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Game Preview: BOS @ NYY, 8:00pm, Sunday, August 8, 2010 @Yankee Stadium III

RedSox, 63-48, 63-48 3rd, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Beckett (30, RHP, 3-1, 5.70)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-1)			66.1	70	45	42	23	58	7	5.70
2009 (17-6)			212.1	198	99	91	55	199	25	3.86
2008 (12-10)			174.1	173	80	78	34	172	18	4.03

Last 7 GS		2-1	40.2	42	29	27	13	41	4	5.98	47
2010-08-03	CLE	W	8.0	3	1	1	0	8	1	103	80
2010-07-28	@LAA	W	7.0	5	3	3	1	5	0	112	59
2010-07-23	@SEA	ND	5.2	5	1	1	3	5	0	98	57
2010-05-18	@NYY	ND	4.2	5	5	3	3	6	1	101	41
2010-05-07	NYY	L	5.1	9	9	9	3	8	1	106	19
2010-05-02	@BAL	ND	7.0	6	2	2	0	6	0	105	63
2010-04-26	@TOR	ND	3.0	9	8	8	3	3	1	83	9

Last 5 v.NYY		0-2	29.2	35	27	25	11	27	9	7.58	39
2010-05-18	@NYY	ND	4.2	5	5	3	3	6	1	101	41
2010-05-07	NYY	L	5.1	9	9	9	3	8	1	106	19
2010-04-04	NYY	ND	4.2	8	5	5	3	1	2	94	26
2009-08-23	NYY	L	8.0	9	8	8	0	5	5	120	37
2009-08-07	@NYY	ND	7.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	115	74

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

 Home:   34-23   Road:   29-25   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  43-32   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 21-22   vsCntrl:14-12   vsWest: 15-9  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sat, Aug  7  @NYY  L   2-5       63-48  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Yankees, 68-41, 68-41 1st, 1½ up

SP: A.J. Burnett (33, RHP, 9-9, 4.93)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-9)			126.0	136	75	69	52	96	16	4.93
2009 (13-9)			207.0	193	99	93	97	195	25	4.04
2008 (18-10)			221.1	211	109	100	86	231	19	4.07

Last 7 GS		3-3	34.2	38	20	20	17	29	3	5.19	47
2010-08-02	TOR	L	4.2	8	8	8	2	4	2	95	18
2010-07-28	@CLE	W	6.1	7	0	0	3	7	0	114	63
2010-07-23	KCR	W	5.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	58	61
2010-07-17	TBR	L	2.0	4	4	4	0	1	1	43	33
2010-07-07	@OAK	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	110	60
2010-07-02	TOR	ND	6.2	4	0	0	3	6	0	106	69
2010-06-26	@LAD	L	3.0	6	6	6	6	5	0	79	22

Last 5 v.BOS		0-3	24.2	31	27	23	17	22	6	8.39	35
2010-05-09	@BOS	L	4.1	9	9	8	3	4	1	97	12
2010-04-06	@BOS	ND	5.0	7	4	3	1	5	1	94	43
2009-08-22	@BOS	L	5.0	9	9	9	2	6	3	97	17
2009-08-07	BOS	ND	7.2	1	0	0	6	6	0	118	77
2009-06-09	@BOS	L	2.2	5	5	3	5	1	1	84	28

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

 Home:   36-19   Road:   32-22   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  46-26   vsLHP:  22-15   1-Run:  11-7 
 vsEast: 25-17   vsCntrl:16-9    vsWest: 16-8  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Sat, Aug  7   BOS  W   5-2       68-41  1st  1.5 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 07, 2010 NYY  5  BOS  2        W:CC Sabathia (14-5), L: John Lackey (10-7), S: Mariano Rivera (23)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - NYY over 6-4; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - NYY leads 1123-937

