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Game Preview: HOU @ CHW, 4:10pm, Saturday, June 9, 2012 @U.S. Cellular Field

Astros, 25-33, 25-33 5th, 7½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Jordan Lyles (21, RHP, 1-1, 4.97)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-1)			29.0	30	20	16	11	21	6	4.97
2011 (2-8)			94.0	107	61	56	26	67	14	5.36

Last 7 GS		2-2	39.1	44	29	23	16	28	9	5.26	44
2012-06-03	CIN	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	101	60
2012-05-28	@COL	ND	5.0	6	6	4	2	3	1	81	36
2012-05-20	TEX	L	5.0	9	6	6	3	6	1	117	28
2012-05-15	@PHI	ND	6.0	6	3	1	1	4	2	93	55
2012-04-29	@CIN	ND	6.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	95	54
2011-08-20	SFG	W	5.0	7	2	0	2	4	0	86	51
2011-08-14	@LAD	L	5.1	7	7	7	3	3	3	98	26

Has never faced CHW as starter.

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

 Home:   18-14   Road:    7-19   ExtrInn: 0-6 
 vsRHP:  17-26   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  4-9  IL: 2-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Fri, Jun  8  @CHW  W   8-3       25-33  5th  7.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  7   STL  L   2-14      24-33  5th  7.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  6   STL  L   3-4       24-32  5th  7.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  5   STL  W   9-8       24-31  4th  6.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  3   CIN  W   5-3       23-31  5th  7.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  2   CIN  L   9-12      22-31  5th  8.5 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  1   CIN  L   1-4       22-30  5th  7.5 gb
 51 Thu, May 31  @COL  L   5-11      22-29  5th  6.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 30  @COL  L   5-13      22-28  4th  6.0 gb
 49 Mon, May 28  @COL  L   6-7 (10)  22-27  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

WhiteSox, 32-26, 32-26 1st, ½ up

SP: Chris Sale (23, LHP, 7-2, 2.30)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-2)			66.2	47	18	17	18	69	4	2.30
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		5-1	47.2	31	10	10	10	47	2	1.89	67
2012-06-03	SEA	W	9.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	119	75
2012-05-28	@TBR	W	7.1	3	1	1	2	15	0	115	81
2012-05-23	MIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	97	77
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

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

 Home:   15-17   Road:   17-9    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  25-17   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl:15-11   vsWest:  8-6  IL: 3-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Fri, Jun  8   HOU  L   3-8       32-26  1st  0.5 up
 57 Thu, Jun  7   TOR  W   4-3       32-25  1st  1.5 up
 56 Wed, Jun  6   TOR  L   0-4       31-25  1st  0.5 up
 55 Tue, Jun  5   TOR  L   5-9       31-24  1st  1.5 up
 54 Sun, Jun  3   SEA  W   4-2       31-23  1st  2.5 up
 53 Sat, Jun  2   SEA  L   8-10(12)  30-23  1st  1.5 up
 52 Fri, Jun  1   SEA  W   7-4       30-22  1st  1.5 up
 51 Wed, May 30  @TBR  W   4-3       29-22  1st  1.5 up
 50 Tue, May 29  @TBR  W   7-2       28-22  1st  0.5 up
 49 Mon, May 28  @TBR  W   2-1       27-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 08, 2012 HOU  8 @CHW  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (5-4), L: Gavin Floyd (4-6), S: none

