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Game Preview: NYY @ MIN, 1:10pm, Wednesday, September 26, 2012 @Target Field

Yankees, 89-65, 89-65 1st, 1½ up

SP: CC Sabathia (31, LHP, 13-6, 3.47)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (13-6)			184.0	174	85	71	42	180	21	3.47
2011 (19-8)			237.1	230	87	79	61	230	17	3.00
2010 (21-7)			237.2	209	92	84	74	197	20	3.18

Last 7 GS		2-3	49.0	46	23	18	8	47	6	3.31	57
2012-09-21	OAK	ND	8.0	3	0	0	2	11	0	113	85
2012-09-14	TBR	L	6.2	6	4	4	2	3	0	110	47
2012-09-08	@BAL	L	6.1	8	5	5	0	5	3	109	42
2012-09-03	@TBR	ND	7.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	116	51
2012-08-29	TOR	L	7.0	9	5	2	0	8	1	99	53
2012-08-24	@CLE	W	7.1	4	1	1	1	9	1	100	74
2012-08-08	@DET	W	6.2	8	5	3	1	7	0	94	48

Last 5 v.MIN		4-0	37.1	24	8	7	4	30	2	1.69	69
2012-04-17	MIN	W	7.1	4	3	3	1	7	1	112	64
2011-08-18	@MIN	W	7.0	10	4	3	1	9	0	106	51
2011-04-05	MIN	ND	7.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	104	78
2009-07-07	@MIN	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	100	69
2008-06-10	MIN	W	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	106	82

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

 Home:   48-30   Road:   41-35   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  53-42   vsLHP:  36-23   1-Run:  21-24
 vsEast: 36-29   vsCntrl:20-16   vsWest: 20-15 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Tue, Sep 25  @MIN  L   4-5       89-65  1st  1.5 up
153 Mon, Sep 24  @MIN  W   6-3       89-64  1st  1.5 up
152 Sun, Sep 23   OAK  L   4-5       88-64  1st  1.0 up
151 Sat, Sep 22   OAK  W  10-9 (14)  88-63  1st  1.0 up
150 Fri, Sep 21   OAK  W   2-1 (10)  87-63  1st  1.0 up
149 Thu, Sep 20   TOR  W  10-7       86-63  1st  1.0 up
148 Wed, Sep 19   TOR  W   2-1       85-63  1st  0.5 up
147 Wed, Sep 19   TOR  W   4-2       84-63  1st  0.5 up
146 Sun, Sep 16   TBR  W   6-4       83-63  1st  1.0 up
145 Sat, Sep 15   TBR  W   5-3       82-63  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Twins, 65-90, 65-90 4th, 17½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Sam Deduno (28, RHP, 6-5, 4.54)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-5)			77.1	69	40	39	51	55	10	4.54
2011 (0-0)			3.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	3.00
2010 (0-0)			2.2	3	1	1	1	3	1	3.38

Last 7 GS		2-5	37.1	37	24	24	21	27	6	5.79	46
2012-09-22	@DET	L	2.1	7	7	7	3	1	2	53	13
2012-09-15	CHW	L	4.0	3	4	4	5	6	1	86	41
2012-09-10	CLE	W	7.0	3	2	2	3	6	1	108	66
2012-09-03	@CHW	L	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	93	52
2012-08-29	SEA	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	98	82
2012-08-24	@TEX	L	5.0	11	7	7	1	0	1	85	16
2012-08-19	@SEA	L	6.0	5	2	2	6	2	0	100	50

Has never faced NYY as starter.

