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Game Preview: CHW @ HOU, 8:10pm, Friday, June 14, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

WhiteSox, 28-35, 28-35 5th, 7½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Sale (24, LHP, 5-4, 2.68)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-4) 77.1 53 24 23 18 72 7 2.68
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 4-2 51.1 29 10 10 12 49 3 1.75 70
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
2013-05-17 @LAA W 7.2 3 0 0 3 12 0 113 82
2013-05-12 LAA W 9.0 1 0 0 0 7 0 98 92
2013-05-06 @KCR ND 7.1 6 1 1 0 5 0 119 67
2013-05-01 @TEX W 7.0 6 2 2 2 7 1 110 62
2013-04-25 TBR W 7.0 4 2 2 4 7 1 104 64
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 8.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 0.00 81
2012-06-09 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 101 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-14   Road:   12-21   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  22-26   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest: 10-13 IL: 4-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Tue, Jun 11   TOR  L   5-7 (10)  28-35  5th  8.0 gb
 62 Mon, Jun 10   TOR  W  10-6       28-34  4th  7.0 gb
 61 Sun, Jun  9   OAK  W   4-2       27-34  5th  8.0 gb
 60 Sat, Jun  8   OAK  W   4-1       26-34  5th  8.0 gb
 59 Fri, Jun  7   OAK  L   3-4       25-34  5th  8.0 gb
 58 Thu, Jun  6   OAK  L   4-5 (10)  25-33  5th  7.0 gb
 57 Wed, Jun  5  @SEA  W   7-5 (16)  25-32  4th  6.0 gb
 56 Tue, Jun  4  @SEA  L   4-7       24-32  4th  7.0 gb
 55 Mon, Jun  3  @SEA  L   2-4       24-31  4th  6.0 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  2  @OAK  L   0-2       24-30  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Astros, 23-44, 23-44 5th, 17½ GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (34, LHP, 1-3, 5.34)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-3) 55.2 61 33 33 27 46 10 5.34
2012 (7-14) 125.2 129 76 70 56 118 14 5.01
2011 (5-9) 129.1 118 63 52 48 125 14 3.62
Last 7 GS 1-1 37.2 41 19 19 17 24 4 4.54 47
2013-06-08 @KCR L 4.2 8 6 6 3 2 0 91 23
2013-06-03 @LAA W 7.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 92 64
2013-05-29 @COL ND 6.0 7 2 2 3 4 1 96 51
2013-05-24 OAK ND 5.0 4 2 2 5 4 0 99 50
2013-05-18 @PIT ND 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 91 53
2013-05-11 TEX ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 7 1 90 57
2013-05-01 @NYY ND 4.0 6 4 4 4 2 2 90 32
Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 29.2 27 13 12 13 31 4 3.64 54
2011-05-08 CHW ND 5.0 5 2 1 2 9 0 100 58
2009-04-29 @CHW ND 5.0 6 3 3 3 3 1 92 43
2007-07-13 CHW W 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 98 76
2007-07-02 @CHW ND 5.2 5 6 6 4 5 3 101 36
2006-07-28 CHW ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 7 0 114 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-23   Road:   13-21   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  18-34   vsLHP:   5-10   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  2-8    vsCntrl: 4-12   vsWest: 13-21 IL: 4-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Wed, Jun 12  @SEA  W   6-1       23-44  5th 17.0 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 11  @SEA  L   0-4       22-44  5th 17.0 gb
 65 Mon, Jun 10  @SEA  L   2-3       22-43  5th 17.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun  9  @KCR  L   0-2       22-42  5th 16.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun  8  @KCR  L   2-7       22-41  5th 15.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun  7  @KCR  L   2-4       22-40  5th 15.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun  6   BAL  L   1-3       22-39  5th 15.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  5   BAL  W  11-7       22-38  5th 15.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  4   BAL  L   1-4       21-38  5th 15.0 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  3  @LAA  W   2-1       21-37  5th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 10, 2012 HOU 11 @CHW  9        W:Lucas Harrell (6-4), L: Philip Humber (2-4), S: Brett Myers (15)
Sat, Jun 09, 2012 CHW 10  HOU  1        W:Chris Sale (8-2), L: Jordan Lyles (1-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - HOU won 2-1; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - CHW leads 11-10

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 (3.63 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB
62.Ambriz
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
68.Cisnero
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
50.Fields
G/S/vB
46.LeBlanc*
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 57/48 .314/.368/.353/.721 .000/.866 .733 36/.764 2/1 0/1
20.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 29/26 .120/.241/.240/.481 .333/.492 .705 11/.091 0/0 1/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 267/203 .270/.318/.411/.729 .824/.699 .789 99/.722 7/3 7/6
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 245/186 .182/.282/.449/.730 .517/.796 .636 92/.815 1/0 17/3
21.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 170/123 .222/.276/.386/.663 .558/.702 .559 54/.747 0/1 6/4
