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Game Preview: BOS @ NYY, 4:10pm, Saturday, August 7, 2010 @Yankee Stadium III

RedSox, 63-47, 63-47 3rd, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: John Lackey (31, RHP, 10-6, 4.48)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-6)			140.2	160	74	70	55	88	11	4.48
2009 (11-8)			176.1	177	84	75	47	139	17	3.83
2008 (12-5)			163.1	161	71	68	40	130	26	3.75

Last 7 GS		2-3	46.2	49	23	21	18	32	2	4.05	50
2010-08-02	CLE	L	5.1	9	6	6	5	7	0	107	28
2010-07-27	@LAA	W	7.1	7	2	2	1	4	1	124	59
2010-07-22	@SEA	ND	8.0	2	1	0	1	6	0	116	81
2010-07-17	TEX	ND	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	115	56
2010-07-10	@TOR	L	4.2	8	7	7	6	2	1	105	16
2010-07-04	BAL	L	7.1	8	4	3	1	7	0	117	54
2010-06-29	TBR	W	7.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	108	58

Last 5 v.NYY		1-1	33.0	34	13	12	13	22	4	3.27	53
2010-04-07	NYY	ND	6.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	100	67
2009-07-12	NYY	W	7.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	111	60
2008-08-09	NYY	ND	7.0	9	3	3	1	5	2	95	51
2008-08-03	@NYY	ND	6.0	7	4	4	4	4	1	102	42
2007-08-22	NYY	L	7.0	9	4	3	3	4	1	106	46

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

 Home:   34-23   Road:   29-24   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  43-32   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 21-21   vsCntrl:14-12   vsWest: 15-9  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Fri, Aug  6  @NYY  W   6-3       63-47  3rd  5.0 gb
109 Thu, Aug  5   CLE  W   6-2       62-47  3rd  6.0 gb
108 Wed, Aug  4   CLE  L   1-9       61-47  3rd  6.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  3   CLE  W   3-1       61-46  3rd  6.5 gb
106 Mon, Aug  2   CLE  L   5-6       60-46  3rd  6.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  1   DET  W   4-3       60-45  3rd  6.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 31   DET  W   5-4       59-45  3rd  7.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 30   DET  L   5-6       58-45  3rd  7.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 28  @LAA  W   7-3       58-44  3rd  7.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 27  @LAA  W   4-2       57-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Yankees, 67-41, 67-41 1st, ½ up

SP: CC Sabathia (29, LHP, 13-5, 3.19)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (13-5)			158.0	144	63	56	55	127	12	3.19
2009 (19-8)			230.0	197	96	86	67	197	18	3.37
2008 (17-10)			253.0	223	85	76	59	251	19	2.70

Last 7 GS		4-2	49.2	54	19	14	20	38	0	2.54	55
2010-08-01	@TBR	L	6.2	8	3	3	3	3	0	112	46
2010-07-27	@CLE	L	7.0	9	4	2	3	5	0	123	49
2010-07-22	KCR	W	6.1	11	4	3	4	9	0	120	42
2010-07-16	TBR	ND	7.0	8	4	3	4	6	0	113	49
2010-07-11	@SEA	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	96	61
2010-07-06	@OAK	W	7.2	7	1	1	3	10	0	118	68
2010-07-01	SEA	W	8.0	5	2	1	2	4	0	117	68

Last 5 v.BOS		2-0	30.2	23	13	12	9	29	3	3.52	57
2010-05-18	BOS	ND	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	1	112	67
2010-05-08	@BOS	ND	4.2	4	3	3	2	4	2	85	46
2010-04-04	@BOS	ND	5.1	6	5	5	2	4	0	104	38
2009-09-26	BOS	W	7.0	1	0	0	2	8	0	96	81
2009-08-23	@BOS	W	6.2	8	4	3	0	8	0	118	52

