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Game Preview: BOS @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, September 6, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

RedSox, 78-57, 2nd, 8½ GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Jon Lester (25, LHP, 11-7, 3.58)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (11-7)			173.2	160	72	69	55	196	17	3.58
2008 (16-6)			210.1	202	78	75	66	152	14	3.21
2007 (4-0)			63.0	61	33	32	31	50	10	4.57

Last 7 GS		2-0	45.1	35	15	15	14	50	4	2.98	61
2009-09-01	@TBR	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	9	1	97	57
2009-08-25	CHW	ND	6.2	4	3	3	2	6	1	113	58
2009-08-20	@TOR	W	8.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	105	75
2009-08-14	@TEX	ND	6.0	6	3	3	3	11	1	117	56
2009-08-09	@NYY	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	107	70
2009-08-04	@TBR	ND	6.0	3	1	1	2	10	0	110	70
2009-07-30	OAK	ND	5.2	7	4	4	3	2	0	104	38

Last 5 v.CHW		1-1	19.2	16	9	9	8	11	1	4.12	53
2009-08-25	CHW	ND	6.2	4	3	3	2	6	1	113	58
2008-08-08	@CHW	L	7.0	6	4	4	3	2	0	95	48
2006-07-07	@CHW	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	95	52

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

 Home:   45-21   Road:   33-36   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  52-37   vsLHP:  26-20   1-Run:  21-15
 vsEast: 37-21   vsCntrl:19-9    vsWest: 11-20 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Sep  5  @CHW  L   1-5       78-57  2nd  8.5 gb
134 Fri, Sep  4  @CHW  L   2-12      78-56  2nd  7.5 gb
133 Thu, Sep  3  @TBR  W   6-3       78-55  2nd  7.5 gb
132 Wed, Sep  2  @TBR  L   5-8       77-55  2nd  7.5 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1  @TBR  W   8-4       77-54  2nd  6.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30   TOR  W   7-0       76-54  2nd  6.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29   TOR  W   3-2       75-54  2nd  6.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28   TOR  W   6-5       74-54  2nd  6.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27   CHW  L   5-9       73-54  2nd  6.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   CHW  W   3-2       73-53  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

WhiteSox, 68-69, 3rd, 7 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: John Danks (24, LHP, 12-8, 3.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-8)			160.1	149	73	68	60	127	20	3.82
2008 (12-9)			195.0	182	74	72	57	159	15	3.32
2007 (6-13)			139.0	160	92	85	54	109	28	5.50

Last 7 GS		4-1	47.0	46	20	19	18	32	7	3.64	53
2009-09-01	@MIN	ND	7.0	6	3	3	2	2	2	96	53
2009-08-27	@BOS	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	2	108	57
2009-08-22	BAL	W	6.1	3	1	1	6	3	0	99	60
2009-08-16	@OAK	ND	7.1	8	2	2	1	3	0	91	56
2009-08-11	@SEA	W	8.0	7	1	1	1	8	0	99	71
2009-08-06	LAA	L	6.1	9	7	6	3	5	3	109	31
2009-08-01	NYY	W	6.0	7	4	4	4	5	0	98	43

Last 5 v.BOS		1-3	22.1	20	13	13	8	19	3	5.24	50
2009-08-27	@BOS	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	2	108	57
2008-08-11	BOS	L	7.0	2	2	2	2	9	0	103	72
2007-08-24	BOS	L	3.1	5	5	5	2	0	1	57	28
2007-07-21	@BOS	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	4	0	90	43

