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Game Preview: OAK @ LAA, 10:05pm, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 @Angel Stadium

Athletics, 77-79, 77-79 2nd, 10 GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 10-13, 3.49)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (10-13) 180.2 165 77 70 42 108 16 3.49
2009 (8-9) 136.2 144 63 59 42 81 9 3.89
2008 (5-4) 71.2 77 36 33 25 41 8 4.14
Last 7 GS 2-5 44.2 34 18 18 16 22 3 3.63 55
2010-09-23 TEX W 8.0 1 0 0 2 7 0 114 85
2010-09-18 @MIN L 6.0 8 4 4 4 2 1 112 38
2010-09-12 BOS L 5.2 6 4 4 4 2 0 97 39
2010-09-07 SEA L 5.0 9 6 6 2 3 1 96 26
2010-09-02 @NYY L 5.0 2 1 1 2 4 1 76 61
2010-08-28 @TEX W 9.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 120 80
2010-08-22 TBR L 6.0 4 3 3 2 3 0 88 53
Last 5 v.LAA 1-4 30.2 41 23 20 5 19 3 5.87 42
2010-06-09 LAA L 5.2 11 5 4 1 4 0 92 32
2010-05-14 @LAA L 8.0 7 4 4 1 5 1 98 56
2010-04-11 @LAA W 6.0 5 3 3 1 2 1 94 51
2009-07-16 LAA L 5.0 10 6 6 1 2 1 90 24
2009-05-05 LAA L 6.0 8 5 3 1 6 0 103 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   47-34   Road:   30-45   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  55-58   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  22-19
 vsEast: 20-25   vsCntrl:23-19   vsWest: 26-25 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
156 Mon, Sep 27  @LAA  L   5-6       77-79  2nd 10.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 26   TEX  L   9-16      77-78  2nd 10.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 25   TEX  L   3-4       77-77  2nd  9.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 24   TEX  L   3-10      77-76  2nd  8.0 gb
152 Thu, Sep 23   TEX  W   5-0       77-75  2nd  7.0 gb
151 Wed, Sep 22   CHW  L   3-4       76-75  2nd  8.0 gb
150 Tue, Sep 21   CHW  W   7-2       76-74  2nd  7.0 gb
149 Mon, Sep 20   CHW  W   3-0       75-74  2nd  8.0 gb
148 Sun, Sep 19  @MIN  W   6-2       74-74  2nd  9.0 gb
147 Sat, Sep 18  @MIN  L   2-4       73-74  2nd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Angels, 76-80, 76-80 3rd, 11 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Dan Haren (29, RHP, 10-12, 3.96)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (10-12) 223.0 232 106 98 53 208 30 3.96
2009 (14-10) 229.1 192 83 80 38 223 27 3.14
2008 (16-8) 216.0 204 86 80 40 206 19 3.33
Last 7 GS 2-1 48.0 35 14 13 20 43 3 2.44 62
2010-09-22 TEX ND 7.0 3 1 0 3 2 0 114 68
2010-09-17 @TBR ND 7.0 3 3 3 3 10 1 115 66
2010-09-12 SEA W 7.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 106 74
2010-09-06 CLE ND 7.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 112 61
2010-08-31 @SEA ND 7.0 7 0 0 2 8 0 110 69
2010-08-25 TBR W 6.0 3 1 1 4 8 1 96 66
2010-08-20 @MIN L 7.0 11 7 7 1 3 1 94 29
Last 5 v.OAK 1-0 14.0 13 6 6 1 15 4 3.86 59
2009-05-23 @OAK ND 7.0 9 5 5 0 7 4 108 46
2008-06-18 OAK W 7.0 4 1 1 1 8 0 112 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-38   Road:   35-42   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  55-54   vsLHP:  21-26   1-Run:  22-24
 vsEast: 15-27   vsCntrl:19-26   vsWest: 31-20 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
156 Mon, Sep 27   OAK  W   6-5       76-80  3rd 11.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 26   CHW  L   3-4       75-80  3rd 12.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 25   CHW  L   2-6       75-79  3rd 11.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 24   CHW  L   1-2       75-78  3rd 10.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 22   TEX  L   1-2 (12)  75-77  3rd  9.5 gb
151 Tue, Sep 21   TEX  W   2-0       75-76  3rd  8.5 gb
150 Mon, Sep 20   TEX  W   7-4       74-76  3rd  9.5 gb
149 Sun, Sep 19  @TBR  W   6-3       73-76  3rd 10.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)  72-76  3rd 11.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 17  @TBR  W   4-3       72-75  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 LAA  6  OAK  5        W:Michael Kohn (2-0), L: Brad Ziegler (3-6), S: Fernando Rodney (13)
Sun, Sep 05, 2010 LAA  7 @OAK  4        W:Ervin Santana (15-9), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 04, 2010 OAK  3  LAA  1        W:Trevor Cahill (15-6), L: Jered Weaver (11-11), S: Andrew Bailey (21)
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 OAK  8  LAA  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (13-8), L: Scott Kazmir (8-13), S: none
Sun, Jul 11, 2010 OAK  5  LAA  2        W:Trevor Cahill (9-3), L: Jered Weaver (8-5), S: Andrew Bailey (18)
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 OAK 15  LAA  1        W:Ben Sheets (4-8), L: Scott Kazmir (7-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 LAA  6 @OAK  5 (10)   W:Kevin Jepsen (1-1), L: Andrew Bailey (0-3), S: Brian Fuentes (16)
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 OAK  6  LAA  1        W:Trevor Cahill (5-2), L: Ervin Santana (6-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 LAA  7 @OAK  1        W:Joe Saunders (5-6), L: Dallas Braden (4-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 OAK 10  LAA  1        W:Vin Mazzaro (2-0), L: Jered Weaver (5-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - LAA over 9-8; 2009 - LAA won 12-7; 2008 - LAA won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 414-371

