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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 1:10pm, Wednesday, May 12, 2010 @Target Field

WhiteSox, 14-19, 14-193rd, 7 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: John Danks (25, LHP, 3-1, 1.98)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (3-1) 41.0 33 10 9 11 34 2 1.98
2009 (13-11) 200.1 184 89 84 73 149 28 3.77
2008 (12-9) 195.0 182 74 72 57 159 15 3.32
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.0 40 14 13 15 35 4 2.54 59
2010-05-06 TOR L 7.0 8 2 2 2 7 0 107 58
2010-05-01 @NYY ND 5.0 6 2 2 3 1 0 118 45
2010-04-25 SEA W 8.0 7 2 2 0 5 1 107 65
2010-04-20 TBR W 8.0 2 1 1 2 9 1 113 81
2010-04-14 @TOR W 7.0 2 1 1 3 6 0 103 72
2010-04-09 MIN ND 6.0 8 2 1 1 6 0 105 55
2009-10-04 @DET L 5.0 7 4 4 4 1 2 89 34
Last 5 v.MIN 0-2 31.2 32 20 17 13 17 6 4.83 47
2010-04-09 MIN ND 6.0 8 2 1 1 6 0 105 55
2009-09-22 MIN L 6.0 8 7 7 3 2 3 98 27
2009-09-01 @MIN ND 7.0 6 3 3 2 2 2 96 53
2009-07-27 @MIN L 7.0 6 4 2 2 3 1 107 54
2009-07-10 @MIN ND 5.2 4 4 4 5 4 0 114 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-10   Road:    5-9    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   9-12   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl: 5-8    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 26 Mon, May  3   KCR  W   5-1       11-15  3rd  6.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  2  @NYY  L   3-12      10-15  4th  6.0 gb
 24 Sat, May  1  @NYY  W   7-6       10-14  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Twins, 21-12, 21-121st, 2½ up

SP: Carl Pavano (34, RHP, 3-3, 3.43)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (3-3) 39.1 38 16 15 6 30 3 3.43
2009 (14-12) 199.1 235 119 113 39 147 26 5.10
2008 (4-2) 34.1 41 23 22 10 15 5 5.77
Last 7 GS 4-3 45.0 46 20 19 7 37 4 3.80 54
2010-05-06 BAL L 8.0 6 2 2 3 8 1 97 67
2010-04-29 @DET L 8.0 7 3 2 2 5 0 102 61
2010-04-23 @KCR W 7.0 4 2 2 0 5 1 104 66
2010-04-18 KCR L 3.1 11 7 7 0 2 1 79 12
2010-04-12 BOS W 6.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 95 63
2010-04-07 @LAA W 7.0 6 1 1 0 6 0 102 67
2009-10-04 KCR W 5.2 8 4 4 1 7 1 93 43
Last 5 v.CHW 3-2 34.2 29 13 11 4 27 0 2.86 60
2009-06-29 CHW L 7.0 5 2 2 0 6 0 100 65
2009-06-05 @CHW W 9.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 101 85
2009-05-11 CHW W 6.1 10 4 4 0 3 0 87 40
2004-06-16 CHW W 9.0 3 0 0 1 8 0 125 88
2002-06-09 @CHW L 3.1 8 7 5 1 4 0 86 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-6    Road:   10-6    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  14-10   vsLHP:   7-2    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:14-8    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Tue, May 11   CHW  L   2-5       21-12  1st  2.5 up
 32 Sun, May  9   BAL  W   6-0       21-11  1st  3.5 up
 31 Sat, May  8   BAL  W   6-1       20-11  1st  2.5 up
 30 Sat, May  8   BAL  L   3-7       19-11  1st  2.5 up
 29 Thu, May  6   BAL  L   0-2       19-10  1st  3.0 up
 28 Wed, May  5   DET  W   5-4       19-9   1st  3.5 up
 27 Tue, May  4   DET  W   4-3       18-9   1st  2.5 up
 26 Mon, May  3   DET  W  10-4       17-9   1st  1.5 up
 25 Sun, May  2  @CLE  W   8-3       16-9   1st  0.5 up
 24 Sat, May  1  @CLE  L   4-5 (11)  15-9   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Fri, Apr 09, 2010 MIN  4 @CHW  3 (11)   W:Brian Duensing (1-0), L: Tony Pena (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (3)

