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Game Preview: CHW @ MIN, 1:10pm, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 @Target Field

WhiteSox, 39-35, 39-35 1st, 1½ up

SP: Chris Sale (23, LHP, 8-2, 2.24)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-2) 88.1 62 23 22 23 89 4 2.24
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 5-0 50.1 30 9 9 12 56 2 1.61 70
2012-06-22 MIL ND 8.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 109 80
2012-06-15 @LAD ND 5.2 7 5 5 4 6 0 107 37
2012-06-09 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 101 81
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
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 7.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 0.00 77
2012-05-23 MIN W 7.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 97 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-21   Road:   20-14   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  31-22   vsLHP:   8-13   1-Run:   9-11
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl:16-12   vsWest:  8-6  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Tue, Jun 26  @MIN  W   3-2       39-35  1st  1.5 up
 73 Mon, Jun 25  @MIN  L   1-4       38-35  1st  0.5 up
 72 Sun, Jun 24   MIL  W   1-0 (10)  38-34  1st  0.5 up
 71 Sat, Jun 23   MIL  W   8-6       37-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 22   MIL  L   0-1 (10)  36-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 69 Wed, Jun 20   CHC  W   7-0       36-33  2nd  0.5 gb
 68 Tue, Jun 19   CHC  L   1-2       35-33  2nd  0.5 gb
 67 Mon, Jun 18   CHC  L   3-12      35-32  1st  0.5 up
 66 Sun, Jun 17  @LAD  L   1-2 (10)  35-31  1st  1.5 up
 65 Sat, Jun 16  @LAD  W   5-4       35-30  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:17-13
Twins, 30-43, 30-43 5th, 8½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (30, RHP, 4-4, 7.45)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-4) 54.1 73 45 45 21 26 11 7.45
2011 (7-10) 148.1 183 91 74 54 76 19 4.49
2010 (10-12) 161.0 194 101 97 40 68 25 5.42
Last 7 GS 4-1 34.0 46 30 30 16 16 8 7.94 37
2012-06-22 @CIN W 5.0 5 4 4 2 2 2 69 41
2012-06-17 MIL ND 6.0 9 4 4 2 3 1 101 39
2012-06-12 PHI W 5.0 8 4 4 2 1 0 95 34
2012-06-06 @KCR W 5.0 5 2 2 2 1 1 92 48
2012-05-16 @DET ND 2.0 6 6 6 2 2 0 53 20
2012-05-11 TOR W 5.0 6 5 5 3 3 3 81 35
2012-05-06 @SEA L 6.0 7 5 5 3 4 1 98 39
Last 5 v.CHW 3-1 30.0 37 15 15 13 8 4 4.50 44
2011-08-05 CHW L 5.1 7 4 4 6 1 2 90 33
2011-07-08 @CHW W 5.0 10 5 5 2 4 1 106 29
2011-06-16 CHW W 8.0 7 0 0 1 1 0 95 68
2011-05-04 @CHW W 6.2 4 1 1 4 1 1 107 59
2010-07-18 CHW ND 5.0 9 5 5 0 1 0 86 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-23   Road:   16-20   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  22-33   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:  16-12
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 9-11   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Tue, Jun 26   CHW  L   2-3       30-43  5th  8.5 gb
 72 Mon, Jun 25   CHW  W   4-1       30-42  5th  7.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 24  @CIN  W   4-3       29-42  5th  8.5 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 23  @CIN  L   0-6       28-42  5th  9.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 22  @CIN  W   5-4       28-41  5th  9.0 gb
 68 Thu, Jun 21  @PIT  L   1-9       27-41  5th  9.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 20  @PIT  W   2-1       27-40  5th  8.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 19  @PIT  L   2-7       26-40  5th  8.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 17   MIL  W   5-4 (15)  26-39  5th  8.5 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 16   MIL  L   2-6       25-39  5th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 CHW  3 @MIN  2        W:Gavin Floyd (6-7), L: Liam Hendriks (0-5), S: Addison Reed (10)
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 MIN  4  CHW  1        W:Francisco Liriano (2-7), L: Jake Peavy (6-4), S: Jared Burton (2)
Thu, May 24, 2012 CHW 11  MIN  8        W:Nate Jones (2-0), L: Cole De Vries (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2012 CHW  6  MIN  0        W:Chris Sale (5-2), L: Scott Diamond (3-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - CHW over 3-2; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; All-Time - CHW leads 1086-1003

