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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 8:10pm, Friday, September 10, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 57-82, 57-82 4th, 25½ GB, 27 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (33, LHP, 9-7, 4.89)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-7)			106.2	116	61	58	49	81	13	4.89
2009 (1-6)			62.1	74	42	40	25	45	12	5.78
2007 (0-0)			10.0	11	11	8	6	7	3	7.20

Last 7 GS		4-2	37.2	46	22	21	16	27	6	5.02	45
2010-09-04	DET	ND	4.2	6	4	4	3	6	1	102	39
2010-08-29	@CLE	W	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	100	54
2010-08-23	@DET	L	4.1	5	5	5	5	2	0	93	30
2010-08-18	CLE	W	5.2	11	4	4	1	5	1	99	35
2010-08-12	NYY	L	5.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	92	39
2010-08-07	@SEA	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	92	71
2010-08-01	BAL	W	5.0	7	3	2	3	4	1	101	44

Last 5 v.CHW		0-3	19.2	23	12	12	4	14	5	5.49	46
2010-07-09	@CHW	L	3.1	6	3	3	1	1	1	65	36
2009-07-02	CHW	L	6.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	100	58
2006-07-30	CHW	ND	5.1	7	4	4	0	4	1	84	42
2005-05-12	@CHW	L	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	2	85	47

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

 Home:   31-37   Road:   26-45   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  46-60   vsLHP:  11-22   1-Run:  26-28
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:23-33   vsWest: 11-23 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Wed, Sep  8  @MIN  L   3-4       57-82  4th 25.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7  @MIN  L   3-10      57-81  4th 24.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  6  @MIN  L   4-5       57-80  4th 23.5 gb
136 Sun, Sep  5   DET  W   2-1       57-79  4th 22.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  4   DET  L   4-6       56-79  4th 22.5 gb
134 Fri, Sep  3   DET  L   5-9 (11)  56-78  4th 21.5 gb
133 Wed, Sep  1   TEX  L   3-4       56-77  4th 21.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 31   TEX  W  10-9       56-76  4th 20.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 30   TEX  L   0-3       55-76  4th 20.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 29  @CLE  W   6-2       55-75  4th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

WhiteSox, 77-63, 77-63 2nd, 6 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (31, LHP, 12-10, 3.99)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (12-10)			180.1	202	85	80	43	83	16	3.99
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		3-2	48.0	51	20	19	13	23	5	3.56	52
2010-09-05	@BOS	ND	7.0	10	4	4	1	6	1	125	46
2010-08-30	@CLE	ND	6.0	8	3	3	3	5	1	115	46
2010-08-25	BAL	L	7.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	115	49
2010-08-19	@MIN	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	105	70
2010-08-13	DET	W	6.1	5	3	3	2	3	1	100	52
2010-08-08	@BAL	L	7.0	10	4	3	1	0	1	104	42
2010-08-03	@DET	W	7.2	7	2	2	1	1	0	98	57

Last 5 v.KCR		1-3	31.1	40	18	17	14	8	3	4.88	42
2010-07-09	KCR	W	7.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	114	64
2010-06-28	@KCR	L	6.1	10	3	3	5	2	0	110	38
2010-05-14	@KCR	L	6.0	8	6	5	0	0	1	86	34
2009-09-18	KCR	L	6.0	7	5	5	4	4	1	100	38
2009-08-17	KCR	ND	6.0	9	4	4	2	0	1	96	36

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

 Home:   38-27   Road:   39-36   ExtrInn: 6-9 
 vsRHP:  61-46   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  22-21
 vsEast: 14-17   vsCntrl:28-32   vsWest: 20-11 IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Thu, Sep  9  @DET  L   3-6       77-63  2nd  6.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  8  @DET  L   1-5       77-62  2nd  5.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7  @DET  L   1-9       77-61  2nd  4.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  6  @DET  W   5-4 (10)  77-60  2nd  3.5 gb
136 Sun, Sep  5  @BOS  W   7-5       76-60  2nd  3.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  4  @BOS  W   3-1       75-60  2nd  3.5 gb
134 Sat, Sep  4  @BOS  W   3-1       74-60  2nd  3.5 gb
133 Wed, Sep  1  @CLE  W   6-4       73-60  2nd  4.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 31  @CLE  W   4-3       72-60  2nd  4.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 30  @CLE  W  10-6 (11)  71-60  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 22, 2010 KCR  3  CHW  2 (10)   W:Sean O'Sullivan (2-4), L: Scott Linebrink (1-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 CHW  7 @KCR  6 (10)   W:J.J. Putz (6-5), L: Greg Holland (0-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 KCR  6  CHW  5 (11)   W:Jesse Chavez (5-3), L: Chris Sale (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 11, 2010 CHW 15  KCR  5        W:Tony Pena (3-1), L: Anthony Lerew (1-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 CHW  5  KCR  1        W:Gavin Floyd (5-7), L: Brian Bannister (7-7), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - CHW over 8-7; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 333-290

