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Chicago White Sox vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at U.S. Cellular Field, June 17, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
U.S. Cellular Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
74° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
65
On This Date:
56-58
White Sox
Manager:
Robin Ventura
Game #:
68
On This Date:
49-55
Season Series
Mon, Jun 15, 2015 PIT 11  CHW  0     
Tue, Jun 16, 2015 PIT  3  CHW  0     

Wed, Jun 17, 2015 PIT    @CHW  8:10pm
Thu, Jun 18, 2015 PIT    @CHW  8:10pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
37-27, 2nd, 6 GB, 3 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-11   Road:   16-16   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  30-23   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast: 13-3    vsCntrl:13-18   vsWest:  8-2  IL: 3-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Tue, Jun 16   CHW  W   3-0       37-27  2nd  6.0 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 15   CHW  W  11-0       36-27  2nd  6.0 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 14   PHI  W   1-0 (11)  35-27  2nd  6.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 13   PHI  W   4-3       34-27  2nd  6.5 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 12   PHI  W   1-0 (13)  33-27  2nd  6.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun 10   MIL  W   2-0       32-27  2nd  6.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  9   MIL  L   1-4       31-27  2nd  6.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  8   MIL  L   0-2       31-26  2nd  6.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  7  @ATL  W   3-0       31-25  2nd  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @ATL  L   4-5       30-25  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Chicago White Sox
28-35, 5th, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-12   Road:   12-23   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  24-28   vsLHP:   4-7    1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast:  2-7    vsCntrl:13-21   vsWest:  9-3  IL: 4-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Tue, Jun 16  @PIT  L   0-3       28-35  5th  9.0 gb
 62 Mon, Jun 15  @PIT  L   0-11      28-34  5th  8.0 gb
 61 Sun, Jun 14  @TBR  L   1-2       28-33  5th  7.0 gb
 60 Sat, Jun 13  @TBR  L   4-5       28-32  5th  6.5 gb
 59 Fri, Jun 12  @TBR  L   5-7       28-31  4th  6.5 gb
 58 Wed, Jun 10   HOU  W   4-1       28-30  4th  6.5 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  9   HOU  W   4-2       27-30  4th  6.5 gb
 56 Mon, Jun  8   HOU  W   3-1       26-30  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Sun, Jun  7   DET  L   4-6       25-30  5th  7.5 gb
 54 Sat, Jun  6   DET  L   1-7       25-29  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 16, 2015 PIT  3  CHW  0        W:Charlie Morton (5-0), L: Jose Quintana (3-7), S: Mark Melancon (21)
Mon, Jun 15, 2015 PIT 11  CHW  0        W:Francisco Liriano (4-5), L: Carlos Rodon (2-1), S: none

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 CHW  5 @PIT  4        W:Mark Buehrle (5-6), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-5), S: Bobby Jenks (13)
Wed, Jun 16, 2010 CHW  7 @PIT  2        W:John Danks (6-5), L: Zach Duke (3-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 CHW  6 @PIT  4        W:Freddy Garcia (7-3), L: Brad Lincoln (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (12)
Sun, May 24, 2009 PIT  4 @CHW  3        W:John Grabow (3-0), L: Bobby Jenks (0-2), S: Matt Capps (9)
Sat, May 23, 2009 CHW  4  PIT  0        W:Clayton Richard (1-0), L: Ross Ohlendorf (5-4), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2009 CHW  2  PIT  0        W:Gavin Floyd (3-4), L: Zach Duke (5-4), S: Bobby Jenks (10)
Thu, Jun 19, 2008 CHW 13  PIT  8        W:Gavin Floyd (8-3), L: Phil Dumatrait (3-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 18, 2008 CHW  8  PIT  2        W:Mark Buehrle (4-6), L: Tom Gorzelanny (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - PIT over 2-0; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - CHW leads 17-11

SP: Jeff Locke (27, LHP, 3-3, 4.90)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-3) 68.0 76 39 37 26 51 7 4.90
2014 (7-6) 131.1 127 63 57 40 89 16 3.91
2013 (10-7) 166.1 146 69 65 84 125 11 3.52
Last 7 GS 1-1 38.1 43 22 21 17 26 5 4.93 46
2015-06-12 PHI ND 6.0 6 0 0 1 2 0 95 61
2015-06-06 @ATL ND 6.1 7 4 4 2 4 1 95 45
2015-05-31 @SDP L 4.0 8 7 6 3 3 1 89 20
2015-05-26 MIA W 5.2 4 0 0 4 6 0 104 63
2015-05-20 MIN ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 0 99 50
2015-05-15 @CHC ND 3.2 6 5 5 3 4 2 102 30
2015-05-10 STL ND 6.2 5 3 3 2 1 1 96 51
Has never faced CHW as starter.

