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Game Preview: TOR @ CHW, 2:10 pm, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Blue Jays, 80-81, 80-81 4th, 17 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Morrow (26, RHP, 11-11, 4.78)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (11-11)			173.1	157	101	92	64	196	20	4.78
2010 (10-7)			146.1	136	76	73	66	178	11	4.49
2009 (2-4)			69.2	66	38	34	44	63	10	4.39

Last 7 GS		2-4	40.2	42	29	27	14	42	10	5.98	47
2011-09-23	@TBR	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	9	0	113	78
2011-09-18	NYY	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	107	81
2011-09-13	@BOS	L	5.1	7	7	5	1	2	2	97	31
2011-09-07	BOS	ND	4.1	8	8	8	1	5	2	95	19
2011-09-02	@NYY	L	6.0	4	3	3	3	8	1	116	57
2011-08-28	TBR	L	5.1	6	5	5	3	5	3	114	38
2011-08-23	KCR	L	4.2	11	6	6	1	5	2	103	22

Last 5 v.CHW		0-1	16.2	18	11	10	9	13	2	5.40	45
2011-05-26	CHW	ND	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	102	68
2010-04-14	CHW	L	4.0	8	7	7	1	3	2	87	20
2009-09-17	CHW	ND	5.2	6	3	2	6	5	0	97	46

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

 Home:   42-39   Road:   38-42   ExtrInn:13-4 
 vsRHP:  57-62   vsLHP:  23-19   1-Run:  28-28
 vsEast: 33-39   vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest: 22-17 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27  @CHW  L   1-2       80-81  4th 17.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26  @CHW  L   3-4       80-80  4th 17.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25  @TBR  L   2-5       80-79  4th 17.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24  @TBR  L   2-6       80-78  4th 16.5 gb
157 Fri, Sep 23  @TBR  W   5-1       80-77  4th 15.5 gb
156 Thu, Sep 22   LAA  W   4-3 (12)  79-77  4th 16.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 21   LAA  L   2-7       78-77  4th 17.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 20   LAA  L   6-10      78-76  4th 15.5 gb
153 Mon, Sep 19   LAA  W   3-2 (10)  78-75  4th 14.5 gb
152 Sun, Sep 18   NYY  W   3-0       77-75  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

WhiteSox, 79-82, 79-82 3rd, 15 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Philip Humber (28, RHP, 9-9, 3.86)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (9-9)			156.1	149	70	67	37	107	14	3.86
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		1-2	38.2	49	23	22	7	30	6	5.12	47
2011-09-22	@CLE	L	6.0	8	7	7	2	4	2	100	30
2011-09-16	@KCR	ND	6.0	9	6	5	2	4	1	107	34
2011-09-10	CLE	ND	6.0	7	2	2	0	7	0	73	57
2011-09-05	@MIN	W	7.0	6	0	0	0	6	0	100	71
2011-08-18	CLE	ND	1.1	3	0	0	0	3	0	26	51
2011-08-10	@BAL	ND	6.0	11	4	4	1	3	2	95	36
2011-08-04	NYY	L	6.1	5	4	4	2	3	1	94	48

Last 5 v.TOR		0-0	7.2	6	1	1	1	3	1	1.17	65
2011-05-26	@TOR	ND	7.2	6	1	1	1	3	1	110	65

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

 Home:   36-44   Road:   43-38   ExtrInn: 7-11
 vsRHP:  55-60   vsLHP:  24-22   1-Run:  24-24
 vsEast: 17-19   vsCntrl:32-40   vsWest: 19-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27   TOR  W   2-1       79-82  3rd 15.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26   TOR  W   4-3       78-82  3rd 15.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25   KCR  L   1-2       77-82  3rd 15.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24   KCR  W   6-3       77-81  3rd 14.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 23   KCR  L   1-11      76-81  3rd 15.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 22  @CLE  L   2-11      76-80  3rd 14.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 21  @CLE  W   8-4       76-79  3rd 14.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 20  @CLE  W   5-4       75-79  3rd 14.0 gb
153 Tue, Sep 20  @CLE  L   3-4       74-79  3rd 14.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 18  @KCR  W  10-5       74-78  3rd 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 CHW  2  TOR  1        W:Mark Buehrle (13-9), L: Henderson Alvarez (1-3), S: Chris Sale (8)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 CHW  4  TOR  3        W:Dylan Axelrod (1-0), L: Dustin McGowan (0-2), S: Sergio Santos (30)
Sun, May 29, 2011 TOR 13  CHW  4        W:Ricky Romero (5-4), L: John Danks (0-8), S: none
Sat, May 28, 2011 TOR  9  CHW  8 (14)   W:Luis Perez (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (5-5), S: none
Fri, May 27, 2011 TOR  4  CHW  2        W:Casey Janssen (2-0), L: Mark Buehrle (4-4), S: Jon Rauch (6)
Thu, May 26, 2011 CHW  3 @TOR  1        W:Jesse Crain (2-1), L: Marc Rzepczynski (2-1), S: Sergio Santos (8)

