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Game Preview: LAA @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, August 5, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Angels, 63-41, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Sean O'Sullivan (21, RHP, 3-0, 3.72)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-0)			29.0	32	12	12	8	16	4	3.72

Last 7 GS		3-0	29.0	32	12	12	8	16	4	3.72	50
2009-07-21	@KCR	W	5.1	6	2	2	2	1	0	96	47
2009-07-04	BAL	ND	5.2	9	4	4	0	2	0	94	37
2009-06-29	@TEX	W	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	2	90	55
2009-06-23	COL	ND	5.0	6	3	3	3	3	2	101	43
2009-06-16	@SFG	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	98	67

Has never faced CHW.

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

 Home:   32-20   Road:   31-21   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  40-31   vsLHP:  23-10   1-Run:  19-10
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:18-11   vsWest: 14-17 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Tue, Aug  4  @CHW  L   4-5       63-41  1st  4.5 up
103 Sun, Aug  2  @MIN  W  13-4       63-40  1st  4.0 up
102 Sat, Aug  1  @MIN  W  11-6       62-40  1st  4.0 up
101 Fri, Jul 31  @MIN  W  11-5 (11)  61-40  1st  3.0 up
100 Wed, Jul 29   CLE  W   9-3       60-40  1st  3.5 up
 99 Tue, Jul 28   CLE  W   7-6       59-40  1st  2.5 up
 98 Mon, Jul 27   CLE  L   6-8       58-40  1st  2.5 up
 97 Sun, Jul 26   MIN  L   1-10      58-39  1st  3.5 up
 96 Sat, Jul 25   MIN  W  11-5       58-38  1st  4.5 up
 95 Fri, Jul 24   MIN  W   6-3       57-38  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:21-9

WhiteSox, 55-52, 2nd, 1 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (26, RHP, 8-6, 4.07)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-6)			137.0	123	67	62	47	116	13	4.07
2008 (17-8)			206.1	190	107	88	70	145	30	3.84
2007 (1-5)			70.0	85	45	41	19	49	17	5.27

Last 7 GS		4-1	48.0	36	19	16	13	43	5	3.00	59
2009-07-30	NYY	ND	7.2	4	1	1	1	10	0	103	76
2009-07-25	@DET	ND	6.2	6	2	1	3	7	0	112	60
2009-07-20	TBR	W	7.0	3	3	3	2	7	3	99	64
2009-07-11	@MIN	W	7.2	8	5	5	0	7	2	103	50
2009-07-04	@KCR	L	5.1	4	5	5	3	4	0	96	41
2009-06-29	@CLE	W	7.2	5	0	0	2	5	0	95	72
2009-06-24	LAD	W	6.0	6	3	1	2	3	0	108	53

Has never faced ANA.

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

 Home:   31-24   Road:   24-28   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  35-39   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:23-25   vsWest:  8-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Tue, Aug  4   LAA  W   5-4       55-52  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Sun, Aug  2   NYY  L   5-8       54-52  2nd  1.5 gb
105 Sat, Aug  1   NYY  W  14-4       54-51  2nd  1.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 31   NYY  W  10-5       53-51  2nd  1.5 gb
103 Thu, Jul 30   NYY  W   3-2       52-51  3rd  2.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 29  @MIN  L   2-3       51-51  3rd  3.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 28  @MIN  L   3-5       51-50  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 27  @MIN  L   3-4       51-49  2nd  2.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @DET  W   5-1       51-48  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @DET  L   3-4 (10)  50-48  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 27, 2009 LAA  3  CHW  1        W:Jered Weaver (4-2), L: Gavin Floyd (3-5), S: Brian Fuentes (13)
Tue, May 26, 2009 CHW  4 @LAA  2        W:Bartolo Colon (3-4), L: Joe Saunders (6-3), S: Scott Linebrink (1)
Mon, May 25, 2009 CHW 17 @LAA  3        W:John Danks (4-3), L: Ervin Santana (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 LAA  3 @CHW  2        W:Joe Saunders (15-7), L: Horacio Ramirez (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (55)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 CHW  7  LAA  6 (15)   W:Ehren Wassermann (1-1), L: Justin Speier (1-8), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 CHW 10  LAA  2        W:Mark Buehrle (12-11), L: Dustin Moseley (1-4), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2008 CHW  3  LAA  2        W:Scott Linebrink (2-0), L: John Lackey (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 LAA  2 @CHW  0        W:Jered Weaver (4-5), L: John Danks (3-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (21)
Fri, May 23, 2008 LAA  3 @CHW  1        W:Joe Saunders (8-1), L: Gavin Floyd (4-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (20)
Thu, May 15, 2008 CHW  4 @LAA  3        W:Octavio Dotel (2-2), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (8)
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 3-1; 2008 - Tied 5-5; 2007 - CHW won 5-4; All-Time - CHW leads 334-331

