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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 10, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 39-47, 39-47 4th, 9 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (29, RHP, 7-6, 5.44)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-6)			96.0	112	60	58	32	58	15	5.44
2009 (7-12)			154.0	161	94	81	50	98	15	4.73
2008 (9-16)			182.2	215	127	117	58	113	29	5.76

Last 7 GS		3-3	36.2	48	29	27	13	23	5	6.63	40
2010-07-05	@SEA	ND	7.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	111	50
2010-06-29	CHW	L	4.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	90	32
2010-06-23	@WSN	W	6.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	84	64
2010-06-18	@ATL	L	4.0	7	5	5	3	2	0	83	27
2010-06-12	@CIN	L	3.0	10	11	9	2	2	3	77	-1
2010-06-06	DET	W	7.1	5	2	2	1	5	0	98	64
2010-06-01	LAA	W	5.1	7	3	3	1	3	1	92	44

Last 5 v.CHW		2-2	26.0	37	23	22	12	17	4	7.62	37
2010-06-29	CHW	L	4.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	90	32
2010-05-16	CHW	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	86	47
2010-05-05	@CHW	L	3.0	7	7	7	4	3	1	63	16
2009-08-17	@CHW	ND	7.0	10	7	6	3	6	2	110	34
2009-07-05	CHW	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	99	54

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

 Home:   18-21   Road:   21-26   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  32-37   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:16-17   vsWest:  8-11 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Fri, Jul  9  @CHW  L   2-8       39-47  4th  9.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  7  @SEA  W   7-3       39-46  4th  8.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  6  @SEA  W   3-2       38-46  4th  8.0 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  5  @SEA  W   6-4 (10)  37-46  4th  8.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4  @LAA  L   0-11      36-46  4th  8.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  3  @LAA  W   4-2       36-45  4th  8.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  2  @LAA  W   2-1 (10)  35-45  4th  9.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 30   CHW  W   7-6       34-45  4th  9.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 29   CHW  L   3-4       33-45  4th  9.5 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 28   CHW  W   3-1       33-44  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

WhiteSox, 47-38, 47-38 2nd, ½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (27, RHP, 4-7, 4.43)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-7)			103.2	105	54	51	32	86	7	4.43
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		2-2	45.1	35	13	12	12	38	1	2.38	61
2010-07-05	LAA	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	97	65
2010-06-29	@KCR	W	6.2	7	3	2	0	2	0	95	52
2010-06-24	ATL	ND	7.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	104	81
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

Last 5 v.KCR		1-3	29.1	40	25	24	8	14	3	7.36	36
2010-06-29	@KCR	W	6.2	7	3	2	0	2	0	95	52
2010-05-16	@KCR	L	6.0	10	5	5	1	4	0	101	35
2010-05-04	KCR	L	6.1	13	6	6	2	2	1	94	23
2009-07-04	@KCR	L	5.1	4	5	5	3	4	0	96	41
2009-05-05	@KCR	ND	5.0	6	6	6	2	2	2	82	31

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

 Home:   25-19   Road:   22-19   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  36-29   vsLHP:  11-9    1-Run:  17-9 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 11-7  IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Fri, Jul  9   KCR  W   8-2       47-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 84 Thu, Jul  8   LAA  W   1-0       46-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  7   LAA  W   5-2       45-38  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:24-6

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 CHW  8  KCR  2        W:Mark Buehrle (8-7), L: Bruce Chen (5-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 KCR  7  CHW  6        W:Zack Greinke (4-8), L: Jake Peavy (7-6), S: Joakim Soria (20)
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 CHW  4 @KCR  3        W:Gavin Floyd (3-7), L: Brian Bannister (7-6), S: J.J. Putz (2)
Mon, Jun 28, 2010 KCR  3  CHW  1        W:Anthony Lerew (1-1), L: Mark Buehrle (6-7), S: Joakim Soria (19)
Sun, May 16, 2010 KCR  5  CHW  3        W:Brian Bannister (2-3), L: Gavin Floyd (1-4), S: Joakim Soria (9)
Sat, May 15, 2010 CHW  5 @KCR  4        W:Jake Peavy (3-2), L: Luke Hochevar (3-2), S: Matt Thornton (1)
Fri, May 14, 2010 KCR  6  CHW  1        W:Dusty Hughes (1-1), L: Mark Buehrle (2-5), S: none
Wed, May 05, 2010 CHW  9  KCR  2        W:Freddy Garcia (1-2), L: Brian Bannister (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 04, 2010 KCR  7 @CHW  2        W:Luke Hochevar (3-1), L: Gavin Floyd (1-3), S: none
Mon, May 03, 2010 CHW  5  KCR  1        W:Jake Peavy (1-2), L: Gil Meche (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 5-5; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 330-288

