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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Wrigley Field, September 6, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Start Time:
3:05ct (local), 4:05et
Venue:
Wrigley Field
Tickets:
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
72° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Game #:
141
On This Date:
84-54
Cubs
Manager:
Game #:
142
On This Date:
54-73
Season Series
Mon, Mar 31, 2014 PIT  1  CHC  0 (10)
Wed, Apr 02, 2014 PIT  4  CHC  3 (16)
Thu, Apr 03, 2014 CHC  3 @PIT  2     
Tue, Apr 08, 2014 PIT  7 @CHC  6     
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 CHC  7  PIT  5     
Thu, Apr 10, 2014 PIT  5 @CHC  4     
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 PIT  6  CHC  2     
Tue, Jun 10, 2014 CHC  7 @PIT  3     
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 PIT  4  CHC  2     
Thu, Jun 12, 2014 PIT  4  CHC  0     
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 CHC  6  PIT  3     
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 PIT  5 @CHC  3     
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 PIT  2 @CHC  1     
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 PIT  3 @CHC  3  (7)

Sat, Sep 06, 2014 PIT    @CHC  4:05pm
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 PIT    @CHC  2:20pm
Fri, Sep 12, 2014 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 CHC    @PIT  7:05pm
Sun, Sep 14, 2014 CHC    @PIT  1:35pm

                         All times ET
71-68, 3rd, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-28   Road:   27-40   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  56-56   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  27-27
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:28-36   vsWest: 20-12 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Fri, Sep  5  @CHC  -   3-3  (7)  71-68  3rd  5.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  3  @STL  L   0-1       71-68  3rd  5.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  2  @STL  L   4-6       71-67  3rd  4.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  1  @STL  L   4-5       71-66  3rd  3.0 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31   CIN  L   2-3       71-65  3rd  2.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30   CIN  W   3-2       71-64  3rd  2.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29   CIN  W   2-1       70-64  3rd  3.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   STL  W   3-1       69-64  3rd  4.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   STL  W   5-2       68-64  3rd  5.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   STL  L   2-3       67-64  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-5    Last 20: 7-12   Last 30:12-17
64-76, 5th, 12½ GB, 12½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-33   Road:   29-43   ExtrInn: 7-9 
 vsRHP:  49-61   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 16-16   vsCntrl:25-36   vsWest: 14-16 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Fri, Sep  5   PIT  -   3-3  (7)  64-76  5th 12.5 gb
140 Wed, Sep  3   MIL  W   6-2       64-76  5th 12.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  2   MIL  W   7-1       63-76  5th 12.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  1   MIL  W   4-2       62-76  5th 12.5 gb
137 Sun, Aug 31  @STL  L   6-9       61-76  5th 12.5 gb
136 Sat, Aug 30  @STL  L   2-13      61-75  5th 12.5 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30  @STL  W   5-1       61-74  5th 12.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29  @STL  W   7-2       60-74  5th 13.0 gb
