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Game Preview: HOU @ WSN, 7:05pm, Saturday, September 10, 2011 @Nationals Park

Astros, 48-96, 48-96 6th, 36 GB, 35½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (32, LHP, 10-10, 3.47)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (10-10) 166.0 157 71 64 60 148 22 3.47
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 3-3 44.0 37 22 17 22 42 7 3.48 55
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
2011-08-02 CIN L 5.0 4 5 5 3 3 1 78 39
Last 5 v.WSN 3-1 28.0 28 18 18 15 29 4 5.79 47
2010-09-22 @WSN ND 6.1 6 3 3 2 6 1 114 53
2010-06-02 WSN W 5.0 5 1 1 3 8 0 115 58
2008-07-12 @WSN W 5.1 8 4 4 1 1 1 80 36
2007-08-21 WSN L 5.1 6 7 7 4 7 1 108 31
2006-05-22 @WSN W 6.0 3 3 3 5 7 1 113 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-45   Road:   22-51   ExtrInn: 4-11
 vsRHP:  31-70   vsLHP:  17-26   1-Run:  17-25
 vsEast:  7-19   vsCntrl:25-44   vsWest: 12-22 IL: 4-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
139 Sat, Sep  3   MIL  L   2-8       47-92  6th 35.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  2   MIL  L   2-8       47-91  6th 34.5 gb
137 Wed, Aug 31   PIT  W   2-0       47-90  6th 34.0 gb
136 Tue, Aug 30   PIT  W   8-2       46-90  6th 35.0 gb
135 Mon, Aug 29   PIT  W   7-4       45-90  6th 36.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Nationals, 66-76, 66-76 4th, 27½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: John Lannan (26, LHP, 9-11, 3.48)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-11) 165.1 167 76 64 68 97 15 3.48
2010 (8-8) 143.1 175 82 74 49 71 14 4.65
2009 (9-13) 206.1 210 100 89 68 89 22 3.88
Last 7 GS 2-4 39.0 45 22 13 19 25 5 3.00 48
2011-09-05 LAD W 5.1 5 1 1 2 4 0 94 56
2011-08-31 @ATL L 7.0 7 3 2 1 6 2 94 58
2011-08-25 ARI L 6.0 7 2 2 2 2 1 77 50
2011-08-20 PHI L 5.0 7 5 3 4 1 1 82 34
2011-08-13 @PHI L 3.0 4 7 1 5 1 1 77 31
2011-08-07 @COL ND 6.0 6 1 1 4 3 0 98 55
2011-08-02 ATL W 6.2 9 3 3 1 8 0 110 51
Last 5 v.HOU 2-2 30.1 41 18 14 7 10 2 4.15 44
2010-09-21 HOU ND 7.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 86 55
2010-06-02 @HOU L 6.1 8 5 2 2 2 1 99 43
2009-07-09 @HOU L 5.0 11 5 5 1 2 0 97 26
2009-05-04 HOU W 6.0 9 4 3 2 0 0 92 38
2008-05-08 @HOU W 6.0 7 1 1 1 3 0 93 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-32   Road:   26-44   ExtrInn:11-7 
 vsRHP:  50-60   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  23-26
 vsEast: 23-32   vsCntrl:19-18   vsWest: 16-19 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Fri, Sep  9   HOU  W   4-3 (11)  66-76  4th 27.5 gb
141 Thu, Sep  8   LAD  L   4-7       65-76  4th 27.5 gb
140 Tue, Sep  6   LAD  L   3-7       65-75  4th 26.0 gb
139 Mon, Sep  5   LAD  W   7-2       65-74  4th 25.0 gb
138 Sun, Sep  4   NYM  L   3-6       64-74  4th 25.0 gb
137 Sat, Sep  3   NYM  W   8-7       64-73  4th 25.0 gb
136 Fri, Sep  2   NYM  L   3-7       63-73  4th 26.0 gb
135 Thu, Sep  1  @ATL  L   2-5       63-72  4th 25.0 gb
134 Wed, Aug 31  @ATL  L   1-3       63-71  4th 24.0 gb
133 Tue, Aug 30  @ATL  W   9-2       63-70  4th 23.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 WSN  4  HOU  3 (11)   W:Tyler Clippard (3-0), L: Lucas Harrell (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 HOU  3  WSN  2 (11)   W:Wilton Lopez (2-4), L: Todd Coffey (3-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 HOU  7  WSN  6        W:J.A. Happ (4-11), L: Jordan Zimmermann (6-8), S: Mark Melancon (8)
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 WSN  5 @HOU  2        W:Jason Marquis (8-4), L: Jordan Lyles (0-5), S: Drew Storen (25)

