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Game Preview: SEA @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, September 15, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Mariners, 69-76, 69-76 4th, 17½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (29, LHP, 14-10, 3.85)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (14-10)			198.2	182	86	85	50	127	32	3.85
2011 (10-13)			201.0	205	105	95	59	131	22	4.25
2010 (9-12)			192.2	187	86	81	54	116	18	3.78

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.2	49	22	22	8	27	7	4.34	50
2012-09-09	OAK	L	7.0	4	3	3	3	6	1	105	60
2012-09-03	BOS	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	102	66
2012-08-29	@MIN	L	4.2	9	6	6	2	5	2	102	25
2012-08-24	@CHW	ND	4.0	7	6	6	1	2	3	74	25
2012-08-18	MIN	ND	6.2	8	2	2	1	2	0	113	51
2012-08-12	@LAA	W	8.1	7	1	1	1	5	0	96	69
2012-08-06	@BAL	L	8.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	105	56

Last 5 v.TEX		3-2	34.0	36	16	16	11	17	7	4.24	49
2012-05-29	@TEX	W	6.2	5	3	3	3	2	1	101	51
2012-04-12	@TEX	L	6.2	7	4	4	1	6	1	96	49
2011-08-10	@TEX	W	7.0	6	3	3	4	3	2	121	52
2011-07-14	TEX	L	6.0	12	5	5	1	3	3	107	30
2011-05-05	TEX	W	7.2	6	1	1	2	3	0	98	64

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

 Home:   36-36   Road:   33-40   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  46-50   vsLHP:  23-26   1-Run:  24-24
 vsEast: 18-25   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 18-25 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Fri, Sep 14  @TEX  L   3-9       69-76  4th 17.5 gb
144 Thu, Sep 13  @TOR  L   3-8       69-75  4th 16.5 gb
143 Wed, Sep 12  @TOR  W   3-2       69-74  4th 16.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep 11  @TOR  W   4-3       68-74  4th 16.5 gb
141 Sun, Sep  9   OAK  L   2-4       67-74  4th 16.5 gb
140 Sat, Sep  8   OAK  L   1-6       67-73  4th 16.5 gb
139 Fri, Sep  7   OAK  L   1-6       67-72  4th 15.5 gb
138 Wed, Sep  5   BOS  W   2-1       67-71  4th 15.0 gb
137 Tue, Sep  4   BOS  L   3-4       66-71  4th 15.0 gb
136 Mon, Sep  3   BOS  W   4-1       66-70  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:17-13

Rangers, 86-58, 86-58 1st, 3 up

SP: Scott Feldman (29, RHP, 6-11, 4.97)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-11)			112.1	126	71	62	25	81	12	4.97
2011 (2-1)			32.0	25	14	14	10	22	3	3.94
2010 (7-11)			141.1	181	98	86	45	75	18	5.48

Last 7 GS		1-5	42.1	48	27	25	9	32	3	5.31	46
2012-09-06	@KCR	ND	6.1	6	3	3	0	6	1	97	55
2012-09-01	@CLE	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	5	0	99	48
2012-08-26	MIN	L	5.2	10	6	5	1	4	0	104	30
2012-08-21	BAL	L	5.0	7	5	4	1	4	1	100	38
2012-08-15	@NYY	L	6.0	7	3	3	4	7	0	117	49
2012-08-10	DET	L	5.2	6	4	4	1	2	1	88	42
2012-08-04	@KCR	W	7.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	105	62

Last 5 v.SEA		1-4	26.0	28	18	14	13	14	4	4.85	43
2012-05-29	SEA	L	4.2	4	4	2	3	3	1	88	44
2012-05-23	@SEA	L	4.1	3	5	5	5	1	1	73	33
2010-09-28	SEA	L	4.1	5	3	3	2	2	1	86	41
2010-06-07	SEA	L	5.2	9	4	3	2	4	1	120	39
2010-04-11	SEA	W	7.0	7	2	1	1	4	0	117	60

