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Game Preview: CIN @ NYM, 1:10 pm, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @Citi Field

Reds, 79-82, 79-82 3rd, 16 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Edinson Volquez (27, RHP, 5-6, 5.84)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (5-6)			101.2	100	69	66	64	99	18	5.84
2010 (4-3)			62.2	59	30	30	35	67	6	4.31
2009 (4-2)			49.2	34	25	24	32	47	6	4.35

Last 7 GS		1-4	37.2	41	28	27	21	36	9	6.45	43
2011-09-23	@PIT	ND	5.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	95	46
2011-09-17	MIL	L	6.2	6	5	5	3	6	1	117	45
2011-09-11	@COL	L	5.0	4	2	2	4	3	1	99	50
2011-07-05	@STL	L	5.1	7	7	6	2	3	3	94	29
2011-06-29	@TBR	W	6.1	4	3	3	3	7	1	98	57
2011-06-24	@BAL	ND	4.1	7	4	4	5	4	1	101	32
2011-06-18	TOR	L	5.0	7	4	4	2	8	1	88	43

Last 5 v.NYM		0-1	9.1	14	9	8	7	7	2	7.71	34
2009-04-08	NYM	L	4.1	6	5	4	4	4	1	107	33
2008-07-20	NYM	ND	5.0	8	4	4	3	3	1	110	35

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   42-39   Road:   37-43   ExtrInn:12-5 
 vsRHP:  62-60   vsLHP:  17-22   1-Run:  29-33
 vsEast: 13-19   vsCntrl:42-37   vsWest: 18-14 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27  @NYM  W   5-4 (13)  79-82  3rd 16.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26  @NYM  W   6-5       78-82  3rd 16.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25  @PIT  W   5-4       77-82  3rd 17.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24  @PIT  L   3-4       76-82  3rd 17.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 23  @PIT  L   3-4       76-81  3rd 16.0 gb
156 Wed, Sep 21   HOU  W   2-0       76-80  3rd 15.0 gb
155 Tue, Sep 20   HOU  W   6-4       75-80  3rd 16.0 gb
154 Mon, Sep 19   HOU  L   2-3       74-80  3rd 16.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 18   MIL  L   1-8       74-79  3rd 16.0 gb
152 Sat, Sep 17   MIL  L   1-10      74-78  3rd 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Mets, 76-85, 76-85 4th, 25 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Miguel Batista (40, RHP, 4-2, 4.24)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (4-2)			51.0	47	29	24	31	26	2	4.24
2010 (1-2)			82.2	71	36	34	39	55	9	3.70
2009 (7-4)			71.1	79	37	32	39	52	7	4.04

Last 7 GS		2-0	31.0	31	14	14	19	18	1	4.06	49
2011-09-11	CHC	ND	5.0	5	4	4	3	1	0	93	39
2011-09-06	@FLA	ND	6.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	98	57
2011-09-01	FLA	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	97	52
2011-04-22	CIN	ND	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	49
2010-07-27	ATL	W	5.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	83	66
2008-08-25	MIN	ND	6.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	95	58
2008-08-04	MIN	ND	3.0	7	6	6	4	2	1	82	19

Last 5 v.CIN		1-0	23.2	28	7	6	11	18	2	2.28	52
2011-04-22	CIN	ND	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	49
2007-06-24	CIN	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	2	107	56
2003-08-13	@CIN	ND	6.0	9	1	1	2	6	0	94	54
2002-08-22	CIN	W	5.0	6	3	2	4	5	0	95	46
1998-05-05	CIN	ND	6.2	8	1	1	2	3	0	102	55

