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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, July 18, 2010 @Target Field

WhiteSox, 50-40, 50-40 1st, 1½ up

SP: Freddy Garcia (35, RHP, 9-3, 4.36)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (9-3) 97.0 100 49 47 29 60 13 4.36
2009 (3-4) 56.0 56 27 27 12 37 4 4.34
2008 (1-1) 15.0 11 8 7 6 12 3 4.20
Last 7 GS 5-0 45.2 47 19 17 9 29 4 3.35 54
2010-07-07 LAA W 6.0 5 1 0 2 6 0 92 64
2010-07-02 @TEX ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 93 49
2010-06-26 CHC ND 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 1 94 58
2010-06-20 @WSN W 7.0 6 3 3 1 6 0 98 58
2010-06-15 @PIT W 5.2 8 4 4 2 1 0 92 36
2010-06-09 DET W 7.0 7 3 3 1 4 2 96 54
2010-06-03 TEX W 7.0 7 3 2 1 4 0 106 56
Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 34.1 34 13 13 8 17 4 3.41 54
2010-05-11 @MIN W 7.0 9 2 2 2 3 1 96 52
2010-04-10 MIN L 7.0 3 2 2 5 4 1 95 62
2006-09-29 @MIN W 7.1 5 1 1 0 3 0 81 67
2006-08-18 @MIN L 6.1 10 5 5 0 4 1 105 37
2006-05-15 @MIN W 6.2 7 3 3 1 3 1 112 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-19   Road:   23-21   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  39-30   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:17-19   vsWest: 11-7  IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Sat, Jul 17  @MIN  L   2-3       50-40  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:23-7 
Twins, 48-43, 48-43 3rd, 2½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (28, RHP, 7-7, 6.40)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (7-7) 97.0 134 73 69 27 34 19 6.40
2009 (11-11) 205.2 240 103 92 41 98 25 4.03
2008 (11-11) 193.1 224 102 87 39 96 23 4.05
Last 7 GS 1-5 32.1 51 38 35 14 17 10 9.74 31
2010-07-10 @DET L 4.0 7 7 7 1 1 4 62 20
2010-07-04 TBR L 6.1 9 7 4 2 3 1 104 34
2010-06-29 DET W 7.0 7 4 4 2 4 0 97 49
2010-06-24 @MIL L 3.2 6 5 5 3 2 2 77 28
2010-06-18 @PHI L 1.2 6 8 8 3 2 2 50 10
2010-06-12 ATL ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 98 60
2010-06-06 @OAK L 2.2 10 5 5 1 0 0 67 17
Last 5 v.CHW 4-1 35.2 35 10 10 5 18 3 2.52 58
2010-04-11 @CHW L 7.2 8 5 5 1 0 3 98 42
2009-09-21 @CHW W 7.0 8 0 0 0 6 0 101 67
2009-08-31 CHW W 7.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 99 68
2009-07-10 CHW W 7.0 9 4 4 1 3 0 99 45
2009-05-21 @CHW W 7.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 82 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-18   Road:   20-25   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  30-28   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:22-13   vsWest:  9-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sat, Jul 17   CHW  W   3-2       48-43  3rd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Carl Pavano (11-6), L: Mark Buehrle (8-8), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 5-3; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1072-984

