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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

WhiteSox, 51-49, 2nd, 2 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (30, LHP, 11-3, 3.28)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (11-3)			134.1	122	52	49	26	76	17	3.28
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		5-1	47.2	42	18	16	6	21	5	3.02	56
2009-07-23	TBR	W	9.0	0	0	0	0	6	0	116	93
2009-07-18	BAL	W	7.1	8	1	1	0	4	0	110	62
2009-07-12	@MIN	L	3.1	10	8	8	1	1	3	63	8
2009-07-07	CLE	W	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	2	107	53
2009-07-02	@KCR	W	8.1	6	1	1	0	1	0	100	68
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

Last 5 v.MIN		2-3	28.2	36	19	17	6	14	7	5.34	44
2009-07-12	@MIN	L	3.1	10	8	8	1	1	3	63	8
2009-05-19	MIN	W	7.0	8	2	1	0	3	1	101	58
2009-04-12	MIN	W	6.1	2	1	1	0	5	1	95	70
2008-09-24	@MIN	L	7.0	8	3	3	4	3	0	121	48
2008-07-28	@MIN	L	5.0	8	5	4	1	2	2	94	34

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

 Home:   27-23   Road:   24-26   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  32-38   vsLHP:  19-11   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:23-23   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Mon, Jul 27  @MIN  L   3-4       51-49  2nd  2.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @DET  W   5-1       51-48  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @DET  L   3-4 (10)  50-48  2nd  3.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @DET  L   3-4       50-47  2nd  2.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24  @DET  L   1-5       50-46  2nd  2.0 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 23   TBR  W   5-0       50-45  1st    Tied
 94 Wed, Jul 22   TBR  W   4-3       49-45  2nd  1.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21   TBR  L   2-3       48-45  2nd  2.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 20   TBR  W   4-3       48-44  2nd  1.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19   BAL  L   2-10      47-44  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:18-12

Twins, 50-50, 3rd, 3 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (27, RHP, 8-7, 5.04)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-7)			114.1	115	65	64	26	96	19	5.04
2008 (11-4)			172.1	161	66	66	42	141	20	3.45
2007 (9-9)			143.2	162	70	68	29	102	15	4.26

Last 7 GS		4-1	39.2	43	20	20	14	34	4	4.54	50
2009-07-23	@LAA	ND	5.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	104	48
2009-07-18	@TEX	W	8.0	6	1	1	2	8	1	114	72
2009-07-12	CHW	W	6.1	6	5	5	1	4	1	97	44
2009-07-07	NYY	L	3.0	9	5	5	2	4	0	86	23
2009-06-30	@KCR	W	5.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	111	52
2009-06-25	@MIL	W	6.0	4	3	3	3	5	2	91	54
2009-06-20	HOU	ND	6.1	6	3	3	1	6	0	101	54

Last 5 v.CHW		3-1	29.1	26	17	17	10	27	7	5.22	51
2009-07-12	CHW	W	6.1	6	5	5	1	4	1	97	44
2009-05-19	@CHW	L	5.0	5	4	4	4	4	2	105	41
2008-09-23	CHW	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	102	66
2008-07-31	CHW	ND	6.0	5	4	4	3	8	1	102	51
2008-04-09	@CHW	W	5.0	5	3	3	1	7	3	88	51

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

 Home:   29-20   Road:   21-30   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  34-31   vsLHP:  16-19   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:18-12   vsWest: 14-13 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Mon, Jul 27   CHW  W   4-3       50-50  3rd  3.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @LAA  W  10-1       49-50  3rd  4.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @LAA  L   5-11      48-50  3rd  5.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @LAA  L   3-6       48-49  3rd  4.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23  @LAA  L   5-6 (10)  48-48  3rd  2.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @OAK  L   1-16      48-47  3rd  2.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @OAK  W   3-2 (10)  48-46  3rd  2.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @OAK  L  13-14      47-46  3rd  2.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @TEX  L   3-5 (12)  47-45  3rd  2.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @TEX  W   4-1       47-44  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 12, 2009 MIN 13  CHW  7        W:Scott Baker (7-7), L: Mark Buehrle (9-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 11, 2009 CHW  8 @MIN  7        W:Gavin Floyd (7-6), L: Glen Perkins (4-5), S: Bobby Jenks (20)
Fri, Jul 10, 2009 MIN  6  CHW  4        W:Nick Blackburn (8-4), L: Octavio Dotel (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (23)
Thu, May 21, 2009 MIN 20 @CHW  1        W:Nick Blackburn (3-2), L: Bartolo Colon (2-4), S: none
Wed, May 20, 2009 CHW  7  MIN  4        W:John Danks (3-3), L: Francisco Liriano (2-5), S: Bobby Jenks (9)
Tue, May 19, 2009 CHW  6  MIN  2        W:Mark Buehrle (6-1), L: Scott Baker (1-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 CHW  6  MIN  1        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Nick Blackburn (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (2)
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 CHW  8  MIN  0        W:Bartolo Colon (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 MIN 12 @CHW  5        W:R.A. Dickey (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-1), S: none

