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Game Preview: LAD @ CHC, 9:30pm, Thursday, October 2, 2008 @Wrigley Field

Los Angeles Dodgers, 84-78, 1st, 2 up

SP: Chad Billingsley (23, RHP, 16-10, 3.14)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (16-10)          200.2 188  76  70  80 201 14    3.14      
 2007 (12-5)           147   131  56  54  64 141 15    3.31      
 2006 (7-4)             90    92  43  38  58  59  7    3.80      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 10 GS        5-1  60    68  24  23  24  54  5    3.45   52 
 2008-09-23    SDP   W   6     9   1   1   2   5  0     104   53 
 2008-09-17    PIT  ND   4.2   8   7   6   2   5  2      90   25 
 2008-09-12    COL   W   6     6   2   2   3   3  1      96   52 
 2008-09-06    ARI   W   6.1   4   0   0   1   9  0      97   73 
 2008-08-30    ARI   W   7     9   2   2   2   6  0     112   55 
 2008-08-25    PHI   L   6     7   3   3   5   3  0     107   44 
 2008-08-20    COL  ND   6     5   2   2   4   6  1     114   56 
 2008-08-15    MIL   W   7     5   3   3   2   5  1     110   58 
 2008-08-10    SFG  ND   6     9   3   3   3   6  0     116   45 
 2008-08-05    STL  ND   5     6   1   1   0   6  0      74   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 8 v.CHC      0-1  11    11   6   6   5  15  3    4.91   52 
 2008-06-05    CHC  ND   5     7   4   4   3   8  2      98   42 
 2008-05-26    CHC   L   6     4   2   2   2   7  1      83   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-33   Road:   36-45   ExtrInn: 6-12
 vsRHP:  53-57   vsLHP:  31-21   1-Run:  19-24
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:23-18   vsWest: 40-32 IL: 5-10

Last 20 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  1 Wed, Oct  1  @CHC  W   7-2         -               
162 Sun, Sep 28  @SFG  L   1-3       84-78  1st  2.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 27  @SFG  W   2-1       84-77  1st  3.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 26  @SFG  L   5-6 (10)  83-77  1st  3.0 up
159 Thu, Sep 25   SDP  L   5-7       83-76  1st  4.0 up
158 Wed, Sep 24   SDP  W  12-4       83-75  1st  4.0 up
157 Tue, Sep 23   SDP  W  10-1       82-75  1st  3.0 up
156 Sun, Sep 21   SFG  L   0-1 (11)  81-75  1st  2.5 up
155 Sat, Sep 20   SFG  W  10-7       81-74  1st  3.5 up
154 Fri, Sep 19   SFG  L   1-7       80-74  1st  3.5 up
153 Thu, Sep 18  @PIT  W   4-3 (12)  80-73  1st  3.5 up
152 Wed, Sep 17  @PIT  L   8-15      79-73  1st  3.5 up
151 Tue, Sep 16  @PIT  W   6-2       79-72  1st  4.5 up
150 Mon, Sep 15  @PIT  W   8-2       78-72  1st  4.5 up
149 Sun, Sep 14  @COL  L   0-1 (10)  77-72  1st  4.5 up
148 Sat, Sep 13  @COL  W   5-1       77-71  1st  4.5 up
147 Fri, Sep 12  @COL  W   7-2       76-71  1st  3.5 up
146 Wed, Sep 10  @SDP  W   7-2       75-71  1st  3.5 up
145 Tue, Sep  9  @SDP  W   6-2       74-71  1st  2.5 up
144 Mon, Sep  8  @SDP  L   0-4       73-71  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Chicago Cubs, 97-64, 1st, 7½ up