SP: John Danks (30, LHP, 3-6, 5.29)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-6) 68.0 83 45 40 21 49 10 5.29
2014 (11-11) 193.2 205 106 102 74 129 25 4.74
2013 (4-14) 138.1 151 81 73 27 89 28 4.75
Last 7 GS 2-3 43.1 51 24 23 15 30 5 4.78 47
2015-06-12 @TBR L 5.1 8 5 4 1 3 0 94 36
2015-06-06 DET L 4.2 11 5 5 2 3 1 91 23
2015-05-31 @HOU W 9.0 10 0 0 1 6 0 118 72
2015-05-26 @TOR ND 5.0 7 6 6 1 5 1 99 33
2015-05-21 CLE L 5.1 6 5 5 4 3 2 102 35
2015-05-16 @OAK W 7.0 3 2 2 3 6 1 106 66
2015-05-10 CIN ND 7.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 118 62
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 8.0 4 2 2 3 6 1 2.25 69
2010-06-16 @PIT W 8.0 4 2 2 3 6 1 108 69

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Pirates Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB		 33.Duke*
G/S/vB		 63.Guerra
G/S/vB		 48.Noesi
G/S/vB		 52.Petricka
G/S/vB		 57.Putnam
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 40.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 212/191 .234/.311/.447/.758 .293/.812 .747 70/.777 0/0 10/8
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 195/160 .324/.404/.418/.822 1.127/.754 .850 79/1.010 1/1 2/2
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 253/206 .281/.323/.396/.718 .822/.695 .697 99/.752 7/4 4/9
12.Hart G/S/vP ··· 36/.754 ··· 6/1.100 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 47/24 .182/.213/.273/.485 .317/.641 .500 9/.347 0/0 1/3
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 167/129 .281/.365/.404/.769 .936/.721 .652 77/.699 4/0 3/5
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 263/218 .286/.336/.490/.826 1.167/.752 .732 103/.747 13/4 12/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.367 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 268/222 .293/.377/.485/.862 .760/.884 .827 100/1.078 3/2 8/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 192/156 .222/.270/.295/.565 .581/.562 .577 71/.809 2/0 2/3
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/209 .249/.311/.355/.666 .385/.706 .702 83/.745 17/4 3/4
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 21/1.188 2/.500 ··· 7/.000 ··· ··· 7/.762 1/.000 88/46 .262/.279/.393/.672 .654/.689 .568 37/.577 2/0 3/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/54 .290/.308/.387/.695 .606/.714 .726 21/1.029 0/0 0/3
31.Tabata G/S/vP 4/1.250 5/1.200 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/19 .300/.323/.300/.623 .780/.526 .500 29/.526 0/1 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 4/.000 11/.364 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 250/212 .252/.308/.374/.682 .382/.736 .752 88/.607 2/0 4/4
IP 68.0 25.1 3.0 32.2 20.1 20.1 26.2 8.2 TOTAL .257/.316/.385/.701 .694/.702 .685 .753 51/16 52/45
ERA-K/9 5.29/6.5 3.91/8.5 3.00/6.0 6.89/6.1 3.54/6.7 3.98/13.7 2.03/12.8 0.00/10.3 4.25/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (40-17-4)
 Stewart (13-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 304/.303 106/.272 13/.417 154/.301 88/.309 88/.227 103/.182 37/.265 .272  Marte
 McCutchen
 Polanco
 Harrison
 Rodriguez
 Hart
 Tabata
59/8/0/4
0/60/0/3
4/1/55/2
2/0/6/0
4/0/9/0
0/0/3/0
2/0/3/0
OPS .870 .840 .878 .920 .751 .672 .527 .618 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.650 30/.936 3/1.333 76/.792 30/.808 37/.771 44/.395 9/1.181 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 230/.941 76/.806 10/.733 78/1.045 58/.722 51/.599 59/.624 28/.442 .769
Home 130/.874 45/.619 / 76/.806 49/.573 49/.493 62/.325 5/.400
Last 28d days 134/.944 33/1.084 13/.878 76/1.022 37/.657 22/.485 38/.680 37/.618
HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 5/2/1 0/1/0 7/1/0 1/0/0 3/4/1 3/2/0 0/2/0 59/45/12
