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Oakland Athletics vs. Houston Astros, at O.co Coliseum, September 6, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Start Time:
1:05pt (local), 4:05et
Venue:
O.co Coliseum
Tickets:
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
68° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
Game #:
142
On This Date:
27-19
Athletics
Manager:
Game #:
141
On This Date:
45-63
Season Series
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 OAK 11  HOU  3     
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 OAK  4  HOU  3     
Sun, Apr 20, 2014 OAK  4  HOU  1     
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 OAK 10 @HOU  1     
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 OAK 12 @HOU  5     
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 HOU  7  OAK  6     
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 HOU  5  OAK  1     
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 HOU  3 @OAK  2 (12)
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 OAK  9  HOU  7     
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 OAK 13  HOU  1     
Mon, Jul 28, 2014 HOU  7  OAK  3     
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 OAK  7 @HOU  4     
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 HOU  8  OAK  1     
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 OAK  8 @HOU  2     
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 HOU  4  OAK  2     
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 OAK  5 @HOU  4     
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 HOU  4 @OAK  3     

Sat, Sep 06, 2014 HOU    @OAK  4:05pm
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 HOU    @OAK  4:05pm

                         All times ET
62-79, 4th, 23½ GB, 17½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-39   Road:   27-40   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  44-56   vsLHP:  18-23   1-Run:  15-23
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 29-33 IL: 4-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Fri, Sep  5  @OAK  W   4-3       62-79  4th 23.5 gb
140 Wed, Sep  3   LAA  W   4-1       61-79  4th 23.0 gb
139 Tue, Sep  2   LAA  W   8-3       60-79  4th 24.0 gb
138 Sun, Aug 31   TEX  W   3-2       59-79  4th 25.0 gb
137 Sat, Aug 30   TEX  W   2-0       58-79  4th 25.0 gb
136 Fri, Aug 29   TEX  L   6-13      57-79  4th 25.0 gb
135 Thu, Aug 28   TEX  W   4-2       57-78  4th 24.0 gb
134 Wed, Aug 27   OAK  L   4-5       56-78  4th 24.0 gb
133 Tue, Aug 26   OAK  W   4-2       56-77  4th 23.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 25   OAK  L   2-8       55-77  4th 23.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
79-61, 2nd, 6 GB, 2½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-26   Road:   35-35   ExtrInn:11-7 
 vsRHP:  57-42   vsLHP:  22-19   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 20-12   vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest: 32-29 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Fri, Sep  5   HOU  L   3-4       79-61  2nd  6.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  3   SEA  L   1-2       79-60  2nd  4.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  2   SEA  L   5-6       79-59  2nd  4.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  1   SEA  W   6-1       79-58  2nd  4.5 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31  @LAA  L   1-8       78-58  2nd  5.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30  @LAA  L   0-2       78-57  2nd  4.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29  @LAA  L   0-4       78-56  2nd  3.0 gb
133 Thu, Aug 28  @LAA  L   3-4 (10)  78-55  2nd  2.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27  @HOU  W   5-4       78-54  2nd  1.0 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26  @HOU  L   2-4       77-54  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 HOU  4 @OAK  3        W:Brett Oberholtzer (5-10), L: Jeff Samardzija (6-12), S: Tony Sipp (3)