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  5.27

BAL  4.25

SDP  3.39

 RA/G

WSN  3.29

PHI  4.37

COL  5.71

 BA

C. Ruiz  .361

D. Barney  .268

B. Ryan  .182

 OBP

J. Votto  .478

A. Pierzynski  .335

K. Suzuki  .252

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .656

B. Zobrist  .429

K. Suzuki  .264

 OPS

J. Votto  1.121

D. Jeter  .766

K. Suzuki  .516

 ERA

B. Beachy  2.00

C. Richard  3.95

M. Minor  6.14

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.80

A. Burnett  7.44

H. Alvarez  2.75

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 49.Manship
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 24/.833 5/1.267 2/.000 21/.636 3/.333 6/1.133 10/1.333 7/.143 293/217 .243/.297/.382/.679 .637/.693 .611 102/.753 3/2 9/4
7.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/7 .385/.385/.462/.846 1.000/.714 1.000 13/.846 1/0 0/0
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/1.166 317/231 .285/.359/.395/.754 .730/.762 .704 93/.681 14/5 4/1
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 12/.917 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 6/.167 320/214 .208/.353/.514/.867 .699/.953 .931 98/.716 0/1 23/0
38.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/54 .203/.309/.254/.563 .762/.502 .385 21/.899 2/0 0/1
17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 56/35 .160/.250/.320/.570 .886/.362 .493 21/.296 2/0 2/0
5.Hudson# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 230/165 .194/.254/.303/.558 .545/.562 .445 67/.494 4/3 2/6
14.Konerko G/S/vP 50/.681 5/2.100 1/.000 22/.673 3/.666 4/1.000 25/.860 10/.775 279/210 .333/.412/.549/.961 .805/1.009 .922 79/.618 0/0 13/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 44/.838 5/1.200 2/.500 13/.616 2/.000 5/.400 13/.231 5/.600 249/192 .284/.335/.493/.828 .767/.847 .675 72/.756 0/0 12/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 42/.776 4/1.750 3/1.000 23/.936 2/1.000 4/1.250 23/1.031 10/.500 292/225 .246/.270/.304/.574 .694/.538 .545 85/.647 9/2 1/6
51.Rios G/S/vP 21/.810 6/.533 2/1.000 16/.388 2/.000 3/1.666 17/1.059 6/1.000 292/224 .297/.336/.480/.815 .791/.823 .885 90/.918 11/3 9/3
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.453 244/188 .253/.287/.438/.725 .923/.666 .712 74/.480 0/0 13/1
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 18/.860 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 9/1.319 4/1.250 173/121 .234/.312/.370/.682 .733/.661 .568 70/.623 0/0 4/3
IP 54.1 36.0 31.0 37.2 31.1 9.2 31.2 55.0 TOTAL .252/.317/.404/.722 .697/.730 .691 .667 54/18 87/33
ERA-K/9 7.45/4.3 2.00/3.8 2.90/8.4 3.82/5.5 4.31/4.9 9.31/4.6 2.84/11.6 4.75/5.2 4.93/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (4-8-1)
 Pierzynski (31-12-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.323 142/.217 123/.196 151/.232 141/.244 44/.325 134/.248 228/.282 .279  Viciedo
 Rios
 De Aza
 Danks
 Escobar
 Dunn
61/0/0/4
0/0/71/2
0/72/0/1
7/1/1/0
1/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .936 .571 .567 .610 .699 1.047 .697 .763 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 111/1.066 56/.456 49/.814 59/.500 51/.672 20/.793 45/.715 107/.771 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.837 86/.636 74/.415 92/.680 90/.715 24/1.241 89/.687 121/.756 .797
Home 144/.950 62/.490 68/.555 65/.497 74/.507 30/.755 86/.837 127/.762