Sun, May 09, 2010 TOR  9 @CHW  7        W:Jason Frasor (2-1), L: Bobby Jenks (1-1), S: Kevin Gregg (9)
Sat, May 08, 2010 CHW  7  TOR  3        W:Jake Peavy (2-2), L: Brett Cecil (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 07, 2010 TOR  7 @CHW  4 (12)   W:Scott Downs (1-3), L: J.J. Putz (0-2), S: none
Thu, May 06, 2010 TOR  2 @CHW  0        W:Dana Eveland (3-1), L: John Danks (3-1), S: Kevin Gregg (8)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 3-3; 2010 - TOR won 5-3; 2009 - TOR won 6-1; All-Time - TOR leads 186-163

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 BOS 5.42 TBR 4.34 SEA 3.45	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.34 BAL 5.32	BA M. Cabrera .343 J. Rollins .271 V. Wells .218	OBP J. Bautista .449 M. Teixeira .340 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .612 N. Swisher .447 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.060 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 A. Sanchez 3.67 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.70 C. Narveson 7.01 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.42

TBR 4.34

SEA 3.45

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.34

BAL 5.32

M. Cabrera .343

J. Rollins .271

V. Wells .218

OBP

J. Bautista .449

M. Teixeira .340

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .612

N. Swisher .447

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.060

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

A. Sanchez 3.67

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.70

C. Narveson 7.01

B. Penny 3.67

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Blue Jays Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Humber
G/S/vB 39.Axelrod
G/S/vB 26.Crain
G/S/vB 58.Frasor
G/S/vB 52.Kinney
G/S/vB 66.Lindsay
G/S/vB 77.Ohman*
G/S/vB 43.Reed
G/S/vB 49.Sale*
G/S/vB 46.Santos
G/S/vB 48.Stewart
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Arencibia G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 482/367 .220/.280/.440/.720 .832/.684 .727 81/.663 1/1 23/6

19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 8/.375 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/3.000 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 651/499 .304/.449/.612/1.060 1.165/1.029 1.058 108/.874 9/5 43/8

30.Cooper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 77/64 .209/.286/.403/.689 .615/.704 .604 36/.892 0/0 2/4

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 2/3.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 530/395 .272/.334/.453/.787 .845/.767 .680 87/.666 8/2 17/12

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 609/449 .221/.302/.411/.714 .611/.752 .725 97/.701 16/6 21/10

26.Lind* G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.000 542/393 .251/.295/.439/.734 .639/.771 .721 75/.630 1/1 26/4

39.Loewen* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 36/30 .188/.278/.313/.590 .167/.670 .389 36/.590 0/0 1/3

18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 223/150 .202/.294/.275/.568 .489/.605 .503 100/.503 12/2 2/5

8.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 190/129 .282/.344/.418/.762 .766/.759 .789 28/.567 2/1 3/1

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 522/372 .226/.299/.393/.693 .670/.701 .750 44/.303 5/2 14/6

20.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/.000 2/2.000 9/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 16/1.105 173/143 .196/.262/.297/.559 .379/.598 .455 23/.714 0/1 4/1

46.Thames* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 389/300 .263/.314/.457/.771 .652/.807 .718 101/.654 2/1 12/2

3.Wise* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/82 .206/.235/.309/.545 .300/.607 .696 20/.700 6/2 2/2

25.Woodward G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0

IP 156.1 18.2 65.1 60.0 17.2 6.0 53.0 7.1 70.2 63.0 67.1 58.1 TOTAL .250/.317/.414/.731 .759/.721 .702 .674 131/52 186/110

ERA-K/9

3.86/6.2

2.89/9.1

2.62/9.6

3.60/8.6

6.62/10.2

12.00/9.0

4.25/9.2

3.68/14.8

2.55/10.1

3.57/13.1

5.88/6.0

3.39/9.6

4.11/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (87-28-12)
Molina (24-12-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 650/.248 82/.257 268/.215 261/.257 81/.319 34/.379 231/.256 33/.313 282/.197 259/.182 297/.331 258/.260 .261 Bautista
Rasmus
McCoy
Thames
Wise
Loewen
Teahen 0/0/116/13
0/126/0/4
0/16/5/2
52/0/27/2
13/37/1/1
1/3/3/0
6/0/9/0

OPS .659 .699 .655 .770 .881 1.091 .748 .802 .590 .599 .907 .660 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 394/.712 51/.682 103/.506 126/.841 39/.965 18/1.171 117/.679 16/.875 128/.515 129/.723 151/.900 113/.625 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.578 31/.725 165/.744 135/.706 42/.805 16/1.000 114/.820 17/.728 154/.655 130/.476 146/.914 145/.687 .714

