W 1-0 89-74 1st 1.0 up 162 Mon, Sep 29 DET W 8-2 88-74 1st Tied 161 Sun, Sep 28 CLE W 5-1 87-74 2nd 0.5 gb 160 Sat, Sep 27 CLE L 6-12 86-74 2nd 0.5 gb 159 Fri, Sep 26 CLE L 8-11 86-73 2nd 0.5 gb 158 Thu, Sep 25 @MIN L 6-7 (10) 86-72 2nd 0.5 gb 157 Wed, Sep 24 @MIN L 2-3 86-71 1st 0.5 up 156 Tue, Sep 23 @MIN L 3-9 86-70 1st 1.5 up 155 Sun, Sep 21 @KCR W 3-0 86-69 1st 2.5 up 154 Sat, Sep 20 @KCR L 2-5 85-69 1st 2.5 up 153 Fri, Sep 19 @KCR W 9-4 85-68 1st 2.5 up 152 Thu, Sep 18 @NYY L 2-9 84-68 1st 1.5 up 151 Wed, Sep 17 @NYY L 1-5 84-67 1st 2.5 up 150 Tue, Sep 16 @NYY W 6-2 84-66 1st 2.5 up 149 Mon, Sep 15 @NYY L 2-4 83-66 1st 1.5 up 148 Sun, Sep 14 DET W 11-7 83-65 1st 1.5 up 147 Sun, Sep 14 DET W 4-2 82-65 1st 1.5 up 146 Thu, Sep 11 TOR L 4-6 81-65 1st 1.0 up 145 Wed, Sep 10 TOR W 6-5 81-64 1st 1.0 up 144 Tue, Sep 9 TOR L 2-8 80-64 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:13-17
Tampa Bay Rays, 97-65, 1st, 2 up	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 14-8, 3.56) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (14-8) 215 208 94 85 40 160 24 3.56 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 10 GS 5-1 63.2 65 25 24 15 40 7 3.39 54 2008-09-28 DET ND 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 53 2008-09-23 BAL W 7 8 2 2 1 8 1 102 60 2008-09-18 MIN ND 6.1 8 6 5 2 3 1 90 36 2008-09-13 NYY W 8 5 0 0 0 6 0 106 78 2008-09-06 TOR ND 8 6 3 3 2 3 2 96 59 2008-08-31 BAL W 7 6 1 1 2 1 0 101 60 2008-08-26 TOR L 6.2 9 4 4 2 4 0 104 42 2008-08-19 LAA W 8 9 2 2 1 7 1 103 62 2008-08-14 OAK ND 5 5 4 4 5 3 1 94 39 2008-08-08 SEA W 6.2 9 3 3 0 5 1 106 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 8 v.CHW 0-1 20 26 10 10 4 19 4 4.50 50 2008-05-30 CHW ND 6 7 1 1 1 6 1 99 59 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: 57-24 Road: 40-41 ExtrInn:10-6 vsRHP: 72-41 vsLHP: 25-24 1-Run: 29-18 vsEast: 43-29 vsCntrl:20-18 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 20 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 162 Sun, Sep 28 @DET W 8-7 (11) 97-65 1st 2.0 up 161 Sat, Sep 27 @DET L 3-4 96-65 1st 1.5 up 160 Fri, Sep 26 @DET L 4-6 96-64 1st 2.0 up 159 Thu, Sep 25 @DET L 5-7 96-63 1st 2.0 up 158 Wed, Sep 24 @BAL W 11-6 96-62 1st 3.0 up 157 Tue, Sep 23 @BAL W 7-5 95-62 1st 3.0 up 156 Tue, Sep 23 @BAL W 5-2 94-62 1st 3.0 up 155 Mon, Sep 22 @BAL W 4-2 93-62 1st 2.5 up 154 Sun, Sep 21 MIN L 1-4 92-62 1st 1.5 up 153 Sat, Sep 20 MIN W 7-2 92-61 1st 2.5 up 152 Fri, Sep 19 MIN W 11-1 91-61 1st 1.5 up 151 Thu, Sep 18 MIN L 8-11 90-61 1st 1.5 up 150 Wed, Sep 17 BOS W 10-3 90-60 1st 2.0 up 149 Tue, Sep 16 BOS W 2-1 89-60 1st 1.0 up 148 Mon, Sep 15 BOS L 5-13 88-60 1st Tied 147 Sun, Sep 14 @NYY L 4-8 88-59 1st 1.0 up 146 Sat, Sep 13 @NYY L 5-6 88-58 1st 2.0 up 145 Sat, Sep 13 @NYY W 7-1 88-57 1st 2.0 up 144 Wed, Sep 10 @BOS W 4-2 (14) 87-57 1st 2.5 up 143 Tue, Sep 9 @BOS W 5-4 86-57 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 24, 2008 CHW 6 TBR 5 (10) W:Bobby Jenks , L: Jason Hammel , S: none Sat, Aug 23, 2008 TBR 5 @CHW 3 W:Grant Balfour , L: Javier Vazquez , S: Dan Wheeler Fri, Aug 22, 2008 TBR 9 @CHW 4 W:Edwin Jackson , L: John Danks , S: none Sun, Jun 01, 2008 TBR 4 CHW 3 (10) W:J.P. Howell , L: Matt Thornton , S: none Sat, May 31, 2008 TBR 2 CHW 0 W:Scott Kazmir , L: Javier Vazquez , S: Grant Balfour Fri, May 30, 2008 TBR 2 CHW 1 W:Dan Wheeler , L: Scott Linebrink , S: none Thu, May 29, 2008 CHW 5 @TBR 1 W:John Danks , L: Edwin Jackson , S: none Sun, Apr 20, 2008 CHW 6 @TBR 0 W:John Danks , L: Edwin Jackson , S: none Sat, Apr 19, 2008 TBR 5 CHW 0 W:Andy Sonnanstine , L: Mark Buehrle , S: none Fri, Apr 18, 2008 CHW 9 @TBR 2 W:Javier Vazquez , L: Jeff Niemann , S: none Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 6-4; 2007 - CHW won 6-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 50-36 Totals exclude the postseason.