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

 Home:   35-19   Road:   32-22   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  45-26   vsLHP:  22-15   1-Run:  11-7 
 vsEast: 24-17   vsCntrl:16-9    vsWest: 16-8  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Fri, Aug  6   BOS  L   3-6       67-41  1st  0.5 up
107 Wed, Aug  4   TOR  W   5-1       67-40  1st    Tied
106 Tue, Aug  3   TOR  L   2-8       66-40  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Mon, Aug  2   TOR  L   6-8       66-39  1st    Tied
104 Sun, Aug  1  @TBR  L   0-3       66-38  1st  1.0 up
103 Sat, Jul 31  @TBR  W   5-4       66-37  1st  2.0 up
102 Fri, Jul 30  @TBR  L   2-3       65-37  1st  1.0 up
101 Thu, Jul 29  @CLE  W  11-4       65-36  1st  2.0 up
100 Wed, Jul 28  @CLE  W   8-0       64-36  1st  2.0 up
 99 Tue, Jul 27  @CLE  L   1-4       63-36  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 06, 2010 BOS  6 @NYY  3        W:Clay Buchholz (12-5), L: Javier Vazquez (9-8), S: Jonathan Papelbon (27)
Tue, May 18, 2010 BOS  7 @NYY  6        W:Daniel Bard (1-1), L: Mariano Rivera (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (10)
Mon, May 17, 2010 NYY 11  BOS  9        W:Javier Vazquez (2-4), L: Jonathan Papelbon (1-3), S: none
Sun, May 09, 2010 BOS  9  NYY  3        W:Jon Lester (3-2), L: A.J. Burnett (4-1), S: none
Sat, May 08, 2010 NYY 14 @BOS  3        W:Alfredo Aceves (3-0), L: Clay Buchholz (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 07, 2010 NYY 10 @BOS  3        W:Phil Hughes (4-0), L: Josh Beckett (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 NYY  3 @BOS  1 (10)   W:Chan Ho Park (1-1), L: Jonathan Papelbon (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (2)
Tue, Apr 06, 2010 NYY  6 @BOS  4        W:Alfredo Aceves (1-0), L: Hideki Okajima (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (1)
Sun, Apr 04, 2010 BOS  9  NYY  7        W:Hideki Okajima (1-0), L: Chan Ho Park (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (1)

Sun, Sep 27, 2009 NYY  4  BOS  2        W:Andy Pettitte (14-7), L: Paul Byrd (1-3), S: Mariano Rivera (44)
Season Series: 2010 - NYY over 5-4; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - NYY leads 1122-937

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 5.36

FLA 4.44

SEA 3.27

RA/G

SDP 3.47

SEA 4.41

ARI 5.52

J. Hamilton .357

M. Mora .283

B. Wood .168

OBP

J. Morneau .437

J. Keppinger .356

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .643

R. Branyan .458

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.074

J. Giambi .809

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.96

C. Billingsley 3.82

K. Millwood 6.05

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.19

M. Garza 6.89

M. Buehrle 3.92

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RedSox Batters (5.15 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB 63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB 65.Hughes
G/S/vB 48.Logan*
G/S/vB 43.Marte*
G/S/vB 45.Mitre
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 39.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Beltre G/S/vP 21/.200 ··· 9/.222 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 13/.481 4/1.250 2/2.000 18/1.389 440/316 .334/.370/.568/.939 .967/.928 .988 93/1.036 2/1 20/15

68.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/5 .182/.182/.182/.364 .000/.800 .500 11/.364 0/0 0/0

23.Cameron G/S/vP 16/1.563 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/.334 27/.862 10/.633 1/.000 6/.333 180/132 .259/.328/.401/.729 1.128/.588 .706 48/.649 0/1 4/2

36.Cash G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/3.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 119/88 .179/.256/.255/.511 .586/.485 .579 36/.462 0/0 2/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP 17/.529 3/1.667 13/1.914 2/no AB 10/.800 3/.000 25/.965 10/.944 4/.000 34/.516 377/261 .263/.350/.450/.800 .485/.941 .765 80/.619 2/1 12/0

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 13/.154 3/.333 5/1.267 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 11/.282 6/.666 2/.500 59/51 .196/.224/.268/.492 .250/.532 .619 14/.077 2/0 0/0

22.Hall G/S/vP 11/.273 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.000 6/.834 1/.000 ··· 16/1.046 245/148 .236/.320/.449/.769 .843/.721 .798 61/.787 4/1 12/8

32.Hermida* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 10/.500 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.833 171/147 .203/.257/.348/.605 .436/.633 .554 22/.282 1/0 5/4

55.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 24/20 .429/.458/.619/1.077 1.000/1.097 1.250 24/1.077 0/0 1/0

