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Game Preview: CHW @ TEX, 8:05pm, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

WhiteSox, 8-12, 8-124th, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jake Peavy (29, RHP, 0-1, 7.66)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			22.1	26	19	19	15	15	3	7.66
2009 (9-6)			101.2	80	41	39	34	110	8	3.45
2008 (10-11)			173.2	146	57	55	59	166	17	2.85

Last 7 GS		3-1	42.1	37	22	22	21	33	4	4.68	50
2010-04-22	TBR	L	4.1	7	7	7	7	5	0	108	19
2010-04-17	@CLE	ND	7.1	4	2	2	3	3	1	109	62
2010-04-12	@TOR	ND	5.2	8	7	7	3	2	2	99	24
2010-04-07	CLE	ND	5.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	106	44
2009-10-02	@DET	W	8.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	105	81
2009-09-25	DET	W	7.0	6	0	0	2	8	0	95	71
2009-09-19	KCR	W	5.0	3	3	3	2	5	1	73	52

Has never faced TEX as starter.

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

 Home:    6-6    Road:    2-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   4-8    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 2-7    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @TEX  L   2-4        8-12  4th  6.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 25   SEA  W   3-2        8-11  4th  5.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 24   SEA  W   5-4        7-11  4th  6.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 23   SEA  W   7-6        6-11  5th  6.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 22   TBR  L   2-10       5-11  5th  6.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 21   TBR  L   0-12       5-10  5th  6.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 20   TBR  W   4-1        5-9   4th  5.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 18  @CLE  L   4-7        4-9   5th  5.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 17  @CLE  L   2-3        4-8   5th  5.0 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 16  @CLE  L   2-6        4-7   5th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 8-12

Rangers, 9-11, 9-114th, 2½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (28, RHP, 0-1, 4.58)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			17.2	17	11	9	18	20	3	4.58
2009 (9-9)			141.0	122	74	64	67	171	23	4.09
2008 (10-2)			148.0	96	38	34	61	181	11	2.07

Last 7 GS		1-2	29.2	31	19	13	27	39	4	3.94	47
2010-04-23	DET	ND	4.1	6	2	2	4	5	0	99	44
2010-04-18	@NYY	L	3.2	5	4	4	6	5	1	94	34
2010-04-12	@CLE	ND	6.0	5	2	2	3	2	1	104	53
2010-04-07	TOR	ND	3.2	1	3	1	5	8	1	90	54
2009-09-16	MIL	L	3.0	5	5	2	3	3	0	71	35
2009-09-11	CIN	ND	4.0	2	1	1	5	6	0	103	55
2009-09-05	@NYM	W	5.0	7	2	1	1	10	1	102	56

Last 5 v.CHW		2-2	29.0	27	14	10	9	24	2	3.10	53
2008-07-06	@CHW	L	5.0	5	3	2	4	4	0	95	47
2007-04-09	CHW	L	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	2	102	58
2005-07-01	CHW	W	5.2	4	2	0	1	5	0	101	61
2005-04-26	CHW	ND	5.1	9	6	5	2	4	0	102	30
2004-08-31	@CHW	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	102	70

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

 Home:    6-5    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   7-5    vsLHP:   2-6    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  2-7    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 27   CHW  W   4-2        9-11  4th  2.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 26   DET  L   6-8        8-11  4th  3.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 25   DET  W   8-4        8-10  4th  3.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 24   DET  L   4-8        7-10  4th  3.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 23   DET  W   5-4        7-9   4th  3.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 22  @BOS  W   3-0        6-9   4th  3.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 21  @BOS  L   7-8 (12)   5-9   4th  3.0 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 20  @BOS  L   6-7        5-8   4th  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @NYY  L   2-5        5-7   4th  3.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @NYY  L   3-7        5-6   3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 TEX  4  CHW  2        W:C.J. Wilson (2-1), L: Mark Buehrle (2-3), S: Frank Francisco (1)

