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Oakland Athletics vs. Houston Astros, at O.co Coliseum, September 8, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Start Time:
7:05pt (local), 10:05et
Venue:
O.co Coliseum
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
70° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
Game #:
139
On This Date:
28-16
Athletics
Manager:
Game #:
139
On This Date:
52-43
Season Series
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 OAK  8 @HOU  1     
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 OAK  4 @HOU  0     
Wed, Apr 15, 2015 HOU  6  OAK  1     
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 HOU  5 @OAK  4 (11)
Sat, Apr 25, 2015 HOU  9 @OAK  3     
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 HOU  7 @OAK  6     
Mon, May 18, 2015 OAK  2 @HOU  1     
Tue, May 19, 2015 HOU  6  OAK  4     
Wed, May 20, 2015 HOU  6  OAK  1     
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 HOU  5 @OAK  4 (10)
Fri, Aug 07, 2015 OAK  3  HOU  1     
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 OAK  2  HOU  1     
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 OAK  5  HOU  4     
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 OAK 10  HOU  9     

Tue, Sep 08, 2015 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 OAK    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 OAK    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 OAK    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
75-63, 1st, 2 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-24   Road:   27-39   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  49-40   vsLHP:  26-23   1-Run:  19-23
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest: 29-26 IL:14-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Mon, Sep  7  @OAK  L   9-10      75-63  1st  2.0 up
137 Sun, Sep  6   MIN  W   8-5       75-62  1st  3.0 up
136 Sat, Sep  5   MIN  L   2-3       74-62  1st  2.0 up
135 Fri, Sep  4   MIN  W   8-0       74-61  1st  3.0 up
134 Wed, Sep  2   SEA  L   3-8       73-61  1st  2.0 up
133 Tue, Sep  1   SEA  L   5-7       73-60  1st  3.0 up
132 Mon, Aug 31   SEA  W   8-3       73-59  1st  4.0 up
131 Sun, Aug 30  @MIN  L   5-7       72-59  1st  3.0 up
130 Sat, Aug 29  @MIN  W   4-1       72-58  1st  4.0 up
129 Fri, Aug 28  @MIN  L   0-3       71-58  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
59-79, 5th, 16 GB, 19 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-41   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 6-9 
 vsRHP:  47-53   vsLHP:  12-26   1-Run:  16-31
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest: 27-32 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Mon, Sep  7   HOU  W  10-9       59-79  5th 16.0 gb
137 Sun, Sep  6   SEA  L   2-3       58-79  5th 17.0 gb
136 Sat, Sep  5   SEA  L   3-8       58-78  5th 16.0 gb
135 Fri, Sep  4   SEA  L   8-11      58-77  5th 16.0 gb
134 Wed, Sep  2   LAA  L   4-9       58-76  5th 15.0 gb
133 Tue, Sep  1   LAA  L   2-6       58-75  5th 15.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 31   LAA  W  11-5       58-74  5th 15.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 30  @ARI  W   7-4 (11)  57-74  5th 15.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 29  @ARI  W   3-2       56-74  5th 16.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28  @ARI  L   4-6       55-74  5th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 OAK 10  HOU  9        W:Felix Doubront (3-1), L: Mike Fiers (7-10), S: Sean Doolittle (1)
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 OAK  5  HOU  4        W:Fernando Abad (1-2), L: Luke Gregerson (5-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 OAK  2  HOU  1        W:Jesse Chavez (6-11), L: Collin McHugh (13-6), S: Edward Mujica (1)