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

 Home:   38-30   Road:   30-39   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  45-51   vsLHP:  23-18   1-Run:  16-24
 vsEast: 17-20   vsCntrl:27-30   vsWest: 12-13 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sat, Sep  5   BOS  W   5-1       68-69  3rd  7.0 gb
136 Fri, Sep  4   BOS  W  12-2       67-69  3rd  7.0 gb
135 Thu, Sep  3  @CHC  W   5-0       66-69  3rd  7.0 gb
134 Wed, Sep  2  @MIN  W   4-2       65-69  3rd  7.0 gb
133 Tue, Sep  1  @MIN  L   3-4       64-69  3rd  7.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 31  @MIN  L   1-4       64-68  3rd  6.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 30  @NYY  L   3-8       64-67  3rd  6.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 29  @NYY  L   0-10      64-66  3rd  5.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28  @NYY  L   2-5 (10)  64-65  3rd  5.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 27  @BOS  W   9-5       64-64  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 CHW 12  BOS  2        W:Freddy Garcia (1-2), L: Paul Byrd (1-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 27, 2009 CHW  9 @BOS  5        W:John Danks (12-8), L: Junichi Tazawa (2-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 26, 2009 BOS  3  CHW  2        W:Daniel Bard (1-1), L: Tony Pena (6-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 25, 2009 BOS  6  CHW  3        W:Manny Delcarmen (5-2), L: Scott Linebrink (3-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (30)
Mon, Aug 24, 2009 BOS 12  CHW  8        W:Ramon Ramirez (7-3), L: Jose Contreras (5-12), S: none

Sun, Aug 31, 2008 CHW  4 @BOS  2        W:Gavin Floyd (15-6), L: Tim Wakefield (8-9), S: Bobby Jenks (27)
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 BOS  8  CHW  2        W:Michael Bowden (1-0), L: Mark Buehrle (11-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 BOS  8  CHW  0        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (16-2), L: Javier Vazquez (10-12), S: none
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 BOS  5 @CHW  1        W:Josh Beckett (11-8), L: John Danks (9-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 CHW  6  BOS  5        W:Gavin Floyd (12-6), L: Clay Buchholz (2-8), S: Bobby Jenks (24)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - BOS won 4-3; 2007 - BOS won 7-1; All-Time - BOS leads 952-912

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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RedSox Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 43.Garcia
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 65.Nunez
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 60.Torres
G/S/vB 67.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/149 .234/.315/.313/.627 .570/.653 .694 8/.268 3/6 2/2

5.Baldelli G/S/vP 3/.333 10/1.400 7/.000 5/1.400 ··· 10/.522 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/52 .262/.324/.476/.800 .837/.737 .805 18/1.067 0/0 7/2

44.Bay G/S/vP 6/.167 16/.599 4/.750 6/.500 15/.583 8/.125 3/.000 2/5.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 540/382 .258/.383/.535/.918 .925/.916 .885 99/1.096 12/2 31/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP 8/1.375 11/.282 4/.250 18/1.100 12/1.195 9/.944 1/5.000 13/.641 ··· 1/no AB 5/.933 ··· 1/.000 468/349 .269/.385/.496/.882 .822/.902 .841 81/1.234 2/5 19/2

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 5/1.100 3/2.334 3/1.000 1/4.000 10/.775 6/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· 1/2.000 576/394 .297/.344/.412/.756 .767/.751 .739 113/.737 58/9 6/2

23.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 9/.222 11/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 17/16 .250/.294/.250/.544 .000/.579 .733 2/1.000 2/2 0/0

3.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/2.000 2/1.000 8/1.000 4/1.750 6/.334 3/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· ··· 342/262 .226/.263/.334/.597 .465/.639 .595 93/.741 0/1 6/7

22.Green G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.572 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 304/231 .235/.301/.368/.669 .626/.683 .568 34/.681 1/4 6/16

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· ··· 3/.666 6/.533 6/.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 380/269 .273/.347/.398/.745 .621/.796 .769 34/.590 1/0 7/0

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/80 .230/.307/.391/.698 .308/.795 .536 2/1.500 0/0 1/1

25.Lowell G/S/vP 10/.686 9/.444 4/.500 9/.222 8/.821 6/1.000 2/2.500 8/1.175 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 413/281 .299/.341/.504/.845 .880/.829 .729 71/1.001 0/1 16/9

