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Game Preview: OAK @ SEA, 10:10pm, Thursday, September 30, 2010 @Safeco Field

Athletics, 77-81, 77-81 3rd, 11 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (24, LHP, 14-9, 3.35)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (14-9) 193.2 167 75 72 87 163 15 3.35
2009 (6-7) 98.2 113 68 63 56 109 14 5.75
2008 (1-4) 34.0 32 34 29 25 34 9 7.68
Last 7 GS 4-1 39.2 38 14 14 17 36 5 3.18 55
2010-09-25 TEX ND 6.0 7 2 2 3 2 1 106 49
2010-09-20 CHW ND 6.0 4 0 0 4 7 0 109 67
2010-09-14 @KCR L 2.0 7 7 7 3 1 1 55 12
2010-09-08 SEA W 6.2 6 3 3 2 9 2 117 57
2010-09-03 LAA W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 103 67
2010-08-29 @TEX W 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 1 95 57
2010-08-24 @CLE W 7.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 109 73
Last 5 v.SEA 3-1 30.1 29 14 14 15 28 4 4.15 52
2010-09-08 SEA W 6.2 6 3 3 2 9 2 117 57
2010-05-17 SEA W 7.0 4 3 3 4 4 1 104 57
2010-04-14 @SEA ND 4.2 6 2 2 4 5 0 98 45
2009-09-06 SEA W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 101 58
2009-08-26 @SEA L 5.0 7 4 4 3 7 1 107 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   47-34   Road:   30-47   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  55-60   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  22-20
 vsEast: 20-25   vsCntrl:23-19   vsWest: 26-27 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
158 Wed, Sep 29  @LAA  L   1-2 (11)  77-81  3rd 11.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 28  @LAA  L   2-4       77-80  2nd 10.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Mariners, 61-97, 61-97 4th, 27 GB, 32½ GB in WC

SP: Doug Fister (26, RHP, 6-13, 3.91)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (6-13) 165.2 174 79 72 32 93 12 3.91
2009 (3-4) 61.0 63 29 28 15 36 11 4.13
Last 7 GS 2-5 44.0 44 22 19 9 28 3 3.89 52
2010-09-25 @TBR L 6.0 5 4 4 1 4 1 101 49
2010-09-19 TEX W 7.0 9 1 1 0 2 1 96 57
2010-09-13 BOS L 7.1 6 5 5 1 3 1 105 48
2010-09-07 @OAK W 5.0 5 2 2 4 4 0 93 49
2010-09-02 CLE L 5.1 7 4 4 0 3 0 96 41
2010-08-28 MIN L 7.0 6 1 1 2 6 0 107 65
2010-08-23 @BOS L 6.1 6 5 2 1 6 0 105 52
Last 5 v.OAK 4-1 30.0 26 6 6 9 19 0 1.80 59
2010-09-07 @OAK W 5.0 5 2 2 4 4 0 93 49
2010-08-09 OAK W 6.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 91 58
2010-04-13 OAK W 8.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 100 80
2010-04-08 @OAK L 4.0 6 2 2 3 2 0 96 41
2009-10-01 OAK W 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 103 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-42   Road:   26-55   ExtrInn: 3-11
 vsRHP:  47-64   vsLHP:  14-33   1-Run:  21-27
 vsEast: 17-26   vsCntrl:18-26   vsWest: 17-36 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
158 Wed, Sep 29  @TEX  L   5-6       61-97  4th 27.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 28  @TEX  W   3-1       61-96  4th 26.0 gb
156 Mon, Sep 27  @TEX  W   7-5       60-96  4th 27.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 26  @TBR  W   6-2       59-96  4th 28.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 25  @TBR  L   1-9       58-96  4th 28.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 24  @TBR  L   3-5       58-95  4th 27.0 gb
152 Thu, Sep 23  @TOR  L   0-1       58-94  4th 26.0 gb
151 Wed, Sep 22  @TOR  W   6-3       58-93  4th 26.0 gb
150 Tue, Sep 21  @TOR  L   3-5       57-93  4th 26.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 19   TEX  W   2-1       57-92  4th 26.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 OAK  4  SEA  3        W:Gio Gonzalez (14-8), L: Luke French (4-5), S: Andrew Bailey (22)
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 SEA  7 @OAK  5        W:Doug Fister (5-11), L: Dallas Braden (9-11), S: David Aardsma (29)
Mon, Sep 06, 2010 OAK  6  SEA  2        W:Brett Anderson (4-6), L: Jason Vargas (9-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 11, 2010 OAK  5 @SEA  1        W:Dallas Braden (7-8), L: Luke French (1-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 SEA  2  OAK  0        W:Felix Hernandez (8-9), L: Brett Anderson (3-3), S: David Aardsma (22)
Mon, Aug 09, 2010 SEA  3  OAK  1        W:Doug Fister (4-8), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-4), S: David Aardsma (21)
Tue, May 18, 2010 OAK  6  SEA  5 (10)   W:Craig Breslow (1-1), L: Brandon League (3-4), S: none
Mon, May 17, 2010 OAK  8  SEA  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (4-3), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (0-4), S: none
Wed, Apr 14, 2010 SEA  4  OAK  2        W:Jason Vargas (1-1), L: Chad Gaudin (0-1), S: David Aardsma (4)
Tue, Apr 13, 2010 SEA  3  OAK  0        W:Doug Fister (1-1), L: Brad Ziegler (0-2), S: David Aardsma (3)
Season Series: 2010 - OAK over 9-6; 2009 - SEA won 14-5; 2008 - OAK won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 279-207

