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Game Preview: KCR @ DET, 1:08pm, Sunday, September 15, 2013 @Comerica Park

Royals, 78-70, 78-70 3rd, 7 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 14-10, 4.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (14-10) 190.2 212 91 87 55 102 26 4.11
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
Last 7 GS 2-3 43.0 62 22 22 6 21 3 4.60 45
2013-09-10 @CLE W 6.0 9 1 1 0 2 0 99 52
2013-09-05 SEA ND 6.0 7 5 5 2 1 1 96 37
2013-08-31 @TOR ND 7.0 8 1 1 0 4 0 92 61
2013-08-26 TBR W 5.0 6 1 1 3 5 0 108 53
2013-08-21 CHW L 6.0 9 5 5 0 2 1 100 36
2013-08-15 @DET L 7.0 13 4 4 0 2 1 104 37
2013-08-10 BOS L 6.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 123 36
Last 5 v.DET 3-1 32.1 41 17 17 10 14 4 4.73 45
2013-08-15 @DET L 7.0 13 4 4 0 2 1 104 37
2013-07-20 DET W 6.0 10 5 5 2 6 0 106 36
2013-06-10 DET W 6.1 6 2 2 3 0 1 95 50
2012-10-02 DET W 6.0 5 2 2 3 3 0 100 54
2012-09-26 @DET ND 7.0 7 4 4 2 3 2 103 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-35   Road:   38-35   ExtrInn: 9-4 
 vsRHP:  58-47   vsLHP:  20-23   1-Run:  28-23
 vsEast: 19-15   vsCntrl:39-29   vsWest: 11-15 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Sat, Sep 14  @DET  W   1-0       78-70  3rd  7.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 13  @DET  L   3-6       77-70  3rd  8.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 11  @CLE  W   6-2       77-69  3rd  7.0 gb
145 Tue, Sep 10  @CLE  W   6-3       76-69  3rd  7.0 gb
144 Mon, Sep  9  @CLE  L   3-4       75-69  3rd  7.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep  8   DET  W   5-2       75-68  3rd  7.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  7   DET  W   4-3       74-68  3rd  8.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  6   DET  L   2-16      73-68  3rd  9.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  5   SEA  W   7-6 (13)  73-67  3rd  8.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  4   SEA  L   4-6       72-67  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-14
Tigers, 85-63, 85-63 1st, 5 up

SP: Max Scherzer (28, RHP, 19-3, 3.01)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (19-3) 194.1 139 69 65 48 215 16 3.01
2012 (16-7) 187.2 179 82 78 60 231 23 3.74
2011 (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
Last 7 GS 3-2 43.0 35 20 17 14 45 2 3.56 57
2013-09-09 @CHW L 4.0 6 5 4 2 6 0 90 36
2013-09-03 @BOS L 7.0 5 2 2 3 8 0 111 64
2013-08-29 OAK ND 5.0 8 6 5 1 5 2 101 33
2013-08-24 @NYM W 6.0 3 0 0 4 11 0 118 73
2013-08-18 KCR W 8.0 5 2 2 0 4 0 110 68
2013-08-13 @CHW ND 6.0 4 3 2 3 6 0 105 57
2013-08-08 @CLE W 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 100 65
Last 5 v.KCR 4-0 31.0 23 10 10 8 26 2 2.90 59
2013-08-18 KCR W 8.0 5 2 2 0 4 0 110 68
2013-06-11 @KCR W 7.0 3 2 2 2 6 1 103 67
2013-04-24 KCR W 5.0 7 5 5 3 6 0 94 36
2012-10-03 @KCR ND 4.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 75 57
2012-07-08 KCR W 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 109 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   45-28   Road:   40-35   ExtrInn: 5-11
 vsRHP:  62-40   vsLHP:  23-23   1-Run:  16-22
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:42-27   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Sat, Sep 14   KCR  L   0-1       85-63  1st  5.0 up
147 Fri, Sep 13   KCR  W   6-3       85-62  1st  6.0 up
146 Wed, Sep 11  @CHW  W   1-0       84-62  1st  6.5 up
145 Tue, Sep 10  @CHW  W   9-1       83-62  1st  5.5 up
144 Mon, Sep  9  @CHW  L   1-5       82-62  1st  4.5 up
143 Sun, Sep  8  @KCR  L   2-5       82-61  1st  5.5 up
142 Sat, Sep  7  @KCR  L   3-4       82-60  1st  5.5 up
141 Fri, Sep  6  @KCR  W  16-2       82-59  1st  6.5 up
140 Wed, Sep  4  @BOS  L   4-20      81-59  1st  6.5 up
139 Tue, Sep  3  @BOS  L   1-2       81-58  1st  7.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 KCR  1 @DET  0        W:Ervin Santana (9-9), L: Doug Fister (12-9), S: Greg Holland (43)
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 DET  6  KCR  3        W:Justin Verlander (13-11), L: Bruce Chen (7-3), S: Joaquin Benoit (19)
Sun, Sep 08, 2013 KCR  5  DET  2        W:Bruce Chen (7-2), L: Doug Fister (12-8), S: Greg Holland (40)
Sat, Sep 07, 2013 KCR  4  DET  3        W:Wade Davis (7-10), L: Justin Verlander (12-11), S: Greg Holland (39)
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 DET 16 @KCR  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (13-7), L: James Shields (10-9), S: none
Sun, Aug 18, 2013 DET  6  KCR  3        W:Max Scherzer (18-1), L: Bruce Chen (5-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 17, 2013 DET  6  KCR  5        W:Joaquin Benoit (3-0), L: Aaron Crow (7-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 16, 2013 KCR  3 @DET  0        W:James Shields (8-8), L: Jose Alvarez (1-3), S: Greg Holland (34)
Fri, Aug 16, 2013 KCR  2 @DET  1        W:Danny Duffy (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (12-9), S: Greg Holland (33)
Thu, Aug 15, 2013 DET  4  KCR  1        W:Anibal Sanchez (11-7), L: Jeremy Guthrie (12-9), S: Joaquin Benoit (16)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 10-8; 2012 - DET won 13-5; 2011 - DET won 11-7; All-Time - KCR leads 305-301

