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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, July 2, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 40-38, 2nd, 3 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (30, LHP, 7-2, 3.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-2)			99.1	91	39	36	24	61	12	3.26
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		1-1	47.1	46	22	20	12	28	6	3.80	53
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
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

Last 5 v.KCR		2-1	29.2	38	16	16	4	17	5	4.85	46
2009-05-30	@KCR	ND	7.1	7	3	3	0	6	1	95	58
2009-04-07	KCR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	97	47
2008-09-19	@KCR	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	93	49
2008-08-13	KCR	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	101	72
2008-08-02	@KCR	L	4.1	14	8	8	0	1	2	85	4

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

 Home:   20-20   Road:   20-18   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  27-29   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Wed, Jul  1  @CLE  W   6-2       40-38  2nd  3.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30  @CLE  W  11-4  (7)  39-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @CLE  W   6-3       38-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   CHC  W   6-0       37-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27   CHC  W   8-7       36-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26   CHC  L   4-5       35-38  3rd  6.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   LAD  W   6-5 (13)  35-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   LAD  W  10-7       34-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   LAD  L   2-5       33-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @CIN  W   4-1       33-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Royals, 33-44, 4th, 9½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (32, LHP, 0-1, 5.68)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-1)			6.1	7	4	4	0	2	1	5.68
2007 (0-0)			10.0	11	11	8	6	7	3	7.20
2006 (0-7)			98.2	137	81	76	35	70	28	6.93

Last 7 GS		0-2	34.2	46	25	24	8	24	9	6.23	42
2009-06-27	@PIT	L	6.1	7	4	4	0	2	1	76	45
2006-08-04	NYY	ND	5.0	9	3	3	2	4	1	92	39
2006-07-30	CHW	ND	5.1	7	4	4	0	4	1	84	42
2006-05-31	TBD	ND	4.0	6	5	5	0	0	3	72	30
2006-05-26	@LAA	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	107	58
2006-05-21	@WSN	L	4.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	85	38
2006-05-16	BOS	ND	4.0	5	4	3	2	4	2	95	40

Last 5 v.CHW		0-1	10.1	12	7	7	2	8	3	6.10	45
2006-07-30	CHW	ND	5.1	7	4	4	0	4	1	84	42
2005-05-12	@CHW	L	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	2	85	47

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

 Home:   20-22   Road:   13-22   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  22-28   vsLHP:  11-16   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jul  1   MIN  L   1-5       33-44  4th  9.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   MIN  L   1-2       33-43  4th  9.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29   MIN  W   4-2       33-42  4th  8.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28  @PIT  W   3-2       32-42  4th  9.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @PIT  L   2-6       31-42  4th  9.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @PIT  L   3-5       31-41  4th  9.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25  @HOU  L   4-5       31-40  4th  9.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24  @HOU  W   4-3 (11)  31-39  4th  8.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23  @HOU  W   2-1       30-39  4th  8.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 21   STL  L   5-12      29-39  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 31, 2009 CHW  7 @KCR  4        W:Matt Thornton (2-1), L: John Bale (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (12)
Sat, May 30, 2009 CHW  5 @KCR  3        W:Scott Linebrink (2-2), L: Juan Cruz (3-1), S: Bobby Jenks (11)
Fri, May 29, 2009 CHW 11 @KCR  2        W:Clayton Richard (2-0), L: Brian Bannister (4-2), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 KCR  8  CHW  7 (11)   W:Juan Cruz (2-0), L: Lance Broadway (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 04, 2009 KCR  3  CHW  0        W:Zack Greinke (6-0), L: Bartolo Colon (2-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 09, 2009 KCR  2 @CHW  1        W:Ron Mahay (1-0), L: Bobby Jenks (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (2)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 KCR  2 @CHW  0        W:Zack Greinke (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (1)
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 CHW  4  KCR  2        W:Octavio Dotel (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (1)

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 CHW  3 @KCR  0        W:John Danks (11-8), L: Brandon Duckworth (3-2), S: Bobby Jenks (29)
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 KCR  5  CHW  2        W:Kyle Davies (8-7), L: Gavin Floyd (16-8), S: Joakim Soria (41)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 4-4; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 320-278

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

NYM 4.50

SDP 3.83

RA/G

SFG 3.75

TEX 4.62

WSN 5.67

J. Mauer .383

M. Cabrera .286

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .455

C. Iannetta .360

D. Navarro .241

SLG

A. Pujols .743

B. Phillips .473

N. Punto .240

OPS

A. Pujols 1.197

T. Tulowitzki .815

N. Punto .546

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.95

A. Harang 3.95

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.80

C. Volstad 6.61

J. Garland 3.33

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WhiteSox Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 5/1.850 2/1.500 3/.333 ··· 182/134 .244/.328/.325/.653 .580/.677 .714 75/.609 2/6 2/2

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/68 .267/.353/.387/.740 .951/.682 1.189 86/.740 1/3 2/5

27.Castro G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.250 107/78 .229/.308/.406/.715 .596/.757 .718 17/.651 0/0 5/2

23.Dye G/S/vP 10/.311 3/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 14/.714 6/.000 7/.000 12/.614 281/215 .295/.363/.570/.933 .858/.954 .901 86/.994 0/2 18/2

7.Fields G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 2/.500 3/2.667 2/.000 3/1.334 232/166 .234/.317/.366/.683 .806/.637 .704 43/.903 2/3 6/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 236/198 .248/.306/.346/.652 .661/.650 .712 84/.717 11/1 1/6

