Friday, September 11, 2009 Game Previews

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Game Preview: NYM @ PHI, 7:05pm, Friday, September 11, 2009 @Citizens Bank Park

Mets, 62-78, 4th, 18 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Nelson Figueroa (35, RHP, 2-4, 4.74)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-4)			38.0	50	21	20	12	35	6	4.74
2008 (3-3)			45.1	48	26	23	26	36	3	4.57
2004 (0-3)			28.1	32	18	18	11	10	4	5.72

Last 7 GS		1-6	35.2	45	27	24	16	30	7	6.06	43
2009-09-05	CHC	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	8	2	107	48
2009-08-30	@CHC	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	10	0	117	69
2009-08-25	@FLA	L	5.0	4	2	1	0	2	0	78	55
2009-08-03	ARI	L	1.2	10	6	6	1	0	3	53	10
2009-04-19	MIL	L	6.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	91	51
2008-05-12	WSN	L	5.0	5	6	4	5	4	0	108	36
2008-05-06	@LAD	L	5.0	8	5	5	4	3	1	97	30

Has never faced PHI.

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

 Home:   36-36   Road:   26-42   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  49-55   vsLHP:  13-23   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 23-30   vsCntrl:20-17   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Thu, Sep 10   FLA  L   4-13      62-78  4th 18.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  9   FLA  L   3-6       62-77  4th 18.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  8   FLA  L   2-4       62-76  4th 17.0 gb
137 Sun, Sep  6   CHC  W   4-2       62-75  4th 16.5 gb
136 Sat, Sep  5   CHC  L   3-5       61-75  4th 17.5 gb
135 Fri, Sep  4   CHC  W   6-2       61-74  4th 17.5 gb
134 Thu, Sep  3  @COL  W   8-3       60-74  4th 18.5 gb
133 Wed, Sep  2  @COL  L   2-5       59-74  4th 18.5 gb
132 Tue, Sep  1  @COL  L   3-8       59-73  4th 18.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 30  @CHC  W   4-1       59-72  4th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Phillies, 79-59, 1st, 5 up

SP: Cole Hamels (25, LHP, 8-9, 4.32)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-9)			162.1	174	80	78	36	141	22	4.32
2008 (14-10)			227.1	193	89	78	53	196	28	3.09
2007 (15-5)			183.1	163	72	69	43	177	25	3.39

Last 7 GS		1-4	44.1	45	21	20	15	36	4	4.06	52
2009-09-06	@HOU	L	6.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	114	44
2009-09-01	SFG	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	118	91
2009-08-26	@PIT	ND	8.0	7	0	0	2	7	0	123	73
2009-08-21	@NYM	L	5.0	10	4	4	0	6	1	92	37
2009-08-15	@ATL	ND	6.0	3	2	2	4	2	1	111	56
2009-08-08	FLA	L	5.1	5	4	4	4	4	2	115	42
2009-08-02	@SFG	L	5.0	10	7	6	2	2	0	87	21

Last 5 v.NYM		0-4	27.0	43	21	19	11	22	5	6.33	38
2009-08-21	@NYM	L	5.0	10	4	4	0	6	1	92	37
2009-06-10	@NYM	ND	5.0	11	4	4	2	1	0	100	28
2008-09-07	@NYM	L	5.0	9	5	4	1	6	2	110	36
2008-04-18	NYM	L	7.0	8	5	4	3	4	0	102	44
2007-06-29	NYM	L	5.0	5	3	3	5	5	2	110	45

