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Game Preview: TBR @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, July 21, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Rays, 51-42, 3rd, 4½ GB

SP: Jeff Niemann (26, RHP, 8-4, 3.73)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-4) 91.2 90 42 38 38 52 8 3.73
2008 (2-2) 16.0 18 12 9 8 14 3 5.06
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.0 33 12 11 16 25 0 2.41 57
2009-07-10 OAK W 9.0 7 0 0 3 6 0 118 76
2009-06-29 @TOR W 7.1 4 1 1 2 1 0 100 65
2009-06-21 @NYM ND 4.0 3 2 2 4 0 0 78 44
2009-06-16 @COL W 5.0 5 3 3 2 2 0 96 45
2009-06-10 LAA ND 3.2 7 5 4 3 3 0 91 29
2009-06-03 KCR W 9.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 100 91
2009-05-28 @CLE L 3.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 52 48
Last 5 v.CHW 0-2 9.1 14 10 7 5 4 3 6.75 35
2009-04-16 CHW L 6.0 9 2 2 1 3 1 97 48
2008-04-18 CHW L 3.1 5 8 5 4 1 2 85 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-15   Road:   21-27   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  36-23   vsLHP:  15-19   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast: 18-13   vsCntrl:13-12   vsWest:  7-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @CHW  L   3-4       51-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @KCR  W   4-3       51-41  3rd  4.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @KCR  W   4-2       50-41  3rd  5.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @KCR  W   8-7       49-41  3rd  6.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 12   OAK  L   3-7       48-41  3rd  6.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 11   OAK  L   2-7       48-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 10   OAK  W   6-0       48-39  3rd  4.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  9   TOR  W   3-2       47-39  3rd  4.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  8   TOR  W  10-9       46-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  7   TOR  W   3-1 (11)  45-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
WhiteSox, 48-44, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Clayton Richard (25, LHP, 3-3, 5.42)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 73.0 85 48 44 33 56 10 5.42
2008 (2-5) 47.2 61 37 32 13 29 5 6.04
Last 7 GS 1-2 27.2 37 27 24 14 22 3 7.81 39
2009-07-09 CLE L 1.0 4 6 6 3 1 1 46 19
2009-07-05 @KCR L 3.2 8 4 4 0 3 0 80 32
2009-06-30 @CLE W 6.0 4 4 4 1 6 1 81 53
2009-06-25 LAD ND 4.1 6 4 4 1 1 0 85 35
2009-06-20 @CIN ND 3.0 6 5 3 1 4 1 65 34
2009-06-12 @MIL ND 5.0 4 1 0 3 3 0 102 57
2009-06-08 DET ND 4.2 5 3 3 5 4 0 100 41
Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-22   Road:   23-22   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  30-34   vsLHP:  18-10   1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl:22-19   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Mon, Jul 20   TBR  W   4-3       48-44  2nd  1.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19   BAL  L   2-10      47-44  2nd  1.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18   BAL  W   4-3       47-43  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 CHW 12 @TBR  2        W:Gavin Floyd (2-1), L: Matt Garza (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 CHW  8 @TBR  3        W:Mark Buehrle (2-0), L: Scott Kazmir (2-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 TBR  6  CHW  5        W:James Shields (2-1), L: Matt Thornton (0-1), S: Troy Percival (2)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 CHW  3 @TBR  2        W:John Danks (1-0), L: Jeff Niemann (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (3)

Sun, Aug 24, 2008 CHW  6  TBR  5 (10)   W:Bobby Jenks (3-0), L: Jason Hammel (4-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 TBR  5 @CHW  3        W:Grant Balfour (4-2), L: Javier Vazquez (10-11), S: Dan Wheeler (8)
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 TBR  9 @CHW  4        W:Edwin Jackson (10-8), L: John Danks (10-6), S: none
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 TBR  4  CHW  3 (10)   W:J.P. Howell (4-0), L: Matt Thornton (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 TBR  2  CHW  0        W:Scott Kazmir (5-1), L: Javier Vazquez (5-4), S: Grant Balfour (1)
Fri, May 30, 2008 TBR  2  CHW  1        W:Dan Wheeler (1-3), L: Scott Linebrink (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 4-1; 2008 - TBR won 6-4; 2007 - CHW won 6-1; All-Time - CHW leads 54-37