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 5.50

NYM 4.57

PIT 3.21

RA/G

SDP 3.41

CIN 4.43

ARI 5.72

J. Hamilton .349

A. Callaspo .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

M. Teixeira .353

B. Wood .186

SLG

M. Cabrera .644

J. Guillen .453

B. Wood .228

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.065

J. Loney .800

B. Wood .414

ERA

J. Johnson 1.70

J. Pineiro 3.95

C. Narveson 6.02

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.26

A. Harang 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.19

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Royals Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.20 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 68.Threets*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 20/.718 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 2/.000 3/1.667 2/.500 ··· 212/161 .314/.340/.397/.737 .555/.791 .778 78/.746 2/4 2/7

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 16/1.000 5/.200 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 311/247 .261/.285/.393/.678 .790/.650 .711 84/.519 0/1 6/10

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 7/.619 1/.000 7/.453 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 57/40 .365/.421/.692/1.113 1.663/.889 1.067 49/.953 0/0 4/0

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 89/49 .232/.273/.366/.639 .780/.528 .384 20/.750 5/3 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 26/.638 10/.200 8/.929 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 367/301 .324/.392/.486/.878 .783/.898 .881 99/.992 0/0 9/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 17/1.059 3/1.667 8/.250 4/1.500 4/.833 1/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 341/264 .279/.311/.426/.737 .636/.774 .740 77/.731 3/1 8/5

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 34/.762 11/.909 3/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 18/.457 ··· 362/268 .328/.398/.463/.861 .753/.897 .818 97/.931 3/3 5/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 123/100 .234/.303/.270/.574 .823/.520 .506 29/.824 8/1 0/2

6.Guillen G/S/vP 34/.640 7/.000 9/.347 3/1.666 7/.572 1/.000 7/.310 ··· 352/282 .274/.336/.453/.789 .640/.824 .792 88/.671 1/0 14/1

18.Kendall G/S/vP 9/.730 2/1.000 14/1.263 5/1.200 6/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 1/3.000 333/266 .263/.325/.313/.638 .828/.590 .549 96/.566 5/7 0/9

12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.536 1/.000 3/.333 3/.333 2/.000 1/no AB 6/.533 1/2.000 226/184 .256/.335/.377/.712 .836/.682 .758 43/.747 0/1 3/1

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 34/26 .179/.294/.214/.508 .393/.546 .535 11/.586 1/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· 4/3.000 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 371/280 .298/.343/.368/.711 .682/.722 .733 107/.809 25/10 3/2

IP 103.2 31.2 28.1 41.2 33.0 28.0 36.1 2.0 TOTAL .282/.337/.406/.743 .739/.744 .725 .754 54/32 60/62

ERA-K/9

4.43/7.5

3.98/10.8

5.08/9.5

4.97/5.6

1.64/10.6

1.93/10.3

2.72/12.1

0.00/0.0

4.03/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (69-23-3)
Pena (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 440/.261 142/.264 127/.268 182/.258 122/.157 122/.216 142/.195 7/.167 .254 DeJesus
Maier
Guillen
Bloomquist
Podsednik 2/14/67/4
6/56/1/3
0/0/19/1
4/6/8/1
79/1/0/0

OPS .704 .706 .817 .735 .424 .605 .541 .452 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 214/.643 72/.704 64/.993 65/.489 48/.505 45/.473 67/.416 3/1.167 .706

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.762 70/.705 63/.630 117/.861 74/.370 77/.683 75/.656 4/.000 .703

