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Game Preview: CHW @ CLE, 7:05pm, Friday, April 16, 2010 @Jacobs Field

WhiteSox, 4-6, 4-64th, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (31, LHP, 2-0, 2.40)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (2-0) 15.0 11 4 4 3 4 0 2.40
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 4-3 44.1 42 18 16 12 18 2 3.25 53
2010-04-11 MIN W 8.0 8 4 4 2 1 0 113 49
2010-04-05 CLE W 7.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 95 73
2009-09-30 @CLE W 6.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 79 69
2009-09-23 MIN L 3.1 8 5 4 1 0 0 57 25
2009-09-18 KCR L 6.0 7 5 5 4 4 1 100 38
2009-09-13 @LAA L 7.0 5 3 2 2 3 1 100 58
2009-09-07 BOS W 7.0 8 1 1 2 4 0 107 59
Last 5 v.CLE 3-2 34.2 31 13 12 5 17 6 3.12 56
2010-04-05 CLE W 7.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 95 73
2009-09-30 @CLE W 6.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 79 69
2009-08-07 CLE L 7.2 11 6 5 2 2 2 115 35
2009-07-07 CLE W 7.0 7 3 3 1 3 2 107 53
2009-05-13 @CLE L 7.0 7 4 4 1 6 2 98 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    2-2    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Thu, Apr 15  @TOR  L   3-7        4-6   4th  3.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 14  @TOR  W  11-1        4-5   3rd  2.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 13  @TOR  L   2-4        3-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 12  @TOR  W   8-7 (11)   3-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   MIN  W   5-4        2-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10   MIN  L   1-2        1-4   5th  3.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9   MIN  L   3-4 (11)   1-3   5th  2.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8   CLE  L   3-5 (11)   1-2   4th  1.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  7   CLE  L   3-5        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   CLE  W   6-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6
Indians, 3-6, 3-65th, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Mitch Talbot (26, RHP, 0-1, 7.20)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-1) 5.0 6 4 4 5 1 1 7.20
2008 (0-0) 9.2 16 12 12 11 5 3 11.17
Last 7 GS 0-1 9.1 12 7 7 8 3 1 6.75 37
2010-04-10 @DET L 5.0 6 4 4 5 1 1 104 35
2008-09-23 @BAL ND 4.1 6 3 3 3 2 0 76 38
Has never faced CHW as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-2    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   2-5    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Thu, Apr 15   TEX  W   3-2        3-6   5th  3.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 14   TEX  L   2-6        2-6   5th  3.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 12   TEX  L   2-4 (10)   2-5   5th  3.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11  @DET  L   8-9        2-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10  @DET  L   2-4        2-3   3rd  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9  @DET  L   2-5        2-2   3rd  1.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8  @CHW  W   5-3 (11)   2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  7  @CHW  W   5-3        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5  @CHW  L   0-6        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-6    Last 20: 3-6    Last 30: 3-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 08, 2010 CLE  5 @CHW  3 (11)   W:Jensen Lewis (1-0), L: J.J. Putz (0-1), S: Chris Perez (2)
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 CLE  5 @CHW  3        W:Fausto Carmona (1-0), L: Randy Williams (0-1), S: Chris Perez (1)
Mon, Apr 05, 2010 CHW  6  CLE  0        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Jake Westbrook (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 30, 2009 CHW  1 @CLE  0        W:Mark Buehrle (13-10), L: Justin Masterson (4-10), S: Matt Thornton (4)
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 CLE  5  CHW  1        W:Fausto Carmona (5-12), L: Carlos Torres (1-2), S: none
Mon, Sep 28, 2009 CHW  6 @CLE  1        W:John Danks (13-10), L: Aaron Laffey (7-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 09, 2009 CLE  8 @CHW  4        W:David Huff (6-6), L: Jose Contreras (4-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 08, 2009 CHW  8  CLE  5        W:D. J. Carrasco (4-1), L: Jess Todd (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 CLE  6 @CHW  2        W:Jeremy Sowers (4-7), L: Mark Buehrle (11-6), S: none
Thu, Jul 09, 2009 CLE 10 @CHW  8        W:Tony Sipp (1-0), L: Clayton Richard (3-3), S: Kerry Wood (11)
Season Series: 2010 - CLE leads 2-1; 2009 - CHW won 10-8; 2008 - CHW won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 1016-979