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 OAK  5 @HOU  4        W:Dan Otero (8-1), L: Chad Qualls (1-4), S: Eric O'Flaherty (1)
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 HOU  4  OAK  2        W:Josh Fields (4-6), L: Luke Gregerson (3-3), S: Chad Qualls (15)
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 OAK  8 @HOU  2        W:Jeff Samardzija (6-10), L: Scott Feldman (7-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 HOU  8  OAK  1        W:Dallas Keuchel (10-7), L: Jason Hammel (8-9), S: none
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 OAK  7 @HOU  4        W:Evan Scribner (1-0), L: Chad Qualls (1-2), S: Sean Doolittle (16)
Mon, Jul 28, 2014 HOU  7  OAK  3        W:Brett Oberholtzer (3-7), L: Jesse Chavez (8-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 OAK 13  HOU  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (4-8), L: Scott Feldman (4-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 OAK  9  HOU  7        W:Jesse Chavez (8-6), L: Brad Peacock (3-7), S: Sean Doolittle (15)
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 HOU  3 @OAK  2 (12)   W:Darin Downs (2-1), L: Fernando Abad (2-4), S: Chad Qualls (11)
Season Series: 2014 - OAK over 10-7; 2013 - OAK won 15-4; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - OAK leads 30-12

SP: Scott Feldman (31, RHP, 8-10, 4.09)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-10) 152.0 162 79 69 44 88 14 4.09
2013 (12-12) 181.2 159 87 78 56 132 19 3.86
2012 (6-11) 123.2 139 79 70 32 96 14 5.09
Last 7 GS 4-2 50.1 48 17 17 12 27 4 3.04 56
2014-08-30 TEX W 9.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 115 85
2014-08-25 OAK L 7.0 7 3 3 1 5 1 104 55
2014-08-20 @NYY W 6.2 8 2 2 2 7 1 121 55
2014-08-14 @BOS L 5.1 9 7 7 2 1 0 92 21
2014-08-09 TEX W 6.1 8 3 3 1 6 1 110 50
2014-08-03 TOR W 9.0 8 1 1 2 2 0 109 67
2014-07-29 OAK ND 7.0 5 1 1 3 1 1 95 61
Last 5 v.OAK 1-2 28.1 28 13 13 16 21 3 4.13 50
2014-08-25 OAK L 7.0 7 3 3 1 5 1 104 55
2014-07-29 OAK ND 7.0 5 1 1 3 1 1 95 61
2014-07-24 @OAK L 5.1 9 6 6 5 4 0 117 25
2013-08-25 OAK W 5.0 3 1 1 4 6 0 102 59
2012-09-25 OAK ND 4.0 4 2 2 3 5 1 75 48

SP: Scott Kazmir (30, LHP, 14-7, 3.39)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (14-7) 159.1 140 63 60 42 132 14 3.39
2013 (10-9) 158.0 162 76 71 47 162 19 4.04
2011 (0-0) 1.2 5 5 5 2 0 1 27.00
Last 7 GS 3-4 35.0 45 28 28 14 18 4 7.20 40
2014-08-31 @LAA L 1.1 2 6 6 4 0 0 57 22
2014-08-24 LAA L 3.0 10 7 7 2 1 1 61 10
2014-08-19 NYM W 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 105 63
2014-08-13 @KCR L 7.0 7 3 3 1 3 1 98 53
2014-08-08 MIN W 6.2 5 5 5 1 4 0 85 47
2014-08-03 KCR L 6.0 10 4 4 1 2 0 99 37
2014-07-27 @TEX W 5.0 7 2 2 2 2 1 94 45
Last 5 v.HOU 2-0 31.1 30 12 10 7 32 3 2.87 58
2014-07-22 HOU ND 7.0 7 2 1 1 6 0 107 62
2014-04-24 @HOU W 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 0 93 63
2014-04-19 HOU ND 8.0 6 3 2 0 5 1 106 65
2013-09-21 HOU W 7.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 97 78
2013-04-20 @HOU ND 3.1 8 6 6 3 4 2 89 21
Astros Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
56.Abad*
G/S/vB
60.Chavez
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
44.Gregerson
G/S/vB
39.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
61.Otero
G/S/vB
33.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
58.Scribner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 16/1.125 1/.000 16/.751 4/.750 6/.167 3/1.334 7/1.881 ··· 3/.000 616/473 .341/.377/.452/.829 1.021/.771 .785 107/.955 51/7 7/9
