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Game Preview: TBR @ CHW, 8:10pm, Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Rays, 10-4, 10-42nd, ½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Wade Davis (24, RHP, 0-1, 4.09)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			11.0	9	5	5	8	7	2	4.09
2009 (2-2)			36.1	33	19	15	13	36	2	3.72

Last 7 GS		2-3	40.1	39	23	19	20	34	3	4.24	50
2010-04-16	@BOS	ND	5.0	2	1	1	4	4	1	104	59
2010-04-10	NYY	L	6.0	7	4	4	4	3	1	105	41
2009-10-04	NYY	L	5.0	6	5	3	2	5	1	98	42
2009-09-29	BAL	W	7.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	106	59
2009-09-23	SEA	ND	5.2	7	4	2	1	6	0	96	48
2009-09-17	@BAL	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	124	87
2009-09-12	@BOS	L	2.2	6	8	8	4	3	0	71	13

Has never faced CHW as starter.

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

 Home:    3-3    Road:    7-1    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   8-1    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast: 10-3    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 20  @CHW  L   1-4       10-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 19  @BOS  W   8-2       10-3   1st  0.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @BOS  W   7-1        9-3   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @BOS  W   6-5        8-3   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 16  @BOS  W   3-1 (12)   7-3   1st    Tied
  9 Wed, Apr 14  @BAL  W   9-1        6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr 13  @BAL  W   8-6 (10)   5-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 12  @BAL  W   5-1        4-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   NYY  L   3-7        3-3   3rd  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10   NYY  L   0-10       3-2   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-4    Last 30:10-4

WhiteSox, 5-9, 5-94th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (31, LHP, 2-1, 3.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-1)			21.0	17	10	7	7	7	1	3.00
2009 (13-10)			213.1	222	97	91	45	105	27	3.84
2008 (15-12)			218.2	240	106	92	52	140	22	3.79

Last 7 GS		3-4	43.1	40	23	18	14	17	3	3.74	50
2010-04-16	@CLE	L	6.0	6	6	3	4	3	1	109	41
2010-04-11	MIN	W	8.0	8	4	4	2	1	0	113	49
2010-04-05	CLE	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	95	73
2009-09-30	@CLE	W	6.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	79	69
2009-09-23	MIN	L	3.1	8	5	4	1	0	0	57	25
2009-09-18	KCR	L	6.0	7	5	5	4	4	1	100	38
2009-09-13	@LAA	L	7.0	5	3	2	2	3	1	100	58

Last 5 v.TBR		2-1	35.1	33	16	13	9	26	1	3.31	55
2009-07-23	TBR	W	9.0	0	0	0	0	6	0	116	93
2009-04-18	@TBR	W	6.2	8	3	3	3	5	0	104	48
2008-08-24	TBR	ND	6.2	6	5	2	2	5	1	109	51
2008-06-01	@TBR	ND	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	102	49
2008-04-19	@TBR	L	7.0	12	5	5	2	5	0	109	36

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

 Home:    3-4    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   3-6    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 2-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 20   TBR  W   4-1        5-9   4th  5.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 18  @CLE  L   4-7        4-9   5th  5.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 17  @CLE  L   2-3        4-8   5th  5.0 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 16  @CLE  L   2-6        4-7   5th  4.0 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 15  @TOR  L   3-7        4-6   4th  3.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 14  @TOR  W  11-1        4-5   3rd  2.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 13  @TOR  L   2-4        3-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 12  @TOR  W   8-7 (11)   3-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   MIN  W   5-4        2-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10   MIN  L   1-2        1-4   5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-9    Last 30: 5-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 CHW  4  TBR  1        W:John Danks (2-0), L: David Price (2-1), S: Bobby Jenks (3)

