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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, July 3, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 41-38, 2nd, 2½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (24, LHP, 6-6, 4.08)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-6)			88.1	81	42	40	32	80	11	4.08
2008 (12-9)			195.0	182	74	72	57	159	15	3.32
2007 (6-13)			139.0	160	92	85	54	109	28	5.50

Last 7 GS		3-3	45.1	36	18	18	18	39	5	3.57	56
2009-06-28	CHC	W	7.0	4	0	0	4	5	0	110	70
2009-06-23	LAD	L	7.0	3	3	3	2	5	1	106	62
2009-06-17	@CHC	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	99	72
2009-06-10	DET	L	7.1	5	2	2	2	7	1	101	65
2009-06-05	CLE	L	5.2	6	5	5	2	4	3	100	39
2009-05-31	@KCR	ND	5.1	9	4	4	2	5	0	100	37
2009-05-25	@LAA	W	6.0	4	3	3	6	4	0	112	50

Last 5 v.KCR		1-0	28.0	31	12	12	10	17	2	3.86	49
2009-05-31	@KCR	ND	5.1	9	4	4	2	5	0	100	37
2009-04-09	KCR	ND	6.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	95	68
2008-09-21	@KCR	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	94	71
2008-07-20	KCR	ND	4.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	77	21
2008-06-04	KCR	ND	5.2	6	2	2	2	1	2	96	48

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

 Home:   20-20   Road:   21-18   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  27-29   vsLHP:  14-9    1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Thu, Jul  2  @KCR  W   4-1       41-38  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13

Royals, 33-45, 4th, 10 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (25, RHP, 10-3, 1.95)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-3)			115.1	100	31	25	18	114	3	1.95
2008 (13-10)			202.1	202	87	78	56	183	21	3.47
2007 (7-7)			122.0	122	52	50	36	106	12	3.69

Last 7 GS		3-2	49.1	52	24	19	6	41	3	3.47	55
2009-06-28	@PIT	W	6.1	7	2	2	0	3	0	80	54
2009-06-23	@HOU	W	8.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	107	67
2009-06-17	ARI	L	6.2	8	6	4	2	9	1	115	45
2009-06-11	@CLE	ND	7.1	6	3	3	3	6	0	116	57
2009-06-05	@TOR	L	5.0	9	7	5	1	3	2	101	27
2009-05-31	CHW	ND	7.0	8	4	3	0	7	0	114	54
2009-05-26	DET	W	9.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	116	79

Last 5 v.CHW		3-1	31.1	34	13	12	6	32	1	3.45	55
2009-05-31	CHW	ND	7.0	8	4	3	0	7	0	114	54
2009-05-04	CHW	W	9.0	6	0	0	0	10	0	104	85
2009-04-08	@CHW	W	6.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	95	70
2008-08-03	CHW	W	6.1	6	2	2	0	6	0	87	59
2008-07-18	@CHW	L	3.0	11	7	7	3	2	1	87	8

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

 Home:   20-23   Road:   13-22   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  22-28   vsLHP:  11-17   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:14-19   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Thu, Jul  2   CHW  L   1-4       33-45  4th 10.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   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 - CHW leads 5-4; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 321-278

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

NYY 5.55

CHW 4.47

SDP 3.79

RA/G

SFG 3.73

MIL 4.60

WSN 5.66

J. Mauer .392

M. Teahen .285

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .467

M. Cuddyer .359

D. Navarro .241

SLG

A. Pujols .745

M. Lowell .470

N. Punto .237

OPS

A. Pujols 1.205

R. Cano .813

N. Punto .543

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.95

J. Niemann 3.95

A. Sonnanstine 6.61

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.70

C. Pavano 6.63

J. Garland 3.31

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WhiteSox Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
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 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 5/1.850 2/1.500 3/.333 ··· 186/135 .238/.321/.317/.638 .542/.672 .682 79/.576 2/6 2/2

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/69 .278/.360/.405/.765 1.060/.672 1.195 87/.793 1/3 2/5

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.250 111/79 .230/.306/.430/.736 .710/.747 .753 21/.786 0/0 5/2

23.Dye G/S/vP 41/1.107 3/2.000 10/.311 1/.000 2/.000 14/.714 6/.000 7/.000 12/.614 285/216 .294/.361/.565/.926 .848/.949 .888 86/1.019 0/2 18/2

7.Fields G/S/vP 10/.311 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 2/.500 3/2.667 2/.000 3/1.334 232/166 .234/.317/.366/.683 .806/.637 .704 39/1.015 2/3 6/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP 10/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 237/199 .247/.305/.344/.649 .661/.647 .706 85/.708 11/1 1/6

14.Konerko G/S/vP 52/.409 2/.500 10/1.625 1/.000 7/.286 9/.583 6/.333 8/.250 16/.393 309/228 .290/.346/.493/.839 1.060/.764 .851 98/.844 0/0 13/1

