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Game Preview: STL @ HOU, 8:05 pm, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Cardinals, 89-72, 89-72 2nd, 6 GB, tied for WC

SP: Chris Carpenter (36, RHP, 10-9, 3.59)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (10-9) 228.1 241 98 91 54 180 16 3.59
2010 (16-9) 235.0 214 99 84 63 179 21 3.22
2009 (17-4) 192.2 156 49 48 38 144 7 2.24
Last 7 GS 2-1 50.0 49 18 18 10 38 4 3.24 57
2011-09-23 CHC ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 93 66
2011-09-18 @PHI W 8.0 8 0 0 1 5 0 115 70
2011-09-13 @PIT ND 7.0 10 4 4 1 6 2 113 46
2011-09-07 MIL W 9.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 97 82
2011-09-02 CIN ND 6.0 8 6 6 1 5 1 102 36
2011-08-27 PIT L 5.0 9 6 6 2 5 1 86 28
2011-08-22 LAD ND 8.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 99 74
Last 5 v.HOU 1-2 35.1 29 13 12 11 23 3 3.06 58
2011-07-27 HOU ND 7.0 8 2 2 1 8 1 102 60
2010-08-31 @HOU L 7.0 6 3 2 2 3 0 92 56
2010-08-04 HOU W 7.1 4 2 2 3 3 1 98 62
2010-05-13 HOU L 8.0 6 4 4 3 5 1 109 56
2009-08-27 HOU ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 98 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   45-36   Road:   44-36   ExtrInn: 8-13
 vsRHP:  70-52   vsLHP:  19-20   1-Run:  26-23
 vsEast: 22-13   vsCntrl:43-35   vsWest: 16-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27  @HOU  W  13-6       89-72  2nd  6.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26  @HOU  L   4-5 (10)  88-72  2nd  6.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25   CHC  W   3-2       88-71  2nd  6.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24   CHC  W   2-1       87-71  2nd  6.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 23   CHC  L   1-5       86-71  2nd  6.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 22   NYM  L   6-8       86-70  2nd  5.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 21   NYM  W   6-5       86-69  2nd  4.5 gb
154 Tue, Sep 20   NYM  W  11-6       85-69  2nd  5.5 gb
153 Mon, Sep 19  @PHI  W   4-3       84-69  2nd  5.5 gb
152 Sun, Sep 18  @PHI  W   5-0       83-69  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Astros, 56-105, 56-105 6th, 39 GB, 33 GB in WC

SP: Brett Myers (30, RHP, 7-13, 4.31)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-13) 211.0 216 109 101 56 157 31 4.31
2010 (14-8) 223.2 212 88 78 66 180 20 3.14
2009 (4-3) 70.2 74 38 38 23 50 18 4.84
Last 7 GS 4-1 48.1 38 17 16 10 36 3 2.98 60
2011-09-23 COL W 6.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 88 65
2011-09-18 @CHC W 7.2 7 2 1 1 5 0 117 63
2011-09-12 PHI W 8.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 107 69
2011-09-06 @PIT W 7.2 4 1 1 0 6 1 92 73
2011-08-27 @SFG ND 7.0 2 1 1 3 7 0 103 73
2011-08-22 @COL L 5.0 9 7 7 2 3 1 79 22
2011-08-16 CHC ND 7.0 6 4 4 2 5 1 108 52
Last 5 v.STL 2-2 34.0 33 14 13 7 20 4 3.44 55
2011-07-26 @STL L 8.0 11 3 3 0 4 2 93 52
2011-06-07 STL L 6.0 6 5 5 1 4 1 83 43
2010-08-02 @STL ND 6.0 3 3 2 4 4 1 90 56
2010-07-10 STL W 8.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 94 73
2010-05-11 @STL W 6.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 103 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-49   Road:   25-56   ExtrInn: 5-13
 vsRHP:  34-79   vsLHP:  22-26   1-Run:  20-28
 vsEast: 10-21   vsCntrl:28-49   vsWest: 14-24 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27   STL  L   6-13      56-105 6th 39.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26   STL  W   5-4 (10)  56-104 6th 38.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25   COL  L   3-19      55-104 6th 39.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24   COL  L   2-4 (13)  55-103 6th 38.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 23   COL  W  11-2       55-102 6th 37.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 22   COL  W   9-6       54-102 6th 37.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 21  @CIN  L   0-2       53-102 6th 37.5 gb
154 Tue, Sep 20  @CIN  L   4-6       53-101 6th 37.5 gb
153 Mon, Sep 19  @CIN  W   3-2       53-100 6th 36.5 gb
152 Sun, Sep 18  @CHC  W   3-2       52-100 6th 37.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 STL 13 @HOU  6        W:Eduardo Sanchez (3-1), L: Enerio Del Rosario (0-3), S: none
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 HOU  5  STL  4 (10)   W:Mark Melancon (8-4), L: Octavio Dotel (5-4), S: none
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 HOU  5 @STL  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (7-7), L: Jaime Garcia (10-5), S: Mark Melancon (10)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 HOU  4 @STL  2        W:Fernando Rodriguez (2-0), L: Mitchell Boggs (0-3), S: Mark Melancon (9)