Sun, Jun 10, 2007 CHW  6  HOU  3        W:Mark Buehrle (3-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (3-6), S: Bobby Jenks (17)
Sat, Jun 09, 2007 HOU  3 @CHW  2        W:Chad Qualls (5-3), L: Bobby Jenks (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 08, 2007 HOU  5 @CHW  2        W:Chris Sampson (6-5), L: John Danks (3-6), S: Dan Wheeler (11)
Sun, Jun 25, 2006 HOU 10 @CHW  9 (13)   W:Fernando Nieve (3-3), L: Brandon McCarthy (3-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 24, 2006 CHW  6  HOU  5 (10)   W:Matt Thornton (3-1), L: Dan Wheeler (1-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 23, 2006 CHW  7  HOU  4        W:Jose Contreras (8-0), L: Andy Pettitte (6-8), S: Bobby Jenks (22)
Sun, Jun 04, 2000 CHW  7 @HOU  3        W:Mike Sirotka (4-5), L: Octavio Dotel (1-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 03, 2000 HOU  6  CHW  1        W:Chris Holt (3-6), L: Kip Wells (3-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 02, 2000 CHW  7 @HOU  4        W:Jim Parque (5-2), L: Shane Reynolds (5-2), S: Keith Foulke (11)
Season Series: 2012 - HOU over 1-0; 2011 -  0-0; 2010 -  0-0; All-Time - CHW leads 10-9

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 5.34 PHI 4.22 PIT 3.21	RA/G WSN 3.32 SEA 4.22 COL 5.49	BA M. Cabrera .364 H. Pence .266 R. Weeks .157	OBP J. Votto .480 D. Murphy .335 I. Davis .234	SLG J. Hamilton .699 S. Victorino .429 B. Ryan .252	OPS J. Votto 1.119 A. Hill .768 I. Davis .507	ERA B. Beachy 1.98 M. Harrison 3.87 L. Hochevar 6.57	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.66 J. Weaver 7.43 H. Alvarez 2.62

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.34

PHI 4.22

PIT 3.21

RA/G

WSN 3.32

SEA 4.22

COL 5.49

M. Cabrera .364

H. Pence .266

R. Weeks .157

OBP

J. Votto .480

D. Murphy .335

I. Davis .234

SLG

J. Hamilton .699

S. Victorino .429

B. Ryan .252

OPS

J. Votto 1.119

A. Hill .768

I. Davis .507

ERA

B. Beachy 1.98

M. Harrison 3.87

L. Hochevar 6.57

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.66

J. Weaver 7.43

H. Alvarez 2.62

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Astros Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.21 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 62.Quintana*
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

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 248/182 .325/.364/.472/.836 1.081/.743 .911 109/.829 9/4 3/7

12.Bixler G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 9/4 .125/.222/.125/.347 .650/.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 182/145 .227/.308/.350/.657 .508/.696 .763 68/.594 6/3 4/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 131/107 .261/.338/.374/.712 .297/.812 .723 56/.921 0/0 1/3

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 214/170 .286/.332/.442/.774 .580/.822 .653 93/.715 2/0 5/7

4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 213/159 .293/.371/.532/.903 .746/.954 .829 99/.973 2/0 11/6

21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/13 .067/.067/.133/.200 .000/.231 15/.200 0/0 0/0

14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 213/159 .235/.335/.361/.696 .786/.666 .744 94/.673 0/1 5/0

44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 99/54 .233/.323/.442/.765 .914/.647 .549 55/.845 1/2 5/2

1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 206/169 .246/.315/.328/.643 .373/.703 .600 74/.554 14/4 2/0

18.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/66 .198/.296/.337/.633 .757/.576 .658 43/.823 0/0 3/2

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 21/17 .412/.524/.706/1.230 .833/1.315 1.833 21/1.230 0/0 1/0

IP 66.2 17.1 29.2 20.2 22.0 19.2 22.0 20.1 25.2 TOTAL .254/.320/.388/.709 .660/.724 .688 .727 34/16 48/40

ERA-K/9

2.30/9.3

2.08/11.4

1.52/9.1

5.66/3.5

2.05/4.1

4.58/10.1

4.91/10.2

4.87/4.9

3.16/7.4

3.99/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (30-6-4)
Snyder (19-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 262/.193 70/.172 116/.217 83/.208 83/.195 86/.234 103/.278 91/.337 108/.260 .236 Schafer
Maxwell
Bogusevic
Martinez
Bixler
Martinez
Johnson 0/48/0/3
8/17/6/2
0/4/44/1
48/0/0/1
1/0/1/0
0/0/3/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .548 .524 .577 .681 .578 .704 .874 .879 .675 .694

