Friday, September 16, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: HOU @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, September 16, 2011 @Wrigley Field

Astros, 51-98, 51-98 6th, 35½ GB, 34½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (32, LHP, 11-10, 3.51)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (11-10)			172.0	164	74	67	60	155	23	3.51
2010 (11-12)			195.0	183	95	78	68	178	16	3.60
2009 (14-12)			205.2	192	77	69	63	193	21	3.02

Last 7 GS		4-2	45.0	40	20	15	19	46	7	3.00	57
2011-09-10	@WSN	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	7	1	108	53
2011-09-04	MIL	L	6.0	6	3	3	3	8	2	106	53
2011-08-29	PIT	W	7.0	4	3	3	4	13	1	113	66
2011-08-24	@COL	ND	6.0	10	6	4	4	2	2	111	30
2011-08-19	SFG	W	8.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	109	78
2011-08-13	@LAD	L	6.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	110	47
2011-08-08	@ARI	W	6.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	105	69

Last 5 v.CHC		1-2	32.0	33	18	15	6	22	6	4.22	51
2011-07-23	@CHC	L	7.0	3	2	2	1	7	2	100	69
2011-04-13	CHC	L	5.0	9	5	5	2	4	1	86	31
2010-09-06	@CHC	ND	7.0	7	4	1	1	6	1	97	58
2010-07-19	@CHC	W	6.0	8	5	5	1	2	2	89	37
2010-04-18	@CHC	ND	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	105	59

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

 Home:   28-46   Road:   23-52   ExtrInn: 4-11
 vsRHP:  32-72   vsLHP:  19-26   1-Run:  17-26
 vsEast: 10-21   vsCntrl:25-44   vsWest: 12-22 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Wed, Sep 14   PHI  L   0-1       51-98  6th 35.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 13   PHI  W   5-2       51-97  6th 35.5 gb
147 Mon, Sep 12   PHI  W   5-1       50-97  6th 35.5 gb
146 Sun, Sep 11  @WSN  L   2-8       49-97  6th 36.0 gb
145 Sat, Sep 10  @WSN  W   9-3       49-96  6th 35.0 gb
144 Fri, Sep  9  @WSN  L   3-4 (11)  48-96  6th 36.0 gb
143 Wed, Sep  7  @PIT  L   4-5       48-95  6th 36.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep  6  @PIT  W   4-1       48-94  6th 36.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep  5  @PIT  L   1-3       47-94  6th 37.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  4   MIL  L   0-4       47-93  6th 36.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Cubs, 65-85, 65-85 5th, 22 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (27, RHP, 8-10, 3.54)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-10)			173.0	168	84	68	60	175	12	3.54
2010 (15-10)			204.2	193	94	89	63	150	28	3.91
2009 (8-12)			203.0	177	93	89	79	189	25	3.95

Last 7 GS		3-2	44.1	47	21	14	14	46	3	2.84	54
2011-09-11	@NYM	ND	7.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	102	52
2011-09-05	CIN	W	7.2	6	3	1	3	8	0	113	64
2011-08-30	@SFG	W	6.2	9	2	2	1	6	0	95	53
2011-08-25	ATL	L	5.0	8	6	3	2	6	1	98	37
2011-08-20	STL	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	110	73
2011-08-14	@ATL	ND	5.0	6	4	2	1	5	0	87	47
2011-08-09	WSN	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	9	2	105	55

Last 5 v.HOU		0-2	21.0	18	8	7	8	23	1	3.00	60
2011-07-24	HOU	ND	7.0	5	2	2	3	9	1	107	65
2010-05-21	@HOU	L	8.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	100	65
2008-06-20	HOU	L	6.0	7	4	3	2	8	0	113	50

