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Game Preview: TEX @ BAL, 1:35pm, Sunday, September 6, 2009 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Rangers, 76-59, 2nd, 4½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Derek Holland (22, LHP, 7-9, 5.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-9)			112.0	125	74	70	38	87	21	5.63

Last 7 GS		4-3	43.0	37	24	23	14	33	8	4.81	51
2009-08-31	TOR	L	3.0	7	10	10	3	1	2	71	3
2009-08-26	@NYY	L	6.0	7	6	6	3	4	2	99	35
2009-08-20	MIN	W	5.1	7	1	1	0	3	1	83	53
2009-08-15	BOS	W	6.2	7	2	2	2	3	2	99	53
2009-08-09	@LAA	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	96	88
2009-08-04	@OAK	L	4.1	4	4	3	4	4	1	80	41
2009-07-30	SEA	W	8.2	2	1	1	1	10	0	118	85

Has never faced BAL.

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

 Home:   44-25   Road:   32-34   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  48-36   vsLHP:  28-23   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 25-18   vsCntrl:18-19   vsWest: 24-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Sep  5  @BAL  L   4-5       76-59  2nd  4.5 gb
134 Fri, Sep  4  @BAL  W   5-1       76-58  2nd  3.5 gb
133 Wed, Sep  2   TOR  W   6-4       75-58  2nd  3.5 gb
132 Tue, Sep  1   TOR  W   5-2       74-58  2nd  4.5 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1   TOR  W   5-2       73-58  2nd  4.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 31   TOR  L  10-18      72-58  2nd  6.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 30  @MIN  L   3-5       72-57  2nd  5.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29  @MIN  W   3-0       72-56  2nd  4.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28  @MIN  L   2-3       71-56  2nd  5.0 gb
126 Thu, Aug 27  @NYY  W   7-2       71-55  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Orioles, 55-81, 5th, 32 GB, 23½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (30, RHP, 9-13, 5.18)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-13)			160.0	173	98	92	48	89	30	5.18
2008 (10-12)			190.2	176	82	77	58	120	24	3.63
2007 (7-5)			175.1	165	78	72	47	123	23	3.70

Last 7 GS		2-4	44.1	52	25	25	10	20	7	5.08	45
2009-08-31	NYY	L	6.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	107	57
2009-08-26	@MIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	112	66
2009-08-21	@CHW	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	2	1	96	61
2009-08-16	LAA	ND	5.2	10	7	7	2	2	1	104	21
2009-08-10	OAK	L	4.2	11	5	5	1	2	0	107	23
2009-08-05	@DET	L	7.1	6	3	3	2	3	1	109	55
2009-07-31	BOS	L	6.2	9	6	6	2	4	3	112	34

Last 5 v.TEX		2-0	24.1	24	11	11	7	17	3	4.07	52
2009-04-27	TEX	ND	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	101	46
2008-08-08	TEX	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	114	66
2008-07-04	TEX	W	6.1	8	4	4	2	6	0	116	45
2007-07-06	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	98	50

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

 Home:   33-37   Road:   22-44   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  35-51   vsLHP:  20-30   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 16-34   vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest: 11-23 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sat, Sep  5   TEX  W   5-4       55-81  5th 32.0 gb
135 Fri, Sep  4   TEX  L   1-5       54-81  5th 32.0 gb
134 Wed, Sep  2   NYY  L   2-10      54-80  5th 31.5 gb
133 Tue, Sep  1   NYY  L   6-9       54-79  5th 30.5 gb
132 Mon, Aug 31   NYY  L   1-5       54-78  5th 29.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 30   CLE  W   5-2       54-77  5th 28.5 gb
130 Sat, Aug 29   CLE  L   3-5       53-77  5th 28.5 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28   CLE  W  13-4       53-76  5th 27.5 gb
128 Thu, Aug 27   CLE  L   4-5       52-76  5th 27.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26  @MIN  W   5-1       52-75  5th 27.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 TEX  5 @BAL  1        W:Scott Feldman (15-4), L: Chris Tillman (1-3), S: Neftali Feliz (2)
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 TEX  6 @BAL  4        W:Matt Harrison (1-2), L: Matt Albers (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (5)
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 BAL  8  TEX  5        W:Danys Baez (1-1), L: Jason Jennings (0-1), S: George Sherrill (4)
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 TEX  6 @BAL  5        W:Scott Feldman (1-0), L: Mark Hendrickson (1-3), S: Frank Francisco (4)
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 TEX  5 @BAL  4        W:C.J. Wilson (1-2), L: George Sherrill (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (3)
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 TEX 19  BAL  6        W:Kris Benson (1-1), L: Mark Hendrickson (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 BAL  7 @TEX  5 (10)   W:Jim Johnson (1-0), L: Eddie Guardado (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 BAL 10 @TEX  9        W:Koji Uehara (2-0), L: Vicente Padilla (1-1), S: George Sherrill (3)

