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Game Preview: CHW @ DET, 1:08pm, Thursday, July 11, 2013 @Comerica Park

WhiteSox, 35-53, 35-53 5th, 14 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Sale (24, LHP, 5-8, 2.78)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-8) 113.1 84 39 35 25 123 9 2.78
2012 (17-8) 192.0 167 66 65 51 192 19 3.05
2011 (2-2) 71.0 52 22 22 27 79 6 2.79
Last 7 GS 0-6 49.1 40 20 17 10 62 3 3.10 63
2013-07-06 @TBR L 7.0 6 3 2 1 9 0 118 63
2013-06-30 CLE L 8.0 7 3 3 1 10 0 123 65
2013-06-25 NYM ND 8.0 4 3 3 2 13 1 110 73
2013-06-19 @MIN L 5.0 8 4 4 2 5 1 101 38
2013-06-14 @HOU L 8.0 6 2 0 1 14 0 124 79
2013-06-07 OAK L 7.1 5 4 4 2 6 1 118 56
2013-06-02 @OAK L 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 104 64
Last 5 v.DET 0-3 18.0 18 12 12 10 18 4 6.00 47
2012-09-02 @DET L 6.0 6 4 4 4 7 2 106 47
2012-07-21 @DET L 7.0 7 5 5 4 6 1 90 45
2012-04-15 DET L 5.0 5 3 3 2 5 1 102 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-21   Road:   16-32   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  28-39   vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl:10-18   vsWest: 11-16 IL: 5-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Wed, Jul 10  @DET  L   5-8       35-53  5th 14.0 gb
 87 Tue, Jul  9  @DET  W  11-4       35-52  5th 13.0 gb
 86 Mon, Jul  8   CHC  L   2-8       34-52  5th 14.0 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  7  @TBR  L   1-3       34-51  5th 13.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  6  @TBR  L   0-3       34-50  5th 13.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  5  @TBR  L   3-8       34-49  5th 12.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  4   BAL  W   3-2       34-48  5th 11.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  3   BAL  L   2-4       33-48  5th 11.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  2   BAL  W   5-2       33-47  5th 10.5 gb
 79 Sun, Jun 30   CLE  L   0-4       32-47  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Tigers, 50-40, 50-40 1st, 3½ up

SP: Anibal Sanchez (29, RHP, 7-5, 2.70)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-5) 86.2 74 29 26 24 105 4 2.70
2012 (9-13) 195.2 200 95 84 48 167 20 3.86
2011 (8-9) 196.1 187 85 80 64 202 20 3.67
Last 7 GS 4-2 41.0 35 17 16 13 47 3 3.51 57
2013-07-06 @CLE W 5.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 73 60
2013-06-15 @MIN ND 3.2 5 2 2 4 3 1 72 42
2013-06-04 TBR W 7.0 4 1 1 1 9 0 102 73
2013-05-29 @PIT L 6.2 7 5 5 1 9 1 93 48
2013-05-24 MIN W 9.0 1 0 0 3 12 0 130 94
2013-05-18 @TEX L 2.2 9 6 5 2 2 1 74 18
2013-05-13 HOU W 7.0 6 2 2 1 8 0 113 64
Has never faced CHW as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-17   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  41-29   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:20-12   vsWest: 11-12 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Wed, Jul 10   CHW  W   8-5       50-40  1st  3.5 up
 89 Tue, Jul  9   CHW  L   4-11      49-40  1st  2.5 up
 88 Mon, Jul  8  @CLE  W   4-2 (10)  49-39  1st  3.5 up
 87 Sun, Jul  7  @CLE  L   6-9       48-39  1st  2.5 up
 86 Sat, Jul  6  @CLE  W   9-4       48-38  1st  3.5 up
 85 Fri, Jul  5  @CLE  W   7-0       47-38  1st  2.5 up
 84 Thu, Jul  4  @TOR  W  11-1       46-38  1st  1.5 up
 83 Wed, Jul  3  @TOR  W   6-2       45-38  1st  0.5 up
 82 Tue, Jul  2  @TOR  W   7-6       44-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  1  @TOR  L   3-8       43-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 10, 2013 DET  8  CHW  5        W:Rick Porcello (6-6), L: Dylan Axelrod (3-6), S: Joaquin Benoit (8)
Tue, Jul 09, 2013 CHW 11 @DET  4        W:Jose Quintana (4-2), L: Justin Verlander (9-6), S: none