Wed, Sep 23, 2009 MIN  8 @CHW  6        W:Brian Duensing (5-1), L: Mark Buehrle (12-10), S: Joe Nathan (44)
Tue, Sep 22, 2009 MIN  8 @CHW  6        W:Jesse Crain (7-4), L: John Danks (12-10), S: Joe Nathan (43)
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 MIN  7 @CHW  0        W:Nick Blackburn (11-11), L: Daniel Hudson (0-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 CHW  4 @MIN  2        W:D. J. Carrasco (5-1), L: Joe Nathan (2-2), S: Bobby Jenks (28)
Tue, Sep 01, 2009 MIN  4  CHW  3        W:Jon Rauch (4-2), L: Matt Thornton (6-3), S: none
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 MIN  4  CHW  1        W:Nick Blackburn (9-9), L: Gavin Floyd (10-9), S: Joe Nathan (35)
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 2-2; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1071-981

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  5.87

SFG  4.58

HOU  2.84

 RA/G

TBR  3.06

HOU  4.66

PIT  6.24

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .93

K. Correia  3.97

D. Davis  7.56

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.93

R. Nolasco  6.75

N. Blackburn  2.04

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Pavano
G/S/vB		 55.Condrey
G/S/vB		 28.Crain
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 17.Neshek
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 3/1.167 4/1.750 4/.750 4/1.000 ··· ··· 134/92 .188/.303/.250/.553 .469/.590 .580 92/.464 2/1 1/4
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 6/ .000/.333/.000/.333 .333/ 6/.333 0/0 0/0
25.Jones G/S/vP 24/.458 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.542 4/1.000 1/.000 9/.889 111/75 .260/.360/.604/.965 1.117/.894 1.125 87/.873 6/0 9/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 16/.250 ··· 14/.522 26/.689 13/1.294 1/.000 6/.500 1/.000 127/93 .282/.402/.718/1.120 1.211/1.087 .988 92/1.189 0/0 13/1
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 14/.786 2/.000 4/2.000 4/.500 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 62/56 .143/.226/.304/.529 .000/.590 .493 41/.517 0/0 3/0
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 ··· ··· 23/6 .211/.348/.211/.558 .507/.667 .167 20/.538 0/0 0/1
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.125 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 7/.619 144/95 .244/.303/.252/.555 .482/.589 .608 106/.602 15/4 0/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 13/1.384 ··· 11/.573 20/.210 6/.666 5/.400 6/1.133 5/.600 107/79 .204/.264/.306/.570 .671/.537 .595 73/.578 0/1 2/0
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 8/.417 8/.708 7/1.214 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 129/91 .187/.318/.374/.692 .723/.678 .567 88/.555 0/0 4/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 6/.334 8/.750 8/1.339 1/.000 1/3.000 3/1.167 115/72 .218/.246/.327/.573 .471/.636 .660 86/.665 1/0 2/6
51.Rios G/S/vP 13/1.218 3/.667 9/.778 17/.945 8/.375 ··· 4/1.833 6/.334 123/84 .330/.366/.600/.966 1.142/.889 .801 84/1.051 10/3 6/0
23.Teahen* G/S/vP 21/.701 1/.000 8/.000 11/.819 18/.470 6/.900 4/.666 ··· 104/77 .233/.330/.367/.697 .345/.828 .808 75/.621 2/2 2/5
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 9/.597 2/1.000 1/.000 4/1.250 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 11/.844 36/26 .129/.222/.161/.384 .100/.497 .449 22/.495 0/1 0/0
IP 39.1 14.1 15.2 42.0 3.0 4.1 13.0 TOTAL .231/.317/.403/.720 .703/.727 .716 .717 37/12 43/19
ERA-K/9 3.43/6.9 /0.0 5.02/6.9 1.72/4.0 2.36/8.4 6.00/6.0 4.15/8.4 2.08/6.2 3.56/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (1-2-0)
 Pierzynski (14-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 157/.257 / 60/.268 62/.218 168/.234 16/.462 18/.133 52/.245 .263  Jones
 Rios
 Pierre
 Kotsay
 Quentin
 Nix
6/4/8/2
1/29/0/1
26/0/0/1
0/0/4/1
