Saturday, August 18, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 18, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

WhiteSox, 65-53, 65-53 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jake Peavy (31, RHP, 9-8, 3.04)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-8)			162.2	136	59	55	36	144	16	3.04
2011 (7-7)			111.2	117	61	61	24	95	10	4.92
2010 (7-6)			107.0	98	55	55	34	93	13	4.63

Last 7 GS		3-3	50.0	48	20	18	12	43	5	3.24	57
2012-08-13	@TOR	ND	8.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	124	68
2012-08-07	KCR	L	6.2	7	3	3	3	4	0	104	49
2012-08-01	@MIN	W	8.0	5	2	1	2	8	1	114	72
2012-07-25	MIN	W	6.0	6	2	1	2	6	0	121	58
2012-07-20	@DET	L	7.0	8	4	4	0	7	0	122	52
2012-07-14	@KCR	L	7.0	12	6	6	1	5	2	120	33
2012-07-06	TOR	W	7.1	5	1	1	2	7	1	115	69

Last 5 v.KCR		0-4	32.1	41	21	21	8	24	2	5.85	44
2012-08-07	KCR	L	6.2	7	3	3	3	4	0	104	49
2012-07-14	@KCR	L	7.0	12	6	6	1	5	2	120	33
2011-08-13	KCR	ND	6.2	9	4	4	1	6	0	115	45
2011-07-19	@KCR	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	96	50
2011-07-05	KCR	L	6.0	6	5	5	2	4	0	103	42

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

 Home:   32-26   Road:   33-27   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  47-36   vsLHP:  18-17   1-Run:  18-15
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:25-20   vsWest: 17-9  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Fri, Aug 17  @KCR  L   2-4       65-53  1st  1.5 up
117 Thu, Aug 16  @TOR  W   7-2       65-52  1st  2.5 up
116 Wed, Aug 15  @TOR  W   9-5       64-52  1st  2.0 up
115 Tue, Aug 14  @TOR  W   3-2       63-52  1st  2.0 up
114 Mon, Aug 13  @TOR  L   2-3 (11)  62-52  1st  2.0 up
113 Sun, Aug 12   OAK  W   7-3       62-51  1st  2.0 up
112 Sat, Aug 11   OAK  L   7-9       61-51  1st  1.0 up
111 Fri, Aug 10   OAK  W   4-3       61-50  1st  1.0 up
110 Wed, Aug  8   KCR  L   1-2       60-50  1st  0.5 up
109 Tue, Aug  7   KCR  L   2-5       60-49  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Royals, 52-66, 52-66 4th, 13 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (35, LHP, 8-10, 5.56)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (8-10)			134.1	154	85	83	33	98	23	5.56
2011 (12-8)			155.0	152	71	65	50	97	18	3.77
2010 (12-7)			140.1	136	68	65	57	98	17	4.17

Last 7 GS		1-2	36.0	46	26	26	11	26	9	6.50	42
2012-08-12	@BAL	L	5.1	4	4	4	3	5	2	95	46
2012-08-07	@CHW	W	6.2	7	2	2	1	2	1	98	53
2012-08-02	CLE	ND	2.2	7	4	4	1	0	0	55	27
2012-07-28	@SEA	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	96	50
2012-07-23	@LAA	ND	5.1	5	3	3	2	3	0	106	47
2012-07-18	SEA	ND	5.1	7	4	4	0	6	2	105	44
2012-07-13	CHW	ND	4.2	9	6	6	3	5	3	110	24

Last 5 v.CHW		3-1	30.2	28	13	13	10	17	5	3.82	52
2012-08-07	@CHW	W	6.2	7	2	2	1	2	1	98	53
2012-07-13	CHW	ND	4.2	9	6	6	3	5	3	110	24
2011-09-23	@CHW	W	8.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	102	77
2011-09-18	CHW	L	5.1	9	4	4	2	2	0	98	34
2011-08-12	@CHW	W	6.0	1	0	0	3	4	0	111	71