Usage ····X··· X·X····o ·o··X··· ·X······ ··oo···o ···X··XX ······oX Xo··X···
White Sox Batters (3.51 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 52.Scahill
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 46.Worley
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 249/201 .283/.337/.496/.833 .657/.875 .864 93/.801 0/0 12/6
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 134/89 .227/.291/.345/.636 .398/.752 .582 81/.573 0/1 3/4
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 6/.666 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 4/1.250 2/.000 6/.533 10/.311 69/38 .167/.191/.182/.373 .367/.377 .453 29/.241 0/2 0/3
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 267/207 .241/.278/.277/.555 .243/.645 .513 104/.505 0/0 1/3
1.Eaton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 255/188 .243/.302/.357/.659 .467/.732 .628 108/.702 4/3 3/3
21.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 142/115 .200/.239/.311/.551 .619/.535 .461 59/.554 0/0 3/0
26.Garcia G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 221/179 .275/.330/.412/.742 .773/.734 .733 72/.547 2/5 7/1
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 137/132 .248/.285/.388/.672 .800/.667 .758 38/.534 0/1 3/7
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 5/.400 8/.250 3/.000 2/.500 3/.000 1/5.000 4/2.500 6/.833 234/186 .235/.346/.400/.746 .560/.798 .700 95/.758 0/0 8/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 244/199 .234/.254/.312/.566 .582/.562 .680 99/.516 8/2 2/7
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/79 .146/.206/.180/.386 .308/.406 .268 74/.359 0/1 0/1
20.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/65 .281/.347/.313/.660 .375/.683 .971 44/.755 4/2 0/0
58.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.533 94/71 .218/.277/.368/.644 .915/.558 .780 45/.806 0/0 3/4
IP 68.0 16.2 28.1 27.2 31.2 24.0 34.1 47.0 TOTAL .239/.293/.348/.641 .523/.673 .659 .601 21/19 45/45
ERA-K/9 4.90/6.8 4.32/8.1 3.18/10.5 3.25/7.5 1.99/4.5 1.50/8.2 1.83/7.6 3.83/5.4 2.75/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (30-9-5)
 Soto (15-3-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 299/.287 76/.290 112/.172 118/.305 123/.231 109/.240 131/.197 205/.299 .239  Garcia
 Eaton
 Cabrera
 Shuck
 Bonifacio
0/0/55/9
0/58/0/5
62/0/0/3
4/6/12/3
1/3/0/0
OPS .769 .767 .522 .734 .576 .637 .522 .783 .633
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.765 19/.760 44/.539 48/.697 53/.389 51/.639 32/.845 82/.747 .623
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.770 57/.769 68/.511 70/.760 70/.717 58/.634 99/.423 123/.805 .639
Road 120/.945 31/.476 57/.490 59/.837 61/.517 62/.742 66/.673 121/.792
Last 28d days 102/.728 24/.542 37/.368 30/.745 45/.337 31/.848 48/.652 24/.708
HR/SB/CS 7/7/4 2/7/0 1/3/0 1/1/2 2/0/2 1/3/0 2/1/0 3/2/1 38/55/26
Usage ····X··· ··o·X··· ···Xo··· ··o·X··o o··oX·o· ·X··X··· o··Xo·o· ········

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 2015 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

TOR  5.47

MIN  4.17

PHI  3.03

 RA/G

STL  2.86

MIN  4.17

COL  4.97

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .361

A. Rodriguez  .267

S. Drew  .174

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .481

J. Giavotella  .327

O. Infante  .229

 SLG

B. Harper  .735

W. Ramos  .418

M. Cabrera  .277

 OPS

B. Harper  1.216

A. Hechavarria  .748

O. Infante  .536

 ERA

S. Gray  1.60

J. Zimmermann  3.74

K. Lohse  6.44

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.71

M. Gonzalez  7.27

J. Guthrie  4.00

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.