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

 Home:   36-31   Road:   43-28   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  51-44   vsLHP:  28-15   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 34-22   vsCntrl:19-12   vsWest: 20-13 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Thu, Sep 10  @WSN  L   7-8       79-59  1st  5.0 up
137 Wed, Sep  9  @WSN  W   6-5       79-58  1st  6.0 up
136 Tue, Sep  8  @WSN  W   5-3       78-58  1st  6.0 up
135 Mon, Sep  7  @HOU  L   3-4       77-58  1st  6.0 up
134 Sun, Sep  6  @HOU  L   3-4       77-57  1st  6.5 up
133 Sat, Sep  5  @HOU  L   4-5       77-56  1st  6.5 up
132 Fri, Sep  4  @HOU  L   0-7       77-55  1st  7.5 up
131 Thu, Sep  3   SFG  W   2-1       77-54  1st  8.5 up
130 Wed, Sep  2   SFG  L   0-4       76-54  1st  7.5 up
129 Tue, Sep  1   SFG  W   1-0       76-53  1st  7.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 24, 2009 PHI  6 @NYM  2        W:Cliff Lee (12-9), L: Bobby Parnell (3-6), S: none
Sun, Aug 23, 2009 PHI  9 @NYM  7        W:Pedro Martinez (2-0), L: Oliver Perez (3-4), S: Brad Lidge (25)
Sat, Aug 22, 2009 PHI  4 @NYM  1        W:J.A. Happ (10-2), L: Patrick Misch (0-1), S: Brad Lidge (24)
Fri, Aug 21, 2009 NYM  4  PHI  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (9-8), L: Cole Hamels (7-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (27)
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 PHI  2  NYM  0        W:Joe Blanton (5-4), L: Johan Santana (9-7), S: Brad Lidge (16)
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 PHI  4  NYM  1        W:Jamie Moyer (7-6), L: Fernando Nieve (3-2), S: Brad Lidge (15)
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 PHI  7  NYM  2        W:Rodrigo Lopez (1-0), L: Livan Hernandez (5-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 PHI  6 @NYM  3 (10)   W:Scott Eyre (1-1), L: Bobby Parnell (2-2), S: Ryan Madson (4)
Wed, Jun 10, 2009 PHI  5 @NYM  4 (11)   W:Chan Ho Park (2-1), L: Bobby Parnell (2-1), S: Ryan Madson (3)
Tue, Jun 09, 2009 NYM  6  PHI  5        W:Johan Santana (8-3), L: Clay Condrey (4-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (16)
Season Series: 2009 - PHI leads 9-5; 2008 - NYM won 11-7; 2007 - PHI won 12-6; All-Time - PHI leads 435-380

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 5.74

CHW 4.55

SDP 3.90

RA/G

SFG 3.69

NYM 4.66

WSN 5.46

J. Mauer .367

R. Theriot .288

A. Miles .180

OBP

A. Pujols .450

Y. Molina .363

A. Miles .222

SLG

A. Pujols .698

L. Nix .484

A. Miles .240

OPS

A. Pujols 1.148

B. Abreu .836

A. Miles .462

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.16

J. Beckett 3.87

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.47

B. Zito 6.94

J. Lannan 3.64

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Mets Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Hamels*
G/S/vB 56.Blanton
G/S/vB 37.Durbin
G/S/vB 53.Escalona*
G/S/vB 47.Eyre*
G/S/vB 43.Happ*
G/S/vB 38.Kendrick
G/S/vB 34.Lee*
G/S/vB 54.Lidge
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 45.Martinez
G/S/vB 50.Moyer*
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 57.Taschner*
G/S/vB 52.Walker
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beltran# G/S/vP 23/.919 9/.444 17/.643 ··· 10/.829 11/1.091 11/.964 6/.333 11/.455 18/1.377 13/.616 71/.668 35/.902 27/.918 4/.500 2/2.000 288/209 .333/.420/.522/.942 1.103/.879 1.057 8/.625 11/1 8/2

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 9/.888 18/1.299 6/1.583 ··· 9/.730 9/.444 3/.666 19/.669 6/.334 12/.167 20/.757 28/.907 41/.406 23/.613 2/.000 4/.000 488/346 .313/.401/.362/.763 .720/.781 .640 97/.832 15/6 1/9

6.Evans G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.542 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 58/36 .222/.276/.370/.646 .778/.566 .574 11/.382 0/0 1/1

12.Francoeur G/S/vP 39/.547 9/1.000 13/.000 1/.000 7/.929 12/.583 17/.706 ··· 9/.619 13/.462 28/.608 27/.629 38/.589 10/1.056 5/.933 4/.000 543/396 .264/.297/.398/.695 .782/.663 .654 97/.761 5/4 12/1

11.Hernandez# G/S/vP 10/.400 9/.708 4/.833 1/2.000 2/.500 5/.200 2/1.500 3/1.000 3/1.334 8/.875 6/.533 13/.847 9/1.223 2/.000 4/2.500 ··· 350/268 .255/.314/.324/.638 .769/.599 .777 83/.597 6/4 1/10

28.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 4/.750 2/.000 3/1.000 6/1.100 1/2.000 3/1.000 3/4.667 3/2.000 6/1.667 ··· ··· 481/393 .259/.310/.404/.714 .659/.726 .632 98/.827 3/2 9/12

16.Pagan# G/S/vP 14/.786 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 3/1.667 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 3/3.334 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 281/206 .306/.345/.500/.845 .906/.817 .767 106/.932 13/6 6/2

