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Game Preview: LAA @ CHW, 8:10pm, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Angels, 46-40, 46-40 2nd, 4½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (29, LHP, 6-8, 4.59)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (6-8) 102.0 108 59 52 43 52 12 4.59
2009 (16-7) 186.0 202 102 95 64 101 29 4.60
2008 (17-7) 198.0 187 82 75 53 103 21 3.41
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.2 50 26 23 15 21 5 4.85 45
2010-07-02 KCR ND 8.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 111 68
2010-06-26 COL W 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 113 67
2010-06-20 @CHC L 2.2 9 8 5 2 2 1 84 14
2010-06-14 MIL L 5.2 6 6 6 3 3 2 111 33
2010-06-09 @OAK W 9.0 7 1 1 1 2 0 101 70
2010-06-04 @SEA W 6.0 8 1 1 2 1 0 95 51
2010-05-30 SEA ND 4.1 10 7 7 3 1 1 86 13
Last 5 v.CHW 4-1 37.0 21 8 8 10 19 5 1.95 65
2010-05-19 @CHW W 7.2 4 1 1 2 4 0 106 69
2009-09-11 CHW W 7.0 3 1 1 1 3 1 101 69
2009-05-26 CHW L 6.2 7 3 3 3 4 2 114 49
2008-09-07 @CHW W 7.1 4 2 2 1 4 2 91 65
2008-05-23 @CHW W 8.1 3 1 1 3 4 0 99 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-20   Road:   22-20   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  32-26   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest: 15-9  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Tue, Jul  6  @CHW  L   1-4       46-40  2nd  4.5 gb
 85 Mon, Jul  5  @CHW  L   2-9       46-39  2nd  3.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  4   KCR  W  11-0       46-38  2nd  3.5 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  3   KCR  L   2-4       45-38  2nd  4.5 gb
 82 Fri, Jul  2   KCR  L   1-2 (10)  45-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 81 Thu, Jul  1   TEX  W   2-1       45-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 80 Wed, Jun 30   TEX  L   4-6       44-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 29   TEX  W   6-5       44-35  2nd  3.5 gb
 78 Sun, Jun 27   COL  W  10-3       43-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 26   COL  W   4-2       42-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
WhiteSox, 44-38, 44-38 3rd, 1 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Freddy Garcia (35, RHP, 8-3, 4.65)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (8-3) 91.0 95 48 47 27 54 13 4.65
2009 (3-4) 56.0 56 27 27 12 37 4 4.34
2008 (1-1) 15.0 11 8 7 6 12 3 4.20
Last 7 GS 5-0 46.2 46 20 19 9 30 4 3.66 54
2010-07-02 @TEX ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 93 49
2010-06-26 CHC ND 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 1 94 58
2010-06-20 @WSN W 7.0 6 3 3 1 6 0 98 58
2010-06-15 @PIT W 5.2 8 4 4 2 1 0 92 36
2010-06-09 DET W 7.0 7 3 3 1 4 2 96 54
2010-06-03 TEX W 7.0 7 3 2 1 4 0 106 56
2010-05-28 @TBR W 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 89 66
Last 5 v.LAA 4-0 35.1 23 9 9 6 23 2 2.29 64
2006-09-13 @LAA W 8.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 102 83
2006-05-09 LAA W 8.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 106 74
2006-04-28 @LAA W 6.0 4 3 3 4 5 1 98 53
2005-05-31 LAA ND 5.1 6 3 3 2 3 1 94 45
2005-05-25 @LAA W 8.0 7 2 2 0 6 0 108 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-19   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  35-29   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:  16-9 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest:  9-7  IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Tue, Jul  6   LAA  W   4-1       44-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  5   LAA  W   9-2       43-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  4  @TEX  W   5-3       42-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 79 Sat, Jul  3  @TEX  L   1-3       41-38  3rd  2.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jul  2  @TEX  W   5-3       41-37  3rd  2.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 30  @KCR  L   6-7       40-37  3rd  2.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 29  @KCR  W   4-3       40-36  3rd  1.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 28  @KCR  L   1-3       39-36  3rd  2.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 27   CHC  L   6-8       39-35  3rd  1.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 26   CHC  W   3-2       39-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 06, 2010 CHW  4  LAA  1        W:Tony Pena (2-1), L: Jered Weaver (8-4), S: Bobby Jenks (18)
Mon, Jul 05, 2010 CHW  9  LAA  2        W:Gavin Floyd (4-7), L: Scott Kazmir (7-8), S: Sergio Santos (1)
Thu, May 20, 2010 LAA  6 @CHW  5        W:Ervin Santana (3-3), L: Jake Peavy (3-3), S: Brian Fuentes (6)
Wed, May 19, 2010 LAA  3 @CHW  2        W:Joe Saunders (3-5), L: John Danks (3-3), S: Brian Fuentes (5)

