Thursday, September 27, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: SEA @ LAA, 3:35pm, Thursday, September 27, 2012 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Mariners, 72-83, 72-83 4th, 19 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Hisashi Iwakuma (31, RHP, 7-5, 3.41)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-5)			113.1	104	47	43	42	91	17	3.41

Last 7 GS		4-2	42.0	37	13	10	11	33	4	2.14	58
2012-09-21	TEX	W	7.0	8	3	3	0	4	1	90	53
2012-09-14	@TEX	L	5.1	7	2	2	1	4	2	88	49
2012-09-08	OAK	L	3.2	6	5	4	2	3	1	77	32
2012-09-02	LAA	W	7.1	5	0	0	0	7	0	101	75
2012-08-28	@MIN	W	6.0	1	1	0	4	4	0	92	68
2012-08-22	CLE	ND	5.2	6	1	1	3	5	0	90	55
2012-08-17	MIN	W	7.0	4	1	0	1	6	0	97	72

Last 5 v.LAA		2-0	14.1	11	3	3	1	11	1	1.88	66
2012-09-02	LAA	W	7.1	5	0	0	0	7	0	101	75
2012-08-11	@LAA	W	7.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	86	56

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

 Home:   38-40   Road:   34-43   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  47-53   vsLHP:  25-30   1-Run:  25-28
 vsEast: 18-28   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 21-29 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Wed, Sep 26  @LAA  L   3-4       72-83  4th 19.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25  @LAA  L   4-5       72-82  4th 19.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23   TEX  L   2-3       72-81  4th 18.5 gb
152 Sat, Sep 22   TEX  W   1-0       72-80  4th 17.5 gb
151 Fri, Sep 21   TEX  W   6-3       71-80  4th 18.5 gb
150 Wed, Sep 19   BAL  L   1-3 (11)  70-80  4th 19.0 gb
149 Tue, Sep 18   BAL  L   2-4 (18)  70-79  4th 18.0 gb
148 Mon, Sep 17   BAL  L   4-10      70-78  4th 18.0 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16  @TEX  L   1-2       70-77  4th 17.5 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15  @TEX  W   8-6       70-76  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Angels, 86-69, 86-69 3rd, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Dan Haren (31, RHP, 12-11, 4.35)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (12-11)			165.1	177	87	80	38	131	26	4.35
2011 (16-10)			238.1	211	91	84	33	192	20	3.17
2010 (12-12)			235.0	245	110	102	54	216	31	3.91

Last 7 GS		4-2	40.1	38	17	15	5	32	6	3.35	54
2012-09-22	CHW	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	92	55
2012-09-16	@KCR	W	5.2	5	3	2	1	5	1	98	53
2012-09-10	OAK	L	6.1	4	3	3	0	4	2	76	57
2012-09-05	@OAK	W	6.0	3	1	1	3	7	0	98	66
2012-08-31	@SEA	W	7.0	5	1	0	0	3	0	100	68
2012-08-25	@DET	ND	5.2	8	2	2	0	7	0	95	52
2012-08-16	TBR	L	3.2	7	5	5	0	2	2	61	29

Last 5 v.SEA		3-2	33.0	29	13	10	4	27	2	2.73	59
2012-08-31	@SEA	W	7.0	5	1	0	0	3	0	100	68
2012-08-11	SEA	L	3.1	5	7	5	3	0	1	63	23
2012-05-24	@SEA	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	14	0	126	93
2011-09-05	SEA	W	6.0	10	3	3	0	3	1	109	43
2011-08-31	@SEA	L	7.2	5	2	2	1	7	0	107	67

