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New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals, at Yankee Stadium III, September 7, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Start Time:
1:05et (local)
Venue:
Yankee Stadium
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Yankee Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
78° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
143
On This Date:
23-14
Yankees
Manager:
Joe Girardi
Game #:
143
On This Date:
67-53
Season Series
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 NYY  4 @KCR  2     
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 KCR  8  NYY  4     
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 KCR  2  NYY  1     
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 NYY  8 @KCR  1     
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 KCR  1 @NYY  0     
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 NYY  6  KCR  2     

Sun, Sep 07, 2014 KCR    @NYY  1:05pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
78-63, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-33   Road:   40-30   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  57-43   vsLHP:  21-20   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 15-14   vsCntrl:30-30   vsWest: 18-14 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Sat, Sep  6  @NYY  L   2-6       78-63  1st  1.5 up
140 Fri, Sep  5  @NYY  W   1-0       78-62  1st  1.5 up
139 Wed, Sep  3   TEX  W   4-1       77-62  1st  1.0 up
138 Tue, Sep  2   TEX  W   2-1       76-62  1st    Tied
137 Mon, Sep  1   TEX  W   4-3       75-62  1st    Tied
136 Sun, Aug 31   CLE  L   2-4 (10)  74-62  1st    Tied
135 Sat, Aug 30   CLE  L   2-3 (11)  74-61  1st    Tied
134 Fri, Aug 29   CLE  L   1-6       74-60  1st  0.5 up
133 Thu, Aug 28   MIN  L   5-11(10)  74-59  1st  1.5 up
132 Wed, Aug 27   MIN  W   6-1       74-58  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10
New York Yankees
73-67, 2nd, 8½ GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-33   Road:   37-34   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  51-47   vsLHP:  22-20   1-Run:  22-19
 vsEast: 26-29   vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 15-16 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Sat, Sep  6   KCR  W   6-2       73-67  2nd  8.5 gb
139 Fri, Sep  5   KCR  L   0-1       72-67  2nd  9.5 gb
138 Thu, Sep  4   BOS  W   5-4       72-66  2nd  9.5 gb
137 Wed, Sep  3   BOS  W   5-1       71-66  2nd  9.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  2   BOS  L   4-9       70-66  2nd  9.5 gb
135 Sun, Aug 31  @TOR  L   3-4       70-65  2nd  9.0 gb
134 Sat, Aug 30  @TOR  L   0-2       70-64  2nd  8.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 29  @TOR  W   6-3       70-63  2nd  7.0 gb
132 Thu, Aug 28  @DET  L   2-3       69-63  2nd  7.0 gb
131 Wed, Aug 27  @DET  W   8-4       69-62  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 NYY  6  KCR  2        W:Brandon McCarthy (9-14), L: Liam Hendriks (1-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 KCR  1 @NYY  0        W:James Shields (13-7), L: Michael Pineda (3-4), S: Wade Davis (1)
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 NYY  8 @KCR  1        W:Michael Pineda (3-2), L: James Shields (12-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 KCR  2  NYY  1        W:James Shields (7-3), L: Hiroki Kuroda (4-4), S: Greg Holland (18)
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 KCR  8  NYY  4        W:Aaron Crow (3-1), L: David Phelps (1-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 NYY  4 @KCR  2        W:Chase Whitley (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (2-6), S: David Robertson (14)

Thu, Jul 11, 2013 NYY  8  KCR  4        W:Andy Pettitte (7-6), L: Ervin Santana (5-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 10, 2013 NYY  8  KCR  1        W:Ivan Nova (4-2), L: Wade Davis (4-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 09, 2013 KCR  3 @NYY  1        W:James Shields (4-6), L: CC Sabathia (9-7), S: Greg Holland (22)
Mon, Jul 08, 2013 KCR  5 @NYY  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (8-6), L: Phil Hughes (4-8), S: Greg Holland (21)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 3-3; 2013 - NYY won 5-2; 2012 - NYY won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 276-188

SP: Yordano Ventura (23, RHP, 11-9, 3.38)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (11-9) 152.0 142 61 57 57 132 13 3.38
2013 (0-1) 15.1 13 6 6 6 11 3 3.52
Last 7 GS 4-1 44.1 34 17 14 22 44 3 2.84 58
2014-09-01 TEX W 6.1 5 3 2 4 7 0 99 56
2014-08-22 @TEX W 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 107 63
2014-08-16 @MIN L 6.2 4 3 3 6 4 0 114 52
2014-08-11 OAK ND 6.0 2 2 2 4 5 0 105 61
2014-08-06 @ARI W 6.0 8 2 2 1 8 0 105 55
2014-07-31 MIN W 7.0 5 2 1 3 7 1 103 65
2014-07-25 CLE ND 6.1 6 4 3 1 7 2 101 53
Has never faced NYY as starter.

