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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, July 5, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 42-39, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Clayton Richard (25, LHP, 3-1, 4.48)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-1)			68.1	73	38	34	30	52	9	4.48
2008 (2-5)			47.2	61	37	32	13	29	5	6.04

Last 7 GS		2-1	35.1	37	24	21	16	29	6	5.35	46
2009-06-30	@CLE	W	6.0	4	4	4	1	6	1	81	53
2009-06-25	LAD	ND	4.1	6	4	4	1	1	0	85	35
2009-06-20	@CIN	ND	3.0	6	5	3	1	4	1	65	34
2009-06-12	@MIL	ND	5.0	4	1	0	3	3	0	102	57
2009-06-08	DET	ND	4.2	5	3	3	5	4	0	100	41
2009-06-03	OAK	L	5.1	7	5	5	4	4	3	94	34
2009-05-29	@KCR	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	92	65

Last 5 v.KCR		1-1	11.1	16	11	8	2	8	3	6.35	38
2009-05-29	@KCR	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	92	65
2008-08-03	@KCR	L	4.1	11	9	6	1	1	2	93	11

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

 Home:   20-20   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  28-30   vsLHP:  14-9    1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @KCR  L   4-6       42-39  2nd  2.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @KCR  W   5-0       42-38  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13

Royals, 34-46, 4th, 10 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (28, RHP, 5-6, 3.93)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-6)			84.2	84	46	37	26	53	8	3.93
2008 (9-16)			182.2	215	127	117	58	113	29	5.76
2007 (12-9)			165.0	156	76	71	44	77	15	3.87

Last 7 GS		1-5	42.2	45	30	24	11	28	6	5.06	47
2009-06-30	MIN	L	7.0	6	2	1	1	6	1	98	64
2009-06-25	@HOU	L	6.0	6	5	5	2	3	2	93	41
2009-06-20	STL	L	8.0	6	3	2	0	4	1	86	64
2009-06-14	CIN	W	8.0	4	1	0	1	4	0	108	75
2009-06-09	@CLE	ND	5.0	4	4	1	3	5	0	97	51
2009-06-03	@TBR	L	3.2	9	8	8	3	2	1	91	10
2009-05-29	CHW	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	4	1	87	22

Last 5 v.CHW		0-3	26.2	34	28	28	9	22	9	9.45	35
2009-05-29	CHW	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	4	1	87	22
2008-09-19	CHW	L	5.0	8	7	7	2	1	2	93	22
2008-08-12	@CHW	L	7.0	4	4	4	2	7	3	106	58
2008-07-20	@CHW	ND	3.0	8	5	5	1	4	1	77	26
2008-07-09	CHW	ND	6.2	4	5	5	3	6	2	106	49

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

 Home:   21-24   Road:   13-22   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  23-28   vsLHP:  11-18   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:15-20   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Sat, Jul  4   CHW  W   6-4       34-46  4th 10.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3   CHW  L   0-5       33-46  4th 11.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 CHW  5 @KCR  0        W:John Danks (7-6), L: Zack Greinke (10-4), S: Scott Linebrink (2)
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 CHW  4 @KCR  1        W:Mark Buehrle (8-2), L: Bruce Chen (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (19)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 6-5; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 322-279

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 5.51

CHW 4.48

SDP 3.76

RA/G

SFG 3.70

COL 4.57

WSN 5.71

J. Mauer .390

B. Gardner .286

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .464

M. Cuddyer .359

D. Navarro .242

SLG

A. Pujols .748

C. Granderson .474

N. Punto .234

OPS

A. Pujols 1.208

N. Johnson .817

N. Punto .544

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.00

R. Porcello 3.90

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 19.Bannister
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 5/1.200 1/no AB 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 6/1.917 2/1.500 3/.333 1/.000 190/136 .234/.319/.311/.631 .533/.667 .666 77/.601 2/6 2/2

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 98/74 .264/.340/.391/.731 .920/.667 1.062 92/.782 1/3 3/5

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 23/.967 3/2.000 13/.322 1/.000 3/.000 14/.714 6/.000 8/.125 13/.564 294/222 .291/.364/.556/.920 .831/.946 .877 95/.989 0/2 19/2

7.Fields G/S/vP 12/.667 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 2/.500 3/2.667 2/.000 3/1.334 232/166 .234/.317/.366/.683 .806/.637 .704 35/.902 2/3 6/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 245/204 .247/.303/.341/.644 .610/.651 .694 87/.674 11/1 1/6

14.Konerko G/S/vP 27/.486 2/.500 13/1.371 1/.000 7/.286 9/.583 6/.333 9/.222 17/.494 317/233 .292/.347/.493/.840 1.044/.769 .852 98/.898 0/0 13/1

