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Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Monday, May 19, 2014 @Kauffman Stadium

White Sox, 21-24, 21-24 4th, 9 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Scott Carroll (29, RHP, 1-3, 5.24)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-3) 22.1 33 16 13 6 7 3 5.24
Last 7 GS 1-3 22.1 33 16 13 6 7 3 5.24 39
2014-05-13 @OAK L 5.0 11 6 6 1 2 1 84 22
2014-05-08 CHC L 4.0 11 6 6 2 2 2 90 16
2014-05-03 @CLE L 6.0 5 2 0 1 0 0 103 57
2014-04-27 TBR W 7.1 6 2 1 2 3 0 100 61
Has never faced KCR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-10   Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  15-18   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 9-10   vsWest:  3-6  IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Sun, May 18  @HOU  L   2-8       21-24  4th  9.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Royals, 22-21, 22-21 2nd, 7 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (31, LHP, 4-1, 3.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-1) 60.0 56 21 20 11 40 7 3.00
2013 (9-8) 150.0 162 68 67 46 109 17 4.02
2012 (14-11) 217.1 201 94 93 55 141 35 3.85
Last 7 GS 3-1 45.0 47 19 18 9 32 5 3.60 53
2014-05-14 COL W 6.2 5 2 2 1 8 1 103 63
2014-05-09 @SEA W 7.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 98 77
2014-05-04 DET L 5.0 11 7 7 2 3 2 107 18
2014-04-29 TOR ND 6.1 10 5 5 0 5 1 94 38
2014-04-23 @CLE ND 6.0 6 3 2 2 2 0 100 50
2014-04-18 MIN W 7.0 7 0 0 1 4 0 113 66
2014-04-13 @MIN ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 112 60
Last 5 v.CHW 1-1 28.1 36 23 23 8 17 9 7.31 39
2013-05-19 CHW W 7.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 114 72
2012-08-24 @CHW ND 4.0 7 6 6 1 2 3 74 25
2011-08-28 CHW L 5.2 10 9 9 2 2 2 101 13
2011-06-08 @CHW ND 7.1 7 3 3 1 4 1 95 55
2010-07-28 @CHW ND 4.1 8 5 5 1 3 3 90 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-9    Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   4-9 
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl: 5-13   vsWest:  5-2  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sun, May 18   BAL  W   8-6       22-21  2nd  7.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 17   BAL  W   1-0       21-21  3rd  7.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 16   BAL  L   0-4       20-21  3rd  7.0 gb
 40 Thu, May 15   BAL  L   1-2       20-20  2nd  6.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 14   COL  W   3-2       20-19  2nd  5.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 13   COL  W   5-1       19-19  2nd  5.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 11  @SEA  W   9-7       18-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 10  @SEA  L   1-3       17-19  3rd  6.0 gb
 35 Fri, May  9  @SEA  W   6-1       17-18  3rd  5.0 gb
 34 Thu, May  8  @SEA  L   0-1       16-18  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 CHW  5 @KCR  1        W:Chris Sale (2-0), L: James Shields (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 KCR  4  CHW  3        W:Wade Davis (1-1), L: Scott Downs (0-1), S: Greg Holland (2)
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 KCR  7  CHW  5        W:Jeremy Guthrie (1-0), L: Erik Johnson (0-1), S: Greg Holland (1)

Sun, Sep 29, 2013 KCR  4 @CHW  1        W:Bruce Chen (9-4), L: Jose Quintana (9-7), S: Greg Holland (47)
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 CHW  6  KCR  5        W:Erik Johnson (3-2), L: Yordano Ventura (0-1), S: Addison Reed (40)
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 KCR  6 @CHW  1        W:James Shields (13-9), L: Chris Sale (11-14), S: none
Thu, Sep 26, 2013 KCR  3 @CHW  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (15-12), L: Andre Rienzo (2-3), S: Greg Holland (46)
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 CHW  4 @KCR  3 (12)   W:Jake Petricka (1-0), L: Luke Hochevar (3-2), S: Addison Reed (34)
Wed, Aug 21, 2013 CHW  5 @KCR  2        W:Andre Rienzo (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (12-10), S: Addison Reed (33)
Tue, Aug 20, 2013 CHW  2 @KCR  0        W:John Danks (3-10), L: Ervin Santana (8-7), S: Addison Reed (32)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 2-1; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; 2012 - KCR won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 358-326