SP: Shane Greene (25, RHP, 4-2, 3.88)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-2) 58.0 59 28 25 20 57 7 3.88
Last 7 GS 2-1 38.2 46 19 19 14 40 6 4.42 49
2014-09-02 BOS L 2.2 6 6 6 3 3 2 67 22
2014-08-27 @DET W 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 1 101 66
2014-08-22 CHW ND 5.0 9 3 3 2 7 1 92 42
2014-08-16 @TBR ND 6.0 7 2 2 1 10 0 102 59
2014-08-07 DET W 8.0 5 0 0 3 5 0 99 74
2014-08-02 @BOS ND 4.2 6 3 3 2 5 1 96 43
2014-07-27 TOR ND 5.1 8 3 3 2 2 1 86 40
Has never faced KCR as starter.

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Royals Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Greene
G/S/vB		 68.Betances
G/S/vB		 48.Claiborne
G/S/vB		 57.Hill*
G/S/vB		 55.Huff*
G/S/vB		 27.Kelley
G/S/vB		 65.Mitchell
G/S/vB		 88.Outman*
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 64.Roe
G/S/vB		 53.Rogers
G/S/vB		 43.Warren
G/S/vB		 39.Whitley
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
45.Adams G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 460/333 .265/.330/.335/.665 .836/.601 .605 72/.614 15/6 1/2
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 18/.944 7/.143 ··· 7/.971 4/1.167 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 3/.000 554/412 .270/.323/.380/.703 .851/.653 .665 95/.631 0/0 9/2
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 423/294 .293/.331/.394/.725 .771/.705 .707 76/.612 24/3 3/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/28 .302/.348/.442/.790 .882/.730 .960 29/.677 2/0 0/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 262/208 .286/.340/.346/.686 .615/.705 .786 48/.711 33/6 1/4
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/4.000 1/2.000 4/.000 5/.400 ··· 5/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 2/.000 528/388 .276/.309/.369/.678 .779/.641 .657 91/.649 27/3 2/14
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 37/28 .176/.216/.265/.481 .347/.522 .705 / 0/1 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 4/.500 13/.826 4/1.250 ··· 4/.250 5/.200 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 3/1.667 560/389 .277/.354/.455/.808 .805/.810 .822 102/.876 9/3 19/2
Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 1/0 0/
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 5/.400 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 6/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.500 3/.000 463/325 .262/.307/.372/.679 .669/.683 .797 18/.444 4/2 6/7
18.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 7/.143 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 273/227 .169/.260/.289/.549 .157/.629 .498 23/.558 3/2 5/1
14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 10/.422 ··· 3/.000 493/356 .254/.290/.348/.638 .612/.648 .661 86/.569 7/2 6/7
19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 110/55 .229/.255/.410/.664 .659/.669 .709 19/1.133 0/0 5/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 6/.834 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 427/332 .206/.265/.373/.638 .575/.656 .728 85/.577 0/0 15/12
12.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.500 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 84/39 .130/.183/.169/.352 .263/.448 .362 22/.139 1/2 1/4
34.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .167/.167/.333/.500 /.500 .000 6/.500 0/0 0/0
26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 524/391 .269/.302/.422/.723 .613/.758 .718 90/.710 1/0 16/8
7.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 11/.495 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.089 ··· 5/.650 1/no AB 2/.500 335/231 .220/.349/.418/.767 .825/.740 .820 57/.858 2/0 14/0
IP 58.0 83.0 17.2 3.1 53.1 45.2 2.0 25.0 54.1 1.0 38.2 66.2 68.0 TOTAL .261/.310/.377/.688 .707/.680 .706 .673 130/27 88/87
ERA-K/9 3.88/8.8 1.41/13.6 3.57/7.1 2.70/13.6 3.71/6.1 4.34/12.0 0.00/9.0 3.24/8.6 2.82/13.6 9.00/18.0 4.89/9.1 3.24/8.4 5.43/6.9 3.79/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (17-6-1)
 Pena (0-1-0)
 Perez (48-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 255/.259 311/.145 78/.269 18/.308 237/.265 192/.219 7/.000 112/.240 215/.179 7/.500 168/.269 282/.236 298/.310 .250  Cain
 Gordon
 Aoki
 Dyson
 Willingham
 Nix
 Peguero
 Ibanez
0/77/66/8
135/0/0/7
4/0/101/5
3/92/0/3
53/0/1/3
0/0/2/0
0/0/2/0
22/0/5/0
OPS .711 .440 .734 .808 .701 .628 .143 .796 .543 1.571 .783 .659 .834 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.737 154/.389 31/.795 12/.750 102/.619 96/.592 6/.167 60/.685 118/.442 2/.500 83/.946 127/.583 167/.884 .670
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 124/.683 157/.492 47/.694 6/.900 135/.766 96/.663 1/.000 52/.927 97/.668 5/1.933 85/.629 155/.718 131/.770 .736
Home 123/.836 142/.445 44/.819 13/.657 128/.759 108/.682 7/.143 52/.843 104/.568 7/1.571 101/.717 141/.580 97/.736
