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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, July 17, 2010 @Target Field

WhiteSox, 50-39, 50-39 1st, 1 up

SP: Mark Buehrle (31, LHP, 8-7, 4.24)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-7)			110.1	129	56	52	29	51	10	4.24
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		5-1	43.1	52	16	16	13	24	4	3.32	50
2010-07-09	KCR	W	7.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	114	64
2010-07-04	@TEX	W	7.0	5	3	3	0	0	2	93	55
2010-06-28	@KCR	L	6.1	10	3	3	5	2	0	110	38
2010-06-23	ATL	W	6.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	97	49
2010-06-17	@PIT	W	7.1	6	2	2	1	6	1	109	63
2010-06-12	@CHC	W	6.2	8	0	0	0	7	0	108	65
2010-06-06	CLE	ND	3.0	8	6	6	3	3	1	95	19

Last 5 v.MIN		1-3	27.0	38	24	23	6	7	3	7.67	36
2010-04-11	MIN	W	8.0	8	4	4	2	1	0	113	49
2009-09-23	MIN	L	3.1	8	5	4	1	0	0	57	25
2009-09-02	@MIN	ND	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	83	51
2009-07-28	@MIN	L	6.1	5	5	5	1	3	0	97	45
2009-07-12	@MIN	L	3.1	10	8	8	1	1	3	63	8

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

 Home:   27-19   Road:   23-20   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  39-29   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:  18-9 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:17-18   vsWest: 11-7  IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Fri, Jul 16  @MIN  L   4-7       50-39  1st  1.0 up
 88 Thu, Jul 15  @MIN  W   8-7       50-38  1st  1.0 up
 87 Sun, Jul 11   KCR  W  15-5       49-38  1st  0.5 up
 86 Sat, Jul 10   KCR  W   5-1       48-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  9   KCR  W   8-2       47-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 84 Thu, Jul  8   LAA  W   1-0       46-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  7   LAA  W   5-2       45-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  6   LAA  W   4-1       44-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  5   LAA  W   9-2       43-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  4  @TEX  W   5-3       42-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:24-6

Twins, 47-43, 47-43 3rd, 3½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (34, RHP, 10-6, 3.58)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-6)			125.2	114	52	50	18	71	14	3.58
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		5-0	53.1	39	18	17	7	24	6	2.87	61
2010-07-11	@DET	W	7.2	6	3	3	1	6	0	104	60
2010-07-06	@TOR	ND	6.1	8	6	6	0	2	3	77	35
2010-07-01	TBR	ND	6.1	7	3	2	2	4	0	111	51
2010-06-26	@NYM	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	110	84
2010-06-20	@PHI	W	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	105	77
2010-06-15	COL	W	7.0	5	3	3	1	5	2	92	59
2010-06-09	KCR	W	8.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	98	61

Last 5 v.CHW		4-1	38.1	27	8	8	4	27	0	1.88	68
2010-05-12	CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	96	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

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

 Home:   27-18   Road:   20-25   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  30-28   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:21-13   vsWest:  9-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Fri, Jul 16   CHW  W   7-4       47-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 15   CHW  L   7-8       46-43  3rd  4.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 11  @DET  W   6-3       46-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 10  @DET  L   4-7       45-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  9  @DET  L   3-7       45-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  8  @TOR  L   1-8       45-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  7  @TOR  L   5-6       45-39  3rd  1.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  6  @TOR  W   7-6       45-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4   TBR  L   4-7       44-38  1st    Tied
 81 Sat, Jul  3   TBR  L   6-8       44-37  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  4        W:Francisco Liriano (7-7), L: Gavin Floyd (5-8), S: Jesse Crain (1)
Thu, Jul 15, 2010 CHW  8 @MIN  7        W:John Danks (9-7), L: Alex Burnett (1-2), S: Bobby Jenks (20)
Wed, May 12, 2010 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Carl Pavano (4-3), L: John Danks (3-2), S: Jon Rauch (9)
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
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 4-3; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1072-983