Mon, Sep 17, 2012 CHW  5  DET  4        W:Nate Jones (8-0), L: Doug Fister (9-9), S: Addison Reed (27)
Wed, Sep 12, 2012 DET  8 @CHW  6        W:Max Scherzer (16-6), L: Gavin Floyd (9-10), S: Jose Valverde (30)
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 DET  5 @CHW  3        W:Doug Fister (9-8), L: Jake Peavy (10-11), S: Jose Valverde (29)
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 CHW  6  DET  1        W:Jose Quintana (6-4), L: Rick Porcello (9-12), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 DET  4  CHW  2        W:Justin Verlander (13-7), L: Chris Sale (15-6), S: Jose Valverde (28)
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 DET  5  CHW  1        W:Max Scherzer (15-6), L: Francisco Liriano (5-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 DET  7  CHW  4        W:Octavio Dotel (5-2), L: Jake Peavy (9-10), S: Jose Valverde (27)
Sun, Jul 22, 2012 DET  6  CHW  4        W:Jacob Turner (1-1), L: Philip Humber (4-5), S: Joaquin Benoit (2)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 1-1; 2012 - DET won 12-6; 2011 - DET won 13-5; All-Time - DET leads 1035-1008

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 2013 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
WhiteSox Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
36.Putkonen
G/S/vB
57.Reed
G/S/vB
43.Rondon
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 6/.334 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 5/1.350 153/119 .340/.362/.444/.806 .382/.933 .826 96/.853 4/1 2/6
30.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 7/1.214 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/.334 374/293 .260/.318/.403/.721 .807/.697 .764 107/.701 10/4 10/6
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 24/.697 2/1.000 5/.000 8/.833 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 8/.917 345/258 .210/.307/.477/.784 .600/.844 .698 100/.917 1/0 24/4
21.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 229/168 .202/.253/.362/.615 .459/.672 .502 59/.477 0/1 8/4
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 255/216 .255/.310/.394/.704 .333/.775 .692 72/.745 0/1 7/5
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 286/221 .245/.273/.297/.569 .562/.572 .541 77/.774 0/1 2/2
22.Morel G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 14/9 .231/.286/.231/.516 .650/.444 .500 14/.516 1/0 0/0
36.Phegley G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/11 .200/.188/.600/.788 1.200/.636 .571 16/.788 0/0 2/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 4/.500 4/.666 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/3.000 5/1.200 370/298 .280/.307/.349/.656 .683/.649 .664 110/.727 19/4 1/14
51.Rios G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 5/.400 6/.334 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 368/293 .277/.330/.442/.772 .807/.763 .855 100/.592 19/5 11/2
18.Tekotte* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 15/9 .143/.200/.143/.343 .333/.347 .444 12/.333 0/2 0/0
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 3/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 250/182 .248/.284/.402/.686 .736/.667 .725 86/.772 0/0 7/1
39.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 49/26 .174/.224/.196/.420 .356/.478 .436 17/.620 0/1 0/0
IP 86.2 22.0 37.1 27.1 19.2 12.1 7.2 54.0 TOTAL .248/.299/.383/.682 .633/.696 .683 .722 57/21 86/58
ERA-K/9 2.70/10.9 4.50/15.5 1.69/11.3 5.93/7.6 2.75/7.8 4.38/8.0 7.04/7.0 2.00/9.3 3.88/9.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (42-15-7)
 Phegley (4-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 351/.231 107/.226 148/.207 120/.280 82/.233 57/.340 39/.353 211/.195 .250  Rios
 Viciedo
 De Aza
 Wells
 Tekotte
 Dunn
0/0/86/8
57/0/0/5
43/59/0/3
11/1/6/1