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  5.30

FLA  4.43

SEA  3.20

 RA/G

SDP  3.61

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.36

 BA

J. Hamilton  .361

M. Young  .285

B. Wood  .147

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

A. Dunn  .359

B. Wood  .176

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .635

C. Santana  .467

B. Wood  .210

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .386

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

F. Carmona  3.79

A. Burnett  5.33

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.10

K. Kendrick  4.20

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

Athletics Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB		 57.Cortes
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 49.Olson*
G/S/vB		 39.Pauley
G/S/vB		 52.Seddon*
G/S/vB		 37.Sweeney
G/S/vB		 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 60.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 46.White
G/S/vB		 50.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 14/.846 5/.200 ··· 7/.429 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 7/.857 ··· 1/.000 8/.250 673/489 .270/.392/.392/.783 .834/.764 .765 104/.593 7/3 8/10
25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 83/19 .177/.193/.354/.547 .571/.474 .690 35/.713 4/0 4/0
22.Carter G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 63/45 .138/.190/.207/.397 .410/.392 .118 43/.564 1/0 1/2
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 5/.650 15/.600 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/2.334 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.100 328/241 .279/.342/.438/.779 .949/.716 .659 56/.939 32/3 8/2
32.Cust* G/S/vP 9/.985 9/.889 ··· 3/.333 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/1.167 ··· 3/.666 11/1.136 407/335 .273/.398/.435/.833 .686/.867 .821 96/.827 2/2 12/1
11.Davis G/S/vP 19/.842 3/.333 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 7/.000 ··· 5/.800 5/.600 542/401 .276/.311/.370/.681 .765/.651 .675 97/.725 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 12/.500 4/.500 ··· 10/.875 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 9/1.111 473/359 .289/.357/.372/.730 .839/.695 .814 101/.993 6/6 4/3
18.Gross* G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/no AB ··· 7/.572 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.733 243/197 .240/.292/.312/.604 .552/.614 .562 23/.841 5/1 1/1
45.Hermida* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/2.333 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 222/192 .215/.270/.361/.631 .456/.658 .570 51/.718 1/0 6/4
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 8/1.089 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 229/181 .173/.285/.250/.535 .338/.586 .620 36/.411 3/1 2/4
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 8/.250 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 5/1.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 1/2.000 569/425 .249/.285/.396/.681 .724/.667 .690 41/.511 2/1 15/12
19.Larish* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 72/62 .188/.278/.328/.606 .311/.654 .766 29/.484 1/0 2/2
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 13/.321 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/.650 7/.143 561/434 .251/.319/.366/.684 .655/.693 .690 84/.687 28/5 5/23
35.Powell# G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 129/91 .214/.305/.304/.608 .624/.602 .623 21/.707 1/0 2/6
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 14/.715 10/.500 ··· 7/1.404 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 8/.542 ··· 4/.750 9/.333 526/392 .245/.308/.367/.675 .550/.717 .608 91/.616 3/2 12/8
30.Tolleson G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/1.167 53/27 .286/.340/.408/.748 1.048/.459 .308 32/.875 0/0 1/1
IP 165.2 49.2 3.1 78.0 35.1 83.2 19.1 34.1 192.2 1.2 34.1 57.0 TOTAL .255/.324/.374/.698 .710/.694 .685 .723 151/37 100/108
ERA-K/9 3.91/5.1 3.44/8.9 2.70/13.6 3.46/6.5 4.58/7.1 3.98/5.3 6.05/7.0 3.41/3.4 3.78/5.4 16.20/15.9 5.24/3.9 4.26/4.1 3.89/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Donaldson (4-2-1)
 Powell (17-9-0)
 Suzuki (64-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 694/.268 202/.198 15/.083 323/.232 161/.269 363/.261 84/.267 138/.248 811/.251 10/.286 150/.336 243/.254 .254  Gross
 Davis
 Hermida
 Cust
 Crisp
 Carson
 Larish
 Carter
 Tolleson
41/10/50/6
47/79/27/5
47/0/20/4
13/0/3/3
0/73/0/2
6/3/25/2
7/0/0/0
18/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .682 .631 .350 .637 .773 .711 .867 .667 .699 1.214 .891 .701 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 377/.704 104/.688 7/.629 153/.719 55/.769 190/.667 30/.778 54/.816 193/.550 2/.500 66/1.001 110/.660 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 317/.656 98/.568 8/.125 170/.563 106/.774 173/.760 54/.917 84/.576 618/.747 8/1.333 84/.810 133/.735 .711
