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Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, September 27, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Tickets:
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
84° (based on last ten years)
Athletics
Manager:
Game #:
161
On This Date:
44-55
Rangers
Manager:
Game #:
161
On This Date:
23-19
Season Series
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 TEX  4 @OAK  3     
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 TEX  5 @OAK  4     
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 TEX  3 @OAK  0     
Mon, Apr 28, 2014 OAK  4 @TEX  0     
Tue, Apr 29, 2014 OAK  9 @TEX  3     
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 OAK 12 @TEX  1     
Mon, Jun 16, 2014 TEX 14 @OAK  8     
Tue, Jun 17, 2014 OAK 10  TEX  6     
Wed, Jun 18, 2014 OAK  4  TEX  2     
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 TEX  4  OAK  1     
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 OAK  5 @TEX  1     
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 OAK  9 @TEX  3     
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 TEX  6 @OAK  3     
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 TEX  6 @OAK  1     
Thu, Sep 18, 2014 TEX  7 @OAK  2     
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 TEX  2  OAK  1     
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 OAK  6 @TEX  2     

Sat, Sep 27, 2014 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Sun, Sep 28, 2014 OAK    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET
87-73, 2nd, 11 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-33   Road:   39-40   ExtrInn:13-8 
 vsRHP:  63-48   vsLHP:  24-25   1-Run:  21-27
 vsEast: 20-12   vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest: 37-37 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Fri, Sep 26  @TEX  W   6-2       87-73  2nd 11.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 25  @TEX  L   1-2       86-73  2nd 12.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 24   LAA  L   4-5       86-72  2nd 11.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 23   LAA  L   0-2       86-71  2nd 10.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 22   LAA  W   8-4       86-70  2nd  9.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 21   PHI  W   8-6 (10)  85-70  2nd 10.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 20   PHI  L   0-3       84-70  2nd 11.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 19   PHI  W   3-1       84-69  2nd 10.5 gb
152 Thu, Sep 18   TEX  L   2-7       83-69  2nd 11.5 gb
151 Wed, Sep 17   TEX  L   1-6       83-68  2nd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20
66-94, 5th, 32 GB, 22 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-47   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  44-65   vsLHP:  22-29   1-Run:  24-22
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:14-19   vsWest: 32-42 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Fri, Sep 26   OAK  L   2-6       66-94  5th 32.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 25   OAK  W   2-1       66-93  5th 32.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 24   HOU  W   5-1       65-93  5th 32.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 23   HOU  W   2-1       64-93  5th 32.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 22   HOU  W   4-3       63-93  5th 32.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 21  @LAA  W   2-1       62-93  5th 33.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 20  @LAA  L   5-8       61-93  5th 34.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 19  @LAA  W  12-3       61-92  5th 33.5 gb
