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Game Preview: ATL @ CHW, 2:05pm, Thursday, June 24, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Braves, 42-30, 42-30 1st, ½ up

SP: Derek Lowe (37, RHP, 9-5, 4.77)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-5)			88.2	89	49	47	37	51	7	4.77
2009 (15-10)			194.2	232	109	101	63	111	16	4.67
2008 (14-11)			211.0	194	84	76	45	147	14	3.24

Last 7 GS		4-2	44.2	39	19	19	16	26	2	3.83	53
2010-06-18	KCR	W	6.1	6	3	3	2	3	1	86	50
2010-06-12	@MIN	ND	7.1	6	2	2	3	4	0	97	59
2010-06-07	@ARI	L	4.0	8	7	7	2	2	1	96	18
2010-06-02	PHI	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	119	72
2010-05-28	PIT	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	87	66
2010-05-22	@PIT	W	5.0	5	2	2	4	5	0	99	50
2010-05-17	NYM	L	7.0	4	3	3	3	3	0	93	57

Last 5 v.CHW		0-2	34.0	39	21	20	12	21	5	5.29	45
2008-06-24	CHW	L	7.1	9	5	5	1	8	1	104	47
2004-08-22	@CHW	ND	6.2	7	5	5	2	3	2	106	41
2003-09-03	@CHW	ND	7.0	10	3	3	4	3	0	103	44
2003-06-19	@CHW	ND	6.0	7	3	2	3	2	0	99	47
2002-09-25	@CHW	L	7.0	6	5	5	2	5	2	110	48

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

 Home:   24-7    Road:   18-23   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  31-17   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:15-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Wed, Jun 23  @CHW  L   2-4       42-30  1st  0.5 up
 71 Tue, Jun 22  @CHW  L   6-9       42-29  1st  1.5 up
 70 Sun, Jun 20   KCR  W   8-5       42-28  1st  2.5 up
 69 Sat, Jun 19   KCR  W   5-4       41-28  1st  1.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 18   KCR  W   6-4       40-28  1st  0.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 17   TBR  W   3-1       39-28  1st  0.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 16   TBR  W   6-2       38-28  1st  0.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 15   TBR  L   4-10      37-28  1st  0.5 up
 64 Sun, Jun 13  @MIN  W   7-3       37-27  1st  1.5 up
 63 Sat, Jun 12  @MIN  W   3-2       36-27  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

WhiteSox, 36-34, 36-34 3rd, 3½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (27, RHP, 2-7, 5.20)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-7)			83.0	91	50	48	29	71	7	5.20
2009 (11-11)			193.0	178	93	87	59	163	21	4.06
2008 (17-8)			206.1	190	107	88	70	145	30	3.84

Last 7 GS		1-4	44.0	41	18	18	13	39	3	3.68	55
2010-06-18	@WSN	ND	8.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	106	74
2010-06-13	@CHC	L	8.0	3	1	1	3	9	0	109	78
2010-06-08	DET	ND	6.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	101	62
2010-06-02	TEX	L	2.2	8	6	6	3	1	1	64	16
2010-05-27	@TBR	L	7.0	4	3	3	1	5	2	107	61
2010-05-22	FLA	W	6.1	6	1	1	2	7	0	97	62
2010-05-16	@KCR	L	6.0	10	5	5	1	4	0	101	35

Last 5 v.ATL		1-1	18.1	17	16	16	13	13	3	7.85	41
2006-04-13	@ATL	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	95	52
2005-09-13	ATL	ND	5.0	5	4	4	3	6	0	91	44
2005-04-15	ATL	L	3.1	5	8	8	5	1	2	71	14
2004-09-08	@ATL	ND	4.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	77	53

