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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, May 16, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 15-21, 15-213rd, 7 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (27, RHP, 1-3, 6.92)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-3)			39.0	50	32	30	16	32	4	6.92
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		1-3	39.0	50	32	30	16	32	4	6.92	41
2010-05-09	TOR	ND	6.1	5	5	5	2	7	1	109	48
2010-05-04	KCR	L	6.1	13	6	6	2	2	1	94	23
2010-04-29	@TEX	W	7.0	5	3	1	0	5	1	99	64
2010-04-23	SEA	ND	6.1	7	5	5	3	4	0	104	40
2010-04-18	@CLE	L	1.0	6	7	7	4	2	1	51	11
2010-04-13	@TOR	L	6.0	9	4	4	2	5	0	116	41
2010-04-08	CLE	ND	6.0	5	2	2	3	7	0	105	58

Last 5 v.KCR		0-4	30.0	37	24	24	9	21	6	7.20	40
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
2009-04-08	KCR	L	7.0	6	2	2	2	9	0	96	64
2008-09-20	@KCR	L	6.1	8	5	5	0	4	3	93	41

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

 Home:    9-10   Road:    6-11   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  10-14   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl: 6-10   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Sat, May 15  @KCR  W   5-4       15-21  3rd  7.0 gb
 35 Fri, May 14  @KCR  L   1-6       14-21  3rd  8.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 12  @MIN  L   2-3       14-20  4th  8.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 11  @MIN  W   5-2       14-19  3rd  7.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  9   TOR  L   7-9       13-19  3rd  8.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  8   TOR  W   7-3       13-18  3rd  7.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  7   TOR  L   4-7 (12)  12-18  3rd  7.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  6   TOR  L   0-2       12-17  3rd  7.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  5   KCR  W   9-2       12-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  4   KCR  L   2-7       11-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Royals, 13-24, 13-245th, 9½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (29, RHP, 1-3, 5.18)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-3)			40.0	41	23	23	17	25	7	5.18
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		1-3	40.0	41	23	23	17	25	7	5.18	47
2010-05-11	CLE	L	6.0	6	4	4	3	6	1	96	47
2010-05-05	@CHW	L	3.0	7	7	7	4	3	1	63	16
2010-04-30	@TBR	ND	7.0	2	1	1	2	3	1	102	70
2010-04-25	MIN	W	6.1	9	2	2	2	0	1	106	45
2010-04-19	@TOR	L	5.1	7	6	6	4	6	2	99	32
2010-04-13	@DET	ND	6.1	4	2	2	2	4	0	93	59
2010-04-08	DET	ND	6.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	97	59

Last 5 v.CHW		1-3	26.0	40	30	29	12	16	6	10.04	30
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
2009-05-29	CHW	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	4	1	87	22
2008-09-19	CHW	L	5.0	8	7	7	2	1	2	93	22

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

 Home:    6-11   Road:    7-13   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  10-18   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   5-9 
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest:  1-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Sat, May 15   CHW  L   4-5       13-24  5th  9.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 14   CHW  W   6-1       13-23  5th  9.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 13   CLE  W   6-4       12-23  5th 10.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 12   CLE  L   0-4       11-23  5th 11.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 11   CLE  L   2-8       11-22  5th 10.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  9  @TEX  L   4-6       11-21  5th 10.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  8  @TEX  L   2-3       11-20  5th  9.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  7  @TEX  L   1-4       11-19  5th  8.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  6  @TEX  L  12-13      11-18  4th  8.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  5  @CHW  L   2-9       11-17  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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

Sun, Sep 20, 2009 KCR  2 @CHW  1        W:Rob Tejeda (4-1), L: Freddy Garcia (2-3), S: Joakim Soria (26)
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 CHW 13  KCR  3        W:Jake Peavy (7-6), L: Dusty Hughes (0-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 18, 2009 KCR 11 @CHW  0        W:Luke Hochevar (7-10), L: Mark Buehrle (12-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 CHW  4  KCR  2        W:Jose Contreras (5-11), L: Zack Greinke (11-8), S: Bobby Jenks (26)
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 KCR  5 @CHW  4        W:Gil Meche (6-9), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (20)
Season Series: 2010 - CHW leads 3-2; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 328-285

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 5.69

WSN 4.41

HOU 2.97

RA/G

SDP 3.03

HOU 4.61

PIT 6.11

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.12

J. Santana 3.88

J. Beckett 7.46

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.03

M. Cain 6.56

N. Blackburn 2.04

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WhiteSox Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.30 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 48.Soria
G/S/vB 57.Thompson
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 10/.200 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 146/103 .194/.299/.250/.549 .457/.585 .566 87/.452 2/2 1/4

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/4 .125/.300/.125/.425 .333/.500 .500 10/.425 0/0 0/0

25.Jones G/S/vP 2/2.500 11/.473 18/1.244 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 115/79 .255/.357/.592/.948 1.117/.873 1.075 83/.901 6/0 9/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 33/.532 14/1.262 14/2.098 3/2.667 8/.250 3/.666 1/.000 139/105 .272/.388/.667/1.055 1.211/1.006 .882 88/1.170 0/0 13/1

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 3/.666 19/1.339 15/.833 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 74/68 .167/.257/.303/.560 .000/.613 .556 47/.639 1/0 3/0

5.Nix G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/2.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 23/6 .211/.348/.211/.558 .507/.667 .167 17/.643 0/0 0/1