Home 235/.739 84/.755 74/.905 112/.751 61/.527 68/.554 68/.563 1/

Last 28d days 131/.423 29/.355 16/.905 43/1.067 37/.165 30/.647 41/.463 7/.452

HR/SB/CS 7/5/1 2/6/0 6/5/0 5/2/2 2/2/1 0/1/1 1/3/0 0/0/0 69/50/24

Usage ····X··· ··oXX··· ······X· ···X··o· ··oo·o·o o·X·X··o ··oX·X·X ····o·o·

WhiteSox Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 47.Marte
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 53.Texeira
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 15/.498 3/.000 4/.250 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 297/225 .207/.270/.282/.552 .511/.563 .579 71/.584 4/3 2/9

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/34 .310/.396/.476/.872 .857/.878 .742 20/.938 1/0 2/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 5/1.400 12/.606 18/1.244 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 212/156 .206/.321/.433/.754 .847/.721 .759 42/.536 8/2 11/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 38/.489 16/1.224 15/1.933 3/2.667 4/1.750 9/.222 2/1.000 3/.000 334/268 .299/.380/.559/.939 1.080/.905 1.142 97/.779 0/0 20/1

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 7/1.428 19/1.339 16/.780 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 208/194 .225/.322/.385/.707 .143/.747 .685 61/.811 1/2 6/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/12 .429/.455/.810/1.264 1.711/.917 .905 19/1.032 1/1 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 9/.666 3/.000 9/.250 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 375/280 .260/.329/.293/.622 .589/.632 .626 104/.726 32/10 0/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 33/1.229 14/1.698 13/1.621 6/1.166 4/1.833 12/.450 2/.000 ··· 273/212 .243/.283/.373/.655 .588/.674 .672 72/.664 0/1 6/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP 13/1.379 2/2.000 4/.250 3/.333 3/.667 6/1.100 2/1.000 ··· 297/231 .236/.340/.476/.816 .860/.804 .928 77/1.176 0/0 15/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 26/1.062 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.500 2/.500 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 314/238 .274/.305/.409/.714 .574/.760 .695 92/.752 2/6 8/10

51.Rios G/S/vP 17/1.588 19/.387 9/1.445 2/1.000 2/2.000 5/.650 2/.000 2/.000 332/260 .306/.358/.513/.872 1.020/.831 .936 95/.654 23/9 14/1

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 35/25 .286/.286/.400/.686 1.200/.480 .889 35/.686 1/0 1/1

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 149/127 .237/.306/.313/.619 .449/.648 .637 59/.552 2/3 1/2

IP 96.0 52.0 36.1 27.0 22.0 34.2 35.1 24.0 TOTAL .254/.324/.407/.732 .713/.737 .771 .730 79/41 92/53

ERA-K/9

5.44/5.4

3.81/7.4

1.98/7.2

3.67/5.7

4.91/4.9

2.34/11.2

3.82/6.1

4.13/3.0

4.63/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (8-5-0)
Pierzynski (37-17-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 423/.289 220/.220 146/.220 122/.283 95/.226 144/.227 157/.284 99/.277 .265 Jones
Pierre
Quentin
Rios
Kotsay
Lillibridge 9/9/25/3
75/0/0/2
0/0/58/1
1/77/0/1
0/0/6/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .816 .684 .593 .777 .756 .636 .721 .762 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.752 67/.704 69/.704 56/.680 36/.628 76/.721 70/.774 46/.969 .789

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 225/.872 153/.675 77/.493 66/.855 59/.831 68/.536 87/.677 53/.594 .729

Road 221/.846 124/.729 78/.556 64/.793 61/.748 74/.700 92/.779 44/.935

Last 28d days 95/.796 110/.673 40/.389 15/.757 47/.783 45/.424 45/.791 40/.952

HR/SB/CS 15/9/5 6/5/2 2/3/3 3/1/1 5/1/0 4/0/0 1/2/0 2/3/1 92/74/23

Usage ····X··· X·····X· ··X·o·o· o····X·· X·X··X·· ··XXX·Xo X····o·· ···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.