Sun, Aug 10, 2008 TEX 15 @BAL  7        W:Matt Harrison (4-2), L: Randor Bierd (0-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 BAL  9  TEX  0        W:Daniel Cabrera (8-7), L: Vicente Padilla (12-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 5-4; 2008 - TEX won 5-4; 2007 - TEX won 6-4; All-Time - BAL leads 361-238

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 2009 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

NYY 5.73

BAL 4.59

SDP 3.90

RA/G

SFG 3.71

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .366

C. Counsell .290

A. Miles .174

OBP

A. Pujols .443

J. Posada .363

A. Miles .217

SLG

A. Pujols .672

H. Pence .476

A. Miles .235

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

A. LaRoche .832

A. Miles .451

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.28

D. Braden 3.89

B. Penny 5.28

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.47

M. Cain 6.92

J. Lannan 3.73

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Rangers Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 28.Baez
G/S/vB 25.Bass
G/S/vB 49.Berken
G/S/vB 24.Castillo*
G/S/vB 27.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB 63.Hernandez
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 52.Matusz*
G/S/vB 26.Meredith
G/S/vB 31.Mickolio
G/S/vB 37.Ray
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 54.Tillman
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 425/297 .271/.335/.388/.723 .729/.720 .605 87/.876 24/4 6/17

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 4/.750 3/.833 11/.637 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.311 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.914 2/.000 ··· 439/317 .238/.278/.470/.747 .683/.773 .813 69/.500 2/0 23/5

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 70/64 .339/.397/.419/.816 .400/.851 .449 65/.851 12/1 1/2

22.Byrd G/S/vP 8/.929 2/1.000 4/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 6/.933 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 499/345 .276/.319/.468/.787 .736/.810 .687 96/.795 8/3 15/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 4/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 436/305 .271/.346/.562/.908 .677/1.004 .833 56/1.085 18/4 31/4

19.Davis* G/S/vP 8/.000 2/.500 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 318/216 .215/.264/.424/.688 .552/.753 .706 41/.804 0/0 17/3

6.German G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 14/10 .167/.286/.167/.452 .500/.425 .452 9/.583 1/0 0/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 6/.167 7/.486 1/2.000 7/1.571 ··· 1/.000 9/.666 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.750 ··· 355/237 .270/.318/.426/.745 .906/.664 .839 102/.872 8/3 10/1

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 8/.500 6/1.467 2/.000 8/1.000 ··· ··· 6/3.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.333 531/381 .253/.326/.505/.832 1.093/.729 .666 86/1.022 28/4 29/8

14.Murphy* G/S/vP 6/.666 4/.500 1/.000 5/2.133 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 378/295 .263/.339/.434/.773 .645/.809 .743 80/.634 8/4 13/1

61.Richardson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .500/.500/.500/1.000 .000/1.333 4/1.000 0/0 0/0

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/no AB 3/.666 389/307 .253/.289/.392/.681 .861/.632 .693 67/.760 1/2 9/5

21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 307/205 .236/.293/.375/.668 .677/.663 .581 9/.250 0/2 9/7

2.Teagarden G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 176/131 .201/.263/.365/.628 .824/.556 .606 54/.659 0/0 6/5

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 17/1.329 ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 164/129 .299/.352/.388/.740 1.029/.657 .720 29/.909 4/0 1/0

10.Young G/S/vP 13/1.135 5/.400 17/.118 8/.625 ··· ··· 14/.857 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.000 3/.333 ··· 572/407 .322/.376/.524/.900 .862/.915 .857 103/.811 8/3 22/9

IP 160.0 56.1 63.1 77.1 96.1 4.1 80.0 79.1 61.2 37.2 57.0 12.2 38.2 13.1 46.1 TOTAL .260/.321/.455/.776 .770/.779 .714 .800 125/28 200/93

ERA-K/9

5.18/5.0

5.43/6.4

3.98/5.4

4.89/5.6

6.07/5.0

2.08/4.2

4.61/5.8

4.54/5.7

3.79/6.3

5.26/8.4

4.42/5.4

2.84/9.2

6.75/8.1

8.10/6.8

4.66/4.7

5.07/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 692/.274 257/.299 259/.234 361/.309 447/.316 19/.250 357/.294 354/.272 255/.257 141/.326 253/.306 54/.217 184/.335 65/.327 196/.285 .285

OPS .820 .782 .654 .846 .883 .618 .823 .856 .725 .913 .773 .557 .933 1.004 .883 .819

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 343/.930 120/.865 128/.747 171/.827 240/.898 12/.606 128/.724 198/.881 119/.650 27/.684 114/.726 25/.295 79/1.236 28/1.012 99/.743 .837

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.713 137/.712 131/.563 190/.863 207/.865 7/.629 229/.880 156/.826 136/.784 114/.969 139/.809 29/.779 105/.702 37/.997 97/1.016 .804

Home 363/.827 146/.811 147/.531 211/.909 263/.841 15/.708 184/.890 175/.970 135/.792 56/.698 137/.772 18/.978 93/1.001 36/.934 93/.918