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

 Home:   46-26   Road:   40-32   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  61-42   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 24-16   vsCntrl:28-19   vsWest: 20-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
144 Fri, Sep 14   SEA  W   9-3       86-58  1st  3.0 up
143 Thu, Sep 13   CLE  L   4-5       85-58  1st  3.0 up
142 Wed, Sep 12   CLE  W   5-2       85-57  1st  3.0 up
141 Tue, Sep 11   CLE  W   6-4       84-57  1st  3.0 up
140 Sun, Sep  9  @TBR  L   0-6       83-57  1st  3.5 up
139 Sat, Sep  8  @TBR  W   4-2 (10)  83-56  1st  4.5 up
138 Fri, Sep  7  @TBR  L   1-3 (11)  82-56  1st  4.5 up
137 Thu, Sep  6  @KCR  W   5-4 (10)  82-55  1st  5.5 up
136 Wed, Sep  5  @KCR  W   7-6       81-55  1st  5.0 up
135 Tue, Sep  4  @KCR  L   3-6       80-55  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 TEX  9  SEA  3        W:Yu Darvish (15-9), L: Hisashi Iwakuma (6-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 TEX  4 @SEA  0        W:Matt Harrison (12-4), L: Hisashi Iwakuma (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 SEA  7  TEX  0        W:Felix Hernandez (7-5), L: Yu Darvish (10-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 TEX  3 @SEA  2        W:Derek Holland (6-4), L: Kevin Millwood (3-7), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Wed, May 30, 2012 SEA 21 @TEX  8        W:Blake Beavan (3-4), L: Derek Holland (4-4), S: Hisashi Iwakuma (1)
Tue, May 29, 2012 SEA 10 @TEX  3        W:Jason Vargas (6-4), L: Scott Feldman (0-3), S: none
Mon, May 28, 2012 TEX  4  SEA  2        W:Matt Harrison (6-3), L: Steve Delabar (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Wed, May 23, 2012 SEA  5  TEX  3        W:Kevin Millwood (3-4), L: Scott Feldman (0-2), S: Brandon League (9)
Tue, May 22, 2012 TEX  3 @SEA  1        W:Matt Harrison (5-3), L: Hector Noesi (2-5), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Mon, May 21, 2012 SEA  6  TEX  1        W:Felix Hernandez (4-3), L: Yu Darvish (6-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 8-6; 2011 - TEX won 15-4; 2010 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - TEX leads 272-264

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 5.13 BAL 4.34 HOU 3.60	RA/G WSN 3.58 PHI 4.26 COL 5.43	BA M. Cabrera .346 C. Lee .275 J. Smoak .190	OBP J. Mauer .414 M. Scutaro .336 J. Smoak .260	SLG G. Stanton .593 S. Choo .444 J. Carroll .302	OPS M. Cabrera .983 C. Johnson .778 J. Smoak .572	ERA D. Price 2.54 J. Johnson 3.81 R. Romero 5.87	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.21 M. Minor 7.38 H. Alvarez 3.31

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.13

BAL 4.34

HOU 3.60

RA/G

WSN 3.58

PHI 4.26

COL 5.43

M. Cabrera .346

C. Lee .275

J. Smoak .190

OBP

J. Mauer .414

M. Scutaro .336

J. Smoak .260

SLG

G. Stanton .593

S. Choo .444

J. Carroll .302

OPS

M. Cabrera .983

C. Johnson .778

J. Smoak .572

ERA

D. Price 2.54

J. Johnson 3.81

R. Romero 5.87

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.21

M. Minor 7.38

H. Alvarez 3.31

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

Mariners Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 33.Perez*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ackley* G/S/vP 8/.708 7/.929 14/.729 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 602/397 .231/.300/.335/.635 .699/.602 .672 101/.634 13/3 11/6

20.Carp* G/S/vP 8/.536 4/1.000 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 185/142 .219/.319/.350/.669 .739/.646 .620 21/.697 1/0 5/2

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 41/.594 7/.666 4/.250 1/.000 12/.533 7/.143 7/.286 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 188/120 .185/.260/.278/.537 .499/.560 .584 7/.452 4/1 2/1

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 19/.816 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 106/61 .268/.324/.412/.736 1.142/.419 .907 57/.718 3/1 3/1

27.Jaso* G/S/vP 4/1.750 4/.500 9/1.158 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 4/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 320/276 .272/.389/.441/.829 .347/.904 .789 72/.585 4/0 8/0