152 Thu, Sep 18  @OAK  W   7-2       60-92  5th 34.5 gb
151 Wed, Sep 17  @OAK  W   6-1       59-92  5th 35.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 OAK  6 @TEX  2        W:Scott Kazmir (15-9), L: Nick Tepesch (5-11), S: none
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 TEX  2  OAK  1        W:Neftali Feliz (2-1), L: Luke Gregerson (5-5), S: none
Thu, Sep 18, 2014 TEX  7 @OAK  2        W:Nick Martinez (4-11), L: Sonny Gray (13-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 TEX  6 @OAK  1        W:Robbie Ross (3-6), L: Sean Doolittle (1-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 TEX  6 @OAK  3        W:Nick Tepesch (5-10), L: Scott Kazmir (14-9), S: Neftali Feliz (10)
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 OAK  9 @TEX  3        W:Scott Kazmir (12-3), L: Miles Mikolas (1-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 OAK  5 @TEX  1        W:Sonny Gray (12-3), L: Nick Tepesch (3-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 TEX  4  OAK  1        W:Jerome Williams (2-4), L: Jason Hammel (8-8), S: Neftali Feliz (1)
Wed, Jun 18, 2014 OAK  4  TEX  2        W:Sonny Gray (7-3), L: Nick Tepesch (2-3), S: Sean Doolittle (9)
Tue, Jun 17, 2014 OAK 10  TEX  6        W:Tommy Milone (5-3), L: Yu Darvish (7-3), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - TEX over 9-8; 2013 - OAK won 10-9; 2012 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 418-415

SP: Jeff Samardzija (29, RHP, 7-12, 2.88)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (7-12) 212.2 183 81 68 43 193 18 2.88
2013 (8-13) 213.2 210 109 103 78 214 25 4.34
2012 (9-13) 174.2 157 79 74 56 180 20 3.81
Last 7 GS 2-3 48.2 38 16 14 5 50 5 2.59 64
2014-09-22 LAA W 7.0 5 1 0 0 3 0 103 68
2014-09-17 TEX ND 8.0 4 0 0 0 10 0 116 84
2014-09-10 @CHW ND 7.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 114 69
2014-09-05 HOU L 7.0 6 4 4 0 9 2 103 58
2014-08-30 @LAA L 8.0 4 2 1 0 9 0 102 77
2014-08-25 @HOU W 8.0 6 2 2 1 10 1 116 71
2014-08-20 NYM L 3.2 7 7 7 2 3 2 83 20
Last 5 v.TEX 0-0 8.0 4 0 0 0 10 0 0.00 84
2014-09-17 TEX ND 8.0 4 0 0 0 10 0 116 84

SP: Derek Holland (27, LHP, 2-0, 1.31)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-0) 34.1 31 6 5 4 24 0 1.31
2013 (10-9) 213.0 210 90 81 64 189 20 3.42
2012 (12-7) 175.1 162 100 91 52 145 32 4.67
Last 7 GS 3-0 48.0 45 10 9 5 37 0 1.69 62
2014-09-22 HOU W 7.0 7 3 2 1 2 0 100 54
2014-09-17 @OAK ND 6.1 4 1 1 3 5 0 112 63
2014-09-12 ATL ND 7.0 8 1 1 0 6 0 113 63
2014-09-07 SEA W 7.0 6 0 0 0 5 0 93 70
2014-09-02 @KCR ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 6 0 105 67
2013-09-28 LAA ND 4.2 8 4 4 0 4 0 79 36
2013-09-23 HOU W 9.0 6 0 0 1 9 0 113 83
Last 5 v.OAK 1-2 27.2 29 15 14 12 23 4 4.55 48
2014-09-17 @OAK ND 6.1 4 1 1 3 5 0 112 63
2013-09-13 OAK L 3.0 8 6 6 1 2 2 49 20
2013-09-02 @OAK L 4.2 5 4 3 5 1 2 74 36
2013-08-04 @OAK W 8.0 4 0 0 2 10 0 112 82
2013-05-14 @OAK ND 5.2 8 4 4 1 5 0 98 41
Athletics Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB
65.Claudio*
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
62.Edwards
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
64.Klein
G/S/vB
55.Mendez
G/S/vB
44.Patton
G/S/vB
46.Ross*
G/S/vB
37.Tolleson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
45.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/
19.Burns# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/ .167/.167/.167/.333 .333/ .333 1/2.000 3/0 0/1
7.Callaspo# G/S/vP 44/.901 ··· 4/.500 ··· 12/.166 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.733 5/1.100 448/285 .224/.292/.292/.584 .522/.620 .502 28/.417 0/1 4/8
