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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 3:33am, Saturday, August 21, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 66-55, 66-55 2nd, 4½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Bryan Bullington (29, RHP, 1-2, 3.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-2)			21.0	16	7	7	9	13	1	3.00
2009 (0-0)			6.0	7	2	2	6	5	0	3.00
2008 (0-2)			14.2	15	9	8	2	12	4	4.91

Last 7 GS		1-6	36.2	39	22	21	8	21	7	5.15	47
2010-08-15	NYY	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	96	82
2010-08-10	@LAA	L	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	0	91	53
2008-09-28	@CHW	L	5.0	5	3	2	1	2	1	81	48
2008-09-13	KCR	L	4.2	8	6	6	1	4	3	81	27
2007-09-30	STL	L	5.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	78	51
2007-09-11	MIL	L	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	67	42
2007-09-06	@STL	L	3.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	63	24

Last 5 v.KCR		0-1	4.2	8	6	6	1	4	3	11.57	27
2008-09-13	KCR	L	4.2	8	6	6	1	4	3	81	27

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

 Home:   35-24   Road:   31-31   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  50-40   vsLHP:  16-15   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast:  8-14   vsCntrl:23-27   vsWest: 20-11 IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Thu, Aug 19  @MIN  W  11-0       66-55  2nd  4.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18  @MIN  L   6-7       65-55  2nd  5.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 17  @MIN  L   6-7 (10)  65-54  2nd  4.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 15   DET  L   8-13      65-53  2nd  3.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 14   DET  L   2-3       65-52  2nd  2.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 13   DET  W   8-4       65-51  2nd  1.0 gb
115 Thu, Aug 12   MIN  L   1-6       64-51  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Royals, 51-70, 51-70 4th, 19½ GB, 22½ GB in WC

SP: (2010, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc

Last 7 GS

Has never faced CHW as starter.

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

 Home:   27-32   Road:   24-38   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  42-51   vsLHP:   9-19   1-Run:  21-23
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:18-23   vsWest: 10-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Thu, Aug 19   CLE  L   3-7       51-70  4th 19.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18   CLE  W   9-7       51-69  4th 19.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 17   CLE  W   2-1       50-69  4th 19.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 15   NYY  W   1-0       49-69  4th 19.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 14   NYY  L   3-8       48-69  4th 19.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 13   NYY  W   4-3       48-68  4th 18.0 gb
115 Thu, Aug 12   NYY  L   3-4       47-68  5th 18.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 11  @LAA  L   1-2 (10)  47-67  4th 17.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 10  @LAA  L   1-3       47-66  4th 17.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  9  @LAA  L   4-6       47-65  4th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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
Season Series: 2010 - CHW over 7-5; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 332-288

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

NYY 5.28

LAA 4.44

SEA 3.30

RA/G

SDP 3.42

FLA 4.30

ARI 5.50

J. Hamilton .354

M. Fontenot .286

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

J. Damon .357

B. Wood .180

SLG

M. Cabrera .646

H. Pence .465

B. Wood .219

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.078

R. Ludwick .814

B. Wood .399

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.06

J. Verlander 3.77

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.49

R. Wells 6.99

M. Buehrle 3.82

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

WhiteSox Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
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 53.Texeira
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 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 423/314 .251/.312/.376/.687 .638/.704 .656 85/.887 4/6 7/10

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/65 .309/.371/.556/.926 1.102/.861 .966 33/.958 1/0 6/1

25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.606 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 276/189 .210/.312/.466/.778 .853/.743 .677 39/.990 9/2 17/2

14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 16/1.224 ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 2/1.500 9/.222 2/1.000 4/.000 484/373 .308/.388/.587/.976 1.097/.940 .852 106/1.167 0/1 31/4

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 19/1.339 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 304/279 .233/.306/.385/.691 .080/.747 .719 59/.814 1/2 8/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/29 .286/.300/.510/.810 1.179/.552 .769 22/.364 2/1 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/no AB 543/394 .277/.349/.317/.666 .692/.655 .652 117/.898 48/14 1/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 14/1.698 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 13/.672 2/.000 1/2.000 383/284 .243/.279/.358/.636 .576/.657 .595 74/.654 2/4 6/3

20.Quentin G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 2/2.500 2/.000 6/1.100 3/.666 1/.000 415/313 .234/.337/.492/.829 .802/.836 .653 90/.758 2/1 24/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 461/334 .293/.320/.447/.767 .797/.755 .773 108/.927 8/6 14/15

51.Rios G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 19/.387 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 5/.650 3/.000 2/.000 479/360 .293/.340/.468/.808 .805/.809 .792 98/.563 24/13 17/2

23.Teahen* G/S/vP 4/2.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 173/139 .268/.343/.425/.768 .393/.864 .861 16/1.125 3/4 4/8

