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Game Preview: CHW @ CHC, 7:15pm, Saturday, May 19, 2012 @Wrigley Field

WhiteSox, 19-21, 19-21 3rd, 3½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: John Danks (27, LHP, 2-4, 6.46)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-4) 47.1 54 35 34 22 26 7 6.46
2011 (8-12) 170.1 182 89 82 46 135 19 4.33
2010 (15-11) 213.0 189 93 88 70 162 18 3.72
Last 7 GS 2-3 41.1 48 32 31 22 20 6 6.75 39
2012-05-14 DET ND 3.0 9 5 5 3 0 0 80 18
2012-05-08 @CLE ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 1 0 101 57
2012-05-03 CLE L 7.0 9 7 6 1 1 2 96 33
2012-04-27 BOS L 5.2 6 7 7 4 4 1 93 29
2012-04-22 @SEA W 6.0 7 4 4 4 6 0 94 44
2012-04-17 BAL L 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 2 102 58
2012-04-11 @CLE W 5.2 7 4 4 5 3 1 107 37
Last 5 v.CHC 2-1 25.0 21 8 8 6 24 1 2.88 59
2010-06-27 CHC L 5.0 7 6 6 2 5 1 95 32
2009-06-28 CHC W 7.0 4 0 0 4 5 0 110 70
2009-06-17 @CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 0 9 0 99 72
2008-06-20 @CHC ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 85 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-12   Road:   12-9    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  15-14   vsLHP:   4-7    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  2-6    vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest:  6-5  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 33 Fri, May 11   KCR  W   5-0       16-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 32 Wed, May  9  @CLE  W   8-1       15-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 31 Tue, May  8  @CLE  W   5-3 (10)  14-17  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Cubs, 15-24, 15-24 6th, 7 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Ryan Dempster (35, RHP, 0-1, 1.74)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 41.1 29 10 8 11 41 1 1.74
2011 (10-14) 202.1 211 111 108 82 191 23 4.80
2010 (15-12) 215.1 198 110 92 86 208 25 3.85
Last 7 GS 0-2 47.0 37 19 17 15 48 3 3.26 59
2012-05-14 @STL ND 6.0 9 4 4 1 5 0 95 42
2012-05-08 ATL ND 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 102 67
2012-05-03 @CIN ND 8.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 101 81
2012-04-17 @MIA ND 6.0 4 2 0 2 8 0 100 66
2012-04-11 MIL L 6.2 5 2 2 3 5 1 106 58
2012-04-05 WSN ND 7.2 2 1 1 3 10 0 108 78
2011-09-28 @SDP L 5.2 8 9 9 4 7 2 119 20
Last 5 v.CHW 1-3 27.1 37 22 19 14 22 4 6.26 40
2010-06-27 @CHW W 7.0 9 3 3 1 8 1 122 54
2009-09-03 CHW L 7.0 9 3 0 1 7 0 93 59
2009-06-27 @CHW ND 5.0 8 5 5 3 2 1 104 30
2009-06-17 CHW L 6.0 4 3 3 6 4 1 104 50
2008-06-27 @CHW L 2.1 7 8 8 3 1 1 71 9
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-13   Road:    6-11   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  14-19   vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Fri, May 18   CHW  L   2-3       15-24  6th  7.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17   PHI  L   7-8       15-23  6th  7.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16   PHI  L   2-9       15-22  6th  7.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @STL  L   6-7       15-21  5th  6.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @STL  W   6-4       15-20  4th  5.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13  @MIL  W   8-2       14-20  6th  6.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12  @MIL  L   2-8       13-20  6th  7.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11  @MIL  L   7-8 (13)  13-19  6th  7.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  9   ATL  W   1-0       13-18  5th  7.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  8   ATL  L   1-3       12-18  6th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 18, 2012 CHW  3 @CHC  2        W:Matt Thornton (2-3), L: Jeff Samardzija (4-2), S: Addison Reed (4)

