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Game Preview: BAL @ CHW, 4:05pm, Saturday, July 18, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Orioles, 40-49, 5th, 15 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Brad Bergesen (23, RHP, 6-3, 3.54)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-3)			104.1	100	44	41	25	53	10	3.54

Last 7 GS		4-1	50.0	37	14	13	10	29	3	2.34	62
2009-07-12	TOR	W	6.2	7	2	2	2	3	0	91	53
2009-07-06	@SEA	L	6.0	6	4	3	4	4	1	113	46
2009-07-01	BOS	ND	8.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	103	76
2009-06-26	WSN	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	105	63
2009-06-20	@PHI	ND	6.1	6	4	4	0	2	0	81	47
2009-06-14	ATL	W	9.0	5	2	2	2	3	2	112	70
2009-06-09	SEA	W	8.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	97	78

Last 5 v.CHW		1-0	5.2	4	3	1	2	4	0	1.59	55
2009-04-21	CHW	W	5.2	4	3	1	2	4	0	95	55

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

 Home:   26-21   Road:   14-28   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  23-31   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast: 13-19   vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  8-17 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul 17  @CHW  L   8-12      40-49  5th 15.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   TOR  W   4-2       40-48  5th 14.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11   TOR  W   4-3 (12)  39-48  5th 14.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10   TOR  L   0-2       38-48  5th 14.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  8  @SEA  W   5-3       38-47  5th 13.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  7  @SEA  W  12-4       37-47  5th 13.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  6  @SEA  L   0-5       36-47  5th 13.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @LAA  L   6-9       36-46  5th 13.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @LAA  L   4-11      36-45  5th 12.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @LAA  W   6-4       36-44  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

WhiteSox, 46-43, 2nd, 2½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (30, LHP, 9-3, 3.66)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-3)			118.0	114	51	48	26	66	17	3.66
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		3-1	43.2	45	26	24	11	20	9	4.95	47
2009-07-12	@MIN	L	3.1	10	8	8	1	1	3	63	8
2009-07-07	CLE	W	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	2	107	53
2009-07-02	@KCR	W	8.1	6	1	1	0	1	0	100	68
2009-06-27	CHC	ND	5.2	6	5	3	3	3	0	108	41
2009-06-21	@CIN	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	103	69
2009-06-14	@MIL	ND	6.0	7	4	4	1	5	3	114	46
2009-06-09	DET	ND	6.1	4	5	5	4	4	1	95	45

Last 5 v.BAL		2-1	35.1	28	13	10	5	17	3	2.55	59
2008-04-26	BAL	ND	6.0	3	3	3	2	5	1	111	57
2007-07-13	@BAL	L	8.0	6	2	2	1	1	2	101	62
2007-07-02	BAL	ND	7.2	9	4	2	0	3	0	116	52
2005-08-01	@BAL	W	5.2	5	1	0	1	3	0	85	59
2005-05-13	BAL	W	8.0	5	3	3	1	5	0	107	64

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

 Home:   23-21   Road:   23-22   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  29-33   vsLHP:  17-10   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl:22-19   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul 17   BAL  W  12-8       46-43  2nd  2.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12  @MIN  L   7-13      45-43  2nd  3.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11  @MIN  W   8-7       45-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10  @MIN  L   4-6       44-42  2nd  3.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  9   CLE  L   8-10      44-41  2nd  2.5 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  8   CLE  W   5-1       44-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7   CLE  W  10-6       43-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @KCR  L   3-6       42-40  3rd  2.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @KCR  L   4-6       42-39  2nd  2.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @KCR  W   5-0       42-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 BAL  6  CHW  2        W:Adam Eaton (1-2), L: Bartolo Colon (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 CHW  8 @BAL  2        W:John Danks (2-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 BAL 10  CHW  3        W:Brad Bergesen (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-3), S: none

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 BAL 11  CHW  3        W:Radhames Liz (5-3), L: John Danks (10-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 CHW  8 @BAL  3        W:Gavin Floyd (14-6), L: Brian Burres (7-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 CHW  4 @BAL  3        W:Clayton Richard (2-2), L: Chris Waters (2-1), S: Bobby Jenks (26)
Mon, Apr 28, 2008 BAL  4 @CHW  3 (14)   W:Alberto Castillo (1-0), L: Horacio Ramirez (0-1), S: Rocky Cherry (1)
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 CHW  6  BAL  1        W:Jose Contreras (2-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (0-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 CHW  6  BAL  5        W:Bobby Jenks (2-0), L: Randor Bierd (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 BAL  5 @CHW  1        W:Brian Burres (3-1), L: John Danks (2-2), S: George Sherrill (9)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - CHW won 5-4; 2007 - BAL won 5-3; All-Time - CHW leads 988-858

