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Game Preview: STL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, September 23, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Cardinals, 89-63, 1st, 10 up

SP: John Smoltz (42, RHP, 3-6, 6.22)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-6)			68.0	84	47	47	13	65	10	6.22
2008 (3-2)			28.0	25	8	8	8	36	2	2.57
2007 (14-8)			205.2	196	78	71	47	197	18	3.11

Last 7 GS		2-2	37.1	42	23	23	8	37	6	5.54	48
2009-09-18	CHC	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	108	53
2009-09-08	@MIL	ND	5.0	6	3	3	0	7	1	83	50
2009-09-03	MIL	L	6.0	6	4	4	0	6	1	84	50
2009-08-28	WSN	ND	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	93	65
2009-08-23	@SDP	W	5.0	3	0	0	0	9	0	75	70
2009-08-06	@NYY	L	3.1	9	8	8	4	3	2	92	9
2009-07-31	@BAL	W	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	2	87	38

Last 5 v.HOU		3-1	33.0	29	8	7	5	24	0	1.91	61
2006-10-01	HOU	W	6.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	107	62
2005-05-06	HOU	W	5.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	46	61
1999-08-09	HOU	ND	7.0	11	2	2	0	4	0	91	51
1998-08-31	HOU	L	8.0	5	4	3	1	6	0	103	63
1998-08-26	@HOU	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	99	69

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

 Home:   46-32   Road:   43-31   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  61-43   vsLHP:  28-20   1-Run:  24-18
 vsEast: 17-16   vsCntrl:45-28   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
152 Tue, Sep 22  @HOU  W  11-2       89-63  1st 10.0 up
151 Mon, Sep 21  @HOU  W   7-3       88-63  1st 10.0 up
150 Sun, Sep 20   CHC  L   3-6 (11)  87-63  1st 10.0 up
149 Sat, Sep 19   CHC  W   2-1       87-62  1st 11.0 up
148 Fri, Sep 18   CHC  W   3-2       86-62  1st 10.0 up
147 Wed, Sep 16   FLA  L   2-5       85-62  1st  8.5 up
146 Tue, Sep 15   FLA  L   1-2       85-61  1st  8.5 up
145 Mon, Sep 14   FLA  W  11-6       85-60  1st  9.5 up
144 Sun, Sep 13   ATL  L   2-9       84-60  1st  9.5 up
143 Sat, Sep 12   ATL  L   6-7       84-59  1st 10.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

Astros, 70-81, 4th, 18½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (24, RHP, 5-3, 5.07)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-3)			49.2	53	29	28	23	51	9	5.07

Last 7 GS		3-3	33.2	45	26	25	13	35	8	6.68	42
2009-09-18	@MIL	ND	5.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	96	62
2009-09-11	PIT	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	7	1	84	62
2009-09-06	PHI	W	6.0	6	2	2	0	6	2	80	58
2009-08-29	@ARI	L	5.0	5	6	6	4	3	2	99	32
2009-08-23	ARI	L	1.0	6	6	6	3	1	0	55	15
2009-08-18	FLA	L	5.2	9	5	5	1	4	2	95	34
2009-08-12	@FLA	W	5.0	10	5	4	1	6	1	98	34

Last 5 v.STL		1-0	7.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	0.00	74
2009-08-02	@STL	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	91	74