Last 28d days 133/.779 36/.979 33/.554 65/.869 122/.945 6/.333 51/.724 120/.952 42/.752 117/.926 56/1.005 36/.656 53/.838 8/1.464 122/.870

HR/SB/CS 30/6/2 2/8/2 7/4/0 10/3/4 14/10/3 0/0/1 11/14/0 17/5/2 7/3/1 5/6/1 3/10/1 0/0/0 7/4/1 3/2/1 11/1/3 174/99/28

Usage ·····X·· ·X··X··· o··o··X· ···o·X·X ···X···· ·o·oo··· ···o·X·· ····X··· o··X··o· X·····X· ·X··o··o ···X···· ····o··X ···Xo··· ·X·····X

Orioles Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB 55.Eyre
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 52.Mathis
G/S/vB 20.McCarthy
G/S/vB 33.Millwood
G/S/vB 62.Moscoso
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 64.Strop
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Andino G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/129 .225/.273/.277/.550 .527/.560 .707 13/.748 3/3 1/7

9.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/20 .300/.333/.400/.733 .000/.771 .000 21/.733 0/0 0/0

70.Fiorentino* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 323/222 .256/.288/.338/.626 .761/.562 .760 93/.601 11/3 2/6

10.Jones G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.167 8/1.125 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 519/331 .277/.335/.457/.792 .665/.864 .811 73/.436 10/4 19/5

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.000 10/.744 1/.000 5/.400 2/2.000 5/1.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· 11/.293 21/.770 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 6/.833 602/360 .302/.352/.471/.823 .710/.901 .845 111/.823 5/2 16/6

16.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 75/61 .250/.311/.456/.767 .237/.880 .924 21/1.172 0/0 2/0

6.Mora G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.619 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 19/.336 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.250 414/255 .260/.320/.347/.667 .680/.659 .797 79/.820 3/3 7/10

18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 7/1.262 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 217/190 .272/.335/.462/.796 .512/.837 .868 73/1.090 1/3 8/1

14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 373/234 .277/.370/.458/.828 .830/.827 .871 100/.874 8/2 14/4

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 13/.862 1/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 10/1.200 25/.960 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 13/.968 599/404 .285/.349/.459/.808 .763/.829 .766 110/.900 27/7 14/10

30.Scott* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 9/.111 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1.500 9/.347 ··· 5/3.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 421/293 .258/.344/.484/.828 .829/.828 .926 89/.692 0/0 21/1

15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 273/163 .263/.308/.369/.676 .565/.752 .742 90/.634 0/0 5/5

23.Wigginton G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 8/1.339 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 14/.631 27/.850 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 351/218 .266/.313/.388/.702 .640/.737 .789 65/.623 1/2 8/5

IP 112.0 11.1 156.2 22.0 40.2 41.1 34.1 80.1 9.2 36.0 70.1 172.0 8.1 53.0 49.2 2.0 62.0 TOTAL .268/.331/.418/.749 .685/.783 .809 .762 69/35 135/94

ERA-K/9

5.63/7.0

3.18/1.6

3.62/5.2

0.41/11.5

3.32/10.2

4.79/8.7

4.19/5.0

3.14/5.4

9.31/3.7

3.00/4.8

4.61/5.9

3.77/5.5

4.32/6.5

3.91/7.3

1.81/8.9

18.00/13.5

3.19/10.0

4.21/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 491/.280 40/.257 642/.246 73/.070 165/.216 186/.277 143/.262 328/.229 52/.317 143/.235 303/.257 715/.255 40/.324 233/.248 196/.198 11/.250 270/.226 .257

OPS .833 .705 .680 .209 .652 .797 .820 .683 .998 .642 .763 .746 .959 .698 .548 .830 .646 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.828 19/.806 353/.640 39/.343 86/.669 87/.792 52/1.029 172/.868 23/1.311 56/.632 156/.876 358/.731 11/1.136 127/.797 58/.727 5/.600 94/.465 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.834 21/.616 289/.730 34/.059 79/.632 99/.800 91/.698 156/.485 29/.732 87/.649 147/.647 357/.760 29/.887 106/.581 138/.469 6/1.000 176/.738 .731

Road 228/.700 17/.485 338/.632 50/.184 87/.653 80/.666 43/.497 128/.612 24/.870 33/.524 163/.860 352/.801 / 145/.722 89/.606 3/.000 134/.839

Last 28d days 128/.807 10/.311 129/.627 57/.178 46/.904 19/1.326 2/2.500 130/.711 / 32/.695 22/.427 106/.843 / 123/.786 34/.575 11/.830 56/.473

HR/SB/CS 21/8/1 0/0/1 15/13/7 1/1/0 5/1/0 4/4/1 7/4/2 9/7/2 2/0/0 3/0/0 11/2/1 21/13/7 1/1/0 6/9/1 3/7/3 0/0/0 3/3/1 147/84/36

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

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.