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Game Preview: STL @ CIN, 7:10pm, Thursday, September 5, 2013 @Great American Ball Park

Cardinals, 80-59, 80-59 2nd, 1 GB, 9 up in WC

SP: Lance Lynn (26, RHP, 13-9, 4.29)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-9) 172.0 163 84 82 65 162 11 4.29
2012 (18-7) 176.0 168 76 74 64 180 16 3.78
2011 (1-1) 34.2 25 12 12 11 40 3 3.12
Last 7 GS 1-4 43.0 46 27 25 17 40 4 5.23 48
2013-08-31 @PIT L 4.0 10 7 7 3 4 1 94 15
2013-08-25 ATL L 7.0 9 4 4 1 5 1 105 47
2013-08-20 @MIL L 6.0 9 6 4 3 2 0 112 33
2013-08-15 PIT ND 5.1 8 4 4 1 6 1 99 41
2013-08-09 CHC L 6.2 3 3 3 5 5 0 115 56
2013-08-04 @CIN W 8.0 4 2 2 2 11 1 115 75
2013-07-30 @PIT ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 97 67
Last 5 v.CIN 3-0 29.0 24 12 12 10 33 1 3.72 57
2013-08-04 @CIN W 8.0 4 2 2 2 11 1 115 75
2013-06-09 @CIN ND 6.0 5 4 4 3 6 0 98 49
2013-05-01 CIN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 110 66
2013-04-09 CIN W 6.0 4 1 1 1 10 0 101 69
2012-08-24 @CIN ND 2.0 6 4 4 2 1 0 62 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-25   Road:   39-34   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  64-38   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:  16-15
 vsEast: 20-10   vsCntrl:36-27   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Wed, Sep  4  @CIN  W   5-4 (16)  80-59  2nd  1.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  3  @CIN  L   0-1       79-59  2nd  2.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  2  @CIN  L   2-7       79-58  2nd  1.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  1  @PIT  W   7-2       79-57  1st    Tied
135 Sat, Aug 31  @PIT  L   1-7       78-57  2nd  1.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 30  @PIT  L   0-5       78-56  1st    Tied
133 Wed, Aug 28   CIN  L   0-10      78-55  1st  0.5 up
132 Tue, Aug 27   CIN  W   6-1       78-54  1st  1.5 up
131 Mon, Aug 26   CIN  W   8-6       77-54  1st  0.5 up
130 Sun, Aug 25   ATL  L   2-5       76-54  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Reds, 78-62, 78-62 3rd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Tony Cingrani (23, LHP, 6-3, 2.76)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-3) 97.2 65 33 30 39 112 12 2.76
2012 (0-0) 5.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 1.80
Last 7 GS 3-2 37.2 22 11 8 16 40 2 1.91 60
2013-08-20 ARI L 3.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 54 53
2013-08-15 @MIL W 6.1 4 1 1 1 9 1 95 69
2013-08-10 SDP L 5.0 2 2 0 2 5 0 92 62
2013-08-03 STL W 5.0 4 3 3 5 7 0 103 49
2013-07-28 @LAD ND 7.0 1 0 0 1 11 0 99 85
2013-07-23 @SFG W 6.2 5 2 2 3 2 0 118 55
2013-07-14 @ATL ND 4.0 4 2 1 3 5 0 96 50
Last 5 v.STL 1-0 5.0 4 3 3 5 7 0 5.40 49
2013-08-03 STL W 5.0 4 3 3 5 7 0 103 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   43-25   Road:   35-37   ExtrInn: 9-9 
 vsRHP:  56-39   vsLHP:  22-23   1-Run:  21-20
 vsEast: 19-11   vsCntrl:35-28   vsWest: 16-14 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Wed, Sep  4   STL  L   4-5 (16)  78-62  3rd  3.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  3   STL  W   1-0       78-61  3rd  3.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  2   STL  W   7-2       77-61  3rd  3.5 gb
137 Sun, Sep  1  @COL  L   4-7       76-61  3rd  3.5 gb
136 Sat, Aug 31  @COL  W   8-3       76-60  3rd  3.5 gb
135 Fri, Aug 30  @COL  L   6-9       75-60  3rd  3.5 gb
134 Wed, Aug 28  @STL  W  10-0       75-59  3rd  3.5 gb
133 Tue, Aug 27  @STL  L   1-6       74-59  3rd  4.5 gb
132 Mon, Aug 26  @STL  L   6-8       74-58  3rd  3.5 gb
131 Sun, Aug 25   MIL  L   1-3       74-57  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 04, 2013 STL  5 @CIN  4 (16)   W:Carlos Martinez (2-1), L: Logan Ondrusek (3-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 03, 2013 CIN  1  STL  0        W:Homer Bailey (10-10), L: Seth Maness (5-2), S: Aroldis Chapman (34)
Mon, Sep 02, 2013 CIN  7  STL  2        W:Mat Latos (14-5), L: Adam Wainwright (15-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 28, 2013 CIN 10 @STL  0        W:Homer Bailey (9-10), L: Adam Wainwright (15-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 STL  6  CIN  1        W:Joe Kelly (6-3), L: Mat Latos (13-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 26, 2013 STL  8  CIN  6        W:Carlos Martinez (1-1), L: Manny Parra (1-3), S: Edward Mujica (35)
Sun, Aug 04, 2013 STL 15 @CIN  2        W:Lance Lynn (13-5), L: Mike Leake (10-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 CIN  8  STL  3        W:Tony Cingrani (5-1), L: Jake Westbrook (7-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 02, 2013 STL 13 @CIN  3        W:Shelby Miller (11-7), L: Bronson Arroyo (9-9), S: none
Sun, Jun 09, 2013 STL 11 @CIN  4 (10)   W:Trevor Rosenthal (1-0), L: J.J. Hoover (0-5), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - STL over 11-7; 2012 - STL won 8-7; 2011 - CIN won 9-6; All-Time - STL leads 1194-1101