Fri, Aug 07, 2015 OAK  3  HOU  1        W:Sonny Gray (12-4), L: Dallas Keuchel (13-6), S: none
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 HOU  5 @OAK  4 (10)   W:Luke Gregerson (5-1), L: Edward Mujica (2-4), S: Will Harris (1)
Wed, May 20, 2015 HOU  6  OAK  1        W:Dallas Keuchel (6-0), L: Jesse Hahn (1-4), S: none
Tue, May 19, 2015 HOU  6  OAK  4        W:Roberto Hernandez (2-3), L: Sonny Gray (4-2), S: Pat Neshek (1)
Mon, May 18, 2015 OAK  2 @HOU  1        W:Edward Mujica (2-1), L: Joe Thatcher (0-1), S: Tyler Clippard (4)
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 HOU  7 @OAK  6        W:Tony Sipp (2-0), L: Tyler Clippard (0-2), S: Luke Gregerson (4)
Sat, Apr 25, 2015 HOU  9 @OAK  3        W:Scott Feldman (2-2), L: Kendall Graveman (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - tied 7-7; 2014 - OAK won 11-8; 2013 - OAK won 15-4; All-Time - OAK leads 38-20

SP: Scott Kazmir (31, LHP, 7-9, 2.50)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-9) 158.1 128 55 44 50 142 12 2.50
2014 (15-9) 190.1 171 81 75 50 164 16 3.55
2013 (10-9) 158.0 162 76 71 47 162 19 4.04
Last 7 GS 1-4 41.2 41 20 15 14 38 5 3.24 53
2015-09-02 SEA ND 4.1 7 3 2 2 5 0 98 42
2015-08-28 @MIN L 7.0 3 3 3 1 6 1 100 64
2015-08-22 LAD W 6.0 6 1 1 1 8 0 98 63
2015-08-17 TBR L 5.1 9 6 6 3 6 1 109 29
2015-08-11 @SFG L 5.2 7 3 2 2 3 2 106 46
2015-08-05 @TEX L 5.2 6 4 1 2 5 1 100 50
2015-07-30 LAA ND 7.2 3 0 0 3 5 0 111 75
Last 5 v.OAK 2-3 28.0 33 22 22 13 24 7 7.07 41
2013-08-18 @OAK L 5.0 10 5 5 2 4 2 102 29
2013-05-09 OAK W 6.0 5 1 1 0 10 1 103 68
2010-09-03 @OAK L 5.2 2 2 2 6 3 0 101 54
2010-07-10 @OAK L 5.0 11 13 13 3 2 3 103 -8
2010-06-07 @OAK W 6.1 5 1 1 2 5 1 115 62

SP: Sonny Gray (25, RHP, 12-7, 2.36)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (12-7) 186.2 140 57 49 47 152 14 2.36
2014 (14-10) 219.0 187 84 75 74 183 15 3.08
2013 (5-3) 64.0 51 22 19 20 67 4 2.67
Last 7 GS 2-3 50.0 37 19 14 12 37 6 2.52 61
2015-09-02 LAA L 5.0 8 6 6 1 2 1 87 28
2015-08-28 @ARI L 6.1 5 4 2 2 5 0 98 54
2015-08-22 TBR ND 8.0 5 3 3 2 4 3 108 62
2015-08-17 @BAL L 5.2 7 4 1 2 5 1 97 48
2015-08-07 HOU W 9.0 5 1 1 0 5 1 107 78
2015-08-02 CLE ND 7.0 4 1 1 4 7 0 96 68
2015-07-28 @LAD W 9.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 110 89
Last 5 v.HOU 3-2 36.0 32 10 9 7 29 2 2.25 62
2015-08-07 HOU W 9.0 5 1 1 0 5 1 107 78
2015-05-19 @HOU L 5.0 7 3 3 3 4 1 104 42
2014-04-18 HOU W 6.0 9 3 3 2 4 0 106 44
2013-09-05 HOU L 8.0 7 3 2 1 7 0 95 64
2013-08-15 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 118 82
Astros Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Gray
G/S/vB
56.Abad*
G/S/vB
37.Alvarez
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
66.Dull
G/S/vB
68.Leon
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
61.Otero
G/S/vB
13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB
33.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
58.Scribner
G/S/vB
29.Venditte
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 18/.666 2/.500 ··· 8/.929 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 11/1.345 13/.962 4/1.417 5/.000 ··· 579/408 .312/.354/.426/.780 .935/.717 .689 110/.885 36/11 11/5
23.Carter G/S/vP 11/.829 3/.000 1/.000 7/.143 ··· ··· 6/.533 9/.819 11/.282 2/.500 6/.334 ··· 413/247 .181/.298/.374/.671 .706/.648 .579 34/.681 1/2 18/8
16.Conger# G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 195/102 .213/.309/.444/.753 .565/.920 .566 41/.537 0/1 10/4
1.Correa G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/3.334 ··· ··· 324/223 .281/.346/.514/.859 .934/.826 .794 85/.774 11/3 17/8
11.Gattis G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 9/.236 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 519/344 .238/.277/.446/.723 .679/.745 .634 95/.792 0/1 22/1