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.
Post - PA and OPS in the current postseason.
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 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

S. Victorino .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

J. Votto .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Note: That all pitcher-batter matchups contain both regular and postseason meetings.

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 22.Garza
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 193/108 .232/.272/.436/.709 .824/.617 .628 5/1 8/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 15/.922 4/.500 9/.111 3/.666 6/.167 16/.464 3/1.167 ··· 10/.900 8/1.000 730/537 .281/.334/.371/.705 .754/.688 .705 19/6 8/

23.Dye G/S/vP 7/1.285 4/.000 6/.500 5/.650 10/.400 15/1.066 2/2.000 ··· 6/.500 6/.167 645/467 .292/.344/.541/.885 .917/.873 .780 3/2 34/

22.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 3/.333 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 35/23 .156/.229/.188/.416 .697/.269 .507 0/0 0/

17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/.350 ··· 3/.000 9/.472 575/388 .249/.353/.424/.778 .649/.841 .764 0/1 18/

44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.500 2/.000 2/.000 8/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 136/80 .260/.304/.331/.634 .920/.431 .718 0/0 2/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 5/.800 9/1.158 11/1.345 6/2.067 12/.697 14/1.096 2/.500 ··· 9/.347 8/.542 514/361 .240/.344/.438/.783 .825/.765 .626 2/0 22/

7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 17/14 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.462 .200 2/1 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 10/.600 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.000 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 9/1.334 1/no AB 570/428 .281/.312/.416/.728 .771/.714 .703 1/0 13/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· 9/.555 2/.000 509/361 .290/.317/.475/.792 .869/.760 .796 13/9 21/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 7/.953 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 4/.250 23/.360 2/.500 ··· 13/.398 2/.500 588/420 .219/.332/.410/.743 .746/.741 .596 3/3 24/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 11/1.122 2/1.500 2/1.000 6/1.500 7/.929 13/.000 6/1.100 ··· 12/.916 8/.750 602/433 .245/.362/.503/.865 .858/.868 .914 1/0 34/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 6/1.300 4/.833 5/.400 2/2.000 9/1.000 10/.633 1/3.000 ··· 8/.250 6/.600 353/271 .247/.296/.386/.682 .790/.651 .657 1/3 7/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 143/129 .248/.293/.450/.742 .286/.796 .843 9/0 6/

IP 215.0 58.1 59.1 184.2 89.1 152.1 43.1 14.0 193.1 66.1 TOTAL .263/.332/.448/.780 .790/.776 .732 67/34 235/108

ERA-K/9

3.56/6.7

1.54/12.7

2.12/2.6

3.70/6.2

2.22/9.3

3.49/9.8

4.15/9.1

1.93/7.7

4.38/5.8

3.12/7.2

3.82/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (43-9-1)
Pierzynski (96-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 877/.254 224/.143 241/.273 772/.245 370/.194 641/.220 187/.242 57/.176 819/.277 264/.183 .246 Griffey
Dye
Swisher
Wise
Ramirez
Anderson
Owens 0/32/91/8
0/0/151/5
18/70/18/3
24/23/6/2
0/11/0/1
3/94/2/0
7/4/0/0

