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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Friday, September 28, 2012 @Progressive Field

Royals, 70-86, 70-86 3rd, 14 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Will Smith (22, LHP, 6-8, 4.88)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-8) 86.2 102 48 47 31 57 12 4.88
Last 7 GS 3-4 40.2 53 20 19 14 28 4 4.20 47
2012-09-22 CLE W 7.0 8 2 2 2 5 1 104 56
2012-09-16 LAA L 5.0 7 4 4 2 2 1 82 37
2012-09-11 @MIN W 7.0 7 0 0 3 7 0 107 67
2012-09-01 MIN L 6.0 9 3 3 2 4 0 92 44
2012-08-26 @BOS L 5.0 9 5 4 2 1 1 90 30
2012-08-20 @TBR L 3.2 8 4 4 2 4 0 74 31
2012-08-15 OAK W 7.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 97 63
Last 5 v.CLE 2-0 13.0 12 4 4 4 10 1 2.77 58
2012-09-22 CLE W 7.0 8 2 2 2 5 1 104 56
2012-05-29 @CLE W 6.0 4 2 2 2 5 0 96 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-42   Road:   34-44   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  46-59   vsLHP:  24-27   1-Run:  26-25
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:32-34   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
156 Thu, Sep 27  @DET  L   4-5       70-86  3rd 14.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26  @DET  L   4-5       70-85  3rd 13.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25  @DET  L   0-2       70-84  3rd 12.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24  @DET  L   2-6       70-83  3rd 12.0 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23   CLE  L   4-15      70-82  3rd 11.0 gb
151 Sat, Sep 22   CLE  W   5-3       70-81  3rd 11.0 gb
150 Fri, Sep 21   CLE  W   6-3       69-81  3rd 12.0 gb
149 Thu, Sep 20   CHW  W   4-3       68-81  3rd 13.0 gb
148 Wed, Sep 19   CHW  W   3-0       67-81  3rd 14.0 gb
147 Tue, Sep 18   CHW  L   2-3       66-81  3rd 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Indians, 65-91, 65-91 4th, 19 GB, 24 GB in WC