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.511 31/.805 52/.377 49/.513 40/.717 44/.567 47/.828 36/.639 53/.614 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 189/.563 39/.294 64/.743 34/.917 43/.453 42/.853 56/.913 55/1.046 55/.731 .668

Home 125/.558 41/.679 78/.574 60/.748 51/.716 51/1.000 56/.808 78/.771 49/.624

Last 28d days 106/.440 42/.451 58/.658 36/.735 63/.659 48/.943 45/.665 48/.886 51/.596

HR/SB/CS 4/4/2 2/0/0 2/0/0 5/0/0 2/4/1 1/0/0 6/1/0 4/2/1 2/2/1 68/22/14

Usage ·····X·· ··X···Xo ·oo···X· o·oo··o· ··X···o· ·o····Xo X·X···o· ···X··o· Xo····oX

WhiteSox Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lyles
G/S/vB 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 224/170 .228/.278/.383/.662 .492/.714 .656 111/.705 1/1 8/3

20.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/ .500/.500/.500/1.000 1.000/ 1.000 2/1.000 0/0 0/0

30.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 253/185 .299/.381/.425/.806 .726/.836 .812 104/.808 13/4 4/1

32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 9/.347 32/.666 ··· 2/.000 254/174 .221/.370/.534/.904 .733/.986 .860 108/.779 0/1 18/0

38.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/44 .178/.275/.244/.519 .679/.490 .649 19/.754 1/0 0/1

17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/26 .211/.286/.421/.707 1.063/.451 .714 18/.863 1/0 2/0

5.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 190/132 .200/.263/.297/.560 .578/.552 .626 73/.549 4/3 1/5

14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 218/163 .361/.440/.602/1.042 .885/1.092 1.053 81/1.180 0/0 11/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 59/40 .192/.259/.212/.470 .161/.627 .457 23/.590 7/2 0/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.100 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 201/154 .296/.343/.522/.865 .874/.862 1.016 84/1.021 0/0 10/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 235/180 .218/.237/.276/.513 .600/.486 .539 93/.572 7/1 1/6

51.Rios G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 230/177 .297/.343/.462/.806 .658/.849 .809 98/.901 6/3 6/2

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/153 .267/.293/.476/.769 .789/.764 .756 95/1.010 0/0 12/0

IP 29.0 21.0 3.0 18.1 32.0 23.1 21.0 22.1 16.2 TOTAL .256/.322/.416/.738 .679/.758 .758 .810 41/15 72/27

ERA-K/9

4.97/6.5

5.57/9.0

3.00/9.0

5.40/7.9

2.25/7.3

2.31/8.9

2.14/6.9

3.63/8.9

3.78/8.6

4.20/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (1-6-0)
Pierzynski (21-8-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 128/.268 103/.333 14/.200 82/.275 122/.232 96/.247 80/.187 97/.230 76/.269 .267 Viciedo
Rios
De Aza
Danks
Escobar
Lillibridge
Dunn 50/0/0/4
0/0/55/1
0/56/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
16/4/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .818 .906 .885 .757 .582 .650 .612 .677 .773 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/1.133 43/1.111 7/1.229 33/.690 39/.554 30/.647 39/.556 37/.862 45/.517 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/.669 60/.765 7/.533 49/.803 83/.593 66/.648 41/.665 60/.570 31/1.151 .764

Road 74/.818 52/.975 12/1.080 40/.707 59/.737 48/.763 37/.773 53/.733 27/.646

Last 28d days 103/.841 32/1.185 14/.885 41/.915 53/.795 47/.623 38/.789 40/.678 43/.922

HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 3/2/0 1/1/0 2/2/1 2/0/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 3/8/0 2/1/0 72/49/13

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