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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 8:10pm, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 15-27, 15-27 5th, 9 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Scott Diamond (25, LHP, 3-0, 1.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-0)			19.1	17	3	3	2	13	1	1.40
2011 (1-5)			39.0	51	25	22	17	19	3	5.08

Last 7 GS		3-3	39.2	48	16	15	13	23	2	3.40	49
2012-05-18	@MIL	W	5.1	8	3	3	1	3	1	86	42
2012-05-13	TOR	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	101	71
2012-05-08	LAA	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	102	74
2011-09-24	@CLE	ND	5.1	6	4	4	2	1	0	90	39
2011-09-19	@NYY	L	4.0	10	5	5	3	1	1	91	20
2011-09-11	@DET	L	6.0	7	2	1	4	4	0	95	52
2011-09-05	CHW	L	5.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	90	45

Last 5 v.CHW		1-1	11.0	11	5	5	5	9	1	4.09	51
2011-09-05	CHW	L	5.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	90	45
2011-08-31	@CHW	W	6.0	3	3	3	3	5	1	87	56

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

 Home:    6-14   Road:    9-13   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  11-21   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  4-11 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Tue, May 22  @CHW  W   9-2       15-27  5th  9.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 20  @MIL  L   4-16      14-27  5th  9.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19  @MIL  W   5-4 (11)  14-26  5th  9.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18  @MIL  W  11-3       13-26  5th  9.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17  @DET  W   4-3       12-26  5th 10.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16  @DET  W  11-7       11-26  5th 10.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15   CLE  L   0-5       10-26  5th 10.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14   CLE  L   4-5       10-25  5th  9.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13   TOR  W   4-3       10-24  5th  8.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12   TOR  L   1-2        9-24  5th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19

WhiteSox, 21-22, 21-22 2nd, 3½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Sale (23, LHP, 4-2, 2.91)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-2)			43.1	37	15	14	12	40	3	2.91
2011 (2-2)			71.0	52	22	22	27	79	6	2.79
2010 (2-1)			23.1	15	5	5	10	32	2	1.93

Last 7 GS		4-2	42.1	36	14	14	11	39	3	2.98	58
2012-05-17	@LAA	W	5.1	5	1	1	1	7	1	103	60
2012-05-12	KCR	L	5.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	103	42
2012-05-01	CLE	W	6.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	88	64
2012-04-25	@OAK	ND	8.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	101	67
2012-04-20	@SEA	W	6.1	7	3	3	3	11	1	110	55
2012-04-15	DET	L	5.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	102	48
2012-04-09	@CLE	W	6.2	3	1	1	2	5	0	100	67

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:    7-13   Road:   14-9    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  2-6    vsCntrl:10-11   vsWest:  6-5  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Tue, May 22   MIN  L   2-9       21-22  2nd  3.5 gb
 42 Sun, May 20  @CHC  W   6-0       21-21  2nd  2.5 gb
 41 Sat, May 19  @CHC  W   7-4       20-21  2nd  3.5 gb
 40 Fri, May 18  @CHC  W   3-2       19-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 39 Thu, May 17  @LAA  W   6-1       18-21  3rd  4.5 gb
 38 Wed, May 16  @LAA  L   2-7       17-21  3rd  4.5 gb
 37 Tue, May 15   DET  L   8-10      17-20  3rd  3.5 gb
 36 Mon, May 14   DET  W   7-5       17-19  3rd  2.5 gb
 35 Sun, May 13   KCR  L   1-9       16-19  3rd  2.5 gb
 34 Sat, May 12   KCR  L   0-5       16-18  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 22, 2012 MIN  9 @CHW  2        W:P.J. Walters (2-1), L: Gavin Floyd (3-5), S: none