SP: David Huff (27, LHP, 2-0, 2.25)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 16.0 13 4 4 3 12 1 2.25
2011 (2-6) 50.2 55 35 23 17 36 6 4.09
2010 (2-11) 79.2 101 61 55 34 37 14 6.21
Last 7 GS 1-4 34.2 44 31 21 9 21 6 5.45 41
2012-09-23 @KCR W 5.2 3 1 1 1 1 1 86 59
2012-09-18 MIN ND 4.1 7 3 3 1 3 0 84 39
2011-09-24 MIN ND 5.2 8 2 2 0 7 0 101 52
2011-09-19 SEA L 2.2 7 9 5 3 1 1 80 14
2011-09-14 @TEX L 4.0 8 8 3 1 1 2 85 24
2011-09-08 @CHW L 6.1 5 3 3 2 5 1 102 54
2011-09-03 @KCR L 6.0 6 5 4 1 3 1 101 44
Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 29.1 32 17 16 5 13 3 4.91 46
2012-09-23 @KCR W 5.2 3 1 1 1 1 1 86 59
2011-09-03 @KCR L 6.0 6 5 4 1 3 1 101 44
2010-05-13 @KCR L 5.2 9 6 6 1 1 1 87 27
2009-09-12 KCR W 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 109 51
2009-08-26 @KCR W 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 94 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-41   Road:   31-50   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  48-57   vsLHP:  17-34   1-Run:  23-11
 vsEast: 14-22   vsCntrl:28-38   vsWest: 15-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
156 Wed, Sep 26  @CHW  W   6-4       65-91  4th 18.5 gb
155 Tue, Sep 25  @CHW  W   4-3       64-91  5th 18.5 gb
154 Mon, Sep 24  @CHW  L   4-5       63-91  5th 19.5 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23  @KCR  W  15-4       63-90  5th 18.5 gb
152 Sat, Sep 22  @KCR  L   3-5       62-90  5th 19.5 gb
151 Fri, Sep 21  @KCR  L   3-6       62-89  5th 19.5 gb
150 Thu, Sep 20   MIN  W   4-3 (10)  62-88  4th 19.5 gb
149 Wed, Sep 19   MIN  L   4-6       61-88  5th 20.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 18   MIN  L   5-6 (12)  61-87  4th 20.5 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16   DET  W   7-6       61-86  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 CLE 15 @KCR  4        W:David Huff (2-0), L: Jake Odorizzi (0-1), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 KCR  5  CLE  3        W:Will Smith (6-8), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-17), S: Kelvin Herrera (2)
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 KCR  6  CLE  3        W:Luis Mendoza (8-9), L: Justin Masterson (11-15), S: Greg Holland (15)
Thu, Aug 02, 2012 KCR  7  CLE  6 (11)   W:Aaron Crow (2-1), L: Esmil Rogers (1-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2012 KCR  5  CLE  2        W:Luis Mendoza (5-7), L: Zach McAllister (4-3), S: Greg Holland (1)
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 KCR  8  CLE  3        W:Luke Hochevar (7-9), L: Derek Lowe (8-10), S: none
Wed, May 30, 2012 KCR  6 @CLE  3        W:Bruce Chen (4-5), L: Jeanmar Gomez (3-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (11)
Tue, May 29, 2012 KCR  8 @CLE  2        W:Will Smith (1-1), L: Justin Masterson (2-4), S: none
Mon, May 28, 2012 CLE  8  KCR  5        W:Josh Tomlin (2-2), L: Nathan Adcock (0-3), S: Chris Perez (17)
Thu, Apr 26, 2012 KCR  4 @CLE  2        W:Luis Mendoza (1-2), L: Josh Tomlin (1-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (2)
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 9-6; 2011 - CLE won 12-6; 2010 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 301-287