Sun, May 10, 2009 TEX  7 @CHW  1        W:Vicente Padilla (2-2), L: Bartolo Colon (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 09, 2009 CHW  3  TEX  2        W:Scott Linebrink (1-1), L: Kevin Millwood (3-3), S: Bobby Jenks (7)
Fri, May 08, 2009 TEX  6 @CHW  0        W:Matt Harrison (3-2), L: Jose Contreras (0-5), S: none
Sun, May 03, 2009 TEX  5  CHW  1        W:Matt Harrison (2-2), L: John Danks (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 02, 2009 TEX  9  CHW  6        W:Brandon McCarthy (3-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-4), S: Frank Francisco (7)
Fri, May 01, 2009 CHW  4 @TEX  3        W:Mark Buehrle (4-0), L: Derek Holland (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (6)
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 CHW 10  TEX  8        W:Octavio Dotel (4-4), L: Eddie Guardado (1-2), S: Bobby Jenks (19)
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 CHW 10  TEX  2        W:Mark Buehrle (8-8), L: Luis Mendoza (2-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 TEX  6 @CHW  1        W:Scott Feldman (4-3), L: Javier Vazquez (7-8), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - TEX leads 1-0; 2009 - TEX won 4-2; 2008 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CHW leads 343-290

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

SFG 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

WhiteSox Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 52.Mathis
G/S/vB 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB 58.Moscoso
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 49.Ray
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
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/.000 ··· 3/.333 430/309 .270/.347/.460/.808 .890/.774 .908 84/.580 7/4 14/14

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 171/110 .219/.292/.406/.699 .811/.638 .775 / 0/0 7/5

25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/.833 3/.000 4/.250 331/181 .214/.323/.459/.782 .762/.793 .706 61/1.060 5/1 17/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 17/.243 ··· 2/.500 12/.533 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 4/.500 5/.400 16/1.702 2/2.000 9/.583 621/447 .277/.353/.489/.842 1.009/.777 .806 79/1.089 1/0 28/4

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 21/.538 1/no AB 4/.833 206/173 .278/.327/.390/.717 .469/.766 .650 32/.421 3/2 4/0

5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 290/155 .224/.308/.408/.716 .822/.621 .812 12/.500 10/2 12/13

1.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 9/.555 ··· 3/.000 425/305 .308/.365/.392/.757 .814/.736 .834 84/.479 30/12 0/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 11/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.222 1/no AB ··· 7/1.429 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 6/1.166 3/1.666 4/.500 535/402 .300/.331/.425/.755 .680/.781 .781 62/.355 1/1 13/5

20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 6/.733 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.500 399/288 .236/.323/.456/.779 .716/.802 .687 83/.639 3/0 21/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 4/1.750 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.666 606/462 .277/.333/.389/.723 .960/.649 .711 66/.530 14/5 15/20

51.Rios G/S/vP 11/.364 ··· 7/.143 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.900 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 6/.167 10/.729 9/.777 633/457 .247/.296/.395/.691 .723/.679 .552 76/.829 24/5 17/5

23.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB 6/.500 2/.000 6/.167 571/369 .271/.325/.408/.734 .743/.728 .733 57/.904 8/1 12/12

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 10/.522 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 30/.313 ··· ··· 195/160 .266/.316/.345/.660 1.029/.577 .662 22/.332 4/0 1/0

IP 141.0 31.0 49.1 12.2 42.2 1.0 14.0 69.2 58.2 73.0 43.1 73.2 TOTAL .220/.302/.387/.689 .712/.677 .684 .689 22/7 26/12

ERA-K/9

4.09/10.9

1.74/11.3

3.83/10.4

/0.0

9.95/3.5

3.16/5.3

36.00/0.0

3.21/7.7

3.88/7.0

1.84/8.6

2.71/8.0

7.27/8.1

2.81/10.3

3.86/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (31-17-0)
Pierzynski (99-30-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 609/.234 117/.124 203/.214 / 67/.333 172/.244 7/.400 64/.268 300/.245 233/.199 293/.237 214/.352 323/.234 .253 Quentin
Rios
Pierre
Kotsay
Jones
Teahen
Nix 89/0/0/6
0/42/110/4
94/15/0/1
4/5/12/1
12/0/5/0
0/0/32/0
3/0/4/0