Thu, Jul 23, 2009 CHW  5  TBR  0        W:Mark Buehrle (11-3), L: Scott Kazmir (4-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 CHW  4  TBR  3        W:D. J. Carrasco (3-0), L: Dan Wheeler (3-3), S: Matt Thornton (1)
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 TBR  3 @CHW  2        W:Jeff Niemann (9-4), L: Bobby Jenks (2-3), S: J.P. Howell (10)
Mon, Jul 20, 2009 CHW  4  TBR  3        W:Gavin Floyd (8-6), L: David Price (3-4), S: Bobby Jenks (22)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 CHW 12 @TBR  2        W:Gavin Floyd (2-1), L: Matt Garza (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 CHW  8 @TBR  3        W:Mark Buehrle (2-0), L: Scott Kazmir (2-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 TBR  6  CHW  5        W:James Shields (2-1), L: Matt Thornton (0-1), S: Troy Percival (2)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 CHW  3 @TBR  2        W:John Danks (1-0), L: Jeff Niemann (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (3)
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 CHW  6  TBR  5 (10)   W:Bobby Jenks (3-0), L: Jason Hammel (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - CHW leads 1-0; 2009 - CHW won 6-2; 2008 - TBR won 6-4; All-Time - CHW leads 57-38

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 2010 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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

LAD 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Rays Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Buehrle*
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 40.Putz
G/S/vB 46.Santos
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 49.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

94.Aybar# G/S/vP 6/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 336/215 .253/.331/.416/.747 .882/.674 .661 16/.500 1/0 12/8

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 37/.609 12/.334 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/1.214 ··· 567/389 .320/.389/.490/.879 .930/.856 .951 61/.594 30/7 14/20

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/72 .278/.301/.444/.746 .145/.918 .650 22/.955 2/2 1/2

5.Burrell G/S/vP 14/.305 2/no AB 8/.375 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB 476/333 .221/.315/.367/.682 .588/.719 .602 43/.727 2/0 14/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 28/.929 4/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 12/.916 ··· 672/462 .305/.364/.452/.816 .704/.868 .806 59/.966 60/16 15/4

37.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 37/33 .188/.270/.500/.770 .750/.773 .489 / 1/0 3/0

19.Kapler G/S/vP 35/.457 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 238/64 .239/.329/.439/.768 .931/.357 .742 16/.466 5/2 8/2

3.Longoria G/S/vP 12/.334 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.250 ··· 671/474 .281/.364/.526/.889 .909/.881 .928 59/.866 9/0 33/13

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 4/2.250 1/no AB 410/254 .218/.261/.322/.583 .740/.489 .592 42/.394 5/2 8/5

23.Pena* G/S/vP 45/.731 8/.125 ··· 2/.000 7/.762 ··· 9/1.389 ··· 570/374 .227/.356/.537/.893 .814/.936 .803 54/.914 3/3 39/10

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 29/14 .200/.276/.440/.716 .630/.786 .726 27/.382 0/0 2/0

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 14/1.462 4/.250 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 327/257 .214/.335/.399/.734 1.045/.652 .873 9/.708 0/0 12/4

2.Upton G/S/vP 22/.814 2/3.000 1/no AB ··· 5/.200 ··· 5/.933 ··· 626/437 .241/.313/.373/.686 .572/.734 .628 57/.816 42/14 11/4

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/.334 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 599/398 .297/.405/.543/.948 1.035/.905 .867 62/.630 17/6 27/7

IP 213.1 53.1 56.0 70.0 29.1 72.1 17.2 TOTAL .243/.311/.417/.728 .545/.815 .726 .728 18/5 16/7

ERA-K/9

3.84/4.4

3.71/8.3

4.66/8.8

3.99/7.1

5.22/5.8

/0.0

2.74/10.8

4.58/11.2

3.69/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (61-22-6)
Shoppach (49-15-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 874/.275 228/.250 259/.304 312/.283 135/.257 / 291/.217 80/.206 .229 Crawford
Upton
Zobrist
Kapler
Rodriguez
Joyce
Burrell 154/0/0/6
0/144/0/6
9/7/59/5
14/12/66/5
3/2/2/0
0/4/5/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .756 .725 .875 .748 .739 .599 .688 .661

