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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 8:10pm, Thursday, July 7, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 38-47, 38-47 4th, 8 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (35, RHP, 5-6, 4.19)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (5-6)			116.0	129	61	54	22	49	10	4.19
2010 (17-11)			221.0	227	95	92	37	117	24	3.75
2009 (14-12)			199.1	235	119	113	39	147	26	5.10

Last 7 GS		3-2	54.2	57	20	18	6	26	4	2.96	57
2011-07-02	MIL	ND	7.2	8	4	3	0	4	1	105	53
2011-06-26	@MIL	L	6.0	8	5	5	1	5	1	102	40
2011-06-21	@SFG	W	8.0	9	2	2	0	2	1	107	58
2011-06-15	CHW	W	9.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	96	73
2011-06-08	@CLE	ND	7.0	7	1	1	1	3	1	110	61
2011-06-03	@KCR	W	9.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	112	64
2011-05-29	LAA	L	8.0	10	5	4	0	3	0	114	47

Last 5 v.CHW		4-1	36.0	42	17	17	6	19	5	4.25	50
2011-06-15	CHW	W	9.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	96	73
2010-09-16	@CHW	W	5.0	8	5	5	2	1	3	95	30
2010-08-19	CHW	L	6.0	15	7	7	0	3	1	87	17
2010-07-17	CHW	W	9.0	7	2	2	0	6	1	104	71
2010-05-12	CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	96	60

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

 Home:   20-19   Road:   18-28   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  24-34   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  18-19
 vsEast:  8-19   vsCntrl:13-10   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Wed, Jul  6   TBR  L   5-12      38-47  4th  8.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  5   TBR  W   3-2       38-46  4th  7.0 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  4   TBR  W   7-0       37-46  4th  8.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  3   MIL  W   9-7       36-46  4th  8.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  2   MIL  L   7-8       35-46  4th  9.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  1   MIL  W   6-2       35-45  4th  8.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 29   LAD  W   1-0       34-45  4th  8.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 28   LAD  W   6-4       33-45  4th  9.0 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 27   LAD  L   0-15      32-45  4th 10.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 26  @MIL  L   2-6       32-44  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

WhiteSox, 43-45, 43-45 3rd, 4½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Philip Humber (28, RHP, 8-4, 2.69)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-4)			103.2	76	33	31	26	63	7	2.69
2010 (2-1)			21.2	22	10	10	7	16	1	4.15
2009 (0-0)			9.0	17	8	8	9	9	1	8.00

Last 7 GS		5-1	51.1	39	13	13	14	33	4	2.28	62
2011-07-02	@CHC	W	7.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	114	68
2011-06-26	WSN	L	6.2	3	2	2	3	4	1	109	61
2011-06-19	@ARI	W	7.2	7	2	2	1	5	0	105	61
2011-06-12	OAK	W	7.0	4	3	3	2	7	1	104	62
2011-06-07	SEA	W	7.2	5	1	1	3	5	0	106	67
2011-05-31	@BOS	W	7.2	9	4	4	1	5	1	97	49
2011-05-26	@TOR	ND	7.2	6	1	1	1	3	1	110	65

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   20-22   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  31-34   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 11-12   vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest: 14-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Wed, Jul  6   KCR  L   1-4       43-45  3rd  4.5 gb
 87 Tue, Jul  5   KCR  L   3-5       43-44  3rd  3.5 gb
 86 Mon, Jul  4   KCR  W   5-4       43-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  3  @CHC  L   1-3       42-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  2  @CHC  W   1-0       42-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  1  @CHC  W   6-4       41-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 82 Thu, Jun 30  @COL  W   6-4 (10)  40-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jun 29  @COL  W   3-2       39-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jun 28  @COL  L   2-3 (13)  38-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 79 Sun, Jun 26   WSN  L   1-2       38-41  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 MIN  1  CHW  0        W:Nick Blackburn (6-4), L: Mark Buehrle (6-5), S: Matt Capps (9)
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 MIN  4  CHW  1        W:Carl Pavano (4-5), L: Gavin Floyd (6-6), S: none
Wed, May 04, 2011 MIN  3 @CHW  2        W:Nick Blackburn (2-4), L: John Danks (0-5), S: Matt Capps (5)
Tue, May 03, 2011 MIN  1 @CHW  0        W:Francisco Liriano (2-4), L: Edwin Jackson (2-4), S: none