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.63

FLA 4.56

SDP 3.76

RA/G

SFG 3.68

CHW 4.60

WSN 5.63

J. Mauer .373

R. Zimmerman .288

J. Giambi .191

OBP

A. Pujols .456

D. Fowler .362

D. Navarro .254

SLG

A. Pujols .723

A. Ethier .473

N. Punto .223

OPS

A. Pujols 1.179

J. Varitek .826

N. Punto .543

ERA

D. Haren 2.01

R. Oswalt 3.85

J. Geer 5.79

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.96

B. Zito 6.79

J. Garland 3.62

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Orioles Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 52.Contreras
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 57.Pena
G/S/vB 49.Poreda*
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

12.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 154/105 .228/.260/.283/.542 .557/.535 .419 61/.488 2/3 1/5

17.Huff* G/S/vP 23/.806 12/1.167 31/1.151 12/.440 3/2.334 5/.000 5/.400 5/.400 3/1.334 ··· 4/1.000 10/.650 361/216 .259/.327/.424/.751 .679/.799 .640 82/.629 0/6 11/4

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 13/.083 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.572 5/1.250 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 165/113 .258/.294/.323/.617 .846/.504 .354 6/.533 9/0 1/6

10.Jones G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 6/.000 7/.286 3/.000 2/.500 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 350/219 .303/.357/.481/.838 .712/.914 .840 84/.654 6/4 13/4

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 11/1.434 2/1.500 17/1.154 12/.750 3/.666 6/1.700 8/.700 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 7/.829 390/228 .291/.349/.442/.790 .620/.914 .720 93/.669 2/1 9/3

6.Mora G/S/vP 27/.472 5/1.400 23/.687 6/.533 8/.875 3/.000 7/1.381 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 265/157 .259/.326/.335/.660 .664/.658 .542 68/.648 2/3 3/7

18.Pie* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 119/107 .234/.299/.355/.654 .182/.706 .606 13/1.077 1/3 2/0

14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/115 .257/.332/.444/.776 .794/.764 .656 73/.525 2/0 9/3

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 27/.440 5/.650 40/.954 12/.750 7/.715 7/.286 7/1.143 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 9/.222 388/257 .273/.339/.433/.772 .736/.790 .788 84/.703 18/5 8/7

26.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/22 .419/.455/.613/1.067 1.364/.909 .757 22/1.250 0/0 2/1

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB 9/.985 6/1.500 2/.500 6/.533 3/.000 5/1.400 3/1.334 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 263/181 .305/.384/.592/.976 1.110/.913 .872 70/.959 0/0 18/0

15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/64 .259/.316/.407/.724 .635/.795 .663 56/.739 0/0 3/4

23.Wigginton G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 7/.953 6/.367 6/.733 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 234/144 .257/.303/.390/.693 .636/.728 .603 59/.796 1/1 6/2

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 12/.432 3/.333 12/.639 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 174/125 .240/.345/.367/.711 .591/.757 .786 25/1.330 0/0 3/4

IP 118.0 54.2 73.1 106.1 35.2 115.2 31.0 33.2 37.0 11.0 73.0 37.1 TOTAL .267/.330/.416/.746 .691/.778 .666 .710 43/26 89/66

ERA-K/9

3.66/5.0

3.79/5.9

4.54/6.8

3.98/7.8

3.28/12.1

4.44/7.2

3.48/8.7

2.41/9.1

4.38/7.1

1.64/9.8

5.42/6.9

3.13/10.4

4.18/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 478/.260 240/.282 314/.244 427/.236 153/.230 490/.247 129/.230 139/.242 165/.297 47/.231 329/.296 146/.212 .258

OPS .741 .736 .715 .682 .747 .675 .673 .696 .768 .604 .835 .619 .735

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.798 96/.839 157/.711 118/.756 42/.856 252/.630 62/.873 52/.642 75/.908 16/.866 95/.644 60/.405 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.721 144/.670 157/.717 309/.653 111/.708 238/.721 67/.490 87/.724 90/.656 31/.460 234/.913 86/.770 .727