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

 RA/G

SFG  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

 OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

 SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

WhiteSox Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Talbot
G/S/vB		 50.Lewis
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 33.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 6/.833 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 430/309 .270/.347/.460/.808 .890/.774 .908 46/.726 7/4 14/14
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 171/110 .219/.292/.406/.699 .811/.638 .775 / 0/0 7/5
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 26/.615 331/181 .214/.323/.459/.782 .762/.793 .706 28/1.168 5/1 17/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 11/.637 5/1.000 11/.573 1/no AB 3/1.667 69/.924 15/1.283 621/447 .277/.353/.489/.842 1.009/.777 .806 39/.817 1/0 28/4
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 25/.796 16/.813 206/173 .278/.327/.390/.717 .469/.766 .650 21/.554 3/2 4/0
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 290/155 .224/.308/.408/.716 .822/.621 .812 6/.333 10/2 12/13
1.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 7/.000 22/.804 425/305 .308/.365/.392/.757 .814/.736 .834 42/.487 30/12 0/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/.000 7/.286 3/.000 ··· 57/.527 9/.730 535/402 .300/.331/.425/.755 .680/.781 .781 34/.552 1/1 13/5
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 9/.666 2/1.000 399/288 .236/.323/.456/.779 .716/.802 .687 45/.900 3/0 21/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.500 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 606/462 .277/.333/.389/.723 .960/.649 .711 33/.424 14/5 15/20
51.Rios G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.000 4/2.417 1/5.000 2/2.000 11/.091 3/2.000 633/457 .247/.296/.395/.691 .723/.679 .552 43/.752 24/5 17/5
23.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.547 5/1.400 13/.398 2/.500 ··· 15/.762 3/1.666 571/369 .271/.325/.408/.734 .743/.728 .733 29/.914 8/1 12/12
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 195/160 .266/.316/.345/.660 1.029/.577 .662 14/.220 4/0 1/0
IP 66.1 57.0 48.0 40.0 34.0 55.0 TOTAL .221/.316/.397/.713 .632/.758 .775 .713 8/3 15/5
ERA-K/9 /0.0 4.61/8.4 4.26/10.7 7.31/6.0 2.93/10.8 3.44/7.9 /0.0 4.25/10.3 4.13/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (31-17-0)
 Pierzynski (99-30-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 285/.249 239/.201 230/.335 168/.194 142/.236 / 241/.233 .242  Quentin
 Rios
 Pierre
 Kotsay
 Teahen
 Nix
 Jones
89/0/0/6
0/42/110/4
94/15/0/1
4/5/12/1
0/0/32/0
3/0/4/0
12/0/5/0
OPS .804 .667 .899 .682 .707 .703 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 136/.987 82/.679 99/1.068 84/.685 34/.992 / 126/.727 .581
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 149/.640 157/.661 131/.770 84/.677 108/.615 / 115/.676 .785
Home / 155/.697 119/.671 106/.954 91/.581 88/.740 / 126/.603
Last 28d days 24/.958 19/.451 19/.962 11/1.156 18/.774 13/.778 52/.944 /
HR/SB/CS // 13/2/0 8/7/4 5/4/2 5/3/0 4/1/0 // 7/10/0 8/10/3
Usage

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (3.22 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Buehrle*
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		 49.Williams*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 121/90 .313/.358/.348/.707 1.072/.591 .660 29/.481 4/4 0/1
33.Branyan* G/S/vP 6/1.333 3/.333 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 505/320 .251/.347/.520/.867 .802/.905 .920 / 2/0 31/10
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 21/.295 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.933 1/.000 9/.889 2/2.000 581/412 .308/.361/.438/.799 .758/.821 .767 42/.469 17/4 6/10
17.Choo* G/S/vP 16/1.108 1/2.000 5/1.267 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 13/.693 4/.500 685/471 .300/.394/.489/.883 .825/.909 .831 40/1.152 21/2 20/7
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 66/.690 6/.167 2/.000 ··· 8/.625 ··· 19/.743 4/.000 383/293 .272/.355/.470/.826 .696/.866 .873 39/.703 0/0 16/
35.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 404/305 .251/.312/.339/.651 .733/.624 .521 / 7/5 3/12
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 8/.536 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 198/153 .254/.308/.442/.750 .680/.769 .694 32/.623 2/0 7/4
30.Marson G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/62 .246/.347/.361/.708 .422/.756 .557 19/.229 0/0 0/1
25.Marte G/S/vP 9/.333 4/.750 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 175/148 .232/.293/.400/.693 .426/.742 .634 7/.452 0/0 6/5
2.Peralta G/S/vP 65/.830 10/.300 7/.572 3/1.000 7/.762 ··· 16/.375 2/.000 645/476 .254/.316/.375/.690 .661/.701 .647 34/.627 0/2 11/19
52.Redmond G/S/vP 38/.935 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 147/92 .237/.299/.289/.588 .762/.485 .584 15/.414 0/0 0/0
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 69/.721 8/.804 7/1.286 2/.000 8/1.071 ··· 23/.847 2/.000 503/350 .248/.343/.445/.788 .712/.822 .758 32/.726 13/8 18/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/4.000 3/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 398/358 .250/.298/.416/.714 .661/.720 .687 27/.601 2/3 10/11
IP 213.1 53.1 56.0 70.0 29.1 72.1 17.2 TOTAL .211/.303/.322/.625 .489/.686 .591 .625 7/2 6/3
ERA-K/9 3.84/4.4 3.71/8.3 4.66/8.8 3.99/7.1 5.22/5.8 /0.0 2.74/10.8 4.58/11.2 3.64/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (11-10-0)
 Redmond (35-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 874/.275 228/.250 259/.304 312/.283 135/.257 / 291/.217 80/.206 .236  Choo
 LaPorta
 Sizemore
 Hernandez
 Brantley
20/1/124/11
29/0/10/3
0/92/0/1
1/0/0/0
8/20/0/0
OPS .756 .725 .875 .748 .739 .599 .688 .660
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.839 105/.862 117/.880 135/.878 70/.887 / 109/.596 43/.549 .646
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 637/.725 123/.611 142/.871 177/.654 65/.588 / 182/.601 37/.868 .674
Road 367/.742 113/.775 129/.889 142/.778 65/.804 / 141/.661 37/.746
Last 28d days 55/.534 19/.603 20/.367 22/.405 19/.722 13/.083 20/.308 25/1.020
HR/SB/CS 27/4/4 9/9/0 9/11/1 7/7/2 1/4/1 // 5/4/5 2/5/2 4/10/2
Usage

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.