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Game Preview: BOS @ TOR, 1:07pm, Saturday, September 20, 2008 @Rogers Centre

Boston Red Sox, 90-63, 2nd, 1½ GB, 7½ up in WC

SP: Jon Lester (24, LHP, 15-5, 3.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (15-5)           197.1 192  72  69  62 144 14    3.15      
 2007 (4-0)             63    61  33  32  31  50 10    4.57      
 2006 (7-2)             81.1  91  43  43  43  60  7    4.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  44    40  14  14  13  41  4    2.86   58 
 2008-09-14    TOR   W   8     4   1   1   2   6  1     103   74 
 2008-09-08    TBR   W   7.2   6   0   0   3   9  0     119   73 
 2008-09-02    BAL   W   5     6   1   1   4   5  0      99   52 
 2008-08-28   @NYY  ND   6.2   5   1   1   0   8  0     119   68 
 2008-08-23   @TOR   L   2.1   8   7   7   2   2  1      78   13 
 2008-08-18   @BAL   W   7     4   1   1   1   5  1     103   69 
 2008-08-13    TEX   W   7.1   7   3   3   1   6  1     108   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      1-1  25    16   9   9  12  19  2    3.24   59 
 2008-09-14    TOR   W   8     4   1   1   2   6  1     103   74 
 2008-08-23   @TOR   L   2.1   8   7   7   2   2  1      78   13 
 2008-04-29    TOR  ND   8     1   0   0   4   6  0      97   82 
 2007-09-18   @TOR  ND   6.2   3   1   1   4   5  0     108   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   52-22   Road:   38-41   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  67-51   vsLHP:  23-12   1-Run:  19-22
 vsEast: 36-31   vsCntrl:21-9    vsWest: 22-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Fri, Sep 19  @TOR  W   4-3       90-63  2nd  1.5 gb
152 Wed, Sep 17  @TBR  L   3-10      89-63  2nd  2.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 16  @TBR  L   1-2       89-62  2nd  1.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 15  @TBR  W  13-5       89-61  1st    Tied
149 Sun, Sep 14   TOR  W   4-3       88-61  2nd  1.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 13   TOR  W   7-5       87-61  2nd  2.0 gb
147 Sat, Sep 13   TOR  L   1-8       86-61  2nd  2.0 gb
146 Fri, Sep 12   TOR  W   7-0       86-60  2nd  2.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 10   TBR  L   2-4 (14)  85-60  2nd  2.5 gb
144 Tue, Sep  9   TBR  L   4-5       85-59  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Toronto Blue Jays, 82-72, 4th, 10 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 18-11, 2.77)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (18-11)          231   208  83  71  35 198 17    2.77      
 2007 (16-7)           225.1 232 101  93  48 139 15    3.71      
 2006 (16-5)           220   208  82  78  34 132 19    3.19      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  49    48  19  16   4  43  4    2.94   59 
 2008-09-14   @BOS   L   7     6   3   2   0   5  0     116   60 
 2008-09-10   @CHW   L   6     9   5   5   1   8  0      89   41 
 2008-09-05    TBR   W   7     7   3   1   0   7  0     101   62 
 2008-08-31   @NYY   W   7     8   2   2   0   3  2     103   56 