133 Thu, Aug 28  @CIN  L   2-7       59-74  5th 14.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27  @CIN  L   5-7       59-73  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-4    Last 20:12-7    Last 30:16-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 PIT  3 @CHC  3  (7)   W: , L:  , S: none
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 PIT  2 @CHC  1        W:Brandon Cumpton (3-2), L: Jason Hammel (6-5), S: Mark Melancon (12)
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 PIT  5 @CHC  3        W:Vance Worley (1-0), L: Travis Wood (7-6), S: Mark Melancon (11)
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 CHC  6  PIT  3        W:Edwin Jackson (5-7), L: Charlie Morton (4-8), S: Hector Rondon (8)
Thu, Jun 12, 2014 PIT  4  CHC  0        W:Edinson Volquez (4-5), L: Jeff Samardzija (2-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 PIT  4  CHC  2        W:Brandon Cumpton (2-2), L: Jason Hammel (6-4), S: Jason Grilli (10)
Tue, Jun 10, 2014 CHC  7 @PIT  3        W:Travis Wood (6-5), L: Casey Sadler (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 PIT  6  CHC  2        W:Charlie Morton (3-7), L: Edwin Jackson (4-6), S: none
Thu, Apr 10, 2014 PIT  5 @CHC  4        W:Gerrit Cole (2-0), L: James Russell (0-1), S: Jason Grilli (3)
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 CHC  7  PIT  5        W:Jason Hammel (2-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - PIT over 9-4; 2013 - PIT won 12-7; 2012 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - PIT leads 1244-1172

SP: Francisco Liriano (30, LHP, 3-10, 3.91)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-10) 131.1 112 63 57 63 140 13 3.91
2013 (16-8) 161.0 134 54 54 63 163 9 3.02
2012 (6-12) 156.2 143 97 93 87 167 19 5.34
Last 7 GS 1-3 43.0 33 18 16 16 47 4 3.35 58
2014-08-31 CIN ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 5 1 111 61
2014-08-25 STL ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 8 0 91 69
2014-08-19 ATL L 4.0 10 9 7 3 4 1 88 11
2014-08-14 @DET L 6.0 3 2 2 4 9 1 102 63
2014-08-09 SDP L 7.0 3 2 2 1 4 0 91 66
2014-08-03 @ARI ND 6.0 4 2 2 1 6 0 79 61
2014-07-29 @SFG W 7.0 4 1 1 1 11 1 110 75
Last 5 v.CHC 1-1 29.0 22 10 10 12 33 4 3.10 59
2014-06-10 CHC ND 3.0 3 2 2 0 4 1 52 49
2014-03-31 CHC ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 10 0 104 71
2013-09-25 @CHC L 5.0 8 4 4 1 8 1 104 42
2013-09-15 CHC ND 6.0 3 2 2 4 4 1 107 58
2013-07-05 @CHC W 9.0 4 2 2 4 7 1 111 74

SP: Felix Doubront (26, LHP, 3-4, 5.56)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-4) 66.1 76 46 41 27 47 10 5.56
2013 (11-6) 162.1 161 84 78 71 139 13 4.32
2012 (11-10) 161.0 162 95 87 71 167 24 4.86
Last 7 GS 2-2 36.0 37 22 17 15 24 6 4.25 47
2014-08-30 @STL W 7.0 7 1 1 1 4 0 89 62
2014-06-20 @OAK ND 4.2 2 3 3 4 4 1 90 48
2014-05-20 TOR L 4.0 5 5 5 3 2 2 65 31
2014-05-14 @MIN W 6.1 7 1 1 1 5 0 104 59
2014-05-06 CIN ND 5.1 5 1 1 3 3 0 97 54
2014-05-01 TBR ND 6.0 5 4 3 1 5 2 106 52
2014-04-24 NYY L 2.2 6 7 3 2 1 1 73 25
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Pirates Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Doubront*
G/S/vB
11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB
52.Grimm
G/S/vB
50.Parker
G/S/vB
54.Ramirez
G/S/vB
56.Rondon
G/S/vB
59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB
63.Schlitter
G/S/vB
46.Strop
G/S/vB
33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 1/.000 4/.000 5/1.400 8/.804 ··· 12/.500 445/358 .231/.312/.405/.717 .504/.770 .716 44/.702 8/3 18/25
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.500 ··· 2/.000 104/83 .231/.317/.275/.592 .586/.593 .505 4/.250 1/1 0/2
39.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
15.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 5/1.600 ··· 2/.000 380/348 .236/.353/.377/.730 .256/.777 .606 55/.865 0/4 10/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 460/355 .314/.347/.513/.860 .842/.865 .895 104/.852 17/6 13/6