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

BOS 5.41

TOR 4.53

PIT 3.21

RA/G

SDP 3.43

FLA 4.36

ARI 5.73

J. Hamilton .347

F. Lewis .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

C. Hart .354

B. Wood .189

SLG

M. Cabrera .648

L. Berkman .452

B. Wood .229

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.072

A. McCutchen .804

B. Wood .418

ERA

J. Johnson 1.70

H. Kuroda 3.87

S. Kazmir 6.92

K/9IP

B. Morrow 9.99

A. Burnett 6.75

N. Blackburn 3.15

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WhiteSox Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Pavano
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 8/.750 1/.000 4/1.250 4/1.750 7/1.071 2/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 312/235 .225/.286/.325/.611 .547/.630 .587 63/.917 4/3 4/10

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 49/35 .302/.388/.465/.853 .857/.852 1.008 17/.665 1/0 2/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 24/.458 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 11/.384 5/1.600 4/1.000 9/.889 224/164 .205/.317/.437/.754 .784/.743 .715 43/.663 8/2 12/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 19/.422 2/1.500 16/.455 27/.662 17/1.269 9/.583 1/.000 2/.000 348/278 .297/.379/.553/.933 1.084/.895 .732 88/.817 0/0 20/1

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 17/.647 1/2.000 4/2.000 5/.400 4/1.250 14/.357 1/.000 6/.334 218/202 .234/.326/.385/.711 .125/.757 .731 61/.832 1/2 6/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.650 ··· ··· 2/.000 27/14 .423/.444/.769/1.214 1.455/1.000 1.455 24/1.025 1/1 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 7/.453 2/1.000 1/no AB 8/.708 394/292 .263/.334/.295/.629 .614/.634 .646 98/.735 32/11 0/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 16/1.126 2/1.500 11/.573 20/.210 9/.444 13/1.000 5/.400 6/.733 290/224 .244/.287/.374/.661 .539/.695 .630 70/.679 0/2 6/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.333 9/.365 9/.619 7/1.214 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 310/244 .242/.345/.519/.864 .860/.865 .684 70/1.453 0/0 19/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/.308 1/.000 7/.286 8/.750 12/1.219 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 326/245 .277/.310/.410/.720 .588/.765 .747 79/.876 3/6 8/10

51.Rios G/S/vP 16/1.089 3/.666 11/.818 19/.950 12/.250 4/1.250 ··· 6/.334 351/274 .304/.356/.511/.867 .949/.844 .785 91/.701 23/9 15/1

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 44/30 .295/.295/.477/.773 .857/.733 .476 44/.773 1/0 2/2

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 9/.597 1/no AB 2/.000 4/1.250 3/.000 5/.000 1/.000 11/.844 162/137 .261/.325/.331/.656 .488/.685 .632 53/.644 2/3 1/2

IP 125.2 41.0 37.0 40.2 115.0 28.0 18.2 34.1 TOTAL .259/.328/.417/.745 .700/.759 .697 .826 80/43 101/57

ERA-K/9

3.58/5.1

4.17/6.6

3.65/7.8

2.88/6.2

3.76/9.8

3.54/7.4

2.41/6.7

2.88/6.8

4.13/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (8-5-0)
Pierzynski (37-18-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 498/.243 176/.284 158/.245 167/.223 483/.257 113/.245 76/.243 144/.267 .269 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Kotsay
Quentin
Lillibridge 9/9/28/3
1/81/0/2
79/0/0/2
0/0/6/1
0/0/59/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .667 .821 .718 .626 .653 .651 .722 .700 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 239/.730 66/.924 58/.881 63/.742 94/.444 52/.472 35/.652 73/.755 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.610 110/.762 100/.622 104/.556 389/.706 61/.809 41/.779 71/.644 .755