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

 Home:   17-18   Road:   19-16   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  28-25   vsLHP:   8-9    1-Run:  14-8 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest:  5-6  IL:12-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Wed, Jun 23   ATL  W   4-2       36-34  3rd  3.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 22   ATL  W   9-6       35-34  3rd  4.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 20  @WSN  W   6-3       34-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 19  @WSN  W   1-0       33-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 18  @WSN  W   2-1 (11)  32-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 17  @PIT  W   5-4       31-34  3rd  6.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 16  @PIT  W   7-2       30-34  3rd  7.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 15  @PIT  W   6-4       29-34  3rd  7.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 13  @CHC  L   0-1       28-34  3rd  7.5 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 12  @CHC  W   2-1       28-33  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 CHW  4  ATL  2        W:Mark Buehrle (6-6), L: Tim Hudson (7-3), S: Bobby Jenks (16)
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 CHW  9  ATL  6        W:John Danks (7-5), L: Tommy Hanson (7-4), S: Bobby Jenks (15)

Sun, Jun 13, 2004 CHW 10  ATL  3        W:Mark Buehrle (7-1), L: Travis Smith (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 12, 2004 CHW 10  ATL  8        W:Esteban Loaiza (7-3), L: John Thomson (5-4), S: Shingo Takatsu (1)
Fri, Jun 11, 2004 ATL  6 @CHW  4        W:Jaret Wright (5-5), L: Scott Schoeneweis (5-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 23, 2002 ATL  9  CHW  1        W:Jason Marquis (6-4), L: Dan Wright (5-8), S: none
Sat, Jun 22, 2002 ATL 15  CHW  2        W:Damian Moss (4-2), L: Gary Glover (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 21, 2002 ATL  3  CHW  2        W:Kevin Gryboski (1-1), L: Todd Ritchie (4-9), S: John Smoltz (23)
Season Series: 2010 - CHW leads 2-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 4-4

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.49

COL 4.52

PIT 3.30

RA/G

SDP 3.30

DET 4.49

ARI 5.81

R. Cano .362

D. Jeter .279

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .450

M. Scutaro .353

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

B. Boesch .624

C. Granderson .455

C. Izturis .245

OPS

J. Morneau 1.071

A. Pagan .806

T. Manzella .513

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.60

B. Cecil 4.06

K. Davies 6.15

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.17

R. Nolasco 6.82

N. Blackburn 2.84

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Braves Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Floyd
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 67.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/14 .438/.526/.500/1.026 1.100/1.000 .788 19/1.026 1/0 0/0

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 8/1.500 7/.829 5/1.200 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 239/161 .270/.329/.344/.673 .671/.674 .700 88/.778 3/1 2/2

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/53 .267/.313/.533/.846 .481/.937 .966 29/.714 3/0 3/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.953 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 240/174 .254/.357/.302/.660 .752/.626 .747 101/.806 5/0 0/8

25.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 4/1.750 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 295/205 .276/.376/.488/.864 .978/.817 .827 109/1.055 0/0 14/5

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 295/204 .259/.376/.470/.846 .706/.911 .836 120/.662 5/4 11/4

18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/.500 8/.125 ··· 7/1.429 1/no AB 152/142 .309/.375/.544/.919 .633/.939 .900 65/.785 0/0 5/1

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.167 ··· 5/.833 ··· 162/111 .300/.335/.373/.709 .484/.807 .640 65/.618 3/1 1/7

10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 5/.000 4/1.000 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 238/160 .250/.387/.380/.767 .760/.770 .598 70/.836 5/0 4/6

16.McCann* G/S/vP 4/.917 ··· 7/1.000 5/.800 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 243/173 .262/.379/.436/.814 .643/.886 .852 81/.820 3/1 8/6

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 336/240 .336/.375/.479/.854 .782/.884 .782 117/.938 2/3 7/2

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 4/1.250 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 79/35 .281/.403/.359/.762 .827/.671 .689 32/.952 0/1 0/1

IP 83.0 28.0 25.1 34.1 25.2 21.2 30.2 24.0 TOTAL .264/.351/.400/.751 .683/.780 .716 .794 36/13 58/60

ERA-K/9

5.20/7.7

4.18/10.9

5.68/9.6

4.46/6.0

2.10/11.6

2.49/11.6

3.23/13.2

4.88/8.2

4.36/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (32-13-2)
Ross (7-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 363/.277 127/.277 116/.272 146/.214 98/.183 98/.235 120/.194 127/.333 .258 Cabrera
Infante
Hinske
Heyward
Blanco 42/23/8/5
6/0/0/1
25/0/0/0
0/0/66/0
7/9/0/0

