A capsule look at the White Sox-Rays series

A look at the best-of-five American League division series between the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays:

Schedule : Game 1, Thursday, at Tampa Bay (12:37 p.m.); Game 2, Friday, at Tampa Bay (4:07 p.m.); Game 3, Sunday, at Chicago (TBA); x-Game 4, Monday, Oct. 6, at Chicago (TBA); x-Game 5, Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Tampa Bay (TBA). (All games on TBS).

x-if necessary.

Season Series: Tampa Bay won 6-4.

Projected Lineups

White Sox: SS Orlando Cabrera (.281, 8 HRs, 57 RBIs), LF Dewayne Wise (.248, 6, 18), RF Jermaine Dye (.292, 34, 96), DH Jim Thome (.245, 34, 90), 1B Paul Konerko (.240, 22, 62), CF Ken Griffey Jr. (.260, 3, 18 after July 31 trade from Cincinnati; .249, 18, 71 overall), 2B Alexei Ramirez (.290, 21, 77), C A.J. Pierzynski (.281, 13, 60), 3B Juan Uribe (.247, 7, 40).

Rays: 2B Akinori Iwamura (.274, 6, 48), CF B.J. Upton (.273, 9, 67), 1B Carlos Pena (.247, 31, 102), 3B Evan Longoria (.272, 27, 85), DH Cliff Floyd (.268, 11, 39), C Dioner Navarro (.295, 7, 54), LF Carl Crawford (.273, 8, 57), RF Gabe Gross (.242, 13, 38), SS Jason Bartlett (.286, 1, 37).

Projected Rotations

White Sox: RH Javier Vazquez (12-16, 4.67 ERA), LH Mark Buehrle (15-12, 3.79), RH Gavin Floyd (17-8, 3.84), LH John Danks (12-9, 3.32).

Rays: RH James Shields (14-8, 3.56), LH Scott Kazmir (12-8, 3.49), RH Matt Garza (11-9, 3.70), RH Andy Sonnanstine (13-9, 4.38).

Relievers

White Sox: RH Bobby Jenks (3-1, 2.64, 30/34 saves), LH Matt Thornton (5-3, 2.67, team-high 74 appearances), RH Octavio Dotel (4-4, 3.76), LH Boone Logan (2-3, 5.95), RH Scott Linebrink (2-2, 3.69).

Rays: RH Troy Percival (2-1, 4.53, 28/32 saves, hampered by injuries second half of season), RH Grant Balfour (6-2, 1.54, 82 strikeouts in 58 1-3 innings), LH J.P. Howell (6-1, 2.22), LH Trever Miller (2-0, 4.15), RH Chad Bradford (4-3, 2.12), LH David Price (0-0, 1.93), RH Dan Wheeler (5-6, 3.12, 13/18 saves), RH Jason Hammel (4-4, 4.60).

Matchups