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 265/220 .289/.352/.345/.697 .620/.713 .694 73/.749 6/4 1/2

IP 21.0 45.0 91.2 5.0 41.0 2.0 41.0 51.0 55.0 38.1 TOTAL .266/.330/.428/.758 .753/.759 .714 .834 112/58 142/77

ERA-K/9

3.00/5.6

5.20/7.0

4.61/6.8

9.00/3.6

4.83/5.3

0.00/4.5

5.27/5.3

1.94/9.7

4.58/5.1

5.40/3.8

4.96/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (16-7-1)
Pierzynski (47-21-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 86/.216 198/.263 404/.280 25/.333 190/.296 8/.286 174/.263 215/.234 249/.306 169/.296 .277 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Kotsay
Quentin
Teahen
Lillibridge 11/12/47/8
1/110/0/4
109/0/0/3
0/0/7/1
0/0/80/1
0/0/2/0
1/4/0/0

OPS .617 .788 .785 .964 .796 .804 .767 .626 .777 .795 .784

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.693 79/.819 117/.835 15/.883 84/.695 5/.200 107/.797 119/.619 118/.873 86/.947 .789

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 36/.510 119/.768 287/.765 10/1.067 106/.872 3/1.667 67/.720 96/.635 131/.693 83/.642 .779

Home 46/.579 90/.810 227/.839 19/.898 96/.784 / 64/.777 126/.568 125/.797 98/.683

Last 28d days 63/.438 44/.770 128/.902 25/.964 36/.883 8/.804 125/.866 45/.440 63/.928 53/.639

HR/SB/CS 1/1/3 8/1/0 11/5/6 1/1/0 3/1/1 0/0/0 7/9/1 4/0/0 2/3/3 3/9/3 134/102/42

Usage ·····X·· ···X···X ··X····· ·X····X· ·oo···X· ········ ······X· ··XX·o·X ··X···X· ·Xoo···o

Royals Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Bullington
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 2/1.000 3/1.666 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/.500 305/214 .291/.321/.360/.681 .629/.703 .646 57/.562 5/4 2/12

3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 3/.333 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 425/325 .267/.287/.422/.710 .772/.691 .699 73/.876 0/1 12/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.453 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 165/114 .340/.418/.542/.960 1.013/.937 1.083 88/.807 0/0 6/4

7.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 122/99 .294/.369/.339/.708 .634/.726 .860 56/.653 7/2 0/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 2/.000 7/.000 6/.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 147/76 .248/.283/.350/.633 .801/.484 .751 40/.506 7/4 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 2/2.500 10/.200 9/.819 5/.650 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.000 510/404 .312/.382/.464/.846 .732/.875 .849 96/.855 0/0 11/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 199/155 .228/.294/.272/.567 .705/.528 .739 67/.586 11/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/1.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 6/.333 134/103 .235/.313/.403/.717 .704/.720 .764 88/.787 1/3 5/5

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/39 .173/.218/.192/.410 .450/.394 .624 51/.403 0/0 0/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 14/1.263 6/1.334 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 459/362 .257/.317/.299/.616 .774/.573 .669 81/.415 10/7 0/12

12.Maier* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 4/.250 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.533 316/249 .253/.333/.372/.705 .640/.722 .695 66/.801 1/2 4/3

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 63/41 .161/.238/.196/.435 .427/.438 .472 24/.127 2/0 0/1

IP 21.0 42.2 41.2 63.0 45.0 4.2 39.1 47.1 TOTAL .275/.330/.394/.724 .698/.732 .747 .666 81/39 80/95

ERA-K/9

3.00/5.6

4.85/11.2

4.10/8.4

5.57/5.0

2.60/10.4

0.00/11.5

1.60/9.2

2.66/12.2

3.97/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (94-37-5)
Pena (8-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 86/.216 191/.266 179/.252 283/.275 179/.193 18/.133 174/.236 190/.215 .259 Maier
Bloomquist
Gordon
Blanco
Betemit
Miller 7/64/19/3
5/8/19/2
20/0/3/2
7/40/0/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .617 .704 .746 .796 .548 .411 .641 .604 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.693 101/.669 90/.925 121/.582 77/.683 8/.393 66/.476 88/.482 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 36/.510 90/.742 89/.558 162/.944 102/.444 10/.425 108/.748 102/.712 .711

Road 40/.661 91/.727 84/.669 119/.799 87/.455 10/.786 84/.737 100/.535

Last 28d days 63/.438 29/.538 36/.500 62/.852 44/.864 18/.411 38/.577 39/.806

HR/SB/CS 1/1/3 3/8/0 8/5/0 9/2/3 4/4/1 0/0/0 1/1/1 3/3/0 101/68/30

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

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.