0/5/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .612 .717 .576 .775 .611 .804 .969 .529 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 188/.668 49/.664 91/.572 52/.544 36/.608 31/.783 19/.839 78/.315 .658
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.547 58/.763 57/.582 68/.961 46/.616 26/.826 20/1.097 133/.659 .720
Home 164/.454 62/.770 70/.701 57/.763 37/.604 34/.782 20/1.375 95/.481
Last 28d days 37/.733 38/.768 39/.532 39/.942 51/.613 42/.828 25/.838 59/.392
HR/SB/CS 4/9/0 2/1/0 2/5/0 2/0/1 2/2/0 1/4/1 1/3/0 1/5/2 73/68/19
Usage ····X··· ·X·X·o·· X·o····X ·o··X·o· ···oX··· ·X·o···· X·o··X·o o·X·o··o
Tigers Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Sale*
G/S/vB
55.Castro
G/S/vB
65.Jones
G/S/vB
27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB
41.Purcey*
G/S/vB
43.Reed
G/S/vB
53.Santiago*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
40.Troncoso
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.167 5/.450 ··· 222/187 .177/.276/.297/.573 .116/.664 .646 44/.644 0/0 6/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 14/.377 1/.000 8/.393 2/2.000 11/.739 4/.500 3/.666 12/.533 1/2.000 412/323 .366/.456/.676/1.132 1.321/1.080 1.129 114/1.249 3/0 29/10
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/2.417 1/.000 ··· 298/249 .247/.310/.351/.660 .641/.664 .715 80/.663 6/0 6/1
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 10/.422 ··· 3/1.167 6/.334 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.467 4/.250 3/1.167 406/284 .267/.365/.466/.830 .898/.801 .832 115/.702 1/1 16/4
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 12/.781 4/.833 369/287 .305/.343/.434/.777 .684/.803 .752 104/.857 2/1 6/2
14.Jackson G/S/vP 13/.581 1/2.000 6/.533 3/.000 ··· 6/.933 5/.200 3/.000 1/no AB 285/218 .289/.363/.415/.778 .679/.804 .838 119/.884 6/2 5/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 126/104 .248/.341/.413/.754 .699/.767 .973 27/.930 2/0 4/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 23/.841 1/2.000 376/262 .254/.311/.367/.678 .549/.735 .689 114/.807 0/1 7/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.400 ··· 137/72 .289/.319/.375/.694 .516/.853 .654 44/.595 0/1 2/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP 13/1.007 1/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 6/.666 4/1.750 7/.286 24/.705 1/.000 359/263 .301/.358/.439/.796 .950/.740 .909 108/.652 2/2 7/4
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.000 10/.600 ··· 88/67 .169/.247/.260/.507 .521/.501 .391 33/.531 0/0 0/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 93/30 .342/.462/.632/1.094 1.084/1.104 1.188 13/1.385 0/0 5/0
IP 113.1 5.0 44.1 35.1 2.0 39.0 80.0 27.0 12.2 TOTAL .281/.349/.436/.785 .767/.792 .823 .803 26/11 101/39
ERA-K/9 2.78/9.8 1.80/10.8 4.67/8.7 3.06/6.9 4.50/9.0 3.92/9.7 3.49/9.2 4.00/6.7 7.11/7.1 4.08/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (40-9-7)
 Pena (22-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 450/.202 20/.222 185/.263 147/.262 10/.143 161/.221 342/.229 113/.253 63/.294 .251  Dirks
 Hunter
 Jackson
 Tuiasosopo
 Kelly
70/3/4/6
0/0/79/6
0/59/0/3
31/0/0/0
19/20/11/0
OPS .561 .689 .678 .636 .543 .589 .716 .747 .835 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.333 8/1.089 77/.673 53/.890 5/.200 92/.560 101/.810 56/.629 34/1.122 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 363/.616 12/.432 108/.681 94/.498 5/.933 69/.628 241/.677 57/.866 29/.521 .668
Road 248/.604 20/.689 91/.552 75/.553 10/.543 76/.598 187/.632 51/.704 32/.683
Last 28d days 151/.587 20/.689 50/.658 33/.751 10/.543 34/.659 121/.719 24/.746 53/.818
HR/SB/CS 9/12/0 1/0/1 2/4/1 0/5/0 0/0/0 3/6/0 9/4/3 4/4/1 1/3/0 90/61/21
Usage ····X··· oo···X·· ··X·o·X· ··Xo···o o····X·· ··X···o· ··X····X ··o····o o·o··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.