25.Lowell G/S/vP 21/.619 3/1.666 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 10/.100 15/.619 3/1.000 18/.591 103/60 .217/.301/.370/.671 .741/.619 .362 12/.750 0/0 3/0

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 46/30 .289/.413/.395/.808 .866/.775 .794 46/.808 0/0 0/2

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 21/.707 3/.666 7/1.000 11/1.233 18/1.567 ··· 3/1.666 14/.428 3/.666 2/1.000 318/234 .284/.343/.460/.803 1.268/.634 .663 48/.682 1/0 9/3

54.McDonald G/S/vP 7/.714 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 261/160 .258/.325/.393/.718 .769/.686 .752 50/.664 6/0 6/1

44.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .143/.143/.143/.286 .000/.500 .667 / 0/0 0/0

60.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/79 .290/.383/.452/.835 .584/.914 .656 21/.568 0/1 1/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 34/.808 2/.000 9/2.167 3/1.667 20/.563 1/3.000 13/.708 26/.885 3/.666 2/1.000 402/285 .262/.373/.542/.915 .584/1.063 .900 101/.858 0/1 24/0

3.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/147 .211/.270/.435/.705 .434/.757 .840 38/.634 6/1 6/2

16.Scutaro G/S/vP 29/.781 1/no AB 16/.580 ··· 4/.500 13/.308 13/.322 15/.871 7/1.314 5/.400 502/372 .278/.339/.384/.723 .738/.718 .738 106/.712 3/3 7/14

30.Shealy G/S/vP 12/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 27/1.246 3/2.333 14/.824 ··· 2/5.000 ··· 6/1.333 14/.702 8/.804 1/.000 435/322 .307/.411/.564/.975 1.311/.863 .967 82/.927 4/1 19/3

IP 158.0 2.2 122.2 25.1 17.2 33.2 36.1 39.2 38.2 23.1 TOTAL .271/.346/.459/.805 .817/.800 .792 .744 34/12 145/78

ERA-K/9

3.19/7.2

3.38/10.0

3.96/7.8

3.20/7.1

4.08/6.1

4.01/5.1

5.70/7.4

0.91/8.2

4.19/10.9

5.79/9.3

3.91/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Brown (5-2-1)
Cash (29-7-7)
Martinez (61-15-2)
Molina (3-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 651/.247 10/.222 501/.245 108/.245 76/.161 137/.230 162/.284 144/.141 172/.265 109/.266 .248 McDonald
Patterson
Hermida
Cameron
Hall
Nava
Kalish
Drew
Ellsbury 20/51/22/5
35/15/0/3
46/0/3/3
0/46/0/3
33/7/6/1
28/0/0/1
6/1/1/1
0/0/93/0
6/7/0/0

OPS .680 .522 .693 .704 .580 .703 .821 .394 .725 .824 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.744 5/.400 259/.772 44/.532 45/.468 68/.670 75/.951 68/.489 70/.857 56/.679 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 502/.661 5/.650 242/.612 64/.821 31/.753 69/.737 87/.706 76/.311 102/.642 53/.963 .689

Home 286/.596 10/.522 296/.796 68/.722 40/.682 75/.820 86/.826 69/.388 90/.749 61/1.002

Last 28d days 153/.780 10/.522 91/.806 26/.442 / 40/.986 39/.657 19/.377 33/.316 20/.979

HR/SB/CS 12/14/2 0/1/1 16/8/4 2/2/0 2/3/0 5/7/0 7/1/0 1/0/0 3/4/1 4/3/0 112/83/18

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

Yankees Batters (5.36 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Lackey
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 64.Bowden
G/S/vB 53.Cabrera
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 61.Doubront*
G/S/vB 59.Manuel
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 62.Richardson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 378/306 .237/.360/.416/.776 .559/.830 .857 77/.563 3/2 13/1

24.Cano* G/S/vP 29/.633 1/5.000 2/.000 4/.750 3/.000 14/.703 ··· ··· 14/1.286 16/.646 9/.583 ··· 463/309 .329/.384/.568/.952 .945/.956 .930 90/.973 2/2 21/2

29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 242/160 .255/.328/.317/.645 .777/.578 .685 35/.491 1/0 0/7

27.Curtis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/40 .256/.319/.395/.714 .714/.714 1.121 20/.900 0/0 1/0