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  5.38

ARI  4.51

PIT  3.31

RA/G

SDP  3.44

COL  4.40

ARI  5.76

BA

J. Hamilton  .348

C. Rasmus  .280

L. Valbuena  .166

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

B. Abreu  .352

B. Wood  .185

SLG

M. Cabrera  .635

L. Berkman  .451

B. Wood  .225

OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

M. Napoli  .803

B. Wood  .411

ERA

J. Johnson  1.62

J. Verlander  3.86

S. Kazmir  6.92

K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.01

M. Garza  6.83

N. Blackburn  3.15

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 13/.923 1/.000 4/1.250 4/1.750 7/1.071 2/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 315/238 .226/.286/.325/.611 .547/.631 .588 62/.899 4/3 4/10
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 49/35 .302/.388/.465/.853 .857/.852 1.008 13/.558 1/0 2/1
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 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 33/.493 2/1.500 16/.455 27/.662 17/1.269 9/.583 1/.000 2/.000 352/282 .299/.381/.563/.943 1.084/.909 .757 87/.864 0/0 21/1
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/2.000 4/2.000 5/.400 4/1.250 14/.357 1/.000 6/.334 221/205 .236/.326/.385/.710 .125/.756 .729 64/.823 1/2 6/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 4/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 7/.453 2/1.000 1/no AB 8/.708 398/296 .263/.333/.294/.628 .614/.632 .643 97/.735 33/12 0/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 31/.936 2/1.500 11/.573 20/.210 9/.444 13/1.000 5/.400 6/.733 293/227 .242/.284/.370/.654 .539/.686 .616 73/.650 0/2 6/1
20.Quentin G/S/vP 21/1.008 3/.333 9/.365 9/.619 7/1.214 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 314/248 .239/.341/.511/.852 .860/.849 .664 70/1.421 0/0 19/4
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 26/.909 1/.000 7/.286 8/.750 12/1.219 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 329/248 .274/.307/.406/.713 .588/.755 .733 77/.845 3/6 8/10
51.Rios G/S/vP 9/.333 3/.666 11/.818 19/.950 12/.250 4/1.250 ··· 6/.334 355/278 .303/.355/.511/.866 .949/.843 .784 90/.662 23/9 15/1
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 44/30 .295/.295/.477/.773 .857/.733 .476 40/.800 1/0 2/2
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/1.250 3/.000 5/.000 1/.000 11/.844 166/141 .260/.323/.336/.659 .488/.688 .638 56/.628 2/3 1/2
IP 97.0 41.0 37.0 40.2 115.0 28.0 18.2 34.1 TOTAL .258/.327/.416/.744 .700/.756 .695 .818 81/44 102/57
ERA-K/9 6.40/3.2 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 4.10/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 436/.333 176/.284 158/.245 167/.223 483/.257 113/.245 76/.243 144/.267 .269  Jones
 Rios
 Pierre
 Quentin
 Kotsay
 Lillibridge
9/9/28/3
1/82/0/2
80/0/0/2
0/0/60/1
0/0/6/1
0/1/0/0
OPS .943 .821 .718 .626 .653 .651 .722 .700 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.923 66/.924 58/.881 63/.742 94/.444 52/.472 35/.652 73/.755 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 223/.962 110/.762 100/.622 104/.556 389/.706 61/.809 41/.779 71/.644 .754
Home 228/.748 95/.792 66/.752 80/.720 260/.589 52/.479 43/.702 72/.769
Last 28d days 99/1.033 40/1.370 34/.480 42/.949 124/.713 30/.510 17/.243 32/.671
HR/SB/CS 19/1/2 4/2/0 3/1/0 3/1/1 2/7/2 4/3/1 3/0/1 3/0/1 94/44/18
Usage ·······X ··X····· ·oX····· ·oo···o· ·X······ ··X····o ········ ·X····o·
Twins Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Garcia
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 59/27 .148/.175/.222/.398 .267/.551 .511 16/.138 0/0 1/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 29/.455 19/.669 7/.286 8/.125 4/1.167 1/.000 11/.473 1/.000 372/247 .269/.336/.431/.767 .944/.684 .802 90/.777 2/1 9/3
27.Hardy G/S/vP 6/.334 1/2.000 5/.400 6/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 180/125 .241/.279/.353/.632 .497/.691 .639 32/.781 0/0 3/2
1.Hudson# G/S/vP 17/.196 2/.000 11/.382 5/.400 6/1.100 ··· 5/.933 2/1.000 336/208 .283/.353/.390/.743 .752/.737 .798 99/.697 6/2 4/3
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 9/1.953 10/.500 6/.000 3/1.667 4/.750 ··· 11/.364 1/.000 329/220 .263/.340/.439/.780 .707/.815 .806 83/.768 0/0 11/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 30/1.082 13/.840 4/.250 5/1.100 7/.143 ··· 22/.790 1/.000 343/205 .299/.370/.431/.801 .732/.848 .803 84/.749 1/2 4/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 36/.781 16/.192 6/.833 2/.500 6/.900 1/2.000 22/.272 ··· 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 .914 60/.987 0/0 18/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP 26/.400 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 63/.511 5/1 1/5
18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 8/.393 5/1.150 5/.400 4/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 5/.333 1/.000 416/269 .274/.345/.371/.717 .714/.718 .875 96/.696 16/1 3/3
25.Thome* G/S/vP 23/.621 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 ··· ··· 68/34 .323/.382/.371/.753 .812/.697 1.068 25/.869 1/0 0/0
21.Young G/S/vP 6/1.700 7/1.000 3/1.334 4/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 6/.666 ··· 315/208 .307/.343/.497/.839 .880/.819 .852 85/.823 4/3 10/3
IP 97.0 34.0 30.0 45.1 34.2 28.2 37.0 3.2 TOTAL .273/.343/.419/.763 .740/.775 .792 .749 35/13 77/43
ERA-K/9 4.36/5.6 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 (7-7-1)
 Mauer (33-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 408/.270 151/.261 134/.269 198/.266 129/.164 127/.234 145/.198 14/.231 .257  Young
 Cuddyer
 Span
 Kubel
 Repko
81/0/0/6
0/2/66/5
0/89/0/4
16/0/33/4
0/1/3/1
OPS .785 .697 .803 .737 .441 .631 .551 .516 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.749 77/.697 67/.977 74/.508 53/.553 47/.498 69/.449 7/.762 .705
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 209/.818 74/.693 67/.621 124/.861 76/.360 80/.710 76/.647 7/.286 .709
Road 204/.804 64/.655 56/.693 76/.736 64/.354 59/.713 75/.514 13/.462
Last 28d days 77/.725 28/.481 23/.794 56/1.005 34/.272 29/.580 29/.507 14/.516
HR/SB/CS 13/7/2 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···o· ·o····X· ·X····X· ··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.