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

 Home:   35-40   Road:   30-45   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  48-62   vsLHP:  17-23   1-Run:  23-25
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl:29-42   vsWest: 16-15 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
150 Thu, Sep 15  @CIN  L   6-8 (11)  65-85  5th 22.0 gb
149 Wed, Sep 14  @CIN  L   2-7       65-84  5th 21.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 13  @CIN  L   1-2       65-83  5th 21.5 gb
147 Mon, Sep 12  @CIN  W  12-8       65-82  5th 20.5 gb
146 Sun, Sep 11  @NYM  W  10-6 (11)  64-82  5th 21.0 gb
145 Sat, Sep 10  @NYM  W   5-4       63-82  5th 21.0 gb
144 Fri, Sep  9  @NYM  L   4-5       62-82  5th 22.0 gb
143 Wed, Sep  7   CIN  W   6-3       62-81  5th 22.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep  6   CIN  L   2-4 (13)  61-81  5th 23.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep  5   CIN  W   4-3       61-80  5th 23.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 HOU  4  CHC  3        W:Bud Norris (6-8), L: Casey Coleman (2-5), S: Mark Melancon (12)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 HOU  6  CHC  5        W:Aneury Rodriguez (1-4), L: Carlos Marmol (2-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 CHC  4 @HOU  3        W:Rodrigo Lopez (4-3), L: Henry Sosa (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (1)
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 CHC  5  HOU  4 (10)   W:John Grabow (2-0), L: David Carpenter (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 23, 2011 CHC  5  HOU  1        W:Randy Wells (2-3), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 CHC  4  HOU  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (7-5), L: Bud Norris (5-7), S: Sean Marshall (3)
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 HOU  3 @CHC  1        W:Brett Myers (2-4), L: Doug Davis (0-4), S: Mark Melancon (4)
Tue, May 31, 2011 HOU  7 @CHC  3        W:Fernando Rodriguez (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 30, 2011 HOU 12 @CHC  7        W:Sergio Escalona (1-0), L: Jeff Samardzija (3-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 CHC  9 @HOU  5        W:Carlos Zambrano (2-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - tied 6-6; 2010 - HOU won 11-7; 2009 - CHC won 11-6; All-Time - HOU leads 368-319

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 2011 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 BOS 5.42 CLE 4.20 SEA 3.40	RA/G PHI 3.22 OAK 4.29 BAL 5.23	BA A. Gonzalez .338 C. Crisp .271 K. Johnson .211	OBP J. Bautista .444 M. Teixeira .339 V. Wells .251	SLG J. Bautista .628 C. Lee .446 O. Cabrera .302	OPS J. Bautista 1.072 M. Reynolds .778 O. Cabrera .571	ERA C. Kershaw 2.30 J. Chacin 3.73 J. Lackey 6.19	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.60 R. Vogelsong 7.08 B. Penny 3.71

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.42

CLE 4.20

SEA 3.40

RA/G

PHI 3.22

OAK 4.29

BAL 5.23

A. Gonzalez .338

C. Crisp .271

K. Johnson .211

OBP

J. Bautista .444

M. Teixeira .339

V. Wells .251

SLG

J. Bautista .628

C. Lee .446

O. Cabrera .302

OPS

J. Bautista 1.072

M. Reynolds .778

O. Cabrera .571

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.30

J. Chacin 3.73

J. Lackey 6.19

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.60

R. Vogelsong 7.08

B. Penny 3.71

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Astros Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 17.Garza
G/S/vB 48.Cashner
G/S/vB 54.Gaub*
G/S/vB 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 32.Ortiz
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 197/143 .278/.295/.369/.664 .803/.615 .701 87/.616 6/2 2/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP 7/1.666 1/2.000 ··· 6/.167 9/.476 5/1.200 7/.572 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 445/322 .249/.323/.395/.718 .638/.748 .756 79/.743 2/1 11/12

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 146/136 .282/.345/.473/.818 .311/.856 .840 67/.804 3/2 4/0

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 234/131 .302/.329/.365/.694 .910/.529 .726 49/.693 27/6 1/1

22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 164/119 .193/.261/.262/.523 .673/.470 .512 37/.547 0/0 0/5