Wed, Sep 07, 2011 MIN  5  CHW  4        W:Carl Pavano (8-11), L: John Danks (6-11), S: Joe Nathan (13)
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 CHW  3 @MIN  0        W:Jake Peavy (7-7), L: Liam Hendriks (0-1), S: Sergio Santos (29)
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 CHW  4 @MIN  0        W:Zach Stewart (2-3), L: Scott Diamond (1-3), S: none
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 CHW  2 @MIN  1        W:Philip Humber (9-8), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-6), S: Chris Sale (6)
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 MIN  7 @CHW  6        W:Scott Diamond (1-2), L: Jake Peavy (6-7), S: Joe Nathan (12)
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 CHW  8  MIN  6        W:Will Ohman (1-3), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-5), S: Sergio Santos (28)
Mon, Aug 29, 2011 CHW  3  MIN  0        W:Mark Buehrle (11-6), L: Kevin Slowey (0-3), S: Sergio Santos (27)
Sun, Aug 07, 2011 CHW  7 @MIN  0        W:Jake Peavy (5-5), L: Brian Duensing (8-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 CHW  6 @MIN  1        W:Zach Stewart (1-1), L: Carl Pavano (6-9), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - MIN over 1-0; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; All-Time - CHW leads 1083-1002

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 2012 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 TEX 5.43 CHW 4.09 PIT 2.91	RA/G WSN 3.26 CHW 4.05 COL 5.52	BA D. Wright .403 D. Uggla .262 I. Davis .156	OBP D. Wright .503 E. Encarnacion .330 C. Barmes .195	SLG J. Hamilton .758 A. Escobar .413 M. Byrd .242	OPS J. Hamilton 1.186 C. Johnson .750 C. Barmes .473	ERA B. Beachy 1.77 R. Romero 3.64 C. Buchholz 7.84	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.64 D. Haren 7.27 D. Lowe 2.30

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.43

CHW 4.09

PIT 2.91

RA/G

WSN 3.26

CHW 4.05

COL 5.52

D. Wright .403

D. Uggla .262

I. Davis .156

OBP

D. Wright .503

E. Encarnacion .330

C. Barmes .195

SLG

J. Hamilton .758

A. Escobar .413

M. Byrd .242

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.186

C. Johnson .750

C. Barmes .473

ERA

B. Beachy 1.77

R. Romero 3.64

C. Buchholz 7.84

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.64

D. Haren 7.27

D. Lowe 2.30

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Twins Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Sale*
G/S/vB 26.Crain
G/S/vB 65.Jones
G/S/vB 77.Ohman*
G/S/vB 43.Reed
G/S/vB 53.Santiago*
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

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.250 1/.000 28/21 .360/.429/.480/.909 .143/1.155 1.321 28/.909 0/0 0/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 173/130 .227/.318/.267/.584 .720/.539 .505 90/.580 4/3 0/1

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 112/82 .236/.277/.292/.569 .864/.462 .531 62/.534 6/0 0/2

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 130/95 .272/.338/.456/.795 .812/.788 .761 74/.989 0/0 5/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 69/60 .262/.275/.400/.675 1.000/.624 .557 69/.675 0/0 2/1

25.Komatsu* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/52 .216/.293/.216/.509 .900/.465 .347 39/.543 0/0 0/1

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/21 .150/.227/.150/.377 .000/.396 .333 22/.377 0/0 0/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.500 29/.666 177/130 .293/.401/.400/.801 1.024/.724 .727 94/.791 2/0 1/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 23/.260 109/79 .240/.321/.490/.811 .167/1.084 1.067 37/.782 0/0 6/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 1/no AB 92/60 .152/.272/.329/.601 .784/.511 .628 64/.681 0/0 4/3

11.Revere* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 8/.000 3/1.000 42/35 .270/.341/.432/.774 .629/.792 .761 26/.924 2/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 8/.167 172/125 .295/.360/.365/.726 .654/.751 .573 89/.643 5/3 0/1

16.Willingham G/S/vP 4/.833 4/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 161/127 .289/.404/.578/.982 .957/.987 .743 85/.865 1/0 8/2

IP 43.1 9.2 20.1 15.2 13.1 15.0 16.2 17.1 TOTAL .243/.319/.369/.687 .724/.675 .624 .673 21/7 28/20

ERA-K/9

2.91/8.3

1.86/13.0

1.33/8.4

6.32/2.9

4.05/11.5

4.20/10.8

3.78/5.4

3.63/6.8

3.87/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-1-1)
Doumit (8-3-1)
Mauer (15-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.224 40/.171 79/.211 63/.224 58/.200 71/.290 72/.304 75/.286 .237 Willingham
Span
Plouffe
Komatsu
Mastroianni
Doumit
Revere 37/0/0/2
0/38/0/1
0/0/14/1
2/5/10/1
2/1/4/1
0/0/6/0
2/2/6/0