Home 244/.688 95/.792 66/.752 80/.720 260/.589 52/.479 43/.702 72/.769

Last 28d days 146/.565 40/1.370 34/.480 42/.949 124/.713 30/.510 17/.243 32/.671

HR/SB/CS 14/20/2 4/2/0 3/1/0 3/1/1 2/7/2 4/3/1 3/0/1 3/0/1 93/43/17

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

Twins Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.24 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 68.Threets*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 56/27 .157/.185/.235/.420 .297/.551 .586 13/.174 0/0 1/1

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 90/.844 19/.669 7/.286 8/.125 4/1.167 1/.000 11/.473 1/.000 369/247 .266/.333/.426/.759 .923/.684 .788 91/.709 2/1 9/3

27.Hardy G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 6/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 177/125 .246/.284/.359/.643 .527/.691 .664 29/.862 0/0 3/2

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 14/.742 2/.000 11/.382 5/.400 6/1.100 ··· 5/.933 2/1.000 332/208 .284/.355/.392/.746 .761/.737 .806 99/.697 6/2 4/3

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 9/.583 10/.500 6/.000 3/1.667 4/.750 ··· 11/.364 1/.000 326/220 .262/.340/.434/.774 .686/.815 .795 84/.757 0/0 11/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 40/.711 13/.840 4/.250 5/1.100 7/.143 ··· 22/.790 1/.000 339/205 .300/.372/.433/.805 .739/.848 .811 84/.749 1/2 4/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 61/.573 16/.192 6/.833 2/.500 6/.900 1/2.000 22/.272 ··· 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 .914 64/1.036 0/0 18/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 51/.629 7/.486 5/.800 4/1.167 6/1.333 1/.000 17/.508 1/.000 236/155 .244/.319/.307/.626 .621/.606 .682 67/.510 5/1 1/5

18.Repko G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .300/.300/.300/.600 .800/.400 1.000 10/.600 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 26/1.250 5/1.150 5/.400 4/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 5/.333 1/.000 412/269 .274/.346/.373/.719 .720/.718 .883 96/.753 16/1 3/3

25.Thome* G/S/vP 22/.823 3/1.667 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 184/135 .257/.380/.539/.920 .591/1.054 .975 55/.968 0/0 10/0

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 65/34 .322/.385/.356/.741 .790/.697 1.074 22/.843 1/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP 26/1.010 7/1.000 3/1.334 4/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 6/.666 ··· 312/208 .303/.340/.495/.835 .867/.819 .843 86/.801 4/3 10/3

IP 110.1 34.0 30.0 45.1 34.2 28.2 37.0 3.2 TOTAL .273/.344/.419/.763 .740/.775 .793 .754 35/13 77/43

ERA-K/9

4.24/4.2

3.97/11.1

4.80/9.0

4.76/5.4

1.56/10.4

1.88/10.0

2.68/12.2

0.00/0.0

4.02/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (6-6-1)
Mauer (33-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 470/.297 151/.261 134/.269 198/.266 129/.164 127/.234 145/.198 14/.231 .256 Young
Cuddyer
Span
Kubel
Repko 80/0/0/6
0/2/66/5
0/88/0/4
16/0/32/3
0/1/3/1

OPS .763 .697 .803 .737 .441 .631 .551 .516 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.860 77/.697 67/.977 74/.508 53/.553 47/.498 69/.449 7/.762 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 341/.727 74/.693 67/.621 124/.861 76/.360 80/.710 76/.647 7/.286 .708

Road 228/.774 64/.655 56/.693 76/.736 64/.354 59/.713 75/.514 13/.462

Last 28d days 112/.751 28/.481 23/.794 56/1.005 38/.297 29/.580 33/.506 14/.516

HR/SB/CS 10/3/5 2/6/0 6/5/0 5/2/2 2/2/1 0/1/1 1/3/0 0/0/0 70/50/25

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

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.