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 101/46 .231/.297/.495/.792 .945/.605 .877 34/.949 4/0 6/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 20/1.137 4/1.000 11/1.363 3/2.000 3/.333 12/1.083 8/.536 8/1.375 13/.672 256/195 .300/.332/.457/.789 .646/.835 .906 83/.800 1/0 9/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 10/.600 6/.334 13/.968 2/.000 16/1.071 5/1.200 ··· 2/no AB 2/.000 249/181 .317/.371/.414/.785 .793/.782 .873 116/.865 12/7 3/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/1.356 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 5/.800 4/.500 310/235 .272/.325/.403/.728 1.034/.633 .702 105/.969 12/3 10/10

25.Thome* G/S/vP 24/1.363 4/.250 6/.833 2/1.500 1/no AB 11/1.205 5/.400 8/1.950 12/.639 249/186 .253/.402/.495/.897 .846/.914 .949 66/1.041 0/0 13/

31.Wise* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 81/71 .194/.256/.278/.534 1.071/.475 .457 42/.689 2/3 0/0

IP 84.2 12.1 12.1 14.0 35.0 26.0 19.2 20.0 36.2 TOTAL .260/.332/.418/.750 .813/.728 .794 .840 53/29 94/67

ERA-K/9

3.93/5.6

6.57/8.0

4.38/5.1

3.21/5.8

4.63/6.7

4.50/8.3

1.83/11.4

4.50/12.2

4.17/6.4

4.28/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 363/.256 52/.279 47/.261 55/.231 140/.223 124/.296 79/.197 96/.237 160/.284 .261

OPS .684 .850 .733 .580 .700 .902 .537 .675 .789 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.700 24/.641 18/.611 23/.776 67/.740 55/.670 39/.453 55/.789 70/.603 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 177/.668 28/1.050 29/.812 32/.445 73/.664 69/1.107 40/.624 41/.531 90/.940 .742

Home 190/.620 29/1.169 23/.670 35/.580 87/.684 77/.865 29/.538 81/.701 106/.818

Last 28d days 136/.575 33/1.001 47/.733 40/.557 43/.787 27/.684 34/.565 18/.857 46/.762

HR/SB/CS 8/7/0 2/1/0 2/0/2 1/1/0 4/1/3 4/0/0 1/0/0 0/4/0 5/1/1 68/54/18

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

Royals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Richard*
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 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 3/.000 8/1.167 4/.250 3/.000 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 208/118 .266/.320/.351/.671 .897/.505 .598 86/.560 15/2 1/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 7/1.286 2/.500 5/.600 ··· 8/.250 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 307/199 .289/.339/.440/.779 .897/.718 .900 98/.793 0/0 7/4

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.667 5/.000 ··· 2/3.000 293/199 .297/.348/.446/.794 .877/.753 .867 91/.828 1/1 5/10

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· 11/.909 2/.000 ··· 14/.445 318/204 .248/.300/.407/.707 .531/.809 .800 107/.797 1/1 6/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 8/1.089 2/2.000 15/.831 1/4.000 7/.000 6/.533 ··· 6/.000 257/169 .248/.327/.387/.714 .585/.782 .775 86/.625 1/0 8/4

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 53/30 .204/.235/.204/.439 .604/.315 .549 26/.385 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 5/.000 1/.000 3/.667 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 265/177 .223/.302/.403/.705 .536/.790 .721 70/.525 0/0 10/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 137/107 .231/.316/.339/.655 .898/.586 .778 66/.605 4/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 8/.625 7/.143 10/.200 4/.000 3/.000 8/.750 ··· 3/1.666 201/116 .253/.275/.505/.780 .720/.825 .697 76/.938 2/1 12/4

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/31 .325/.349/.475/.824 1.318/.635 .813 31/.783 0/0 2/0

1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 45/32 .093/.133/.116/.250 .237/.254 .127 24/.292 0/0 0/4

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 11/.182 3/.333 ··· 15/.829 302/189 .289/.348/.451/.799 .696/.862 .846 86/.842 3/0 9/7

IP 68.1 48.2 32.1 11.0 28.2 30.2 5.0 32.2 TOTAL .250/.311/.397/.708 .708/.709 .751 .698 40/8 67/68

ERA-K/9

4.48/6.9

2.96/6.1

3.34/11.7

8.18/7.4

3.14/8.8

2.05/8.8

0.00/10.8

2.76/10.7

3.93/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 301/.278 208/.268 137/.232 54/.267 117/.216 133/.254 20/.222 130/.214 .253

OPS .792 .670 .738 .922 .653 .729 .522 .646 .721

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.630 80/.775 36/.759 24/.733 55/.866 49/.684 7/.571 53/.374 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 215/.858 128/.608 101/.730 30/1.073 62/.465 84/.751 13/.490 77/.839 .714

Road 171/.724 87/.679 66/.848 18/.347 48/.568 67/.882 10/.425 73/.830

Last 28d days 106/.773 60/.774 53/.803 18/1.192 33/.526 50/.823 20/.522 40/.808

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

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