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

 Home:   46-34   Road:   40-35   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  59-48   vsLHP:  27-21   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast: 22-20   vsCntrl:25-20   vsWest: 27-23 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Wed, Sep 26   SEA  W   4-3       86-69  3rd  5.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25   SEA  W   5-4       85-69  3rd  6.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23   CHW  W   4-1       84-69  3rd  6.5 gb
152 Sat, Sep 22   CHW  W   4-2       83-69  3rd  6.5 gb
151 Fri, Sep 21   CHW  W   6-2       82-69  3rd  7.5 gb
150 Thu, Sep 20   TEX  L   1-3       81-69  3rd  8.5 gb
149 Wed, Sep 19   TEX  L   2-6       81-68  3rd  7.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 18   TEX  W  11-3       81-67  3rd  6.5 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16  @KCR  W   4-3       80-67  3rd  7.5 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15  @KCR  L   2-3       79-67  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 26, 2012 LAA  4  SEA  3        W:Ernesto Frieri (5-2), L: Stephen Pryor (3-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 LAA  5  SEA  4        W:Zack Greinke (15-5), L: Erasmo Ramirez (1-3), S: Ernesto Frieri (21)
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 SEA  2  LAA  1        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (6-3), L: Jered Weaver (16-4), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (22)
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 LAA  5 @SEA  2        W:Ervin Santana (8-11), L: Felix Hernandez (13-6), S: Ernesto Frieri (17)
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 LAA  9 @SEA  1        W:Dan Haren (9-10), L: Kevin Millwood (4-12), S: none
Sun, Aug 12, 2012 SEA  4 @LAA  1        W:Jason Vargas (13-8), L: Jered Weaver (15-2), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (16)
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 SEA  7 @LAA  4        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (3-3), L: Dan Haren (8-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 LAA  6  SEA  5        W:Ernesto Frieri (2-0), L: Josh Kinney (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 SEA  8 @LAA  6        W:Shawn Kelley (1-2), L: Jerome Williams (6-3), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (2)
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 LAA  6  SEA  1        W:Garrett Richards (1-0), L: Blake Beavan (3-5), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - LAA over 10-5; 2011 - LAA won 12-7; 2010 - LAA won 15-4; All-Time - LAA leads 295-235

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 2012 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 TEX 4.99 MIN 4.38 HOU 3.55	RA/G WSN 3.61 ARI 4.24 COL 5.52	BA M. Cabrera .346 M. Bourn .274 C. Pena .202	OBP J. Mauer .414 A. Dunn .337 J. Smoak .282	SLG M. Cabrera .605 M. Prado .441 J. Weeks .305	OPS M. Cabrera .997 J. Reyes .783 J. Weeks .610	ERA D. Price 2.56 M. Buehrle 3.84 R. Romero 5.76	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.17 R. Vogelsong 7.40 H. Alvarez 3.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 4.99

MIN 4.38

HOU 3.55

RA/G

WSN 3.61

ARI 4.24

COL 5.52

M. Cabrera .346

M. Bourn .274

C. Pena .202

OBP

J. Mauer .414

A. Dunn .337

J. Smoak .282

SLG

M. Cabrera .605

M. Prado .441

J. Weeks .305

OPS

M. Cabrera .997

J. Reyes .783

J. Weeks .610

ERA

D. Price 2.56

M. Buehrle 3.84

R. Romero 5.76

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.17

R. Vogelsong 7.40

H. Alvarez 3.72

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Mariners Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 24.Haren
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 45.Enright
G/S/vB 49.Frieri
G/S/vB 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB 55.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB 63.Maronde*
G/S/vB 43.Richards
G/S/vB 51.Walden
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ackley* G/S/vP 21/.850 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 638/412 .229/.297/.336/.633 .679/.608 .670 89/.630 13/3 12/6

20.Carp* G/S/vP 13/.490 2/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.333 189/145 .213/.312/.341/.654 .722/.631 .614 25/.581 1/0 5/2

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 38/.685 9/1.381 ··· 1/4.000 3/.666 1/.000 5/.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 194/124 .181/.262/.271/.533 .502/.551 .580 6/.333 4/1 2/1

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 21/.380 4/.750 ··· 3/.000 3/2.500 1/.000 9/.333 ··· ··· 6/.000 153/84 .257/.309/.414/.723 1.103/.412 .837 91/.686 3/1 4/1

27.Jaso* G/S/vP 17/1.020 5/.650 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 338/290 .273/.392/.447/.839 .413/.907 .800 57/.723 4/0 9/0

39.Jimenez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/12 .059/.111/.059/.170 .000/.258 .000 18/.170 0/0 0/