OPS .734 .416 .639 .981 .659 1.571 .772 .696 .543 .651 .985 .651 .749

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 266/.755 64/.533 107/.637 / 32/1.340 73/.698 2/3.500 22/1.016 165/.759 72/.666 123/.707 89/1.249 116/.556 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.715 53/.274 96/.643 / 35/.631 99/.630 5/.400 42/.648 135/.622 161/.484 170/.605 125/.790 207/.701 .750

Home 329/.805 50/.493 105/.627 / 38/1.023 127/.686 7/1.571 44/.939 124/.714 123/.502 138/.627 105/1.034 158/.483

Last 28d days 89/.851 40/.786 42/.861 102/.697 / 50/.827 25/1.656 / 54/.746 23/.664 37/.727 33/.652 107/.573

HR/SB/CS 23/8/4 2/1/0 6/4/0 // 2/0/0 4/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 7/12/1 3/7/4 5/9/3 8/6/1 3/4/2 22/12/4

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Peavy
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 541/386 .267/.329/.373/.702 .755/.681 .791 84/.695 33/6 6/22

14.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 45/.742 0/0 0/0

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 138/106 .252/.303/.341/.644 .624/.651 .649 29/.561 0/2 1/3

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 179/159 .312/.376/.414/.790 .353/.840 .954 65/.419 19/4 4/3

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 515/364 .260/.332/.524/.856 .746/.900 .931 74/1.177 20/4 33/4

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 419/287 .238/.284/.442/.726 .546/.808 .713 53/.556 0/0 21/5

25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 8/1.125 2/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 9/1.056 ··· 400/267 .268/.344/.421/.765 .870/.713 .705 16/.259 0/0 13/5

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 6/.900 6/.900 7/.286 1/2.000 16/.938 ··· 5/.800 ··· 407/302 .295/.334/.460/.794 .686/.831 .728 81/.947 2/1 15/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/no AB 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 365/246 .268/.315/.426/.741 .898/.664 .661 80/.821 8/3 10/1

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.286 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 640/463 .253/.327/.488/.814 1.005/.740 .950 / 31/5 31/11

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 494/380 .269/.338/.447/.785 .634/.831 .785 32/.546 9/4 17/2

21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 310/205 .233/.290/.371/.661 .657/.663 .755 5/.400 0/2 9/7

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/163 .217/.270/.374/.644 .848/.571 .657 33/.225 0/0 6/6

10.Young G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 2/1.500 ··· 22/.545 ··· 7/.143 1/.000 593/424 .322/.374/.518/.892 .858/.904 .936 88/.653 8/3 22/9

IP 101.2 53.1 56.0 70.0 29.1 72.1 17.2 TOTAL .247/.320/.377/.697 .615/.745 .757 .697 20/5 15/12

ERA-K/9

3.45/9.7

3.71/8.3

4.66/8.8

3.99/7.1

5.22/5.8

/0.0

2.74/10.8

4.58/11.2

4.45/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (61-19-2)
Teagarden (29-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 410/.216 228/.250 259/.304 312/.283 135/.257 / 291/.217 80/.206 .236 Cruz
Murphy
Hamilton
Garko
Borbon
Guerrero 2/0/120/11
104/1/10/7
0/56/24/4
7/0/5/1
16/4/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .615 .725 .875 .748 .739 .599 .688 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 226/.708 105/.862 117/.880 135/.878 70/.887 / 109/.596 43/.549 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 184/.503 123/.611 142/.871 177/.654 65/.588 / 182/.601 37/.868 .657

Road 160/.616 113/.775 129/.889 142/.778 65/.804 / 141/.661 37/.746

Last 28d days 110/.878 37/.722 30/.348 38/.564 28/.741 28/.269 37/.389 50/.861

HR/SB/CS 8/9/2 9/9/0 9/11/1 7/7/2 1/4/1 // 5/4/5 2/5/2 13/13/6

Usage ·····X·· ··XX···X o·····X· ······X· ····o·o· ···o·XX· ····Xo·· ·····XX·

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.