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Game Preview: CHW @ CIN, 1:10pm, Sunday, June 21, 2009 @Great American Ball Park

WhiteSox, 32-36, 3rd, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (30, LHP, 6-2, 3.43)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-2) 86.2 80 34 33 20 55 12 3.43
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 1-2 48.2 50 23 22 9 31 9 4.07 53
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
2009-06-04 OAK L 8.0 5 4 4 3 4 1 101 57
2009-05-30 @KCR ND 7.1 7 3 3 0 6 1 95 58
2009-05-24 PIT ND 7.0 12 1 1 0 3 0 106 52
2009-05-19 MIN W 7.0 8 2 1 0 3 1 101 58
2009-05-13 @CLE L 7.0 7 4 4 1 6 2 98 52
Last 5 v.CIN 1-0 8.0 5 2 1 0 4 1 1.12 70
2001-06-13 CIN W 8.0 5 2 1 0 4 1 99 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-18   Road:   16-18   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  22-27   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   6-12
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:14-14   vsWest:  7-9  IL: 6-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @CIN  W  10-8       32-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @CIN  L   3-4       31-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @CHC  L   5-6       31-35  3rd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Reds, 34-33, 4th, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Harang (31, RHP, 5-6, 3.65)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-6) 86.1 97 38 35 20 70 11 3.65
2008 (6-17) 184.1 205 104 98 50 153 35 4.78
2007 (16-6) 231.2 213 100 96 52 218 28 3.73
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.1 50 20 20 10 33 7 4.46 49
2009-06-16 ATL ND 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 33 53
2009-06-10 @WSN ND 7.2 5 0 0 3 2 0 123 68
2009-06-04 @STL L 8.0 8 3 3 2 4 1 115 56
2009-05-30 @MIL L 4.1 12 8 8 0 5 3 104 12
2009-05-25 HOU W 5.0 10 3 3 1 4 1 93 38
2009-05-20 PHI W 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 109 72
2009-05-15 @SDP L 6.1 8 5 5 2 6 1 109 41
Last 5 v.CHW 0-1 6.2 8 3 3 2 9 0 4.05 53
2006-06-18 CHW L 6.2 8 3 3 2 9 0 119 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-16   Road:   17-17   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  25-24   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl:20-16   vsWest:  3-3  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Sat, Jun 20   CHW  L   8-10      34-33  4th  3.0 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 19   CHW  W   4-3       34-32  3rd  2.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 18   ATL  L   0-7       33-32  3rd  3.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 17   ATL  W   4-3       33-31  3rd  3.0 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 16   ATL  W   7-2       32-31  3rd  3.0 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 14  @KCR  L   1-7       31-31  3rd  2.5 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 13  @KCR  L   4-7       31-30  3rd  2.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 12  @KCR  L   1-4       31-29  3rd  2.5 gb
 59 Thu, Jun 11  @WSN  L   2-3       31-28  3rd  1.5 gb
 58 Wed, Jun 10  @WSN  W   4-2 (12)  31-27  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 CHW 10 @CIN  8        W:D.J. Carrasco (2-0), L: Danny Herrera (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (16)
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 CIN  4  CHW  3        W:Bronson Arroyo (8-5), L: Jose Contreras (2-6), S: Francisco Cordero (17)

Sun, Jun 18, 2006 CHW  8 @CIN  1        W:Jon Garland (6-3), L: Aaron Harang (7-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 CHW  8 @CIN  6        W:Matt Thornton (2-1), L: Todd Coffey (3-1), S: Bobby Jenks (20)
Fri, Jun 16, 2006 CHW 12 @CIN  4        W:Freddy Garcia (8-4), L: Brandon Claussen (3-8), S: none
Thu, Jun 14, 2001 CHW  7  CIN  5        W:Kelly Wunsch (2-1), L: Jim Brower (3-4), S: Keith Foulke (13)
Wed, Jun 13, 2001 CHW  4  CIN  2        W:Mark Buehrle (5-3), L: Rob Bell (0-5), S: Keith Foulke (12)
Tue, Jun 12, 2001 CHW  5  CIN  0        W:David Wells (5-5), L: Elmer Dessens (5-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 07, 2000 CHW  6 @CIN  4        W:Jim Parque (6-2), L: Rob Bell (4-4), S: Keith Foulke (13)
Tue, Jun 06, 2000 CHW 17 @CIN 12        W:Cal Eldred (6-2), L: Ron Villone (6-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - CHW leads 13-3