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 4.45

SEA 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.50

SEA 4.39

ARI 5.51

J. Hamilton .354

J. Edmonds .282

B. Wood .167

OBP

J. Morneau .437

R. Santiago .357

B. Wood .184

SLG

M. Cabrera .642

B. Phillips .461

B. Wood .224

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.075

J. Buck .807

B. Wood .408

ERA

J. Johnson 1.97

C. Richard 3.83

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.19

A. Burnett 6.86

M. Buehrle 3.92

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RedSox Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
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 33/.977 ··· 9/.222 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 13/.481 5/1.000 2/2.000 18/1.389 444/317 .336/.372/.570/.942 .985/.925 .993 95/1.068 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 15/1.233 ··· ··· ··· 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 33/.442 0/0 2/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP 36/.728 3/1.667 13/1.914 2/no AB 10/.800 3/.000 25/.965 10/.944 4/.000 34/.516 380/261 .261/.350/.447/.797 .483/.941 .759 79/.645 2/1 12/0

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 28/.795 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 13/.672 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.000 6/.834 1/.000 ··· 16/1.046 248/148 .233/.316/.443/.759 .816/.721 .777 60/.767 4/1 12/8

32.Hermida* G/S/vP 6/1.500 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 23/.554 3/1.666 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 10/.100 16/.580 3/1.000 18/.591 107/61 .219/.299/.375/.674 .759/.608 .405 16/.750 0/0 3/0

12.Lowrie# G/S/vP 12/.417 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 50/30 .286/.400/.381/.781 .789/.775 .751 50/.781 0/0 0/2

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 29/.948 3/.666 7/1.000 11/1.233 18/1.567 ··· 3/1.666 15/.400 3/.666 2/1.000 322/235 .283/.342/.468/.809 1.284/.632 .680 52/.731 1/0 10/4

54.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 264/160 .254/.322/.388/.709 .745/.686 .733 49/.558 6/0 6/1

44.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 18/.675 0/1 1/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 40/.890 2/.000 9/2.167 3/1.667 20/.563 1/3.000 13/.708 26/.885 3/.666 2/1.000 406/285 .259/.369/.535/.905 .564/1.063 .880 101/.787 0/1 24/0

3.Patterson* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/147 .211/.270/.435/.705 .434/.757 .840 36/.632 6/1 6/2

16.Scutaro G/S/vP 26/.733 1/no AB 16/.580 ··· 4/.500 13/.308 13/.322 15/.871 7/1.314 5/.400 506/372 .278/.339/.383/.722 .731/.718 .734 106/.702 3/3 7/15

30.Shealy G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 38/.755 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 78/.951 4/1 19/3

IP 126.0 2.2 122.2 25.1 17.2 33.2 36.1 40.2 38.2 23.1 TOTAL .270/.345/.458/.803 .812/.799 .789 .741 34/12 146/80

ERA-K/9

4.93/6.9

3.38/10.0

3.96/7.8

3.20/7.1

4.08/6.1

4.01/5.1

5.70/7.4

0.89/8.0

4.19/10.9

5.79/9.3

3.89/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Brown (5-2-1)
Cash (29-7-7)
Martinez (64-15-2)
Molina (3-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 560/.282 10/.222 501/.245 108/.245 76/.161 137/.230 162/.284 147/.138 172/.265 109/.266 .247 McDonald
Patterson
Hermida
Cameron
Nava
Kalish
Hall
Drew
Ellsbury 20/52/22/5
35/15/0/3
46/0/3/3
0/46/0/3
28/0/0/1
6/1/1/1
34/7/6/1
0/0/94/0
6/7/0/0

OPS .820 .522 .693 .704 .580 .703 .821 .386 .725 .824 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.818 5/.400 259/.772 44/.532 45/.468 68/.670 75/.951 69/.482 70/.857 56/.679 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 261/.823 5/.650 242/.612 64/.821 31/.753 69/.737 87/.706 78/.302 102/.642 53/.963 .689

Home 253/.794 10/.522 296/.796 68/.722 40/.682 75/.820 86/.826 72/.372 90/.749 61/1.002

Last 28d days 81/.951 10/.522 91/.806 26/.442 / 40/.986 39/.657 22/.325 33/.316 16/.875

HR/SB/CS 16/26/5 0/1/1 16/8/4 2/2/0 2/3/0 5/7/0 7/1/0 1/0/0 3/4/1 4/3/0 113/83/18

Usage ·····X·· ········ ···X···· ·o·o·X·o ········ ····oo·· ·X······ o··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 Beckett
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 19/.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 382/309 .234/.359/.413/.771 .551/.826 .846 76/.529 3/2 13/1

