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Game Preview: OAK @ SEA, 10:10 pm, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @Safeco Field

Athletics, 73-88, 73-88 3rd, 22 GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (25, LHP, 15-12, 3.25)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (15-12) 194.0 173 81 70 88 186 17 3.25
2010 (15-9) 200.2 171 75 72 92 171 15 3.23
2009 (6-7) 98.2 113 68 63 56 109 14 5.75
Last 7 GS 6-1 46.2 43 16 15 16 40 6 2.89 57
2011-09-23 @LAA W 7.1 3 1 1 2 5 1 101 71
2011-09-17 DET W 7.0 8 1 1 2 4 0 101 59
2011-09-12 LAA W 6.2 7 2 2 1 6 1 119 57
2011-09-06 KCR L 5.0 10 7 6 3 4 2 98 22
2011-09-01 @CLE W 7.0 4 0 0 4 7 0 114 72
2011-08-26 @BOS W 5.2 7 4 4 3 5 2 105 41
2011-08-20 TOR W 8.0 4 1 1 1 9 0 100 78
Last 5 v.SEA 4-1 34.0 30 13 13 19 34 4 3.44 56
2011-08-03 @SEA L 6.1 10 6 6 4 9 0 118 34
2011-04-03 SEA W 7.0 6 1 1 4 4 1 116 61
2010-09-30 @SEA W 7.0 4 0 0 5 8 0 118 72
2010-09-08 SEA W 6.2 6 3 3 2 9 2 117 57
2010-05-17 SEA W 7.0 4 3 3 4 4 1 104 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   43-38   Road:   30-50   ExtrInn: 8-11
 vsRHP:  49-59   vsLHP:  24-29   1-Run:  20-25
 vsEast: 20-23   vsCntrl:20-24   vsWest: 25-31 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27  @SEA  W   7-0       73-88  3rd 22.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26  @SEA  L   2-4       72-88  3rd 22.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25  @LAA  W   6-5       72-87  3rd 21.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24  @LAA  L   2-4       71-87  3rd 21.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 23  @LAA  W   3-1       71-86  3rd 20.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 22   TEX  W   4-3       70-86  3rd 20.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 21   TEX  L   2-3       69-86  3rd 21.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 20   TEX  L   2-7       69-85  3rd 20.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 18   DET  L   0-3       69-84  3rd 19.0 gb
152 Sat, Sep 17   DET  W   5-3       69-83  3rd 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Mariners, 67-94, 67-94 4th, 28 GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Anthony Vasquez (24, LHP, 1-5, 8.89)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-5) 27.1 42 33 27 10 12 12 8.89
Last 7 GS 1-5 27.1 42 33 27 10 12 12 8.89 31
2011-09-23 @TEX L 3.1 7 5 5 2 1 3 78 25
2011-09-17 TEX L 3.0 7 5 5 1 3 3 63 27
2011-09-11 KCR L 6.0 7 2 2 0 2 0 86 52
2011-09-05 @LAA L 5.2 5 7 3 2 3 2 98 40
2011-08-30 LAA L 4.0 7 8 7 3 1 2 91 16
2011-08-23 @CLE W 5.1 9 6 5 2 2 2 98 28
Has never faced OAK as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-44   Road:   28-50   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  54-67   vsLHP:  13-27   1-Run:  26-28
 vsEast: 17-26   vsCntrl:20-24   vsWest: 21-35 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27   OAK  L   0-7       67-94  4th 28.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26   OAK  W   4-2       67-93  4th 27.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25  @TEX  L   5-12      66-93  4th 27.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24  @TEX  L   3-7       66-92  4th 26.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 23  @TEX  L   3-5       66-91  4th 25.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 22  @MIN  L   2-3       66-90  4th 24.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 21  @MIN  W   5-4       66-89  4th 24.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 20  @MIN  W   5-4       65-89  4th 24.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 19  @CLE  W  12-6  (7)  64-89  4th 24.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 18   TEX  L   0-3       63-89  4th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 OAK  7 @SEA  0        W:Trevor Cahill (12-14), L: Blake Beavan (5-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 SEA  4  OAK  2        W:Jason Vargas (10-13), L: Brandon McCarthy (9-9), S: Brandon League (37)
Sun, Sep 04, 2011 OAK  8  SEA  5        W:Trevor Cahill (10-13), L: Blake Beavan (3-5), S: Andrew Bailey (19)
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 OAK  3  SEA  0        W:Brandon McCarthy (8-7), L: Michael Pineda (9-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 OAK  9  SEA  2        W:Guillermo Moscoso (7-8), L: Jason Vargas (7-13), S: none
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 SEA  7  OAK  4        W:Charlie Furbush (2-3), L: Gio Gonzalez (9-9), S: Brandon League (26)
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 SEA  4  OAK  2        W:Felix Hernandez (10-9), L: Rich Harden (2-2), S: Brandon League (25)
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 SEA  8  OAK  4        W:Blake Beavan (2-2), L: Trevor Cahill (9-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 OAK  2  SEA  0        W:Guillermo Moscoso (3-4), L: Jason Vargas (6-6), S: Andrew Bailey (8)
