Thursday, September 15, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, September 15, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 73-75, 73-75 2nd, 13½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (32, LHP, 11-8, 3.58)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (11-8)			186.0	196	84	74	41	100	18	3.58
2010 (13-13)			210.1	246	105	100	49	99	17	4.28
2009 (13-10)			213.1	222	97	91	45	105	27	3.84

Last 7 GS		3-3	46.0	51	29	24	9	26	5	4.70	47
2011-09-09	CLE	L	5.2	8	7	7	2	4	2	107	27
2011-09-04	@DET	L	3.1	10	8	7	2	4	0	88	12
2011-08-29	MIN	W	7.2	4	0	0	2	4	0	109	73
2011-08-23	@LAA	ND	6.0	7	4	3	1	2	1	114	45
2011-08-17	CLE	L	7.1	12	4	4	2	3	0	115	39
2011-08-11	@BAL	W	8.0	6	3	3	0	6	1	104	64
2011-08-05	@MIN	W	8.0	4	3	0	0	3	1	94	71

Last 5 v.KCR		2-0	33.0	34	13	13	9	15	1	3.55	52
2011-07-18	@KCR	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	111	61
2011-07-04	KCR	ND	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	101	54
2011-04-06	@KCR	ND	5.0	8	5	5	2	2	0	86	31
2010-09-10	KCR	ND	7.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	110	51
2010-07-09	KCR	W	7.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	114	64

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

 Home:   33-42   Road:   40-33   ExtrInn: 7-11
 vsRHP:  51-56   vsLHP:  22-19   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:28-33   vsWest: 19-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Wed, Sep 14   DET  L   5-6 (10)  73-75  2nd 13.5 gb
147 Tue, Sep 13   DET  L   0-5       73-74  2nd 12.5 gb
146 Mon, Sep 12   DET  L   4-14      73-73  2nd 11.5 gb
145 Sun, Sep 11   CLE  L   3-7       73-72  2nd 10.5 gb
144 Sat, Sep 10   CLE  W   7-3 (10)  73-71  2nd  9.5 gb
143 Fri, Sep  9   CLE  L   4-8       72-71  2nd  9.5 gb
142 Thu, Sep  8   CLE  W   8-1       72-70  2nd  8.5 gb
141 Wed, Sep  7  @MIN  L   4-5       71-70  2nd  9.0 gb
140 Tue, Sep  6  @MIN  W   3-0       71-69  2nd  8.0 gb
139 Mon, Sep  5  @MIN  W   4-0       70-69  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Royals, 64-86, 64-86 4th, 23½ GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Francis (30, LHP, 5-16, 4.88)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (5-16)			177.0	216	100	96	37	89	19	4.88
2010 (4-6)			104.1	119	61	58	23	67	11	5.00
2008 (4-10)			143.2	164	84	80	49	94	21	5.01

Last 7 GS		1-5	36.1	52	26	26	11	16	6	6.44	39
2011-09-09	@SEA	L	3.1	9	5	5	0	3	2	69	25
2011-09-04	CLE	L	5.0	9	4	4	3	0	0	96	30
2011-08-30	@DET	ND	6.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	90	70
2011-08-25	@TOR	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	92	54
2011-08-19	BOS	L	5.0	11	5	5	2	1	1	91	24
2011-08-14	@CHW	L	3.2	10	6	6	2	1	1	83	16
2011-08-09	@TBR	L	7.0	5	4	4	0	4	1	80	55

Last 5 v.CHW		0-2	28.1	41	19	19	8	11	5	6.04	39
2011-08-14	@CHW	L	3.2	10	6	6	2	1	1	83	16
2011-07-04	@CHW	ND	6.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	95	54
2011-04-06	CHW	ND	6.2	8	2	2	1	4	1	97	53
2008-06-13	@CHW	ND	6.0	4	4	4	3	0	2	96	45
2005-06-08	CHW	L	6.0	12	5	5	2	2	0	100	28

