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Game Preview: CHW @ OAK, 4:10pm, Saturday, July 24, 2010 @McAfee Coliseum

WhiteSox, 53-42, 53-42 1st, 2½ up

SP: Freddy Garcia (35, RHP, 9-3, 4.37)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-3)			103.0	111	52	50	30	61	14	4.37
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		4-0	44.2	51	19	18	9	26	5	3.63	51
2010-07-18	@MIN	ND	6.0	11	3	3	1	1	1	103	38
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

Last 5 v.OAK		1-0	32.2	23	9	8	12	26	3	2.20	61
2009-09-09	OAK	ND	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	87	56
2005-07-10	OAK	ND	6.0	9	4	4	3	4	2	102	39
2005-04-27	@OAK	ND	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	108	67
2004-07-17	@OAK	W	6.2	2	2	1	2	6	0	114	68
2004-04-19	OAK	ND	7.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	115	76

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

 Home:   27-19   Road:   26-23   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  42-32   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:  18-12
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:17-20   vsWest: 14-8  IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Fri, Jul 23  @OAK  W   5-1       53-42  1st  2.5 up
 94 Wed, Jul 21  @SEA  L   1-2 (11)  52-42  1st  2.5 up
 93 Tue, Jul 20  @SEA  W   4-0       52-41  1st  3.5 up
 92 Mon, Jul 19  @SEA  W   6-1       51-41  1st  2.5 up
 91 Sun, Jul 18  @MIN  L   6-7       50-41  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8

Athletics, 48-48, 48-48 3rd, 8½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Vin Mazzaro (23, RHP, 5-2, 3.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-2)			64.1	64	31	25	25	41	8	3.50
2009 (4-9)			91.1	120	61	54	39	59	12	5.32

Last 7 GS		3-2	46.0	39	16	15	16	28	4	2.93	56
2010-07-18	@KCR	W	7.2	7	1	1	1	5	0	107	65
2010-07-09	LAA	ND	7.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	107	59
2010-07-04	@CLE	W	7.1	7	1	1	1	7	0	111	66
2010-06-29	@BAL	W	6.0	3	1	1	6	2	0	94	58
2010-06-23	CIN	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	99	59
2010-06-18	@STL	ND	5.0	6	4	4	3	5	1	92	41
2010-06-13	@SFG	L	6.0	6	4	3	1	1	2	81	46

Last 5 v.CHW		1-0	6.1	3	0	0	4	1	0	0.00	64
2009-06-02	@CHW	W	6.1	3	0	0	4	1	0	105	64

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

 Home:   28-22   Road:   20-26   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  35-35   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  15-10
 vsEast: 14-17   vsCntrl:11-8    vsWest: 15-13 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Fri, Jul 23   CHW  L   1-5       48-48  3rd  8.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 21   BOS  W   6-4       48-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 20   BOS  W   5-4 (10)  47-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 19   BOS  L   1-2       46-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 18  @KCR  W   9-6       46-46  3rd  7.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 17  @KCR  W   6-5       45-46  3rd  7.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 16  @KCR  W   5-1       44-46  3rd  8.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 11   LAA  W   5-2       43-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 10   LAA  W  15-1       42-46  3rd  8.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  9   LAA  L   5-6 (10)  41-46  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 CHW  5 @OAK  1        W:Mark Buehrle (9-8), L: Trevor Cahill (9-4), S: none

Wed, Sep 09, 2009 CHW  4  OAK  3 (13)   W:Octavio Dotel (3-3), L: Edgar Gonzalez (0-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 OAK 11 @CHW  3        W:Brett Tomko (4-3), L: Carlos Torres (1-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 OAK  3  CHW  2        W:Andrew Bailey (5-3), L: Bobby Jenks (2-4), S: none
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 CHW  8 @OAK  1        W:Gavin Floyd (10-7), L: Gio Gonzalez (4-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 CHW  8 @OAK  7 (10)   W:Octavio Dotel (2-3), L: Craig Breslow (5-6), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 OAK  7 @CHW  0        W:Brett Anderson (3-5), L: Mark Buehrle (6-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 OAK  5 @CHW  3        W:Josh Outman (3-0), L: Clayton Richard (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (3)
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 OAK  5 @CHW  0        W:Vin Mazzaro (1-0), L: Bartolo Colon (3-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 CHW  6  OAK  2        W:Matt Thornton (3-1), L: Craig Breslow (1-4), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - CHW over 1-0; 2009 - OAK won 5-4; 2008 - CHW won 5-4; All-Time - CHW leads 1013-955

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 5.44

DET 4.51

SEA 3.31

RA/G

SDP 3.51

COL 4.36

ARI 5.64

J. Hamilton .354

J. Werth .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

B. DeWitt .354

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .650

N. Walker .463

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.070

A. Gonzalez .808

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.61

M. Talbot 3.89

N. Blackburn 6.53

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.01

K. Millwood 6.79

N. Blackburn 3.09

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WhiteSox Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 57.Bowers*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 50.Wolf
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 335/254 .241/.296/.340/.636 .571/.655 .636 69/.958 4/3 4/10

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 53/37 .304/.385/.457/.841 .938/.803 .966 14/.718 1/0 2/1

25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 37/1.054 ··· 13/.923 2/1.000 237/175 .202/.308/.433/.742 .792/.724 .694 52/.688 9/2 13/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/.333 374/300 .301/.377/.552/.929 1.094/.889 .754 89/.779 0/0 21/1