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   33-47   Road:   43-38   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  58-63   vsLHP:  18-22   1-Run:  21-28
 vsEast: 33-39   vsCntrl:18-20   vsWest: 16-17 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27   CIN  L   4-5 (13)  76-85  4th 25.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26   CIN  L   5-6       76-84  4th 24.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25   PHI  L   4-9       76-83  4th 23.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24   PHI  W   6-3       76-82  4th 22.0 gb
157 Sat, Sep 24   PHI  W   2-1       75-82  4th 22.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 22  @STL  W   8-6       74-82  4th 24.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 21  @STL  L   5-6       73-82  4th 25.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 20  @STL  L   6-11      73-81  4th 25.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 18  @ATL  W   7-5       73-80  3rd 26.0 gb
152 Sat, Sep 17  @ATL  L   0-1       72-80  3rd 27.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 CIN  5 @NYM  4 (13)   W:Sam LeCure (2-1), L: Dale Thayer (0-3), S: Francisco Cordero (37)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 CIN  6 @NYM  5        W:Logan Ondrusek (5-5), L: Tim Byrdak (2-1), S: Francisco Cordero (36)
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 NYM 10 @CIN  9        W:Chris Capuano (9-10), L: Homer Bailey (5-5), S: Jason Isringhausen (4)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 NYM  8 @CIN  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (6-9), L: Bronson Arroyo (7-9), S: none
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 NYM  8 @CIN  6        W:Jonathon Niese (10-8), L: Johnny Cueto (6-4), S: Tim Byrdak (1)
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 NYM  4 @CIN  2        W:R.A. Dickey (5-8), L: Mike Leake (8-6), S: Jason Isringhausen (3)

Wed, Jul 07, 2010 CIN  3 @NYM  1        W:Bronson Arroyo (9-4), L: Jonathon Niese (6-3), S: Francisco Cordero (24)
Tue, Jul 06, 2010 NYM  3  CIN  0        W:Johan Santana (6-5), L: Matt Maloney (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 05, 2010 CIN  8 @NYM  6        W:Jordan Smith (2-1), L: Mike Pelfrey (10-3), S: Francisco Cordero (23)
Wed, May 05, 2010 CIN  5  NYM  4 (10)   W:Micah Owings (3-0), L: Pedro Feliciano (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - NYM over 4-2; 2010 - CIN won 4-2; 2009 - NYM won 4-2; All-Time - CIN leads 302-258

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 2011 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 BOS 5.42 TBR 4.34 SEA 3.45	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.34 BAL 5.32	BA M. Cabrera .343 J. Rollins .271 V. Wells .218	OBP J. Bautista .449 M. Teixeira .340 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .612 N. Swisher .447 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.060 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 A. Sanchez 3.67 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.70 C. Narveson 7.01 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.42

TBR 4.34

SEA 3.45

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.34

BAL 5.32

M. Cabrera .343

J. Rollins .271

V. Wells .218

OBP

J. Bautista .449

M. Teixeira .340

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .612

N. Swisher .447

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.060

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

A. Sanchez 3.67

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.70

C. Narveson 7.01

B. Penny 3.67

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Reds Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Batista
G/S/vB 46.Acosta
G/S/vB 27.Beato
G/S/vB 40.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 77.Carrasco
G/S/vB 19.Herrera*
G/S/vB 18.Igarashi
G/S/vB 45.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 63.Schwinden
G/S/vB 64.Stinson
G/S/vB 36.Thayer
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Alonso* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/82 .333/.402/.552/.954 .651/1.008 1.155 54/.765 0/0 5/1

32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 1/3.000 12/1.600 5/.400 1/3.000 2/.500 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 660/464 .258/.343/.477/.820 .804/.826 .798 109/.753 8/7 32/4

43.Cairo G/S/vP 10/1.029 3/1.666 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 276/223 .265/.330/.412/.742 .919/.700 .714 20/.794 3/4 8/4

25.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 94/80 .267/.298/.467/.765 .286/.851 .885 74/.846 1/0 3/2

21.Frazier G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 121/95 .232/.289/.438/.727 .985/.654 .823 33/.690 1/0 6/2

29.Hanigan G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 304/256 .267/.356/.357/.714 .871/.685 .780 23/.488 0/0 6/4

28.Heisey G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 ··· 305/239 .254/.309/.486/.795 .553/.863 .737 63/.928 6/1 18/3

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 15/.817 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 328/256 .282/.341/.446/.788 .790/.786 .637 31/.693 0/0 12/1