SP: Carlos Zambrano (27, RHP, 14-6, 3.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-6)           188.2 172  85  82  72 130 18    3.91      
 2007 (18-13)          216.1 187 100  95 101 177 23    3.95      
 2006 (16-7)           214   162  91  81 115 210 20    3.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 10 GS        3-2  55    50  39  38  28  43  9    6.22   46 
 2008-09-24    NYM  ND   4.2   3   5   5   4   2  1      87   36 
 2008-09-19    STL   L   1.2   6   8   8   3   1  1      45    9 
 2008-09-14    HOU   W   9     0   0   0   1  10  0     110   96 
 2008-09-02    HOU  ND   5     5   3   3   3   3  0      86   45 
 2008-08-26    PIT  ND   4.1   8   6   6   4   3  0      98   22 
 2008-08-21    CIN   W   7     6   1   1   4   4  1     105   61 
 2008-08-15    FLA  ND   6     4   5   5   5   6  1     119   45 
 2008-08-09    STL   L   4.1  10   9   9   1   3  4      88    9 
 2008-08-03    PIT  ND   5     3   2   1   1   2  1      82   56 
 2008-07-29    MIL   W   8     5   0   0   2   9  0     118   79 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 8 v.LAD      2-3  55.2  46  23  21  23  51  3    3.40   57 
 2008-06-07    LAD   L   6.2  13   7   7   1   6  2     107   25 
 2008-05-28    LAD  ND   8     6   1   1   4   3  0     130   65 
 2007-09-03    LAD   L   4.1   7   8   8   5   6  0      96   18 
 2007-05-26    LAD   W   7.2   8   2   2   1   8  1     125   62 
 2006-04-18    LAD  ND   6     4   1   1   5   3  0     112   58 
 2005-05-31    LAD  ND   8     1   1   0   2   9  0     124   85 
 2004-05-13    LAD   W   8     2   1   0   2  11  0     114   85 
 2003-08-17    LAD   L   7     5   2   2   3   5  0     105   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   55-26   Road:   42-38   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  66-48   vsLHP:  31-16   1-Run:  24-22
 vsEast: 20-12   vsCntrl:48-33   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 20 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  1 Wed, Oct  1   LAD  L   2-7         -               
161 Sun, Sep 28  @MIL  L   1-3       97-64  1st  7.5 up
160 Sat, Sep 27  @MIL  W   7-3       97-63  1st  8.5 up
159 Fri, Sep 26  @MIL  L   1-5       96-63  1st  7.5 up
158 Thu, Sep 25  @NYM  L   6-7       96-62  1st  8.5 up
157 Wed, Sep 24  @NYM  W   9-6 (10)  96-61  1st  9.5 up
156 Tue, Sep 23  @NYM  L   2-6       95-61  1st  9.5 up
155 Mon, Sep 22  @NYM  W   9-5       95-60  1st 10.5 up
154 Sun, Sep 21   STL  W   5-1       94-60  1st 10.0 up
153 Sat, Sep 20   STL  W   5-4       93-60  1st 10.0 up
152 Fri, Sep 19   STL  L   6-12      92-60  1st  9.0 up
151 Thu, Sep 18   MIL  W   7-6 (12)  92-59  1st  9.0 up
150 Wed, Sep 17   MIL  L   2-6       91-59  1st  8.0 up
149 Tue, Sep 16   MIL  W   5-4       91-58  1st  9.0 up
148 Mon, Sep 15  @HOU  W   6-1       90-58  1st  8.0 up
147 Sun, Sep 14  @HOU  W   5-0       89-58  1st  7.5 up
146 Thu, Sep 11  @STL  W   3-2       88-58  1st  5.5 up
145 Wed, Sep 10  @STL  W   4-3       87-58  1st  4.5 up
144 Tue, Sep  9  @STL  L   3-4       86-58  1st  4.5 up
143 Sun, Sep  7  @CIN  L   3-4       86-57  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Oct 01, 2008 LAD  7 @CHC  2    W:Derek Lowe , L: Ryan Dempster , S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 CHC  3 @LAD  1    W:Jason Marquis , L: Brad Penny , S: Kerry Wood 
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 LAD  7  CHC  3    W:Derek Lowe , L: Carlos Zambrano , S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 LAD  3  CHC  0    W:Hiroki Kuroda , L: Sean Gallagher , S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 CHC  5 @LAD  4    W:Bobby Howry , L: Takashi Saito , S: Kerry Wood 
Wed, May 28, 2008 CHC  2  LAD  1 (10)   W:Bobby Howry , L: Chan Ho Park , S: none
Tue, May 27, 2008 CHC  3  LAD  1    W:Sean Gallagher , L: Hiroki Kuroda , S: Kerry Wood 
Mon, May 26, 2008 CHC  3  LAD  1    W:Ryan Dempster , L: Chad Billingsley , S: Kerry Wood 

Thu, Sep 06, 2007 LAD  7 @CHC  4    W:Joe Beimel (4-1), L: Ryan Dempster (2-5), S: Takashi Saito (37)
Wed, Sep 05, 2007 CHC  8  LAD  2    W:Ted Lilly (14-7), L: Eric Stults (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHC leads 5-2; 2007 - LAD won 5-2; 2006 - CHC won 4-2; All-Time - Tied 1012-1012
Totals exclude the postseason.

