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Game Preview: NYY @ BOS, 7:10pm, Thursday, September 13, 2012 @Fenway Park

Yankees, 80-62, 80-62 1st, Tied

SP: Phil Hughes (26, RHP, 14-12, 4.13)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (14-12)			167.2	173	88	77	39	141	33	4.13
2011 (5-5)			74.2	84	48	48	27	47	9	5.79
2010 (18-8)			176.1	162	83	82	58	146	25	4.19

Last 7 GS		3-4	40.1	44	26	21	8	32	8	4.69	48
2012-09-07	@BAL	W	6.0	6	3	2	0	5	1	95	55
2012-09-02	BAL	L	5.0	8	5	5	1	6	2	99	36
2012-08-28	TOR	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	1	110	67
2012-08-22	@CHW	L	7.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	98	62
2012-08-17	BOS	W	7.0	4	4	0	1	4	1	106	64
2012-08-12	@TOR	L	4.0	9	7	7	1	4	1	80	19
2012-08-07	@DET	L	4.1	8	4	4	0	3	1	102	34

Last 5 v.BOS		2-2	27.0	34	24	18	7	16	6	6.00	41
2012-08-17	BOS	W	7.0	4	4	0	1	4	1	106	64
2012-07-27	BOS	W	7.0	5	3	3	1	5	3	110	59
2012-07-07	@BOS	L	5.1	10	5	3	1	3	0	97	34
2011-08-31	@BOS	L	5.2	8	6	6	2	4	1	100	31
2011-04-08	@BOS	ND	2.0	7	6	6	2	0	1	47	16

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

 Home:   41-28   Road:   39-34   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  49-40   vsLHP:  31-22   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 30-28   vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 18-14 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Wed, Sep 12  @BOS  W   5-4       80-62  1st    Tied
141 Tue, Sep 11  @BOS  L   3-4       79-62  1st    Tied
140 Sun, Sep  9  @BAL  W  13-3       79-61  1st  1.0 up
139 Sat, Sep  8  @BAL  L   4-5       78-61  1st    Tied
138 Fri, Sep  7  @BAL  W   8-5       78-60  1st  1.0 up
137 Thu, Sep  6  @BAL  L   6-10      77-60  1st    Tied
136 Wed, Sep  5  @TBR  W   6-4       77-59  1st  1.0 up
135 Tue, Sep  4  @TBR  L   2-5       76-59  1st    Tied
134 Mon, Sep  3  @TBR  L   3-4       76-58  1st  1.0 up
133 Sun, Sep  2   BAL  L   3-8       76-57  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

RedSox, 64-79, 64-79 5th, 16½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Felix Doubront (24, LHP, 10-8, 5.21)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (10-8)			134.2	146	85	78	58	136	22	5.21
2011 (0-0)			10.1	12	7	7	8	6	1	6.10
2010 (2-2)			25.0	27	16	12	10	23	3	4.32

Last 7 GS		0-4	32.2	45	30	30	20	37	7	8.27	38
2012-09-07	TOR	L	4.0	6	5	5	2	4	2	84	32
2012-09-01	@OAK	L	3.0	6	5	5	2	6	1	77	31
2012-08-26	KCR	ND	5.0	6	4	4	2	7	1	98	44
2012-08-09	@CLE	L	4.1	7	4	4	2	4	1	94	35
2012-08-03	MIN	ND	5.0	8	5	5	4	2	0	97	29
2012-07-29	@NYY	ND	6.1	4	1	1	5	8	1	109	64
2012-07-23	@TEX	L	5.0	8	6	6	3	6	1	111	30

Last 5 v.NYY		1-0	18.2	12	6	5	9	21	4	2.41	61
2012-07-29	@NYY	ND	6.1	4	1	1	5	8	1	109	64
2012-07-07	NYY	W	6.1	4	4	3	1	6	2	101	56
2012-04-21	NYY	ND	6.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	99	64

