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Game Preview: CHW @ OAK, 4:05pm, Sunday, August 16, 2009 @McAfee Coliseum

WhiteSox, 60-57, 2nd, 2½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (24, LHP, 10-8, 4.04)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-8)			133.2	126	65	60	50	113	16	4.04
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		4-2	45.1	45	23	20	18	33	5	3.97	51
2009-08-11	@SEA	W	8.0	7	1	1	1	8	0	99	71
2009-08-06	LAA	L	6.1	9	7	6	3	5	3	109	31
2009-08-01	NYY	W	6.0	7	4	4	4	5	0	98	43
2009-07-27	@MIN	L	7.0	6	4	2	2	3	1	107	54
2009-07-17	BAL	W	5.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	97	41
2009-07-10	@MIN	ND	5.2	4	4	4	5	4	0	114	44
2009-07-03	@KCR	W	7.1	5	0	0	0	5	0	105	73

Last 5 v.OAK		4-0	26.0	22	6	4	11	19	1	1.38	60
2008-08-16	@OAK	W	6.0	6	1	1	5	5	0	108	56
2008-07-06	OAK	W	6.1	4	2	2	2	9	0	106	64
2008-04-15	OAK	W	7.2	5	0	0	2	4	0	97	71
2007-05-22	OAK	W	6.0	7	3	1	2	1	1	100	49

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

 Home:   33-27   Road:   27-30   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  38-41   vsLHP:  22-16   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:24-27   vsWest: 12-12 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sat, Aug 15  @OAK  W   8-1       60-57  2nd  2.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14  @OAK  W   8-7 (10)  59-57  2nd  2.5 gb
115 Wed, Aug 12  @SEA  L   0-1 (14)  58-57  2nd  2.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug 11  @SEA  W   3-1       58-56  2nd  2.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug 10  @SEA  L   4-6       57-56  2nd  3.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9   CLE  L   4-8       57-55  2nd  3.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  8   CLE  W   8-5       57-54  2nd  2.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  7   CLE  L   2-6       56-54  2nd  3.0 gb
109 Thu, Aug  6   LAA  L   5-9       56-53  2nd  2.0 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5   LAA  W   6-2       56-52  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Athletics, 51-65, 4th, 19 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (21, RHP, 6-12, 5.06)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-12)			133.1	146	82	75	55	68	25	5.06

Last 7 GS		1-5	40.1	50	28	28	17	23	9	6.25	41
2009-08-11	@BAL	L	7.0	8	3	3	0	4	0	97	53
2009-08-06	TEX	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	6	2	100	40
2009-08-01	TOR	L	5.1	8	6	6	4	2	2	105	26
2009-07-27	@BOS	L	5.0	10	6	6	2	5	1	110	26
2009-07-22	MIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	96	63
2009-07-17	LAA	ND	4.2	6	3	3	4	0	1	90	36
2009-07-08	@BOS	L	5.1	4	4	4	3	2	2	102	43

Last 5 v.CHW		0-0	5.2	3	2	2	2	3	1	3.18	56
2009-06-01	@CHW	ND	5.2	3	2	2	2	3	1	98	56

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

 Home:   26-30   Road:   25-35   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  36-42   vsLHP:  15-23   1-Run:  11-18
 vsEast: 20-21   vsCntrl:14-13   vsWest: 12-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sat, Aug 15   CHW  L   1-8       51-65  4th 19.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   CHW  L   7-8 (10)  51-64  4th 18.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12  @BAL  W   6-3       51-63  4th 18.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @BAL  L   2-3       50-63  4th 18.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @BAL  W   9-1       50-62  4th 17.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @KCR  W   6-3       49-62  4th 17.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @KCR  L   6-12      48-62  4th 18.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @KCR  W   9-4       48-61  4th 17.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   TEX  L   4-6       47-61  4th 18.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   TEX  W   7-5       47-60  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 CHW  8 @OAK  7 (10)   W:Octavio Dotel (2-3), L: Craig Breslow (5-6), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 OAK  7 @CHW  0        W:Brett Anderson (3-5), L: Mark Buehrle (6-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 OAK  5 @CHW  3        W:Josh Outman (3-0), L: Clayton Richard (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (3)
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 OAK  5 @CHW  0        W:Vin Mazzaro (1-0), L: Bartolo Colon (3-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 CHW  6  OAK  2        W:Matt Thornton (3-1), L: Craig Breslow (1-4), S: none