0/0/22/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .667 .781 .545 .590 1.456 .478 .621 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.711 / 23/1.058 27/.625 33/.333 5/1.833 4/.000 25/.737 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.633 / 37/.613 35/.483 135/.656 11/1.345 14/.630 27/.511 .733
Home 72/.830 / 23/1.135 23/.417 86/.575 5/1.100 7/.143 19/.575
Last 28d days 107/.731 / 43/.826 45/.615 143/.585 5/1.100 4/.500 33/.648
HR/SB/CS 3/4/1 // 1/1/0 0/1/1 0/1/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 1/0/1 26/14/8
Usage ·····X·· o·····o· ··X··oo· ···X···· ········ ········ ··o···o·
Twins Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
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
41.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 18/12 .118/.118/.118/.235 .000/.364 .571 14/.286 0/0 0/1
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 12/.258 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 24/20 .261/.292/.304/.596 1.750/.358 .513 23/.623 0/0 0/0
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 35/1.634 18/.708 6/.000 8/.125 3/1.667 ··· 11/.473 1/no AB 147/105 .276/.320/.448/.767 .999/.677 .850 107/.767 2/0 5/0
27.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.400 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/83 .250/.299/.400/.699 .556/.741 .651 69/.695 0/0 3/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 34/.749 5/.200 4/.666 4/.500 2/1.500 1/no AB 6/.733 ··· 66/50 .214/.318/.321/.640 .646/.637 .619 54/.613 0/0 1/0
1.Hudson# G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 11/.382 4/.250 5/.650 ··· 5/.933 1/2.000 147/101 .287/.370/.388/.757 .713/.776 .746 105/.857 3/0 2/2
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 28/.899 9/.555 5/.000 3/1.667 4/.750 ··· 10/.400 3/.000 112/84 .213/.339/.309/.648 .583/.664 .568 82/.546 0/0 2/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 33/.803 12/.633 4/.250 4/.833 6/.167 ··· 22/.790 4/.750 105/70 .359/.419/.511/.930 1.147/.829 .871 69/.812 0/0 1/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 38/1.224 16/.192 6/.833 2/.500 6/.900 ··· 22/.272 4/1.250 140/89 .348/.479/.652/1.130 .945/1.248 1.037 99/1.204 0/0 8/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP 23/.269 7/.486 5/.800 3/1.167 6/1.333 ··· 17/.508 ··· 66/45 .276/.308/.362/.670 .450/.677 .804 42/.783 2/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 23/.935 5/1.150 5/.400 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.333 1/no AB 159/114 .269/.369/.373/.743 .865/.693 .938 115/.814 8/1 1/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 82/59 .269/.402/.567/.970 .733/1.071 .785 66/1.009 0/0 5/0
21.Young G/S/vP 23/.579 6/.833 3/1.334 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 100/71 .267/.320/.444/.764 .720/.780 .598 71/.655 2/1 3/1
IP 41.0 13.0 12.1 15.2 11.0 12.1 16.1 11.1 TOTAL .276/.358/.431/.788 .816/.777 .768 .794 17/3 32/10
ERA-K/9 1.98/7.5 6.23/11.8 4.38/8.8 6.32/5.7 4.91/13.1 0.73/11.7 2.20/14.4 4.76/9.6 4.64/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (2-3-0)
 Mauer (8-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 161/.220 66/.345 53/.245 67/.196 46/.238 47/.125 60/.161 64/.298 .255  Span
 Cuddyer
 Young
 Kubel
0/33/0/3
0/1/31/2
25/0/0/1
11/0/3/1
OPS .560 .950 .690 .729 .694 .414 .467 .995 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.852 33/1.040 27/.721 31/.685 21/.619 22/.385 35/.371 34/.856 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.438 33/.853 26/.651 36/.748 25/.768 25/.440 25/.613 30/1.167 .716
Road 49/.472 23/.729 22/.727 32/.578 20/.311 17/.243 26/.804 29/.924
Last 28d days 108/.605 47/1.062 37/.837 45/.882 31/.651 37/.489 40/.547 50/.974
HR/SB/CS 2/1/4 2/4/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/2 31/20/10
Usage ·····X·· X·X·X·X· ··X···X· ··o··o·X ····X·o· ···X·o·o o·X·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.