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 2010 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  5.31

FLA  4.47

SEA  3.19

RA/G

SDP  3.63

LAA  4.38

PIT  5.39

BA

J. Hamilton  .361

A. Blanco  .286

B. Wood  .149

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

T. Hunter  .359

B. Wood  .177

SLG

J. Hamilton  .635

R. Weeks  .466

B. Wood  .212

OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

D. Young  .821

B. Wood  .389

ERA

J. Johnson  2.30

I. Kennedy  3.76

A. Burnett  5.33

K/9IP

J. Lester  9.71

A. Sanchez  7.11

K. Kendrick  4.20

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

Athletics Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Haren
G/S/vB
70.Bell
G/S/vB
52.Bulger
G/S/vB
38.Cassevah
G/S/vB
65.Jepsen
G/S/vB
58.Kohn
G/S/vB
32.Palmer
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
45.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
63.Thompson
G/S/vB
51.Walden
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 3/1.334 3/.333 5/.800 1/.000 6/1.667 3/.667 ··· 6/.650 1/.000 2/1.000 663/479 .271/.393/.394/.788 .834/.770 .773 100/.633 7/3 8/10
25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/19 .177/.193/.354/.547 .571/.474 .690 38/.655 3/0 4/0
22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/39 .135/.193/.212/.405 .410/.402 .081 37/.604 0/0 1/2
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 14/.714 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 9/1.445 ··· 13/.398 ··· ··· 328/241 .279/.342/.438/.779 .949/.716 .659 65/.833 32/3 8/2
32.Cust* G/S/vP 6/1.500 6/1.333 5/.400 ··· 6/1.167 ··· 3/1.666 5/.800 1/.000 7/.143 1/no AB 2/1.000 399/327 .276/.401/.442/.843 .686/.879 .839 93/.816 2/2 12/1
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 6/1.167 3/.666 5/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 1/4.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 532/391 .274/.307/.366/.673 .765/.640 .660 95/.657 47/10 5/4
29.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/12 .167/.219/.300/.519 .850/.000 .614 5/.650 0/0 1/2
14.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 6/.733 2/2.000 5/.200 ··· 6/.834 9/.958 1/.000 33/.564 1/.000 2/1.000 464/350 .285/.354/.367/.721 .839/.683 .800 100/.976 6/6 4/3
18.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 1/3.000 3/.667 1/2.000 1/.000 242/196 .241/.293/.314/.607 .552/.617 .567 22/.883 5/1 1/1
45.Hermida* G/S/vP 12/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 214/184 .218/.276/.371/.646 .456/.677 .596 43/.810 1/0 6/4
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 4/2.417 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 229/181 .173/.285/.250/.535 .338/.586 .620 36/.411 3/1 2/4
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 24/.969 3/1.334 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.267 2/2.500 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 560/416 .251/.288/.395/.683 .724/.669 .694 40/.524 2/1 14/11
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 71/61 .175/.268/.317/.585 .311/.631 .734 35/.400 1/0 2/2
2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 5/1.400 1/.000 9/.777 2/.500 5/.200 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 553/426 .250/.319/.367/.686 .655/.695 .693 82/.644 27/5 5/23