39.Jimenez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/8 .100/.182/.100/.282 .000/.393 .000 11/.282 0/0 0/

61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 110/91 .190/.250/.200/.450 .269/.489 .550 10/.000 1/2 0/0

16.Liddi G/S/vP 9/1.556 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 119/58 .239/.294/.376/.670 .564/.782 .713 5/1.000 2/1 3/4

63.Montero G/S/vP 5/.200 3/1.167 5/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 492/330 .264/.303/.400/.702 .899/.607 .796 76/.698 0/2 15/3

30.Olivo G/S/vP 6/.000 10/.900 3/.666 1/.000 4/.500 8/.000 10/.450 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.500 279/156 .215/.227/.361/.588 .644/.544 .597 36/.472 2/4 10/4

4.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 57/43 .179/.193/.357/.550 .000/.732 .720 15/.800 0/0 2/0

12.Robinson# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 130/83 .222/.289/.325/.614 .524/.665 .589 73/.596 6/3 2/1

26.Ryan G/S/vP 4/.750 7/.143 8/.542 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/.000 428/272 .193/.283/.272/.555 .672/.485 .537 67/.397 10/5 2/7

55.Saunders* G/S/vP 12/.694 4/.500 13/.508 1/5.000 ··· 4/1.250 7/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 487/326 .249/.305/.423/.728 .810/.686 .786 51/1.167 19/3 15/3

15.Seager* G/S/vP 7/1.514 4/.750 12/1.100 3/1.000 3/1.000 3/1.667 5/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 573/375 .258/.319/.424/.743 .721/.754 .859 98/.919 13/5 18/12

17.Smoak# G/S/vP 8/1.333 2/.000 9/.347 1/.000 5/.000 5/.800 10/.700 ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/5.000 462/307 .190/.260/.312/.572 .554/.580 .654 72/.468 1/0 14/2

10.Thames* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/.222 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 273/218 .236/.279/.390/.669 .553/.698 .505 62/.745 1/1 7/3

8.Triunfel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .333/.333/.667/1.000 1.500/.000 1.500 3/1.000 0/0 0/0

33.Wells G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 262/133 .222/.287/.381/.668 .783/.562 .763 16/.607 3/0 8/0

IP 112.1 48.2 176.2 32.1 38.0 57.1 58.1 25.0 29.0 13.2 29.0 TOTAL .233/.294/.363/.656 .671/.649 .700 .666 98/32 126/59

ERA-K/9

4.97/6.5

2.96/7.4

4.02/10.4

4.18/9.2

2.61/6.4

2.83/11.0

2.93/8.8

3.96/4.7

4.03/8.4

10.54/9.2

2.17/9.3

3.89/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (23-7-3)
Montero (50-10-6)
Olivo (44-19-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 484/.278 208/.258 760/.218 141/.195 152/.217 229/.238 228/.201 114/.287 131/.328 64/.288 108/.184 .247 Wells
Saunders
Figgins
Carp
Thames
Gutierrez
Robinson
Liddi
Peguero 52/11/12/4
12/106/3/4
37/9/1/2
24/0/0/1
44/0/31/1
0/25/0/1
35/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
2/0/11/0

OPS .730 .659 .663 .649 .639 .641 .604 .770 .863 .920 .545 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.717 111/.695 443/.687 56/.765 70/.646 139/.633 94/.638 34/.727 50/.798 29/1.407 58/.635 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.746 97/.618 317/.629 85/.575 82/.627 90/.654 134/.578 80/.786 81/.904 35/.571 50/.439 .713

Home 247/.780 107/.609 364/.675 99/.577 96/.692 132/.713 111/.653 89/.724 84/.955 40/.920 59/.366

Last 28d days 101/.781 36/.615 106/.376 36/.861 23/.963 38/.696 31/.536 23/1.010 26/.581 2/.000 29/.620

HR/SB/CS 12/19/2 1/11/1 13/22/3 5/1/0 4/0/1 7/3/0 7/4/0 3/1/1 5/5/0 4/0/0 4/1/0 151/99/22

Usage ········ ···X··o· X·····X· X······X ·······o ·XoX··X· ·o·X···· ·o···X·· ·o·o···o ·····o·· oooo···o