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

 Home:   24-33   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  36-44   vsLHP:  16-22   1-Run:  18-15
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:18-24   vsWest: 12-16 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Fri, Aug 17   CHW  W   4-2       52-66  4th 13.0 gb
117 Thu, Aug 16   OAK  L   0-3       51-66  4th 14.0 gb
116 Wed, Aug 15   OAK  W   3-2       51-65  4th 13.0 gb
115 Tue, Aug 14   OAK  W   5-0       50-65  4th 13.0 gb
114 Sun, Aug 12  @BAL  L   3-5       49-65  4th 13.5 gb
113 Sat, Aug 11  @BAL  W   7-3       49-64  4th 12.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug 10  @BAL  L   1-7       48-64  5th 13.5 gb
111 Thu, Aug  9  @BAL  W   8-2       48-63  5th 12.5 gb
110 Wed, Aug  8  @CHW  W   2-1       47-63  5th 13.0 gb
109 Tue, Aug  7  @CHW  W   5-2       46-63  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 KCR  4  CHW  2        W:Luis Mendoza (7-8), L: Chris Sale (14-4), S: Greg Holland (5)
Wed, Aug 08, 2012 KCR  2 @CHW  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (4-12), L: Jose Quintana (4-2), S: Greg Holland (3)
Tue, Aug 07, 2012 KCR  5 @CHW  2        W:Bruce Chen (8-9), L: Jake Peavy (9-8), S: Greg Holland (2)
Mon, Aug 06, 2012 CHW  4  KCR  2        W:Chris Sale (13-3), L: Luis Mendoza (5-8), S: Addison Reed (20)
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 CHW  2 @KCR  1        W:Chris Sale (11-2), L: Luis Mendoza (3-6), S: Addison Reed (14)
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 KCR  6  CHW  3        W:Greg Holland (3-2), L: Jake Peavy (7-6), S: Jonathan Broxton (22)
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 CHW  9 @KCR  8 (14)   W:Dylan Axelrod (1-2), L: Everett Teaford (1-3), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 KCR  9 @CHW  1        W:Luis Mendoza (2-2), L: Matt Thornton (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2012 KCR  5 @CHW  0        W:Luke Hochevar (3-3), L: Chris Sale (3-2), S: none
Fri, May 11, 2012 CHW  5  KCR  0        W:Gavin Floyd (3-3), L: Felipe Paulino (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 6-4; 2011 - KCR won 11-7; 2010 - CHW won 10-8; All-Time - CHW leads 346-308

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 5.03 CIN 4.33 CHC 3.69	RA/G WSN 3.56 DET 4.40 COL 5.75	BA A. McCutchen .360 C. Johnson .275 J. Smoak .190	OBP J. Votto .465 D. Pedroia .337 J. Smoak .254	SLG D. Ortiz .609 T. Hunter .438 J. Carroll .288	OPS J. Votto 1.069 K. Morales .775 J. Smoak .574	ERA J. Zimmermann 2.38 C. Lee 3.83 J. Guthrie 5.75	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.39 W. Chen 7.27 D. Lowe 3.29

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.03

CIN 4.33

CHC 3.69

RA/G

WSN 3.56

DET 4.40

COL 5.75

A. McCutchen .360

C. Johnson .275

J. Smoak .190

OBP

J. Votto .465

D. Pedroia .337

J. Smoak .254

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

T. Hunter .438

J. Carroll .288

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

K. Morales .775

J. Smoak .574

ERA

J. Zimmermann 2.38

C. Lee 3.83

J. Guthrie 5.75

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.39

W. Chen 7.27

D. Lowe 3.29

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WhiteSox Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 31.Coleman
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB 53.Smith*
G/S/vB 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 22/.468 ··· 6/.000 4/.750 5/1.250 6/.334 5/.400 ··· ··· 6/.750 442/334 .227/.279/.356/.635 .683/.619 .573 80/.544 3/3 11/5

30.De Aza* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 494/360 .281/.346/.398/.744 .713/.755 .731 84/.696 21/10 6/3

32.Dunn* G/S/vP 19/1.099 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 3/1.666 2/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 6/.533 508/338 .206/.339/.483/.822 .714/.877 .870 105/.741 2/1 34/0

17.Flowers G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 113/74 .221/.283/.385/.668 1.070/.440 .565 41/.930 2/0 4/1

14.Konerko G/S/vP 40/.747 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 7/.286 2/.500 7/1.238 ··· ··· 7/.000 427/317 .315/.386/.509/.896 .771/.938 .836 68/.863 0/0 19/1

66.Olmedo# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/6 .182/.182/.182/.364 .400/.333 .000 11/.364 0/0 0/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 37/1.078 ··· 4/1.833 2/.000 5/1.100 1/.000 6/1.100 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 385/289 .296/.344/.546/.890 .728/.945 .734 69/1.100 0/0 23/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 24/.170 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 7/.971 4/1.250 8/.500 ··· ··· 7/.310 463/359 .262/.283/.359/.642 .638/.642 .588 92/.710 14/5 6/10

51.Rios G/S/vP 39/.617 ··· 4/.250 ··· 6/.666 1/2.000 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 7/1.715 473/353 .306/.336/.526/.862 .874/.858 .839 99/.860 17/5 19/4

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 13/1.307 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 3/1.334 6/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 407/311 .256/.295/.441/.736 .981/.661 .749 89/.726 0/1 19/1

28.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/61 .278/.296/.532/.828 1.050/.753 .750 22/.909 7/0 5/1

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 21/.818 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 354/243 .237/.339/.421/.760 .984/.665 .578 95/.789 0/0 14/8