35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 125/87 .222/.315/.315/.629 .624/.631 .653 20/.900 1/0 2/5
36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .429/.556/.429/.984 2.000/.533 .833 9/.984 0/1 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 7/1.000 4/1.000 8/.875 1/.000 5/1.200 1/2.000 5/1.000 5/.800 1/2.000 6/.533 2/.500 1/4.000 520/386 .248/.312/.372/.683 .550/.729 .624 94/.682 3/2 12/8
30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/26 .292/.346/.417/.763 1.048/.478 .333 31/.906 0/0 1/1
IP 223.0 61.0 23.0 17.2 55.0 19.1 33.2 66.0 45.1 46.0 17.2 12.1 TOTAL .256/.325/.376/.700 .710/.697 .689 .722 148/37 99/106
ERA-K/9 3.96/8.4 4.72/6.6 5.09/9.4 3.57/4.1 4.25/9.8 2.33/7.5 4.54/4.5 4.09/7.1 4.37/7.2 5.28/7.6 1.53/6.1 2.19/14.6 4.09/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Donaldson (4-2-1)
 Powell (17-9-0)
 Suzuki (63-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 946/.266 273/.312 107/.270 84/.293 239/.256 89/.235 157/.281 296/.264 199/.253 217/.254 67/.161 51/.217 .256  Gross
 Davis
 Hermida
 Cust
 Crisp
 Carson
 Carter
 Larish
39/10/49/6
47/77/27/5
47/0/18/4
13/0/3/3
0/73/0/2
6/3/25/2
16/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .740 .792 .836 .763 .684 .653 .793 .737 .728 .762 .502 .642 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 452/.766 150/.811 50/.887 47/.971 135/.680 48/.764 70/.771 148/.730 91/.978 108/.612 30/.317 29/.585 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 494/.716 123/.769 57/.795 37/.508 104/.688 41/.517 87/.805 148/.745 108/.532 109/.907 37/.653 22/.703 .740
Home 539/.694 101/.735 49/.772 53/.529 129/.696 47/.564 94/.810 182/.745 105/.734 102/.799 38/.454 29/.720
Last 28d days 112/.479 49/.788 9/1.556 32/.780 42/.640 36/.592 42/.539 62/.796 21/1.182 5/.200 24/.269 38/.642
HR/SB/CS 30/19/9 2/10/2 3/2/2 0/0/0 2/5/2 0/1/2 1/1/1 4/11/1 5/1/0 6/4/3 2/1/0 1/1/0 144/127/40
Usage ·····X·· ········ ··X····· ·o······ ·o···o·o X····o·· ··X··X·· o··X·o·X ··o····o ········ ··X····· X····o··
Angels Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB
40.Bailey
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
52.Bonser
G/S/vB
56.Breslow*
G/S/vB
64.Cramer*
G/S/vB
61.James
G/S/vB
63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
50.Wolf
G/S/vB
48.Wuertz
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 21/.736 6/1.133 5/.800 12/1.318 14/.972 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 6/.533 650/452 .254/.349/.436/.785 .636/.853 .827 89/.853 23/10 20/6
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 25/.875 5/1.400 3/1.000 6/.667 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 5/1.600 576/413 .253/.306/.331/.638 .602/.651 .559 51/.297 20/8 5/20
25.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 166/125 .199/.238/.346/.584 .400/.645 .580 79/.553 9/3 4/1
12.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.933 584/463 .268/.305/.378/.683 .596/.710 .696 74/.392 5/3 10/11
64.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/25 .238/.360/.381/.741 /.741 1.167 25/.741 0/0 0/2
18.Frandsen G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 173/117 .250/.294/.319/.613 .589/.625 .703 23/.000 2/0 0/7