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 14/.714 58/.898 16/1.134 10/.100 19/.721 32/.938 6/.833 8/.625 ··· ··· 21/.825 ··· ··· 574/390 .293/.376/.472/.848 .822/.861 .929 102/.902 1/0 20/6

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 5/1.400 52/1.008 8/.700 7/1.464 11/1.273 28/.635 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 10/.733 ··· 2/.500 526/367 .226/.317/.436/.754 .742/.759 .672 101/.924 0/2 22/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 11/.473 10/.900 4/1.167 6/2.067 11/.637 5/.400 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 593/423 .296/.369/.435/.804 .738/.830 .745 102/.783 17/7 10/6

68.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/31 .182/.229/.394/.623 1.167/.560 .626 11/.382 0/0 1/1

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 6/.334 31/.990 9/.111 4/1.833 2/.000 33/.772 4/.250 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 381/272 .217/.325/.415/.740 .851/.702 .624 45/.556 0/0 14/3

30.Woodward G/S/vP ··· 15/1.012 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 83/52 .219/.293/.233/.526 .268/.684 .404 6/.333 1/0 0/4

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 11/.664 11/.495 6/1.167 1/no AB 5/1.400 11/.364 2/no AB 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 494/352 .316/.421/.570/.991 1.016/.981 1.041 82/.992 6/2 23/5

IP 160.1 184.0 82.2 52.0 185.0 22.2 47.2 49.0 2.0 55.2 60.2 16.1 11.0 TOTAL .267/.349/.453/.803 .809/.800 .757 .877 104/33 173/85

ERA-K/9

3.82/7.1

3.86/4.5

3.59/6.3

3.29/10.9

3.84/7.8

4.76/7.1

3.59/8.5

3.86/8.8

4.50/9.0

4.37/7.3

2.67/10.8

3.86/7.7

7.36/10.6

4.17/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 677/.246 751/.275 359/.279 229/.228 735/.245 94/.264 200/.250 220/.284 8/.250 252/.287 243/.216 71/.233 52/.238 .261

OPS .718 .759 .709 .756 .683 .745 .713 .849 .625 .770 .612 .710 .813 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 188/.730 213/.855 165/.844 74/.937 387/.682 54/.528 92/.900 98/.821 4/1.250 119/.832 101/.580 36/.676 28/.570 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 489/.713 538/.721 194/.600 155/.676 348/.683 40/1.030 108/.557 122/.871 4/.000 133/.717 142/.635 35/.743 24/1.130 .727

Home 313/.737 431/.748 208/.703 112/.635 339/.597 45/.844 103/.705 110/.828 8/.625 130/.717 122/.556 45/.866 26/.671

Last 28d days 136/.708 134/.869 50/.599 44/.916 133/.827 94/.745 40/.705 50/1.065 5/1.000 47/.930 51/.527 26/.471 29/.927

HR/SB/CS 20/16/6 25/2/2 4/1/2 5/14/1 20/14/4 2/1/0 7/9/0 9/10/1 0/0/0 7/4/2 5/4/4 2/2/1 2/2/2 143/109/32

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

WhiteSox Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 60.Bard
G/S/vB 19.Beckett
G/S/vB 61.Buchholz
G/S/vB 36.Byrd
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 24.Saito
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 341/251 .274/.350/.458/.808 .950/.757 .657 111/.685 6/4 10/12

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 3/1.666 153/99 .226/.307/.409/.716 .783/.681 .572 15/1.114 0/0 6/5

23.Dye G/S/vP 9/.389 1/.000 12/1.151 5/1.400 30/.804 4/.500 4/.000 3/1.666 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 48/.606 499/371 .260/.341/.473/.814 .858/.798 .808 83/.541 0/2 25/5

7.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 7/.143 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.900 252/174 .219/.300/.353/.653 .743/.614 .642 1/.000 2/3 7/8

39.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 358/298 .275/.333/.373/.707 .752/.698 .732 22/.912 22/2 2/7