Sun, Aug 17, 2008 CHW 13 @OAK  1        W:Javier Vazquez (10-10), L: Gio Gonzalez (1-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 CHW  2 @OAK  1        W:John Danks (10-5), L: Greg Smith (5-12), S: Bobby Jenks (25)
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 OAK  6  CHW  4        W:Huston Street (3-5), L: Horacio Ramirez (1-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 CHW  4  OAK  3        W:John Danks (6-4), L: Rich Harden (5-1), S: Scott Linebrink (1)
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 CHW  6  OAK  1        W:Gavin Floyd (10-4), L: Greg Smith (5-7), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - CHW won 5-4; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; All-Time - CHW leads 1011-953

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

LAA 5.70

OAK 4.61

SDP 3.86

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYY 4.66

WSN 5.41

J. Mauer .375

N. Schierholtz .291

A. Casilla .179

OBP

A. Pujols .447

R. Davis .363

R. Cedeno .239

SLG

A. Pujols .686

B. Butler .475

A. Casilla .225

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

M. Prado .837

A. Casilla .496

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

J. Moyer 5.47

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

D. Davis 6.86

N. Blackburn 3.68

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WhiteSox Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 52.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 255/182 .302/.374/.473/.847 1.055/.761 1.041 114/.901 5/4 6/11

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 3/3.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 144/95 .234/.319/.422/.741 .803/.711 .843 24/.851 0/0 6/5

23.Dye G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.666 1/.000 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 3/1.167 433/319 .270/.346/.504/.850 .811/.864 .868 96/.504 0/2 24/5

14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.533 2/.000 3/.666 4/1.750 ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 3/1.334 2/.500 459/329 .277/.342/.483/.825 1.071/.730 .768 104/.650 0/0 21/4

30.Kotsay* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 107/88 .250/.290/.330/.620 .474/.652 .546 35/.560 2/1 1/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/53 .162/.260/.191/.451 .414/.469 .532 / 4/1 0/2

5.Nix G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 180/84 .224/.322/.436/.758 .816/.690 .883 60/.753 7/0 9/9

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 376/277 .310/.340/.458/.799 .711/.830 .858 83/.872 1/0 12/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 3/.333 6/1.000 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.666 3/.666 5/.400 1/.000 408/286 .297/.350/.386/.736 .747/.732 .714 110/.697 18/9 4/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 246/178 .227/.317/.431/.748 .713/.759 .704 95/.693 1/0 11/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 2/.000 433/321 .274/.330/.415/.746 1.020/.650 .704 79/.743 12/4 14/15

51.Rios G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.000 5/.800 3/1.667 490/352 .262/.314/.424/.738 .734/.740 .611 86/.777 19/3 14/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 2/4.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 368/275 .252/.383/.500/.883 .849/.895 .872 84/.724 0/0 22/

31.Wise* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· 125/110 .200/.240/.348/.587 .871/.557 .458 22/.857 2/3 2/0

IP 133.1 126.2 65.0 49.0 42.1 46.1 56.2 5.2 2.1 76.1 56.0 52.2 TOTAL .261/.332/.421/.754 .827/.726 .766 .724 74/33 138/102

ERA-K/9

5.06/4.6

4.55/7.3

2.08/10.1

4.22/7.0

5.74/6.4

5.24/5.6

5.88/9.0

1.59/3.2

0.00/0.0

5.54/5.8

3.21/11.2

2.73/6.3

4.49/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 585/.281 539/.265 258/.174 199/.190 189/.275 202/.274 239/.297 16/.188 4/.000 350/.321 220/.219 223/.281 .269

OPS .855 .724 .508 .646 .834 .739 .852 .625 .000 .860 .652 .709 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 310/.971 145/.793 120/.568 104/.626 90/.957 108/.904 61/1.225 8/1.000 2/.000 206/.889 92/.655 100/.853 .833

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 275/.723 394/.698 138/.458 95/.668 99/.725 94/.554 178/.727 8/.250 2/.000 144/.820 128/.650 123/.593 .705