 2008-08-26   @TBR   W   6     6   2   2   0   7  0     111   59 
 2008-08-21    NYY   W   7     5   3   3   2   9  1      94   62 
 2008-08-16   @BOS   W   9     7   1   1   1   4  1     111   72 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      2-3  40.2  35  14  13   5  28  6    2.88   62 
 2008-09-14   @BOS   L   7     6   3   2   0   5  0     116   60 
 2008-08-16   @BOS   W   9     7   1   1   1   4  1     111   72 
 2008-04-29   @BOS   L   8.2   5   1   1   1   6  0     112   75 
 2008-04-06    BOS   W   8     8   4   4   1   6  3     107   55 
 2007-09-04   @BOS   L   8     9   5   5   2   7  2     126   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   45-31   Road:   37-41   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  64-49   vsLHP:  18-23   1-Run:  24-31
 vsEast: 33-31   vsCntrl:24-12   vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Fri, Sep 19   BOS  L   3-4       82-72  4th 10.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 18   BAL  W   3-2       82-71  3rd  9.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 17   BAL  W   8-7       81-71  3rd 10.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 16   BAL  L   0-2       80-71  3rd 10.0 gb
150 Sun, Sep 14  @BOS  L   3-4       80-70  3rd  9.5 gb
149 Sat, Sep 13  @BOS  L   5-7       80-69  3rd  9.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 13  @BOS  W   8-1       80-68  3rd  9.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 12  @BOS  L   0-7       79-68  3rd  9.5 gb
146 Thu, Sep 11  @CHW  W   6-4       79-67  3rd  9.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 10  @CHW  L   5-6       78-67  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 BOS  4 @TOR  3        W:Manny Delcarmen (1-2), L: Brian Tallet (1-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (39)
Sun, Sep 14, 2008 BOS  4  TOR  3        W:Jon Lester (15-5), L: Roy Halladay (18-11), S: Jonathan Papelbon (38)
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 BOS  7  TOR  5        W:Justin Masterson (6-4), L: Scott Downs (0-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (37)
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 TOR  8 @BOS  1        W:A.J. Burnett (18-10), L: Paul Byrd (11-12), S: none
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 BOS  7  TOR  0        W:Tim Wakefield (9-10), L: David Purcey (3-6), S: none
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 BOS  6 @TOR  5 (11)   W:Jonathan Papelbon (5-3), L: Brandon League (0-2), S: Manny Delcarmen (1)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 TOR 11  BOS  0        W:Jesse Litsch (9-7), L: Jon Lester (12-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 BOS  8 @TOR  4        W:Paul Byrd (8-11), L: Shaun Marcum (8-6), S: none
Sun, Aug 17, 2008 TOR 15 @BOS  4        W:Shaun Marcum (8-5), L: Josh Beckett (11-9), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 TOR  4 @BOS  1        W:Roy Halladay (14-9), L: Paul Byrd (7-11), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 8-8; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - TOR won 12-7; All-Time - BOS leads 247-200

