Bottom of the 9th, A.J. at 3rd, Big Donkey batting, Aaron Crow at the mound:
http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16613133&c_id=cws (0:54)
| Chi White Sox | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buehrle | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.66 |
| Crain | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.56 |
| Santos(BS, 3)(W, 3-3) | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.07 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3.79 |
RE24:A.J. Pierzynski 1.51, Adam Dunn 1.29, Alexei Ramirez -1.39, Alex Rios -1.13.
Sergio was lucky he didn’t give up more dingers though. Pitch F/X shows only 2 sliders:
| Pitch Statistics | |||||||||
| Pitch Type | Avg Speed | Max Speed | Avg H-Break | Avg V-Break | Count | Strikes / % | Swinging Strikes / % | Linear Weights | Time to Plate |
| FF (FourSeam Fastball) | 95.38 | 96.1 | -4.07 | 9.55 | 12 | 10 / 83.33% | 0 / 0.00% | 1.2934 | 0.395 |
| CH (Changeup) | 88.50 | 88.7 | -8.43 | 3.72 | 2 | 1 / 50.00% | 0 / 0.00% | -0.0304 | 0.428 |
| SL (Slider) | 84.55 | 85.2 | 3.74 | -0.43 | 2 | 2 / 100.00% | 0 / 0.00% | -0.2115 | 0.446 |
| Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm and may be inaccurate. Pitch Type LWTS correspond to how many runs were likely to score on a particular pitch based on average run expectancy when each pitch was thrown and what happened as a result. Negative scores indicate more effective pitches. Time to Plate is the time, in seconds, that it takes an average pitch of this type to reach the plate. This is strongly correlated with velocity, but also factors in movement. | |||||||||
| Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals | ||||||||
| Inning | Pitches in Inning | Strikes in Inning | Strike% in Inning | Cumulative Total Pitches | Pitch LWTS in Inning | |||
| 9 | 16 | 13Adam Dunn, | 81.25 | 16 | 1.051 | |||
Other White Sox links: J.J. explains how Juan Pierre’s 3-game Game-Winning RBI streak can be costly to the Sox, James celebrates getting to .500 (it applies!) and recaps the past week, colin looks at the mystery of Adam Dunn, and Ozzie Guillen gets 2nd place on B-R’s ‘Man, if only they could hit’ leaderboard.