Home 347/.840 235/.703 108/.449 85/.591 88/.620 98/.592 91/1.103 4/.000 1/ 125/.875 87/.369 116/.720

Last 28d days 135/.899 162/.624 47/.541 52/.691 46/.833 44/.883 122/.762 11/.909 4/.000 130/1.033 47/.875 45/.831

HR/SB/CS 25/16/8 15/11/2 4/0/0 7/7/4 6/3/2 0/0/1 7/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 9/7/3 5/7/3 1/2/0 115/68/27

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

Athletics Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 52.Contreras
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 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 67.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Crosby G/S/vP 9/.444 22/.333 2/.000 14/1.096 3/.666 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 234/131 .225/.299/.368/.666 .797/.559 .751 35/.844 2/1 6/7

57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 54/38 .140/.204/.240/.444 .464/.434 .580 4/.000 0/0 1/1

32.Cust* G/S/vP 9/.476 7/.953 1/no AB 6/1.167 1/5.000 9/1.194 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 456/314 .230/.346/.386/.733 .605/.792 .787 109/.663 4/0 16/2

11.Davis G/S/vP 6/.733 7/.286 2/.000 3/.666 4/1.167 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 216/122 .292/.363/.417/.779 .761/.795 .808 86/.900 23/6 2/3

14.Ellis G/S/vP 12/.250 39/.398 3/.666 10/.744 2/2.500 6/.000 5/.400 3/.666 2/.000 3/1.333 ··· 223/161 .272/.312/.413/.725 .739/.720 .600 97/.886 6/2 5/2

21.Everidge G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 74/55 .266/.351/.406/.758 .984/.681 .816 74/.758 0/0 1/1

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP ··· 7/.858 3/.000 6/1.167 3/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 9/1.444 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 123/78 .259/.293/.362/.655 .630/.669 .711 34/.627 1/0 2/0

12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 341/229 .286/.335/.508/.843 1.051/.745 .858 92/.804 10/2 15/2

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 19/.352 6/.666 16/.563 4/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.333 5/.600 ··· 391/272 .280/.337/.425/.762 .587/.837 .719 115/.713 14/5 10/8

26.Pennington# G/S/vP 3/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/38 .320/.358/.440/.798 .333/.990 .681 53/.798 3/1 1/0

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/73 .253/.324/.429/.752 .596/.812 .779 19/.898 0/0 3/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/1.000 12/1.409 4/1.750 3/.000 2/.000 6/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 439/309 .279/.315/.413/.728 .736/.724 .652 95/.704 5/2 9/2

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 6/1.000 1/2.000 3/2.334 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 376/280 .275/.325/.380/.705 .701/.706 .600 89/.823 5/5 5/3

IP 133.2 160.2 73.0 101.2 45.2 157.2 41.0 42.1 48.0 50.2 6.2 TOTAL .256/.323/.389/.712 .682/.725 .720 .780 90/31 97/83

ERA-K/9

4.04/7.6

3.70/4.7

3.70/6.3

5.40/6.8

2.76/11.4

3.94/7.6

3.73/8.6

2.98/8.9

4.69/7.3

2.49/11.2

2.70/10.7

4.16/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 570/.247 648/.261 318/.278 451/.263 199/.221 627/.238 176/.253 184/.273 219/.291 202/.212 23/.158 .257

OPS .714 .724 .720 .743 .714 .660 .702 .813 .768 .602 .673 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.744 179/.757 145/.870 232/.703 64/.823 327/.633 84/.857 78/.725 103/.826 80/.472 12/.250 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 412/.702 469/.711 173/.601 219/.783 135/.665 300/.689 92/.563 106/.874 116/.719 122/.688 11/1.260 .724

Road 284/.678 268/.765 119/.718 237/.780 96/.764 318/.741 83/.652 84/.791 102/.837 95/.715 3/.000

Last 28d days 117/.786 141/.679 78/.673 137/.808 42/.584 137/.606 41/.714 38/1.081 51/.812 47/.463 23/.673

HR/SB/CS 16/14/5 20/1/1 4/1/2 9/17/2 4/14/1 14/14/2 5/8/0 6/10/0 5/4/2 4/3/3 1/2/2 114/101/25

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·X·····X ·X····X· ·o···XX· X····X·· ·o·Xo··o o··X·oX· ···X·oo· ·o·X···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.