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Game Preview: CHW @ CHC, 2:20pm, Thursday, June 18, 2009 @Wrigley Field

WhiteSox, 31-34, 3rd, 3 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (26, RHP, 4-5, 4.94)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-5)			82.0	83	47	45	31	71	8	4.94
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		2-3	47.2	41	22	21	13	43	4	3.97	56
2009-06-11	DET	ND	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	111	73
2009-06-06	CLE	W	6.2	5	2	1	1	7	0	105	64
2009-06-01	OAK	ND	7.0	4	2	2	3	8	1	107	66
2009-05-27	@LAA	L	8.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	102	62
2009-05-22	PIT	W	8.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	103	84
2009-05-17	@TOR	L	5.0	7	6	6	2	4	2	76	31
2009-05-11	@CLE	L	5.0	11	8	8	3	3	0	107	13

Has never faced CHC.

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

 Home:   16-18   Road:   15-16   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  21-25   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   6-10
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  7-9  IL: 5-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @CHC  W   4-1       31-34  3rd  3.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 14  @MIL  W   5-4       30-34  3rd  4.5 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 13  @MIL  W   7-1       29-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 12  @MIL  L   2-7       28-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 11   DET  W   4-3       28-33  3rd  5.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun 10   DET  L   1-2       27-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  9   DET  L   6-7 (10)  27-32  3rd  5.5 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  8   DET  W   6-1       27-31  3rd  4.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  8   DET  L   4-5       26-31  3rd  4.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  7   CLE  L   4-8       26-30  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Cubs, 30-31, 4th, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Zambrano (28, RHP, 4-2, 3.39)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-2)			63.2	55	26	24	28	56	4	3.39
2008 (14-6)			188.2	172	85	82	72	130	18	3.91
2007 (18-13)			216.1	187	100	95	101	177	23	3.95

Last 7 GS		3-2	44.2	34	15	13	19	36	0	2.62	58
2009-06-10	@HOU	ND	8.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	104	73
2009-06-05	@CIN	W	6.2	2	0	0	5	7	0	109	72
2009-05-27	PIT	ND	6.1	7	2	1	3	6	0	112	56
2009-05-22	@SDP	L	4.2	3	3	3	4	7	0	97	49
2009-05-03	FLA	W	5.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	78	53
2009-04-28	@ARI	W	7.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	111	50
2009-04-23	CIN	L	7.0	7	4	3	2	7	0	109	54

Last 5 v.CHW		3-1	34.2	21	19	19	14	40	7	4.93	58
2007-06-22	@CHW	W	8.0	3	1	1	1	12	1	113	83
2007-05-20	CHW	L	6.2	6	7	7	4	5	1	117	35
2006-07-02	CHW	W	6.0	7	7	7	3	6	2	112	33
2006-05-21	@CHW	W	7.0	4	4	4	3	9	3	113	59
2005-05-21	CHW	ND	7.0	1	0	0	3	8	0	108	80

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

 Home:   17-13   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  25-23   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:   7-11
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Wed, Jun 17   CHW  L   1-4       30-31  4th  4.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 14   MIN  W   3-2       30-30  3rd  2.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun 13   MIN  L   0-2       29-30  4th  3.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun 12   MIN  L   4-7       29-29  4th  3.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun 11  @HOU  L   1-2 (13)  29-28  4th  2.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun 10  @HOU  L   1-2       29-27  4th  2.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  9  @HOU  W   7-1       29-26  2nd  2.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  7  @CIN  W   6-3 (14)  28-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  6  @CIN  L   3-4 (11)  27-26  4th  4.5 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  5  @CIN  W   2-1       27-25  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 CHW  4 @CHC  1        W:John Danks (5-5), L: Ryan Dempster (4-4), S: Bobby Jenks (15)

Sun, Jun 29, 2008 CHW  5  CHC  1        W:Mark Buehrle (6-6), L: Sean Marshall (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 CHW  6  CHC  5        W:Matt Thornton (4-1), L: Carlos Marmol (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (18)
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 CHW 10  CHC  3        W:Jose Contreras (7-6), L: Ryan Dempster (9-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 CHC  7  CHW  1        W:Ryan Dempster (9-2), L: Javier Vazquez (7-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 CHC 11  CHW  7        W:Jason Marquis (6-3), L: Jose Contreras (6-6), S: Kerry Wood (19)
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 CHC  4  CHW  3        W:Kerry Wood (4-1), L: Scott Linebrink (2-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 24, 2007 CHC  3 @CHW  0        W:Sean Marshall (4-2), L: Jose Contreras (5-8), S: Bobby Howry (2)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 CHC  2 @CHW  1        W:Michael Wuertz (1-2), L: Bobby Jenks (2-3), S: Bobby Howry (1)
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 CHC  5 @CHW  1        W:Carlos Zambrano (8-6), L: Mark Buehrle (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 1-0; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - CHC won 5-1; All-Time - CHW leads 34-33

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

TBR 5.70

BAL 4.58

SEA 3.74

RA/G

LAD 3.77

TBR 4.61

WSN 5.73

J. Mauer .425

J. Bay .281

C. Young .189

OBP

J. Mauer .495

F. Lopez .355

D. Navarro .232

SLG

J. Mauer .750

J. Werth .457

E. Burriss .267

OPS

J. Mauer 1.245

J. Werth .810

D. Navarro .553

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.96

J. Pineiro 3.99

A. Sonnanstine 6.65

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.96

C. Volstad 6.59

S. Martis 3.45

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WhiteSox Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Patton
G/S/vB 36.Wells
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.133 ··· ··· 149/106 .233/.327/.318/.644 .574/.670 .623 77/.616 2/5 2/1

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/32 .132/.214/.184/.398 .500/.362 .670 42/.398 0/1 0/2