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

 Home:   33-42   Road:   31-37   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  39-59   vsLHP:  25-20   1-Run:  15-20
 vsEast: 21-32   vsCntrl:24-16   vsWest:  8-24 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Wed, Sep 12   NYY  L   4-5       64-79  5th 16.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep 11   NYY  W   4-3       64-78  5th 15.5 gb
141 Sun, Sep  9   TOR  L   3-4       63-78  5th 16.5 gb
140 Sat, Sep  8   TOR  L   2-9       63-77  5th 15.5 gb
139 Fri, Sep  7   TOR  L   5-7       63-76  4th 15.5 gb
138 Wed, Sep  5  @SEA  L   1-2       63-75  4th 15.0 gb
137 Tue, Sep  4  @SEA  W   4-3       63-74  4th 14.0 gb
136 Mon, Sep  3  @SEA  L   1-4       62-74  4th 15.0 gb
135 Sun, Sep  2  @OAK  L   2-6       62-73  4th 15.0 gb
134 Sat, Sep  1  @OAK  L   1-7       62-72  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 12, 2012 NYY  5 @BOS  4        W:David Phelps (4-4), L: Aaron Cook (3-10), S: Rafael Soriano (37)
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 BOS  4  NYY  3        W:Andrew Bailey (1-0), L: David Robertson (1-7), S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2012 NYY  4  BOS  1        W:Hiroki Kuroda (12-8), L: Josh Beckett (5-11), S: Rafael Soriano (31)
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 BOS  4 @NYY  1        W:Jon Lester (7-10), L: David Phelps (3-4), S: Alfredo Aceves (25)
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 NYY  6  BOS  4        W:Phil Hughes (12-10), L: Franklin Morales (3-4), S: Rafael Soriano (30)
Sun, Jul 29, 2012 BOS  3 @NYY  2 (10)   W:Alfredo Aceves (2-6), L: David Robertson (1-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 28, 2012 BOS  8 @NYY  6        W:Andrew Miller (3-1), L: Rafael Soriano (2-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (22)
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 NYY 10  BOS  3        W:Phil Hughes (10-8), L: Aaron Cook (2-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2012 NYY  7 @BOS  3        W:Ivan Nova (10-3), L: Jon Lester (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2012 BOS  9  NYY  5        W:Felix Doubront (9-4), L: Phil Hughes (9-7), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - NYY over 9-5; 2011 - BOS won 12-6; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - NYY leads 1141-959

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 5.11 BAL 4.37 HOU 3.57	RA/G WSN 3.59 TEX 4.27 COL 5.44	BA M. Cabrera .346 J. Heyward .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Mauer .414 A. Cabrera .336 J. Smoak .258	SLG G. Stanton .597 T. Hunter .444 J. Weeks .302	OPS M. Cabrera .983 N. Walker .777 J. Smoak .569	ERA D. Price 2.54 L. Harrell 3.83 R. Romero 5.87	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.21 W. Chen 7.38 H. Alvarez 3.34

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.11

BAL 4.37

HOU 3.57

RA/G

WSN 3.59

TEX 4.27

COL 5.44

M. Cabrera .346

J. Heyward .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Mauer .414

A. Cabrera .336

J. Smoak .258

SLG

G. Stanton .597

T. Hunter .444

J. Weeks .302

OPS

M. Cabrera .983

N. Walker .777

J. Smoak .569

ERA

D. Price 2.54

L. Harrell 3.83

R. Romero 5.87

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.21

W. Chen 7.38

H. Alvarez 3.34

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Yankees Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Doubront*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 52.Carpenter
G/S/vB 53.Hill*
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cano* G/S/vP 11/.091 7/1.429 6/1.166 7/.453 12/.614 1/no AB 4/2.417 2/.000 9/.347 2/1.000 15/1.181 6/1.500 603/369 .300/.368/.540/.908 .617/1.097 .879 102/.826 3/2 30/6

40.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

12.Chavez* G/S/vP 1/2.000 5/1.400 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 17/.694 ··· 278/242 .288/.345/.492/.837 .384/.902 .802 53/.554 0/0 13/6

60.Dickerson* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 10/9 .250/.400/.625/1.025 /.958 .393 10/1.025 2/0 1/0

14.Granderson* G/S/vP 11/.773 14/.650 3/.000 3/.333 13/.398 ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 6/.167 1/no AB 17/.584 5/.000 599/384 .235/.324/.489/.814 .763/.843 .781 84/.863 8/3 37/0

27.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 21/.829 ··· 39/.955 ··· 378/323 .225/.294/.421/.715 .449/.762 .611 51/.287 3/0 15/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP 10/.400 12/.432 3/.666 8/.286 6/1.167 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.333 4/.500 1/.000 18/.967 7/.572 646/443 .324/.368/.449/.817 .993/.735 .891 111/.975 9/4 15/9

