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Game Preview: CHW @ HOU, 2:10pm, Sunday, May 18, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

White Sox, 21-23, 21-23 4th, 8 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (29, LHP, 3-3, 4.88)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-3) 48.0 47 26 26 23 34 5 4.88
2013 (4-14) 138.1 151 81 73 27 89 28 4.75
2012 (3-4) 53.2 57 35 34 23 30 7 5.70
Last 7 GS 3-3 41.0 42 23 23 19 28 5 5.05 47
2014-05-12 @OAK L 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 1 116 51
2014-05-07 CHC W 6.0 4 3 3 1 8 1 98 59
2014-05-02 @CLE L 5.0 10 8 8 3 3 2 100 15
2014-04-26 TBR L 5.2 7 4 4 4 4 0 123 39
2014-04-21 @DET W 6.1 6 1 1 3 1 0 101 55
2014-04-16 BOS ND 6.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 111 61
2014-04-10 CLE W 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 1 99 50
Last 5 v.HOU 0-2 11.2 12 8 7 5 9 3 5.40 46
2013-06-15 @HOU L 6.0 5 4 4 1 5 2 76 50
2007-06-08 HOU L 5.2 7 4 3 4 4 1 89 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-10   Road:   10-13   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  15-17   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 9-10   vsWest:  3-5  IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sat, May 17  @HOU  L   5-6       21-23  4th  8.0 gb
 43 Fri, May 16  @HOU  W   7-2       21-22  3rd  7.0 gb
 42 Wed, May 14  @OAK  W   4-2       20-22  3rd  7.0 gb
 41 Tue, May 13  @OAK  L   0-11      19-22  4th  7.0 gb
 40 Mon, May 12  @OAK  L   4-5       19-21  3rd  6.0 gb
 39 Sun, May 11   ARI  L   1-5       19-20  2nd  5.0 gb
 38 Sat, May 10   ARI  L   3-4       19-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 37 Fri, May  9   ARI  W   9-3       19-18  2nd  4.0 gb
 36 Thu, May  8   CHC  L   5-12      18-18  2nd  5.0 gb
 35 Wed, May  7   CHC  W   8-3       18-17  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Astros, 15-28, 15-28 5th, 12 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Brad Peacock (26, RHP, 0-4, 5.63)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-4) 38.1 40 26 24 26 39 6 5.63
2013 (5-6) 83.1 78 51 48 37 77 15 5.18
2011 (2-0) 12.0 7 1 1 6 4 0 0.75
Last 7 GS 0-4 40.1 40 25 22 22 40 7 4.91 48
2014-05-12 TEX L 6.0 8 4 4 2 11 2 106 49
2014-05-07 @DET L 6.2 4 3 3 4 4 2 105 54
2014-05-02 SEA ND 6.0 6 4 4 3 6 1 92 47
2014-04-25 OAK ND 5.0 5 5 3 6 3 0 92 38
2014-04-20 @OAK L 5.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 83 50
2013-09-24 @TEX L 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 1 95 54
2013-09-18 CIN ND 5.2 6 4 3 3 5 0 98 45
Has never faced CHW as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-15   Road:    6-13   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  11-18   vsLHP:   4-10   1-Run:   5-9 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 2-7    vsWest:  9-14 IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sat, May 17   CHW  W   6-5       15-28  5th 12.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 16   CHW  L   2-7       14-28  5th 12.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 14   TEX  W   5-4       14-27  5th 11.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 13   TEX  W   8-0       13-27  5th 12.0 gb
 39 Mon, May 12   TEX  L   0-4       12-27  5th 12.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 11  @BAL  W   5-2       12-26  5th 11.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 10  @BAL  L   4-5 (10)  11-26  5th 11.0 gb
 36 Fri, May  9  @BAL  L   3-4       11-25  5th 10.0 gb
 35 Thu, May  8  @DET  W   6-2       11-24  5th  9.0 gb
 34 Wed, May  7  @DET  L   2-3       10-24  5th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 17, 2014 HOU  6  CHW  5        W:Jarred Cosart (3-3), L: Hector Noesi (0-4), S: Chad Qualls (3)
Fri, May 16, 2014 CHW  7 @HOU  2        W:Jose Quintana (2-3), L: Collin McHugh (2-2), S: none