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

 Home:   36-39   Road:   28-47   ExtrInn:10-8 
 vsRHP:  49-62   vsLHP:  15-24   1-Run:  23-31
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:25-35   vsWest: 18-17 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
150 Wed, Sep 14   MIN  W   7-3       64-86  4th 23.5 gb
149 Tue, Sep 13   MIN  W   4-0       63-86  4th 23.5 gb
148 Sun, Sep 11  @SEA  W   2-1       62-86  4th 23.0 gb
147 Sat, Sep 10  @SEA  W   4-2       61-86  4th 23.0 gb
146 Fri, Sep  9  @SEA  L   3-7       60-86  4th 23.0 gb
145 Thu, Sep  8  @SEA  L   1-4       60-85  4th 22.0 gb
144 Wed, Sep  7  @OAK  L   0-7       60-84  4th 21.5 gb
143 Tue, Sep  6  @OAK  W   7-4       60-83  4th 20.5 gb
142 Mon, Sep  5  @OAK  W  11-6       59-83  4th 20.5 gb
141 Sun, Sep  4   CLE  L   6-9       58-83  5th 20.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 CHW  6  KCR  2        W:John Danks (5-9), L: Jeff Francis (4-13), S: none
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 CHW  5  KCR  4        W:Jesse Crain (7-3), L: Luke Hochevar (8-9), S: Chris Sale (4)
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 KCR  5 @CHW  1        W:Bruce Chen (7-5), L: Zach Stewart (1-2), S: Greg Holland (2)
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 KCR  2  CHW  1 (11)   W:Aaron Crow (3-2), L: Chris Sale (2-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 KCR  4  CHW  2        W:Danny Duffy (2-4), L: Jake Peavy (4-4), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 CHW  5 @KCR  2        W:Mark Buehrle (7-5), L: Kyle Davies (1-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 KCR  4 @CHW  1        W:Bruce Chen (5-2), L: Edwin Jackson (5-7), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 KCR  5 @CHW  3        W:Felipe Paulino (1-6), L: Jake Peavy (4-2), S: Joakim Soria (14)
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 CHW  5  KCR  4        W:Sergio Santos (3-3), L: Aaron Crow (2-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 CHW 10 @KCR  7 (12)   W:Chris Sale (1-0), L: Sean O'Sullivan (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - KCR over 6-5; 2010 - CHW won 10-8; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 340-297

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 5.44 CLE 4.20 SEA 3.40	RA/G PHI 3.25 STL 4.30 BAL 5.23	BA A. Gonzalez .340 N. Walker .271 K. Johnson .211	OBP J. Bautista .444 S. Castro .340 V. Wells .251	SLG J. Bautista .628 C. Santana .445 O. Cabrera .302	OPS J. Bautista 1.072 Y. Molina .781 O. Cabrera .571	ERA C. Kershaw 2.30 E. Jackson 3.71 J. Lackey 6.19	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.60 J. Zimmermann 6.92 B. Penny 3.71

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.44

CLE 4.20

SEA 3.40

RA/G

PHI 3.25

STL 4.30

BAL 5.23

A. Gonzalez .340

N. Walker .271

K. Johnson .211

OBP

J. Bautista .444

S. Castro .340

V. Wells .251

SLG

J. Bautista .628

C. Santana .445

O. Cabrera .302

OPS

J. Bautista 1.072

Y. Molina .781

O. Cabrera .571

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.30

E. Jackson 3.71

J. Lackey 6.19

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.60

J. Zimmermann 6.92

B. Penny 3.71

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WhiteSox Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB 47.Adcock
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
G/S/vB 46.Coleman
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 23.Duffy*
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 59.Paulino
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.666 3/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 3/.000 505/379 .228/.289/.327/.616 .547/.639 .617 86/.512 5/2 9/5

30.de Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 129/114 .316/.375/.547/.922 .641/.957 .689 82/1.005 9/4 4/1