23.Carter G/S/vP 14/1.207 1/.000 16/.698 8/.411 4/2.750 1/5.000 5/.200 ··· 4/.000 490/348 .234/.304/.526/.830 .886/.808 .800 100/.925 2/1 36/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.250 15/.833 3/1.667 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 465/350 .230/.297/.385/.682 .645/.694 .633 78/.653 1/0 14/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 170/101 .240/.296/.377/.672 .619/.710 .644 27/.594 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 14/.368 3/.000 9/.666 10/.100 2/.000 3/.000 7/1.166 ··· 2/1.500 548/396 .224/.266/.346/.611 .749/.559 .579 77/.470 0/1 15/10
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 7/.453 4/1.250 8/.900 3/.333 18/1.000 8/.542 3/.666 5/1.100 ··· 423/318 .274/.381/.404/.785 .938/.734 .711 89/.827 8/4 8/5
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 8/.875 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 280/239 .270/.318/.394/.712 .776/.700 .700 72/.775 1/4 6/6
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 6/.333 1/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 333/253 .212/.325/.322/.647 .569/.672 .707 98/.611 5/1 6/2
14.Guzman G/S/vP 10/.100 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 1/.000 172/64 .200/.279/.265/.544 .502/.616 .392 12/.533 3/0 2/2
Hoes G/S/vP 11/.673 3/1.666 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 134/59 .175/.233/.292/.525 .718/.285 .556 / 0/0 3/2
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 12/.416 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 200/190 .201/.285/.335/.620 1.100/.593 .755 24/.767 0/0 6/2
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 165/130 .226/.261/.271/.532 .580/.518 .370 82/.643 6/1 1/1
3.Petit G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/36 .271/.295/.407/.702 1.067/.451 1.000 33/.690 0/0 1/1
8.Presley* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.500 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 1/2.000 223/202 .250/.288/.356/.644 .874/.621 .637 2/.000 4/0 5/0
28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.900 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 318/236 .179/.292/.363/.655 .794/.606 .658 86/.593 1/3 13/10
12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
2.Villar# G/S/vP 8/1.250 1/.000 5/.750 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 249/168 .198/.253/.339/.592 .640/.569 .453 2/.000 14/4 6/13
IP 159.1 52.1 145.1 46.2 61.0 16.1 75.1 8.0 7.1 TOTAL .241/.309/.389/.698 .760/.676 .682 .717 96/28 155/90
ERA-K/9 3.39/7.5 1.55/8.4 3.34/8.3 3.28/9.1 2.36/7.4 1.65/6.6 2.15/4.4 1.13/4.5 3.68/3.7 3.29/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (68-22-11)
 Corporan (21-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 644/.236 195/.164 616/.250 188/.184 238/.215 66/.186 305/.250 30/.143 27/.185 .233  Marisnick
 Grossman
 Hoes
 Fowler
 Presley
 Krauss
 Gonzalez
 Sipp
 Carter
 Guzman
2/26/17/6
47/6/32/6
36/0/12/4
0/95/0/4
39/19/12/3
19/0/5/1
4/0/1/0
1/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .640 .475 .682 .587 .594 .516 .606 .379 .704 .648
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.663 88/.479 350/.663 73/.797 94/.522 26/.525 131/.640 13/.413 12/.333 .657
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 486/.633 107/.470 266/.706 115/.457 144/.642 40/.509 174/.581 17/.353 15/1.000 .641
Home 334/.603 106/.535 279/.614 100/.582 124/.516 30/.274 147/.637 11/.364 8/.250
Last 28d days 82/.907 25/.367 66/.737 35/.598 27/.835 20/.753 37/.418 / 8/1.250
HR/SB/CS 14/12/1 4/2/2 16/4/3 3/3/1 5/9/0 1/2/0 3/3/3 0/0/0 3/0/0 129/79/16
Usage ·····X·· o······· ·····X·o o··o···· ··o····· ····o··· ·····X·· ········ ·····o·o
Athletics Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Feldman
G/S/vB
58.Buchanan
G/S/vB
66.Chapman*
G/S/vB
44.Deduno
G/S/vB
67.De Leon
G/S/vB
38.Downs*
G/S/vB
35.Fields
G/S/vB
48.Foltynewicz
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
29.Sipp*
G/S/vB
55.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
45.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
19.Burns# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 0/ 0/0 0/1
7.Callaspo# G/S/vP 21/.243 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 6/.666 5/.000 6/.833 430/278 .230/.293/.297/.590 .523/.627 .719 80/.543 0/1 4/8