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  5.59

STL  4.55

SEA  3.78

RA/G

LAD  3.77

TEX  4.63

WSN  5.54

BA

J. Mauer  .417

J. Damon  .280

B. Giles  .191

OBP

J. Mauer  .485

M. Reynolds  .354

D. Navarro  .243

SLG

J. Mauer  .744

O. Hudson  .462

N. Punto  .248

OPS

J. Mauer  1.229

B. Abreu  .810

B. Giles  .548

ERA

Z. Greinke  1.96

J. Peavy  3.97

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.96

B. Zito  6.49

S. Martis  3.45

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

WhiteSox Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Harang
G/S/vB
51.Burton
G/S/vB
48.Cordero
G/S/vB
46.Fisher
G/S/vB
52.Herrera*
G/S/vB
40.Masset
G/S/vB
33.Owings
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
37.Roenicke
G/S/vB
25.Weathers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/119 .250/.344/.329/.672 .574/.705 .681 83/.621 2/6 2/2
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 55/43 .167/.273/.271/.544 .523/.549 .838 55/.544 0/1 1/3
27.Castro G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 104/75 .237/.317/.419/.737 .596/.789 .718 21/.675 0/0 4/2
23.Dye G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 14/.445 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/1.000 ··· 5/.000 248/188 .264/.339/.514/.852 .667/.907 .874 92/.863 0/2 15/2
7.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 217/156 .227/.306/.320/.625 .650/.615 .670 59/.728 2/3 3/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 203/170 .255/.312/.348/.660 .628/.666 .690 73/.764 9/1 1/6
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 9/.555 266/196 .289/.338/.464/.803 .995/.736 .851 96/.687 0/0 9/0
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 77/34 .217/.286/.435/.720 .790/.631 .872 34/.750 3/0 4/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/.393 1/.000 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 4/.000 213/164 .290/.329/.445/.774 .620/.821 .907 82/.904 1/0 7/4
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 21/.616 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 195/138 .316/.371/.412/.784 .879/.744 .889 119/.887 10/3 2/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 265/199 .262/.311/.389/.700 .955/.618 .691 116/.829 11/3 8/5
25.Thome* G/S/vP 10/1.300 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/.290 ··· 11/.977 209/156 .251/.397/.509/.906 .847/.926 .973 71/1.011 0/0 12/
31.Wise* G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 53/44 .163/.196/.184/.380 1.238/.253 .412 31/.310 0/2 0/0
IP 86.1 30.0 30.0 10.2 27.2 27.1 72.0 24.2 1.0 23.2 TOTAL .252/.324/.399/.723 .758/.711 .782 .767 44/22 74/49
ERA-K/9 3.65/7.3 4.80/6.6 2.10/8.4 3.38/10.1 2.28/6.5 1.65/7.9 4.50/5.6 1.82/7.7 0.00/9.0 2.66/6.1 3.96/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 368/.282 143/.289 119/.240 46/.243 116/.265 103/.141 322/.266 98/.172 3/.000 99/.205 .250
OPS .761 .792 .606 .662 .683 .440 .762 .515 .000 .617 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.695 66/.697 64/.490 17/.971 51/.636 37/.609 146/.784 44/.317 2/.000 35/.580 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.830 77/.872 55/.739 29/.440 65/.720 66/.347 176/.743 54/.664 1/.000 64/.636 .741
Home 166/.725 68/.785 74/.596 24/.491 68/.712 64/.603 147/.781 54/.214 3/.000 47/.797
Last 28d days 119/.910 51/.739 44/.659 42/.699 40/.613 47/.529 129/.762 36/.623 3/.000 30/.414
HR/SB/CS 11/9/4 1/0/0 1/1/2 0/0/2 1/1/1 1/2/1 9/4/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 75/31/21
Usage ····X··· X·o····X ·X·Xo··· ··X····o X···X·o· o··oX·o· ···X···· Xo·oX·X· ··o····· ·o·oX···
Reds Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.56 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
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 268/191 .214/.302/.471/.773 .526/.870 .990 92/.731 3/2 17/1
26.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2 .667/.667/.667/1.333 2.000/1.000 2.000 3/1.333 0/0 0/
21.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 159/144 .265/.380/.386/.766 .377/.802 .730 65/.801 4/2 2/3
31.Gomes G/S/vP 13/1.062 4/2.000 ··· 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 52/30 .311/.385/.533/.918 .981/.867 .929 42/.976 1/0 2/0
15.Hairston G/S/vP 23/.654 3/.000 5/.650 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 219/155 .242/.299/.402/.701 .860/.635 .725 87/.589 6/2 7/8
29.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 144/115 .328/.415/.402/.817 1.022/.768 .898 80/.861 0/0 1/1
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 37/.439 3/.333 4/1.250 1/2.000 6/.000 3/1.666 1/no AB 5/.400 3/1.334 248/195 .247/.328/.353/.681 .577/.711 .783 94/.580 1/0 5/5
7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/44 .260/.327/.320/.647 .871/.584 .535 13/.397 0/0 0/1
17.Nix* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 163/144 .262/.313/.517/.830 .488/.876 .757 80/.779 0/0 7/1
4.Phillips G/S/vP 7/.143 4/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 260/193 .283/.355/.509/.864 1.027/.810 1.010 90/.934 10/5 11/5
9.Richar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
23.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 142/118 .207/.300/.289/.589 .667/.573 .583 55/.343 0/2 2/2
3.Taveras G/S/vP ··· 5/1.550 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 246/190 .227/.277/.282/.559 .493/.578 .640 63/.213 14/3 1/3
IP 86.2 43.2 27.0 10.1 24.0 25.0 2.2 58.0 26.1 TOTAL .245/.320/.392/.713 .725/.709 .767 .665 42/19 68/49
ERA-K/9 3.43/5.7 2.89/5.8 3.33/11.0 6.10/7.0 3.75/8.6 2.16/8.6 0.00/10.0 4.03/7.0 2.05/12.0 4.15/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 350/.252 186/.266 121/.242 48/.244 101/.250 113/.272 10/.125 257/.280 107/.216 .262
OPS .720 .666 .744 .818 .745 .773 .425 .800 .613 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.667 74/.733 29/.924 21/.675 49/.943 43/.705 3/.000 75/.610 43/.313 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 258/.739 112/.624 92/.690 27/.929 52/.557 70/.807 7/.629 182/.883 64/.821 .731
Road 136/.835 87/.679 64/.785 18/.347 43/.638 57/.879 10/.425 148/.746 64/.794
Last 28d days 110/.790 58/.547 56/.932 30/.508 32/.781 45/.978 10/.425 113/.835 37/.508
HR/SB/CS 12/0/0 1/1/1 2/12/0 2/0/0 5/5/0 4/5/0 0/0/0 8/4/3 2/0/2 72/53/8
Usage ······X· X······· XX····o· ······o· o··o··o· o·Xo···X ·X······ X······· o·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.