IP 134.1 5.1 36.1 59.0 48.1 61.0 48.2 5.0 53.0 42.2 TOTAL .256/.317/.423/.740 .753/.736 .696 .771 75/31 155/53

ERA-K/9

5.56/6.6

3.38/1.7

3.96/10.4

2.90/12.2

3.54/8.8

2.51/8.9

3.14/12.0

0.00/9.0

5.09/5.8

4.64/5.1

4.32/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (21-12-1)
Pierzynski (57-18-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 586/.286 21/.263 154/.205 237/.190 195/.234 242/.233 214/.255 25/.250 227/.266 180/.272 .266 Viciedo
Rios
De Aza
Wise
Dunn 99/0/0/9
0/0/114/7
0/110/0/3
46/6/8/2
5/0/0/0

OPS .817 .549 .749 .625 .601 .627 .684 .700 .781 .820 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 156/.798 12/.780 59/.713 104/.711 71/.414 93/.697 83/.630 9/.333 70/.792 68/.845 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 430/.824 9/.236 95/.769 133/.558 124/.709 149/.586 131/.719 16/.866 157/.776 112/.806 .772

Home 252/.780 18/.572 87/.510 122/.848 115/.615 122/.683 112/.678 19/.681 107/.870 91/.651

Last 28d days 116/.793 3/.333 29/.650 48/.539 26/.470 44/.368 55/.667 16/.327 133/.648 34/.765

HR/SB/CS 23/17/6 0/0/0 7/0/2 6/7/0 2/2/1 4/8/4 1/2/2 0/2/0 9/4/1 8/2/1 116/91/43

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

Royals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Peavy
G/S/vB 26.Crain
G/S/vB 65.Jones
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 62.Quintana*
G/S/vB 43.Reed
G/S/vB 53.Santiago*
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 46.Veal*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

34.Abreu# G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 14/4 .286/.286/.429/.714 .500/1.250 .500 14/.714 0/0 0/0

16.Butler G/S/vP 28/1.264 16/.500 3/1.666 4/1.250 6/.333 3/.333 ··· 13/.641 ··· 491/349 .302/.369/.517/.886 1.145/.786 .823 105/1.018 2/1 25/1

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 142/95 .268/.317/.417/.734 .762/.720 1.002 92/.662 5/0 4/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 280/210 .272/.330/.344/.674 .523/.722 .649 37/1.003 22/3 0/6

2.Escobar G/S/vP 13/1.231 5/.000 2/2.000 14/.607 6/.900 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 472/333 .303/.341/.410/.751 .675/.782 .869 106/.621 23/4 4/13

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 28/.873 7/1.428 4/1.250 48/.641 6/2.233 5/1.400 3/.000 4/.250 1/.000 454/321 .242/.286/.378/.664 .759/.626 .645 77/.644 3/6 11/1

9.Giavotella G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 73/36 .217/.260/.261/.521 .479/.563 .434 / 0/0 0/3

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 20/.666 7/.286 2/.500 1/2.000 7/.572 2/.500 1/.000 11/.788 ··· 534/348 .288/.363/.438/.801 .634/.892 .818 109/.773 7/4 9/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 16/.467 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.429 ··· 460/306 .233/.304/.358/.663 .556/.717 .686 85/.696 11/1 10/8

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 16/.268 ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/1.666 2/1.000 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 449/317 .252/.305/.443/.748 .685/.776 .806 82/.525 3/2 18/11

27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 ··· 177/116 .250/.284/.341/.626 .641/.617 .753 29/.568 0/1 2/4

13.Perez G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.333 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 158/109 .302/.329/.523/.853 1.149/.720 .740 79/.703 0/0 8/2

IP 162.2 32.2 48.1 43.0 97.1 42.1 40.1 49.1 3.2 TOTAL .266/.318/.407/.725 .709/.732 .749 .701 90/30 101/78

ERA-K/9

3.04/8.0

1.93/11.3

3.35/8.4

2.72/5.9

2.77/4.9

3.83/8.9

3.57/9.8

3.83/7.7

0.00/14.6

3.94/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (46-15-5)
Perez (13-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 646/.227 131/.171 209/.279 181/.261 384/.251 179/.236 179/.216 206/.275 13/.000 .247 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Cain
Hosmer 0/2/108/14
116/0/0/8
0/77/0/6
1/30/6/2
0/0/2/1

OPS .638 .542 .755 .690 .679 .674 .731 .714 .077 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 361/.699 52/.867 84/.590 84/.733 123/.673 82/.652 77/.741 95/.668 7/.000 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.561 79/.318 125/.869 97/.651 261/.681 97/.694 102/.721 111/.753 6/.167 .694

Road 348/.662 58/.381 73/.640 70/.692 222/.712 90/.557 100/.782 114/.777 13/.077

Last 28d days 114/.632 38/.479 36/.862 47/.477 114/.791 35/.680 23/.363 40/.772 11/.091

HR/SB/CS 16/6/7 3/4/2 4/3/0 4/0/0 9/6/3 3/6/1 7/4/0 4/3/2 0/0/0 135/78/30

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