Sun, Sep 13, 2009 LAA  3  CHW  2        W:Darren Oliver (5-1), L: Mark Buehrle (12-8), S: Brian Fuentes (41)
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 CHW  4 @LAA  3 (10)   W:Bobby Jenks (3-4), L: Brian Fuentes (1-4), S: Tony Pena (2)
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 LAA  7  CHW  1        W:Joe Saunders (13-7), L: Gavin Floyd (11-10), S: none
Thu, Aug 06, 2009 LAA  9 @CHW  5        W:Ervin Santana (4-6), L: John Danks (9-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 05, 2009 CHW  6  LAA  2        W:Gavin Floyd (9-6), L: Sean O'Sullivan (3-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 04, 2009 CHW  5  LAA  4        W:Matt Thornton (6-2), L: Kevin Jepsen (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 2-2; 2009 - CHW won 5-4; 2008 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - CHW leads 338-336

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

BOS  5.42

ARI  4.57

PIT  3.24

 RA/G

SDP  3.31

FLA  4.42

ARI  5.75

 BA

M. Cabrera  .343

C. Patterson  .280

L. Valbuena  .166

 OBP

J. Morneau  .436

B. Hawpe  .351

A. Ramirez  .247

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .647

J. Kubel  .450

L. Valbuena  .245

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.066

C. Young  .806

T. Manzella  .513

 ERA

J. Johnson  1.82

E. Santana  3.95

N. Blackburn  6.00

 K/9IP

J. Weaver  10.17

A. Harang  6.73

N. Blackburn  3.19

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Angels Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Garcia
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		 68.Threets*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 10/.929 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 8/1.071 ··· 368/243 .252/.345/.394/.739 .624/.800 .653 97/.672 14/6 8/6
22.Aldridge* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 7/.762 ··· 338/237 .282/.340/.364/.704 .751/.684 .776 68/.777 12/6 2/11
18.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 116/84 .315/.362/.407/.769 .842/.742 .695 67/.715 2/0 0/5
48.Hunter G/S/vP 44/1.230 10/.686 6/1.500 3/1.334 7/1.000 ··· 10/.733 ··· 343/237 .302/.385/.525/.910 .901/.914 .998 101/1.075 7/9 14/1
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 3/.333 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 358/251 .278/.314/.406/.720 .716/.721 .689 108/.844 9/2 7/6
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 85/59 .256/.286/.372/.658 .758/.615 .718 48/.507 2/0 2/2
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 8/.500 6/.167 5/.400 3/.333 6/1.167 ··· 10/.200 1/no AB 322/219 .254/.334/.406/.741 .594/.812 .718 82/.663 0/0 10/0
41.McAnulty* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 8/8 .143/.250/.571/.821 /.821 .250 8/.821 0/0 1/0
44.Napoli G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.333 3/1.167 4/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 279/199 .260/.337/.492/.829 1.064/.735 .899 92/.815 3/2 14/7
20.Rivera G/S/vP 6/.334 6/.500 3/1.667 6/.900 7/1.762 ··· 3/.000 ··· 262/174 .239/.302/.420/.722 .784/.690 .833 54/.688 1/2 10/4
77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/2.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 83/57 .246/.350/.275/.625 .717/.587 .606 28/.561 1/2 0/1
46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/45 .196/.275/.348/.622 .714/.603 .598 26/.775 0/0 1/0
3.Wood G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 173/116 .172/.190/.233/.424 .466/.403 .376 45/.548 1/0 3/8
IP 91.0 30.2 28.1 41.2 32.0 26.2 35.2 2.0 TOTAL .258/.324/.405/.728 .726/.730 .740 .717 58/31 86/72
ERA-K/9 4.65/5.3 4.11/10.8 5.08/9.5 4.97/5.6 1.69/10.4 2.03/10.4 2.78/12.4 0.00/0.0 4.15/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (14-3-2)
 Napoli (39-13-4)
 Wilson (11-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 384/.272 139/.270 127/.268 182/.258 119/.161 115/.227 140/.198 7/.167 .257  Abreu