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  5.02

MIN  4.38

HOU  3.55

 RA/G

WSN  3.61

ARI  4.26

COL  5.52

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

J. Morneau  .273

C. Pena  .201

 OBP

J. Mauer  .414

I. Desmond  .337

J. Hardy  .282

 SLG

R. Braun  .602

M. Wieters  .439

J. Weeks  .305

 OPS

R. Braun  .994

J. Reyes  .778

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

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

Royals Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Huff*
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 51.Barnes*
G/S/vB		 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB		 57.Maine*
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 44.Seddon*
G/S/vB		 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
34.Abreu# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 55/33 .302/.309/.434/.743 .500/.912 .857 31/.739 0/0 1/1
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/11 .278/.328/.352/.679 .713/.545 .981 22/.418 5/3 0/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 14/.857 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/2.666 ··· 9/1.333 11/.273 3/.666 ··· 8/.804 11/.282 654/474 .314/.372/.509/.881 1.030/.827 .893 110/.892 2/1 28/2
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .588 56/.896 10/0 7/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/1.400 316/244 .264/.330/.329/.659 .525/.696 .663 15/.421 29/5 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 7/.334 7/.453 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 9/.111 634/446 .289/.329/.384/.713 .661/.734 .659 108/.569 32/5 4/19
19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 69/46 .379/.388/.485/.873 .955/.833 .735 13/1.308 0/2 0/2
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.661 3/1.000 3/.666 5/1.850 12/.969 577/403 .237/.291/.374/.665 .716/.644 .656 84/.776 4/7 14/3
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 179/107 .228/.263/.298/.561 .534/.579 .609 66/.659 3/0 1/6
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· 1/no AB 5/.600 ··· 9/.125 5/.800 1/no AB ··· 15/.812 4/1.167 695/451 .291/.361/.447/.808 .659/.890 .790 108/.753 10/5 12/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 7/.143 2/2.000 1/.000 9/.333 2/.000 598/397 .232/.304/.359/.663 .591/.700 .649 91/.559 16/1 14/10
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/45 .244/.300/.333/.633 .200/.677 .722 50/.633 1/0 0/0
50.Moore G/S/vP 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/2 .333/.500/1.333/1.833 5.000/.000 4/1.833 0/0 1/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 598/424 .243/.294/.416/.710 .705/.712 .623 102/.527 5/2 20/14
27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 8/.625 4/1.250 209/140 .251/.279/.344/.622 .645/.611 .511 21/.736 0/1 2/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 286/205 .294/.318/.474/.792 1.049/.694 .840 88/.752 0/0 11/4
28.Pina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 16.0 26.0 15.2 16.2 24.2 55.2 67.1 76.1 29.0 51.1 64.0 TOTAL .266/.317/.402/.718 .708/.723 .693 .702 128/37 125/106
ERA-K/9 2.25/6.8 3.81/8.7 5.17/6.3 2.70/5.9 4.74/10.2 3.40/9.5 2.41/9.8 4.36/9.6 4.34/5.0 4.73/8.4 3.09/7.3 4.80/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moore (2-0-0)
 Pena (52-16-5)
 Perez (20-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 64/.220 112/.276 72/.274 62/.172 113/.267 232/.221 272/.198 336/.263 127/.274 219/.233 266/.215 .268  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Bourgeois
 Cain
 Hosmer
 Lough
0/3/139/19
154/0/0/16
0/86/0/8
2/20/0/3
1/50/9/3
0/0/3/1
1/9/5/0
OPS .605 .729 .827 .553 .764 .638 .593 .746 .728 .764 .607 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.755 54/.787 32/.677 28/.448 42/.508 124/.538 148/.708 167/.667 46/.475 113/.700 106/.595 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 39/.509 58/.678 40/.943 34/.640 71/.894 108/.747 124/.461 169/.817 81/.876 106/.836 160/.615 .732
Home 21/.855 65/.640 21/.349 33/.470 51/.615 135/.652 141/.561 182/.690 69/.561 115/.727 134/.607
Last 28d days 64/.605 32/1.076 21/.586 38/.455 19/.974 34/.737 47/.752 40/.507 33/.609 24/.920 46/.535
HR/SB/CS 1/0/1 2/2/2 1/2/0 1/1/1 2/3/0 5/3/0 5/4/2 7/1/1 2/3/0 9/3/2 4/2/2 164/135/36
Usage ····X··· ······oo ········ ·X···X·· ······o· ·XX····o ··oXo··X ·o··o··o ·····o·· ·o··Xo·· ·o·oo·X·
Indians Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Smith*
G/S/vB		 47.Adcock
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 46.Hottovy*
G/S/vB		 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB		 49.Odorizzi