Home 430/.636 137/.516 / 160/.577 73/.735 176/.678 45/.532 45/.787 429/.657 / 76/.838 103/.786
Last 28d days 109/.703 20/.368 15/.350 45/.698 40/.782 137/.705 21/.736 31/.707 128/.793 10/1.214 / 38/.513
HR/SB/CS 12/1/3 5/2/1 0/0/0 7/5/5 5/2/0 10/7/0 4/0/0 5/0/1 18/9/1 1/0/0 4/0/0 3/13/0 148/68/28
Usage ····X··· ········ X··o·o·· ·Xoo···X o·o·X··· ··X····X ····X··· ········ X····X·· ··X··o·· ········ X·oX···X
Mariners Batters (3.20 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
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
26.Bard# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/70 .221/.287/.375/.662 .806/.561 .494 19/.412 0/0 3/2
30.Branyan* G/S/vP 12/1.060 5/.400 2/1.000 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 428/322 .237/.323/.487/.810 .626/.874 .737 51/.836 1/0 25/5
20.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 41/32 .189/.268/.243/.512 .556/.496 .125 7/.714 0/0 0/0
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 16/.962 6/.334 10/.600 14/.929 10/1.171 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/.800 684/476 .265/.345/.312/.657 .729/.626 .648 105/.845 42/15 1/19
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 14/.788 6/.666 3/1.000 3/.666 6/1.467 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 8/.125 613/464 .250/.308/.371/.678 .740/.659 .723 76/.714 25/3 12/0
56.Halman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/13 .059/.111/.118/.229 .900/.000 18/.229 0/0 0/0
13.Kotchman* G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.400 4/.583 12/1.053 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 457/338 .217/.280/.336/.616 .460/.670 .587 56/.385 0/0 9/1
12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 128/89 .192/.339/.317/.656 .322/.809 .687 22/.573 4/1 3/1
4.Lopez G/S/vP 21/1.302 7/1.086 5/1.200 6/.167 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 11/.909 621/458 .240/.271/.340/.610 .681/.585 .568 95/.641 3/2 10/18
61.Mangini* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/19 .167/.231/.167/.397 .000/.551 26/.397 0/0 0/0
10.Moore G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 210/159 .196/.225/.281/.506 .617/.472 .378 64/.469 0/1 4/3
40.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/4 .286/.286/.429/.714 1.000/.500 .667 7/.714 0/0 0/1
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 8/.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 311/231 .208/.294/.361/.656 .544/.696 .684 68/.540 6/3 9/4
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 381/257 .208/.294/.357/.651 .573/.689 .575 41/.868 1/0 13/5
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 20/.874 3/1.334 14/.762 8/1.625 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 8/1.250 713/483 .314/.359/.394/.753 .692/.783 .723 109/.745 41/9 6/4
27.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP 8/1.786 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 138/88 .173/.234/.307/.541 .487/.571 .377 33/.558 0/0 4/7
16.Wilson G/S/vP 6/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 373/276 .228/.282/.295/.576 .508/.599 .735 73/.395 5/0 2/21
6.Woodward G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/16 .158/.273/.211/.483 .667/.404 .333 11/.586 0/0 0/1
IP 193.2 49.0 48.2 23.0 72.1 23.2 4.0 25.0 11.2 39.2 60.2 TOTAL .236/.298/.341/.639 .632/.641 .625 .624 140/39 100/119
ERA-K/9 3.35/7.6 1.47/7.7 3.70/8.5 6.65/5.9 2.99/8.5 3.04/4.9 4.50/11.2 4.68/10.1 4.63/6.2 4.31/9.1 3.26/6.1 3.64/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bard (12-5-0)
 Moore (30-8-7)
 Quiroz (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 821/.231 189/.199 220/.274 106/.347 292/.188 93/.233 23/.389 110/.237 51/.267 171/.240 257/.241 .245  Saunders
 Suzuki
 Langerhans
 Gutierrez
 Tuiasosopo
 Halman
 Carp
75/13/0/8
0/0/156/6
29/2/8/5
0/145/0/2
14/0/0/1
3/2/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .649 .544 .758 .840 .606 .736 .911 .677 .762 .746 .694 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.617 85/.569 97/.598 53/.871 99/.562 16/.875 13/.872 47/.742 21/1.060 61/.920 77/1.034 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 635/.658 104/.523 123/.892 53/.807 193/.629 77/.705 10/.944 63/.628 30/.545 110/.656 180/.560 .680
Road 404/.709 81/.568 112/.771 61/.817 153/.603 68/.646 14/1.087 46/.904 12/.258 82/.885 130/.865
Last 28d days 122/.776 23/.467 18/.600 47/.937 51/.487 93/.736 16/.833 31/.720 33/.741 23/.594 46/.570
HR/SB/CS 15/12/3 3/3/1 7/1/1 2/4/1 8/4/1 5/0/1 0/0/0 2/7/0 1/0/0 6/3/0 4/2/1 152/86/32
Usage ····X··· ········ ········ oo···X·o X···o··· X····X·· ··o··X·· ···oX··· ··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.