Home 267/.669 136/.746 157/.679 201/.675 78/.646 224/.604 69/.709 69/.550 78/.664 28/.583 139/.955 64/.372

Last 28d days 128/.798 62/.899 86/.618 107/.516 38/.868 108/.608 33/.565 30/.353 31/.895 37/.651 88/.996 44/.654

HR/SB/CS 17/1/1 3/1/2 8/7/0 11/9/3 4/13/0 10/12/0 5/7/0 4/6/0 3/1/2 0/1/1 10/8/4 3/1/2 91/69/13

Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· ········ X······X o······o ······X· ······Xo X····o·· X····X·· ·····X·· ········ X······o

WhiteSox Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Bergesen
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 28.Baez
G/S/vB 25.Bass
G/S/vB 49.Berken
G/S/vB 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB 27.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB 51.Hill*
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 31.Mickolio
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/.334 3/.000 1/no AB 4/1.167 ··· ··· 208/144 .235/.320/.317/.637 .585/.659 .539 51/.572 3/6 2/2

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/96 .271/.336/.415/.751 .892/.698 .347 82/.923 2/3 3/9

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/85 .224/.308/.411/.720 .686/.733 .672 16/.607 0/0 5/2

23.Dye G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 7/.762 3/2.334 ··· 8/1.500 16/1.170 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 2/.500 328/243 .302/.375/.567/.942 .883/.962 .975 81/1.204 0/2 20/3

7.Fields G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.350 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 241/172 .225/.310/.352/.662 .767/.621 .641 25/.983 2/3 6/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 265/220 .258/.314/.354/.669 .748/.652 .646 67/.674 13/1 1/7

14.Konerko G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 27/.352 4/.500 ··· 13/1.203 16/.683 5/.600 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 346/249 .302/.355/.514/.870 1.078/.791 .915 85/1.049 0/0 17/1

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/51 .236/.292/.464/.755 .880/.583 .615 44/.795 5/0 6/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 15/.666 5/1.000 ··· 13/.770 6/.666 4/.500 6/.666 ··· 6/.000 284/211 .299/.327/.461/.789 .663/.833 .680 76/.842 1/0 10/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/.453 6/.900 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 288/205 .299/.355/.383/.739 .741/.738 .685 98/.722 14/7 3/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 345/257 .281/.335/.415/.751 .998/.667 .770 85/1.022 12/3 11/11

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 13/1.351 4/1.000 6/.900 8/.393 ··· 6/1.133 275/200 .255/.400/.491/.891 .862/.902 .847 67/.829 0/0 16/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/85 .198/.250/.291/.541 1.071/.492 .569 47/.797 2/3 0/0

IP 104.1 38.2 45.0 53.2 50.1 101.0 57.1 52.1 42.0 3.2 37.1 TOTAL .263/.333/.422/.755 .821/.731 .714 .871 59/29 103/73

ERA-K/9

3.54/4.6

3.96/6.5

4.60/5.0

4.36/6.4

6.44/5.2

5.35/5.5

4.55/6.3

7.22/7.4

3.00/5.8

0.00/7.3

2.41/8.2

4.97/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 430/.253 167/.282 182/.220 244/.290 214/.298 444/.274 258/.292 241/.288 174/.252 6/.000 153/.210 .279

OPS .693 .728 .633 .830 .806 .840 .842 .853 .694 .000 .614 .802

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 210/.692 69/.858 89/.646 115/.760 108/.868 223/.869 81/.709 49/.828 82/.588 3/.000 43/.367 .816

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 220/.692 98/.640 93/.620 129/.890 106/.742 221/.812 177/.905 192/.858 92/.783 3/.000 110/.709 .790

Road 157/.725 78/.745 73/.847 96/.742 61/.881 188/.938 146/.770 155/.775 84/.631 3/.000 68/.606

Last 28d days 132/.601 54/.725 37/.934 54/.923 91/.774 91/.767 56/.663 95/1.074 38/.766 6/.000 43/.466

HR/SB/CS 10/0/3 1/4/1 5/3/0 9/1/3 3/5/0 20/4/1 9/10/0 6/7/2 3/1/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 106/59/15

Usage ·····X·· X······X o····oo· ······X· X······X ········ ······X· X·····X· ·····oX· X······o ·····Xo·

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.