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Game Preview: DET @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, October 2, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Tigers, 87-73, 87-73 1st, 3 up

SP: Doug Fister (28, RHP, 10-9, 3.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-9) 157.1 149 70 59 35 135 14 3.38
2011 (11-13) 216.1 193 76 68 37 146 11 2.83
2010 (6-14) 171.0 187 85 78 32 93 13 4.11
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.1 38 21 18 12 39 4 3.74 55
2012-09-27 KCR ND 7.2 5 3 2 0 10 0 99 69
2012-09-22 MIN W 9.0 7 0 0 0 7 0 117 80
2012-09-17 @CHW L 4.0 8 5 4 2 2 0 93 28
2012-09-11 @CHW W 7.0 2 2 2 2 6 2 99 69
2012-09-05 CLE W 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 109 70
2012-08-31 CHW ND 5.0 4 3 2 4 2 1 101 47
2012-08-19 BAL L 3.2 8 7 7 3 6 1 82 20
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 34.1 31 14 13 6 24 2 3.41 56
2012-09-27 KCR ND 7.2 5 3 2 0 10 0 99 69
2012-07-07 KCR W 6.0 8 4 4 3 2 1 95 39
2011-08-30 KCR ND 7.2 4 1 1 0 6 0 94 73
2011-04-14 @KCR L 7.0 8 5 5 1 5 1 106 45
2010-07-07 KCR ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 1 0 97 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   50-31   Road:   37-42   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  61-48   vsLHP:  26-25   1-Run:  20-27
 vsEast: 21-18   vsCntrl:42-28   vsWest: 13-20 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Mon, Oct  1  @KCR  W   6-3       87-73  1st  3.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 30  @MIN  W   2-1       86-73  1st  3.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 29  @MIN  W   6-4       85-73  1st  2.0 up
157 Fri, Sep 28  @MIN  L   2-4       84-73  1st  1.0 up
156 Thu, Sep 27   KCR  W   5-4       84-72  1st  2.0 up
155 Wed, Sep 26   KCR  W   5-4       83-72  1st  1.0 up
154 Tue, Sep 25   KCR  W   2-0       82-72  1st    Tied
153 Mon, Sep 24   KCR  W   6-2       81-72  2nd  1.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23   MIN  L   1-2 (10)  80-72  2nd  1.0 gb
151 Sun, Sep 23   MIN  L   4-10      80-71  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Royals, 71-89, 71-89 3rd, 16 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (33, RHP, 7-12, 4.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-12) 175.2 201 107 94 47 98 30 4.82
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
2010 (11-14) 209.1 193 93 89 50 119 25 3.83
Last 7 GS 2-0 46.0 48 19 16 8 22 6 3.13 53
2012-09-26 @DET ND 7.0 7 4 4 2 3 2 103 48
2012-09-20 CHW ND 6.0 8 3 1 1 4 0 107 51
2012-09-15 LAA ND 8.0 5 2 2 1 2 1 107 65
2012-09-09 @CHW ND 8.0 6 0 0 0 4 0 97 74
2012-09-04 TEX W 7.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 102 62
2012-08-30 DET W 7.1 10 1 1 0 3 0 99 57
2012-08-25 @BOS ND 2.2 7 7 6 2 1 2 53 17
Last 5 v.DET 1-2 29.0 40 19 18 8 11 4 5.59 41
2012-09-26 @DET ND 7.0 7 4 4 2 3 2 103 48
2012-08-30 DET W 7.1 10 1 1 0 3 0 99 57
2012-06-17 @DET L 3.0 8 4 3 2 2 0 78 29
2011-09-24 @DET ND 6.0 7 4 4 2 2 1 102 42
2011-08-13 DET L 5.2 8 6 6 2 1 1 83 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-43   Road:   35-46   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  47-61   vsLHP:  24-28   1-Run:  27-25
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:33-37   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Mon, Oct  1   DET  L   3-6       71-89  3rd 16.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30  @CLE  L   3-15      71-88  3rd 15.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29  @CLE  W   7-6 (14)  71-87  3rd 14.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28  @CLE  L   5-8       70-87  3rd 14.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27  @DET  L   4-5       70-86  3rd 14.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26  @DET  L   4-5       70-85  3rd 13.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25  @DET  L   0-2       70-84  3rd 12.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24  @DET  L   2-6       70-83  3rd 12.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23   CLE  L   4-15      70-82  3rd 11.0 gb
151 Sat, Sep 22   CLE  W   5-3       70-81  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 DET  6 @KCR  3        W:Rick Porcello (10-12), L: Bruce Chen (11-14), S: Jose Valverde (35)
Thu, Sep 27, 2012 DET  5  KCR  4        W:Joaquin Benoit (5-3), L: Tim Collins (5-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 26, 2012 DET  5  KCR  4        W:Joaquin Benoit (4-3), L: Kelvin Herrera (4-3), S: Jose Valverde (32)
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 DET  2  KCR  0        W:Anibal Sanchez (9-13), L: Bruce Chen (11-13), S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 DET  6  KCR  2        W:Justin Verlander (16-8), L: Luke Hochevar (8-15), S: none
Thu, Aug 30, 2012 KCR  2  DET  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-12), L: Rick Porcello (9-10), S: Kelvin Herrera (1)
Wed, Aug 29, 2012 KCR  1  DET  0        W:Bruce Chen (10-10), L: Anibal Sanchez (7-11), S: Greg Holland (9)
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 KCR  9  DET  8        W:Aaron Crow (3-1), L: Brayan Villarreal (3-4), S: Greg Holland (8)
Sun, Jul 08, 2012 DET  7  KCR  1        W:Max Scherzer (8-5), L: Everett Teaford (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2012 DET  8  KCR  7        W:Doug Fister (2-6), L: Bruce Chen (7-8), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 12-4; 2011 - DET won 11-7; 2010 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - KCR leads 294-292