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.
Post - PA and OPS in the current postseason.
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 2008 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

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

BA

C. Jones  .364

S. Victorino  .293

J. Towles  .137

OBP

C. Jones  .470

J. Votto  .368

T. Pena  .189

SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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

Note: That all pitcher-batter matchups contain both regular and postseason meetings.
Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Chicago Cubs Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Zambrano
G/S/vB
48.Cotts*
G/S/vB
46.Dempster
G/S/vB
40.Harden
G/S/vB
62.Howry
G/S/vB
30.Lilly*
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
21.Marquis
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdSB/CSHR/E
28.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 54/28 .235/.278/.314/.592 .826/.368 .819 1/0 1/
13.Berroa G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 ··· 9/.555 7/.286 14/1.119 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 256/182 .230/.304/.310/.614 .674/.590 .713 0/0 1/
30.Blake G/S/vP ··· 10/.522 2/.000 10/.200 ··· 24/.673 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 601/456 .274/.345/.463/.808 .823/.803 .887 3/0 21/
33.DeWitt* G/S/vP 6/.750 2/1.000 7/.715 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 421/319 .264/.344/.383/.728 .854/.689 .665 3/0 9/
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 14/1.038 ··· 14/1.333 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 3/.667 10/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 596/441 .305/.375/.510/.885 .692/.953 .882 6/3 20/
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 29/.491 ··· 38/.705 ··· 3/.000 9/.611 3/.333 17/1.159 7/.953 1/.000 18/.343 164/106 .357/.439/.573/1.012 1.066/.982 1.060 8/3 5/
5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 5/.700 5/.200 6/.533 17/.797 1/2.000 10/.644 3/.666 ··· ··· 181/115 .264/.326/.466/.792 1.067/.643 .770 1/1 8/
27.Kemp G/S/vP 8/1.625 ··· 9/.833 ··· 4/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 657/470 .290/.340/.459/.799 .989/.725 .775 35/11 18/
12.Kent G/S/vP 37/.597 ··· 37/.688 ··· 4/2.250 10/1.178 2/.000 25/.818 5/.650 1/.000 37/1.514 474/345 .280/.327/.418/.745 .782/.732 .765 0/1 12/
7.Loney* G/S/vP 13/.658 1/.000 7/1.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 7/1.738 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 651/462 .289/.338/.434/.772 .664/.815 .807 7/4 13/
55.Martin G/S/vP 15/1.513 ··· 12/.639 ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 2/.500 13/.808 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 650/469 .280/.385/.396/.781 .767/.786 .786 18/6 13/
14.Ozuna G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 102/70 .260/.290/.344/.634 .987/.466 .418 1/3 1/
9.Pierre* G/S/vP 43/.673 3/1.333 14/1.000 ··· 2/.000 9/1.111 4/1.167 36/.795 ··· ··· 30/.907 406/289 .283/.327/.328/.655 .771/.608 .695 40/12 1/
99.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 4/1.750 15/1.558 7/.971 50/.898 ··· 11/.384 1/5.000 ··· ··· 654/503 .332/.430/.601/1.031 .879/1.079 1.017 3/0 37/
IP 188.2 35.2 206.2 148.0 70.2 204.2 87.1 167.0 65.1 27.2 66.1 TOTAL .264/.333/.399/.732 .769/.716 .732 126/43 137/101
ERA-K/9 3.91/6.2 4.29/10.8 2.96/8.1 2.07/11.0 5.35/7.5 4.09/8.1 2.68/11.8 4.53/4.9 3.86/8.0 2.28/8.1 3.26/11.4 3.87/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ardoin (10-3-2)
 Martin (70-23-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 796/.241 160/.266 856/.227 595/.183 311/.309 861/.239 348/.135 738/.267 279/.245 124/.226 276/.219 .242  Kemp
 Ethier
 Ramirez
 Pierre
 Ozuna
0/101/63/16
41/0/109/11
119/0/0/7
84/18/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .686 .786 .642 .557 .882 .734 .508 .746 .741 .599 .632 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 411/.675 76/.860 404/.693 289/.593 127/.905 202/.928 156/.668 346/.702 80/.817 57/.489 131/.604 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.698 84/.720 452/.597 306/.523 184/.865 659/.675 192/.379 392/.783 199/.711 67/.691 145/.657 .686
Home 408/.718 67/.938 540/.633 361/.559 167/.890 382/.736 193/.430 389/.811 106/.687 80/.527 141/.559 .702