Tue, Sep 30, 2008 CHW  1  MIN  0        W:John Danks (12-9), L: Nick Blackburn (11-11), S: Bobby Jenks (30)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 5-5; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1068-972

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 5.54

FLA 4.53

SDP 3.63

RA/G

SFG 3.76

FLA 4.65

WSN 5.46

J. Mauer .363

K. Morales .289

R. Cedeno .174

OBP

M. Ramirez .462

S. Schumaker .362

R. Cedeno .222

SLG

A. Pujols .693

M. DeRosa .470

N. Punto .251

OPS

A. Pujols 1.138

M. Diaz .826

R. Cedeno .526

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.04

J. Lester 3.79

J. Geer 5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.82

R. Wolf 6.68

J. Lannan 3.65

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WhiteSox Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 39.Dickey
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 44.Keppel
G/S/vB 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 175/129 .289/.368/.447/.815 .870/.796 1.068 93/.953 4/4 5/9

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/90 .228/.318/.404/.721 .702/.730 .744 22/.753 0/0 5/4

23.Dye G/S/vP 22/.527 27/.619 14/.148 14/1.423 1/2.000 16/1.009 ··· 10/.856 ··· 15/1.300 11/.364 ··· 373/282 .285/.362/.539/.901 .844/.919 .885 96/.845 0/2 22/4

7.Fields G/S/vP 10/.222 4/.000 5/.400 3/1.167 1/no AB 8/.393 1/.000 5/1.350 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 248/173 .223/.305/.359/.664 .775/.618 .679 20/.644 2/3 7/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP 5/1.350 9/.236 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 299/251 .263/.322/.367/.689 .773/.673 .681 67/.855 14/1 2/7

14.Konerko G/S/vP 24/1.137 23/.260 12/.614 11/1.555 3/.666 20/.533 ··· 9/1.333 1/.000 15/.277 12/.583 ··· 392/288 .288/.342/.503/.845 1.095/.757 .814 91/.917 0/0 20/3

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 130/54 .220/.285/.432/.717 .816/.574 .859 47/.633 5/0 6/2

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 18/.444 22/1.026 11/.573 10/1.389 3/.000 16/.266 1/.000 5/.800 2/.000 12/.432 4/.000 ··· 318/239 .306/.333/.461/.794 .689/.829 .910 74/.899 1/0 11/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 12/1.017 7/.453 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 13/.321 1/no AB 8/.661 3/.000 7/.286 4/.500 ··· 331/238 .309/.366/.403/.769 .809/.753 .781 96/.743 15/9 4/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP 5/.400 14/.895 3/.833 5/.600 1/5.000 5/.900 ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.733 ··· 179/136 .224/.318/.423/.742 .636/.774 .771 28/.526 1/0 8/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 11/.573 17/1.050 2/.000 4/2.750 3/.666 5/.800 1/2.000 5/1.800 1/.000 2/.000 9/.708 ··· 391/297 .275/.329/.405/.734 1.005/.650 .691 89/.799 12/3 11/13

25.Thome* G/S/vP 24/.792 25/1.154 7/1.000 4/.250 3/1.000 13/.684 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 6/.334 11/.614 ··· 314/237 .250/.395/.496/.891 .837/.909 .910 77/.897 0/0 17/

31.Wise* G/S/vP 7/.619 11/.473 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 114/102 .192/.236/.317/.554 .944/.520 .496 37/.583 2/3 1/0

IP 114.1 132.0 21.0 60.0 18.0 48.2 18.2 113.1 33.1 39.1 91.1 45.2 TOTAL .262/.333/.422/.755 .820/.732 .784 .812 64/32 117/82

ERA-K/9

5.04/7.6

3.75/3.7

7.29/7.7

4.05/5.7

5.50/4.5

2.03/5.5

2.41/5.3

5.56/8.1

2.43/7.6

1.60/10.8

5.42/4.2

3.74/5.1

4.54/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 476/.258 563/.280 101/.298 269/.285 79/.269 183/.189 79/.212 499/.273 144/.228 144/.164 365/.295 194/.247 .269

OPS .746 .743 .882 .802 .747 .539 .654 .824 .688 .463 .774 .678 .759

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 239/.672 301/.819 38/1.360 118/.673 27/.514 67/.410 42/.603 115/.656 60/.481 72/.561 86/.925 102/.698 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.819 262/.656 63/.608 151/.900 52/.869 116/.613 37/.711 384/.874 84/.840 72/.369 279/.728 92/.656 .751

Home 248/.728 238/.631 46/.853 137/.832 38/.748 90/.655 25/.593 203/.817 68/.627 70/.309 221/.681 96/.819

Last 28d days 123/.746 111/.866 15/.774 81/.985 68/.742 47/.308 62/.651 101/.872 46/.663 32/.357 86/.955 75/.648