48.Hunter G/S/vP 21/.701 6/.334 5/.000 5/.000 6/2.100 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 12/.000 619/432 .283/.359/.464/.823 .774/.844 .693 103/.715 9/12 21/3
13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 8/.804 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 223/176 .251/.320/.372/.692 .689/.692 .520 4/1.417 7/2 3/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 22/.429 4/.250 ··· 8/1.250 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 5/.000 10/.522 635/454 .278/.314/.407/.721 .659/.746 .757 93/.707 14/4 10/10
5.Mathis G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.533 208/159 .189/.210/.276/.485 .578/.457 .523 33/.388 3/0 3/7
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 13/1.098 3/.333 5/.000 7/.929 9/.444 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/.000 542/400 .270/.359/.454/.813 .669/.866 .807 68/1.037 0/1 20/0
44.Napoli G/S/vP 17/1.118 4/.000 3/3.500 10/1.111 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 4/.000 4/.000 493/345 .242/.318/.479/.798 1.022/.704 .815 76/.816 4/2 26/12
20.Rivera G/S/vP 28/.571 6/.334 4/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.750 442/289 .255/.314/.401/.715 .748/.698 .637 56/.794 2/2 13/6
73.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/2
37.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 9/.000 0/0 0/0
77.Willits# G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 9/.708 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.500 174/119 .261/.339/.301/.640 .656/.632 .688 40/.506 2/4 0/1
46.Wilson G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 106/81 .229/.288/.417/.705 .947/.624 .724 20/.703 0/0 4/1
3.Wood G/S/vP 8/.286 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 238/157 .149/.177/.212/.389 .413/.377 .404 43/.294 1/0 4/9
IP 180.2 49.0 48.2 21.2 70.1 17.0 4.0 25.0 11.2 39.2 59.0 TOTAL .249/.312/.391/.704 .676/.715 .693 .632 100/51 148/126
ERA-K/9 3.49/5.4 1.47/7.7 3.70/8.5 7.06/5.8 3.07/8.6 3.71/4.8 4.50/11.2 4.68/10.1 4.63/6.2 4.31/9.1 3.20/6.3 3.65/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (6-2-0)
 Mathis (41-10-6)
 Napoli (52-19-5)
 Wilson (23-8-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 731/.244 189/.199 220/.274 101/.363 282/.189 68/.266 23/.389 110/.237 51/.267 171/.240 246/.233 .245  Bourjos
 Rivera
 Abreu
 Willits
 Hunter
 Matsui
 Frandsen
 Callaspo
 Kendrick
0/45/0/10
82/1/23/8
37/0/93/7
39/29/7/5
0/98/42/4
17/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .663 .544 .758 .870 .607 .856 .911 .677 .762 .746 .683 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 184/.676 85/.569 97/.598 50/.897 99/.562 16/.875 13/.872 47/.742 21/1.060 61/.920 73/1.076 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 547/.659 104/.523 123/.892 51/.842 183/.631 52/.849 10/.944 63/.628 30/.545 110/.656 173/.532 .682
Road 291/.689 81/.568 112/.771 56/.869 143/.605 43/.790 14/1.087 46/.904 12/.258 82/.885 119/.859
Last 28d days 126/.671 26/.535 21/.852 42/1.020 46/.461 68/.856 23/.911 32/.766 33/.741 30/.744 35/.458
HR/SB/CS 16/1/2 3/3/1 7/1/1 2/3/1 8/4/1 5/0/1 0/0/0 2/7/0 1/0/0 6/3/0 4/2/1 151/85/32
Usage ····X··· ········ ········ ···X·o·o ··o···Xo ···X···· o··X···· ·oX···o· XX·X···· ··X····X o···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.