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

LAA 5.73

FLA 4.54

SDP 3.74

RA/G

SFG 3.64

HOU 4.58

WSN 5.48

I. Suzuki .364

M. Montero .292

A. Casilla .166

OBP

A. Pujols .438

B. McCann .365

R. Cedeno .217

SLG

A. Pujols .661

C. Ross .472

A. Casilla .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.099

M. Prado .839

A. Casilla .464

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.10

A. Cook 3.88

T. Wellemeyer 5.77

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.97

K. Correia 6.73

J. Lannan 3.66

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Angels Batters (5.71 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 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 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 65.Nunez
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 67.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 12/.962 17/1.563 1/.000 12/1.084 8/1.625 12/1.117 1/.000 8/.700 ··· 2/.000 6/1.100 2/1.500 429/306 .322/.417/.455/.872 .884/.866 .880 98/.971 22/5 8/5

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 7/1.167 ··· 8/.542 6/.500 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 336/229 .309/.351/.424/.775 .758/.784 .782 85/1.010 8/3 3/5

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 8/1.500 33/.321 7/1.096 21/.606 6/.334 4/.833 5/.650 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 8/.661 1/no AB 473/333 .313/.398/.414/.813 .615/.893 .852 102/.876 31/12 3/12

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 11/.282 11/1.000 1/.000 16/.661 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 279/236 .302/.347/.433/.779 1.063/.746 .766 69/.792 9/3 5/3

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.555 1/.000 6/.833 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 273/182 .273/.321/.407/.728 .794/.686 .679 60/1.120 8/3 6/4

5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.429 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 178/131 .200/.301/.300/.601 .535/.623 .435 36/.609 2/1 4/2

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 4/.250 31/.690 8/.250 13/.571 11/.697 7/.629 3/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 253/186 .245/.308/.332/.640 .572/.664 .634 94/.684 4/0 2/2

19.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 397/313 .299/.350/.581/.931 .761/.979 .909 80/1.206 1/3 23/6

44.Napoli G/S/vP 7/1.229 11/.495 ··· 14/.657 3/.666 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 308/227 .293/.373/.533/.907 1.192/.807 .932 83/1.018 2/3 16/4

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 4/.833 27/1.290 2/.000 3/.666 9/.444 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 86/30 .244/.279/.366/.645 .638/.657 .583 23/1.010 1/1 2/0

20.Rivera G/S/vP 10/1.200 26/.693 4/.500 6/.334 8/.393 7/1.171 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 352/265 .316/.355/.531/.886 1.065/.830 .887 47/.817 0/0 18/1

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.167 5/.800 2/.500 3/.000 6/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 29/14 .200/.276/.440/.716 .630/.786 .726 10/1.150 0/0 2/0

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 11/.637 1/.000 7/.453 ··· ··· 7/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 64/50 .217/.226/.250/.476 .297/.527 .572 54/.481 4/0 0/0

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

IP 137.0 145.0 68.1 92.2 119.1 41.1 36.1 38.0 0.1 44.1 45.0 3.0 TOTAL .290/.353/.451/.805 .796/.808 .794 .892 107/36 114/58

ERA-K/9

4.07/7.6

3.79/4.9

3.95/6.2

4.95/6.9

4.00/7.5

2.83/11.3

4.21/9.2

2.61/9.0

0.00/0.0

4.47/6.9

2.80/11.2

0.00/6.0

4.15/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 570/.237 585/.257 283/.291 395/.255 511/.241 181/.211 158/.255 170/.273 1/.000 198/.283 178/.224 10/.000 .257

OPS .662 .713 .752 .728 .697 .703 .724 .786 .000 .742 .650 .300 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 295/.635 155/.741 124/.897 202/.699 144/.714 55/.803 79/.842 71/.685 1/.000 93/.866 72/.527 6/.000 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 275/.690 430/.703 159/.644 193/.757 367/.690 126/.659 79/.607 99/.854 / 105/.637 106/.734 4/.750 .721