Thu, Sep 16, 2010 MIN  8 @CHW  5        W:Carl Pavano (17-11), L: Mark Buehrle (12-11), S: Matt Capps (39)
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 MIN  9 @CHW  3        W:Brian Duensing (9-2), L: Gavin Floyd (10-13), S: none
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 MIN  9 @CHW  3        W:Francisco Liriano (14-7), L: John Danks (13-11), S: none
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 CHW 11 @MIN  0        W:Mark Buehrle (12-9), L: Carl Pavano (15-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  6        W:Jeff Manship (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (8-10), S: Matt Capps (31)
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  6 (10)   W:Ron Mahay (1-1), L: Matt Thornton (3-4), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIN over 4-0; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 1074-996

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 2011 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 5.27 BAL 4.07 SEA 3.36	RA/G PHI 3.27 NYM 4.29 HOU 5.02	BA J. Reyes .354 E. Bonifacio .269 A. Dunn .166	OBP J. Bautista .468 R. Roberts .334 C. Figgins .231	SLG J. Bautista .687 C. Santana .418 C. Figgins .244	OPS J. Bautista 1.154 M. Bourn .757 C. Figgins .476	ERA J. Jurrjens 1.87 C. Carpenter 3.74 F. Carmona 5.78	K/9IP C. Kershaw 10.12 T. Cahill 6.64 C. Pavano 3.80

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.27

BAL 4.07

SEA 3.36

RA/G

PHI 3.27

NYM 4.29

HOU 5.02

J. Reyes .354

E. Bonifacio .269

A. Dunn .166

OBP

J. Bautista .468

R. Roberts .334

C. Figgins .231

SLG

J. Bautista .687

C. Santana .418

C. Figgins .244

OPS

J. Bautista 1.154

M. Bourn .757

C. Figgins .476

ERA

J. Jurrjens 1.87

C. Carpenter 3.74

F. Carmona 5.78

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.12

T. Cahill 6.64

C. Pavano 3.80

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Twins Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Humber
G/S/vB 40.Bruney
G/S/vB 26.Crain
G/S/vB 77.Ohman*
G/S/vB 49.Sale*
G/S/vB 46.Santos
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 132/101 .177/.214/.266/.480 .769/.391 .478 14/.967 0/0 1/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 278/191 .245/.315/.347/.662 .576/.708 .550 93/.686 12/3 2/9

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 15/.481 331/236 .294/.366/.480/.845 1.224/.702 .767 92/1.200 7/1 13/5

38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 175/111 .236/.293/.311/.604 .692/.554 .649 77/.539 1/2 2/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 25/.775 103/57 .223/.282/.266/.548 .529/.559 .505 65/.544 0/0 0/0

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 2/.500 93/59 .235/.286/.247/.533 .718/.427 .361 49/.631 6/1 0/1

11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 170/111 .269/.308/.306/.614 .535/.655 .647 100/.615 10/3 0/3

32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/55 .181/.244/.264/.507 .642/.452 .567 24/.212 0/0 1/0

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 7/1.000 5/.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/2.667 120/92 .235/.367/.459/.826 1.192/.719 .713 26/.846 0/0 6/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 146/112 .180/.238/.271/.508 .409/.537 .533 33/.315 1/0 0/3

19.Valencia G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/no AB 330/243 .240/.291/.396/.687 .983/.581 .659 87/.858 2/4 10/10

IP 103.2 12.1 38.2 25.0 35.0 41.0 31.1 TOTAL .245/.305/.355/.659 .701/.641 .632 .686 47/18 53/61

ERA-K/9

2.69/5.5

2.92/8.0

2.56/8.4

4.32/10.4

3.60/9.3

3.07/11.9

3.45/8.6

3.81/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (18-11-2)
Mauer (17-3-0)
Rivera (11-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 412/.201 54/.268 148/.169 108/.250 154/.252 167/.174 150/.292 .253 Cuddyer
Repko
Revere 0/0/47/3
17/3/12/2
6/28/4/2

OPS .567 .807 .529 .738 .728 .561 .743 .696

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 243/.616 19/.806 53/.397 55/.604 65/.677 82/.705 55/.677 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.497 35/.806 95/.598 53/.878 89/.765 85/.424 95/.781 .693