Last 28d days 96/.910 29/.178 45/.429 52/.691 45/.740 39/1.107 48/.706 78/.755
HR/SB/CS 11/0/1 3/4/0 4/3/0 2/0/0 4/4/0 4/0/0 3/1/2 7/0/1 98/54/11
Usage ····X··· ····XX·o ·XX·o·X· ···X···X o···Xo·· ·····X·X ·X··X·o· o··X····
Twins Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Sale*
G/S/vB		 39.Axelrod
G/S/vB		 40.Bruney
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		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 59/47 .241/.305/.333/.638 .083/.780 .418 21/.476 0/0 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.533 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.600 276/209 .257/.338/.303/.641 .866/.569 .723 78/.770 6/3 0/5
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 169/132 .244/.284/.314/.598 .751/.554 .748 33/.509 8/1 0/5
18.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 225/162 .270/.329/.440/.769 .616/.830 .785 79/.770 0/0 7/1
20.Dozier G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 182/150 .225/.249/.306/.555 .765/.509 .589 85/.522 2/2 2/10
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/39 .188/.264/.250/.514 .421/.549 .636 25/.683 2/0 0/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 9/.583 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 31/.665 276/199 .322/.417/.436/.853 1.017/.792 .863 63/.971 3/1 3/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.500 ··· 2/5.000 1/no AB 24/.250 235/161 .229/.302/.438/.740 .324/.939 .607 92/.572 1/0 10/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 107/84 .177/.262/.250/.512 .865/.421 .502 15/.500 0/0 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 204/145 .242/.319/.533/.852 1.063/.771 .931 93/1.137 0/2 15/8
11.Revere* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.600 175/132 .329/.351/.390/.741 .915/.683 .839 105/.732 15/3 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.125 304/219 .276/.341/.389/.730 .676/.750 .923 96/.648 7/3 3/1
16.Willingham G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.667 299/225 .275/.388/.542/.930 1.170/.849 1.032 102/.863 2/1 15/2
IP 88.1 13.0 1.0 22.2 35.1 24.2 43.1 27.0 26.1 32.1 TOTAL .254/.322/.388/.710 .769/.689 .780 .735 47/17 57/44
ERA-K/9 2.24/9.1 4.85/6.2 0.00/18.0 2.38/11.1 3.06/8.7 5.84/4.4 1.25/5.0 4.33/10.0 4.44/10.3 3.06/8.1 3.89/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (12-3-1)
 Doumit (16-4-2)
 Mauer (26-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 346/.194 61/.273 5/.000 93/.190 147/.260 101/.226 162/.232 117/.233 121/.260 135/.250 .241  Willingham
 Span
 Plouffe
 Mastroianni
 Revere
 Doumit
 Parmelee
65/0/0/6
0/66/0/2
2/0/15/2
6/1/10/1
2/5/31/1
0/0/6/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .537 .817 .400 .566 .693 .696 .603 .675 .820 .658 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.456 23/.798 3/.667 36/.833 61/.511 60/.559 55/.619 56/.644 57/.798 71/.638 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 252/.567 38/.828 2/.000 57/.388 86/.826 41/.894 107/.595 61/.705 64/.840 64/.679 .666
Road 165/.580 23/1.041 / 43/.418 51/.482 29/.584 82/.564 54/.431 56/.942 78/.704
Last 28d days 117/.501 24/.652 5/.400 37/.658 46/.963 30/.778 105/.686 46/.716 33/.671 44/.618
HR/SB/CS 4/5/3 3/2/0 0/0/0 2/1/1 3/2/0 5/0/0 2/4/2 1/2/1 6/2/0 2/3/2 80/35/20
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··X····· ···XX·o· ·X·X···· ·o·o··o· ··X····· X·XXo··· ·X······ o··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.