61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/92 .196/.255/.206/.460 .255/.507 .550 5/.400 1/2 0/0

16.Liddi G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 126/60 .224/.278/.353/.631 .520/.755 .713 12/.417 2/1 3/5

63.Montero G/S/vP 9/.444 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 525/343 .261/.297/.389/.686 .842/.604 .786 73/.644 0/2 15/3

30.Olivo G/S/vP 17/.236 6/.533 ··· 5/.000 3/.333 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 311/175 .218/.235/.376/.612 .644/.587 .600 52/.758 3/6 12/5

4.Peguero* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 57/43 .179/.193/.357/.550 .000/.732 .720 15/.800 0/0 2/0

12.Robinson# G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 143/92 .213/.286/.307/.593 .506/.641 .535 44/.443 6/3 2/1

26.Ryan G/S/vP 33/.770 3/.666 2/.500 5/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.000 456/285 .195/.278/.278/.557 .653/.497 .537 64/.427 11/5 3/9

55.Saunders* G/S/vP 12/.522 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 3/3.333 1/.000 522/343 .251/.309/.430/.739 .783/.715 .787 64/.929 20/4 17/3

15.Seager* G/S/vP 18/.572 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 619/397 .258/.316/.414/.730 .677/.760 .839 100/.777 13/5 18/13

17.Smoak# G/S/vP 16/.321 7/1.571 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.000 504/328 .212/.282/.363/.645 .693/.619 .750 73/1.071 1/0 19/3

10.Thames* G/S/vP 14/.714 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 290/233 .232/.273/.399/.672 .627/.683 .492 42/.604 1/1 9/3

8.Triunfel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/8 .182/.250/.364/.614 1.200/.143 1.500 13/.614 0/0 0/0

33.Wells G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 286/144 .220/.291/.371/.662 .817/.517 .755 34/.501 3/0 8/0

IP 165.1 44.2 2.2 63.0 41.1 45.2 41.1 4.1 69.2 35.2 TOTAL .233/.294/.366/.660 .676/.651 .702 .682 101/35 141/66

ERA-K/9

4.35/7.1

3.22/6.2

0.00/0.0

2.43/13.9

3.48/5.0

4.14/6.1

2.83/7.8

0.00/12.6

4.39/6.1

3.79/11.3

3.93/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (24-7-3)
Montero (50-10-6)
Olivo (46-21-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 699/.275 189/.250 11/.182 260/.158 173/.274 198/.251 167/.240 17/.143 306/.270 161/.246 .245 Wells
Saunders
Figgins
Carp
Thames
Gutierrez
Robinson
Liddi
Peguero 52/11/18/5
19/107/5/4
38/9/1/2
24/0/0/1
44/0/35/1
0/35/0/1
40/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
2/0/11/0

OPS .773 .662 .364 .577 .722 .743 .625 .450 .770 .724 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 362/.710 89/.505 6/.333 116/.383 90/.566 97/.761 86/.747 11/.739 158/.853 80/.664 .696

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.841 100/.801 5/.400 144/.739 83/.891 101/.724 81/.501 6/.000 148/.685 81/.781 .719

Home 372/.791 110/.697 11/.364 142/.497 81/.607 101/.647 100/.626 11/.739 168/.715 86/.666

Last 28d days 116/.593 28/.709 11/.364 40/.682 17/.610 12/.788 49/.727 17/.450 48/.552 16/.563

HR/SB/CS 26/8/2 3/2/0 0/0/0 9/4/1 5/13/1 7/7/1 2/4/1 0/0/0 7/8/2 3/5/2 176/126/41

Usage ····X··· ·X·ooo·· ········ oo·oo·o· ········ ·······o oX·X·X·· ····o··· ·o·ooo·X ·······o

Angels Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Iwakuma
G/S/vB 58.Capps
G/S/vB 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 53.Kinney
G/S/vB 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB 36.Perez*
G/S/vB 46.Pryor
G/S/vB 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 7/.572 1/2.000 7/.666 7/.762 2/.500 1/4.000 3/.666 2/.500 3/1.666 4/.000 539/391 .293/.328/.422/.750 .877/.703 .755 97/.925 19/4 8/14