32.Dunn* G/S/vP 17/.686 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 7/1.262 3/.000 ··· ··· 448/348 .162/.292/.285/.577 .236/.674 .590 28/.298 0/1 11/4

62.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .500/.500/.500/1.000 1.000/1.000 .667 4/1.000 0/0 0/0

17.Flowers G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 101/65 .209/.317/.384/.701 .465/.841 .540 67/.564 0/1 3/2

14.Konerko G/S/vP 15/1.071 1/no AB 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 3/1.334 3/2.334 14/.607 ··· 6/.167 600/462 .309/.397/.528/.924 .891/.934 .857 100/.737 1/1 29/5

55.Lucy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .333/.333/.500/.833 3.000/.400 1.667 3/1.667 0/0 0/0

22.Morel G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 394/271 .255/.290/.360/.651 .607/.671 .659 92/.865 4/4 7/12

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 39/.959 1/.000 4/.500 2/.500 1/3.000 2/.500 4/.833 3/1.667 4/1.417 4/.500 2/1.000 3/.500 654/495 .284/.336/.337/.673 .785/.637 .662 112/.666 26/14 2/6

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/2.000 18/.708 ··· 1/2.000 452/377 .282/.322/.395/.717 .763/.708 .646 50/.455 0/0 6/4

20.Quentin G/S/vP 18/.410 1/no AB 3/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/1.167 12/.788 ··· 2/.500 483/362 .254/.340/.499/.838 .943/.804 .988 6/.500 1/1 24/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.730 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.833 3/.000 ··· 10/.311 ··· 5/.000 625/476 .264/.324/.399/.723 .758/.711 .715 108/.665 7/4 14/16

51.Rios G/S/vP 12/.349 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 7/.762 ··· 2/.000 535/389 .224/.260/.331/.591 .654/.566 .526 92/.692 11/6 10/3

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 68/50 .305/.397/.373/.770 1.411/.547 .795 68/.770 1/0 1/0

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 26/.721 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 178/153 .245/.282/.294/.576 .444/.591 .568 9/.347 1/2 0/1

IP 177.0 57.1 6.2 55.0 63.2 59.1 105.1 56.2 122.1 60.1 33.0 63.0 TOTAL .253/.319/.388/.708 .718/.704 .685 .697 76/47 140/71

ERA-K/9

4.88/4.5

4.55/5.5

6.75/6.7

2.62/9.5

3.53/8.1

2.88/9.4

5.64/7.4

1.91/10.8

4.49/8.3

4.03/9.0

2.73/5.5

3.86/8.3

4.49/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (23-7-3)
Lucy (0-1-0)
Pierzynski (82-21-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 777/.299 253/.276 31/.321 224/.205 281/.215 252/.232 474/.287 219/.177 524/.277 256/.259 127/.226 273/.250 .268 Pierre
Rios
Quentin
de Aza
Viciedo
Dunn 141/0/0/5
0/133/0/5
0/0/102/2
3/13/23/1
0/0/10/1
0/0/2/0

OPS .792 .781 .994 .665 .677 .708 .864 .520 .769 .709 .675 .715 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.665 113/.753 14/.619 83/.729 131/.678 115/.911 126/.811 98/.521 288/.781 137/.631 58/.562 134/.725 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 600/.831 140/.804 17/1.283 141/.626 150/.675 137/.534 348/.882 121/.520 236/.755 119/.793 69/.760 139/.705 .765

Home 376/.765 96/.649 23/1.106 121/.668 138/.747 130/.658 214/.864 96/.325 218/.811 142/.561 81/.842 127/.529

Last 28d days 123/.945 38/.766 24/.879 32/1.215 37/.585 23/1.266 95/.785 47/.507 100/.698 34/.509 49/.365 49/.932