Last 28d days 99/.867 53/.458 / 10/.522 24/.467 34/.703 / 2/1.000 36/.497 7/1.571 38/.762 36/.616 11/1.545
HR/SB/CS 7/2/2 4/9/3 1/2/2 0/2/0 5/4/2 3/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 5/7/1 0/0/0 7/3/0 4/1/2 9/5/5 147/63/34
Usage ····X··· oo·X··X· ········ ··o·X··· ····o··X o·X····o ········ ··o····· oo·X···· ····X··· ··X·X··· ··X·X··· ········
Yankees Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 25.Coleman
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
36.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 ··· 4/2.250 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 432/285 .237/.303/.412/.716 .587/.784 .793 82/.617 3/1 15/2
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.500 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 129/88 .280/.341/.441/.782 .764/.790 .676 34/.775 1/0 2/1
33.Drew* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 235/183 .161/.243/.308/.551 .301/.622 .624 53/.515 1/1 6/6
22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 11/.364 10/.800 8/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 582/395 .281/.341/.430/.771 .828/.744 .825 89/.827 37/5 14/1
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/2.500 20/1.100 5/.200 6/1.500 ··· 2/.000 572/399 .269/.342/.442/.784 .727/.808 .780 80/.621 19/5 16/1
12.Headley# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 467/345 .239/.317/.366/.683 .699/.677 .709 85/.774 6/3 11/8
2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.500 20/.666 17/1.438 33/.510 2/.000 2/1.000 559/388 .260/.306/.311/.617 .582/.632 .543 96/.471 9/1 3/10
34.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 3/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 464/337 .240/.291/.399/.690 .871/.620 .782 62/.766 0/0 17/2
66.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/31 .299/.319/.388/.707 .651/.774 .848 4/1.250 0/0 1/1
14.Prado G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 550/430 .279/.320/.404/.724 .987/.652 .762 78/.995 3/1 10/16
63.Richardson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 1/0 0/
45.Romine G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
17.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 5/.650 9/.444 3/2.000 3/.000 86/64 .203/.247/.241/.488 .318/.549 .299 9/.222 0/2 0/3
31.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 1/.000 22/1.318 17/.647 11/1.545 2/1.000 2/2.500 324/263 .286/.326/.329/.655 .826/.617 .610 49/.681 11/2 1/1
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 17/.448 20/.750 20/.636 2/.000 4/.833 445/310 .224/.324/.417/.740 .725/.746 .718 90/.601 1/1 21/6
45.Wheeler G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/27 .234/.280/.362/.642 .742/.551 .496 20/.476 0/0 2/2
24.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 288/205 .204/.282/.345/.627 .504/.671 .608 1/.000 7/3 8/1
IP 152.0 30.1 4.2 24.1 52.1 62.1 35.0 41.0 59.1 56.1 TOTAL .249/.311/.384/.695 .712/.688 .709 .685 96/24 128/78
ERA-K/9 3.38/7.8 4.45/5.6 5.79/1.9 7.03/6.3 3.78/5.2 0.72/13.3 5.40/6.4 2.85/9.0 1.37/7.9 1.60/12.8 3.51/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (17-6-2)
 McCann (38-26-8)
 Murphy (8-2-3)
 Romine (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 651/.242 133/.268 21/.368 117/.327 218/.246 240/.140 156/.250 174/.243 240/.204 220/.185 .251  Young
 Gardner
 Ellsbury
 Suzuki
 Wheeler
 Beltran
 Prado
56/27/6/5
121/14/1/4
0/131/0/3
8/5/101/3
2/0/6/2
0/0/31/1
4/0/8/0
OPS .680 .715 .902 .963 .751 .374 .736 .684 .547 .506 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 381/.660 64/.501 13/.916 42/.508 97/.782 127/.473 82/.653 69/.714 122/.595 127/.521 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 270/.709 69/.918 8/.875 75/1.216 121/.725 113/.265 74/.832 105/.663 118/.497 93/.485 .699
Road 306/.702 66/.665 12/1.283 42/.915 120/.690 113/.292 89/.679 84/.888 116/.525 84/.483
Last 28d days 106/.535 29/1.059 7/1.405 12/.533 26/.985 42/.289 7/1.571 23/.915 35/.265 41/.438
HR/SB/CS 13/0/0 3/0/0 0/0/1 5/0/1 9/2/1 0/2/0 2/2/1 3/6/2 0/5/2 3/3/2 115/59/24
Usage ·····X·· ····o··· X······· o··X···· ····X··· ·o·o·oXo ·······o ····X··o ···o·oXX ···o·oXo

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  4.70

KCR  4.02

SDP  3.23

 RA/G

SEA  3.28

CLE  4.13

COL  5.19

 BA

J. Altuve  .340

M. Carpenter  .274

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

V. Martinez  .406

A. Pujols  .330

M. Dominguez  .264

 SLG

J. Abreu  .600

D. Span  .416

Z. Cozart  .302

 OPS

J. Abreu  .982

M. Joyce  .750

Z. Cozart  .574

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.70

M. Leake  3.59

C. Lewis  5.42

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

R. Vogelsong  7.39

K. Correia  4.62

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.