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 SEA  4 @OAK  2 (10)   W:Brandon League (1-4), L: Andrew Bailey (0-1), S: Jamey Wright (1)
Season Series: 2011 - SEA over 10-8; 2010 - OAK won 13-6; 2009 - SEA won 14-5; All-Time - OAK leads 291-217

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

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

Athletics Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Vasquez*
G/S/vB		 49.Beavan
G/S/vB		 57.Cortes
G/S/vB		 35.Delabar
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 37.Jimenez*
G/S/vB		 23.Kelley
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 31.Lueke
G/S/vB		 36.Pineda
G/S/vB		 52.Ruffin
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 50.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Allen* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 194/138 .201/.278/.379/.658 .423/.758 .554 82/.379 3/0 6/4
22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 43/23 .122/.163/.122/.285 .153/.399 .205 11/.182 0/0 0/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 7/.971 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 10/1.100 3/2.000 8/.000 ··· 2/1.000 7/1.071 579/384 .266/.317/.381/.698 .600/.753 .663 73/.622 49/9 8/1
12.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 3/1.666 4/.833 2/no AB 8/.500 ··· 2/.000 10/.786 506/373 .240/.323/.376/.698 .459/.787 .701 65/.757 4/3 10/4
Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 96/70 .195/.295/.317/.612 .453/.672 .661 / 0/0 2/2
55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.431 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 3/.666 4/1.167 24/.725 4/1.750 8/.929 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.250 583/412 .252/.322/.377/.699 .795/.657 .735 100/.620 1/1 12/1
58.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .800/.000 .333 8/.500 0/0 0/0
2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 4/1.750 3/1.167 6/.750 3/1.167 7/.429 ··· 2/.500 9/.111 570/401 .264/.319/.369/.687 .670/.693 .764 84/.690 14/9 8/22
11.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 119/91 .167/.244/.222/.466 .484/.460 .368 6/.000 0/0 1/2
26.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .176/.333/.235/.569 .730/.450 .639 13/.685 0/0 0/1
7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 65/26 .086/.154/.190/.344 .499/.119 .408 11/.191 0/0 2/4
29.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· 8/1.089 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/1.000 1/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 425/287 .244/.340/.397/.738 .811/.703 .759 85/.809 4/3 11/16
36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 74/61 .200/.243/.329/.572 .154/.652 .687 34/.538 0/0 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 8/.875 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 10/1.500 2/.000 7/.971 1/no AB 1/.000 11/.489 515/366 .237/.301/.385/.686 .617/.713 .706 76/.672 2/2 14/7
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.334 7/.143 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 9/1.015 299/249 .265/.346/.341/.687 .404/.743 .630 38/.723 1/1 1/0
23.Taylor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/10 .192/.323/.308/.630 .619/.650 .222 31/.630 0/0 1/2
19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· 10/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.750 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 433/290 .303/.341/.423/.764 .709/.788 .732 102/.826 22/11 2/13
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 9/1.556 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/2.667 2/.500 ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 561/376 .247/.333/.479/.813 .787/.825 .755 99/.860 4/1 29/2
IP 27.1 97.0 10.2 6.0 85.1 48.1 6.2 11.2 61.1 30.2 171.0 15.2 31.2 68.1 TOTAL .244/.312/.369/.681 .648/.695 .667 .670 116/43 113/124
ERA-K/9 8.89/4.0 4.27/3.9 5.91/2.5 3.00/7.5 5.48/7.1 4.28/4.3 5.40/9.4 0.00/5.4 2.79/6.6 6.46/7.6 3.74/9.1 4.60/8.6 3.41/8.5 3.16/6.3 3.92/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Powell (16-9-1)
 Recker (5-0-0)
 Suzuki (98-38-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.347 405/.278 50/.302 24/.211 372/.294 215/.275 30/.222 44/.171 250/.239 134/.277 696/.211 72/.286 133/.207 286/.246 .251  DeJesus
 Matsui
 Willingham
 Sweeney
 Crisp
 Taylor
 Rosales
 Miller
0/8/116/6
27/0/0/3
96/0/0/3
41/34/23/3
0/132/0/2
2/0/8/0
2/0/0/0
0/3/1/0
OPS 1.135 .766 .795 .849 .850 .758 .559 .447 .601 .736 .621 .915 .578 .713 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/1.656 215/.862 23/.704 10/.833 105/.758 97/.695 14/.500 19/.721 128/.658 66/.667 357/.653 28/1.173 64/.491 138/.700 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.999 190/.654 27/.873 14/.824 267/.886 118/.811 16/.606 25/.245 122/.543 68/.800 339/.587 44/.754 69/.661 148/.725 .696