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

 Home:   30-47   Road:   35-43   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  44-63   vsLHP:  21-27   1-Run:  26-24
 vsEast: 11-19   vsCntrl:34-35   vsWest: 11-27 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Tue, Sep 25   NYY  W   5-4       65-90  4th 17.5 gb
154 Mon, Sep 24   NYY  L   3-6       64-90  4th 18.5 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  W   2-1 (10)  64-89  4th 17.5 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  W  10-4       63-89  4th 17.5 gb
151 Sat, Sep 22  @DET  L   0-8       62-89  4th 19.0 gb
150 Thu, Sep 20  @CLE  L   3-4 (10)  62-88  4th 19.5 gb
149 Wed, Sep 19  @CLE  W   6-4       62-87  4th 19.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 18  @CLE  W   6-5 (12)  61-87  4th 20.5 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16   CHW  L   2-9       60-87  5th 20.0 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15   CHW  L   3-5       60-86  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 MIN  5  NYY  4        W:Casey Fien (2-1), L: Phil Hughes (16-13), S: Glen Perkins (15)
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 NYY  6 @MIN  3        W:Andy Pettitte (5-3), L: Liam Hendriks (1-8), S: none
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 NYY  7  MIN  6        W:Phil Hughes (1-2), L: Anthony Swarzak (0-3), S: Mariano Rivera (3)
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 MIN  6 @NYY  5        W:Jason Marquis (1-0), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-2), S: Matt Capps (3)
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 NYY  8  MIN  3        W:CC Sabathia (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 MIN  7 @NYY  3        W:Carl Pavano (1-1), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: none

Mon, Sep 19, 2011 NYY  6  MIN  4        W:Cory Wade (6-1), L: Scott Diamond (1-5), S: Mariano Rivera (43)
Sun, Aug 21, 2011 NYY  3 @MIN  0        W:Ivan Nova (13-4), L: Phil Dumatrait (1-2), S: Mariano Rivera (33)
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 MIN  9  NYY  4        W:Francisco Liriano (9-9), L: A.J. Burnett (9-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 NYY  8 @MIN  1        W:Phil Hughes (4-4), L: Kevin Slowey (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 3-3; 2011 - NYY won 6-2; 2010 - NYY won 4-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1114-771

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 5.01 BAL 4.36 HOU 3.56	RA/G WSN 3.61 ARI 4.23 COL 5.56	BA M. Cabrera .346 A. Rodriguez .272 C. Pena .200	OBP J. Mauer .417 J. Heyward .337 J. Hardy .279	SLG M. Cabrera .609 D. Jeter .437 J. Weeks .305	OPS M. Cabrera 1.003 M. Reynolds .778 J. Weeks .610	ERA D. Price 2.56 J. Johnson 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 5.01

BAL 4.36

HOU 3.56

RA/G

WSN 3.61

ARI 4.23

COL 5.56

M. Cabrera .346

A. Rodriguez .272

C. Pena .200

OBP

J. Mauer .417

J. Heyward .337

J. Hardy .279

SLG

M. Cabrera .609

D. Jeter .437

J. Weeks .305

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.003

M. Reynolds .778

J. Weeks .610

ERA

D. Price 2.56

J. Johnson 3.84

R. Romero 5.76

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.17

R. Vogelsong 7.40

H. Alvarez 3.72

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Yankees Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Deduno
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 67.Perdomo
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 57.Waldrop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 12/.583 ··· ··· 10/1.267 1/.000 7/.453 1/no AB 658/402 .296/.366/.521/.887 .607/1.069 .885 106/.720 3/2 30/6

40.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

12.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 296/260 .285/.341/.487/.828 .384/.887 .844 42/.654 0/0 14/6

60.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/9 .250/.400/.625/1.025 /.958 .393 10/1.025 3/0 1/0

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 34/25 .321/.424/.393/.817 2.032/.393 .742 / 2/0 0/0

14.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 16/.713 ··· ··· 18/1.056 1/no AB 7/2.690 1/.000 647/411 .229/.319/.483/.802 .749/.833 .771 84/.762 9/3 40/0

27.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 11/1.727 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 401/341 .233/.304/.449/.753 .465/.805 .633 48/.792 3/0 18/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/3.000 11/1.155 1/.000 1/no AB 12/.583 ··· 8/1.125 1/2.000 701/479 .321/.367/.437/.804 .946/.737 .881 110/.766 9/4 15/10