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

 Home:   42-35   Road:   28-46   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  55-63   vsLHP:  15-18   1-Run:  23-23
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:29-45   vsWest: 21-15 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
151 Tue, Sep 22   STL  L   2-11      70-81  4th 18.5 gb
150 Mon, Sep 21   STL  L   3-7       70-80  4th 17.5 gb
149 Sun, Sep 20  @MIL  L   0-6       70-79  4th 16.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 19  @MIL  L   2-7       70-78  4th 16.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 18  @MIL  L   2-3       70-77  4th 15.5 gb
146 Wed, Sep 16  @CIN  L   5-6       70-76  4th 14.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep 15  @CIN  L   4-5       70-75  3rd 14.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep 14  @CIN  L   1-3       70-74  3rd 14.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep 13   PIT  L   1-2       70-73  3rd 13.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep 12   PIT  W   4-2       70-72  3rd 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 STL  7 @HOU  3        W:Kyle Lohse (6-8), L: Wandy Rodriguez (13-11), S: none
Thu, Aug 27, 2009 HOU  4 @STL  3        W:Jose Valverde (2-2), L: Kyle McClellan (4-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 26, 2009 STL  3  HOU  2        W:Joel Pineiro (13-9), L: Roy Oswalt (7-5), S: Ryan Franklin (34)
Tue, Aug 25, 2009 STL  1  HOU  0        W:Adam Wainwright (15-7), L: Wandy Rodriguez (12-8), S: Ryan Franklin (33)
Sun, Aug 02, 2009 HOU  2 @STL  0        W:Bud Norris (1-0), L: Adam Wainwright (12-7), S: Jose Valverde (12)
Sat, Aug 01, 2009 STL  3  HOU  1        W:Chris Carpenter (10-3), L: Jeff Fulchino (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 STL  4  HOU  3        W:Trever Miller (3-0), L: Alberto Arias (2-1), S: Ryan Franklin (24)
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 HOU  4  STL  3        W:Jose Valverde (1-2), L: Ryan Franklin (2-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 HOU 11  STL  6        W:Wandy Rodriguez (10-6), L: Todd Wellemeyer (7-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 20, 2009 HOU  3  STL  2        W:Brian Moehler (7-5), L: Kyle Lohse (4-6), S: Jose Valverde (10)
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 9-5; 2008 - STL won 8-7; 2007 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - STL leads 348-306

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 5.68

ATL 4.57

SDP 3.90

RA/G

LAD 3.73

OAK 4.67

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .373

J. Lugo .290

A. Miles .179

OBP

A. Pujols .447

J. Morneau .363

A. Miles .220

SLG

A. Pujols .681

M. Montero .479

A. Miles .237

OPS

A. Pujols 1.128

C. Jones .832

A. Miles .457

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.14

K. Kawakami 3.92

B. Penny 5.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.52

J. Danks 6.94

J. Lannan 3.70

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Cardinals Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB 58.Bazardo
G/S/vB 26.Brocail
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 63.Gervacio
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB 54.Paronto
G/S/vB 52.Paulino
G/S/vB 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 47.Valverde
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.833 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 12/.833 22/.511 ··· ··· 9/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 381/286 .234/.286/.390/.676 .581/.709 .691 49/.636 4/3 11/5

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 15/.734 30/1.278 4/2.250 ··· 27/1.037 11/.964 4/1.750 542/410 .257/.326/.451/.777 .947/.720 .857 78/.763 3/2 23/9

8.Glaus G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.347 2/.500 ··· ··· 21/1.366 ··· 32/.522 9/.111 2/2.000 ··· 13/.923 1/2.000 ··· 18/14 .176/.222/.235/.458 .250/.500 .368 18/.458 0/0 0/0

3.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/.750 1/.000 7/.715 17/.236 3/.000 ··· 11/.819 12/.267 1/.000 189/119 .205/.278/.355/.633 .594/.656 .651 19/.544 2/1 6/8

15.Holliday G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 13/1.129 18/.777 1/.000 ··· 20/1.139 10/1.278 ··· 629/448 .312/.391/.522/.913 .810/.951 .845 99/.974 14/6 24/4

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.804 1/.000 6/.666 34/.658 2/1.000 ··· 11/.705 2/.500 2/.000 95/70 .239/.295/.307/.602 .708/.564 .593 18/.572 1/0 1/1

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 17/.352 9/.583 1/5.000 ··· 29/.691 8/.536 ··· 506/362 .269/.331/.447/.778 .760/.784 .894 86/.772 4/2 20/1

12.Lugo G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 4/.500 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 25/.960 ··· 4/.750 ··· 8/.268 3/.666 ··· 263/154 .290/.358/.429/.786 .744/.815 .825 51/.881 7/0 3/9

4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 15/.343 19/.422 ··· ··· 29/.562 7/.286 2/2.000 524/388 .289/.365/.373/.738 .717/.745 .661 79/.710 9/2 6/5

5.Pujols G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 8/1.625 2/1.500 1/.000 1/3.000 8/1.375 ··· 26/1.490 86/.935 3/1.167 ··· 37/.523 13/.231 1/5.000 651/474 .329/.447/.681/1.128 1.155/1.118 1.131 106/1.240 14/4 47/11

