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Game Preview: CHW @ TEX, 3:05pm, Sunday, July 13, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Chicago White Sox, 54-39, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 7-6, 4.21)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-6)            115.1 117  57  54  33  66 11    4.21      
 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         2-3  40.2  57  32  30  14  19  8    6.64   38 
 2008-07-08   @KCR  ND   5.2  10   5   5   1   1  0      99   29 
 2008-07-02    CLE  ND   6     6   4   3   4   6  1     115   48 
 2008-06-27    CHC   W   6     7   3   3   2   3  3     100   47 
 2008-06-21   @CHC   L   3.1  10   9   9   2   1  3      72    3 
 2008-06-15    COL   L   6.2   7   4   3   2   4  1     100   48 
 2008-06-10   @DET   L   6    13   6   6   1   1  0      98   22 
 2008-06-05    KCR   W   7     4   1   1   2   3  0     100   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-1  15.2  14  12  12   7  20  3    6.89   49 
 2006-06-12   @TEX   W   8     6   3   3   0  11  1     108   69 
 2004-09-07   @TEX   L   1.2   5   8   8   5   2  1      63   10 
 2004-05-22   @TEX  ND   6     3   1   1   2   7  1     100   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-13   Road:   22-26   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  34-27   vsLHP:  20-12   1-Run:  13-10
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:26-12   vsWest:  9-9  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @TEX  W   9-7       54-39  1st  1.5 up
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @TEX  L   2-7       53-39  1st  1.5 up
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @KCR  L   1-4       53-38  1st  2.5 up
 91 Wed, Jul  9  @KCR  W   7-6       53-37  1st  3.5 up
 90 Tue, Jul  8  @KCR  W   8-7 (13)  52-37  1st  2.5 up
 89 Sun, Jul  6   OAK  W   4-3       51-37  1st  1.0 up
 88 Sat, Jul  5   OAK  W   6-1       50-37  1st  1.0 up
 87 Fri, Jul  4   OAK  L   1-7       49-37  1st  1.0 up
 86 Thu, Jul  3   OAK  L   2-3       49-36  1st  2.0 up
 85 Wed, Jul  2   CLE  W   6-5 (10)  49-35  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Texas Rangers, 49-46, 3rd, 7½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Harrison (22, LHP, 1-0, 2.57)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)              7     5   2   2   1   1  0    2.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-0   7     5   2   2   1   1  0    2.57   59 
 2008-07-08    LAA   W   7     5   2   2   1   1  0      97   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-21   Road:   25-25   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  38-28   vsLHP:  11-18   1-Run:  18-11
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:13-12   vsWest: 16-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Sat, Jul 12   CHW  L   7-9       49-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11   CHW  W   7-2       49-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 10   LAA  L  10-11(11)  48-45  3rd  7.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9   LAA  W   5-4       48-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8   LAA  W   3-2       47-44  3rd  7.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  7   LAA  L   6-9       46-44  3rd  8.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @BAL  W  11-10      46-43  3rd  7.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @BAL  W   5-3       45-43  3rd  7.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @BAL  L   4-10      44-43  3rd  8.5 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  2  @NYY  L   7-18      44-42  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 CHW  9 @TEX  7        W:John Danks (7-4), L: Kevin Millwood (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 TEX  7  CHW  2        W:Luis Mendoza (2-3), L: Gavin Floyd (10-5), S: Eddie Guardado (2)

Thu, Aug 30, 2007 TEX  5  CHW  1        W:Kevin Millwood (9-11), L: John Danks (6-13), S: none
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 TEX  5  CHW  4 (11)   W:Wes Littleton (2-1), L: Boone Logan (2-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 TEX  4  CHW  3        W:Wes Littleton (1-1), L: Mike MacDougal (1-4), S: Joaquin Benoit (2)
Thu, Apr 19, 2007 CHW  6  TEX  4        W:Matt Thornton (1-1), L: Scott Feldman (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (4)
Wed, Apr 18, 2007 CHW  6  TEX  0        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Kevin Millwood (2-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 17, 2007 TEX  8 @CHW  1        W:Robinson Tejeda (2-1), L: Jon Garland (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 23, 2006 CHW  5  TEX  0        W:Jon Garland (10-3), L: Vicente Padilla (10-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 TEX  3 @CHW  1        W:Francisco Cordero (7-4), L: Bobby Jenks (2-2), S: Akinori Otsuka (21)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - TEX won 4-2; 2006 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - CHW leads 339-283