16.Downs G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 197/152 .286/.360/.514/.875 .878/.874 .799 41/1.071 0/0 8/6

23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 5/.600 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 382/284 .244/.283/.367/.650 .572/.676 .696 15/.414 2/2 6/13

45.Lee G/S/vP 10/.744 4/.250 ··· 15/.481 22/.372 10/.733 25/.280 2/.000 6/1.133 30/1.040 597/450 .276/.337/.446/.783 1.020/.707 .769 99/1.075 4/3 16/7

14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 172/123 .270/.314/.440/.754 1.083/.630 .677 96/.727 0/1 5/1

4.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 9/.222 5/.600 3/2.000 3/.000 6/.533 3/.000 169/75 .199/.256/.295/.551 .605/.484 .477 24/.598 1/0 2/0

38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 145/112 .304/.340/.422/.762 .554/.826 .799 83/.756 4/3 2/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.333 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/3.000 5/.650 4/.000 247/194 .257/.276/.342/.618 .727/.589 .584 52/.577 1/0 2/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 304/233 .242/.299/.286/.586 .634/.570 .608 25/.432 3/0 1/7

1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 304/226 .244/.314/.321/.635 .564/.661 .587 84/.667 19/4 2/2

8.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 65/57 .268/.369/.304/.673 1.000/.622 .326 26/.657 2/0 0/0

46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/no AB 148/97 .176/.259/.290/.549 .505/.572 .498 3/.000 0/0 3/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 367/305 .262/.337/.366/.703 .537/.738 .600 8/.000 1/1 4/6

IP 173.0 7.2 2.0 61.1 68.1 71.0 29.1 65.2 84.1 49.2 TOTAL .260/.313/.377/.690 .731/.675 .669 .715 107/31 87/104

ERA-K/9

3.54/9.1

2.35/7.0

9.00/13.5

4.84/5.6

3.95/11.7

2.41/9.4

5.52/6.8

4.25/5.5

3.09/9.2

3.44/10.0

4.48/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Corporan (41-9-2)
Quintero (44-14-3)
Towles (33-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 743/.251 29/.111 9/.143 278/.275 300/.206 288/.231 125/.254 282/.285 365/.195 217/.232 .265 Lee
Bogusevic
Martinez
Schafer
Bourgeois
Shuck
Michaels
Wright 78/0/0/10
13/0/31/6
40/0/0/4
0/69/0/1
31/29/12/1
6/5/12/1
26/0/16/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .671 .395 .619 .818 .638 .560 .769 .820 .609 .714 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 344/.661 9/.222 7/.286 99/.731 134/.566 102/.513 56/.983 116/.704 144/.659 75/.648 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.679 20/.478 2/1.500 179/.866 166/.698 186/.587 69/.596 166/.904 221/.575 142/.748 .763

Home 409/.622 19/.436 / 152/.888 164/.646 142/.621 23/.826 129/.869 166/.628 118/.718

Last 28d days 143/.673 10/.311 9/.619 40/.811 41/.450 47/.440 26/.535 36/1.090 60/.538 42/.621

HR/SB/CS 12/9/5 1/0/0 0/0/0 9/3/3 4/11/1 1/9/2 6/0/0 12/5/3 5/14/1 5/3/1 153/102/45

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

Cubs Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 68.Abreu
G/S/vB 67.Carpenter
G/S/vB 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB 64.Harrell
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 41.Lyles
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB 60.Pendleton
G/S/vB 62.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 65.Sosa
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP 18/1.091 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 199/81 .275/.307/.397/.703 .842/.504 .583 25/.689 0/0 3/1

15.Barney G/S/vP 8/.929 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 5/1.600 6/.833 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 529/430 .277/.312/.352/.665 .744/.646 .634 92/.458 9/2 2/12

24.Byrd G/S/vP 29/.866 ··· 1/4.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 3/1.167 8/.542 445/341 .284/.331/.403/.734 .623/.768 .674 94/.591 3/2 8/3