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 2013 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

BOS  5.11

NYY  4.05

MIA  3.25

 RA/G

ATL  3.40

CLE  4.27

HOU  5.30

 BA

M. Cabrera  .355

D. Brown  .274

D. Uggla  .184

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .446

T. Hunter  .335

J. Arencibia  .242

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .676

J. Lowrie  .432

A. Escobar  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.121

D. Fowler  .773

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.89

M. Leake  3.51

E. Volquez  6.05

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.02

J. Shields  7.39

B. Colon  4.77

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

Cardinals Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 58.Christiani
G/S/vB		 30.Duke*
G/S/vB		 60.Hoover
G/S/vB		 63.LeCure
G/S/vB		 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB		 43.Parra*
G/S/vB		 46.Partch
G/S/vB		 40.Reynolds
G/S/vB		 31.Simon
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/4.000 231/193 .269/.329/.476/.805 .605/.847 .775 35/.572 0/1 11/1
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/.000 ··· 25/.718 2/1.000 6/.750 5/.200 11/1.122 1/no AB 6/1.133 8/.575 511/365 .308/.341/.516/.857 .756/.898 .855 89/.865 2/1 23/5
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 1/2.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/2.000 7/1.429 8/.417 1/.000 ··· 6/.667 610/421 .315/.384/.476/.860 .789/.892 .731 111/.936 3/3 10/11
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/13 .143/.250/.214/.464 .000/.580 .429 9/.347 0/0 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 4/1.000 3/1.167 4/.000 3/2.667 1/2.000 7/.000 563/431 .315/.373/.457/.830 .779/.845 .826 101/.825 2/0 13/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 105/76 .212/.257/.303/.560 .276/.673 .670 14/.357 0/0 1/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 5/.600 5/.900 7/1.429 4/.000 1/5.000 ··· 7/.786 295/240 .237/.293/.363/.655 .545/.680 .720 62/.368 6/2 5/13
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 12/.933 5/1.000 11/.182 6/.533 4/.250 1/no AB ··· 10/.633 442/321 .261/.337/.370/.707 .734/.696 .760 70/.477 1/2 6/9
7.Holliday G/S/vP 3/1.667 6/.533 ··· 27/1.215 4/1.750 12/.533 14/.714 15/.829 3/2.667 1/.000 12/.542 519/396 .284/.364/.462/.826 .788/.837 .732 107/.896 6/1 18/1
8.Jackson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 0/ 0/0 0/0
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.167 ··· 8/1.125 5/.200 11/.864 8/1.214 8/.500 1/3.000 1/2.000 10/.650 538/420 .262/.336/.365/.701 .594/.731 .708 92/.735 5/1 7/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/.567 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 37/27 .171/.216/.257/.473 .100/.605 .653 21/.286 0/0 0/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP 2/.500 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.666 4/1.667 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 411/280 .212/.268/.268/.536 .562/.524 .596 45/.209 2/1 1/8
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 6/.333 ··· 42/.779 5/.400 10/.583 8/.536 31/.627 ··· ··· 8/.750 461/362 .322/.360/.477/.837 .900/.820 .877 71/.746 3/2 10/3