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 5.36

STL 4.53

SEA 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.53

CIN 4.35

PIT 5.43

J. Hamilton .361

D. Murphy .286

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Jackson .359

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Thome .635

R. Weeks .472

B. Wood .216

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

J. Edmonds .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

M. Latos 2.21

L. Hernandez 3.82

K. Correia 5.46

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

C. Richard 7.01

M. Buehrle 4.14

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Royals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 58.Harrell
G/S/vB 47.Infante
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 52.Torres
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 27/.745 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 3/1.666 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/.500 ··· 348/241 .289/.319/.353/.672 .622/.693 .685 50/.541 7/4 2/12

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 23/1.032 ··· ··· 8/.393 4/.250 7/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/2.667 2/.000 ··· 496/375 .262/.285/.419/.703 .748/.689 .696 89/.734 0/1 15/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.661 4/.750 4/1.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 236/163 .302/.390/.532/.922 1.021/.878 .843 91/.910 0/0 10/6

7.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/5.000 6/.833 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 206/155 .260/.338/.326/.664 .406/.753 .560 106/.654 10/3 1/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 37/1.098 ··· ··· 8/.000 7/.286 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 176/101 .261/.293/.376/.669 .812/.567 .622 33/.802 8/5 3/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 45/.890 ··· ··· 11/.182 10/.733 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 7/.000 ··· 574/453 .313/.382/.453/.835 .726/.863 .823 84/.793 0/0 11/5

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 /1.000// / 1/ 1/0 0/

11.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/8 .412/.412/.588/1.000 1.444/.500 1.375 17/1.000 0/0 1/2

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 240/188 .235/.300/.276/.576 .699/.543 .479 53/.639 13/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 24/.814 ··· ··· 6/.000 3/1.000 3/.666 5/.200 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 203/149 .236/.318/.393/.712 .792/.681 .693 89/.721 1/4 7/7

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 116/85 .190/.267/.305/.572 .265/.687 .542 78/.708 0/1 3/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 23/.982 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.333 7/.143 4/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.533 ··· 369/294 .255/.326/.377/.703 .695/.704 .710 70/.683 1/2 5/5

22.May G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/0

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/10 .250/.300/.321/.621 .668/.522 .600 30/.621 0/0 0/1

27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 113/70 .235/.313/.306/.619 .499/.704 .601 54/.790 2/0 0/2

IP 180.1 10.2 0.2 52.2 48.0 76.2 47.0 13.2 45.0 49.1 10.2 TOTAL .273/.329/.393/.721 .692/.731 .703 .714 92/43 96/118

ERA-K/9

3.99/4.1

0.84/3.4

0.00/12.9

4.44/10.4

4.50/8.4

5.40/4.7

2.68/10.5

0.66/12.5

2.20/9.2

2.55/12.2

8.44/6.7

3.96/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
May (0-0-2)
Pena (17-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 760/.286 47/.263 4/.333 231/.260 205/.246 339/.272 187/.195 55/.133 201/.254 196/.209 57/.388 .260 Blanco
Maier
Bloomquist
Gordon
Miller
Betemit 7/57/0/4
7/65/31/4
5/8/21/3
36/0/3/2
3/0/8/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .739 .681 .833 .668 .749 .771 .558 .433 .682 .586 1.086 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.753 25/.625 2/1.000 120/.648 106/.929 154/.601 83/.682 23/.581 79/.532 90/.471 32/1.040 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 540/.733 22/.742 2/.500 111/.689 99/.552 185/.902 104/.455 32/.327 122/.783 106/.687 25/1.147 .718

Home 325/.753 28/.495 / 109/.642 100/.842 174/.814 92/.636 16/.388 94/.608 90/.681 17/1.315