25.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.661 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 189/111 .226/.290/.323/.613 .606/.618 .613 3/.500 2/1 3/1

56.Calhoun* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/16 .211/.286/.263/.549 .000/.732 .667 3/.667 1/0 0/0

6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 7/.971 3/.000 2/3.000 1/3.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 492/349 .255/.335/.364/.700 .819/.649 .714 84/.724 4/3 10/12

16.Conger# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 17/17 .231/.313/.231/.543 /.543 .556 / 0/0 0/1

41.Hester G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/53 .212/.287/.329/.617 .607/.623 .565 0/ 0/0 3/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/.286 1/3.000 9/1.842 7/.629 5/.800 ··· 9/1.778 2/2.000 3/2.334 3/.667 558/404 .307/.359/.448/.807 .847/.792 .809 104/.910 9/1 16/4

17.Iannetta G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 7/.629 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 234/177 .249/.338/.405/.742 .649/.770 .600 68/.631 1/3 8/2

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 6/1.300 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 303/222 .252/.317/.314/.631 .516/.673 .498 23/.529 16/2 2/9

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 8/1.000 9/1.047 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 ··· 5/.400 568/397 .277/.314/.385/.700 .766/.671 .675 87/.507 13/6 7/12

8.Morales# G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 4/1.750 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/1.133 496/421 .275/.325/.471/.795 .729/.807 .795 78/.939 0/1 22/1

5.Pujols G/S/vP 7/.429 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 3/.666 ··· 36/1.283 2/1.500 3/1.334 5/.900 637/471 .288/.345/.523/.869 .936/.845 .826 99/.774 8/1 30/7

18.Romine* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/11 .333/.429/.333/.762 .833/.733 0/ 0/0 0/1

27.Trout G/S/vP 7/.453 2/1.000 5/.000 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 3/.000 605/439 .323/.395/.551/.946 .871/.974 .989 107/.763 47/4 28/4

44.Trumbo G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 8/.250 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 560/398 .261/.313/.483/.795 .771/.805 .792 65/.347 4/5 31/5

10.Wells G/S/vP 3/3.000 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 255/175 .233/.282/.411/.693 .707/.687 .662 54/.750 3/1 11/1

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/137 .214/.281/.298/.579 .747/.508 .698 12/.582 0/0 3/4

IP 113.1 21.0 45.1 43.2 30.1 40.2 28.2 21.2 52.2 75.2 TOTAL .273/.331/.432/.763 .779/.757 .754 .734 127/32 182/89

ERA-K/9

3.41/7.2

3.43/9.4

2.38/10.3

3.09/8.9

4.15/10.1

3.54/8.4

1.88/7.5

2.91/10.4

3.42/7.2

2.26/9.5

3.73/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Conger (5-2-0)
Hester (30-5-1)
Iannetta (46-16-8)
Wilson (45-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 468/.246 91/.272 175/.172 187/.255 129/.204 176/.238 118/.236 95/.250 213/.223 309/.195 .247 Hunter
Trumbo
Trout
Bourjos
Kendrick
Calhoun
Wells 0/0/128/11
62/0/33/4
63/104/4/3
0/86/0/2
2/0/0/0
3/0/11/0
67/6/2/0

OPS .731 .667 .517 .699 .664 .656 .620 .821 .625 .555 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.726 42/.826 82/.399 57/.761 44/.706 96/.459 59/.679 38/.688 104/.651 157/.611 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.735 49/.527 93/.621 130/.671 85/.642 80/.895 59/.560 57/.914 109/.599 152/.496 .696

Road 189/.831 37/.631 93/.487 103/.855 68/.894 87/.729 59/.722 45/.891 107/.816 153/.595

Last 28d days 98/.770 56/.605 11/.944 36/.519 47/.693 28/1.037 28/.514 40/.772 86/.526 51/.289

HR/SB/CS 17/7/7 0/7/1 3/10/3 4/2/1 3/4/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 4/2/0 6/3/0 4/11/1 160/120/38

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

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.