57.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/22 .273/.273/.409/.682 /.682 .615 22/.682 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 6/.167 10/.708 ··· 1/.000 462/380 .272/.344/.425/.770 .716/.781 .787 94/.953 25/9 10/4
55.Martin G/S/vP 14/1.029 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.571 1/.000 3/.666 10/1.967 19/1.169 ··· 4/.250 391/306 .287/.410/.413/.824 .705/.852 .738 83/.878 4/4 8/3
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.333 3/.000 6/.500 ··· 7/.286 6/.333 17/.791 ··· 3/.333 549/449 .303/.397/.530/.927 .858/.942 .857 60/.765 17/2 21/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 2/.500 6/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 9/.555 ··· 2/.500 472/367 .254/.299/.374/.673 .782/.642 .666 71/.671 2/1 9/10
59.Morel G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 23/8 .136/.174/.182/.356 .343/.375 .388 6/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 281/197 .240/.309/.348/.657 .427/.758 .598 46/.444 12/4 6/2
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 245/121 .231/.298/.389/.687 .764/.609 .751 31/.751 2/0 6/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 76/66 .278/.316/.375/.691 .200/.768 .667 / 0/0 2/5
23.Snider* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 5/.400 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 284/249 .260/.325/.419/.744 .974/.711 .627 67/.890 0/1 10/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 131/101 .274/.357/.301/.657 1.056/.534 .631 14/.429 0/1 0/3
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 7/.572 ··· ··· 5/1.350 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 7/.619 ··· 2/.000 165/132 .294/.329/.340/.669 .831/.627 .750 11/.818 1/2 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 6/1.166 ··· 6/.650 479/380 .273/.345/.456/.801 .647/.840 .795 72/.786 2/2 18/4
IP 66.1 8.1 62.2 14.0 37.2 54.1 8.1 50.1 53.1 74.0 45.1 TOTAL .256/.328/.397/.725 .665/.742 .702 .730 92/40 131/99
ERA-K/9 5.56/6.4 4.32/10.8 3.73/9.3 6.43/10.3 0.96/11.5 2.65/9.6 12.96/11.9 3.40/4.5 2.36/10.3 4.74/8.3 /0.0 2.38/7.4 3.74/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (49-34-3)
 Sanchez (18-3-1)
 Stewart (29-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 304/.280 41/.314 264/.223 60/.268 147/.167 224/.229 44/.306 207/.239 214/.188 330/.287 / 192/.240 .245  Snider
 Polanco
 Marte
 Harrison
 Tabata
 McCutchen
 Lambo
 Sanchez
 Mercer
31/0/49/6
0/0/62/5
94/25/0/4
26/0/26/4
16/1/33/2
0/124/0/1
0/0/5/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .827 .876 .626 .781 .509 .539 1.015 .612 .542 .769 .615 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.785 21/.797 89/.557 29/.612 56/.494 99/.652 19/.721 69/.724 86/.666 127/.754 / 79/.572 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.850 20/.975 175/.660 31/.939 91/.516 125/.451 25/1.269 138/.555 128/.461 203/.778 / 113/.646 .671
Home 156/.993 22/.718 135/.646 25/.738 72/.592 154/.589 10/1.071 112/.596 111/.566 131/.566 / 93/.749
Last 28d days 27/.604 35/.995 45/.364 7/1.429 37/.508 38/.237 16/1.313 3/.667 44/.501 54/.664 / 42/.595
HR/SB/CS 10/9/1 2/0/0 4/6/0 2/1/2 2/4/0 1/6/0 2/0/0 2/0/1 2/1/1 6/12/1 // 2/2/1 97/103/29
Usage ······X· ···X··o· o·o··ooX ····o··· o·o·o·Xo ··o·o··· ······X· ···o···· ··X··X·o X····Xo· ···X·oo·
Cubs Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
53.Axford
G/S/vB
58.Cumpton
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
G/S/vB
43.Holdzkom
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
60.LaFromboise*
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
G/S/vB
38.Pimentel
G/S/vB
65.Sadler
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