Last 28d days 118/.729 21/.862 4/.833 43/.471 33/.724 66/.785 25/1.019 46/.425 35/1.065 17/.735 25/1.338

HR/SB/CS 16/5/6 0/1/1 0/0/0 3/11/0 10/7/0 9/3/3 4/4/1 0/0/0 2/2/1 3/3/0 2/0/1 119/84/35

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 59.Humber
G/S/vB 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 48.Soria
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 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 5/.800 3/.666 4/.750 2/.000 2/.000 480/363 .255/.319/.386/.704 .698/.706 .772 79/.760 4/6 9/12

27.Castro G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.334 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/83 .300/.349/.530/.879 1.011/.832 .876 27/.697 1/0 7/1

30.de Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 1/1 0/

17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

25.Jones G/S/vP 12/.606 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 311/218 .226/.331/.477/.809 .894/.772 .901 44/1.207 9/2 18/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 16/1.224 6/1.500 2/2.000 1/2.000 4/1.833 4/.500 2/1.500 9/.222 4/.000 559/438 .317/.395/.576/.971 1.113/.933 1.124 98/1.086 0/1 33/5

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 19/1.339 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/no AB 332/306 .239/.310/.385/.696 .077/.749 .653 42/.769 1/3 8/1

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 62/37 .279/.290/.525/.815 1.192/.568 .731 13/.769 4/2 2/1

22.Morel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 3/.666 1/3.000 6/.533 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 636/474 .275/.343/.318/.661 .667/.659 .693 119/.737 54/16 1/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 14/1.698 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 8/.875 3/1.334 2/1.500 14/.774 1/2.000 441/335 .265/.297/.381/.677 .596/.703 .708 76/.935 3/4 7/3

20.Quentin G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 4/.250 5/1.000 2/.000 7/.929 1/.000 477/366 .238/.333/.481/.814 .729/.838 .963 79/.732 2/2 24/8

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/.000 6/1.250 3/.666 1/.000 5/.400 4/.500 ··· 5/.200 2/.000 540/403 .281/.309/.429/.738 .767/.727 .752 103/.675 9/8 16/17

99.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/1.313 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 261/214 .309/.406/.486/.892 .858/.899 .910 41/.714 1/1 8/3

51.Rios G/S/vP 19/.387 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 5/.400 1/.000 5/.650 2/.000 561/432 .290/.340/.475/.815 .781/.826 .820 101/.794 32/13 21/3

23.Teahen* G/S/vP 4/.000 6/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 221/184 .259/.332/.391/.723 .393/.791 .706 60/.639 3/5 4/10

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 83/41 .268/.277/.451/.728 .881/.569 .917 1/ 1/0 3/4

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 4/1.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 336/283 .290/.358/.352/.709 .608/.728 .652 91/.726 9/6 2/2

IP 106.2 35.1 54.1 13.1 49.0 15.2 58.2 58.0 42.0 TOTAL .269/.333/.426/.758 .749/.761 .810 .800 134/69 157/101

ERA-K/9

4.89/6.8

6.11/5.9

6.46/6.8

7.43/7.4

4.22/4.8

2.87/8.0

5.83/4.4

1.71/9.8

5.14/4.5

5.07/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (19-9-1)
Flowers (0-0-0)
Pierzynski (60-24-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 477/.280 163/.310 249/.289 64/.309 221/.284 65/.246 257/.275 238/.223 187/.304 .280 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Quentin
Ramirez
Kotsay
Lillibridge
Teahen 11/13/58/8
1/129/0/4
128/0/0/3
0/0/92/2
48/0/0/2
0/0/7/1
1/5/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .792 .855 .871 .888 .755 .555 .819 .589 .816 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.852 84/.887 102/.897 31/.772 97/.665 28/.690 149/.830 132/.603 93/.950 .797

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.769 79/.819 147/.853 33/.992 124/.822 37/.449 108/.804 106/.570 94/.689 .782

Road 226/.732 64/.890 138/.821 32/.938 114/.757 20/.644 165/.798 95/.663 74/.903

Last 28d days 100/.910 102/.882 57/1.160 53/.876 38/.575 57/.521 108/.987 35/.318 27/.944

HR/SB/CS 13/5/6 4/7/4 10/1/0 2/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 12/11/1 4/0/1 4/9/3 153/118/49

Usage ·····X·· ········ ··X···X· ··o··o·· ···X·o·· ·····X·· ···X···· ····o·X· ·····oX·

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.