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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 8:10pm, Thursday, August 12, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 64-50, 64-50 1st, Tied

SP: Francisco Liriano (26, LHP, 10-7, 3.33)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-7)			140.2	131	52	52	44	156	2	3.33
2009 (5-13)			136.2	147	93	88	65	122	21	5.80
2008 (6-4)			76.0	74	40	33	32	67	7	3.91

Last 7 GS		4-1	42.0	34	14	14	17	50	0	3.00	59
2010-08-06	@CLE	ND	4.2	7	4	4	6	6	0	109	34
2010-08-01	SEA	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	11	0	109	82
2010-07-26	@KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	84	77
2010-07-21	CLE	W	7.0	6	0	0	4	8	0	108	69
2010-07-16	CHW	W	7.2	6	2	2	2	8	0	106	65
2010-07-09	@DET	L	1.2	6	7	7	2	1	0	52	14
2010-07-03	TBR	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	10	0	103	74

Last 5 v.CHW		1-3	28.1	28	21	21	17	23	3	6.67	43
2010-07-16	CHW	W	7.2	6	2	2	2	8	0	106	65
2010-04-09	@CHW	ND	6.0	4	3	3	5	3	0	92	50
2009-05-20	@CHW	L	4.0	7	7	7	3	1	2	90	18
2009-04-11	@CHW	L	4.2	6	5	5	4	3	0	85	31
2005-09-25	@CHW	L	6.0	5	4	4	3	8	1	98	51

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

 Home:   33-20   Road:   31-30   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  41-33   vsLHP:  23-17   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:30-17   vsWest: 12-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug 11  @CHW  L   1-6       64-50  1st    Tied
113 Tue, Aug 10  @CHW  W  12-6       64-49  1st  1.0 up
112 Sun, Aug  8  @CLE  W   5-4       63-49  2nd  0.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  7  @CLE  W   7-2       62-49  2nd  1.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  6  @CLE  L   6-7       61-49  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Thu, Aug  5  @TBR  W   8-6       61-48  2nd  1.5 gb
108 Wed, Aug  4  @TBR  W   2-1 (13)  60-48  2nd  1.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  3  @TBR  L   4-6       59-48  2nd  1.5 gb
106 Mon, Aug  2  @TBR  L   2-4       59-47  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Aug  1   SEA  W   4-0       59-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

WhiteSox, 64-50, 64-50 1st, Tied

SP: Gavin Floyd (27, RHP, 8-8, 3.49)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-8)			144.1	138	62	56	42	117	8	3.49
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		5-1	47.2	38	9	6	12	35	1	1.13	64
2010-08-07	@BAL	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	101	60
2010-08-01	OAK	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	110	67
2010-07-27	SEA	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	82	73
2010-07-21	@SEA	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	100	72
2010-07-16	@MIN	L	5.0	7	4	1	3	5	0	102	45
2010-07-10	KCR	W	7.2	6	1	1	1	4	0	109	66
2010-07-05	LAA	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	97	65

Last 5 v.MIN		2-2	32.0	40	17	14	5	24	4	3.94	49
2010-07-16	@MIN	L	5.0	7	4	1	3	5	0	102	45
2009-08-31	@MIN	L	6.0	9	3	3	0	4	2	106	46
2009-07-11	@MIN	W	7.2	8	5	5	0	7	2	103	50
2008-09-25	@MIN	ND	5.2	11	4	4	1	4	0	101	34
2008-07-30	@MIN	W	7.2	5	1	1	1	4	0	101	68

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

 Home:   34-21   Road:   30-29   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  48-37   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast:  8-14   vsCntrl:21-22   vsWest: 20-11 IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug 11   MIN  W   6-1       64-50  1st    Tied
113 Tue, Aug 10   MIN  L   6-12      63-50  2nd  1.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  9  @BAL  L   2-3 (10)  63-49  1st    Tied
111 Sun, Aug  8  @BAL  L   3-4       63-48  1st  0.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  7  @BAL  W   4-2       63-47  1st  1.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  6  @BAL  L   1-2 (10)  62-47  1st  1.5 up
108 Thu, Aug  5  @DET  W   6-4 (11)  62-46  1st  1.5 up
107 Wed, Aug  4  @DET  W   4-1       61-46  1st  1.5 up
106 Tue, Aug  3  @DET  L   1-7       60-46  1st  1.5 up
105 Tue, Aug  3  @DET  W  12-2       60-45  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 11, 2010 CHW  6  MIN  1        W:John Danks (12-8), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 MIN 12 @CHW  6        W:Scott Baker (10-9), L: Freddy Garcia (10-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  6        W:Brian Duensing (3-1), L: Bobby Jenks (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Carl Pavano (11-6), L: Mark Buehrle (8-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  4        W:Francisco Liriano (7-7), L: Gavin Floyd (5-8), S: Jesse Crain (1)
Thu, Jul 15, 2010 CHW  8 @MIN  7        W:John Danks (9-7), L: Alex Burnett (1-2), S: Bobby Jenks (20)
Wed, May 12, 2010 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Carl Pavano (4-3), L: John Danks (3-2), S: Jon Rauch (9)
Tue, May 11, 2010 CHW  5 @MIN  2        W:Freddy Garcia (2-2), L: Kevin Slowey (4-3), S: Bobby Jenks (6)
Sun, Apr 11, 2010 CHW  5  MIN  4        W:Mark Buehrle (2-0), L: Nick Blackburn (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (1)
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 MIN  2 @CHW  1        W:Scott Baker (1-1), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (4)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 7-4; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1073-986