22.Jones G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 4/2.750 9/1.555 1/5.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 266/74 .200/.297/.413/.710 .713/.704 .739 36/.593 0/0 14/1

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 9/.365 4/.250 1/5.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 458/315 .206/.309/.389/.698 .906/.608 .712 78/.846 6/1 19/6

45.McGehee G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 352/217 .217/.284/.358/.643 .745/.581 .721 12/.167 1/1 9/3

67.Mesa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

17.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.637 1/.000 ··· 7/.858 ··· ··· ··· 199/88 .241/.305/.385/.690 .706/.670 .513 47/.567 6/3 4/4

26.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 90/41 .263/.311/.363/.674 .776/.549 .912 31/.571 11/2 1/7

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 4/.000 8/.417 ··· 1/.000 10/1.711 ··· 6/1.000 1/2.000 495/329 .272/.347/.436/.784 .912/.721 .769 95/.689 13/1 18/8

19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/89 .243/.286/.324/.609 .600/.616 .491 17/.584 2/0 1/4

31.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 13/.718 ··· 4/.833 ··· 625/395 .282/.308/.392/.700 .642/.734 .685 77/.968 27/6 9/1

33.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 9/1.413 ··· ··· 4/1.833 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 586/376 .262/.350/.469/.819 .742/.858 .838 103/.675 2/3 24/6

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.667 4/.000 12/1.783 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 8/1.232 1/.000 509/317 .255/.336/.478/.814 .891/.766 .858 5/.900 2/1 23/1

IP 77.1 68.1 59.1 29.1 105.2 33.1 13.1 67.1 25.0 88.1 17.1 TOTAL .261/.333/.449/.782 .769/.788 .771 .732 90/24 232/74

ERA-K/9

4.54/6.4

3.29/4.0

1.97/7.7

3.68/5.5

4.68/5.5

1.62/8.1

4.05/4.1

2.54/9.8

5.40/9.4

4.89/5.8

3.12/2.6

4.79/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (0-0-0)
Martin (61-19-9)
Stewart (27-8-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 341/.245 295/.259 233/.180 120/.241 453/.283 134/.190 64/.260 271/.227 109/.217 380/.285 79/.338 .275 Suzuki
Swisher
Jones
Granderson
Ibanez
Gardner
Dickerson
Nix
Nunez 31/7/125/4
0/0/106/4
47/0/22/3
0/149/0/3
76/0/13/2
9/0/0/1
14/2/2/0
11/0/0/0
3/0/1/0

OPS .765 .674 .530 .672 .747 .529 .766 .636 .683 .788 .856 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.729 109/.581 94/.693 59/.449 167/.634 57/.412 34/.631 104/.498 70/.556 175/.732 33/.639 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.811 186/.721 139/.425 61/.887 286/.812 77/.612 30/.917 167/.725 39/.920 205/.836 46/1.006 .790

Home 149/.551 135/.624 126/.578 80/.819 203/.709 57/.615 40/.783 148/.699 61/.530 180/.729 40/.746

Last 28d days 90/.905 45/.994 38/.361 5/.800 71/.453 43/.538 34/.805 42/.467 31/.338 65/.779 41/.823

HR/SB/CS 10/8/1 4/8/0 4/5/0 5/3/0 10/5/1 1/3/0 0/1/0 7/2/3 4/3/2 13/1/1 2/2/0 190/106/24

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

Twins Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Sabathia*
G/S/vB 35.Aardsma
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 38.Eppley
G/S/vB 48.Logan*
G/S/vB 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 41.Phelps
G/S/vB 39.Rapada*
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
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

41.Butera G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/79 .204/.281/.282/.562 .265/.695 .496 19/.511 0/0 1/1

8.Carroll G/S/vP 9/.819 1/no AB 7/.666 ··· 1/.000 19/.439 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 524/377 .264/.338/.312/.650 .806/.589 .637 62/.858 9/5 1/12