18.Reed* G/S/vP ··· 20/.300 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 21/.734 ··· ··· 153/142 .255/.303/.326/.629 .800/.616 .635 23/.542 0/3 0/1

9.Santos G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 7/1.029 ··· ··· 275/189 .262/.300/.389/.689 .638/.713 .667 48/.645 0/0 6/3

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 14/.762 6/.750 6/.900 ··· 6/.000 ··· 13/.862 ··· 6/.533 17/1.118 13/.558 7/.971 45/.619 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.333 176/165 .195/.274/.318/.592 .100/.623 .607 33/.394 0/0 3/1

10.Sheffield G/S/vP 6/.334 12/1.117 2/2.000 ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 23/.856 3/.666 3/.000 46/.953 45/1.289 9/1.334 15/.421 ··· ··· 307/214 .279/.371/.457/.828 .846/.820 .831 42/.619 2/1 10/2

19.Sullivan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 5/1.600 3/.666 2/.500 12/1.053 3/.000 ··· 9/.444 12/1.084 3/.333 1/no AB 123/106 .283/.366/.443/.809 .369/.881 .702 64/.835 6/0 2/0

17.Tatis G/S/vP 9/.597 ··· 5/1.750 ··· 4/.500 8/1.225 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 5/.000 3/.333 22/.935 ··· 19/1.401 ··· ··· 326/198 .266/.325/.423/.748 .767/.736 .712 79/.796 3/1 7/3

30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/12 .286/.267/.357/.624 1.000/.523 1.000 15/.624 1/0 0/0

4.Valdez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 54/40 .229/.315/.292/.606 .298/.711 .680 28/.607 0/0 0/1

5.Wright G/S/vP 22/1.179 11/.573 11/.717 ··· 7/1.404 9/1.931 11/.473 ··· 9/.619 24/.814 ··· 47/1.174 34/.909 12/1.100 1/.000 2/1.500 528/420 .318/.405/.455/.860 1.180/.779 .882 37/.552 24/9 8/14

IP 162.1 170.2 59.0 6.1 28.0 149.2 5.1 207.0 51.2 66.2 29.2 142.2 67.0 81.1 28.1 26.1 TOTAL .269/.336/.392/.728 .764/.717 .712 .711 108/40 81/96

ERA-K/9

4.32/7.8

4.11/7.4

4.73/8.2

2.84/5.7

1.61/6.4

2.77/6.3

5.06/1.7

3.13/6.9

6.97/9.4

3.11/9.0

3.64/8.2

4.98/5.4

4.43/6.4

4.54/8.1

5.08/5.7

1.71/6.5

4.12/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 681/.274 702/.262 263/.226 27/.217 119/.210 610/.231 23/.316 865/.271 244/.296 277/.243 121/.252 621/.282 287/.261 353/.262 138/.313 101/.200 .261

OPS .767 .750 .739 .557 .668 .676 .707 .688 .922 .654 .742 .802 .848 .717 .884 .582 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.671 340/.716 115/.759 8/.393 63/.632 154/.636 7/.821 227/.578 122/.956 135/.691 67/.883 163/.666 164/.652 172/.750 45/.867 36/.504 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 517/.797 362/.781 148/.723 19/.628 56/.709 456/.689 16/.646 638/.727 122/.886 142/.619 54/.559 458/.848 123/1.102 181/.684 93/.890 65/.623 .769

Home 322/.706 387/.750 127/.755 12/1.000 57/.858 269/.743 16/.822 403/.684 120/.866 125/.708 44/.600 341/.838 135/.872 165/.731 93/.814 44/.558

Last 28d days 139/.651 139/.698 29/.626 / 10/.347 117/.772 / 132/.773 46/.801 45/.769 98/.733 71/.454 13/.322 27/.619 3/1.333 24/.317

HR/SB/CS 22/14/10 26/5/4 7/4/1 0/0/0 3/1/0 17/3/3 0/0/0 14/7/3 11/10/1 6/5/0 5/2/0 24/13/4 17/3/3 5/2/2 3/4/2 2/3/0 166/80/33

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

Phillies Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Figueroa
G/S/vB 35.Broadway
G/S/vB 64.Dessens
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 50.Green
G/S/vB 48.Misch*
G/S/vB 39.Parnell
G/S/vB 34.Pelfrey
G/S/vB 44.Redding
G/S/vB 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Stokes
G/S/vB 36.Takahashi*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Bako* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 8/.393 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 6/.167 10/.422 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 82/72 .203/.280/.324/.605 .200/.655 .669 21/.958 0/0 2/2