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 363/299 .216/.258/.263/.522 .476/.532 .491 34/.657 3/2 0/12

39.Mesoraco G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 50/42 .191/.240/.383/.623 .625/.623 .441 50/.623 0/0 2/3

4.Phillips G/S/vP 6/.167 4/.500 2/.000 4/.000 9/.777 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 675/518 .300/.353/.457/.810 .851/.798 .748 110/.998 14/9 18/6

16.Renteria G/S/vP 35/.840 4/1.250 1/.000 2/.500 9/1.181 ··· 3/.000 9/.000 5/.800 3/1.500 ··· 2/.000 329/263 .251/.307/.349/.656 .782/.625 .603 64/.786 4/2 5/13

17.Sappelt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 118/83 .243/.289/.318/.607 .713/.566 .682 46/.694 1/1 0/0

6.Stubbs G/S/vP 5/1.467 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 677/543 .245/.323/.367/.690 .896/.641 .625 86/.597 40/10 15/3

3.Valaika G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/22 .280/.333/.400/.733 1.600/.527 .686 10/.522 0/0 0/0

19.Votto* G/S/vP 1/no AB 4/.000 1/2.000 10/1.400 4/.833 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.666 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 715/514 .310/.417/.534/.950 .987/.935 1.024 116/.739 8/6 29/6

IP 51.0 47.0 67.0 37.2 49.1 9.2 38.2 46.2 59.1 21.0 13.0 10.1 TOTAL .257/.327/.409/.736 .794/.720 .718 .741 97/50 183/91

ERA-K/9

4.24/4.6

3.45/8.8

4.30/5.2

3.82/11.2

6.02/4.9

4.66/4.6

4.66/9.8

4.05/8.5

3.64/9.7

4.71/7.3

6.92/5.5

3.48/4.4

4.22/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hanigan (34-18-2)
Hernandez (39-23-3)
Mesoraco (8-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 231/.249 204/.269 283/.240 168/.239 225/.337 44/.342 190/.276 200/.211 268/.258 95/.274 57/.286 42/.308 .266 Bruce
Stubbs
Heisey
Sappelt
Frazier
Alonso 0/0/154/10
0/156/0/8
87/18/10/2
31/4/0/2
4/0/0/1
16/0/0/1

OPS .746 .759 .719 .688 .910 .907 .796 .653 .679 .739 .824 .729 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/1.027 86/.673 109/.787 110/.604 98/.910 20/.898 66/.645 88/.869 115/.685 44/.681 17/.745 13/1.295 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.572 118/.823 174/.676 58/.857 127/.905 24/.915 124/.862 112/.498 153/.672 51/.787 40/.859 29/.474 .739

Home 111/.732 112/.754 144/.598 76/.651 115/.856 22/.689 104/.777 103/.577 135/.798 68/.735 24/.967 34/.692

Last 28d days 94/.746 67/.665 42/1.036 28/.613 44/1.248 33/.612 52/.792 10/.543 58/.639 95/.739 57/.824 26/.655

HR/SB/CS 2/4/0 6/5/3 5/6/3 3/1/1 7/6/2 1/0/0 2/3/1 6/10/2 4/9/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 147/121/33

Usage ···o··o· X··X·o·· o·X···o· oo·····o ··X····X oo·o·oo· XoX··X·· ········ oo·X·XX· ·X····X· ooX··X·X ooX····X

Mets Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB 33.Arredondo
G/S/vB 45.Bray*
G/S/vB 51.Burton
G/S/vB 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB 48.Cordero
G/S/vB 46.Fisher
G/S/vB 57.Horst*
G/S/vB 63.LeCure
G/S/vB 56.Maloney*
G/S/vB 40.Masset
G/S/vB 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/34 .226/.351/.355/.706 .333/.732 .685 18/.600 0/0 0/0

44.Bay G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 3/.000 8/1.333 ··· 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 3/1.667 509/375 .245/.329/.374/.703 .918/.629 .799 74/.954 11/1 12/2