27.Castro G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 101/72 .242/.317/.429/.745 .596/.803 .731 22/.968 0/0 4/2

23.Dye G/S/vP 15/.733 1/no AB 9/.889 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 6/.666 ··· ··· 238/179 .271/.349/.529/.877 .680/.937 .926 89/.941 0/2 15/2

7.Fields G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 215/155 .228/.304/.321/.625 .639/.619 .669 66/.701 2/3 3/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/158 .250/.307/.320/.627 .648/.622 .636 67/.668 8/1 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 25/1.264 ··· 10/2.022 1/2.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 252/182 .293/.345/.467/.812 .995/.743 .875 93/.682 0/0 8/0

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/33 .221/.289/.441/.731 .790/.652 .895 36/.707 3/0 4/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 18/.977 1/.000 6/.833 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 9/.476 ··· ··· 202/153 .300/.337/.447/.784 .620/.838 .940 81/.895 1/0 6/3

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 28/.594 1/2.000 8/.453 1/2.000 5/1.550 3/2.667 6/.900 ··· ··· 181/128 .315/.367/.394/.761 .881/.710 .861 117/.834 9/3 1/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 251/185 .251/.300/.355/.655 .955/.551 .602 113/.800 10/2 6/5

25.Thome* G/S/vP 14/1.096 2/2.500 5/1.850 ··· 7/.953 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 207/156 .255/.401/.515/.916 .885/.926 .995 77/.941 0/0 12/

31.Wise* G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 48/41 .133/.170/.133/.304 .900/.222 .154 26/.157 0/2 0/0

IP 63.2 14.1 28.1 30.0 28.0 30.1 51.1 17.1 42.1 TOTAL .250/.323/.393/.716 .758/.700 .773 .741 41/20 67/42

ERA-K/9

3.39/7.9

2.51/10.7

4.13/9.5

2.70/7.5

4.50/7.1

3.26/9.2

4.56/6.0

6.23/7.8

2.55/6.8

3.84/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 267/.236 62/.226 129/.248 119/.202 127/.267 137/.141 223/.260 83/.261 170/.242 .238

OPS .655 .649 .742 .572 .804 .605 .768 .776 .606 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.727 23/1.153 57/.678 51/.510 52/.742 65/.552 57/.650 34/.702 71/.699 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.596 39/.358 72/.792 68/.617 75/.849 72/.655 166/.806 49/.816 99/.537 .681

Home 110/.752 34/.657 56/.704 57/.628 57/.892 63/.654 137/.741 43/.631 70/.717

Last 28d days 105/.468 40/.632 46/.495 41/.615 53/.825 51/.448 69/.752 23/.785 126/.616

HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 1/2/1 5/0/0 2/1/2 3/3/1 1/1/0 8/2/1 3/4/0 2/2/0 63/33/13

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

Cubs Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 39.Gobble*
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/33 .212/.278/.303/.581 .600/.596 .300 40/.581 0/1 0/1

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 4/2.000 2/2.000 4/.500 2/1.000 6/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 168/122 .234/.339/.386/.725 .855/.675 .889 64/.823 0/0 5/1

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 213/176 .232/.319/.389/.708 .374/.780 .594 76/.801 2/1 6/4

5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 15/8 .385/.400/.538/.938 1.095/.804 .875 15/.938 0/0 0/0

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 219/208 .266/.394/.429/.824 1.030/.813 .752 67/.547 4/4 5/0

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/59 .246/.358/.386/.744 .625/.761 .850 25/.566 0/0 2/0

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/104 .261/.308/.432/.741 .583/.765 .921 42/.410 0/0 4/1

9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 4/.000 8/.393 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 117/71 .264/.325/.425/.749 .841/.691 .928 53/.920 1/0 3/0

25.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.042 ··· 5/1.200 11/.788 ··· ··· 1/.000 218/177 .277/.358/.440/.798 .763/.799 .844 87/.950 0/0 7/1

7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 11/.855 ··· ··· ··· 126/100 .203/.242/.263/.505 .748/.440 .519 30/.367 3/0 0/2

12.Soriano G/S/vP 4/.500 6/.933 3/.666 11/.673 1/.000 6/.900 ··· ··· 3/.000 278/229 .225/.291/.447/.738 .524/.782 .686 100/.505 6/2 14/6

18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 188/147 .217/.324/.311/.635 .760/.602 .692 67/.701 0/0 3/2

2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/2.000 261/212 .282/.341/.427/.768 .884/.742 .936 95/.698 8/5 6/5

IP 82.0 41.2 25.0 10.1 23.0 23.1 1.2 55.0 24.1 TOTAL .244/.321/.394/.716 .717/.715 .739 .672 25/15 64/39

ERA-K/9

4.94/7.8

3.02/6.0

2.88/11.9

6.10/7.0

3.52/7.8

2.31/8.5

0.00/15.9

3.76/6.7

1.85/12.6

4.16/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 356/.258 178/.276 110/.211 48/.244 96/.242 103/.258 6/.167 241/.270 97/.193 .258

OPS .712 .682 .686 .818 .710 .706 .333 .777 .586 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.700 73/.744 26/.756 21/.675 47/.874 40/.708 2/.000 73/.584 42/.321 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 177/.724 105/.641 84/.662 27/.929 49/.551 63/.702 4/.500 168/.865 55/.794 .721

Road 159/.836 79/.717 53/.672 18/.347 38/.528 47/.759 6/.333 132/.698 54/.777

Last 28d days 143/.478 50/.588 52/.854 30/.508 36/.778 39/.800 6/.333 121/.730 31/.329

HR/SB/CS 8/9/0 1/1/0 2/10/0 2/0/0 4/5/0 2/4/0 0/0/0 7/1/3 2/0/2 67/46/7

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