41.Campana* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 136/112 .262/.301/.310/.610 .399/.655 .631 24/.432 20/1 1/1

13.Castro G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 6/1.000 6/.667 2/1.500 ··· 5/.400 4/.500 3/.666 6/.833 662/510 .308/.340/.431/.771 .864/.742 .769 112/.788 21/7 9/27

21.Colvin* G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 3/.000 7/.143 216/180 .155/.209/.315/.524 .169/.598 .425 58/.593 0/0 6/1

9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/4.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.667 220/188 .260/.300/.418/.718 1.024/.668 .688 25/.860 1/0 5/6

55.Hill# G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 143/119 .192/.271/.280/.551 .269/.608 .467 22/.282 1/0 2/6

5.Johnson G/S/vP 26/.486 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 1/2.000 252/149 .318/.356/.485/.841 .844/.838 .980 56/.524 2/1 5/3

6.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/23 .444/.531/.778/1.309 .873/1.465 1.077 32/1.309 0/0 1/0

33.LeMahieu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/24 .256/.273/.279/.552 .619/.488 .938 8/.762 0/0 0/1

39.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/12 .240/.269/.380/.649 .721/.417 .758 4/.750 0/0 1/0

22.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/1.750 6/.000 6/.167 ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 566/430 .233/.358/.478/.836 .611/.908 .797 94/1.007 1/2 28/8

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 42/.710 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 6/1.667 6/1.167 3/1.334 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 3/.666 10/2.300 601/471 .307/.361/.509/.870 .781/.895 .964 110/.940 1/1 25/13

12.Soriano G/S/vP 35/.359 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.833 472/355 .244/.288/.471/.759 .808/.743 .768 83/.833 2/1 24/7

18.Soto G/S/vP 24/1.279 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.850 6/1.333 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/1.000 3/2.000 6/.833 445/335 .221/.308/.391/.699 .874/.644 .627 76/.436 0/0 14/11

IP 172.0 2.2 22.1 49.2 11.2 65.2 92.2 67.0 14.2 80.0 47.0 37.2 9.0 TOTAL .259/.316/.405/.721 .730/.718 .723 .690 63/19 139/124

ERA-K/9

3.51/8.1

3.38/20.0

3.22/9.3

4.35/5.4

3.09/9.2

2.88/7.0

5.24/6.3

3.09/7.5

4.30/6.1

5.18/7.0

2.87/9.8

5.02/6.7

1.00/10.0

4.45/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (21-7-2)
Soto (80-36-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 729/.250 13/.111 98/.271 231/.274 54/.292 277/.269 406/.286 286/.247 67/.208 344/.246 201/.251 161/.261 33/.103 .264 Byrd
Soriano
Johnson
Colvin
Montanez
DeWitt
Campana
LaHair
Baker 0/108/0/8
119/0/0/7
26/24/37/5
10/8/43/2
10/1/12/1
22/0/0/1
28/26/3/1
3/0/3/0
1/0/8/0

OPS .737 .718 .813 .729 .704 .694 .820 .667 .740 .770 .725 .806 .419 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.641 5/.400 42/.616 85/.829 12/1.000 101/.786 183/.789 124/.724 28/.982 137/.888 78/.669 63/.821 23/.224 .783

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 580/.762 8/.875 56/.949 146/.672 42/.611 176/.640 223/.844 162/.625 39/.540 207/.696 123/.760 98/.796 10/.856 .755

Road 406/.745 4/.250 43/.939 111/.708 28/.923 134/.665 214/.848 137/.689 31/.783 185/.672 96/.783 92/.966 16/.321

Last 28d days 112/.854 13/.718 39/.793 14/.298 28/.416 50/.695 40/.829 45/.724 5/.933 34/.769 46/.746 107/.803 25/.205

HR/SB/CS 23/19/3 0/0/0 3/1/0 3/9/1 0/0/0 5/1/2 14/4/0 5/6/1 2/0/0 13/13/0 4/4/1 5/1/2 1/0/0 172/120/28

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