OPS .708 .463 .653 .683 .579 .727 .687 .501 .758 .608 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 441/.735 93/.364 80/.798 371/.720 138/.534 140/.514 106/.612 20/.358 384/.729 103/.669 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 436/.680 131/.534 161/.585 401/.648 232/.605 501/.790 81/.783 37/.583 435/.784 161/.570 .717

Home 476/.628 101/.405 112/.691 385/.623 185/.527 327/.674 100/.612 3/.667 402/.745 118/.574 .666

HR/SB/CS 24/7/6 3/2/1 3/3/4 19/5/1 6/10/3 23/7/3 2/0/2 1/0/0 21/1/3 10/1/1 166/76/31

Usage ···o···· ·····X·· ······oX ····X··· ········ ······X· ···o···X ···X·X·· ·····X·· ···X····

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 54.Richard*
G/S/vB 61.Russell
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP 7/.286 6/.000 2/.000 5/1.200 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 362/222 .253/.327/.410/.737 .794/.702 .742 2/2 10/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP 6/.334 10/1.400 7/.000 3/.333 4/1.833 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 90/35 .263/.344/.475/.819 .882/.723 .890 0/0 4/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 31/.623 31/.596 4/1.500 11/.764 2/.000 6/.733 8/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.333 494/351 .286/.329/.361/.690 .919/.597 .723 20/6 1/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 27/1.136 21/1.047 8/.500 9/.444 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 9/.778 482/331 .273/.319/.400/.718 .641/.754 .811 25/7 8/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 45/.616 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 11/.909 2/1.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 284/272 .268/.349/.455/.804 .450/.819 1.006 1/0 11/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 6/.333 5/.800 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 399/326 .238/.336/.414/.750 .585/.789 .939 4/2 13/

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/10 .200/.200/.200/.400 .400/.400 .500 0/0 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 21/.248 12/.697 5/2.100 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.429 432/375 .247/.333/.465/.798 .488/.844 .725 10/3 20/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 14/.517 15/.534 1/.000 12/.788 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 707/489 .274/.349/.380/.729 .668/.756 .783 8/6 6/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.500 6/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 508/371 .272/.343/.531/.874 .830/.890 .871 7/0 27/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 12/.583 3/.000 1/.000 8/1.250 4/.833 2/3.000 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/3.500 470/344 .295/.349/.407/.757 .726/.777 .796 0/4 7/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 17/.471 39/.814 5/1.100 11/.773 5/.200 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.571 607/392 .247/.377/.494/.871 .654/.994 .912 1/1 31/

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/38 .250/.348/.433/.781 .872/.590 .758 5/0 3/

2.Upton G/S/vP 13/1.038 15/1.082 1/.000 9/.476 6/.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 639/442 .274/.384/.402/.786 .824/.769 .803 44/16 9/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 3/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 227/134 .253/.339/.505/.844 .804/.867 .700 3/0 12/

IP 208.1 218.2 38.2 195.0 67.0 206.1 61.2 46.1 47.2 26.0 67.1 TOTAL .260/.340/.422/.762 .726/.778 .800 142/50 180/90

ERA-K/9

4.67/8.6

3.79/5.8

3.96/7.0

3.32/7.3

3.76/12.4

3.84/6.3

2.63/5.5

3.69/7.8

6.04/5.5

5.19/7.6

2.67/10.3

4.11/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (3-0-0)
Navarro (45-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 890/.263 918/.281 158/.219 804/.246 288/.208 878/.241 243/.230 186/.234 215/.303 118/.291 268/.196 .261 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Crawford
Zobrist
Perez
Baldelli 0/143/0/16
2/18/121/8
40/0/49/4
108/1/0/2
14/5/2/1
8/15/2/1
1/0/6/0

OPS .755 .747 .611 .674 .687 .738 .620 .677 .802 .741 .544 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 458/.784 254/.787 63/.426 213/.681 87/.764 427/.826 127/.580 86/.631 78/.650 56/.813 126/.479 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 432/.726 664/.732 95/.744 591/.671 201/.654 451/.659 116/.661 100/.717 137/.888 62/.677 142/.599 .712

Road 456/.831 449/.843 61/.632 375/.692 145/.740 418/.797 109/.572 78/.681 138/.811 34/.924 128/.530 .772

HR/SB/CS 25/9/3 22/5/7 2/3/2 15/23/8 12/16/1 30/37/5 3/5/0 8/2/0 5/6/0 1/0/0 5/4/0 156/139/30

Usage ····X··· ···X···X ··o··o·· ·X···X·· ··o··X·· ··X···X· ·o·o··X· ··X·X··o ····X··· ····o··· ··ooo·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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Game Preview: CHW @ TBR, 2:30pm, Thursday, October 2, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 12-16, 4.67)

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 14-8, 3.56)

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