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 2012 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  5.01

MIN  4.36

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.59

ARI  4.27

COL  5.53

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

O. Infante  .273

C. Pena  .199

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Callaspo  .335

D. Stubbs  .280

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .608

H. Ramirez  .436

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.001

A. Rodriguez  .774

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

D. Price  2.56

M. Moore  3.81

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.17

J. Niese  7.33

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

Tigers Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 47.Adcock
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 46.Hottovy*
G/S/vB		 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 49.Odorizzi
G/S/vB		 53.Smith*
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 14/.940 3/.000 ··· 6/1.500 6/.167 3/1.667 5/.400 6/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 428/325 .242/.350/.386/.735 .539/.796 .698 56/.798 2/0 9/6
52.Berry* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 322/263 .261/.332/.359/.691 .592/.713 .692 43/.587 21/0 2/2
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 8/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 1/.000 7/1.071 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 499/362 .242/.289/.376/.664 .625/.678 .677 36/.551 6/3 12/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 28/.958 7/1.096 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 5/.000 5/1.000 9/.444 ··· ··· 5/2.800 ··· ··· 4/.750 692/497 .329/.393/.608/1.001 .913/1.029 .915 107/1.072 4/1 44/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 10/.700 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 340/257 .323/.371/.490/.861 .751/.895 .820 89/.851 1/1 8/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 9/1.778 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 5/2.100 1/no AB 2/.500 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 685/437 .313/.410/.529/.940 .808/1.018 .868 105/1.014 1/0 30/11
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/15 .333/.388/.333/.721 .745/.667 .396 41/.682 0/2 0/0
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/7 .300/.300/.400/.700 1.250/.333 / 0/0 0/0
4.Infante G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 583/413 .273/.299/.417/.716 .872/.652 .737 89/.637 15/3 12/18
14.Jackson G/S/vP 20/.600 6/1.500 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 6/1.500 6/.334 8/.542 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 614/429 .298/.376/.476/.852 .856/.850 .852 107/.724 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 11/.364 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 3/2.667 3/1.666 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 120/107 .187/.275/.252/.527 .322/.551 .494 1/2.000 2/0 1/3
9.Laird G/S/vP 12/.917 2/2.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 39/.702 0/0 2/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 24/.708 5/.400 ··· 8/.833 6/1.167 6/1.867 5/.000 7/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 2/4.000 582/407 .241/.306/.386/.693 .692/.693 .654 98/.538 1/2 13/7
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 8/.393 5/.833 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 3/2.500 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 253/190 .206/.285/.274/.559 .490/.582 .507 5/.000 1/0 2/6
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 86/41 .211/.321/.254/.575 .664/.479 .623 3/.667 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 26/.439 7/1.086 ··· 5/.000 4/.250 7/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 602/413 .269/.299/.415/.714 .833/.659 .674 100/.545 0/2 18/2
IP 175.2 34.2 16.1 50.1 69.1 63.2 83.1 66.0 9.1 13.1 44.0 7.1 89.2 61.1 TOTAL .269/.335/.424/.760 .724/.775 .726 .743 57/23 163/99
ERA-K/9 4.82/5.0 2.34/5.7 1.65/3.9 3.75/11.3 3.38/12.1 3.53/9.2 2.38/8.1 3.00/12.3 2.89/5.8 6.75/8.8 5.73/5.3 4.91/4.9 5.32/5.9 4.99/5.1 4.33/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (78-34-10)
 Holaday (2-1-0)
 Laird (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 763/.290 148/.282 65/.246 215/.222 293/.216 257/.229 341/.252 286/.237 42/.306 73/.317 198/.318 34/.267 396/.313 263/.285 .271  Boesch
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Berry
 Garcia
 Young
 Dirks
0/0/120/5
0/136/0/5
17/8/35/3
63/21/5/2
1/1/18/1
31/0/0/1
59/1/23/1
OPS .831 .774 .572 .769 .690 .600 .649 .661 .988 .838 .795 .820 .853 .815 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 380/.884 69/.687 38/.649 76/.827 134/.764 94/.540 138/.742 123/.588 24/.675 33/.594 88/.908 29/.899 113/.897 99/.808 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 383/.777 79/.846 27/.462 139/.735 159/.626 163/.635 203/.588 163/.717 18/1.382 40/1.029 110/.714 5/.400 283/.835 164/.819 .763