Sun, Jul 03, 2011 CHC  3  CHW  1        W:Rodrigo Lopez (1-2), L: Gavin Floyd (6-8), S: Carlos Marmol (17)
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 CHW  1 @CHC  0        W:Philip Humber (8-4), L: Matt Garza (4-7), S: Matt Thornton (3)
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 CHW  6 @CHC  4        W:Edwin Jackson (5-6), L: Randy Wells (1-3), S: Sergio Santos (18)
Wed, Jun 22, 2011 CHW  4  CHC  3        W:Jake Peavy (3-1), L: Doug Davis (1-6), S: Sergio Santos (14)
Tue, Jun 21, 2011 CHW  3  CHC  2        W:Jesse Crain (3-2), L: Jeff Samardzija (5-3), S: Sergio Santos (13)
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 CHC  6 @CHW  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (6-4), L: Gavin Floyd (6-7), S: Carlos Marmol (15)
Sun, Jun 27, 2010 CHC  8 @CHW  6        W:Ryan Dempster (6-6), L: John Danks (7-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 26, 2010 CHW  3  CHC  2        W:J.J. Putz (4-2), L: Andrew Cashner (0-1), S: Matt Thornton (3)
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 CHW  6  CHC  0        W:Jake Peavy (7-5), L: Carlos Zambrano (3-6), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - CHW over 1-0; 2011 - CHW won 4-2; 2010 - CHW won 4-2; All-Time - CHW leads 46-39