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 5.33

FLA 4.52

SEA 3.22

RA/G

SDP 3.46

TOR 4.39

ARI 5.47

J. Jay .372

J. Cust .283

B. Wood .167

OBP

J. Morneau .437

J. Posada .359

B. Wood .184

SLG

M. Cabrera .629

M. Byrd .465

B. Wood .224

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.057

N. Markakis .815

B. Wood .408

ERA

J. Johnson 1.97

C. Richard 3.83

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.68

A. Sanchez 6.92

M. Buehrle 3.73

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Twins Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.07 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 49.Sale*
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

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 102/56 .202/.240/.330/.570 .387/.722 .606 46/.746 0/0 2/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 8/.572 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 110/83 .284/.355/.421/.776 .819/.762 .851 63/.826 3/1 1/0

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 24/.641 20/.739 8/.250 10/.967 4/1.167 ··· 2/.500 12/.432 1/.000 478/324 .277/.343/.435/.778 .919/.714 .752 114/.839 3/3 11/4

27.Hardy G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 6/.333 8/.929 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 260/184 .267/.310/.399/.709 .553/.773 .751 87/.896 1/0 5/4

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.333 12/.349 7/.286 6/1.100 ··· ··· 5/.933 2/1.000 375/235 .284/.355/.392/.747 .781/.726 .682 48/.788 7/2 4/5

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 30/1.046 11/.637 7/.714 5/1.800 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 12/.334 1/.000 424/287 .267/.347/.453/.800 .635/.877 .820 103/.859 0/1 16/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 32/.861 14/.884 5/.650 7/.762 7/.143 ··· ··· 23/.755 1/.000 432/264 .327/.398/.488/.886 .712/.998 .941 98/1.168 1/2 7/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/3 .000/.200/.000/.200 .000/.333 .200 5/.200 0/0 0/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 27/.759 16/.192 6/.833 2/.500 6/.900 ··· 1/2.000 22/.272 ··· 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 1.205 / 0/0 18/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/30 .138/.133/.276/.409 .000/.439 .833 6/.833 0/0 1/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 16/.327 7/.486 5/.800 4/1.167 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 17/.508 1/.000 265/178 .251/.326/.316/.642 .669/.610 .607 33/.689 6/2 1/5

18.Repko G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 62/36 .291/.361/.564/.924 .573/1.186 .923 53/.974 0/1 3/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 18/1.117 6/.933 6/.333 6/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.333 1/.000 509/334 .268/.335/.355/.691 .720/.675 .571 102/.566 18/3 3/3

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.667 4/1.250 3/.000 3/.333 5/.933 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 237/179 .267/.392/.579/.972 .738/1.056 .955 57/1.167 0/0 15/0

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 153/94 .321/.373/.407/.780 1.011/.639 .689 88/.808 1/0 1/1

21.Young G/S/vP 18/.528 7/1.000 4/1.000 6/.500 2/.500 ··· 4/1.000 6/.666 ··· 424/288 .317/.349/.518/.867 .980/.815 .847 116/.934 4/3 14/4

IP 144.1 41.1 39.1 61.2 41.1 1.0 37.1 44.0 9.1 TOTAL .281/.350/.437/.787 .755/.803 .780 .866 44/20 105/57

ERA-K/9

3.49/7.3

5.01/11.1

4.35/8.9

5.11/5.1

1.96/10.0

0.00/0.0

1.45/9.2

2.25/12.3

0.00/4.8

3.87/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (14-11-2)
Mauer (37-14-4)
Morales (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 598/.250 185/.268 170/.253 273/.267 158/.181 5/.333 162/.219 175/.204 35/.250 .257 Young
Cuddyer
Span
Kubel
Repko
Casilla 104/0/0/8
0/2/66/5
0/109/0/5
16/0/51/5
0/5/10/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .660 .709 .764 .768 .491 .933 .588 .554 .536 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 315/.578 97/.662 84/.945 117/.536 66/.637 2/1.000 63/.466 82/.416 13/.825 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 283/.754 88/.760 86/.579 156/.927 92/.385 3/.667 99/.669 93/.680 22/.372 .698