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 STL  3  HOU  1        W:Jake Westbrook (9-4), L: Brett Myers (3-11), S: Fernando Salas (19)
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 STL 10  HOU  5        W:Kyle McClellan (7-6), L: J.A. Happ (4-12), S: Mitchell Boggs (4)
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 STL  9 @HOU  2        W:Lance Lynn (1-1), L: J.A. Happ (3-8), S: none
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 HOU  4  STL  1        W:Bud Norris (4-4), L: Jaime Garcia (6-2), S: Mark Melancon (6)
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 STL  7 @HOU  4        W:Jake Westbrook (6-3), L: Brett Myers (2-5), S: Fernando Salas (11)
Thu, May 19, 2011 STL  4  HOU  2        W:Kyle McClellan (6-1), L: J.A. Happ (3-5), S: Fernando Salas (5)
Season Series: 2011 - STL over 9-5; 2010 - HOU won 10-5; 2009 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - STL leads 362-322

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
Cardinals Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Myers
G/S/vB
68.Abreu
G/S/vB
67.Carpenter
G/S/vB
63.Cedeno*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 30/.802 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/5.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 583/471 .302/.413/.550/.963 .804/1.003 1.036 101/.960 2/6 31/6
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .375/.375/.625/1.000 /1.000 1.000 8/1.000 0/0 0/1
21.Craig G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/no AB ··· 214/144 .313/.362/.544/.905 1.000/.855 .957 50/1.020 5/0 10/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/44 .262/.333/.338/.672 .668/.674 .697 3/.667 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 374/308 .262/.332/.351/.683 .518/.719 .699 37/.687 2/2 1/8
23.Freese G/S/vP 6/1.867 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 359/275 .295/.348/.435/.783 .900/.748 .779 70/.803 1/0 10/12
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 33/.563 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 369/282 .231/.298/.348/.646 .634/.650 .599 102/.819 9/5 8/14
27.Greene G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 121/72 .212/.322/.288/.611 .632/.596 .689 2/2.500 11/0 1/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP 23/1.185 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 1/no AB 516/406 .296/.388/.525/.912 .883/.918 .927 64/.753 2/1 22/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 12/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 498/394 .297/.344/.426/.769 .727/.780 .793 95/.799 6/7 10/3
13.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 108/89 .232/.302/.358/.660 .902/.610 .651 15/.641 1/1 1/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 32/.573 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 514/395 .306/.350/.467/.817 .842/.809 .813 90/.941 4/5 14/6
44.Patterson* G/S/vP 22/.136 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 397/307 .239/.273/.359/.632 .770/.591 .642 12/.100 13/9 6/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 50/1.047 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 2/3.500 646/522 .300/.367/.544/.910 .946/.902 .875 112/.980 9/1 37/14
8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/5.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/3.000 162/105 .277/.385/.423/.808 .798/.813 1.004 31/.936 1/1 1/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/3 .000/.125/.000/.125 .200/.000 .000 8/.125 0/0 0/0
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 32/1.006 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 6/1.000 396/353 .284/.334/.353/.687 .714/.684 .632 68/.546 0/2 2/8
3.Theriot G/S/vP 18/.444 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 3/4.000 ··· 10/1.314 482/345 .272/.321/.342/.664 .768/.622 .674 36/.743 4/6 1/18
IP 211.0 6.2 27.2 1.2 53.0 17.0 70.0 94.0 74.1 17.2 84.1 52.1 53.1 12.0 TOTAL .273/.341/.425/.766 .768/.765 .785 .808 57/39 161/116
ERA-K/9 4.31/6.7 2.70/16.1 2.93/9.4 27.00/0.0 4.58/5.3 4.76/6.9 2.83/7.1 5.36/6.4 2.78/8.0 6.62/6.6 5.34/6.8 3.96/9.8 5.23/6.4 1.50/8.2 4.49/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (2-2-1)
 Laird (16-4-3)
 Molina (46-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 891/.263 34/.231 125/.272 11/.636 250/.280 83/.319 294/.267 415/.285 309/.234 84/.265 366/.255 231/.264 231/.271 44/.154 .266  Jay
 Berkman
 Patterson
 Holliday
 Craig
 Schumaker
 Cruz
 Chambers
 Robinson
 Greene
19/74/56/5
16/0/109/4
56/40/25/4
115/0/0/4
25/5/18/3
6/5/30/1
0/0/2/0
5/5/1/0
1/5/3/0
2/0/8/0
OPS .747 .835 .809 1.818 .743 .737 .691 .817 .631 .943 .779 .781 .820 .583 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 392/.786 13/.962 54/.697 4/1.000 90/.828 20/.944 107/.798 186/.795 130/.704 31/1.017 141/.910 88/.755 89/.945 30/.205 .787
