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Game Preview: TOR @ CHW, 7:05pm, Saturday, April 25, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Blue Jays, 13-5, 1st, 2 up

SP: Brian Burres (28, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2008 (7-10)			129.2	165	90	87	50	63	17	6.04
2007 (6-8)			121.0	140	81	80	66	96	14	5.95
2006 (0-0)			8.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	2.25

Last 7 GS		1-4	36.0	50	27	26	14	17	5	6.50	40
2008-09-20	@NYY	ND	7.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	91	73
2008-08-31	@TBR	L	5.0	9	7	7	4	4	0	105	21
2008-08-26	CHW	L	5.0	10	6	5	1	1	1	102	25
2008-07-25	LAA	L	1.2	7	5	5	1	1	2	51	31
2008-07-20	DET	L	5.1	6	3	3	4	5	2	109	45
2008-07-11	@BOS	W	6.1	6	3	3	3	2	0	100	48
2008-07-05	TEX	ND	5.2	9	3	3	1	2	0	73	40

Last 5 v.CHW		1-2	14.1	19	13	12	2	7	3	7.53	40
2008-08-26	CHW	L	5.0	10	6	5	1	1	1	102	25
2008-04-26	@CHW	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	96	80
2007-07-05	@CHW	L	1.1	6	7	7	1	2	2	49	15

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    7-3    Road:    6-2    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   8-3    vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 9-3    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Fri, Apr 24  @CHW  W  14-0       13-5   1st  2.0 up
 17 Thu, Apr 23   TEX  W   5-2       12-5   1st  2.0 up
 16 Wed, Apr 22   TEX  W   8-7 (11)  11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Tue, Apr 21   TEX  L   4-5       10-5   1st  1.5 up
 14 Sun, Apr 19   OAK  W   1-0       10-4   1st  2.5 up
 13 Sat, Apr 18   OAK  W   4-2 (12)   9-4   1st  2.0 up
 12 Fri, Apr 17   OAK  L   5-8        8-4   1st  1.0 up
 11 Thu, Apr 16  @MIN  W   9-2        8-3   1st  1.0 up
 10 Wed, Apr 15  @MIN  W  12-2        7-3   1st  0.5 up
  9 Tue, Apr 14  @MIN  L   2-3 (11)   6-3   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-5    Last 30:13-5

WhiteSox, 8-8, 2nd, 1 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (30, LHP, 2-0, 3.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			18.0	16	6	6	6	13	2	3.00
2008 (15-12)			218.2	240	106	92	52	140	22	3.79
2007 (10-9)			201.0	208	86	81	45	115	22	3.63

Last 7 GS		4-1	44.0	45	15	15	12	30	5	3.07	54
2009-04-18	@TBR	W	6.2	8	3	3	3	5	0	104	48
2009-04-12	MIN	W	6.1	2	1	1	0	5	1	95	70
2009-04-07	KCR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	97	47
2008-09-28	CLE	W	7.0	9	1	1	1	6	1	111	60
2008-09-24	@MIN	L	7.0	8	3	3	4	3	0	121	48
2008-09-19	@KCR	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	93	49
2008-09-15	@NYY	ND	6.0	6	2	2	0	6	1	101	58

Last 5 v.TOR		3-2	39.1	27	7	5	5	29	3	1.14	70
2008-09-10	TOR	W	7.1	7	1	1	2	6	0	105	64
2008-05-02	@TOR	L	8.0	5	2	0	0	7	0	100	75
2007-07-28	TOR	W	8.0	8	0	0	1	6	0	107	71
2007-05-31	@TOR	L	8.0	2	2	2	0	6	2	91	76
2006-04-15	TOR	W	8.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	103	66

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    3-4    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-7    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Fri, Apr 24   TOR  L   0-14       8-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @BAL  L   2-6        8-7   1st    Tied
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @BAL  W   8-2        8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Tue, Apr 21  @BAL  L   3-10       7-6   1st    Tied
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @TBR  W  12-2        7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @TBR  W   8-3        6-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @TBR  L   5-6        5-5   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16  @TBR  W   3-2        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Wed, Apr 15  @DET  L   0-9        4-4   3rd  0.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @DET  W  10-6        4-3   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-8    Last 30: 8-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 TOR 14 @CHW  0        W:Brian Tallet (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (2-2), S: none