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  5.54

CLE  4.53

WSN  3.68

RA/G

OAK  3.63

MIL  4.52

TEX  5.77

BA

C. Jones  .378

R. Winn  .285

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .473

J. Hardy  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .656

J. Crede  .466

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.098

L. Scott  .815

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

J. Sanchez  3.97

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.63

M. Garza  6.07

L. Hernandez  3.36

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB
65.Diaz
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
43.Loe
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/85 .229/.263/.412/.675 .698/.660 .532 46/.633 2/1 5/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 7/.143 7/.429 19/.684 1/no AB ··· 4/.666 7/.629 21/.190 422/305 .266/.326/.361/.688 .712/.679 .640 114/.768 15/2 6/
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 10/.650 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 332/250 .253/.325/.466/.792 .346/.935 .699 87/.541 0/3 16/
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 13/1.231 9/.889 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 9/.472 371/265 .299/.353/.547/.900 .789/.942 .775 108/1.167 3/2 20/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/45 .264/.312/.347/.659 .988/.419 .745 22/.454 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 11/.773 13/1.797 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 12/.533 288/213 .223/.326/.377/.703 .648/.722 .606 21/.855 1/0 9/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 11/.182 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 11/.384 332/249 .287/.326/.429/.755 .691/.776 .756 92/.667 1/0 7/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 389/283 .275/.375/.520/.895 .772/.939 .915 108/.885 5/3 21/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 239/166 .307/.328/.458/.785 .760/.796 .780 93/.846 5/4 7/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 18/.516 ··· ··· 2/.000 13/1.438 6/.666 374/266 .235/.349/.403/.752 .760/.748 .635 103/.871 1/2 12/
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 33/.406 8/2.125 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 3/1.167 6/1.000 338/246 .246/.370/.504/.873 .953/.840 .973 88/1.112 1/0 18/
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 11/.182 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 9/.889 154/124 .206/.258/.326/.585 .588/.584 .622 21/.600 0/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/38 .350/.372/.600/.972 .400/1.052 1.271 37/1.138 5/0 2/
IP 7.0 1.0 37.2 33.1 10.1 7.0 15.2 53.0 40.1 51.2 TOTAL .262/.335/.439/.774 .723/.794 .728 .836 39/19 127/61
ERA-K/9 2.57/1.3 0.00/18.0 3.58/10.7 2.70/4.9 4.35/6.1 9.00/2.6 9.77/5.7 4.25/4.9 4.46/7.6 4.35/6.3 5.04/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (24-5-1)
 Pierzynski (63-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 26/.200 6/.333 167/.236 126/.179 49/.340 33/.333 78/.348 224/.279 179/.239 222/.246 .282  Swisher
 Quentin
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
5/47/10/3
90/0/0/3
0/0/86/2
0/11/0/1
1/50/2/0
2/13/1/0
OPS .471 .833 .712 .529 1.028 .869 .944 .771 .767 .643 .803
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 3/.667 1/.000 85/.728 52/.557 20/1.450 19/1.266 42/.819 110/.850 50/.832 107/.707 .833
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/.445 5/1.100 82/.696 74/.508 29/.720 14/.305 36/1.085 114/.693 129/.743 115/.585 .778
Home 26/.471 6/.833 76/.822 73/.539 28/1.179 19/.707 41/.507 108/.734 102/.864 108/.626 .803
Last 28d days 26/.471 6/.833 52/.658 46/.475 9/1.667 33/.869 27/.502 63/.764 66/1.006 64/.684
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 0/1/0 4/6/1 2/3/0 3/0/0 0/0/0 1/3/1 3/0/1 6/1/0 2/5/1 98/72/23
Usage ····X··· X······· X·XX···X ·oo·o·oo X······· ·X·X·o·· ·····X·· ·X·X··o· ··X·X·Xo ··XX··X·
Texas Rangers Batters (5.54 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 202/145 .251/.338/.411/.750 .928/.677 .789 63/.769 2/2 4/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 9/.444 3/1.666 2/2.000 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 328/211 .314/.440/.602/1.043 1.186/.959 1.256 64/.900 4/2 18/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 5/.800 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 196/121 .240/.325/.380/.705 .701/.708 .918 92/.615 2/1 4/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 14/.928 3/.666 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 207/197 .280/.356/.396/.752 .775/.750 .604 49/.754 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 59/42 .236/.288/.655/.943 1.220/.837 1.178 59/.943 0/0 6/
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 115/55 .225/.279/.363/.642 .748/.526 .503 38/.705 1/1 3/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 420/290 .314/.369/.558/.927 .865/.954 1.103 111/.824 7/0 21/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 446/334 .333/.393/.542/.935 .839/.967 .975 129/1.171 23/1 14/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 379/273 .271/.313/.461/.774 .569/.857 .781 86/.677 5/2 13/
51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/26 .200/.300/.371/.671 .214/.888 .944 40/.671 0/0 2/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 168/110 .221/.321/.331/.652 .429/.777 .731 69/.484 0/1 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 245/208 .316/.386/.481/.867 .476/.936 .877 82/.765 0/1 5/
10.Young G/S/vP 9/.444 10/.844 11/.637 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 420/314 .304/.352/.431/.784 .834/.765 .856 116/.790 6/0 7/
IP 115.1 5.1 42.1 38.0 33.0 38.2 6.2 37.2 TOTAL .282/.353/.460/.812 .752/.836 .875 .799 53/14 116/84
ERA-K/9 4.21/5.2 1.69/8.5 2.98/12.8 2.37/7.6 2.73/8.7 3.49/6.7 2.70/9.4 2.39/11.0 3.53/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramirez (9-2-0)
 Saltalamacchia (33-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 489/.262 21/.211 187/.208 146/.207 134/.238 172/.295 27/.308 148/.176 .249  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Bradley
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
 Duran
4/37/17/6
0/58/29/5
1/0/18/4
45/0/2/3
42/13/47/1
18/0/0/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .709 .602 .632 .597 .659 .795 .756 .501 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 243/.799 14/.368 56/.650 67/.573 72/.582 63/.919 11/.909 71/.413 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 246/.623 7/1.095 131/.624 79/.617 62/.749 109/.729 16/.646 77/.583 .671
Road 248/.749 21/.602 97/.711 64/.600 74/.623 80/.533 9/.778 73/.487 .721
Last 28d days 133/1.002 21/.602 48/.643 40/.788 37/.881 49/.873 27/.756 46/.522
HR/SB/CS 11/16/1 0/1/0 4/12/1 5/2/0 3/2/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 81/87/18
Usage ····X··· ·X······ o·ooo·X· ····X·XX o·ooX··· ····X··· ···o···· X··oX·oo

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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