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 499/.716 21/.770 71/.889 7/2.286 160/.696 63/.670 187/.629 229/.834 179/.581 53/.895 225/.702 143/.796 142/.743 14/1.352 .760
Home 398/.771 26/1.012 70/.692 8/2.000 131/.767 45/.671 151/.694 200/.787 162/.623 53/1.014 174/.906 126/.801 112/.734 22/.897
Last 28d days 113/.490 30/.748 49/.849 11/1.818 33/.644 57/.612 36/.750 24/.867 35/.264 22/1.556 38/1.005 47/.859 113/.979 21/.675
HR/SB/CS 31/15/6 1/0/0 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/10/1 0/0/0 6/1/2 14/4/0 5/6/2 5/0/0 13/13/1 6/7/1 7/3/3 1/2/0 187/131/31
Usage ····X··· X·X·X··X X··o··X· ··X····o Xo·o···· ··X····X ·o·o·o·o ···Xo··· ·X·o·o·· ··X·X··· ··Xo···X Xo·X·X·· X····X·· oo·o···o
Astros Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
63.Cleto
G/S/vB
65.Dickson
G/S/vB
28.Dotel
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
52.Sanchez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 230/170 .275/.293/.358/.651 .766/.613 .644 69/.477 7/3 2/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 19/.634 6/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.750 6/.334 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 492/360 .246/.314/.388/.703 .649/.721 .670 83/.768 3/1 12/12
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 179/164 .292/.354/.466/.820 .421/.855 .842 61/.765 4/2 4/1
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.750 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/4.000 252/143 .294/.323/.357/.680 .925/.497 .636 43/.723 31/6 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 172/127 .190/.254/.255/.509 .673/.455 .520 21/.348 0/0 0/6
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 222/169 .276/.347/.518/.864 1.032/.812 .948 45/.859 0/0 10/6
23.Johnson G/S/vP 9/1.431 5/1.350 ··· ··· 2/.000 11/.455 5/.400 1/2.000 2/.000 3/2.000 3/.333 404/301 .252/.292/.379/.671 .635/.684 .604 37/.793 2/2 7/15
45.Lee G/S/vP 49/.467 8/1.250 ··· ··· 9/1.083 18/.472 8/.250 5/1.933 2/.500 6/.933 2/.000 650/495 .277/.343/.448/.792 1.028/.719 .803 99/.880 4/3 18/7
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 222/165 .279/.324/.431/.756 1.119/.635 .784 97/.649 0/1 6/1
4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 169/75 .199/.256/.295/.551 .605/.484 .612 10/.400 1/0 2/0
38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 176/137 .291/.326/.400/.726 .500/.791 .709 67/.631 5/4 2/5
55.Quintero G/S/vP 6/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/2.000 9/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 270/211 .242/.260/.319/.579 .650/.560 .614 52/.385 1/0 2/5
36.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.500 4/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 5/.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 328/251 .240/.305/.285/.590 .688/.560 .586 38/.535 3/0 1/7
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 338/256 .242/.309/.315/.624 .560/.645 .662 76/.524 22/4 2/2
8.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 88/77 .273/.364/.325/.688 .909/.654 1.025 38/.758 2/0 0/1
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 165/112 .184/.256/.293/.549 .524/.560 .546 20/.463 0/0 3/6
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.619 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 4/.500 2/.000 378/315 .260/.335/.370/.705 .549/.737 .828 19/.436 1/1 5/6
IP 228.1 60.2 4.1 8.1 54.0 141.2 68.0 33.0 62.0 75.0 30.0 TOTAL .259/.312/.375/.687 .742/.668 .710 .642 118/33 95/115
ERA-K/9 3.59/7.1 3.56/7.1 12.46/12.6 3.24/7.6 3.50/10.3 4.19/4.8 2.25/8.3 4.64/5.7 3.34/8.9 2.28/9.0 1.80/10.5 3.81/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (43-9-2)
 Quintero (48-14-3)
 Towles (38-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 966/.270 260/.266 25/.333 34/.290 218/.185 607/.260 268/.202 138/.270 256/.223 295/.186 118/.144 .262  Lee
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Shuck
 Michaels
 Bourgeois
 Schafer
 Downs
 Wright
80/0/0/10
13/0/39/9
50/0/1/5
6/8/16/1
26/0/16/1
34/34/13/1
0/79/0/1
0/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .685 .711 1.107 .869 .574 .750 .558 .858 .623 .566 .496 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 455/.680 92/.715 13/1.189 12/.432 85/.845 247/.638 99/.738 61/.873 118/.478 129/.649 46/.441 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 511/.689 168/.710 12/1.017 22/1.109 133/.410 360/.827 169/.454 77/.846 138/.748 166/.502 72/.532 .717
Road 473/.728 130/.622 / 20/1.034 115/.631 266/.749 136/.611 58/.753 114/.613 166/.670 67/.516
Last 28d days 150/.655 23/.590 4/.500 20/1.137 47/.446 54/1.032 55/.626 18/.840 51/.817 51/.615 4/.000
HR/SB/CS 16/5/6 4/2/2 2/0/0 2/0/0 6/1/1 21/6/3 2/6/1 8/1/1 3/2/2 7/2/0 1/1/0 136/64/25
Usage ····X··· oo··o··· ········ ········ oXoo·X·o ·X··X··X ··oo·XX· o····o·· X·oo·o·X XX···X·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.