Wed, Aug 28, 2013 CHW  6  HOU  1        W:Chris Sale (10-12), L: Lucas Harrell (6-15), S: none
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 CHW  4  HOU  3        W:Donnie Veal (2-3), L: Erik Bedard (3-10), S: Addison Reed (36)
Mon, Aug 26, 2013 HOU 10 @CHW  8        W:David Martinez (1-0), L: Addison Reed (5-2), S: Jordan Lyles (1)
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 CHW  4 @HOU  2        W:Nate Jones (3-4), L: Bud Norris (5-7), S: Addison Reed (20)
Sun, Jun 16, 2013 HOU  5  CHW  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (4-3), L: Hector Santiago (2-5), S: Jose Veras (14)
Sat, Jun 15, 2013 HOU  4  CHW  3        W:Lucas Harrell (5-7), L: John Danks (1-3), S: Jose Veras (13)
Fri, Jun 14, 2013 HOU  2  CHW  1        W:Erik Bedard (2-3), L: Chris Sale (5-5), S: Jose Veras (12)
Sun, Jun 10, 2012 HOU 11 @CHW  9        W:Lucas Harrell (6-4), L: Philip Humber (2-4), S: Brett Myers (15)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - HOU won 4-3; 2012 - HOU won 2-1; All-Time - Tied 15-15

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 2014 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