HR/SB/CS 19/17/5 5/5/1 2/1/0 7/2/4 4/7/1 8/6/1 15/11/9 3/1/0 12/10/2 7/0/1 5/3/1 5/5/3 151/112/45

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

Royals Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Butler G/S/vP 58/.888 ··· 13/.616 5/.200 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 5/1.400 5/.400 3/2.334 10/.500 622/465 .291/.363/.458/.822 .921/.789 .850 110/.806 1/1 18/0

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 23/1.391 ··· 6/.367 10/.800 ··· ··· 7/.429 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.000 661/457 .299/.333/.463/.795 .745/.818 .706 111/.656 18/9 17/3

2.Escobar G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 558/419 .249/.285/.331/.615 .550/.636 .536 84/.565 24/7 3/15

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 9/.958 ··· 6/1.167 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 619/463 .283/.330/.471/.800 1.001/.735 .814 102/.868 21/10 18/5

17.Getz* G/S/vP 8/.286 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/1.200 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 422/312 .254/.313/.281/.594 .636/.579 .628 25/.519 21/7 0/6

9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 145/113 .226/.262/.343/.605 .595/.608 .849 90/.516 4/2 2/3

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 27/.893 ··· 7/.286 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 9/1.000 2/1.500 4/3.000 9/.730 661/461 .303/.373/.505/.878 .835/.897 .941 111/.977 16/8 22/4

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 3/.666 2/.000 508/363 .286/.333/.458/.791 .581/.875 .752 108/1.000 10/5 17/7

12.Maier* G/S/vP 31/.823 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 8/.393 100/62 .250/.360/.369/.729 .645/.783 .750 12/.778 1/0 0/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 319/235 .238/.287/.306/.593 .451/.643 .513 95/.828 0/0 2/9

24.Navarro G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 57/34 .231/.298/.346/.644 .670/.624 .715 8/.250 0/0 1/2

27.Pena# G/S/vP 14/.814 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 234/166 .250/.291/.343/.633 .607/.644 .487 22/.325 0/0 3/2

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 112/90 .302/.330/.415/.745 1.124/.657 .520 81/.856 0/0 1/2

IP 186.0 8.0 62.1 57.1 12.2 6.0 47.0 4.2 65.1 59.1 58.1 53.1 TOTAL .270/.326/.406/.732 .724/.735 .721 .772 140/54 116/86

ERA-K/9

3.58/4.8

2.25/11.2

2.31/9.5

3.30/8.8

5.68/9.9

12.00/9.0

4.40/9.6

1.93/15.3

2.76/9.9

3.34/13.1

4.63/6.5

3.54/9.6

3.99/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (48-26-4)
Perez (23-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 772/.273 35/.250 252/.208 247/.247 56/.314 34/.379 206/.257 21/.300 266/.201 240/.172 248/.295 238/.265 .258 Gordon
Francoeur
Cabrera
Maier
Navarro 142/0/0/20
0/0/145/16
8/138/2/13
8/9/10/1
3/0/0/0

OPS .716 .721 .626 .745 .806 1.091 .771 .683 .607 .583 .790 .667 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.705 21/.825 98/.464 119/.799 24/.962 18/1.171 104/.715 9/.222 121/.535 117/.726 128/.791 102/.596 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 559/.719 14/.571 154/.725 128/.697 32/.689 16/1.000 102/.830 12/1.045 145/.670 123/.450 120/.788 136/.720 .705

Road 382/.733 9/.708 99/.562 102/.662 24/.683 16/1.625 83/.893 9/.889 124/.573 106/.427 129/.765 96/.626

Last 28d days 103/.821 35/.721 30/.670 34/.753 56/.806 34/1.091 26/1.026 21/.683 34/.526 33/.906 99/.648 33/.531

HR/SB/CS 18/3/6 1/1/0 6/11/2 7/10/2 0/0/0 1/1/0 8/1/1 0/0/0 6/3/2 6/5/0 6/5/2 3/9/2 130/121/33

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