Thu, Sep 23, 2010 WSN  7  HOU  2        W:Ross Detwiler (1-2), L: Nelson Figueroa (5-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 22, 2010 WSN  4  HOU  3        W:Tyler Clippard (11-6), L: Jeff Fulchino (2-1), S: Sean Burnett (3)
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 WSN  8  HOU  4        W:Tyler Clippard (10-6), L: Felipe Paulino (1-9), S: none
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 HOU  8 @WSN  2        W:Bud Norris (9-8), L: Livan Hernandez (10-12), S: none
Thu, Jun 03, 2010 HOU  6  WSN  4        W:Matt Lindstrom (2-1), L: Matt Capps (0-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 02, 2010 HOU  5  WSN  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-7), L: John Lannan (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - tied 2-2; 2010 - Tied 4-4; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - HOU leads 241-193

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

NYY  5.45

CLE  4.21

SFG  3.36

 RA/G

PHI  3.26

TEX  4.30

BAL  5.27

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .340

D. Fowler  .271

K. Johnson  .213

 OBP

J. Bautista  .444

N. Walker  .338

V. Wells  .252

 SLG

J. Bautista  .623

R. Roberts  .440

O. Cabrera  .303

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.067

C. Santana  .776

O. Cabrera  .569

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.36

E. Jackson  3.75

J. Lackey  6.30

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.41

J. Zimmermann  6.92

B. Penny  3.68

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

Astros Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lannan*
G/S/vB		 23.Balester
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 60.Coffey
G/S/vB		 46.Milone*
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 59.Severino*
G/S/vB		 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 184/132 .284/.298/.381/.679 .807/.631 .703 90/.595 5/2 2/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 11/.364 1/.000 7/.286 7/.714 7/.367 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/1.000 1/.000 432/315 .252/.326/.392/.718 .596/.761 .770 81/.797 2/1 10/12
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 135/127 .292/.358/.500/.858 .393/.887 .878 70/.937 3/2 4/0
11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 223/127 .294/.323/.360/.683 .892/.530 .714 47/.524 26/6 1/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 157/116 .187/.260/.259/.519 .692/.462 .502 41/.631 0/0 0/5
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/149 .281/.353/.515/.868 .828/.878 .788 41/1.106 0/0 8/6
23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 372/280 .245/.285/.372/.657 .588/.679 .698 5/.450 2/2 6/12
45.Lee G/S/vP 18/1.326 3/1.334 5/.600 5/.600 20/.461 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.444 3/1.000 576/436 .274/.335/.443/.778 1.009/.705 .764 93/.987 4/3 15/7
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/108 .266/.307/.446/.753 1.107/.621 .716 94/.676 0/1 5/1
4.Michaels G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 165/74 .197/.256/.296/.552 .603/.491 .463 25/.544 1/0 2/0
38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/101 .290/.326/.419/.745 .572/.802 .787 87/.713 3/3 2/3
55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.800 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 236/186 .252/.272/.336/.609 .772/.566 .584 48/.443 1/0 2/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 293/224 .243/.300/.290/.590 .621/.579 .592 23/.431 3/0 1/7
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 9/1.270 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 286/212 .248/.320/.327/.647 .524/.691 .589 66/.726 18/4 2/2
8.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/55 .212/.328/.250/.578 .667/.566 .268 39/.572 1/0 0/0
46.Towles G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/97 .178/.262/.295/.557 .527/.572 .515 1/.000 0/0 3/4
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 367/305 .262/.337/.366/.703 .537/.738 .600 8/.000 1/1 4/6
IP 165.1 30.0 51.0 78.0 55.0 10.0 1.1 58.1 0.1 13.2 3.1 65.1 TOTAL .258/.312/.377/.689 .726/.677 .669 .699 102/31 85/103
ERA-K/9 3.48/5.3 3.60/7.8 4.24/5.6 1.96/10.7 3.60/6.9 6.30/4.5 6.75/0.0 3.86/9.7 0.00/30.0 3.29/7.2 2.70/10.9 3.17/8.3 3.75/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (41-9-2)
 Quintero (42-14-3)
 Towles (33-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 716/.264 132/.271 221/.258 293/.168 231/.234 44/.350 8/.571 267/.226 1/.000 69/.367 13/.167 265/.215 .261  Lee
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Schafer
 Bourgeois
 Shuck
 Michaels
 Wright
78/0/0/10
13/0/27/6
35/0/0/4
0/65/0/1
30/28/11/1
5/5/11/1