41.Peterson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 16/7 .133/.188/.133/.321 .222/.452 .393 2/.000 0/0 0/0
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.650 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 7/.762 ··· ··· 1/.000 129/53 .279/.395/.365/.761 .649/.924 .758 28/.762 5/0 2/2
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 43/39 .167/.186/.190/.377 .000/.416 .484 43/.377 3/0 0/0
IP 97.2 55.1 1.1 22.2 58.1 53.0 44.1 38.0 19.2 19.0 73.0 TOTAL .268/.329/.399/.728 .671/.748 .722 .660 39/15 108/62
ERA-K/9 2.76/10.3 2.77/15.5 0.00/6.9 7.94/5.6 2.93/9.4 2.89/9.8 4.47/7.9 3.55/11.4 5.95/6.9 4.74/3.8 3.33/6.7 3.42/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (9-4-2)
 Johnson (1-0-1)
 Molina (22-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 391/.190 225/.177 5/.000 110/.351 237/.195 218/.223 193/.259 161/.253 89/.209 80/.274 305/.222 .237  Jay
 Beltran
 Holliday
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Chambers
 Peterson
 Robinson
 Kozma
0/131/0/4
0/0/116/3
117/0/0/2
25/0/22/1
0/0/2/1
4/0/4/0
4/0/0/0
20/23/25/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .622 .575 .200 .903 .624 .635 .769 .712 .909 .727 .659 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.529 54/.387 2/.500 34/.897 90/.463 90/.441 88/.885 80/.524 38/.833 38/.910 142/.765 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.657 171/.636 3/.000 76/.908 147/.728 128/.773 105/.669 81/.901 51/.960 42/.568 163/.568 .658
Home 155/.719 133/.364 5/.200 38/.816 144/.682 133/.693 97/.984 101/.870 40/.977 50/.809 152/.646
Last 28d days 56/.503 38/.494 5/.200 9/.778 37/.596 41/.505 45/.718 38/.688 7/1.429 55/.657 67/.743
HR/SB/CS 12/4/5 7/1/1 0/0/0 2/2/0 6/1/1 4/0/0 7/1/1 5/6/0 6/5/0 2/1/1 8/2/3 141/59/27
Usage oo······ ········ o····X·· X····o·o o···X··X X··o·o·· ·X·X···· ···X···· ····X··· X··o·X··
Reds Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 34.Axford
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 62.Martinez
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 52.Wacha
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 13/1.052 10/.425 7/.629 3/.666 6/1.100 5/1.400 1/5.000 2/.500 4/1.250 4/.500 6/.167 4/.000 5/.000 600/406 .265/.327/.483/.809 .730/.848 .763 110/.698 3/3 26/2
17.Choo* G/S/vP 13/.641 4/.500 8/.250 ··· 6/1.667 7/.762 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.500 5/.400 623/431 .285/.417/.463/.880 .546/1.032 .924 119/.876 17/11 19/3
2.Cozart G/S/vP 15/1.257 8/.875 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 4/1.000 5/.400 2/1.500 2/2.000 5/.000 4/1.417 ··· 3/1.334 534/389 .252/.285/.375/.660 .651/.663 .632 95/.697 0/0 10/12
21.Frazier G/S/vP 12/.250 3/1.666 ··· 2/.000 5/1.200 5/1.150 3/1.667 1/no AB 6/.834 5/.200 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 517/356 .233/.317/.389/.706 .782/.671 .812 97/.685 5/3 13/7
6.Hamilton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 2/0 0/
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 7/.310 6/.900 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 8/.393 ··· 4/.500 214/160 .217/.333/.289/.622 .706/.594 .707 46/.821 0/1 2/1