Thu, Sep 11, 2008 TOR  6 @CHW  4        W:Shaun Marcum (9-6), L: Gavin Floyd (15-7), S: B.J. Ryan (29)
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 CHW  6  TOR  5        W:Mark Buehrle (13-11), L: Roy Halladay (18-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 TOR  8 @CHW  2        W:Jesse Litsch (11-8), L: Clayton Richard (2-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 TOR  3 @CHW  1        W:A.J. Burnett (17-10), L: Javier Vazquez (11-13), S: B.J. Ryan (28)
Mon, May 05, 2008 TOR  1  CHW  0        W:Dustin McGowan (2-2), L: Javier Vazquez (3-3), S: B.J. Ryan (5)
Sun, May 04, 2008 TOR  4  CHW  3        W:Roy Halladay (3-4), L: Jose Contreras (2-3), S: Scott Downs (3)
Sat, May 03, 2008 TOR  5  CHW  2        W:Jesse Litsch (4-1), L: John Danks (2-3), S: B.J. Ryan (4)
Fri, May 02, 2008 TOR  2  CHW  0        W:Shaun Marcum (3-2), L: Mark Buehrle (1-3), S: Scott Downs (2)
Sun, Jul 29, 2007 TOR  4 @CHW  1        W:Shaun Marcum (7-4), L: Javier Vazquez (8-6), S: Jeremy Accardo (17)
Season Series: 2009 - TOR leads 1-0; 2008 - TOR won 7-1; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; All-Time - TOR leads 173-156

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 2009 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

For the 2008 season

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

R. Ibanez .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

C. Lee .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: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Blue Jays Batters (6.56 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 54.Richard*
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 12/.166 5/.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 4/.750 3/.333 377/264 .249/.294/.410/.704 .591/.754 .755 58/.728 0/0 11/4

23.Bautista G/S/vP 14/1.021 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/.000 4/1.250 ··· 424/295 .238/.313/.405/.718 .885/.648 .753 40/.950 1/1 15/11

13.Chavez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 122/95 .259/.287/.319/.606 .576/.614 .505 3/.667 0/0 1/1

2.Hill G/S/vP 13/.731 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/3.000 229/174 .263/.324/.361/.685 .807/.648 .676 88/1.024 4/2 2/1

26.Lind* G/S/vP 9/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 3/.000 349/250 .282/.316/.439/.755 .688/.781 .786 80/.982 2/0 9/0

6.McDonald G/S/vP 20/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 207/125 .210/.255/.269/.524 .623/.460 .549 5/.400 3/1 1/9

30.Millar G/S/vP 29/.493 7/2.047 13/1.280 8/.625 3/.000 3/.666 4/.500 610/437 .234/.323/.394/.717 .736/.709 .671 30/.902 0/1 20/6

35.Overbay* G/S/vP 12/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 5/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 630/463 .270/.358/.419/.777 .540/.865 .815 55/1.092 1/2 15/5

15.Rios G/S/vP 21/.393 2/2.000 5/1.800 2/.000 1/3.000 3/1.000 3/.667 687/525 .291/.337/.461/.798 .735/.818 .766 86/.679 32/8 15/4

33.Rolen G/S/vP 10/.200 1/no AB 16/1.429 2/.500 8/.125 2/2.500 2/2.000 467/348 .262/.349/.431/.780 .760/.787 .810 70/.816 5/0 11/11

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 16/.900 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/1.000 1/.000 3/2.334 5/.200 592/433 .267/.341/.356/.697 .732/.684 .717 87/.921 7/2 7/8

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 80/64 .301/.338/.466/.803 .732/.820 .641 49/1.026 0/0 2/0

10.Wells G/S/vP 36/1.275 6/1.333 4/1.417 5/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 2/1.000 466/357 .300/.343/.496/.840 .849/.837 .830 85/.846 4/2 20/3