21.Duda* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 347/279 .292/.370/.482/.852 .715/.886 .846 89/.929 1/0 10/3

6.Evans G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 191/126 .254/.314/.405/.719 .759/.699 .595 110/.616 0/1 4/3

22.Harris* G/S/vP 2/4.000 1/no AB 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 10/.300 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 279/237 .249/.353/.321/.673 .887/.637 .538 62/.763 5/4 2/1

13.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/29 .189/.246/.264/.510 .476/.545 .590 29/.339 0/1 1/0

16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.667 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.650 2/1.000 532/395 .262/.322/.372/.694 .672/.702 .675 89/.691 32/7 7/10

15.Pascucci G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/2 .273/.273/.545/.818 1.000/.000 1.125 11/.818 0/0 1/1

9.Paulino G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 3/.667 245/142 .271/.316/.356/.671 .752/.615 .607 32/.560 0/0 2/7

20.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 233/199 .229/.309/.366/.675 .630/.682 .783 34/.857 7/1 4/2

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 6/2.033 1/3.000 7/1.000 3/1.167 3/1.167 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 3/1.667 1/.000 585/442 .336/.383/.493/.875 .842/.887 .933 111/.847 39/7 7/18

3.Satin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/15 .174/.240/.217/.457 .700/.277 .328 25/.457 0/0 0/0

11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 372/275 .287/.364/.340/.704 .704/.703 .694 97/.725 5/1 0/12

30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 386/342 .268/.345/.344/.690 .525/.709 .699 60/.621 0/2 3/2

2.Turner G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 484/342 .262/.336/.359/.695 .629/.721 .733 69/.776 7/2 4/13

5.Wright G/S/vP 6/.333 4/2.500 3/.333 5/1.100 ··· 6/3.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 4/1.000 4/.500 445/349 .253/.344/.426/.770 .806/.760 .765 114/.667 13/2 14/19

IP 101.2 52.0 48.1 4.2 50.0 69.2 24.0 15.1 77.2 18.2 70.1 61.1 TOTAL .264/.335/.391/.726 .713/.731 .727 .706 130/35 107/116

ERA-K/9

5.84/8.8

3.29/8.0

2.98/8.2

3.86/5.7

3.60/12.8

2.45/5.4

4.50/6.4

2.93/5.3

3.71/8.5

9.16/6.3

3.71/7.9

3.23/6.0

4.16/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nickeas (9-4-4)
Paulino (47-12-6)
Thole (65-17-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 461/.261 223/.230 196/.202 23/.316 207/.147 274/.198 110/.263 69/.290 307/.205 96/.409 313/.273 268/.238 .255 Pagan
Bay
Pridie
Duda
Baxter
Harris
Evans 0/121/0/5
122/0/0/4
13/42/21/2
4/0/42/1
3/0/9/1
32/7/6/0
1/0/8/0

OPS .845 .730 .606 .988 .534 .591 .732 .816 .645 1.182 .729 .676 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 200/.844 91/.713 102/.557 8/1.625 63/.392 126/.736 41/.699 22/.988 116/.661 28/1.162 118/.740 94/.635 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 261/.844 132/.743 94/.659 15/.670 144/.598 148/.465 69/.750 47/.738 191/.635 68/1.190 195/.721 174/.698 .725

Road 257/.857 99/.873 97/.701 4/.500 109/.539 147/.673 50/.652 25/.798 155/.574 50/1.371 155/.683 139/.651

Last 28d days 74/.829 38/.926 28/.690 23/.988 40/.486 48/.714 34/.901 28/.857 41/.420 24/1.500 31/.612 35/.762

HR/SB/CS 18/16/4 5/2/4 3/4/2 1/2/0 2/2/4 6/9/2 3/2/1 2/0/0 10/4/2 7/0/0 5/6/1 6/4/1 184/81/44

Usage ····X··· ·X·X···o XX··o··o ···X···o X·X·X··· XoX····o ···X···· ···o···· o·o·o··· ········ oX··o··· ·o·o····

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.