OPS .632 .618 .545 .665 .610 .936 .802 .748 .688

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.623 17/1.162 32/.225 35/.385 23/.408 31/.915 28/.500 31/.612 .665

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.635 23/.174 47/.764 28/1.011 35/.751 40/.954 44/1.004 44/.840 .707

Home 68/.691 17/.919 49/.575 40/.757 31/.942 28/.847 59/.644 23/.733

Last 28d days 74/.617 12/.542 49/.660 42/.604 30/.817 40/.703 57/.729 37/1.038

HR/SB/CS 3/3/2 2/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 0/0/0 5/0/0 3/2/1 2/0/0 45/11/12

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Diamond*
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 60.Gray
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 4/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 6/1.167 20/.668 2/.500 10/1.333 7/.143 153/118 .210/.275/.370/.644 .580/.663 .573 98/.729 1/1 5/2

30.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.166 187/139 .280/.360/.415/.775 .490/.871 .726 108/.721 8/4 3/1

32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 12/1.317 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 6/.167 185/130 .243/.389/.588/.977 .704/1.097 .946 107/1.063 0/1 14/0

38.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/41 .140/.213/.209/.422 .571/.392 .477 31/.419 1/0 0/1

17.Flowers G/S/vP 5/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 5/1.350 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 31/17 .214/.290/.500/.790 1.071/.508 .930 17/.978 1/0 2/0

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.400 5/.800 5/.500 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 50/44 .171/.280/.195/.475 .583/.462 .227 26/.369 0/1 0/0

5.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 132/90 .218/.265/.323/.588 .697/.537 .666 70/.597 3/2 1/2

14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/1.167 1/.000 8/.268 22/.673 2/1.000 24/.899 9/.873 165/123 .371/.455/.608/1.063 .968/1.092 .969 87/1.085 0/0 8/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 6/1.700 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 48/34 .190/.255/.214/.470 .220/.579 .552 28/.509 7/1 0/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 9/.777 12/.666 1/.000 13/.231 5/.600 148/119 .295/.331/.475/.806 .845/.796 .893 87/.684 0/0 6/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.334 4/1.750 1/3.000 9/1.000 22/.888 2/1.000 23/1.031 10/.500 175/137 .204/.227/.257/.484 .678/.430 .568 100/.441 3/1 1/4

51.Rios G/S/vP 6/.666 5/.650 1/2.000 11/.473 16/.388 1/.000 17/1.059 5/1.200 166/130 .268/.331/.369/.700 .531/.745 .574 99/.536 4/3 1/1

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 3/.666 6/.533 136/107 .242/.265/.417/.681 .759/.660 .699 83/.788 0/0 7/0

IP 19.1 23.2 15.2 16.0 21.0 18.0 17.0 32.1 TOTAL .246/.314/.395/.709 .663/.723 .697 .697 29/13 47/19

ERA-K/9

1.40/6.1

2.66/3.8

4.60/9.2

3.38/5.1

1.71/5.6

4.50/6.0

4.24/10.6

4.73/5.3

5.35/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (1-6-0)
Pierzynski (10-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 74/.236 101/.264 59/.164 62/.213 79/.178 83/.260 71/.262 132/.250 .282 Viciedo
De Aza
Lillibridge
Dunn
Rios
Fukudome 36/0/0/3
0/42/0/0
15/2/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/40/0
9/1/4/0

OPS .604 .671 .548 .554 .446 .760 .760 .690 .804

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.455 40/.507 24/.833 30/.333 33/.345 27/.812 22/.909 64/.634 .803

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.630 61/.764 35/.371 32/.765 46/.517 56/.737 49/.693 68/.742 .805

Road 23/1.028 59/.741 28/.660 23/.304 42/.463 52/.958 28/.417 68/.824

Last 28d days 74/.604 54/.695 30/.588 34/.388 50/.416 42/.919 39/.619 48/.455

HR/SB/CS 1/6/1 2/3/0 3/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/1 5/0/1 59/31/7

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