22.Carson G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/32 .244/.271/.267/.537 .732/.445 .222 27/.310 0/0 0/0

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 18/1.223 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/1.750 4/.500 ··· 3/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 313/238 .229/.270/.309/.579 .677/.549 .712 33/.971 18/1 1/9

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 13/.308 3/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 8/.804 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/1.000 ··· 512/352 .276/.322/.453/.775 .675/.821 .759 79/.684 0/0 16/5

5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 136/99 .213/.276/.262/.538 .836/.421 .566 39/.492 3/0 0/2

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 128/83 .241/.296/.345/.641 .676/.623 .601 81/.552 3/1 1/7

23.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 10/.000 0/0 0/0

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 186/109 .252/.328/.350/.678 .710/.653 .700 32/.429 21/3 3/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 35/.483 4/1.417 5/2.467 ··· 13/1.059 21/.783 ··· 5/.800 6/.900 7/1.071 ··· ··· 610/402 .326/.417/.458/.875 .785/.921 .888 83/1.123 8/4 10/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 50/.496 5/.400 5/.400 ··· 16/1.233 19/.631 ··· 5/.400 4/.250 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 557/347 .273/.338/.449/.787 .580/.918 .754 102/.708 1/0 19/5

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 185/134 .244/.308/.411/.719 .725/.717 .629 60/.914 0/0 5/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 443/305 .229/.296/.445/.741 .875/.683 .849 90/.579 1/3 23/16

11.Revere* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 522/356 .290/.331/.342/.673 .685/.667 .676 102/.541 38/7 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 7/.286 4/.833 5/.650 ··· 7/.733 14/.962 ··· 4/.500 4/.833 5/.800 2/1.000 ··· 541/374 .289/.346/.398/.745 .756/.739 .916 53/.763 16/6 3/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 6/.834 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 10/1.375 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 9/.944 5/.600 ··· 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 1.018 86/.779 3/2 35/4

IP 184.0 18.1 43.1 54.0 69.2 92.2 37.2 57.0 64.1 39.0 2.1 TOTAL .262/.326/.394/.720 .726/.717 .768 .699 129/35 127/102

ERA-K/9

3.47/8.8

/0.0

4.91/8.9

3.53/6.0

3.83/11.0

2.71/8.4

3.21/8.8

2.87/8.8

2.84/12.0

2.10/9.4

6.46/8.8

23.14/3.9

3.88/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (21-7-4)
Doumit (28-8-2)
Herrmann (1-0-1)
Mauer (56-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 773/.243 / 87/.308 183/.265 233/.239 278/.233 385/.227 153/.218 235/.236 263/.213 171/.286 17/.533 .253 Revere
Willingham
Span
Carson
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Parmelee
Herrmann
Doumit
Escobar 4/38/78/7
119/0/0/6
0/118/0/6
10/0/8/2
2/0/15/2
25/4/34/2
1/0/17/1
1/0/0/0
15/0/6/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .683 .855 .693 .726 .624 .688 .610 .655 .619 .874 1.588 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 189/.721 / 35/.647 59/.877 130/.670 85/.528 178/.779 113/.528 126/.599 148/.678 74/.770 6/1.500 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 584/.670 / 52/.978 124/.608 103/.799 193/.667 207/.612 40/.849 109/.719 115/.546 97/.958 11/1.636 .747

Road 414/.780 / 43/.679 107/.716 116/.745 109/.717 161/.772 65/.646 120/.790 130/.542 79/.792 /

Last 28d days 118/.673 / 44/.537 27/.662 46/.865 44/.611 98/.741 17/.686 50/.860 42/.583 21/.714 /

HR/SB/CS 21/10/2 // 3/3/0 3/3/0 6/3/1 7/4/5 13/3/1 2/1/0 5/8/1 5/3/1 8/3/0 2/1/0 182/88/27

Usage ····X··· ·o·o·oo· ··oo··o· X·oX··o· ·X····X· ··X···X· ··oX··o· ·o··XoX· ····X·X· ·o·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.