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 6/.666 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.167 11/.182 6/.334 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 10/1.025 3/.666 4/.000 601/402 .286/.344/.401/.746 .674/.781 .670 72/.731 12/9 6/1
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 11/1.056 7/.000 4/1.833 7/.429 ··· 5/1.350 9/.583 3/.666 3/1.666 599/403 .271/.339/.421/.761 .787/.748 .769 68/.777 9/4 15/19
4.Canzler G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/57 .307/.325/.467/.791 1.300/.608 .571 77/.791 0/0 3/1
12.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 147/102 .254/.288/.377/.664 .691/.652 .497 69/.478 8/1 2/1
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/94 .261/.303/.435/.738 .254/.885 1.005 48/.708 2/1 5/3
17.Choo* G/S/vP 7/.821 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.666 11/.384 4/.000 3/.666 6/1.700 1/.000 2/2.000 8/.536 3/1.334 5/.200 656/426 .280/.372/.436/.808 .591/.921 .822 104/.741 19/7 15/2
16.Donald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 125/64 .191/.234/.270/.503 .520/.487 .368 20/.422 4/0 2/7
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.417 3/.000 3/.667 2/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 12/.697 ··· 3/.000 254/183 .226/.343/.429/.772 .760/.776 .710 12/.083 0/0 11/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 6/1.300 6/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 5/.650 2/.500 4/.250 309/229 .241/.312/.338/.650 .461/.715 .643 33/.891 0/2 4/13
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 8/1.357 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/1.333 3/.666 642/414 .257/.330/.380/.710 .586/.778 .651 100/.728 30/7 14/6
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 4/1.250 5/1.400 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 481/365 .234/.286/.342/.628 .587/.641 .650 57/.474 3/0 12/5
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.833 4/.250 ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/2.500 8/1.250 ··· 1/.000 55/21 .245/.273/.321/.593 .748/.340 .382 31/.822 0/0 1/0
1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 194/106 .186/.238/.271/.510 .533/.489 .544 37/.593 11/2 3/8
6.Marson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.667 2/.000 4/.250 225/124 .219/.341/.283/.624 .626/.622 .546 41/.499 4/2 0/2
36.Neal G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/6 .158/.158/.211/.368 .308/.500 .429 19/.368 0/0 0/1
46.Phelps# G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 20/17 .105/.150/.263/.413 1.667/.180 .500 20/.413 0/0 1/0
25.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 66/23 .161/.250/.357/.607 .640/.540 .689 21/.599 4/0 3/0
41.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 3/2.667 9/.730 5/.400 4/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 6/1.833 3/1.666 4/2.250 587/392 .260/.370/.434/.803 .844/.783 .860 103/.982 3/5 18/9
IP 86.2 31.0 15.0 47.1 69.0 62.2 82.1 64.1 7.1 12.0 40.0 5.1 57.0 TOTAL .250/.322/.382/.705 .660/.727 .697 .694 105/44 133/91
ERA-K/9 4.88/5.9 2.61/4.6 1.80/4.2 3.99/10.8 3.39/12.0 3.30/9.2 2.40/8.2 2.80/12.2 3.68/7.4 5.25/9.0 6.30/5.6 5.06/5.1 4.74/5.2 4.27/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (63-11-2)
 Rottino (0-0-0)
 Santana (69-24-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 377/.302 132/.299 61/.263 204/.224 291/.213 251/.229 335/.250 276/.234 32/.296 62/.260 183/.325 23/.273 238/.269 .268  Choo
 Brantley
 Rottino
 Canzler
 Neal
 Carrera
 Lillibridge
 Santana
 Donald
0/0/148/7
0/142/0/5
16/0/1/1
8/0/0/1
4/0/2/1
35/13/1/1
20/9/4/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .831 .820 .611 .794 .687 .596 .644 .649 1.036 .743 .814 .804 .790 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.827 59/.765 35/.706 74/.822 132/.761 89/.519 132/.735 113/.554 17/.507 27/.524 77/.956 21/.883 86/.798 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 275/.832 73/.862 26/.481 130/.775 159/.626 162/.639 203/.588 163/.717 15/1.538 35/.905 106/.722 2/.000 152/.786 .761
Road 192/.791 72/.823 20/.794 92/1.002 140/.441 107/.601 163/.632 124/.680 20/1.138 20/.650 105/.766 / 110/.964
Last 28d days 105/.821 2/1.000 29/.667 32/.962 37/.902 37/.540 59/.600 42/.640 4/.833 27/.788 35/.771 23/.804 37/.594
HR/SB/CS 12/7/3 4/2/3 0/0/0 10/0/2 8/9/0 4/2/2 4/12/4 2/2/2 2/0/0 0/2/0 3/12/2 1/0/0 10/2/2 160/106/51
Usage ·····X·· ···o···· ····o·oo ··X·o··· o·····X· o····X·o oX···X·· ······oo ····o··· ····X··· ····X··· ····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.