Home 284/.637 50/.591 160/.698 153/.826 32/.902 18/.600 134/.664 12/.523 148/.624 144/.720 142/.975 151/.664

Last 28d days 107/.726 82/.699 31/1.035 29/.859 55/.987 34/1.091 43/.910 33/.802 34/.526 41/1.085 100/.928 44/.565

HR/SB/CS 14/13/3 1/1/0 7/13/2 7/10/2 1/0/0 1/1/0 8/2/1 1/0/0 6/3/4 6/5/0 11/6/2 3/13/2 147/135/37

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Morrow
G/S/vB 37.Alvarez
G/S/vB 58.Beck
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 34.Carreno
G/S/vB 49.Farquhar
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 35.Lewis*
G/S/vB 51.Litsch
G/S/vB 29.McGowan
G/S/vB 47.Perez*
G/S/vB 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 9/.873 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 553/415 .228/.295/.329/.624 .541/.652 .614 96/.615 5/3 9/8

30.de Aza* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 167/146 .322/.392/.517/.908 .702/.938 1.022 85/.878 12/5 4/1

32.Dunn* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 23/.777 496/381 .159/.292/.277/.569 .309/.646 .544 60/.508 0/1 11/4

62.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .286/.286/.286/.571 .667/.500 1.000 7/.571 0/0 0/0

17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 125/83 .213/.304/.417/.721 .431/.871 .861 50/.626 0/1 5/2

14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· 19/.757 ··· ··· 4/1.167 7/.286 ··· 5/.400 10/.786 ··· 3/1.667 639/486 .300/.388/.517/.906 .847/.924 .997 92/.643 1/1 31/5

55.Lucy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .286/.286/.429/.714 3.000/.333 .000 2/1.500 0/0 0/0

22.Morel G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 440/302 .247/.290/.369/.659 .683/.648 .618 99/.934 5/4 10/14

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 7/.762 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 8/1.071 1/.000 11/.473 706/531 .281/.332/.330/.662 .766/.627 .665 117/.619 27/17 2/7

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/.708 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 4/.750 496/409 .287/.324/.407/.730 .808/.714 .773 94/.648 0/0 8/4

20.Quentin G/S/vP 7/.953 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/1.666 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 483/362 .254/.340/.499/.838 .943/.804 .688 2/.000 1/1 24/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.000 ··· 5/2.600 ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.250 680/516 .267/.326/.396/.722 .715/.724 .710 116/.737 7/5 15/16

51.Rios G/S/vP 12/.334 ··· ··· 11/1.255 ··· ··· 8/.125 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 570/412 .227/.265/.348/.613 .704/.578 .694 82/.875 11/6 13/3

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 109/74 .265/.339/.327/.666 1.020/.496 .690 93/.537 1/0 1/0

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 182/155 .251/.287/.305/.592 .400/.618 .582 12/.583 1/2 0/1

IP 173.1 63.2 2.1 65.1 15.2 2.0 49.2 54.2 5.0 75.0 21.0 65.0 107.0 TOTAL .252/.319/.388/.707 .720/.702 .723 .698 81/53 153/79

ERA-K/9

4.78/10.2

3.53/5.7

0.00/11.7

4.27/4.4

1.15/8.0

13.50/4.5

3.62/9.4

2.30/8.4

9.00/9.0

4.44/7.9

6.43/8.6

5.12/7.5

4.04/5.7

4.34/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (25-8-3)
Lucy (0-1-0)
Pierzynski (94-24-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 750/.238 259/.262 8/.125 289/.302 59/.200 11/.500 214/.246 220/.232 31/.444 317/.245 96/.247 294/.287 454/.251 .257 Pierre
Rios
de Aza
Viciedo
Quentin
Dunn 154/0/0/5
0/143/0/5
4/18/31/2
0/0/20/2
0/0/102/2
0/0/2/0

OPS .703 .717 .250 .823 .563 1.170 .725 .603 1.220 .743 .823 .823 .696 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 428/.642 144/.698 2/1.000 137/.905 26/.683 4/1.750 132/.826 117/.549 12/1.383 177/.845 52/.977 116/.697 241/.713 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 322/.785 115/.738 6/.000 152/.748 33/.470 7/.829 82/.564 103/.666 19/1.121 140/.618 44/.645 178/.907 213/.677 .732

Road 337/.589 102/.602 4/.000 125/.765 15/.718 8/1.425 77/.604 72/.372 10/1.389 152/.665 20/.838 160/.736 247/.658

Last 28d days 129/.703 132/.750 8/.250 32/.435 27/.302 11/1.170 36/.691 39/.722 13/1.365 52/.766 96/.823 60/1.276 42/.667

HR/SB/CS 20/17/5 8/1/2 0/0/0 3/8/2 1/0/1 0/0/0 7/13/1 2/2/3 1/0/0 10/2/1 4/4/0 9/2/3 11/13/1 178/111/40

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

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.