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 9/1.778 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 241/222 .220/.307/.355/.662 .105/.710 .639 66/.610 1/2 6/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/14 .423/.444/.769/1.214 1.455/1.000 1.455 21/1.176 2/1 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 32/.722 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 422/316 .253/.324/.285/.609 .589/.615 .604 100/.667 35/12 0/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 1/2.000 6/1.133 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 309/242 .235/.275/.356/.632 .531/.659 .577 75/.576 1/2 6/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 321/255 .243/.346/.515/.861 .860/.860 .689 58/1.253 2/0 19/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.000 349/264 .277/.312/.415/.727 .660/.749 .757 80/.821 4/6 9/11

51.Rios G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 7/.572 3/1.667 378/296 .308/.357/.515/.872 .914/.860 .805 96/.760 23/10 16/2

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/30 .295/.295/.477/.773 .857/.733 .476 36/.833 1/0 2/2

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/1.288 ··· 6/1.300 1/3.000 189/159 .281/.342/.347/.690 .545/.716 .696 62/.803 4/3 1/2

IP 64.1 40.1 34.0 13.0 44.2 7.2 119.1 1.2 21.0 40.2 TOTAL .259/.326/.414/.740 .706/.750 .693 .790 91/45 105/60

ERA-K/9

3.50/5.7

1.56/6.5

3.44/9.3

4.85/11.8

3.02/9.3

5.87/9.4

4.53/6.3

5.40/15.9

4.71/7.3

3.76/5.5

3.78/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (8-5-0)
Pierzynski (38-20-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 275/.264 156/.206 152/.270 58/.231 178/.186 37/.241 511/.267 11/.333 93/.263 175/.258 .248 Jones
Rios
Pierre
Quentin
Kotsay
Lillibridge 9/9/33/6
1/87/0/2
85/0/0/2
0/0/62/1
0/0/6/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .739 .551 .708 .810 .612 .768 .813 1.267 .794 .750 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.764 65/.553 62/.525 20/1.274 62/.678 15/.900 264/.801 3/2.167 34/1.001 56/1.141 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.721 91/.548 90/.847 38/.580 116/.576 22/.675 247/.825 8/.821 59/.681 119/.584 .709

Home 111/.621 91/.555 78/.637 39/.701 80/.554 23/.462 276/.685 11/1.267 47/.717 86/.588

Last 28d days 112/.573 39/.639 31/.323 20/.821 49/.763 12/.639 107/.717 11/1.267 28/.502 23/.915

HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 3/3/1 3/1/0 4/0/1 5/3/1 1/4/0 18/13/9 0/0/0 3/0/0 4/1/1 96/51/23

Usage ·····X·· ···X·oX· o··oooo· ·····o·· ···Xo·oo X·X····· ····X··· ···X···· ··ooo··o ··o··o··

Athletics Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.12 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 419/302 .275/.382/.398/.780 .848/.754 .791 84/.682 2/2 5/9

25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/ .158/.158/.368/.526 .526/ .154 10/.500 0/0 1/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 25/.367 4/1.666 6/1.133 3/.000 7/.000 ··· 8/.775 ··· 108/78 .240/.290/.469/.758 .960/.683 .835 82/.639 8/2 3/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 185/158 .297/.400/.477/.877 .693/.911 .881 66/1.119 1/0 6/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 310/224 .266/.311/.377/.688 .866/.622 .703 47/.796 29/6 4/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP 15/.453 7/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 11/.182 ··· 3/1.333 ··· 232/182 .278/.351/.351/.702 .585/.733 .519 74/.673 3/2 2/1

18.Gross* G/S/vP 3/5.000 4/.250 3/1.666 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 183/146 .240/.272/.310/.582 .469/.607 .488 43/.381 2/1 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.444 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 386/288 .270/.303/.399/.703 .780/.676 .726 77/.558 1/0 9/8

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 353/265 .261/.333/.381/.714 .621/.746 .679 73/.845 15/2 3/14

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/60 .254/.346/.343/.689 .922/.622 .683 9/.583 1/0 1/3

7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 257/170 .274/.325/.415/.740 .859/.682 .650 48/.854 2/2 7/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 292/220 .253/.312/.401/.713 .495/.783 .784 79/.583 2/1 10/5

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/2.000 5/1.800 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 331/257 .294/.342/.383/.725 .623/.754 .798 45/.660 1/1 1/0

26.Watson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .143/.250/.571/.821 /.821 .821 8/.821 0/0 1/0

IP 103.0 35.1 31.0 46.1 36.0 30.0 38.1 5.1 TOTAL .261/.323/.384/.707 .698/.710 .702 .699 75/19 63/65

ERA-K/9

4.37/5.3

5.09/11.0

4.65/9.0

4.66/5.4

1.50/10.5

1.80/9.6

2.58/12.0

0.00/5.1

3.91/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (8-7-0)
Suzuki (38-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 437/.279 162/.282 137/.262 203/.270 135/.172 136/.248 151/.199 18/.176 .256 Gross
Sweeney
Cust
Davis
Crisp
Carson
Watson
Rosales 31/9/24/5
0/1/80/4
9/0/3/3
14/64/2/3
0/25/0/0
2/1/4/0
3/0/0/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .804 .735 .784 .738 .451 .659 .551 .399 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.747 83/.740 69/.946 77/.545 56/.559 51/.541 73/.452 8/.661 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.857 79/.728 68/.612 126/.846 79/.372 85/.733 78/.647 10/.200 .701

Road 233/.837 75/.743 59/.655 81/.740 70/.382 68/.759 81/.516 17/.353

Last 28d days 79/.837 32/.790 21/.461 54/1.043 31/.433 34/.739 28/.555 18/.399

HR/SB/CS 14/7/2 2/7/0 6/5/0 5/2/2 2/2/1 0/1/1 1/3/0 0/0/0 71/51/27

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