14.Konerko G/S/vP 10/1.625 2/.500 1/.000 7/.286 9/.583 6/.333 8/.250 16/.393 305/227 .286/.341/.487/.828 1.055/.753 .829 98/.828 0/0 13/1

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 88/39 .231/.307/.487/.794 .849/.723 .909 27/.816 4/0 5/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/1.445 4/1.000 2/2.000 3/.333 11/1.182 8/.536 8/1.375 12/.733 248/190 .294/.327/.443/.769 .645/.808 .876 86/.746 1/0 8/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 10/1.278 6/.334 2/.000 15/1.148 4/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 235/174 .313/.368/.411/.779 .819/.765 .871 114/.849 12/6 3/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 5/.800 4/.500 306/234 .265/.319/.398/.717 1.020/.627 .680 113/.877 12/3 10/10

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 2/1.500 1/no AB 11/1.205 5/.400 7/1.964 11/.489 237/181 .241/.397/.492/.889 .796/.918 .939 62/.935 0/0 13/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· 77/67 .191/.257/.279/.536 1.071/.473 .450 44/.688 2/2 0/0

IP 6.1 11.1 13.0 33.0 24.2 18.2 19.0 35.0 TOTAL .257/.330/.416/.746 .808/.726 .791 .803 52/26 91/66

ERA-K/9

5.68/2.9

7.15/8.8

3.46/6.2

4.91/6.5

4.38/8.4

1.93/11.1

4.26/12.3

4.11/6.7

4.30/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.292 50/.279 50/.213 137/.229 116/.307 79/.197 82/.231 152/.278 .260

OPS .792 .825 .558 .717 .937 .537 .670 .792 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 8/.750 23/.609 20/.689 66/.752 52/.670 39/.453 48/.710 67/.569 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 16/.813 27/1.031 30/.475 71/.685 64/1.178 40/.624 34/.607 85/.976 .747

Home / 27/1.134 30/.543 84/.710 69/.918 29/.538 67/.700 98/.825

Last 28d days 24/.792 35/.891 35/.522 45/.906 19/.789 37/.553 4/1.417 43/.856

HR/SB/CS 1/0/2 2/1/0 1/1/0 4/1/3 4/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 5/1/1 65/53/16

Usage ····X··· o·XoX··o o···o·Xo ·X···XX· o······· ··oo···X X······· ···X·o·X

Royals Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.47 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 22/1.227 8/1.167 4/.250 3/.000 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 200/116 .267/.323/.356/.679 .915/.514 .606 89/.587 14/2 1/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 27/.873 2/.500 5/.600 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 7/1.286 3/.000 295/196 .283/.336/.434/.769 .909/.703 .892 98/.793 0/0 7/4

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/3.000 282/197 .298/.351/.450/.801 .888/.761 .885 92/.812 1/1 5/9

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 61/.400 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· 11/.909 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 14/.445 305/203 .242/.297/.404/.701 .483/.813 .796 102/.771 1/1 6/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 24/.770 2/2.000 15/.831 1/4.000 7/.000 5/.400 ··· 8/1.089 6/.000 246/167 .255/.333/.400/.733 .629/.783 .820 87/.661 1/0 8/4

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 46/29 .190/.227/.190/.418 .579/.327 .544 19/.316 0/0 0/1

7.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/13 .071/.071/.071/.143 .000/.154 .000 10/.200 0/0 0/1

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 3/.667 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 258/176 .229/.310/.416/.726 .578/.795 .756 75/.607 0/0 10/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 127/106 .232/.317/.339/.657 1.061/.580 .798 60/.580 3/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 15/.933 7/.143 10/.200 4/.000 3/.000 7/.858 ··· 8/.625 3/1.666 194/115 .262/.285/.524/.809 .775/.833 .744 75/.978 2/1 12/4

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/30 .306/.333/.472/.806 1.556/.588 .750 31/.819 0/0 1/0

1.Pena G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/32 .100/.143/.125/.268 .311/.254 .145 24/.341 0/0 0/4

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 51/1.109 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 11/.182 3/.333 ··· 9/.444 15/.829 295/188 .289/.349/.456/.805 .698/.867 .859 90/.839 3/0 9/7

IP 99.1 48.2 30.2 11.0 28.0 29.0 5.0 68.1 31.2 TOTAL .250/.313/.401/.714 .723/.710 .765 .706 40/8 67/64

ERA-K/9

3.26/5.5

2.96/6.1

3.23/11.4

8.18/7.4

3.21/9.0

2.17/9.3

0.00/10.8

4.48/6.9

2.84/11.1

4.05/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 404/.249 208/.268 137/.232 54/.267 115/.220 128/.254 20/.222 301/.278 126/.219 .256

OPS .695 .670 .738 .922 .665 .732 .522 .792 .656 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.681 80/.775 36/.759 24/.733 55/.866 47/.716 7/.571 86/.630 51/.365 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.700 128/.608 101/.730 30/1.073 60/.481 81/.736 13/.490 215/.858 75/.863 .723

Road 163/.770 87/.679 66/.848 18/.347 46/.594 62/.898 10/.425 171/.724 69/.859

Last 28d days 137/.688 64/.721 60/.960 18/1.192 39/.626 49/.842 20/.522 106/.773 40/.769

HR/SB/CS 12/0/0 1/1/1 3/13/0 3/0/0 5/6/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 9/6/3 3/0/2 79/60/9

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