IP 218.2 38.2 67.0 61.2 46.1 47.2 67.1 TOTAL .302/.372/.511/.884 .856/.896 .984 .884 9/1 29/7

ERA-K/9

3.79/5.8

3.96/7.0

3.76/12.4

2.63/5.5

3.69/7.8

6.04/5.5

2.67/10.3

4.82/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (42-22-2)
Chavez (13-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 918/.281 158/.219 288/.208 243/.230 186/.234 215/.303 268/.196 .270 Rios
Wells
Lind
Snider
Scutaro 0/62/93/14
0/100/0/5
71/0/0/2
13/0/7/2
3/0/0/1

OPS .747 .611 .687 .620 .677 .802 .544 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 254/.787 63/.426 87/.764 127/.580 86/.631 78/.650 126/.479 .880

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 664/.732 95/.744 201/.654 116/.661 100/.717 137/.888 142/.599 .665

Home 469/.656 97/.598 143/.634 134/.658 108/.673 77/.785 140/.557

Last 28d days 76/.669 47/.660 28/.575 22/.818 20/.550 52/.968 24/.994

HR/SB/CS 22/5/7 2/3/2 12/16/1 3/5/0 8/2/0 5/6/0 5/4/0 15/18/0

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

WhiteSox Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 14.Burres*
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 62.Murphy*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 193/108 .232/.272/.436/.709 .824/.617 .784 42/.714 5/1 8/0

15.Betemit# G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 3/1.666 3/1.167 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 198/153 .265/.289/.429/.718 .645/.739 .758 18/.745 0/1 6/5

23.Dye G/S/vP 5/1.000 7/.572 1/3.000 10/1.171 4/1.417 1/2.000 ··· 5/2.000 645/467 .292/.344/.541/.885 .917/.873 .996 64/.926 3/2 34/1

22.Fields G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 35/23 .156/.229/.188/.416 .697/.269 .000 65/.752 0/0 0/2

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 7/5 .286/.286/.286/.571 1.000/.400 .667 53/.800 1/1 0/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 7/1.143 16/.775 ··· 4/2.750 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 8/.375 514/361 .240/.344/.438/.783 .825/.765 .978 65/.879 2/0 22/7

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 85/48 .200/.238/.338/.576 .480/.649 .523 30/.527 2/0 1/6

44.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 67/40 .083/.152/.133/.285 .305/.271 .185 10/1.000 0/0 1/3

7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 17/14 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.462 1.000 6/.333 2/1 0/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.667 1/no AB 6/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 7/.453 570/428 .281/.312/.416/.728 .771/.714 .752 54/.630 1/0 13/9

20.Quentin G/S/vP 11/.764 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 569/409 .288/.394/.571/.965 .937/.975 .979 70/1.029 7/3 36/7

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 509/361 .290/.317/.475/.792 .869/.760 .789 59/.441 13/9 21/13

25.Thome* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 14/.972 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.429 602/433 .245/.362/.503/.865 .858/.868 .822 59/.793 1/0 34/

IP 129.2 39.1 60.0 70.2 47.1 33.0 56.1 TOTAL .261/.340/.419/.759 .727/.765 .644 .759 12/4 20/10

ERA-K/9

6.04/4.4

4.12/7.1

2.25/8.2

1.78/7.3

4.18/8.0

2.18/6.3

/0.0

2.88/7.5

3.65/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Miller (9-6-4)
Pierzynski (96-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 596/.311 166/.263 237/.196 290/.213 208/.208 141/.230 / 240/.243 .230 Quentin
Dye
Ramirez
Owens
Anderson 130/0/0/5
0/0/151/5
0/11/0/1
7/4/0/0
3/94/2/0

OPS .854 .694 .620 .590 .679 .648 .664 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/.847 65/.976 127/.599 119/.540 81/.842 67/.785 / 113/.654 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 414/.856 101/.515 110/.644 171/.625 127/.578 74/.528 / 127/.673 .654

Road 270/.682 81/.759 123/.776 154/.670 101/.748 70/.606 / 98/.634

Last 28d days / 31/.563 39/.477 34/.329 24/.212 36/.873 17/.521 76/.630

HR/SB/CS 17/11/2 2/3/0 6/1/3 3/2/0 4/5/2 2/0/0 // 4/6/1 19/12/4

Usage ·oo···Xo ·Xo···XX ·oo··oX· ··X···oX ·o·o···X X······· X·····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.