24.Cano* G/S/vP 57/1.058 1/5.000 2/.000 4/.750 3/.000 15/.652 ··· ··· 14/1.286 16/.646 9/.583 ··· 467/313 .332/.388/.569/.956 .945/.962 .938 89/1.007 2/2 21/2

29.Cervelli G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· 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 18/.572 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 7/1.857 3/.000 ··· 390/269 .283/.380/.383/.762 .739/.773 .820 70/.532 30/6 5/1

14.Granderson* G/S/vP 16/.688 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 12/.750 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 11/1.200 3/.000 ··· 327/220 .246/.312/.427/.738 .533/.841 .756 77/.805 10/0 10/1

2.Jeter G/S/vP 64/.717 1/.000 4/.000 4/.500 6/1.833 11/.586 ··· ··· 10/1.056 19/.707 4/1.417 ··· 500/348 .278/.341/.390/.731 .896/.657 .857 96/.726 11/4 9/4

26.Kearns G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.333 3/3.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 348/232 .267/.348/.410/.758 .694/.791 .690 41/.698 4/1 8/4

53.Miranda* G/S/vP 2/3.500 ··· 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 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 105/84 .208/.245/.219/.464 .269/.509 .483 15/.571 4/0 0/3

20.Posada# G/S/vP 36/.844 3/.000 1/.000 4/2.333 2/.500 11/.808 ··· ··· 12/.962 11/.455 7/1.214 ··· 297/193 .261/.364/.466/.830 .918/.782 .973 64/.802 1/0 12/6

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 57/.858 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 85/.713 2/2 17/6

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

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 30/.920 2/.000 4/2.250 6/.334 2/.500 10/.800 ··· ··· 8/.393 5/.200 4/2.000 ··· 448/295 .297/.370/.542/.912 .849/.942 .879 88/.951 1/1 22/3

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 35/.457 5/.400 10/1.200 4/.500 3/2.334 8/.393 ··· ··· 5/1.100 9/.111 7/3.114 ··· 494/345 .258/.368/.492/.860 .967/.815 .959 94/1.015 0/1 24/2

38.Thames G/S/vP 10/1.067 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/1.100 ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/1.833 3/.000 ··· 120/52 .303/.400/.434/.834 .843/.824 .882 17/.769 0/0 3/3

IP 66.1 39.2 50.2 2.1 1.1 39.1 16.1 7.0 32.1 47.0 43.2 9.0 TOTAL .269/.349/.438/.787 .792/.785 .843 .785 64/18 130/55

ERA-K/9

5.70/7.9

3.86/6.3

1.78/9.2

0.00/7.8

20.25/0.0

4.58/6.2

3.86/6.6

3.86/3.9

5.85/6.7

2.87/7.9

4.33/6.6

2.00/6.0

4.14/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 293/.269 162/.228 193/.151 10/.333 7/.400 171/.207 75/.273 28/.200 159/.350 190/.195 183/.245 42/.314 .249 Gardner
Swisher
Granderson
Thames
Kearns
Russo
Pena
Curtis 77/35/0/8
0/1/95/6
0/83/0/3
20/0/7/1
72/5/14/1
11/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
7/0/9/0

OPS .786 .699 .469 1.067 1.571 .662 .745 .806 .939 .634 .761 .905 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.854 80/.815 98/.356 5/1.850 2/.500 81/.598 23/.360 8/.708 73/.864 102/.702 77/.778 20/1.143 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 135/.707 82/.585 95/.580 5/.400 5/1.850 90/.721 52/.923 20/.829 86/1.003 88/.551 106/.749 22/.658 .702

Road 152/.804 61/.754 114/.538 7/1.571 / 74/.661 27/.681 13/.731 80/1.031 97/.723 92/.653 14/.786

Last 28d days 81/.525 43/.715 30/.349 10/1.067 7/1.571 26/.587 26/.679 10/.633 28/.921 42/.454 31/.573 18/.719

HR/SB/CS 7/11/1 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 99/112/27

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