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 23/.581 1/.000 20/.844 ··· 4/.250 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.444 3/1.666 527/365 .251/.340/.369/.710 .648/.737 .667 95/.563 19/5 9/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 19/1.245 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 7/1.286 5/.650 687/510 .253/.342/.452/.794 1.008/.721 .868 110/.663 8/0 28/23
10.Dunn* G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/.111 2/1.000 505/434 .220/.339/.418/.757 .553/.790 .844 70/.662 1/1 22/2
35.Freiman G/S/vP 13/.718 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 92/22 .221/.272/.453/.725 .787/.523 .751 34/.517 0/0 5/3
23.Fuld* G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 402/291 .239/.321/.342/.663 .683/.655 .763 90/.522 21/4 4/2
3.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 258/120 .254/.319/.289/.608 .645/.564 .487 19/.722 20/2 0/1
15.Gomes G/S/vP 14/.607 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.661 ··· 318/116 .232/.324/.328/.652 .733/.515 .609 32/.483 0/0 6/4
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 19/.369 ··· 6/.167 ··· 7/.629 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 5/.400 558/399 .247/.320/.354/.674 .593/.707 .661 93/.690 0/0 6/13
37.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 7/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.777 3/.000 573/474 .235/.337/.440/.777 .809/.770 .841 62/.590 1/0 25/7
36.Norris G/S/vP 14/.665 ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.750 5/1.400 442/269 .270/.361/.403/.763 .863/.699 .659 81/.661 2/2 10/6
12.Parrino# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 51/29 .152/.216/.283/.498 .477/.515 .290 8/.250 0/0 1/1
1.Punto# G/S/vP 8/1.375 ··· 9/.476 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 221/111 .205/.295/.292/.588 .607/.568 .548 17/.673 3/1 2/7
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.292 3/.666 388/283 .256/.310/.437/.747 .509/.835 .641 71/.808 1/1 12/5
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 2/.000 325/278 .223/.299/.268/.567 .489/.580 .461 54/.538 11/3 1/10
17.Soto G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 80/45 .219/.278/.342/.621 .598/.639 .601 35/.531 0/0 1/3
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 282/242 .280/.323/.436/.758 .680/.771 .767 37/.310 1/0 9/2
IP 34.1 11.2 65.2 8.1 30.2 5.0 19.0 32.1 8.1 78.1 71.0 TOTAL .243/.320/.381/.700 .680/.709 .669 .602 83/18 145/111
ERA-K/9 1.31/6.3 3.09/10.8 4.11/8.6 4.32/9.8 2.05/5.9 1.80/5.4 2.84/10.9 2.23/5.9 1.08/8.7 6.20/5.9 2.79/8.6 4.51/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Norris (60-12-8)
 Soto (12-8-0)
 Vogt (0-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 133/.246 52/.271 282/.253 43/.351 118/.179 20/.235 79/.164 132/.162 31/.172 365/.319 292/.209 .271  Gentry
 Fuld
 Moss
 Reddick
 Gomes
 Dunn
 Burns
 Parrino
 Vogt
 Crisp
 Punto
17/50/29/8
35/62/17/7
54/0/34/6
0/1/105/5
84/0/11/2
4/0/2/0
0/1/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/0/17/0
0/109/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .601 .681 .709 .820 .578 .703 .679 .542 .433 .851 .654 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.655 22/.465 98/.783 17/.971 62/.474 15/.967 32/1.245 67/.555 9/.944 117/.766 123/.642 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.584 30/.844 184/.669 26/.709 56/.688 5/.000 47/.313 65/.524 22/.232 248/.892 169/.663 .760
Home 81/.608 32/.777 144/.646 25/.981 66/.436 10/.550 41/.544 67/.462 21/.348 225/.842 147/.660
Last 28d days 133/.601 22/.814 37/.870 23/1.039 32/.457 20/.703 30/.638 37/.579 31/.433 41/.949 29/.656
HR/SB/CS 0/1/2 0/1/0 6/3/1 0/2/0 5/1/0 0/3/0 3/4/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 9/2/2 10/4/2 159/85/34
Usage ····X··· o······o o··X···· ·······X ·o··Xo·· ·o···oo· ··X····X o···X·o· ···o··X· X·X····X ·o···o··