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 183/154 .248/.311/.376/.687 .379/.749 .677 66/.477 0/1 4/3
38.Gimenez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/55 .216/.306/.392/.699 .786/.687 .635 32/.856 0/0 2/1
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 7/.715 3/1.334 5/.800 209/166 .229/.234/.263/.498 .566/.480 .515 64/.741 0/1 1/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 26/1.093 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 235/183 .231/.298/.349/.647 .832/.596 .697 83/.702 0/0 6/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/1.100 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 260/209 .265/.298/.327/.625 .716/.603 .632 104/.593 13/2 1/8
51.Rios G/S/vP 33/.831 1/5.000 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.473 ··· 268/214 .293/.348/.492/.840 .898/.826 .904 97/.708 10/4 11/2
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 164/123 .232/.274/.364/.639 .771/.595 .596 83/.448 0/0 4/1
39.Wells G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/19 .129/.156/.161/.318 .231/.377 .297 13/.308 0/0 0/0
IP 55.2 27.1 22.1 27.0 35.2 2.1 49.2 28.0 24.2 TOTAL .240/.293/.373/.666 .648/.671 .659 .651 34/14 62/42
ERA-K/9 5.34/7.4 4.94/6.9 4.43/8.1 2.67/7.7 4.79/6.6 7.71/3.9 5.07/5.8 3.86/10.6 4.38/6.9 4.87/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (29-10-7)
 Gimenez (8-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.277 122/.313 99/.235 111/.243 150/.235 13/.417 229/.309 114/.200 111/.317 .284  Rios
 De Aza
 Viciedo
 Wells
 Danks
 Dunn
0/0/62/8
32/40/0/3
38/0/0/3
9/0/2/1
0/15/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .866 .799 .804 .648 .801 1.128 .834 .648 .799 .820
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 49/.847 49/.997 44/.609 51/.710 62/.892 3/1.667 72/.869 54/.613 55/.751 .855
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.870 73/.669 55/.974 60/.595 88/.740 10/.956 157/.818 60/.680 56/.839 .793
Home 89/.715 59/.765 61/1.060 73/.754 64/.919 5/1.000 146/.913 69/.634 54/.820
Last 28d days 126/.736 34/.687 37/.883 51/.423 41/.977 11/1.345 40/.782 49/.652 28/.802
HR/SB/CS 10/1/0 3/4/0 5/0/0 2/2/1 10/1/0 0/0/0 6/3/3 3/1/0 1/5/0 85/39/10
Usage ·····X·· ·o··X··· ·o··o··· ·······X ·o······ ······X· ···X···· ···o···· ··o···o·
Astros Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Sale*
G/S/vB
26.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Heath
G/S/vB
65.Jones
G/S/vB
27.Lindstrom
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
27.Altuve G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 272/204 .294/.327/.389/.716 .828/.679 .741 105/.560 10/4 3/4
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/91 .280/.336/.416/.752 1.044/.598 .849 73/.635 4/4 3/1
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 247/186 .214/.304/.428/.732 .708/.738 .537 87/.704 0/0 13/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 236/196 .266/.326/.463/.789 .362/.877 .900 92/.997 2/0 8/4
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 104/61 .253/.287/.358/.645 1.058/.362 .731 41/.520 1/0 1/9
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 88/45 .321/.391/.513/.904 .895/.913 .720 34/.861 0/0 4/2
8.Crowe# G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· 60/54 .200/.267/.291/.558 1.167/.497 .441 43/.487 1/1 1/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 242/181 .227/.253/.389/.642 .642/.642 .853 90/.641 0/0 9/8
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/149 .242/.264/.363/.627 .718/.614 .643 57/.543 5/2 4/7
14.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 175/131 .271/.297/.440/.737 .708/.746 .742 99/.749 2/0 6/2
38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/65 .198/.250/.284/.534 .317/.610 .607 55/.509 2/2 1/1
12.Pena* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.834 ··· 1/5.000 7/.821 2/.500 ··· 13/1.018 ··· 253/204 .229/.336/.376/.712 .835/.682 .578 94/.737 1/2 6/0
IP 77.1 30.0 5.2 32.2 27.2 31.0 52.0 21.1 2.0 TOTAL .242/.299/.389/.688 .758/.665 .697 .667 32/21 68/51
ERA-K/9 2.68/8.4 0.60/11.7 11.12/3.2 5.23/8.8 2.93/6.2 3.48/10.5 3.12/9.0 3.38/5.9 4.50/9.0 3.79/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (31-7-5)
 Corporan (8-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 299/.192 122/.198 30/.273 135/.259 114/.242 127/.207 221/.226 89/.260 10/.400 .242  Barnes
 Martinez
 Crowe
 Carter
 Paredes
8/30/13/4
32/0/9/2
7/4/15/1
25/0/2/0
0/0/25/0
OPS .548 .508 1.012 .685 .599 .569 .714 .747 .900 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.216 57/.553 18/1.056 57/.770 40/.862 72/.541 67/.779 45/.527 6/1.167 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.627 65/.468 12/.933 78/.627 74/.463 55/.606 154/.685 44/.979 4/.500 .671
Road 158/.598 59/.648 23/.964 68/.587 57/.526 67/.684 135/.666 39/.705 /
Last 28d days 52/.505 41/.462 / 63/.683 50/.660 48/.612 89/.736 37/.829 10/.900
HR/SB/CS 7/6/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/3/1 0/5/0 2/4/0 6/2/2 3/3/1 0/1/0 62/37/15
Usage ······X· ···XX··o ········ ··Xo···· ···Xo·oo ··XooX·· ····X··· ··ooo··X ··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.