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  5.54

FLA  4.52

SDP  3.72

RA/G

SFG  3.64

CIN  4.64

WSN  5.66

BA

I. Suzuki  .363

P. Feliz  .287

R. Cedeno  .185

OBP

M. Ramirez  .465

N. Swisher  .362

R. Cedeno  .238

SLG

A. Pujols  .730

R. Zimmerman  .467

N. Punto  .258

OPS

A. Pujols  1.186

J. Drew  .821

B. Giles  .548

ERA

D. Haren  1.96

U. Jimenez  3.82

J. Geer  6.02

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.79

B. Zito  6.73

J. Pineiro  3.75

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Rays Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Richard*
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Pena
G/S/vB
49.Poreda*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 183/117 .288/.377/.474/.851 .855/.850 .890 30/.974 0/0 7/6
8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 3/.666 9/.222 1/2.000 ··· ··· 8/1.404 285/192 .345/.394/.527/.921 1.005/.883 .947 81/.716 20/2 8/7
5.Burrell G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 8/.375 4/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 236/160 .233/.339/.361/.700 .688/.704 .652 88/.786 2/0 5/0
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 2/.000 9/.666 5/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.700 402/264 .311/.371/.437/.808 .690/.871 .848 91/.830 46/8 9/2
11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 30/10 .308/.400/.423/.823 .725/1.000 .527 3/.000 0/0 1/0
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 1/5.000 ··· 2/2.500 199/177 .276/.382/.424/.805 1.160/.765 .779 54/.842 6/3 4/3
41.Hernandez G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/53 .266/.301/.342/.643 .596/.667 .515 18/.646 2/1 1/2
27.Kapler G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 131/37 .257/.344/.496/.839 1.082/.276 .864 24/1.008 3/2 4/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 371/261 .280/.358/.529/.888 .877/.892 .973 83/.557 2/0 19/8
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/2.334 272/185 .217/.248/.324/.572 .758/.488 .594 55/.606 2/1 5/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.762 6/.533 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/1.625 394/249 .226/.363/.514/.877 .768/.942 .745 92/.679 2/1 24/8
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 7/.429 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 394/275 .246/.329/.382/.711 .601/.753 .715 97/.803 31/9 7/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/1.500 4/2.250 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 312/205 .305/.420/.591/1.011 1.137/.943 .937 87/.912 11/3 18/3
IP 73.0 58.1 35.2 33.0 34.0 38.0 11.0 38.2 TOTAL .272/.354/.452/.806 .828/.796 .791 .762 135/31 113/63
ERA-K/9 5.42/6.9 3.55/6.0 3.28/12.1 3.82/9.5 2.38/9.0 5.21/7.1 2.45/9.8 3.03/10.5 4.26/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 329/.296 253/.276 157/.231 135/.242 146/.260 175/.304 49/.231 155/.221 .260
OPS .835 .718 .747 .696 .749 .801 .631 .645 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.644 105/.816 44/.811 66/.849 57/.677 83/.959 17/.899 64/.478 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 234/.913 148/.651 113/.723 69/.550 89/.790 92/.663 32/.483 91/.764 .734
Home 139/.955 149/.714 82/.653 75/.746 76/.665 88/.741 30/.629 73/.455
Last 28d days 72/.961 67/.867 36/.757 31/.601 28/.596 41/1.008 39/.685 48/.716
HR/SB/CS 10/8/4 3/1/2 4/13/0 5/7/0 5/6/0 4/1/2 0/1/1 3/1/2 94/72/13
Usage ········ ·X······ ···o···· X·X····· o·oX···· ·X·X···· ·o······ o·oX····
WhiteSox Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
31.Cormier
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
46.Nelson
G/S/vB
14.Price*
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 210/145 .238/.322/.319/.641 .575/.669 .549 44/.518 3/6 2/2
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/106 .289/.357/.430/.786 .983/.715 .487 85/.899 3/3 3/9
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 123/88 .220/.309/.404/.713 .686/.723 .657 19/.576 0/0 5/4
23.Dye G/S/vP 5/1.400 6/.000 5/.600 ··· 4/2.250 10/.400 3/1.000 ··· 5/.000 340/255 .299/.374/.568/.942 .883/.960 .972 92/1.183 0/2 21/3
7.Fields G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/5.000 242/173 .224/.308/.350/.659 .767/.618 .636 25/.983 2/3 6/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 277/230 .264/.322/.376/.698 .745/.689 .719 70/.855 13/1 2/7
14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/1.500 10/1.025 10/1.489 ··· 3/.666 12/.697 1/no AB ··· 9/.347 359/261 .299/.351/.512/.863 1.066/.790 .898 89/1.060 0/0 18/1
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/52 .234/.289/.459/.749 .880/.571 .603 44/.795 5/0 6/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 4/.000 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 293/219 .296/.324/.454/.778 .654/.820 .664 76/.803 1/0 10/4
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 8/.929 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 301/216 .300/.361/.381/.743 .747/.741 .698 101/.658 15/7 3/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 357/269 .276/.330/.410/.740 .998/.656 .746 88/.877 12/3 11/11
25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/2.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 7/.453 4/.750 7/.929 1/no AB ··· 9/1.222 288/212 .265/.410/.522/.931 .849/.961 .932 78/1.013 0/0 16/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 106/95 .196/.243/.320/.562 .944/.527 .602 49/.715 2/3 1/0
IP 91.2 44.1 4.1 15.2 50.0 45.2 35.0 50.0 34.2 TOTAL .264/.335/.425/.760 .820/.739 .727 .873 60/29 109/77
ERA-K/9 3.73/5.1 4.47/8.7 2.08/6.3 1.72/8.6 2.70/4.9 1.97/10.6 4.37/8.2 4.86/9.5 3.38/6.0 4.21/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 394/.261 187/.230 26/.462 59/.185 204/.242 185/.195 159/.230 204/.241 134/.208 .258
OPS .725 .645 .923 .551 .644 .552 .795 .789 .624 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 200/.681 73/.712 1/2.000 36/.487 102/.648 58/.635 100/.769 50/.792 46/.951 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 194/.767 114/.600 25/.880 23/.654 102/.638 127/.513 59/.837 154/.788 88/.452 .749
Road 231/.741 88/.680 9/.667 29/.563 133/.607 93/.514 89/.764 85/.978 67/.471
Last 28d days 79/.551 44/.510 26/.923 26/.683 33/.896 42/.551 20/.713 86/.830 39/.316
HR/SB/CS 8/17/4 2/4/0 0/2/0 2/0/1 2/2/0 2/3/2 7/6/0 7/4/3 4/4/0 95/54/17
Usage ········ XXo····· ··oo···· oooo···· oX······ ·ooo···· ···o···· X······· ··oX····

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.