Home 184/.538 37/.767 89/.552 50/.579 81/.860 87/.783 81/.779

Last 28d days 111/.553 35/.775 39/.379 33/.398 44/.619 48/.693 44/.608

HR/SB/CS 7/5/1 1/2/1 3/7/1 4/1/0 3/2/1 3/3/0 2/6/1 73/75/18

Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·o ··o··Xo· oX·o··X· ·X····X· ··X··oXo ····X··o

WhiteSox Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Pavano
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 54.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 17/.765 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 4/1.000 6/1.500 9/1.500 ··· 296/224 .236/.300/.350/.650 .463/.708 .615 70/.559 2/2 7/1

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/24 .227/.292/.439/.731 .889/.428 .751 18/1.056 0/0 4/1

32.Dunn* G/S/vP 9/1.223 ··· 10/1.625 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 305/235 .166/.302/.308/.610 .249/.715 .512 72/.508 0/1 8/1

14.Konerko G/S/vP 34/1.007 2/1.500 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 18/.690 19/.872 ··· 360/282 .319/.389/.572/.961 .924/.972 .975 90/1.001 1/1 22/3

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 141/81 .256/.345/.471/.816 .865/.779 .886 40/.469 8/4 7/0

22.Morel G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 217/149 .252/.269/.305/.573 .485/.613 .562 70/.526 2/4 1/6

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 21/.666 2/.000 9/.750 4/.750 2/.000 4/2.000 6/.750 ··· 381/298 .264/.324/.312/.636 .794/.591 .676 90/.640 13/10 1/5

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 29/1.034 2/1.500 6/1.167 3/.666 6/.334 14/.368 11/.273 ··· 297/254 .296/.332/.386/.718 .654/.729 .797 78/.910 0/0 3/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP 17/.000 3/.333 4/.500 3/.666 3/1.334 3/.333 12/1.084 ··· 342/261 .253/.351/.509/.859 .898/.848 .786 82/.546 1/1 17/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 26/.654 1/.000 5/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.000 19/1.035 ··· 365/279 .269/.327/.407/.734 .672/.753 .773 92/.553 3/2 8/11

51.Rios G/S/vP 30/.781 3/.666 8/.661 ··· ··· 5/1.200 14/1.143 ··· 327/244 .216/.266/.315/.581 .676/.548 .751 85/.644 6/5 6/2

23.Teahen* G/S/vP 27/.773 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 6/.900 16/.521 7/.572 ··· 94/83 .217/.309/.313/.622 .384/.651 .812 30/.679 0/0 2/1

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 20/.721 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· 4/.250 5/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 125/109 .278/.309/.339/.648 .462/.661 .656 35/.528 1/2 0/1

IP 116.0 25.1 35.2 16.1 19.0 20.1 30.1 34.0 TOTAL .252/.319/.387/.705 .676/.714 .733 .646 37/32 86/42

ERA-K/9

4.19/3.8

6.39/6.4

4.79/5.3

6.06/3.9

5.21/5.7

6.20/8.9

1.78/9.5

3.71/3.7

4.32/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (16-4-2)
Pierzynski (59-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 492/.280 114/.284 150/.266 71/.207 95/.280 91/.241 121/.255 149/.267 .267 Rios
Quentin
Pierre
Dunn
Teahen
Lillibridge 0/83/0/4
0/0/71/2
82/0/0/2
0/0/2/0
3/0/5/0
7/10/32/0

OPS .745 .794 .729 .753 .797 .778 .633 .710 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.741 45/.909 81/.802 30/.574 47/.757 49/.573 48/.521 79/.580 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 225/.749 69/.720 69/.640 41/.896 48/.833 42/1.020 73/.712 70/.854 .761

Road 281/.812 51/.709 72/.787 45/.659 61/.610 51/1.081 53/.606 38/.842

Last 28d days 123/.748 35/.763 39/.882 34/1.086 18/1.087 17/.412 32/.677 61/.779

HR/SB/CS 10/11/2 2/4/0 6/1/0 4/1/1 0/1/3 4/4/0 0/2/1 4/0/0 82/51/22

Usage ····X··· Xo······ ·X·oX··o XX·oo··· o······· ·o·o·o·· ·o·ooo·o 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.