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  5.53

WSN  4.00

SDP  3.09

 RA/G

OAK  3.18

NYM  4.23

ARI  5.28

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .393

M. Kemp  .267

C. Santana  .152

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .494

A. Escobar  .331

J. Gyorko  .211

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .764

B. Gardner  .419

N. Schierholtz  .252

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.259

R. Howard  .749

B. Miller  .480

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.25

P. Hughes  3.61

J. Danks  5.64

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.19

M. Cain  7.41

C. Young  3.62

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

White Sox Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 25.Coleman
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 14/1.121 ··· 8/.536 4/.750 8/.971 18/.056 11/.455 12/.750 97/74 .261/.299/.402/.701 1.240/.539 .768 97/.701 1/0 3/2
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 8/1.292 5/.200 13/.490 7/.762 10/.322 166/123 .188/.255/.302/.557 .191/.689 .365 100/.570 5/3 4/2
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 11/1.922 4/.833 3/.333 10/1.375 6/1.166 15/.583 9/.111 12/.633 147/121 .246/.388/.458/.845 .593/.900 .868 76/.849 1/0 6/1
1.Eaton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 117/87 .275/.359/.373/.732 .770/.718 .612 34/.646 2/2 1/1
21.Flowers G/S/vP 6/1.133 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 2/1.000 3/.333 133/103 .306/.368/.388/.757 1.000/.678 .729 76/.657 0/1 2/3
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/28 .238/.289/.310/.598 .833/.426 .641 25/.541 4/1 0/2
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 2/.500 7/.762 2/2.500 6/.167 109/80 .330/.376/.423/.799 .644/.857 .817 37/.874 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP 18/1.250 ··· 7/.953 4/.000 11/.182 25/.684 8/.125 14/.742 58/22 .192/.241/.308/.549 .583/.490 .379 40/.754 0/0 1/0
17.Nieto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 36/28 .324/.343/.412/.755 1.405/.607 1.118 18/1.033 0/0 0/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 18/1.222 2/1.000 8/.125 1/.000 10/.650 24/.536 10/.777 12/.500 185/145 .320/.353/.477/.830 .564/.905 .655 101/.718 7/1 5/4
5.Semien G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 159/107 .212/.277/.336/.612 .684/.577 .660 68/.591 3/0 3/6
25.Sierra G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 72/53 .179/.222/.239/.461 .105/.596 .516 49/.576 0/0 1/1
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 10/1.278 2/.000 4/.500 4/1.250 5/1.600 8/.661 8/.750 10/.200 167/122 .291/.353/.457/.810 .724/.839 .888 104/.793 0/0 3/5
IP 60.0 1.0 11.1 5.2 17.1 18.1 20.1 16.2 TOTAL .260/.324/.412/.736 .693/.751 .708 .726 25/9 47/37
ERA-K/9 3.00/6.0 0.00/0.0 5.56/8.8 7.94/3.2 1.56/5.7 1.96/16.7 1.33/8.4 2.16/13.5 3.43/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (24-7-3)
 Nieto (8-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 242/.246 3/.000 51/.295 27/.400 69/.175 76/.141 81/.192 68/.222 .239  De Aza
 Eaton
 Viciedo
 Garcia
 Dunn
 Sierra
36/10/0/2
0/26/0/2
15/0/28/1
0/5/0/0
2/0/0/0
3/0/16/0
OPS .681 .000 .915 .970 .516 .404 .550 .581 .668
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.553 2/.000 19/.451 12/1.100 40/.414 40/.476 41/.520 35/.540 .645
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 182/.723 1/.000 32/1.183 15/.833 29/.660 36/.322 40/.581 33/.617 .688
Home 139/.771 3/.000 30/1.054 13/.657 36/.487 31/.415 40/.714 41/.536
Last 28d days 133/.782 3/.000 38/.921 18/.849 46/.563 35/.418 51/.527 39/.643
HR/SB/CS 7/7/2 0/0/0 2/0/1 0/1/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 1/1/1 36/18/8
Usage ····X··· ··o····· ···oo··X ···o···· o··o·X·o ·o···o·X o··oo··o oX··X··o
Royals Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (5.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 67.Carroll
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
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 182/137 .268/.324/.329/.653 .754/.620 .887 109/.626 5/3 0/2
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/2.467 3/.333 8/.661 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 170/125 .240/.294/.305/.599 .702/.564 .757 96/.683 0/0 1/
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 86/62 .312/.372/.390/.762 .804/.746 .862 42/.781 3/0 1/0
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 5/.000 2/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 59/51 .283/.321/.321/.642 .250/.710 .400 49/.725 5/1 0/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 9/.444 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 162/126 .279/.331/.395/.726 .932/.663 .721 98/.672 11/1 2/2
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 33/24 .194/.212/.290/.502 .347/.556 .390 29/.493 0/0 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/1.301 6/1.100 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 178/123 .268/.320/.402/.723 .669/.746 .791 105/.689 1/2 3/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 15/.000 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.347 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 189/130 .287/.328/.391/.719 .669/.742 .543 114/.753 0/1 1/2
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 134/118 .157/.224/.331/.554 .327/.581 .469 67/.616 0/0 4/3
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 5/2.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 162/121 .268/.327/.430/.757 .770/.752 .732 88/.847 1/0 4/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 50/18 .283/.320/.391/.711 .844/.465 .436 39/.676 0/0 1/1
IP 22.1 23.0 17.0 3.2 19.0 23.2 16.2 24.0 TOTAL .254/.306/.359/.666 .662/.667 .673 .671 31/9 20/28
ERA-K/9 5.24/2.8 4.30/6.3 4.24/7.9 9.82/12.2 3.32/5.2 1.90/6.8 1.62/5.9 2.63/7.1 4.76/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (1-0-1)
 Perez (17-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 106/.351 93/.226 75/.222 19/.294 81/.257 101/.198 61/.182 105/.224 .262  Gordon
 Dyson
 Aoki
 Cain
43/0/0/4
0/21/0/2
0/0/41/0
0/23/4/0
OPS .952 .568 .648 1.074 .752 .566 .480 .682 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/1.048 41/.358 33/.487 11/1.555 44/.739 44/.589 26/.519 48/.446 .787
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 38/.776 52/.722 42/.776 8/.393 37/.767 57/.548 35/.451 57/.888 .741
Road 51/.902 51/.567 53/.783 10/1.178 41/.755 45/.646 30/.379 52/.862
Last 28d days 106/.952 42/.243 49/.542 19/1.074 41/.770 52/.386 52/.424 62/.763
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 1/2/0 0/2/1 2/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/2/0 1/2/0 41/32/9
Usage ·····X·· ··o·XX·· Xo··o·Xo ··o··X·X o···XX·· ··X····X ··o····· XX····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.