14.Konerko G/S/vP 9/.730 1/no AB 9/.476 5/2.467 41/.866 3/.000 3/3.500 5/.400 6/.333 ··· 5/1.467 3/.666 37/.884 530/387 .282/.353/.494/.846 1.057/.770 .890 88/.817 0/0 25/4

30.Kotsay* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 13/.585 ··· 35/1.426 5/1.100 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.583 10/.733 18/.778 135/111 .262/.306/.361/.667 .391/.727 .724 39/.926 2/2 3/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 88/62 .147/.256/.173/.429 .414/.435 .339 9/.222 5/1 0/3

5.Nix G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 239/129 .233/.315/.438/.753 .886/.637 .617 73/.726 9/0 11/13

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 7/.367 1/3.000 16/.713 4/1.750 39/.546 4/.500 5/.400 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 29/.826 449/340 .317/.346/.462/.808 .721/.837 .780 90/.859 1/1 13/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 7/.858 3/1.334 18/.702 4/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 3/2.667 3/1.667 6/.666 6/.167 4/.000 489/354 .297/.349/.402/.751 .752/.751 .736 107/.768 26/10 5/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP 6/.333 2/.000 4/.250 4/1.833 8/.750 2/5.000 3/.666 1/.000 9/.333 2/.000 5/1.733 1/.000 6/1.167 313/230 .231/.323/.436/.759 .702/.776 .857 90/.756 2/0 15/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.334 1/2.000 3/1.000 4/.000 7/.572 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 7/.715 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 5/.000 507/385 .282/.337/.412/.749 .979/.675 .780 97/.877 14/5 15/17

51.Rios G/S/vP 28/.768 2/.000 22/1.076 8/.583 25/.680 11/.546 5/1.150 10/.700 6/.666 5/1.400 3/.666 2/.000 50/.739 550/400 .251/.300/.406/.706 .707/.706 .874 75/.488 20/3 15/4

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/115 .200/.238/.342/.580 .871/.550 .712 5/.400 3/3 2/0

IP 173.2 42.1 181.1 57.1 8.1 54.0 54.2 58.2 59.1 48.2 25.1 5.0 121.2 TOTAL .261/.331/.421/.752 .815/.729 .750 .731 92/37 160/114

ERA-K/9

3.58/10.2

3.40/11.9

3.87/8.5

4.40/6.1

7.56/4.3

3.33/6.3

3.29/8.2

1.84/10.4

2.88/6.8

2.59/8.5

7.46/4.6

0.00/19.8

4.22/5.0

4.35/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 723/.243 180/.216 746/.237 255/.268 41/.342 241/.251 227/.243 250/.217 252/.229 208/.242 130/.374 18/.063 501/.264 .266

OPS .668 .654 .686 .744 .943 .710 .684 .627 .701 .694 .997 .292 .723 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.703 81/.802 422/.704 111/.747 16/1.286 124/.548 103/.496 133/.572 127/.845 106/.502 73/.770 7/.429 202/.685 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 532/.656 99/.537 324/.662 144/.742 25/.737 117/.877 124/.848 117/.689 125/.553 102/.898 57/1.291 11/.182 299/.749 .754

Road 397/.656 105/.781 386/.736 146/.809 17/1.588 114/.790 139/.627 125/.624 128/.572 105/.739 56/1.113 7/.143 219/.698

Last 28d days 132/.579 44/.955 136/.947 131/.600 41/.943 40/.859 34/.876 47/.610 50/.945 33/.585 121/.978 18/.292 27/.605

HR/SB/CS 17/14/6 4/4/0 24/12/2 6/6/0 1/1/0 2/7/1 5/0/0 5/10/1 6/6/0 5/7/2 4/1/0 0/1/0 8/15/2 134/125/20

Usage ····X··· ··X····· ···X···· ··X····X ·X····X· ·X·o··o· X···X··o ··X·X··o o··X···· ·X·o··X· ·X······ ··X·o·X· X·······

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.