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.572 ··· ··· 3/1.167 7/1.857 3/.000 ··· 386/266 .287/.384/.387/.771 .745/.782 .839 70/.589 30/6 5/1

14.Granderson* G/S/vP 16/.884 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 12/.750 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 11/1.200 3/.000 ··· 323/217 .242/.309/.419/.728 .538/.823 .737 77/.748 9/0 10/1

2.Jeter G/S/vP 57/.998 1/.000 4/.000 4/.500 6/1.833 11/.586 ··· ··· 10/1.056 19/.707 4/1.417 ··· 496/344 .280/.343/.393/.737 .896/.665 .872 97/.751 11/4 9/4

26.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/3.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 348/232 .267/.348/.410/.758 .694/.791 .690 46/.709 4/1 8/4

53.Miranda* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 67/60 .230/.299/.443/.741 .619/.755 .915 16/.779 0/0 3/0

19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 102/81 .204/.242/.215/.457 .269/.503 .474 12/.545 3/0 0/2

20.Posada# G/S/vP 34/.989 3/.000 1/.000 4/2.333 2/.500 10/.900 ··· ··· 12/.962 11/.455 7/1.214 ··· 293/189 .261/.365/.470/.835 .918/.788 .987 65/.838 0/0 12/6

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 64/.725 2/.000 5/.650 2/3.000 7/1.429 10/1.067 ··· ··· 7/.679 15/1.169 6/1.417 ··· 444/312 .263/.333/.471/.804 .683/.853 .889 90/.671 2/2 17/6

26.Russo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/26 .188/.250/.229/.479 .500/.451 .325 0/ 1/0 0/1

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 53/.445 2/.000 4/2.250 6/.334 2/.500 10/.800 ··· ··· 8/.393 5/.200 4/2.000 ··· 444/291 .297/.369/.543/.912 .849/.943 .879 89/.898 1/1 22/3

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 59/1.015 5/.400 10/1.200 4/.500 3/2.334 7/.453 ··· ··· 5/1.100 9/.111 7/3.114 ··· 490/341 .258/.369/.494/.863 .967/.819 .968 95/1.098 0/1 24/2

38.Thames G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/1.100 ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/1.833 3/.000 ··· 120/52 .303/.400/.434/.834 .843/.824 .882 22/.935 0/0 3/3

IP 140.2 39.2 50.2 2.1 1.1 38.1 15.1 7.0 32.1 47.0 42.2 9.0 TOTAL .269/.350/.439/.788 .794/.786 .847 .794 61/18 130/54

ERA-K/9

4.48/5.6

3.86/6.3

1.78/9.2

0.00/7.8

20.25/0.0

4.70/5.9

4.11/5.9

3.86/3.9

5.85/6.7

2.87/7.9

4.43/6.7

2.00/6.0

4.12/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (37-7-2)
Posada (43-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 623/.288 162/.228 193/.151 10/.333 7/.400 168/.211 72/.286 28/.200 159/.350 190/.195 180/.248 42/.314 .249 Gardner
Swisher
Granderson
Kearns
Thames
Pena
Curtis
Russo 76/35/0/8
0/1/94/6
0/82/0/3
72/5/14/1
20/0/7/1
0/0/2/0
7/0/9/0
11/0/0/0

OPS .785 .699 .469 1.067 1.571 .675 .779 .806 .939 .634 .767 .905 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 346/.787 80/.815 98/.356 5/1.850 2/.500 78/.624 21/.396 8/.708 73/.864 102/.702 76/.769 20/1.143 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 277/.782 82/.585 95/.580 5/.400 5/1.850 90/.721 51/.943 20/.829 86/1.003 88/.551 104/.765 22/.658 .704

Road 292/.769 61/.754 114/.538 7/1.571 / 71/.693 24/.775 13/.731 80/1.031 97/.723 89/.661 14/.786

Last 28d days 114/.650 43/.715 37/.337 10/1.067 7/1.571 23/.673 23/.772 10/.633 28/.921 46/.459 28/.594 18/.719

HR/SB/CS 11/20/7 5/5/2 4/3/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 5/0/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 5/1/1 6/3/0 6/3/1 2/1/0 99/109/27

Usage ····X··· ··X···o· o···o··· ········ ········ ··o·o··· ········ ········ ·X····o· Xo·o·o·· ···o···X ··o·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.