 Rivera
 Willits
 Matsui
 Hunter
 Frandsen
 Aldridge
0/0/77/5
60/1/9/5
18/18/5/4
14/0/0/1
0/79/0/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .799 .723 .817 .735 .436 .622 .549 .452 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 188/.764 71/.715 64/.993 65/.489 47/.516 42/.480 66/.423 3/1.167 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.832 68/.727 63/.630 117/.861 72/.381 73/.705 74/.666 4/.000 .716
Home 180/.794 81/.785 74/.905 112/.751 58/.555 61/.582 66/.581 1/
Last 28d days 108/.747 37/.420 19/.922 47/1.060 38/.243 30/.720 39/.488 7/.452
HR/SB/CS 13/7/1 2/6/0 6/5/0 5/2/2 2/2/1 0/0/1 1/3/0 0/0/0 68/48/23
Usage ····X··· XX······ ···X··X· X··o··o· o·o·o··X ·X··o··· X·X·X··o ·o·o··o·
WhiteSox Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 45.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 62.Shields
G/S/vB		 63.Thompson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 288/219 .206/.271/.280/.551 .504/.565 .580 74/.618 4/3 2/8
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 44/33 .316/.409/.500/.909 .919/.907 .794 16/1.063 1/0 2/0
25.Jones G/S/vP 13/.808 7/.453 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 201/150 .192/.303/.430/.734 .822/.704 .721 36/.348 8/2 11/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 17/.945 5/2.400 2/.000 16/1.038 1/.000 12/.450 1/.000 323/262 .295/.381/.554/.935 1.086/.900 1.147 99/.793 0/0 20/1
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 7/.572 11/.664 3/.333 9/.476 1/no AB 18/.944 ··· 204/190 .230/.328/.393/.722 .143/.764 .715 61/.836 1/2 6/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 19/12 .444/.474/.889/1.363 2.214/.917 .970 17/1.221 1/0 1/0
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 15/.643 9/.500 2/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 6/.833 2/.000 363/273 .263/.331/.297/.628 .601/.637 .639 107/.696 32/9 0/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 10/.700 9/.666 ··· 13/.508 1/.000 9/.958 1/.000 266/207 .237/.278/.345/.623 .506/.655 .611 77/.723 0/1 4/1
20.Quentin G/S/vP 8/.125 11/.182 3/.666 5/2.100 ··· 1/5.000 1/5.000 293/229 .234/.334/.476/.811 .831/.805 .919 82/1.094 0/0 15/4
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 15/.343 1/.000 4/.500 8/.661 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 303/232 .277/.310/.418/.728 .587/.772 .720 94/.808 2/6 8/9
51.Rios G/S/vP 21/.667 5/.600 2/.000 6/.583 ··· 10/.522 2/.000 321/254 .299/.352/.510/.862 1.006/.825 .921 98/.669 22/8 14/1
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 29/23 .276/.276/.379/.655 1.167/.522 .917 29/.655 1/0 1/0
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 2/2.000 13/1.138 ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/1.000 2/.500 144/122 .242/.303/.320/.623 .449/.653 .647 58/.644 2/2 1/0
IP 102.0 24.1 28.0 33.1 19.0 27.1 1.2 TOTAL .252/.323/.406/.729 .696/.738 .767 .739 78/37 90/47
ERA-K/9 4.59/4.6 4.44/10.4 4.82/10.9 3.24/5.4 3.79/9.5 5.27/8.2 5.40/10.6 4.38/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (7-4-0)
 Pierzynski (36-17-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 444/.276 104/.226 127/.255 147/.234 80/.208 132/.269 9/.333 .261  Jones
 Pierre
 Quentin
 Rios
 Kotsay
 Lillibridge
9/9/22/3
72/0/0/2
0/0/58/1
1/74/0/1
0/0/6/1
0/1/0/0
OPS .790 .770 .686 .684 .621 .767 1.000 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.779 27/.264 69/.695 68/.739 33/.726 62/.593 2/.000 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.795 77/.961 58/.674 79/.637 47/.551 70/.913 7/1.286 .763
Road 189/.768 42/.888 61/.763 60/.699 33/.509 63/.744 9/1.000
Last 28d days 103/.782 39/.733 35/.738 48/.713 55/.810 35/.498 9/1.000
HR/SB/CS 12/4/3 5/3/1 1/3/0 2/7/0 2/0/0 2/3/2 1/0/0 85/69/18
Usage ····X··· ····Xo·o o······o ··X··X·X o·oo··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.