5.Nix G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 92/40 .232/.304/.488/.792 .859/.704 .896 28/.898 4/0 6/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 35/.988 4/1.000 9/1.445 2/2.000 3/.333 11/1.182 8/.536 8/1.375 12/.733 248/190 .294/.327/.443/.769 .645/.808 .876 82/.759 1/0 8/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 30/1.237 6/.334 10/1.278 2/.000 15/1.148 4/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 240/176 .311/.364/.406/.770 .812/.755 .851 115/.841 12/6 3/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/.579 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 5/.800 4/.500 310/235 .272/.325/.403/.728 1.034/.633 .702 113/.895 12/3 10/10

25.Thome* G/S/vP 30/.867 4/.250 3/.666 2/1.500 1/no AB 11/1.205 5/.400 7/1.964 11/.489 241/181 .247/.402/.495/.897 .836/.918 .955 66/.965 0/0 13/

31.Wise* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· 77/67 .191/.257/.279/.536 1.071/.473 .450 41/.653 2/2 0/0

IP 115.1 11.1 12.1 13.0 33.0 26.0 18.2 19.0 36.2 TOTAL .259/.331/.418/.749 .818/.725 .794 .820 53/27 92/66

ERA-K/9

1.95/8.9

7.15/8.8

4.38/5.1

3.46/6.2

4.91/6.5

4.50/8.3

1.93/11.1

4.26/12.3

4.17/6.4

4.30/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 453/.235 52/.279 24/.292 51/.208 137/.229 119/.298 79/.197 90/.236 152/.278 .260

OPS .599 .850 .792 .547 .717 .911 .537 .669 .792 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.645 24/.641 8/.750 20/.689 66/.752 52/.670 39/.453 52/.767 67/.569 .703

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.555 28/1.050 16/.813 31/.459 71/.685 67/1.118 40/.624 38/.541 85/.976 .745

Home 257/.577 29/1.169 / 31/.525 84/.710 72/.878 29/.538 75/.696 98/.825

Last 28d days 142/.762 33/1.001 24/.792 36/.507 45/.906 22/.682 37/.553 12/.900 38/.767

HR/SB/CS 3/2/3 2/1/0 1/0/2 1/1/0 4/1/3 4/0/0 1/0/0 0/4/0 5/1/1 66/54/16

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

Royals Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
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 5/.650 8/1.167 4/.250 3/.000 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 204/117 .266/.322/.353/.675 .905/.510 .602 90/.580 14/2 1/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 11/.637 2/.500 5/.600 ··· 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 7/1.286 3/.000 299/197 .293/.344/.449/.794 .954/.716 .933 98/.825 0/0 7/4

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/3.000 286/198 .298/.350/.447/.796 .880/.757 .875 92/.812 1/1 5/9

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 18/.944 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· 11/.909 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 14/.445 310/204 .245/.298/.404/.703 .503/.809 .796 104/.765 1/1 6/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 21/.886 2/2.000 15/.831 1/4.000 7/.000 5/.400 ··· 8/1.089 6/.000 250/168 .254/.332/.397/.729 .631/.778 .809 87/.685 1/0 8/4

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 50/30 .174/.208/.174/.382 .485/.315 .485 23/.261 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 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.667 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 258/176 .229/.310/.416/.726 .578/.795 .756 71/.643 0/0 10/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP 5/.600 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 131/107 .235/.323/.339/.662 1.006/.586 .800 64/.595 3/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 10/1.100 7/.143 10/.200 4/.000 3/.000 7/.858 ··· 8/.625 3/1.666 194/115 .262/.285/.524/.809 .775/.833 .744 72/1.019 2/1 12/4

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/31 .325/.349/.475/.824 1.318/.635 .813 35/.840 0/0 1/0

1.Pena G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 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 18/.690 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 11/.182 3/.333 ··· 9/.444 15/.829 299/189 .285/.344/.449/.793 .678/.862 .837 91/.829 3/0 9/7

IP 88.1 48.2 30.2 11.0 28.2 29.0 5.0 68.1 31.2 TOTAL .252/.313/.401/.714 .724/.710 .764 .718 40/8 67/67

ERA-K/9

4.08/8.2

2.96/6.1

3.23/11.4

8.18/7.4

3.14/8.8

2.17/9.3

0.00/10.8

4.48/6.9

2.84/11.1

4.02/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 374/.243 208/.268 137/.232 54/.267 115/.220 128/.254 20/.222 301/.278 130/.214 .255

OPS .712 .670 .738 .922 .665 .732 .522 .792 .646 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.780 80/.775 36/.759 24/.733 55/.866 47/.716 7/.571 86/.630 53/.374 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 278/.688 128/.608 101/.730 30/1.073 60/.481 81/.736 13/.490 215/.858 77/.839 .721

Road 173/.754 87/.679 66/.848 18/.347 46/.594 62/.898 10/.425 171/.724 73/.830

Last 28d days 134/.624 64/.721 54/.827 18/1.192 39/.626 49/.842 20/.522 106/.773 44/.729

HR/SB/CS 11/9/3 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·X ···o·X·X ········ o····o·X ····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.