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 10/.944 ··· ··· 8/.125 1/.000 2/1.000 475/367 .253/.306/.415/.721 .426/.809 .680 80/.664 3/1 16/6

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 17/.775 2/1.500 ··· 18/.444 3/.666 1/.000 400/257 .288/.338/.393/.730 .670/.763 .706 83/.685 14/7 3/8

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 17/.912 22/.680 3/1.167 ··· 13/.616 8/.393 5/1.200 548/444 .307/.366/.401/.766 .524/.823 .781 89/.843 2/2 4/10

22.Thurston* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 298/240 .228/.319/.336/.655 .675/.650 .565 16/.438 4/2 1/11

IP 49.2 21.2 14.2 54.2 76.1 16.1 59.1 8.2 148.0 181.1 4.1 87.2 193.2 50.0 36.2 TOTAL .263/.332/.418/.750 .676/.778 .759 .774 71/29 153/104

ERA-K/9

5.07/9.2

9.55/5.4

3.07/5.5

3.29/8.4

3.30/7.4

2.20/10.5

2.28/6.4

10.38/5.2

4.86/5.4

4.12/6.9

18.69/4.2

6.06/8.7

2.97/8.4

2.16/9.7

5.89/9.8

4.44/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 225/.272 91/.329 66/.294 228/.182 312/.232 64/.200 241/.247 44/.359 656/.291 757/.265 21/.526 397/.313 796/.244 196/.201 163/.308 .273

OPS .819 .911 .999 .647 .670 .592 .676 1.060 .820 .731 1.682 .897 .687 .599 .883 .776

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.625 33/.917 32/1.266 111/.641 144/.670 18/.873 122/.531 23/1.197 320/.766 366/.741 8/1.482 184/1.059 157/.499 91/.752 57/.905 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 120/.970 58/.903 34/.760 117/.653 168/.670 46/.499 119/.822 21/.900 336/.870 391/.721 13/1.795 213/.758 639/.736 105/.466 106/.870 .783

Home 113/.896 38/.839 31/.840 113/.709 149/.660 30/.600 135/.752 12/.432 334/.841 336/.760 21/1.682 235/.797 403/.610 107/.559 91/.774

Last 28d days 93/.817 42/1.206 21/.753 34/.710 58/.501 42/.627 41/.868 44/1.060 124/.734 121/.818 6/1.500 102/.790 129/.691 36/.288 18/.944

HR/SB/CS 9/1/0 2/1/0 3/2/1 8/2/3 6/4/1 1/0/1 7/5/3 3/1/0 20/11/3 19/2/1 3/0/0 19/1/2 20/1/4 5/5/3 7/5/0 165/57/27

Usage ····X··· X·····X· o·X····o o·ooo··· ···oX·X· ·oooo··X ·o··o··o ·oX···X· ···X···· ·······X XX······ ··X····· ·X······ X··X···· X··oo·o·

Astros Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Smoltz
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 26.Lohse
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 60.Motte
G/S/vB 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB 48.Thompson
G/S/vB 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 9/1.292 1/.000 38/1.247 7/1.571 ··· 33/.966 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 18/1.326 16/.732 11/1.945 30/.887 11/1.064 513/383 .272/.398/.511/.908 .636/1.010 .975 91/.799 7/3 23/6

27.Blum# G/S/vP 12/1.333 4/1.833 19/.485 7/.929 ··· 27/.833 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 17/.791 7/.453 8/1.000 11/.455 10/.311 403/370 .254/.318/.378/.696 .907/.677 .781 50/.584 0/1 10/3

8.Boone G/S/vP 10/1.100 ··· 3/.000 8/.250 ··· 13/.725 ··· 4/.250 ··· 11/.473 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 4/.250 9/5 .000/.111/.000/.111 .000/.200 .200 9/.111 0/0 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 10/.522 3/.000 1/.000 18/.170 5/.400 4/.750 1/.000 7/.572 2/.000 7/.572 19/.897 6/1.000 630/498 .289/.360/.391/.751 .737/.754 .715 105/.622 58/11 3/3