Home 317/.662 97/.669 93/.834 156/.743 75/.540 / 82/.466 82/.646 6/1.267

Last 28d days 129/.546 34/.764 39/.626 81/.868 29/.718 5/.933 35/.431 30/.564 28/.555

HR/SB/CS 8/5/3 3/8/0 8/5/0 8/2/3 3/3/1 0/0/0 0/1/1 1/3/0 0/1/0 87/65/29

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB 39.Slama
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 7/1.071 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/1.750 3/.333 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 393/292 .250/.309/.366/.676 .665/.679 .687 85/.944 4/6 6/10

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 85/62 .303/.369/.566/.935 1.209/.837 .898 36/1.040 1/0 6/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 11/.384 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 5/1.600 4/1.000 9/.889 ··· 267/184 .201/.307/.437/.744 .830/.705 .823 47/.629 9/2 15/1

14.Konerko G/S/vP 17/1.269 2/1.500 1/.000 17/.426 28/.637 9/.583 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 452/348 .302/.378/.574/.952 1.096/.910 1.127 109/1.009 0/1 28/4

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/2.000 1/4.000 4/2.000 5/.400 14/.357 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 286/264 .233/.308/.380/.688 .091/.738 .670 68/.614 1/2 7/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 6/.650 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 49/29 .292/.306/.521/.827 1.239/.552 .857 26/.385 2/1 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 7/.453 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 8/.708 ··· 508/369 .266/.339/.304/.643 .689/.626 .666 119/.701 44/14 1/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/.444 2/1.500 4/1.250 11/.573 20/.210 14/.929 5/.400 6/.733 ··· 357/267 .231/.267/.341/.608 .504/.643 .658 71/.380 1/3 6/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP 7/1.214 3/.333 3/.666 9/.365 9/.619 3/.333 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 394/299 .234/.335/.501/.837 .819/.841 1.018 84/.736 2/1 24/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/1.219 1/.000 ··· 8/.250 8/.750 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.800 ··· 428/311 .289/.319/.428/.747 .744/.748 .762 107/.847 8/6 11/14

51.Rios G/S/vP 12/.250 3/.666 2/.000 12/.750 20/.900 4/1.250 ··· 6/.334 ··· 451/339 .298/.346/.482/.828 .793/.839 .860 105/.659 24/13 17/2

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 78/39 .282/.282/.474/.756 .949/.564 1.000 38/.711 1/0 3/4

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 6/.000 1/.000 11/.844 ··· 237/199 .288/.359/.346/.705 .600/.725 .702 75/.813 6/3 1/2

IP 140.2 41.0 52.0 47.1 52.1 33.1 25.2 42.1 4.2 TOTAL .262/.327/.420/.748 .748/.748 .806 .750 107/56 131/72

ERA-K/9

3.33/10.0

4.39/6.6

2.60/8.0

3.04/7.8

3.27/5.5

3.51/6.5

2.81/7.4

2.98/7.0

7.71/9.6

3.95/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (14-7-1)
Pierzynski (46-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 587/.247 178/.293 222/.267 196/.222 210/.214 137/.252 107/.260 180/.281 25/.300 .266 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Kotsay
Quentin
Lillibridge 11/11/43/7
1/104/0/3
102/0/0/3
0/0/6/1
0/0/76/1
1/4/0/0

OPS .635 .835 .705 .646 .615 .680 .742 .713 .990 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.473 67/.942 107/.640 74/.819 80/.680 65/.545 49/.736 89/.768 12/1.389 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 467/.678 111/.773 115/.766 122/.544 130/.575 72/.803 58/.747 91/.660 13/.657 .742

Road 273/.704 81/.855 97/.714 119/.616 116/.582 83/.798 51/.718 98/.661 21/1.101

Last 28d days 135/.546 2/2.000 46/.434 40/.319 44/.558 24/.824 31/.789 42/.852 25/.990

HR/SB/CS 2/8/2 4/2/0 5/2/1 3/3/0 5/1/1 5/3/1 3/0/1 3/0/1 1/1/0 104/55/25

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