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.839 105/.862 117/.880 135/.878 70/.887 / 109/.596 43/.549 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 637/.725 123/.611 142/.871 177/.654 65/.588 / 182/.601 37/.868 .596

Home 507/.765 115/.677 130/.860 170/.723 70/.668 / 150/.542 43/.640

Last 28d days 84/.605 26/.598 20/.367 32/.341 23/.682 16/.205 28/.519 31/.794

HR/SB/CS 27/4/4 9/9/0 9/11/1 7/7/2 1/4/1 // 5/4/5 2/5/2 8/10/4

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

WhiteSox Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Davis
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 54.Ekstrom
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 430/309 .270/.347/.460/.808 .890/.774 .691 63/.645 7/4 14/14

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 171/110 .219/.292/.406/.699 .811/.638 .590 / 0/0 7/5

25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.664 331/181 .214/.323/.459/.782 .762/.793 .858 36/1.159 5/1 17/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 11/.920 ··· 4/.500 ··· 12/.697 9/.347 2/.000 10/.856 621/447 .277/.353/.489/.842 1.009/.777 .877 55/.994 1/0 28/4

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 5/.000 7/.453 1/3.000 206/173 .278/.327/.390/.717 .469/.766 .781 27/.425 3/2 4/0

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 290/155 .224/.308/.408/.716 .822/.621 .608 6/.333 10/2 12/13

1.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.666 9/.730 425/305 .308/.365/.392/.757 .814/.736 .688 59/.455 30/12 0/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 5/.000 ··· 4/.500 9/1.334 1/2.000 2/.500 535/402 .300/.331/.425/.755 .680/.781 .729 48/.439 1/1 13/5

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· 4/.000 ··· 6/1.166 6/1.133 1/.000 4/1.250 399/288 .236/.323/.456/.779 .716/.802 .870 59/.722 3/0 21/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 9/.555 ··· 3/1.333 606/462 .277/.333/.389/.723 .960/.649 .735 46/.543 14/5 15/20

51.Rios G/S/vP ··· 11/.773 ··· 6/.833 ··· 8/.250 18/.833 ··· 8/.679 633/457 .247/.296/.395/.691 .723/.679 .848 57/.814 24/5 17/5

23.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 6/.000 9/.222 ··· 2/.000 571/369 .271/.325/.408/.734 .743/.728 .733 42/.829 8/1 12/12

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.429 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.500 195/160 .266/.316/.345/.660 1.029/.577 .658 18/.410 4/0 1/0

IP 36.1 67.1 36.1 77.1 18.1 66.2 99.2 75.2 57.2 TOTAL .223/.308/.389/.696 .700/.694 .690 .696 13/5 18/8

ERA-K/9

3.72/8.9

4.81/9.2

3.47/6.9

3.26/4.2

6.38/9.3

2.84/10.7

6.77/5.4

2.97/12.1

3.28/7.0

3.56/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (31-17-0)
Pierzynski (99-30-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 150/.243 289/.235 142/.214 331/.249 83/.292 278/.197 459/.311 307/.194 219/.199 .236 Quentin
Rios
Pierre
Kotsay
Teahen
Nix
Jones 89/0/0/6
0/42/110/4
94/15/0/1
4/5/12/1
0/0/32/0
3/0/4/0
12/0/5/0

OPS .640 .681 .588 .679 .806 .627 .889 .586 .659 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.630 112/.701 83/.385 180/.671 42/.752 86/.772 276/.746 145/.746 64/1.020 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.655 177/.667 59/.880 151/.688 41/.855 192/.561 183/1.108 162/.445 155/.511 .726

Road 49/.629 133/.762 67/.536 198/.683 51/.669 131/.562 260/.916 155/.706 100/.604

Last 28d days 47/.791 30/.441 18/1.389 25/.490 20/1.012 / 33/.791 26/.808 22/.641

HR/SB/CS 2/4/1 6/6/1 4/2/1 6/6/1 3/4/0 7/3/2 19/1/2 6/3/0 11/5/0 19/6/2

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