Home 417/.834 60/.815 41/.525 121/.608 151/.922 145/.588 172/.654 152/.624 13/.968 42/.787 81/.875 23/.804 185/.872 128/.634
Last 28d days 114/.641 18/.465 22/.606 35/.791 32/.868 42/.583 53/.674 46/.803 14/.845 38/.958 40/.812 34/.820 96/.899 45/.947
HR/SB/CS 30/8/4 4/3/3 0/0/0 10/0/2 8/9/0 4/2/2 4/12/4 2/2/2 2/0/0 0/2/0 3/12/2 1/2/0 12/8/3 11/2/2 163/111/51
Usage ·····X·· ··X····o ··o····· Xo····X· ··o·o··· o·X·o··· ··X·oX·· ··Xo···· o·X····· ·X······ o·XX···· ··X····· ···X···· ·X·X····
Royals Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 20.Dotel
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Marte
G/S/vB		 36.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
34.Abreu# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 70/41 .265/.271/.368/.639 .448/.779 .671 30/.417 0/0 1/1
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 64/12 .267/.313/.333/.646 .681/.500 .490 28/.399 5/4 0/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 20/.528 2/1.500 13/.985 6/2.167 11/.727 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.833 8/.661 4/1.500 671/485 .312/.370/.511/.880 1.042/.822 .867 106/.904 2/1 29/2
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .890 35/1.156 10/0 7/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 324/251 .262/.331/.325/.656 .517/.695 .646 23/.462 30/5 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 16/.450 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 8/.875 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 9/.333 3/.000 639/451 .289/.328/.383/.711 .661/.730 .764 95/.639 33/5 4/19
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 83/56 .354/.370/.456/.826 .808/.835 1.002 27/.944 0/2 0/2
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 13/.581 2/.000 8/.750 8/1.482 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 17/.301 2/.000 595/416 .235/.287/.374/.662 .695/.648 .672 94/.742 4/7 15/4
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 185/111 .232/.265/.299/.564 .547/.576 .507 62/.596 3/0 1/6
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 14/.786 ··· 6/.334 10/.200 7/.762 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 6/.334 8/.542 3/.666 713/461 .293/.363/.455/.818 .662/.905 .839 105/.796 10/5 14/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 8/.661 1/.000 4/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.000 9/.873 1/.000 598/397 .232/.304/.359/.663 .591/.700 .679 76/.555 16/1 14/10
7.Lough* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 64/57 .237/.281/.305/.586 .452/.601 .564 50/.527 1/0 0/1
50.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/3 .286/.375/.857/1.232 2.100/.000 1.833 8/1.232 0/0 1/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 10/1.200 2/.500 6/.500 7/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 8/.268 1/.000 614/435 .242/.296/.412/.708 .704/.710 .794 97/.490 5/2 20/15
27.Pena# G/S/vP 7/.714 ··· 3/.666 3/1.667 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 9/1.334 1/.000 218/146 .245/.272/.333/.605 .645/.585 .734 23/.581 0/1 2/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 10/.500 2/.500 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 301/215 .305/.332/.477/.809 1.034/.721 .763 90/.762 0/0 11/4
28.Pina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
IP 157.1 13.1 71.0 54.0 58.0 19.2 19.0 13.1 98.2 69.0 53.2 TOTAL .265/.316/.401/.717 .705/.722 .745 .690 130/38 129/111
ERA-K/9 3.38/7.7 0.68/12.2 3.68/10.6 4.00/8.5 3.57/9.6 3.66/8.7 3.32/8.1 4.73/6.1 4.01/8.6 3.78/6.3 2.52/11.1 3.79/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moore (2-0-0)
 Pena (52-16-5)
 Perez (25-18-3)
 Pina (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 651/.245 53/.133 288/.228 245/.324 234/.230 81/.236 80/.236 63/.345 412/.246 294/.229 222/.199 .257  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Bourgeois
 Cain
 Hosmer
 Lough
0/3/143/19
158/0/0/17
0/86/0/8
2/22/0/3
1/50/9/3
0/0/3/1
1/12/5/0
OPS .674 .420 .720 .854 .617 .654 .757 .874 .727 .649 .575 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 375/.738 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 89/.772 36/.399 34/.934 33/.989 126/.666 167/.754 85/.689 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 276/.581 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 145/.523 45/.874 46/.633 30/.746 286/.755 127/.515 137/.511 .692
Road 316/.690 24/.604 121/.833 127/.902 119/.709 18/.487 44/.695 37/.882 219/.695 142/.630 97/.663
Last 28d days 134/.538 49/.456 53/.889 24/.879 37/.874 18/.882 6/.500 13/.846 48/.465 52/.606 31/.733
HR/SB/CS 14/2/4 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 3/10/3 1/2/1 4/0/0 0/1/1 12/8/6 3/12/1 2/11/2 149/129/45
Usage ····X··· X·X··X·· X·X·oX·· ·o·oo··· oo·o···· ········ ·····X·· ········ ···X···· ooX··o·X ···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.