22.Jones G/S/vP 8/1.042 3/.333 6/2.267 3/.333 3/.667 1/.000 15/.652 2/2.500 9/1.611 ··· 50/.876 ··· 252/73 .204/.294/.412/.705 .702/.714 .701 46/.436 0/0 13/1

55.Martin G/S/vP 11/1.205 7/1.571 5/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 6/1.333 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 419/291 .209/.313/.386/.699 .866/.629 .712 76/.798 5/0 16/6

45.McGehee G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/1.200 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 343/215 .222/.286/.367/.652 .766/.587 .721 22/.182 1/1 9/3

17.Nix G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.333 2/.000 3/.666 5/.200 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 2/2.500 183/79 .245/.301/.393/.694 .698/.688 .537 50/.566 5/3 4/4

26.Nunez G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.500 2/.500 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 63/25 .291/.349/.364/.713 .780/.606 .858 4/.500 7/2 0/4

43.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 177/101 .247/.331/.393/.725 .812/.657 .648 39/.488 1/2 4/1

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.619 8/.625 2/.000 8/1.833 1/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 5/1.800 1/.000 16/1.046 8/.875 440/293 .274/.355/.452/.807 .905/.759 .790 40/.811 11/1 17/7

19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/83 .248/.277/.326/.603 .564/.630 .491 17/.321 1/0 1/4

31.Suzuki* G/S/vP 6/.367 6/.334 3/.333 5/1.100 13/.770 1/no AB 9/.666 2/1.000 8/.250 7/1.428 47/1.208 2/1.000 582/365 .269/.295/.369/.664 .539/.741 .688 77/.668 20/5 7/1

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 11/.855 10/1.071 5/1.600 6/1.500 8/.946 2/2.500 4/.500 1/.000 3/.666 3/3.500 24/.650 5/1.000 537/349 .261/.346/.459/.806 .759/.829 .835 107/.790 2/3 20/4

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 9/1.111 10/1.167 10/.311 6/.000 9/.111 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 5/.400 2/.500 19/1.776 6/.533 509/317 .255/.336/.478/.814 .891/.766 .858 32/.651 2/1 23/1

IP 134.2 75.1 46.0 8.2 56.2 2.2 16.2 38.0 38.0 34.0 46.2 35.0 TOTAL .262/.333/.451/.784 .764/.794 .770 .713 72/22 213/66

ERA-K/9

5.21/9.1

4.66/8.1

1.76/6.7

4.15/7.2

3.02/8.7

0.00/3.3

2.16/7.5

7.11/7.3

3.32/11.1

2.12/7.9

4.44/9.6

1.54/9.0

4.59/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (0-0-0)
Martin (57-18-6)
Stewart (27-7-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 601/.273 318/.236 181/.219 36/.242 237/.237 11/.000 69/.207 167/.278 155/.193 135/.207 202/.290 142/.254 .261 Suzuki
Swisher
Jones
Granderson
Pearce
Ibanez
Dickerson
Nunez
Nix 23/6/116/4
0/0/99/4
43/0/21/3
0/137/0/2
23/0/19/2
73/0/9/2
6/2/2/0
3/0/1/0
11/0/0/0

OPS .813 .695 .551 .699 .678 .300 .609 .828 .574 .621 .824 .627 .752

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.731 168/.764 82/.522 16/1.171 105/.650 3/.500 41/.559 73/.974 93/.388 63/.550 98/.824 55/.593 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 423/.847 150/.620 99/.575 20/.311 132/.699 8/.250 28/.677 94/.714 62/.852 72/.676 104/.824 87/.649 .756

Home 305/.869 168/.814 126/.627 25/.711 131/.743 9/.250 47/.499 101/.804 77/.561 91/.624 101/.827 92/.597

Last 28d days 61/1.042 71/.874 / 34/.700 30/.840 11/.300 12/.333 33/.755 37/.550 26/.786 31/.762 49/.421