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 20/.613 2/.500 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 9/.476 7/.453 437/311 .253/.344/.395/.739 .710/.750 .794 79/.575 17/4 9/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 15/.831 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 1/no AB 5/.933 ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB 8/.946 598/444 .253/.343/.461/.803 1.088/.708 .721 95/.825 8/0 26/21
10.Dunn* G/S/vP 20/.400 ··· 1/no AB 11/.974 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.708 12/.258 5/.200 448/382 .227/.346/.449/.795 .579/.833 .711 62/.955 1/1 22/2
35.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 65/17 .233/.292/.517/.809 .892/.561 .668 26/.974 0/0 4/2
23.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 327/244 .251/.330/.352/.682 .702/.675 .608 65/.616 19/4 3/2
3.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 249/120 .253/.314/.289/.603 .639/.564 .737 31/.448 20/2 0/1
15.Gomes G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/1.167 2/.500 7/.286 292/114 .235/.329/.336/.665 .757/.524 .716 35/.529 0/0 6/3
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 16/.971 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.933 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/3.500 5/.200 5/1.467 480/347 .239/.316/.351/.667 .627/.682 .673 21/.476 0/0 5/12
37.Moss* G/S/vP 18/.675 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 5/.200 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/.833 4/1.250 523/428 .242/.338/.449/.788 .798/.785 .701 75/.628 1/0 23/5
36.Norris G/S/vP 12/1.383 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 376/228 .273/.365/.423/.789 .906/.711 .903 82/.496 2/2 10/3
12.Parrino# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 46/27 .146/.217/.293/.510 .446/.556 .711 32/.398 0/0 1/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 18/1.274 2/2.500 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/.250 ··· 334/239 .249/.309/.420/.729 .442/.842 .798 69/.681 1/1 10/4
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 11/.495 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.000 281/242 .220/.303/.273/.577 .395/.605 .733 55/.582 10/2 1/9
17.Soto G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 6/1.500 52/32 .245/.288/.367/.656 .578/.701 .670 34/.681 0/0 1/0
21.Vogt* G/S/vP 9/.444 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 256/222 .303/.340/.473/.813 .702/.830 .837 68/.690 1/0 9/2
IP 152.0 26.2 13.1 92.0 31.1 53.1 11.2 47.2 44.0 37.1 TOTAL .247/.322/.391/.713 .699/.719 .751 .633 75/16 136/94
ERA-K/9 4.09/5.2 5.74/4.7 7.43/8.8 4.60/7.2 /0.0 4.31/6.6 4.56/11.5 4.63/8.5 3.40/7.5 3.07/11.2 4.58/9.4 4.29/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Norris (45-7-7)
 Soto (7-3-0)
 Vogt (0-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 652/.274 121/.318 65/.288 408/.261 / 133/.228 227/.246 53/.313 198/.265 169/.145 167/.223 .264  Gentry
 Fuld
 Moss
 Reddick
 Gomes
 Dunn
 Vogt
 Burns
 Parrino
 Crisp
17/49/28/8
22/60/9/7
47/0/33/6
0/1/90/3
76/0/11/2
4/0/2/0
1/0/17/0
0/1/0/0
2/0/0/0
0/90/0/0
OPS .746 .830 .935 .746 .642 .649 .898 .672 .467 .706 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.754 70/.822 36/.799 211/.780 / 73/.635 103/.678 28/1.292 99/.802 83/.398 64/.737 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 301/.737 51/.836 29/1.077 197/.710 / 60/.649 124/.624 25/.490 99/.548 86/.533 103/.689 .727
Road 272/.771 64/.901 39/.779 201/.774 / 63/.659 110/.712 30/.849 90/.555 94/.512 73/.505
Last 28d days 113/.647 32/1.020 32/.672 38/.740 / 9/.222 45/.671 37/.924 30/.586 35/.180 40/.608
HR/SB/CS 14/29/6 3/1/1 3/0/0 9/10/1 // 0/3/1 2/7/0 2/0/0 5/9/2 4/0/2 4/6/0 121/89/29
Usage ······X· ·······X ···o···· ·······X ········ ···X···· ·······X ··o··o·· X······· o·o··X··

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.