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/138 .220/.324/.276/.600 .606/.600 .667 26/.619 0/0 0/4
28.Heisey G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/2.000 3/.000 8/1.089 1/.000 ··· 219/132 .239/.279/.433/.712 .861/.620 .639 54/.862 3/0 9/0
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 7/.572 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 129/94 .179/.238/.222/.460 .568/.419 .404 13/.382 0/0 0/2
48.Ludwick G/S/vP 2/1.000 8/1.089 ··· 2/1.500 5/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 4/.000 67/52 .286/.328/.429/.757 .667/.782 1.059 65/.736 0/0 2/0
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 315/234 .245/.298/.371/.669 .888/.595 .786 60/.482 0/2 8/5
37.Miller G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 38/21 .219/.342/.313/.655 .686/.627 .779 0/ 0/0 0/1
26.Paul* G/S/vP 4/.000 5/1.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 224/204 .234/.326/.396/.722 .311/.763 .732 14/.747 0/1 7/2
4.Phillips G/S/vP 15/.624 12/.606 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 7/.000 2/.500 2/.000 10/.800 4/.000 6/1.400 4/.250 5/.000 579/403 .268/.316/.421/.737 .785/.717 .632 117/.826 4/3 18/9
15.Robinson# G/S/vP 5/.833 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 197/107 .251/.321/.326/.647 .743/.567 .655 5/.400 3/5 0/0
36.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
50.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP 13/.871 11/.697 8/.661 1/.000 3/.333 7/1.096 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 5/.000 5/1.350 629/418 .301/.424/.489/.914 .820/.962 .851 120/.760 5/3 21/13
IP 172.0 57.1 30.1 7.2 95.2 47.2 53.2 20.0 59.1 65.1 24.1 31.0 39.1 TOTAL .250/.327/.395/.722 .706/.728 .729 .720 44/32 136/67
ERA-K/9 4.29/8.5 4.40/8.5 2.67/7.1 0.00/7.0 2.82/6.0 4.53/7.4 2.18/5.4 5.40/6.8 1.97/6.5 2.34/12.7 4.44/6.7 0.58/12.2 3.20/9.2 3.54/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (12-12-3)
 Mesoraco (40-13-3)
 Miller (7-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 732/.255 255/.280 124/.211 28/.154 409/.261 202/.239 219/.291 89/.289 225/.211 271/.228 103/.255 118/.099 160/.226 .250  Bruce
 Choo
 Paul
 Heisey
 Frazier
 Robinson
 Ludwick
0/0/138/10
1/132/0/6
56/0/0/3
64/1/3/1
2/0/0/0
52/14/1/0
17/0/0/0
OPS .707 .799 .559 .445 .702 .725 .729 .743 .559 .615 .720 .397 .631 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 330/.754 118/.824 87/.559 8/.000 183/.689 52/.744 71/.771 40/.800 96/.451 121/.523 37/.781 60/.295 76/.504 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 402/.670 137/.778 37/.556 20/.633 226/.712 150/.719 148/.709 49/.696 129/.642 150/.691 66/.684 58/.501 84/.751 .675
Road 364/.757 122/.860 65/.533 18/.458 207/.673 143/.686 101/.729 31/.481 110/.758 131/.619 60/.692 59/.432 57/.651
Last 28d days 136/.922 37/.743 23/.504 24/.523 126/.670 36/.531 55/.753 16/.641 49/.677 51/.677 13/.538 45/.402 87/.585
HR/SB/CS 11/3/5 10/3/2 0/1/0 0/0/0 9/1/1 4/2/0 3/2/0 1/1/1 6/2/0 4/0/2 3/1/0 1/0/0 4/1/0 98/32/20
Usage ····X··· o·o·o··o o·o··o·· o·o··X·· ···X···· X······· ·X·oX··· X······· o··X···· X··o···· ··o·oo·X oX··o··· ·X·····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.