HR/SB/CS 18/10/9 7/3/0 14/11/4 11/7/7 13/5/0 32/12/8 10/3/1 15/11/1 9/5/2 0/5/1 3/1/0 160/87/36
Usage ·······X ···oo·XX X····X·· ······X· ···o··oX ····X··· ····oo·· X···X··· X··o·o·· X····o·X ····o··X
Chicago Cubs Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Billingsley
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
51.Broxton
G/S/vB
22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB
18.Kuroda
G/S/vB
23.Lowe
G/S/vB
36.Maddux
G/S/vB
52.McDonald
G/S/vB
61.Park
G/S/vB
44.Saito
G/S/vB
47.Wade
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmSB/CSHR/E
24.Blanco G/S/vP 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/1.000 16/1.000 ··· 14/.214 ··· ··· 128/66 .292/.325/.392/.717 .771/.668 .815 0/0 3/
5.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 236/115 .269/.328/.352/.680 .633/.730 .834 4/1 2/
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/1.166 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 13/.930 6/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 1/2.000 593/422 .285/.376/.481/.857 .894/.842 .918 6/0 21/
15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 13/.322 21/1.117 7/.629 ··· 6/.334 37/.467 46/.904 ··· 22/.935 4/.250 ··· 401/349 .235/.343/.479/.822 .441/.883 .821 2/2 20/
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 6/1.400 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 284/259 .305/.395/.514/.909 .893/.911 .840 2/0 9/
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/.533 9/.347 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 2/.000 590/439 .257/.359/.379/.738 .725/.742 .825 12/4 10/
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.819 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 374/205 .303/.358/.420/.778 .848/.721 .745 5/6 6/
25.Lee G/S/vP 7/.953 2/.000 8/.679 ··· 6/.666 33/.988 64/.622 ··· 10/.100 3/.000 1/.000 698/526 .291/.361/.462/.823 .948/.785 .838 8/2 20/
20.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 93/79 .241/.312/.325/.637 .377/.678 .649 3/0 1/
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 7/.286 3/2.667 6/1.633 ··· 6/.334 18/.591 27/.787 ··· 18/.572 5/.400 1/.000 645/492 .289/.380/.518/.898 .721/.954 1.040 2/2 27/
12.Soriano G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 8/.929 65/.622 13/.616 ··· 10/.650 3/.000 3/.000 503/357 .280/.344/.532/.876 1.114/.779 .924 19/3 29/
18.Soto G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 9/.583 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 563/421 .285/.364/.504/.868 .915/.852 .878 0/1 23/
2.Theriot G/S/vP 6/1.267 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 12/.583 12/.697 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.666 661/494 .307/.387/.359/.745 .778/.734 .732 22/13 1/
33.Ward* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/.167 21/.393 ··· 10/.633 ··· ··· 119/108 .216/.319/.402/.721 .473/.748 .777 0/0 4/
IP 200.2 49.0 69.0 107.2 183.1 211.0 194.0 6.0 95.1 47.0 71.1 TOTAL .278/.354/.443/.797 .807/.793 .839 87/34 184/99
ERA-K/9 3.14/9.0 2.02/5.9 3.13/11.5 4.26/8.4 3.73/5.7 3.24/6.3 4.22/4.5 0.00/3.0 3.40/7.5 2.49/11.5 2.27/6.4 3.68/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (12-10-3)
 Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 859/.248 214/.270 285/.217 470/.265 776/.253 851/.246 804/.272 24/.227 412/.264 197/.226 275/.202 .251  Soriano
 Fukudome
 Johnson
 Edmonds
 Pie
 DeRosa
 Cedeno
 Ward
108/0/0/10
0/12/137/6
26/78/6/3
0/103/0/1
1/39/0/1
27/0/38/0
1/1/0/0
6/0/3/0
OPS .687 .672 .595 .756 .659 .637 .717 .534 .749 .594 .584 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 407/.761 100/.641 126/.800 92/.812 391/.705 403/.635 371/.701 18/.284 180/.863 94/.612 116/.555 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.621 114/.700 159/.445 378/.742 385/.611 448/.638 433/.731 6/1.400 232/.664 103/.577 159/.606 .662
Road 438/.733 114/.707 131/.716 214/.794 418/.696 397/.747 417/.787 11/.400 226/.834 76/.573 145/.705 .761
HR/SB/CS 14/8/4 0/5/3 2/10/3 11/5/2 13/7/2 14/14/3 21/24/5 0/0/0 12/5/1 1/1/1 7/2/0 123/82/26
Usage ····X··· ···o·X·o X····XX· ···o···X ···X···· X····X·· o···X··· ·····X·· ···X·X·o ····o·X· X··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.

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