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 2008 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

TEX  5.53

ATL  4.62

SDP  3.94

RA/G

TOR  3.83

SFG  4.64

TEX  6.03

BA

R. Furcal  .366

G. Anderson  .292

J. Towles  .139

OBP

C. Jones  .466

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .179

SLG

A. Pujols  .641

M. Cameron  .490

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.098

J. Damon  .844

T. Pena  .383

ERA

C. Lee  2.41

A. Cook  4.00

N. Robertson  6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.14

J. Shields  6.61

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Boston Red Sox Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Halladay
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
39.Carlson*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
31.Parrish*
G/S/vB
52.Ryan*
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
55.Bailey G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/24 .263/.378/.447/.825 .912/.732 .618 29/.899 0/0 2/
44.Bay G/S/vP 9/.777 2/.000 ··· 7/.429 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 642/491 .287/.369/.524/.893 .868/.900 .864 95/.833 10/0 30/
54.Carter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/5 .667/.667/.667/1.333 2.000/1.200 .000 3/1.333 0/0 0/
22.Casey* G/S/vP 18/.556 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 201/167 .333/.393/.410/.803 .882/.786 .662 19/.541 1/0 0/
30.Cash G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 150/111 .229/.313/.351/.664 .873/.594 .668 25/.884 0/0 3/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 19/.544 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 161/137 .283/.375/.355/.730 .723/.732 .698 56/.686 1/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 35/.686 14/1.044 1/.000 8/.250 8/1.071 2/.500 1/no AB 5/.400 7/.762 2/1.500 397/297 .283/.344/.406/.750 .784/.738 .745 78/.940 20/7 7/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 24/.982 1/2.000 ··· 12/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 451/358 .280/.408/.522/.930 .937/.928 .927 / 4/1 19/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 14/1.286 1/2.000 3/.333 4/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 574/441 .270/.330/.372/.702 .705/.701 .656 103/.733 48/11 8/
11.Kotsay* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.650 2/2.000 3/.333 8/.125 1/no AB ··· 415/293 .276/.331/.402/.732 .626/.778 .661 76/.631 2/3 6/
68.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 2/.000 0/0 0/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 31/.791 6/.500 1/.000 7/1.000 9/1.181 1/2.000 1/no AB 5/.000 3/.000 2/.000 467/363 .275/.338/.462/.800 .961/.756 .823 40/.997 2/2 17/
12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/2.167 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 274/193 .275/.360/.428/.788 1.032/.687 .739 105/.700 0/0 2/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 92/.827 8/1.792 1/.000 21/1.057 15/.498 5/1.000 11/.909 20/.900 8/1.825 2/.000 466/357 .262/.370/.496/.866 .703/.916 .772 110/.894 1/0 21/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 31/.443 3/2.000 2/2.500 5/.400 6/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/1.334 1/3.000 696/529 .324/.376/.492/.868 .911/.854 .826 117/1.011 17/1 17/
28.Ross G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 179/96 .230/.376/.360/.735 .632/.821 .649 6/.400 0/1 3/
60.Van Every* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/6 .250/.250/.250/.500 1.000/.333 .500 5/.400 0/0 0/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 75/.670 11/.697 ··· 11/.818 10/.200 5/.400 5/.900 17/.301 8/1.333 2/2.500 462/360 .224/.314/.369/.682 .873/.628 .690 73/.669 0/1 13/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 49/.929 9/.472 ··· 6/.500 10/.300 2/.000 3/2.500 9/.111 4/.250 2/2.000 590/474 .311/.385/.558/.943 .963/.939 .913 85/.824 3/5 26/
IP 231.0 39.1 56.0 70.2 47.1 31.0 35.1 57.0 52.1 21.0 TOTAL .281/.359/.448/.807 .853/.794 .775 .807 114/33 166/80
ERA-K/9 2.77/7.7 4.12/7.1 1.77/8.5 1.78/7.3 4.18/8.0 2.32/6.1 4.33/4.8 3.00/9.2 3.10/7.9 2.57/6.0 3.54/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (36-16-14)
 Kottaras (0-0-0)
 Ross (24-10-6)
 Varitek (53-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 928/.239 166/.263 219/.190 290/.213 208/.208 132/.230 146/.278 246/.219 226/.245 82/.233 .244  Bay
 Drew
 Ellsbury
 Crisp
 Kotsay
 Youkilis
 Carter
 Bailey
 Van Every
146/0/0/8
0/1/104/6
58/60/33/4
0/110/0/4
0/84/14/3
0/0/2/0
2/0/0/0
3/0/1/0
1/1/3/0