OPS .759 .740 .843 .639 .485 .647 .554 .976 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.706 65/.787 62/.976 58/.532 39/.538 37/.516 62/.451 57/.847 .726

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 192/.807 62/.688 54/.678 88/.703 59/.449 61/.730 58/.668 70/1.086 .721

Home 185/.836 69/.826 71/.917 81/.711 49/.662 53/.656 58/.570 79/1.023

Last 28d days 99/.647 40/.416 37/1.172 40/.683 40/.354 29/1.076 51/.739 30/.647

HR/SB/CS 7/4/1 2/5/0 6/5/0 3/2/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 1/3/0 2/2/3 60/42/16

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Lowe
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 40.Saito
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 260/193 .199/.270/.251/.521 .433/.548 .521 81/.504 4/2 1/7

27.Castro G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.750 36/25 .323/.417/.548/.965 .919/.985 .945 19/1.516 1/0 2/0

25.Jones G/S/vP 28/.654 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 25/.996 181/134 .208/.320/.455/.775 .865/.743 .739 36/.416 7/2 10/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 19/.691 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 273/217 .303/.399/.571/.971 1.116/.934 1.186 92/1.055 0/0 17/1

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 17/.769 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 10/.733 164/152 .210/.311/.371/.682 .167/.721 .691 53/.606 1/2 6/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/ .667/.667/2.000/2.667 2.667/ 2.500 3/2.667 0/0 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 23/.317 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/.658 310/226 .245/.312/.274/.586 .615/.575 .600 104/.574 27/6 0/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 227/175 .254/.290/.380/.670 .579/.696 .690 73/.862 0/1 4/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 251/192 .227/.315/.441/.756 .759/.754 .832 85/.882 0/0 11/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/193 .261/.298/.392/.690 .554/.738 .686 94/.799 2/6 6/9

51.Rios G/S/vP 10/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 1/3.000 6/1.167 ··· 2/.000 274/212 .313/.372/.546/.918 1.094/.868 .958 97/.897 20/6 13/1

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 .000 5/.400 0/0 0/0

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 55/.652 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.273 ··· 9/.222 119/99 .269/.333/.346/.679 .498/.715 .707 69/.829 2/2 1/0

IP 88.2 27.2 75.1 7.2 67.2 28.2 27.2 25.2 31.0 29.1 TOTAL .250/.323/.402/.725 .693/.735 .760 .771 68/31 77/40

ERA-K/9

4.77/5.2

6.18/8.1

4.78/6.1

2.35/8.2

3.33/6.5

3.14/8.2

2.28/7.8

2.81/12.6

1.45/9.9

1.23/13.2

3.80/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (6-2-0)
Pierzynski (31-12-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 379/.269 118/.259 336/.285 29/.207 269/.262 128/.271 112/.230 103/.170 130/.185 116/.168 .248 Pierre
Jones
Kotsay
Quentin
Rios
Lillibridge 61/0/0/2
8/7/20/2
0/0/6/1
0/0/48/1
1/64/0/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .740 .783 .823 .586 .707 .727 .626 .519 .540 .530 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 181/.746 43/.897 155/.859 13/.769 122/.722 41/.948 55/.548 46/.511 47/.456 26/.279 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.734 75/.718 181/.792 16/.438 147/.694 87/.633 57/.702 57/.524 83/.588 90/.605 .686

Road 177/.818 75/.840 202/.856 17/.529 156/.692 86/.753 58/.625 68/.543 58/.519 59/.568

Last 28d days 133/.661 25/.432 121/.814 26/.577 127/.723 36/.910 35/.834 16/.258 57/.545 43/.364

HR/SB/CS 7/4/7 5/0/0 9/5/2 1/0/0 8/2/1 1/7/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 55/39/19

Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ···X···· ···X···· ····X··· ···Xoo·o ···Xoo·· X······· ····o·XX ···XoXo·

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.