COL  5.48

TBR  4.02

SDP  3.02

 RA/G

ATL  3.15

NYM  4.19

ARI  5.33

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .400

A. Hechavarria  .267

J. Gyorko  .152

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .503

M. Byrd  .333

J. Gyorko  .211

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .763

D. Gordon  .416

N. Schierholtz  .252

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.266

R. Howard  .750

B. Miller  .482

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.25

B. Norris  3.58

R. Nolasco  5.51

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.19

J. Quintana  7.50

C. Young  3.62

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

White Sox Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 44.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 189/144 .260/.312/.595/.908 .779/.949 .834 103/.928 0/0 15/3
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.929 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 4/1.250 2/.500 94/71 .270/.309/.416/.724 1.240/.562 .816 94/.724 1/0 3/2
30.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/3.000 3/1.334 11/.546 2/.500 162/119 .190/.248/.306/.555 .191/.689 .355 99/.576 5/3 4/1
44.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 17/.443 1/.000 9/.708 11/.282 25/.778 ··· 143/117 .254/.399/.474/.872 .593/.935 .928 76/.849 1/0 6/1
21.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 133/103 .306/.368/.388/.757 1.000/.678 .729 76/.657 0/1 2/3
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 46/27 .220/.273/.293/.565 .833/.361 .588 24/.477 4/1 0/2
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 105/76 .333/.381/.430/.811 .644/.878 .839 37/.903 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/1.933 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.381 14/.858 1/3.000 54/18 .208/.259/.333/.593 .583/.611 .440 37/.820 0/0 1/0
17.Nieto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/25 .258/.281/.323/.604 1.405/.400 .857 17/.646 0/0 0/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.429 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/.500 10/.400 2/.000 182/142 .322/.348/.480/.828 .564/.903 .647 102/.703 7/1 5/4
5.Semien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/106 .214/.278/.338/.616 .684/.583 .669 71/.610 3/0 3/6
25.Sierra G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/.500 72/53 .179/.222/.239/.461 .105/.596 .516 49/.576 0/0 1/1
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 8/1.893 ··· 163/118 .299/.362/.469/.831 .724/.869 .929 104/.824 0/0 3/5
IP 38.1 4.0 17.2 13.0 13.2 6.2 23.0 6.2 TOTAL .261/.325/.416/.740 .693/.758 .716 .725 25/9 47/35
ERA-K/9 5.63/9.2 0.00/9.0 4.08/5.1 11.08/11.8 3.29/10.5 0.00/14.8 6.26/5.9 4.05/10.7 4.70/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (24-7-3)
 Nieto (6-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.265 15/.143 77/.299 65/.333 60/.321 20/.000 105/.309 28/.308 .266  De Aza
 Viciedo
 Garcia
 Sierra
 Dunn
35/10/0/2
15/0/27/1
0/5/0/0
3/0/16/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .801 .343 .841 .872 .795 .000 .876 .934 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.741 10/.311 34/.978 31/1.059 30/1.096 11/.000 61/.970 10/1.267 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 66/.898 5/.400 43/.731 34/.693 30/.508 9/.000 44/.749 18/.752 .769
Home 114/.829 14/.368 46/.988 32/.696 28/.837 13/.000 72/.897 11/.788
Last 28d days 107/.817 15/.343 44/1.015 36/1.184 32/.450 20/.000 46/.741 17/.820
HR/SB/CS 6/6/0 0/1/0 2/0/1 1/2/0 1/4/1 0/0/0 4/1/0 2/1/0 45/29/10
Usage ·····X·· oo·o·o·· X····o·X X······· o··o··o· o··X··Xo ········ ·X···o·o
Astros Batters (3.56 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB		 54.Belisario
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 43.Francisco
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 52.Petricka
G/S/vB		 57.Putnam
G/S/vB		 40.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 197/146 .304/.350/.414/.765 1.042/.664 .829 114/.822 14/3 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 152/102 .194/.283/.396/.678 .686/.675 .720 84/.842 0/0 5/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 153/112 .216/.307/.396/.703 .556/.760 .716 89/.667 0/0 6/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/21 .159/.191/.432/.623 .394/.922 .760 22/.640 0/0 4/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 166/117 .252/.313/.404/.717 .782/.690 .627 99/.824 0/1 5/3
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 11/.773 2/1.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 172/129 .265/.372/.388/.760 .764/.759 .932 109/.847 5/3 3/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 44/38 .275/.326/.400/.726 1.000/.680 .607 27/.641 0/1 1/1
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· 8/.875 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 85/32 .213/.259/.325/.584 .482/.758 .663 47/.549 1/0 2/1
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 67/25 .224/.303/.362/.665 .843/.382 .664 31/.756 0/0 2/1
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/95 .190/.306/.333/.639 1.667/.602 .467 56/.788 0/0 3/1
8.Presley* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 107/97 .223/.243/.350/.593 1.300/.518 .634 64/.684 1/0 3/0
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 124/89 .232/.306/.366/.673 .614/.694 .667 101/.685 1/2 3/6
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 144/100 .221/.277/.420/.696 .718/.687 .912 82/.705 10/1 5/5
IP 48.0 23.0 16.0 3.2 18.0 23.2 16.2 22.2 TOTAL .232/.303/.384/.687 .710/.677 .712 .750 33/11 45/26
ERA-K/9 4.88/6.4 4.30/6.3 4.50/8.4 9.82/12.2 3.50/5.0 1.90/6.8 1.62/5.9 2.78/7.1 4.69/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (25-9-1)
 Corporan (4-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.253 93/.226 72/.233 19/.294 78/.269 101/.198 61/.182 100/.235 .261  Presley
 Hoes
 Springer
 Guzman
 Fowler
 Gonzalez
 Krauss
20/5/8/3
15/0/7/2
0/0/28/2
2/0/0/0
0/39/0/0
3/0/1/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .760 .568 .678 1.074 .783 .566 .480 .706 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.771 41/.358 33/.487 11/1.555 42/.778 44/.589 26/.519 47/.456 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.756 52/.722 39/.842 8/.393 36/.791 57/.548 35/.451 53/.934 .728
Road 108/.814 51/.567 50/.835 10/1.178 38/.819 45/.646 30/.379 47/.933
Last 28d days 132/.836 48/.319 46/.579 19/1.074 43/.844 52/.386 52/.424 57/.812
HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 1/2/0 0/2/1 2/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/2/0 1/2/0 38/30/9
Usage ·····X·· ·o·XX··· o··o·Xo· ·o··X·X· ···XX··· ·X····X· ·o·····X 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.