41.Coste G/S/vP 3/1.666 4/.833 8/.661 3/1.500 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/.750 224/167 .225/.305/.315/.620 .671/.603 .741 38/.463 0/0 2/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 27/.433 45/.772 ··· 23/.435 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· 41/.661 12/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 141/128 .200/.279/.344/.623 .308/.657 .667 15/.276 0/2 2/0

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .111/.158/.111/.269 .167/.308 .154 19/.269 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/1.000 2/.000 6/.833 4/1.750 ··· 4/.500 9/.347 ··· ··· 6/.167 7/.000 315/218 .263/.330/.406/.737 .837/.690 .619 49/.755 0/2 7/7

45.Lee G/S/vP 4/1.167 4/1.250 36/.604 34/.763 ··· 65/1.095 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 30/1.226 5/1.200 11/.773 25/.260 12/1.053 616/491 .303/.349/.499/.848 .923/.829 .945 101/.776 4/3 26/2

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 2.000/.000 2.000 4/.500 0/0 0/0

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 25/1.041 4/2.000 14/.847 5/1.000 ··· 24/.451 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 7/.572 1/.000 7/.000 22/.762 8/.393 493/386 .251/.301/.351/.651 .719/.635 .666 97/.806 19/3 7/4

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/57 .292/.333/.369/.703 .708/.701 .515 10/.250 0/0 1/2

4.Michaels G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 7/.310 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 13/.308 7/.286 ··· 2/2.500 7/.000 142/88 .238/.324/.437/.760 .755/.764 .945 19/.912 1/1 4/0

9.Pence G/S/vP ··· 3/no AB 8/.000 9/1.000 ··· 27/.927 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 13/.616 ··· 7/.000 26/.884 10/1.067 599/485 .287/.351/.482/.833 .904/.816 .852 96/.966 14/11 24/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/2.250 2/.000 4/.500 3/1.666 154/122 .241/.286/.372/.658 .893/.594 .743 28/.500 0/0 3/5

10.Tejada G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/.666 31/.388 39/.730 ··· 35/.767 7/1.715 2/2.000 3/.333 43/.699 3/.000 5/.900 18/.556 10/.900 623/494 .300/.329/.434/.763 .784/.758 .837 90/.696 5/2 12/19

46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.750 3/.000 2/.500 30/22 .115/.207/.115/.322 .393/.296 .322 17/.243 0/0 0/0

IP 68.0 55.2 180.2 58.0 35.0 106.2 64.2 41.0 54.0 203.0 38.1 77.2 219.0 119.1 TOTAL .261/.321/.402/.722 .751/.715 .754 .669 109/41 132/82

ERA-K/9

6.22/8.6

4.37/7.3

2.34/6.8

2.02/6.2

2.31/3.9

4.81/5.7

2.78/7.0

1.98/9.2

4.83/8.5

3.24/4.4

3.05/7.3

4.98/3.9

2.59/7.9

5.81/5.7

3.63/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 298/.302 258/.321 704/.227 235/.212 140/.218 460/.267 276/.217 157/.182 232/.265 788/.268 165/.230 336/.274 909/.243 540/.328 .257

OPS .834 .875 .583 .573 .615 .779 .619 .560 .816 .656 .646 .778 .641 .905 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.995 117/1.097 333/.629 106/.529 67/.774 220/.741 120/.524 98/.346 91/.998 392/.656 99/.510 161/.788 418/.756 281/1.053 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.654 141/.693 371/.542 129/.607 73/.470 240/.813 156/.692 59/.911 141/.697 396/.657 66/.848 175/.768 491/.546 259/.750 .672

Road 151/.924 106/.874 369/.553 111/.710 69/.722 205/.872 139/.583 67/.604 105/.812 397/.718 82/.665 182/.817 399/.723 244/.962

Last 28d days 94/.659 78/.787 143/.588 42/1.006 36/.546 45/.929 53/.586 22/.561 36/.492 138/.644 29/.339 29/.660 134/.610 26/1.162

HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 3/3/2 7/2/3 2/1/0 2/0/0 15/3/1 4/0/0 5/0/1 10/0/1 7/0/4 2/4/3 8/2/1 16/10/5 18/4/1 115/37/25

Usage ····X··· ··X····X ···X···· ···oX·o· ··o····· ·X······ ·X··X··· o·o····o ·oo····· X·····X· ··X···o· ··o···X· ··X····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.