30.Gomez G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.200 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 455/352 .252/.311/.394/.705 .653/.720 .729 92/.596 14/9 10/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.600 6/.600 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 331/206 .275/.311/.424/.735 .796/.699 .734 80/.799 4/4 9/7
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.800 2/.500 8/2.150 ··· 1/.000 ··· 191/141 .255/.351/.479/.830 1.192/.707 .827 79/.751 1/0 8/1
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 9/1.777 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 318/191 .241/.274/.400/.674 .674/.674 .770 48/1.021 18/7 9/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 9/.555 6/1.500 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/1.715 2/1.500 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 405/299 .227/.296/.444/.740 .765/.730 .728 76/.645 2/1 18/3
4.Springer G/S/vP 6/.750 3/1.334 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.800 10/.800 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 338/218 .260/.362/.448/.810 .940/.740 .850 14/.536 14/3 13/3
12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/2 .286/.286/.286/.571 .800/.000 .667 8/.571 0/0 0/0
20.Tucker* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 297/229 .250/.303/.446/.749 .466/.835 .709 34/.548 0/2 12/1
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 6/1.867 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 444/322 .209/.295/.413/.708 .572/.760 .690 59/.568 1/0 22/5
2.Villar# G/S/vP 12/.583 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.833 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 108/52 .276/.327/.408/.735 .780/.687 .745 3/2.333 5/2 2/9
IP 186.2 40.1 12.0 6.2 4.0 17.2 44.0 36.1 80.2 47.0 60.0 19.1 TOTAL .244/.310/.424/.733 .740/.730 .698 .741 103/41 188/66
ERA-K/9 2.36/7.3 4.02/8.3 11.25/15.0 4.05/10.7 0.00/13.5 5.09/7.1 4.30/5.9 7.68/6.2 3.68/8.6 4.02/10.5 4.35/9.6 3.72/6.1 3.82/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (33-1-1)
 Stassi (3-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 733/.206 169/.245 62/.333 27/.174 13/.077 74/.304 176/.281 163/.344 332/.220 200/.216 238/.251 74/.188 .246  Rasmus
 Marisnick
 Gomez
 Springer
 Tucker
 Gonzalez
 Conger
 Gattis
 Villar
54/34/43/8
12/81/13/6
0/105/0/4
0/10/69/4
68/0/13/1
10/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
11/0/0/0
4/2/0/0
OPS .554 .814 1.033 .477 .154 .845 .778 .927 .633 .631 .758 .581 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.547 91/.888 27/1.244 7/.286 6/.333 30/1.043 70/.841 59/.955 104/.393 81/.506 100/.704 28/.512 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 346/.561 78/.717 35/.854 20/.528 7/.000 44/.710 106/.735 104/.911 228/.745 119/.717 138/.798 46/.624 .691
Home 355/.583 98/.571 31/.787 19/.513 13/.154 50/.882 103/.730 80/.858 144/.558 103/.698 117/.688 38/.573
Last 28d days 108/.754 39/1.254 13/.885 23/.471 13/.154 18/1.014 41/.683 22/1.273 49/.579 50/.840 34/1.020 56/.689
HR/SB/CS 14/6/2 10/0/3 4/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 9/7/1 6/0/2 7/9/2 3/2/3 14/6/3 2/0/0 130/68/39
Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·X ··X··XX· oX·X···· ·o·o·oX· ··X···X· o·o··o·X ·····oX· XX·X···o X··X···· ·······o ··XX·o··
Athletics Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
68.Feliz
G/S/vB
35.Fields
G/S/vB
44.Gregerson
G/S/vB
36.Harris
G/S/vB
37.Neshek
G/S/vB
38.Perez*
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
29.Sipp*
G/S/vB
56.Thatcher*
G/S/vB
67.Velasquez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
39.Blair G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 /1.000// / 1/ 0/0 0/0