Home 65/1.084 244/.795 36/.636 12/.450 185/.663 103/.725 12/.083 25/.668 131/.469 76/.715 308/.555 32/.715 83/.603 144/.626
Last 28d days 88/1.109 131/.725 5/1.800 24/.849 121/.853 35/.805 30/.559 44/.447 45/.621 28/.570 75/.651 27/.886 33/.364 40/.532
HR/SB/CS 12/0/1 13/6/3 1/2/1 1/0/2 16/11/6 4/3/3 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/5/1 2/1/0 18/10/10 4/3/0 2/3/1 6/8/3 144/109/46
Usage ····X··· X····X·· ········ ··X··X·· ··X····· ···X··o· o·o··oX· X··X··o· ·XX···XX ····X··· ······X· ··X·X··o o·····oo o···o···
Mariners Batters (3.45 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 67.Carignan
G/S/vB		 60.De Los Santos
G/S/vB		 57.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 65.Godfrey
G/S/vB		 62.Wagner
G/S/vB		 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 372/281 .277/.352/.422/.775 .675/.807 .751 104/.623 6/0 6/6
3.Bard# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· 86/69 .210/.256/.333/.589 .364/.645 .580 13/.462 0/0 2/2
20.Carp* G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 309/236 .280/.330/.472/.802 .921/.764 .791 103/.698 0/2 12/6
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 24/.675 6/.334 7/.750 10/.600 13/1.338 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 313/212 .188/.241/.243/.484 .446/.508 .501 / 11/6 1/11
5.Gimenez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 67/51 .196/.313/.268/.581 .976/.461 .528 17/.820 0/1 1/0
4.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 5/.400 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 406/334 .235/.276/.357/.633 .467/.669 .648 32/.624 8/2 7/5
16.Liddi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/27 .211/.268/.500/.768 1.500/.417 .426 41/.768 1/0 3/1
30.Olivo G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 5/.400 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 507/373 .224/.253/.388/.641 .643/.640 .638 82/.620 6/5 19/11
29.Pena G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 120/84 .204/.250/.416/.666 .730/.639 .627 37/.482 0/0 7/0
12.Robinson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/115 .216/.257/.345/.602 .487/.639 .461 77/.485 1/0 2/6
1.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 139/104 .197/.299/.333/.633 .518/.663 .537 35/.812 1/2 2/4
26.Ryan G/S/vP 7/1.524 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.667 494/370 .248/.313/.326/.639 .708/.616 .580 52/.561 13/3 3/15
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 11/.091 2/.500 1/.000 2/no AB 5/1.200 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 179/118 .149/.207/.217/.424 .330/.474 .434 27/.157 6/2 2/0
15.Seager* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 198/158 .263/.316/.385/.702 .618/.719 .537 86/.616 3/1 3/6
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 8/1.167 5/.200 3/1.167 4/4.000 4/1.750 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 485/344 .236/.326/.400/.725 .737/.718 .786 75/.837 0/0 15/7
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 32/.839 5/1.100 6/2.333 15/.852 12/.834 ··· 3/.000 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 717/515 .273/.310/.337/.647 .655/.644 .636 115/.690 40/7 5/4
33.Wells G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/3.000 241/131 .237/.317/.442/.759 .838/.693 .754 24/.583 3/2 11/2
IP 194.0 40.2 62.0 28.1 59.1 6.1 33.1 58.1 25.0 5.0 33.2 TOTAL .234/.293/.349/.643 .635/.645 .627 .632 125/40 109/108
ERA-K/9 3.25/8.6 3.32/8.8 2.47/8.6 2.86/8.3 3.79/6.7 4.26/7.1 4.32/11.6 3.70/6.5 3.96/4.7 7.20/7.2 6.68/8.5 3.73/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bard (15-9-0)
 Gimenez (13-6-0)
 Olivo (79-31-11)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 835/.236 167/.222 242/.199 122/.235 261/.296 31/.276 143/.220 250/.237 112/.305 24/.300 162/.280 .251  Suzuki
 Wells
 Robinson
 Carp
 Saunders
 Figgins
 Gimenez
 Pena
0/0/150/7
21/9/58/7
30/14/0/3
26/0/1/2
12/46/0/1
2/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .667 .643 .605 .688 .773 .736 .670 .656 .799 .967 .865 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.764 94/.733 119/.579 50/.759 100/.866 9/.476 59/.530 90/.688 63/.652 8/1.071 71/.794 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 656/.640 73/.529 123/.630 72/.636 161/.714 22/.818 84/.770 160/.637 49/.996 16/.913 91/.920 .691
Road 378/.724 72/.799 106/.648 71/.729 140/.767 13/1.212 80/.754 133/.579 67/.902 15/.905 70/.883
Last 28d days 142/.682 32/.679 33/.897 19/.377 46/.554 31/.736 31/.653 22/.468 18/.686 17/1.299 20/1.484
HR/SB/CS 17/19/4 3/5/0 8/1/0 2/1/0 4/3/7 1/1/0 4/6/1 6/6/1 3/0/0 1/0/0 5/10/1 136/119/47
Usage ····X··· ··X·oo·· ····ooX· o······o o··o·o·· ···o···· ··X···o· ··o···o· ·······X ·······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.