Rangers Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
56.Abad*
G/S/vB
60.Chavez
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Adduci* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 111/102 .173/.245/.235/.480 .000/.520 .588 / 3/1 1/0
1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.800 9/.333 11/.546 7/.762 2/.000 1/.000 9/.750 5/.200 4/.000 677/494 .260/.312/.331/.642 .765/.599 .641 91/.558 26/14 2/18
7.Arencibia G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 222/146 .177/.239/.369/.608 .840/.492 .554 35/.754 0/0 10/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 8/.393 12/.750 6/.900 6/1.166 ··· 5/1.400 5/1.000 4/2.500 606/450 .325/.389/.495/.885 .984/.852 .972 101/.918 1/1 19/11
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.666 1/5.000 3/1.000 4/.500 6/1.417 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 335/230 .238/.290/.406/.696 .759/.668 .614 44/.668 0/1 12/4
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 280/188 .182/.250/.320/.570 .709/.505 .547 42/.551 1/0 9/4
2.Martin* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 8/.393 3/1.000 7/.286 3/.666 3/.666 6/1.167 ··· ··· 575/428 .276/.327/.368/.695 .585/.733 .770 100/.692 31/11 7/8
12.Odor* G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 409/291 .257/.295/.399/.695 .614/.727 .595 84/.823 4/7 9/9
51.Rios G/S/vP 9/.222 2/1.000 8/.821 9/.888 4/1.750 3/.000 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 521/388 .280/.311/.398/.709 .898/.646 .712 19/.892 17/9 4/6
19.Robertson G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 197/89 .271/.333/.333/.667 .821/.478 .573 52/.466 6/4 0/2
60.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/9 .167/.231/.167/.397 .000/.583 .432 14/.397 0/0 0/1
9.Rosales G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 175/99 .272/.339/.392/.731 .824/.665 .664 87/.575 4/2 4/2
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 103/71 .303/.330/.434/.764 .922/.693 .747 95/.787 1/0 2/0
3.Sardinas# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 122/93 .265/.303/.319/.621 .824/.557 .716 50/.584 5/1 0/4
20.Smolinski G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 85/63 .354/.400/.494/.894 1.357/.727 1.003 45/.867 0/0 2/0
6.Telis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/57 .246/.269/.262/.530 .400/.553 .490 52/.519 0/0 0/1
IP 212.2 56.2 146.0 50.0 62.2 72.1 20.0 86.1 9.0 11.2 TOTAL .257/.315/.375/.690 .756/.664 .678 .688 104/57 109/105
ERA-K/9 2.88/8.2 1.59/7.9 3.45/8.4 3.42/9.0 2.73/12.8 2.12/7.3 2.25/6.8 2.29/4.7 1.00/4.0 4.63/8.5 3.23/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (9-3-3)
 Chirinos (44-27-5)
 Telis (16-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 852/.232 213/.173 621/.253 202/.184 236/.169 284/.220 80/.205 348/.247 33/.129 47/.239 .233  Martin
 Robertson
 Rios
 Choice
 Adduci
 Rua
 Smolinski
0/150/0/11
30/21/18/7
0/0/114/6
41/7/17/5
20/0/8/1
15/0/0/0
12/0/7/0
OPS .640 .497 .692 .585 .459 .604 .608 .609 .343 .777 .647
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 399/.667 98/.517 350/.663 79/.815 77/.276 121/.526 33/.536 151/.698 13/.413 19/.316 .659
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 453/.616 115/.479 271/.728 123/.442 159/.550 163/.663 47/.658 197/.542 20/.300 28/1.099 .638
Road 370/.673 91/.393 339/.748 88/.591 102/.569 136/.660 44/.887 180/.558 19/.387 23/.739
Last 28d days 105/.533 21/.734 21/.952 20/.388 29/.549 49/.662 18/.866 49/.593 3/.000 24/.942
HR/SB/CS 18/18/6 4/2/4 17/4/3 3/3/2 5/6/1 6/10/0 3/3/1 4/3/3 0/0/0 4/0/0 145/99/26
Usage ····X··· ···o·oo· ········ ···o··o· o·X··X·o ·Xo·oo·X ······X· oo·o·oX· ········ ····X·o·

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.