1.Burns# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 485/333 .295/.334/.380/.714 .757/.695 .758 105/.710 26/8 3/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 36/.761 1/.000 4/1.750 2/1.000 1/.000 9/.777 2/.000 5/.000 10/.633 1/2.000 1/no AB 503/358 .249/.322/.376/.698 .699/.697 .724 80/.854 0/0 10/0
20.Canha G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 380/254 .256/.311/.434/.744 .505/.863 .767 108/.931 6/2 13/3
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 42/.877 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 3/.000 12/.350 2/1.000 1/.000 121/82 .173/.248/.227/.475 .534/.447 .485 41/.756 2/0 0/0
23.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 4/.250 3/.666 ··· 271/224 .194/.271/.302/.573 .382/.613 .619 25/.572 8/2 2/3
25.Ladendorf G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .231/.286/.385/.670 1.000/.393 .670 3/.667 0/0 0/0
15.Lawrie G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.000 3/1.334 4/.750 1/3.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 505/361 .275/.313/.436/.748 .857/.706 .717 86/.965 5/2 15/22
19.Phegley G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 219/105 .256/.306/.468/.774 .833/.710 .811 53/.665 0/0 9/2
7.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/7 .000/.143/.000/.143 /.143 .143 7/.143 0/0 0/0
22.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 4/.000 2/2.500 2/2.000 1/no AB 8/1.583 7/1.143 8/.536 4/.250 ··· 489/367 .276/.332/.447/.779 .661/.818 .747 85/.766 6/1 15/3
10.Semien G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 515/378 .256/.302/.391/.692 .822/.646 .706 78/.687 10/4 11/33
5.Smolinski G/S/vP 11/.940 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 142/64 .187/.275/.309/.584 .755/.380 .622 39/.468 1/1 3/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 4/.500 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 365/300 .242/.287/.274/.562 .486/.578 .562 47/.460 6/1 0/6
26.Valencia G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 8/.536 ··· 1/.000 285/163 .293/.338/.513/.851 .842/.857 .932 90/.767 2/2 13/1
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· 470/352 .271/.349/.467/.816 .660/.869 .777 67/1.028 0/2 18/5
IP 158.1 3.2 42.1 53.1 60.1 48.2 34.2 44.0 46.1 19.1 50.2 TOTAL .254/.313/.393/.705 .702/.707 .710 .766 71/25 115/106
ERA-K/9 2.50/8.1 0.00/9.7 3.61/11.9 3.04/8.3 1.34/8.7 3.33/8.9 3.89/11.2 4.30/8.2 2.14/9.7 3.72/10.7 3.91/9.2 3.39/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blair (0-1-0)
 Phegley (27-18-5)
 Vogt (41-20-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 645/.221 13/.083 173/.201 211/.217 230/.154 191/.210 159/.250 179/.232 185/.202 89/.288 205/.223 .237  Fuld
 Reddick
 Smolinski
 Crisp
 Burns
 Pridie
 Canha
 Valencia
 Ladendorf
51/33/16/10
0/1/121/5
38/0/13/4
30/0/0/1
0/109/0/1
1/1/1/0
52/0/3/0
32/0/5/0
2/1/0/0
OPS .616 .321 .597 .597 .473 .647 .714 .652 .596 .763 .683 .667
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.686 7/.429 76/.729 113/.610 107/.449 78/.770 81/.527 66/.589 90/.613 57/.741 120/.637 .643
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 490/.593 6/.167 97/.493 98/.581 123/.495 113/.566 78/.921 113/.686 95/.579 32/.799 85/.746 .685
Road 290/.739 6/.167 90/.644 78/.580 115/.438 84/.604 63/.715 76/.723 99/.665 46/.801 84/.662
Last 28d days 99/.759 9/.111 23/1.026 40/.338 38/.244 36/.884 29/1.141 36/.821 22/.586 2/.500 36/.672
HR/SB/CS 12/8/0 0/0/0 2/3/2 5/3/0 5/7/0 7/0/1 4/2/0 5/7/2 5/1/2 1/2/0 5/4/3 114/76/25
Usage ·····X·· X··o···· X····X·· ·oX···o· ··X··X·o ·····XX· ·····o·o ·X···X·· ········ o··o···· X·····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 2015 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.