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 9/.250 2/1.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· 157/106 .254/.312/.261/.572 .462/.623 .638 102/.614 18/4 0/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 29/1.263 12/1.401 12/1.765 5/1.400 9/.472 2/1.000 ··· 115/85 .198/.254/.292/.547 .622/.522 .540 71/.625 0/1 2/0

20.Quentin G/S/vP 11/1.645 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 5/1.000 3/.666 ··· 133/95 .180/.308/.360/.669 .723/.647 .524 78/.628 0/0 4/0

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 21/1.143 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 126/83 .231/.256/.331/.587 .471/.648 .674 83/.589 2/0 2/6

51.Rios G/S/vP 11/1.636 17/.309 9/1.445 2/1.000 3/.333 2/2.500 1/.000 135/96 .304/.348/.552/.900 1.142/.807 .685 82/.984 12/3 6/0

23.Teahen* G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.000 7/.971 1/2.000 ··· 15/1.236 1/.000 115/88 .212/.316/.333/.649 .345/.748 .692 76/.529 2/3 2/6

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 40/29 .143/.225/.171/.396 .282/.441 .460 22/.385 0/1 0/0

IP 40.0 5.1 15.1 14.2 14.0 12.1 3.0 TOTAL .228/.312/.386/.699 .697/.699 .673 .706 44/14 43/20

ERA-K/9

5.18/5.6

5.06/8.5

2.93/6.5

3.68/4.9

3.86/14.1

3.65/5.1

0.00/3.0

5.02/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (1-2-0)
Pierzynski (15-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 177/.259 28/.238 67/.267 63/.245 60/.241 53/.271 10/.111 .274 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Kotsay
Quentin
Nix 6/4/9/2
1/32/0/1
29/0/0/1
0/0/5/1
0/0/23/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .797 .631 .710 .714 .788 .849 .311 .792

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.676 13/.684 32/.754 34/.746 29/.900 24/1.277 5/.650 .799

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.887 15/.583 35/.669 29/.676 31/.678 29/.486 5/.000 .786

Home 79/.821 16/.606 30/.762 44/.632 30/.776 26/.998 10/.311

Last 28d days 129/.885 28/.631 48/.655 40/.653 41/.885 53/.849 10/.311

HR/SB/CS 7/4/2 0/2/0 1/2/1 2/0/1 4/0/0 3/1/1 0/0/0 37/40/13

Usage ····X··· ····X··· o··X···· ·XoXX··· ··X·X··· X··X··X· ·X·X····

Royals Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.86 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 67.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 14/.594 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 45/29 .378/.378/.533/.911 .250/1.276 .682 44/.932 0/1 2/1

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 10/1.400 5/.200 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 134/101 .276/.303/.394/.697 1.055/.587 .701 87/.628 0/1 3/3

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 37/22 .114/.162/.143/.305 .343/.279 .000 22/.377 3/0 0/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 20/.461 10/.200 7/.858 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 159/122 .331/.371/.469/.840 .862/.834 .881 106/.857 0/0 4/2

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 11/1.455 3/1.667 8/.250 3/2.000 3/.666 ··· 5/1.600 1/2.000 155/115 .308/.342/.507/.849 .669/.912 .884 105/.863 2/0 6/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 28/.783 11/.909 3/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 17/.485 2/no AB 160/111 .257/.342/.443/.785 .737/.804 .873 106/.754 2/1 4/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 58/44 .189/.246/.189/.434 .993/.278 .511 25/.367 5/1 0/1

6.Guillen G/S/vP 28/.635 7/.000 8/.393 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 6/.000 2/1.500 154/113 .248/.305/.475/.780 .668/.820 .613 102/.581 1/0 8/0

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 4/.500 0/0 0/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/.667 2/1.000 13/1.365 4/1.000 6/.666 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 138/106 .276/.350/.333/.684 .897/.620 .599 88/.615 2/1 0/5

12.Maier* G/S/vP 5/.450 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB 6/.533 2/.000 90/71 .240/.341/.347/.688 .616/.707 .706 80/.737 0/0 0/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 13/10 .000/.077/.000/.077 .000/.100 .167 12/.083 1/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 3/3.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 157/113 .319/.367/.413/.780 .690/.817 .701 101/.659 13/3 2/1

IP 39.0 13.0 12.2 16.0 12.0 13.1 17.0 11.2 TOTAL .271/.327/.408/.735 .714/.742 .729 .689 30/9 33/30

ERA-K/9

6.92/7.4

6.23/11.8

4.26/8.5

6.19/5.6

4.50/12.0

0.68/11.5

2.12/13.8

4.63/10.0

4.61/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (38-13-0)
Pena (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 181/.309 66/.345 54/.240 69/.207 50/.239 52/.156 62/.155 67/.286 .257 DeJesus
Maier
Podsednik
Guillen
Bloomquist 1/0/35/2
5/22/1/1
35/1/0/0
0/0/2/0
0/2/2/0

OPS .878 .950 .676 .737 .677 .455 .451 .967 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.965 33/1.040 27/.721 31/.685 23/.652 25/.422 36/.361 36/.845 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.795 33/.853 27/.625 38/.762 27/.704 27/.487 26/.587 31/1.120 .717

Road 68/.915 23/.729 23/.696 34/.604 24/.345 22/.377 28/.745 32/.872

Last 28d days 114/.837 44/1.090 34/.853 37/1.062 27/.676 36/.564 34/.395 36/1.128

HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 2/4/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/2 33/21/10

Usage ······X· ····X·X· ·o····X· ·o····o· ·o······ ···o···X o···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.