OPS .623 .694 .593 .590 .679 .663 .809 .659 .680 .657 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 526/.629 65/.976 117/.515 119/.540 81/.842 63/.805 60/.920 75/.778 105/.667 36/.771 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 402/.614 101/.515 102/.684 171/.625 127/.578 69/.538 86/.732 171/.609 121/.692 46/.567 .654
Home 395/.642 85/.632 100/.367 136/.500 107/.611 66/.715 107/.728 124/.535 132/.706 53/.647 .665
Last 28d days 139/.638 8/1.071 38/.246 53/.752 28/.857 36/.657 37/.910 58/.632 44/.688 10/.311
HR/SB/CS 17/13/5 2/3/0 5/1/2 3/2/0 4/5/2 2/0/0 5/2/1 4/4/0 4/6/1 2/0/0 130/83/35
Usage ·····X·· o·····o· ·ooo··X· ······X· ···X···X ··X···o· X··X···· ·Xo··o·· o·oo··X· ·o·X····
Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
43.Hansack
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
63.Masterson
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
62.Pauley
G/S/vB
59.Smith
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.250 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 377/264 .249/.294/.410/.704 .591/.754 .648 67/.603 0/0 11/
23.Bautista G/S/vP 6/.967 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 411/290 .238/.315/.412/.727 .896/.660 .673 47/.721 1/1 15/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 360/327 .304/.361/.416/.777 .757/.779 .911 79/.704 9/2 3/
26.Lind* G/S/vP 5/.650 2/1.500 3/.666 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 321/227 .290/.322/.457/.779 .655/.829 .745 102/.600 2/0 9/
6.McDonald G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 198/122 .212/.255/.274/.529 .621/.472 .505 51/.380 3/1 1/
36.Mench G/S/vP 8/1.214 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 4/.500 125/39 .236/.312/.355/.667 .690/.615 .892 18/.918 2/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 8/1.071 2/.500 10/.500 3/1.666 7/.762 ··· 7/.429 10/.400 3/.666 1/2.000 6/.900 603/443 .278/.364/.426/.790 .557/.877 .775 97/.844 1/2 14/
15.Rios G/S/vP 12/.788 3/2.667 8/.500 5/.200 2/2.000 4/1.167 5/1.150 7/1.000 3/2.500 2/1.500 10/1.378 659/504 .291/.335/.466/.801 .711/.829 .833 116/.891 30/8 15/
33.Rolen G/S/vP 6/.533 8/1.375 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 8/.250 442/329 .256/.348/.418/.766 .735/.776 .734 78/.839 5/0 9/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 6/.167 4/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/4.500 7/.715 562/411 .264/.342/.355/.696 .709/.691 .689 106/.709 7/2 7/
45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 55/44 .340/.382/.560/.942 .899/.949 .960 55/.942 0/0 2/
7.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .125/.300/.125/.425 .500/.333 .452 4/.333 0/0 0/
10.Wells G/S/vP 11/1.080 3/1.667 10/.522 4/.500 2/.500 4/.500 5/2.000 12/.250 ··· 2/3.500 20/.900 438/337 .295/.340/.480/.820 .884/.801 .851 114/.992 4/2 17/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 4/.000 ··· 7/.857 ··· 4/.250 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 305/253 .215/.306/.312/.617 .554/.629 .628 9/.222 3/5 3/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.600 13/.685 3/.666 ··· 13/.408 270/208 .228/.337/.355/.692 .572/.736 .860 35/.785 2/1 6/
IP 197.1 45.1 70.2 3.1 58.0 82.0 57.2 65.0 9.2 16.2 45.1 TOTAL .264/.332/.399/.731 .690/.745 .753 .765 78/27 118/82
ERA-K/9 3.15/6.6 4.57/9.3 3.44/8.8 0.00/10.9 2.48/5.6 3.18/6.9 2.81/8.4 2.08/10.1 9.31/8.4 7.02/7.0 5.96/5.4 3.95/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (42-22-2)
 Thigpen (1-0-0)
 Zaun (40-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 820/.258 207/.250 291/.203 12/.091 238/.243 342/.215 245/.225 254/.218 51/.370 68/.246 208/.301 .249  Rios
 Wells
 Wilkerson
 Lind
 Scutaro
 Mench
 Snider
 Inglett
0/59/89/14
0/96/0/5
28/3/64/4
67/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
19/0/15/1
10/0/3/1
22/1/12/0
OPS .695 .776 .602 .258 .687 .678 .647 .557 .997 .872 .887 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 244/.587 88/.728 134/.559 7/.452 124/.591 170/.789 104/.580 137/.602 28/1.188 37/.516 95/1.064 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 576/.742 119/.813 157/.640 5/.000 114/.787 172/.573 141/.697 117/.505 23/.783 31/1.313 113/.734 .702
Road 372/.713 97/.575 150/.682 3/1.167 96/.772 164/.642 128/.522 122/.593 21/1.079 41/1.229 117/.894 .704
Last 28d days 127/.737 11/1.055 64/.311 12/.258 42/.451 46/.659 27/.542 44/.727 29/.948 37/1.180 37/1.170
HR/SB/CS 14/7/5 3/3/0 5/7/0 0/0/0 4/1/3 9/9/1 6/0/1 4/2/0 1/1/0 6/0/0 8/4/0 142/89/32
Usage ·····X·· ··X···X· o·X····o ··o···X· o·o···o· ···X··o· o·o····· X····Xo· ··X·X··· ··o·X··· ····o···

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.

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