4.Bruntlett G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 4/1.417 4/.500 5/.650 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 109/56 .167/.224/.240/.464 .621/.311 .450 11/1.000 1/0 0/4

9.Cairo G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 8/.125 3/1.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.708 6/1.100 1/no AB ··· 27/25 .192/.222/.231/.453 .500/.440 .182 10/.844 0/0 0/0

7.Feliz G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 8/.750 3/2.667 3/2.333 8/1.768 7/.572 11/.855 21/.931 6/.334 3/1.167 1/.000 535/402 .268/.315/.384/.699 .694/.701 .744 98/.504 0/0 10/13

10.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 411/306 .247/.327/.431/.757 .794/.745 .745 26/.709 13/3 13/1

24.Hoover G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

6.Howard* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 31/.435 1/.000 9/.222 4/2.500 24/1.100 28/.333 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 598/373 .275/.353/.566/.919 .620/1.101 .914 107/1.109 6/0 38/12

29.Ibanez* G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· 4/.750 8/1.000 1/3.000 2/.000 4/.500 12/.500 12/.258 24/.637 4/1.000 3/2.667 479/327 .280/.349/.572/.921 1.013/.880 .874 90/.725 4/0 30/1

40.Mayberry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/21 .189/.232/.453/.685 .758/.554 .641 / 0/0 4/0

11.Rollins# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 18/.627 23/.733 3/.000 5/1.000 3/.333 20/.618 42/.398 6/1.100 5/.650 1/.000 615/441 .241/.285/.409/.695 .693/.697 .732 110/.629 26/8 18/5

51.Ruiz G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 3/.333 4/.833 1/.000 12/.182 13/.558 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 336/246 .253/.346/.426/.772 .915/.717 .997 70/1.062 3/2 9/3

12.Stairs* G/S/vP ··· ··· 21/1.159 ··· 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/.833 13/.308 2/.500 ··· 113/109 .189/.354/.344/.698 .250/.714 .726 16/.313 0/0 5/0

33.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/

26.Utley* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 34/.824 ··· 8/1.250 4/1.833 24/1.217 26/1.356 2/.500 2/2.000 2/.500 589/375 .292/.411/.533/.944 .976/.926 .898 99/.905 18/0 30/11

8.Victorino# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 22/.372 3/.667 10/.311 5/.650 21/.497 22/.664 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 601/420 .296/.362/.449/.811 .864/.788 .840 107/.629 23/7 9/1

28.Werth G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 4/2.250 8/1.792 3/.666 7/.286 6/1.000 18/.764 18/.716 5/.200 3/.000 2/.500 577/403 .270/.374/.531/.905 1.091/.829 .898 102/1.150 13/3 33/6

IP 38.0 24.0 26.1 53.1 60.0 42.0 78.2 158.1 95.0 61.1 61.0 23.2 TOTAL .257/.333/.449/.783 .794/.778 .801 .786 96/20 198/72

ERA-K/9

4.74/8.3

6.00/6.0

2.73/4.1

3.21/8.8

5.25/7.5

3.86/4.1

5.49/7.4

4.83/5.3

5.78/6.1

3.08/9.4

3.84/5.6

2.66/6.8

4.44/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 179/.318 101/.295 104/.198 217/.239 266/.259 179/.255 342/.284 707/.282 426/.280 262/.195 273/.267 100/.229 .265

OPS .875 .730 .655 .700 .761 .720 .750 .757 .857 .619 .760 .738 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.819 48/.920 56/.653 136/.606 112/.835 68/.746 158/.778 411/.783 231/.939 131/.515 121/.912 49/.908 .770

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.909 53/.569 48/.657 81/.870 154/.710 111/.703 184/.727 296/.721 195/.760 131/.728 152/.644 51/.577 .754

Road 59/.560 54/.581 44/.697 99/.866 137/.652 96/.725 124/.826 314/.839 217/.889 114/.653 139/.846 48/.683

Last 28d days 111/.748 25/.815 38/.468 34/.995 44/.787 96/.635 119/.777 142/.757 114/.845 38/.531 59/.899 24/.544

HR/SB/CS 6/1/2 0/1/1 4/0/0 7/0/0 5/1/1 5/1/1 6/1/2 12/16/6 17/3/1 6/5/2 5/2/0 2/0/0 137/58/32

Usage ·····X·· XX······ ·XX··o·· o·o··o·X Xoo····· ·X·····X X·····X· ····X··· ··X····· ····X·o· o·X···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.