Rangers Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB 58.Capps
G/S/vB 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB 18.Iwakuma
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

1.Andrus G/S/vP 29/.609 ··· 5/.400 6/.500 3/.666 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 2/.000 3/.000 630/461 .297/.360/.394/.753 .689/.778 .738 107/.722 20/9 3/15

29.Beltre G/S/vP 15/.354 ··· 3/3.500 8/.750 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 15/.967 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.666 589/439 .319/.357/.558/.915 .738/.975 .962 104/1.320 1/0 32/8

17.Cruz G/S/vP 27/1.074 ··· 6/2.467 6/.533 6/1.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 570/430 .254/.319/.451/.770 .989/.701 .852 96/.639 8/4 22/2

23.Gentry G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 244/135 .306/.372/.389/.761 .891/.660 .742 24/.558 12/6 1/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 24/.773 ··· 8/.661 7/1.429 4/.750 1/no AB 4/.750 3/2.334 ··· 3/1.666 4/1.750 582/409 .286/.354/.588/.942 .861/.977 .933 102/.942 7/3 42/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 28/1.083 ··· 8/1.089 8/2.583 2/.500 4/.750 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.000 4/1.000 651/490 .267/.332/.439/.772 .998/.697 .921 113/.845 21/9 17/16

27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/41 .186/.250/.395/.645 .500/.675 .820 7/.686 3/0 0/0

15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .111/.158/.111/.269 .000/.301 .452 14/.368 0/0 0/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.833 315/269 .280/.329/.493/.822 .823/.822 .943 84/.731 1/1 15/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 12/.083 ··· 2/.500 6/.833 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 457/385 .315/.393/.496/.890 .923/.883 .978 99/1.031 9/5 13/1

9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/20 .156/.256/.188/.444 .387/.500 .516 15/.205 1/1 0/3

2.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .333/.333/.889/1.222 /1.222 9/1.222 0/0 1/0

21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/22 .281/.313/.453/.767 .916/.438 .659 0/ 0/0 3/0

8.Soto G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 326/239 .203/.281/.344/.625 .697/.598 .613 84/.671 1/0 9/8

10.Young G/S/vP 33/.957 ··· 5/.400 8/.661 6/.533 1/.000 1/2.000 6/1.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 5/.000 579/426 .270/.302/.360/.662 .754/.629 .615 88/.777 2/2 7/5

IP 198.2 15.1 44.1 106.1 38.2 25.2 37.2 24.1 16.1 38.2 68.1 TOTAL .276/.337/.449/.786 .794/.784 .826 .837 88/41 179/76

ERA-K/9

3.85/5.8

4.11/11.8

2.44/10.6

3.39/7.4

3.03/9.3

3.86/9.8

3.35/8.6

1.48/8.5

3.31/12.1

3.49/7.7

2.50/9.9

3.76/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (6-0-0)
Snyder (0-0-0)
Soto (62-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 806/.244 69/.271 169/.162 441/.243 165/.259 107/.182 160/.237 102/.253 74/.270 159/.229 283/.202 .246 Cruz
Hamilton
Murphy
Gentry
Martin
Snyder
Olt
Moreland 6/0/133/8
80/83/2/5
103/2/17/4
0/105/2/4
4/13/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .707 .709 .497 .727 .699 .631 .652 .625 .914 .653 .584 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.720 35/.759 80/.404 222/.708 52/.813 39/.751 92/.467 52/.749 29/.797 78/.685 147/.626 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 605/.703 34/.655 89/.581 219/.746 113/.645 68/.564 68/.903 50/.489 45/.991 81/.622 136/.539 .699

Road 443/.824 32/.736 89/.466 189/.831 93/.842 61/.862 84/.741 58/.735 38/.887 81/.825 147/.607

Last 28d days 101/.827 53/.696 25/.711 116/.685 14/.237 51/.508 30/1.087 26/.510 23/1.157 32/.491 46/.592

HR/SB/CS 32/9/6 0/7/1 3/10/3 16/7/6 4/2/0 2/4/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 4/2/0 4/11/1 150/117/36

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

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.