HR/SB/CS 22/17/3 10/6/1 2/2/0 1/0/1 5/2/2 0/2/0 0/5/1 8/0/1 3/0/0 4/3/2 6/4/1 1/4/1 165/114/29

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

RedSox Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 65.Hughes
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 38.Eppley
G/S/vB 48.Logan*
G/S/vB 41.Phelps
G/S/vB 39.Rapada*
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 63.Thomas*
G/S/vB 53.Wade
G/S/vB 61.Warren
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 8/.500 7/.429 3/.333 4/.500 3/.666 ··· 5/1.000 5/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 521/370 .252/.284/.389/.673 .753/.641 .685 77/.661 14/5 13/14

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 7/.858 ··· 3/1.334 2/4.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 197/136 .300/.314/.405/.720 .791/.687 .849 95/.635 11/0 2/6

56.De Jesus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/18 .250/.300/.333/.633 .377/.951 .829 3/.000 1/1 0/1

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 17/1.067 25/.247 ··· 9/1.445 6/.334 3/.666 14/.517 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 271/177 .267/.306/.373/.679 .645/.698 .811 102/.668 13/1 3/1

50.Gomez G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 75/44 .290/.333/.435/.768 .499/.961 .936 44/.802 0/0 2/5

58.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/15 .083/.154/.125/.279 .258/.297 .333 27/.279 0/0 0/1

55.Kalish* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 103/87 .229/.272/.260/.532 .775/.487 .542 18/.742 3/2 0/3

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/64 .161/.229/.241/.471 .291/.560 .509 70/.513 0/0 1/2

22.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 412/323 .256/.299/.347/.646 .535/.677 .633 67/.668 0/3 5/6

66.Nava# G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 3/1.167 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 253/183 .248/.365/.390/.756 .547/.836 .788 11/.455 3/0 4/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 26/.975 25/1.333 ··· 7/1.514 9/.777 2/1.500 18/1.069 11/.322 ··· 3/.666 ··· 555/385 .295/.350/.463/.814 .858/.794 .819 104/1.039 15/5 15/5

26.Podsednik* G/S/vP 7/1.000 4/3.250 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 174/140 .313/.329/.363/.692 .813/.662 .812 92/.523 8/2 1/0

62.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

7.Ross G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 4/.000 1/5.000 8/.625 ··· 4/.250 14/.143 ··· 2/.000 ··· 450/321 .277/.341/.507/.848 1.091/.754 .970 92/.750 1/1 20/1

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 10/.700 7/1.286 4/1.750 9/.555 4/3.000 1/.000 5/.400 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 393/345 .232/.293/.480/.773 .583/.800 .789 56/.902 0/1 24/7

IP 167.2 13.1 41.2 48.2 84.1 35.0 51.1 58.0 6.0 37.0 2.1 TOTAL .267/.321/.429/.750 .774/.740 .806 .691 84/22 155/87

ERA-K/9

4.13/7.6

6.75/8.8

3.46/6.0

3.88/11.3

3.42/9.0

2.83/8.5

2.81/11.9

2.17/9.3

6.00/7.5

5.84/9.0

23.14/3.9

3.92/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (20-2-0)
Saltalamacchia (75-17-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 713/.260 66/.333 177/.269 210/.236 349/.234 141/.205 213/.237 237/.220 29/.400 161/.278 17/.533 .256 Ross
Nava
Podsednik
Ellsbury
Ciriaco
Kalish 22/7/78/7
60/0/2/5
25/18/4/3
0/61/0/1
2/1/2/0
2/20/9/0

OPS .776 .970 .687 .721 .709 .587 .656 .627 .968 .833 1.588 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 370/.602 26/.812 59/.877 118/.668 163/.839 104/.536 115/.557 136/.655 15/.667 67/.653 6/1.500 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.963 40/1.051 118/.595 92/.793 186/.600 37/.733 98/.771 101/.591 14/1.264 94/.968 11/1.636 .758

Road 325/.816 40/.732 107/.716 111/.719 161/.772 65/.646 116/.782 126/.543 12/.861 76/.755 /

Last 28d days 131/.669 32/.813 35/.661 42/.881 114/.798 10/.425 51/.813 42/.677 4/.000 11/.000 /

HR/SB/CS 33/4/2 3/1/0 2/3/0 6/3/1 13/3/0 2/1/0 5/8/1 4/2/1 0/1/1 6/3/0 2/1/0 170/84/25

Usage ·····X·· oo·X··X· o···Xo·· oo·o·ooo X·····X· o·····o· oX···ooX X····o·o ······o· ···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.