37.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Alcantara# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 228/159 .216/.273/.380/.653 .769/.603 .695 105/.592 7/4 8/4
9.Baez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/103 .183/.220/.389/.609 .577/.617 .584 109/.531 2/0 7/5
12.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 190/157 .198/.278/.240/.518 .440/.533 .586 31/.392 0/0 0/1
5.Castillo G/S/vP 12/1.017 4/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 2/1.000 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 360/271 .234/.293/.386/.679 .791/.641 .717 68/.701 0/0 11/3
13.Castro G/S/vP 23/.417 10/.700 6/.000 5/.400 ··· 6/1.666 ··· 8/.625 ··· 2/2.000 8/.125 7/.000 569/442 .292/.339/.438/.777 .788/.773 .693 74/.905 4/4 14/15
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 351/266 .279/.351/.439/.790 .790/.789 .770 103/.662 6/4 6/4
61.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 101/91 .239/.300/.326/.626 .583/.630 .654 1/.000 3/2 0/1
21.Lake G/S/vP 11/.664 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 305/214 .216/.243/.364/.608 .671/.581 .626 4/.500 7/3 9/6
51.Lopez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
30.Olt G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 213/139 .138/.221/.351/.572 .689/.509 .457 1/.000 0/1 12/6
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 20/.583 3/.000 6/.333 5/2.200 ··· 5/1.933 ··· 8/.661 2/.000 2/1.500 11/.364 8/1.167 568/410 .278/.375/.514/.889 .927/.875 .933 67/.928 4/4 30/9
68.Soler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/28 .429/.452/.929/1.380 1.000/1.424 .872 31/1.380 0/0 3/0
41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/16 .192/.222/.192/.415 .545/.321 .364 27/.415 0/0 0/0
4.Valaika G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/57 .227/.280/.373/.654 .613/.673 .888 65/.719 0/0 3/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 6/1.167 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 8/.250 2/no AB 1/3.000 6/.333 3/1.000 465/389 .249/.330/.450/.780 .649/.806 .768 93/.890 1/2 16/8
45.Watkins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 31/27 .387/.387/.516/.903 .500/.963 .750 31/.903 1/0 1/1
IP 131.1 49.1 67.2 59.2 1.0 57.2 59.0 31.2 9.1 64.1 53.1 TOTAL .241/.299/.389/.688 .735/.673 .689 .708 57/38 142/80
ERA-K/9 3.91/9.6 3.83/10.2 4.79/5.7 3.32/5.3 0.00/27.0 2.03/5.0 /0.0 2.14/8.5 5.40/10.5 7.71/5.8 1.68/9.2 4.22/8.9 3.68/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (45-6-5)
 Castillo (53-23-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 567/.229 219/.223 298/.290 259/.294 3/.000 230/.235 / 232/.201 144/.264 44/.289 252/.227 226/.214 .252  Alcantara
 Lake
 Coghlan
 Soler
 Kalish
 Szczur
 Watkins
0/37/0/3
50/34/0/3
80/0/4/3
0/0/8/1
18/5/7/0
5/2/7/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .681 .701 .725 .814 .000 .628 .484 .794 .785 .602 .615 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.763 106/.657 125/.764 105/1.094 2/.000 104/.615 / 111/.424 67/.792 19/.526 77/.535 80/.735 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 453/.660 113/.741 173/.697 154/.634 1/.000 126/.639 / 121/.540 77/.791 25/1.006 175/.631 146/.544 .698
Road 228/.613 119/.722 148/.793 121/.732 3/.000 96/.492 / 99/.576 51/1.116 / 122/.683 98/.614
Last 28d days 105/.733 23/.698 49/.663 44/.786 3/.000 40/.615 / 39/.504 15/1.300 5/1.600 32/.648 34/.367
HR/SB/CS 13/17/3 6/6/1 2/5/2 6/6/4 0/0/1 4/4/6 // 2/0/1 5/4/1 0/0/0 5/4/2 2/6/1 118/96/44
Usage ·····X·· ···oo··· ···X···· ····o··· ···o···· o····X·· ··X···oo ········ ········ ··o···oo o···ooo·

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 2014 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

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.