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  5.60

ARI  4.10

PIT  2.85

 RA/G

WSN  3.28

TBR  4.10

COL  5.32

 BA

D. Wright  .409

E. Thames  .263

B. Ryan  .150

 OBP

D. Wright  .510

J. Martinez  .329

C. Barmes  .185

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .804

W. Venable  .414

B. Morel  .195

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.249

C. Johnson  .754

B. Morel  .420

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.33

R. Romero  3.64

C. Buchholz  7.77

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  11.09

K. Drabek  7.39

D. Lowe  2.22

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

WhiteSox Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Dempster
G/S/vB		 43.Bowden
G/S/vB		 54.Camp
G/S/vB		 27.Coleman
G/S/vB		 48.Dolis
G/S/vB		 55.Parker
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 12/.432 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 140/108 .206/.279/.333/.612 .464/.654 .685 96/.649 1/1 3/2
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 173/129 .278/.360/.424/.784 .439/.898 .803 110/.734 7/3 3/1
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 27/1.262 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 49/1.078 172/121 .241/.372/.560/.932 .536/1.100 .902 111/.967 0/1 12/0
38.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 41/35 .162/.225/.243/.468 .667/.429 .446 30/.434 1/0 0/1
17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/16 .167/.259/.333/.593 .636/.543 .297 16/.517 1/0 1/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 45/42 .167/.289/.194/.483 .333/.486 .683 30/.561 0/1 0/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 14/.703 2/.500 19/.757 ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/1.221 161/119 .367/.453/.604/1.058 .968/1.086 1.149 101/1.111 0/0 8/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 42/31 .162/.220/.162/.382 .091/.489 .389 31/.419 7/1 0/0
22.Morel G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/95 .177/.225/.195/.420 .486/.400 .428 72/.484 4/1 0/3
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 24/.830 4/.500 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.586 140/112 .298/.336/.458/.794 .766/.801 .673 94/.646 0/0 5/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 15/1.072 4/1.750 5/2.600 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 5/.200 164/130 .205/.230/.263/.493 .700/.438 .412 109/.446 3/1 1/4
51.Rios G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 11/1.255 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/1.417 158/122 .273/.329/.371/.700 .512/.759 .812 109/.665 4/3 1/1
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 124/99 .242/.266/.408/.674 .800/.642 .614 80/.729 0/0 6/0
IP 41.1 11.0 21.0 6.0 23.0 1.2 17.0 8.2 TOTAL .246/.314/.386/.700 .610/.727 .698 .690 28/12 40/19
ERA-K/9 1.74/8.9 5.73/8.2 3.43/7.3 4.50/3.0 3.52/3.1 0.00/10.6 1.06/7.4 8.31/6.2 4.07/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (1-6-0)
 Pierzynski (9-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 161/.196 49/.295 88/.256 28/.320 91/.208 8/.286 74/.219 42/.267 .238  Viciedo
 De Aza
 Lillibridge
 Dunn
 Rios
 Fukudome
33/0/0/3
0/39/0/0
15/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/38/0
9/1/2/0
OPS .520 .958 .710 .770 .641 .661 .753 .886 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.640 23/.648 37/.709 12/1.101 39/.272 4/.250 20/.763 18/.762 .658
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.423 26/1.218 51/.711 16/.563 52/.936 4/1.000 54/.746 24/.979 .721
Home 83/.501 22/.988 49/.793 17/.607 43/.474 8/.661 44/.713 24/1.147
Last 28d days 82/.551 38/1.012 52/.629 28/.770 55/.556 8/.661 51/.805 29/.798
HR/SB/CS 1/3/1 3/2/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/1 1/3/0 28/36/8
Usage ····X··· ·XX··o·o ··o·XX·X ·X····X· ···oo··X ·X······ o·oX·X·X o··o·X·X
Cubs Batters (3.72 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Baker G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 36/19 .207/.333/.276/.609 .603/.610 .317 15/.583 1/0 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 145/121 .278/.329/.406/.735 .553/.772 .763 84/.712 1/0 1/1
1.Campana* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 89/77 .312/.354/.364/.717 .833/.696 .708 87/.710 10/2 0/0
45.Cardenas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .083/.083/.167/.250 /.250 .000 12/.250 0/0 0/0
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/25 .185/.241/.370/.612 2.000/.377 .795 29/.612 0/0 1/0
13.Castro G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 168/137 .323/.333/.437/.770 1.137/.687 .767 105/.729 12/5 2/8
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 26/.835 12/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/.513 159/135 .286/.371/.407/.778 .393/.846 .886 104/.808 0/4 1/0
5.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 58/41 .208/.276/.396/.672 .412/.786 .472 35/.673 0/0 1/0
6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/117 .322/.417/.653/1.070 .612/1.149 .993 98/1.063 1/1 10/3
16.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/28 .244/.340/.439/.779 .754/.786 .762 30/.887 1/1 2/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 10/.775 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 139/117 .254/.288/.354/.642 .477/.672 .637 88/.734 1/1 2/0
18.Soto G/S/vP 10/.400 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 104/87 .161/.250/.301/.551 .235/.618 .471 62/.592 0/0 3/4
2.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 146/122 .206/.288/.351/.639 .426/.683 .541 90/.675 0/1 4/3
IP 47.1 9.0 19.2 13.2 12.1 14.0 12.1 16.1 TOTAL .245/.305/.377/.682 .603/.699 .669 .714 27/16 27/28
ERA-K/9 6.46/4.9 2.00/12.0 1.37/8.7 7.24/2.6 4.38/12.4 4.50/11.6 2.19/4.4 3.86/6.6 3.84/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (4-1-1)
 Soto (27-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 216/.287 36/.182 77/.203 57/.250 54/.196 67/.293 54/.314 70/.288 .237  DeJesus
 Soriano
 Campana
 Mather
 Johnson
 Cardenas
 Baker
 LaHair
0/0/37/3
34/0/0/1
0/22/0/1
7/3/0/0
9/9/3/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .835 .614 .532 .739 .597 .965 .771 .753 .690
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.847 15/1.200 32/.225 32/.422 21/.449 30/.948 19/.632 29/.609 .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.825 21/.143 45/.753 25/1.139 33/.697 37/.981 35/.849 41/.853 .706
Road 111/.732 19/.328 28/.452 23/.503 23/.178 39/1.033 6/.900 47/.763
Last 28d days 136/.851 8/.542 54/.596 39/.653 33/.671 46/.922 39/.649 42/.945
HR/SB/CS 7/1/1 2/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 0/0/0 5/0/0 1/2/1 2/0/0 42/10/12
Usage ····X··· ·XX····· oX·X·oX· ··oX··o· o···XX·· ···XX··o ····X·X· oo··oo·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.