HR/SB/CS 19/5/2 13/7/2 3/1/1 7/4/1 2/0/1 5/2/1 1/0/1 18/12/8 4/5/0 2/3/0 9/7/0 4/1/1 113/64/25

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

Twins Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 40.Colon
G/S/vB 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Pena
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

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 9/.347 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 142/125 .229/.352/.314/.666 .710/.660 .692 31/.753 0/0 2/0

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 15/.564 2/1.000 3/.000 3/3.000 6/.000 2/.500 6/.800 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 163/109 .164/.247/.199/.446 .360/.491 .391 42/.376 6/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 7/.572 11/.728 14/.972 9/1.587 6/.833 4/.250 3/3.334 4/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 291/208 .239/.299/.455/.754 .636/.800 .775 54/.685 0/0 14/3

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 79/.842 9/.347 10/.900 28/.481 23/1.284 5/.400 18/.749 15/.718 4/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 10/.522 392/290 .273/.349/.506/.855 .948/.823 .994 97/.836 4/1 17/4

22.Gomez G/S/vP 18/1.444 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 16/.393 4/.500 20/1.035 6/1.167 2/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 1/.000 230/152 .236/.298/.356/.654 .672/.645 .596 52/.781 8/5 2/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 27/.930 2/.000 3/1.167 3/1.000 22/1.000 8/1.025 19/.446 3/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 6/.733 324/214 .263/.306/.373/.679 .760/.638 .839 74/.540 0/1 5/7

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 5/.800 15/1.257 16/1.346 1/5.000 24/.924 8/.625 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 7/.286 342/256 .310/.380/.562/.942 .559/1.074 .972 74/1.009 1/1 18/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 28/.510 9/.666 5/1.600 23/1.004 23/.972 ··· 26/.781 12/.633 4/.250 1/.000 5/.800 19/.594 324/209 .363/.432/.601/1.034 .891/1.112 1.179 93/.806 1/1 17/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 51/.625 13/.862 14/.143 31/.366 29/1.301 3/2.334 24/.772 16/.192 5/1.000 ··· 6/2.167 19/.316 434/277 .315/.399/.597/.995 .989/.998 1.047 95/1.123 0/0 26/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 41/.627 12/.334 6/.800 34/.831 17/.243 3/.667 14/.377 6/.583 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.800 16/.544 256/188 .208/.319/.251/.570 .614/.546 .543 73/.596 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP 36/.987 2/1.000 4/.000 6/.533 6/.533 8/.929 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 108/72 .242/.306/.283/.588 .823/.474 .538 20/.563 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 16/1.357 3/2.333 5/.400 3/.666 13/.587 1/no AB 12/1.181 4/1.500 2/.500 1/.000 5/.200 4/.500 388/276 .285/.373/.379/.751 .953/.673 .876 100/.750 16/6 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP 21/1.179 2/1.000 6/1.000 6/1.166 14/.500 9/.111 15/.553 5/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.333 5/.400 220/142 .264/.291/.346/.637 .669/.619 .575 35/.843 2/2 3/2

IP 134.1 59.1 62.1 84.1 113.1 37.2 129.1 35.1 35.1 39.1 89.0 41.1 TOTAL .268/.342/.424/.766 .774/.763 .809 .768 50/18 111/49

ERA-K/9

3.28/5.1

3.64/5.9

4.19/5.5

4.80/6.8

3.89/7.5

3.11/11.7

4.24/7.4

4.33/9.4

2.55/8.9

5.03/7.1

4.65/6.7

2.83/10.7

4.14/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 534/.247 259/.281 276/.280 367/.254 453/.240 166/.226 542/.242 155/.261 153/.272 179/.296 387/.276 169/.224 .257

OPS .697 .725 .854 .728 .695 .730 .676 .739 .780 .782 .770 .642 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.757 108/.832 140/.967 183/.681 127/.742 46/.820 276/.657 77/.865 58/.665 83/.959 99/.638 69/.521 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 394/.676 151/.652 136/.749 184/.772 326/.676 120/.696 266/.695 78/.615 95/.847 96/.634 288/.815 100/.727 .719

Road 211/.827 107/.760 137/.818 187/.761 226/.688 84/.807 293/.728 67/.669 74/.886 91/.821 220/.704 85/.807

Last 28d days 130/.699 51/.958 27/.750 108/.675 79/.614 29/.686 105/.710 40/.960 25/1.031 33/.858 109/.669 43/.599

HR/SB/CS 17/1/1 3/1/2 13/0/0 8/13/0 12/9/3 4/13/0 13/13/2 5/8/0 5/7/0 4/1/2 10/8/5 3/1/3 100/80/17

Usage ····X··· ··o··o·· ···X···· ···X···· X······· ··XX···· ··X····X ··X···XX o··X···o ·o·o···· ·X····X· ··oo·X·o

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.