Home 277/.593 348/.653 173/.760 180/.693 256/.706 92/.605 91/.764 93/.734 1/.000 103/.703 93/.513 7/.429

Last 28d days 110/.646 127/.767 61/.895 106/.748 109/.738 37/.512 41/.934 37/.995 1/.000 45/.661 43/.645 10/.300

HR/SB/CS 13/13/2 18/1/1 4/1/2 8/15/0 13/10/4 4/13/0 5/8/0 5/8/0 0/0/0 4/2/2 4/1/3 0/0/0 104/85/18

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 68.Loux
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 32.Palmer
G/S/vB 54.Santana
G/S/vB 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 207/147 .311/.374/.486/.860 1.100/.760 .639 97/.977 4/4 6/9

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 134/90 .218/.306/.387/.693 .615/.730 .644 20/.476 0/0 5/5

23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 46/.624 ··· 17/1.042 1/2.000 18/.958 15/.666 16/.875 16/.250 399/297 .279/.353/.532/.886 .836/.902 .886 93/.744 0/2 24/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 320/265 .271/.326/.378/.704 .785/.687 .736 68/.944 17/1 2/7

14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 ··· 30/.905 ··· 14/1.654 1/.000 19/.489 11/1.155 14/.793 12/.174 421/306 .288/.347/.500/.847 1.111/.750 .889 96/.730 0/0 20/3

30.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/.664 ··· 35/.639 ··· 20/.566 ··· 20/.950 7/.572 14/.715 7/.715 92/76 .230/.261/.287/.548 .375/.586 .598 35/.296 2/1 1/0

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/3.334 ··· 3/.000 152/65 .224/.309/.440/.750 .834/.626 .574 46/.690 6/0 7/5

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 39/.676 7/1.286 5/1.000 ··· 14/.714 4/.500 8/.750 14/.517 342/254 .315/.342/.462/.804 .664/.854 .716 77/.857 1/0 11/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 15/.600 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 16/.661 4/.500 4/.250 7/.000 359/253 .302/.357/.391/.748 .748/.747 .769 96/.690 16/9 4/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.125 ··· 7/2.381 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 6/.000 207/152 .227/.319/.436/.755 .653/.792 .760 56/.684 1/0 11/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 9/.347 2/.000 4/.000 402/303 .273/.328/.399/.727 .972/.648 .779 80/.639 12/3 11/13

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 7/.453 ··· 18/.167 ··· 31/.964 1/no AB 13/.558 11/.282 4/1.250 12/.817 332/248 .253/.392/.494/.886 .855/.897 .863 74/.889 0/0 18/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 119/105 .193/.235/.312/.547 .955/.504 .625 31/.533 2/3 1/0

IP 29.0 47.1 35.2 25.2 104.2 48.1 45.2 87.1 64.0 135.0 39.0 142.1 TOTAL .263/.333/.422/.755 .819/.731 .736 .757 69/32 125/89

ERA-K/9

3.72/5.0

3.80/8.8

4.29/9.3

6.66/7.4

3.96/7.3

5.03/2.8

2.56/6.5

4.64/5.3

7.31/7.2

5.07/4.8

4.62/9.0

3.79/8.0

4.75/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 123/.294 189/.210 153/.254 112/.333 413/.260 215/.318 185/.250 378/.256 297/.321 596/.279 176/.268 592/.235 .275

OPS .829 .705 .704 .766 .710 .829 .681 .732 .937 .807 .726 .701 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.667 92/.833 48/.524 65/.913 235/.805 119/.937 76/.723 206/.822 153/.989 160/.640 79/.923 326/.819 .827

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.976 97/.584 105/.789 47/.560 178/.573 96/.691 109/.649 172/.627 144/.883 436/.868 97/.572 266/.559 .733

Road 76/.700 80/.737 72/.480 54/.845 202/.713 148/.680 103/.709 152/.857 164/.742 299/.821 90/.722 260/.814

Last 28d days 24/.785 40/.771 29/.963 39/.493 119/.477 41/.791 34/.511 64/.726 120/.891 135/.930 42/.932 124/.879

HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 7/1/0 4/0/1 1/1/0 10/7/0 4/6/3 3/4/3 10/9/1 12/7/2 22/15/6 4/3/0 19/13/5 118/83/24

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