26/0/15/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .726 .802 .725 .552 .641 .874 1.196 .616 .000 1.041 .397 .630 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.575 54/.756 100/.603 134/.569 83/.857 5/.600 4/1.500 111/.612 1/.000 33/.924 4/.500 108/.617 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 530/.780 78/.832 121/.829 159/.536 148/.519 39/.911 4/.833 156/.618 / 36/1.148 9/.347 157/.638 .724
Home 368/.669 62/.645 116/.752 155/.535 102/.601 44/.874 8/1.196 124/.582 1/.000 27/1.023 4/.000 147/.675
Last 28d days 101/.803 43/.783 39/.712 49/.622 29/.146 44/.874 8/1.196 62/.498 1/.000 8/1.000 4/.000 34/.805
HR/SB/CS 15/4/4 6/4/1 6/2/0 10/3/4 4/2/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/12/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 8/3/0 121/69/37
Usage ····X··· ·o··o··X ····o·o· Xo··X·X· ·o···o·o X·····X· ···X···· X··X·ooX ···o···· ···o·X·· o······· oX···o··
Nationals Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.91 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		 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB		 64.Harrell
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 41.Lyles
G/S/vB		 54.Melancon
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 12/.083 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 358/275 .245/.304/.371/.675 .598/.698 .742 71/.610 10/3 8/1
2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 303/232 .246/.311/.362/.674 .467/.738 .875 10/.967 16/2 6/0
43.Bixler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/32 .221/.286/.286/.571 .475/.756 .551 23/.764 4/2 0/1
10.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 165/154 .221/.287/.262/.548 .764/.533 .559 19/.498 2/0 0/4
6.Desmond G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 553/426 .243/.290/.349/.638 .633/.640 .669 104/.781 22/10 7/22
18.Espinosa# G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 585/449 .228/.316/.405/.720 .858/.685 .767 87/.706 14/4 19/13
26.Flores G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/56 .239/.292/.358/.650 .517/.688 .755 33/.703 0/0 1/1
30.Gomes G/S/vP 26/1.066 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 352/259 .207/.327/.391/.718 .874/.662 .668 48/.533 7/3 14/2
1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/11 .000/.091/.000/.091 /.091 .091 11/.091 0/0 0/0
14.Marrero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/40 .279/.326/.326/.652 .833/.622 .693 46/.652 0/0 0/2
38.Morse G/S/vP 5/1.933 ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 3/2.334 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 504/386 .311/.369/.555/.924 .852/.946 .878 94/.910 2/3 26/6
19.Nix* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 331/300 .255/.302/.467/.769 .411/.805 .771 35/.814 2/2 16/2
3.Ramos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 387/295 .259/.324/.429/.753 .746/.755 .914 61/.981 0/2 12/4
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/1.429 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/107 .212/.273/.322/.595 .638/.586 .681 1/.000 0/0 2/3
28.Werth G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.833 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 585/461 .230/.333/.395/.729 .661/.746 .753 91/.820 16/3 19/6
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 15/1.169 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.750 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 366/306 .290/.352/.456/.809 .887/.793 .833 98/.816 3/1 11/9
IP 166.0 1.2 20.1 48.1 27.2 11.2 64.0 90.2 65.0 79.0 45.0 35.0 8.1 TOTAL .242/.310/.385/.695 .658/.705 .727 .737 96/34 139/92
ERA-K/9 3.47/8.0 5.40/15.9 3.10/8.4 4.47/5.2 2.93/8.1 3.09/9.2 2.95/6.9 5.26/6.3 3.18/7.5 5.24/6.9 3.00/9.4 4.11/6.7 1.08/8.7 4.49/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flores (15-4-2)
 Ramos (42-22-1)
 Rodriguez (12-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 704/.249 9/.167 90/.286 226/.280 115/.240 54/.292 271/.271 397/.285 278/.253 339/.243 195/.261 144/.234 31/.111 .266  Werth
 Ankiel
 Nix
 Bernadina
 Morse
 Gomes
 Bixler
0/9/125/10
0/91/6/8
72/4/11/7
29/55/4/5
38/0/0/4
73/0/5/1
22/4/5/1
OPS .737 .944 .830 .740 .687 .704 .702 .823 .677 .770 .749 .682 .448 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.641 4/.500 37/.713 83/.833 74/.590 12/1.000 99/.802 180/.803 121/.732 136/.895 75/.698 59/.669 21/.246 .796
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 555/.764 5/1.150 53/.904 143/.687 41/.859 42/.611 172/.644 217/.840 157/.637 203/.690 120/.781 85/.690 10/.856 .754
Road 381/.746 / 39/1.053 106/.731 42/.866 28/.923 132/.660 205/.857 134/.706 180/.668 96/.783 75/.757 16/.321
Last 28d days 117/.790 9/.944 43/.783 9/.347 16/.867 28/.416 48/.854 57/.973 46/.784 39/.707 52/.834 117/.634 23/.224
HR/SB/CS 22/19/3 0/0/0 2/1/0 3/9/1 3/5/1 0/0/0 5/1/2 14/4/0 5/6/1 13/13/0 4/4/1 2/1/2 1/0/0 166/118/28
Usage ·····X·· ······o· ··o···oX o····Xo· ··o····· X······X o·o·oo·o ·······X ···X···· ······XX o·X··o·· ····X··· ···ooo·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.