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  5.21

WSN  4.05

MIA  3.24

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

ARI  4.22

HOU  5.24

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

E. Encarnacion  .272

D. Uggla  .180

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .443

M. Byrd  .335

J. Arencibia  .238

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .656

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .294

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.098

A. Gordon  .762

A. Hechavarria  .558

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.94

U. Jimenez  3.49

E. Volquez  5.99

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.45

J. Guthrie  4.81

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

Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 52.Alvarez*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 34.Downs*
G/S/vB		 36.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 31.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 9/1.181 1/.000 3/.333 7/.286 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 406/291 .241/.292/.338/.630 .515/.673 .642 103/.747 25/8 3/8
16.Butler G/S/vP 46/.622 5/.600 3/.333 14/1.338 18/1.091 6/2.167 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/1.833 7/.286 609/454 .291/.378/.418/.795 .815/.789 .722 107/.726 0/0 14/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 403/281 .258/.320/.355/.675 .589/.711 .705 17/.423 14/6 4/2
21.Carroll G/S/vP 8/.250 5/.200 3/.333 8/.453 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 5/.733 3/.000 243/174 .212/.266/.248/.513 .641/.463 .468 24/.446 2/0 0/2
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 129/72 .231/.289/.350/.639 .569/.696 .471 3/1.000 9/1 2/10
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 11/.182 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 215/160 .268/.325/.376/.702 .518/.765 .560 72/.712 31/6 2/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 27/.740 5/.000 2/.000 7/.334 1/.000 6/.200 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.500 2/1.000 598/416 .237/.261/.304/.565 .603/.548 .601 91/.503 19/0 4/13
17.Getz* G/S/vP 17/.867 2/.000 2/1.000 7/.572 8/.750 10/.661 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 233/173 .224/.293/.278/.571 .617/.556 .584 24/.432 15/3 1/4
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 9/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 41/27 .189/.268/.243/.512 .143/.718 .820 3/.000 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 32/1.100 2/.000 3/.000 9/.444 19/.505 15/.266 2/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.258 4/.250 640/427 .271/.330/.433/.762 .920/.684 .787 113/.887 10/3 19/1
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/9 .286/.286/.500/.786 .000/1.222 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 25/.598 3/.667 3/2.334 5/.000 1/.000 10/.875 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.347 2/.500 622/415 .305/.359/.453/.812 .813/.812 .822 109/.935 11/4 16/8
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/2.417 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 121/102 .179/.355/.379/.734 .522/.768 .638 16/.450 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 7/.714 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 318/254 .279/.302/.402/.704 .786/.683 .791 52/.581 5/2 4/2
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 231/145 .257/.333/.437/.770 .717/.802 .708 44/.593 6/1 6/4
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 20/.200 3/.333 1/.000 8/.625 ··· 9/.944 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 7/1.000 3/.667 469/360 .233/.288/.360/.648 .557/.676 .613 76/.577 1/4 11/14
23.Pena* G/S/vP 11/.182 ··· ··· 15/.600 9/.000 7/1.286 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.850 7/.821 328/266 .207/.321/.346/.668 .836/.629 .746 3/.000 1/3 8/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 15/1.267 5/.650 3/.666 9/.819 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 1/.000 473/343 .288/.321/.422/.744 .807/.720 .680 89/1.004 0/0 11/7
IP 194.1 42.1 32.2 58.1 53.2 37.1 33.0 24.2 19.1 27.2 71.0 59.2 TOTAL .262/.316/.380/.696 .697/.696 .697 .722 141/30 103/73
ERA-K/9 3.01/10.0 5.31/13.2 5.51/7.4 2.01/9.7 5.03/5.0 4.82/7.2 5.18/10.1 2.55/8.4 3.72/6.5 3.58/8.8 2.28/9.4 2.87/8.4 3.66/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (3-1-0)
 Kottaras (25-8-3)
 Perez (41-22-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 757/.199 196/.235 145/.277 233/.206 239/.261 166/.284 142/.281 104/.255 84/.308 119/.267 282/.217 237/.190 .249  Gordon
 Lough
 Cain
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Bonifacio
 Hosmer
142/0/0/15
14/7/69/7
0/85/26/7
0/26/37/5
0/64/0/3
20/15/5/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .583 .726 .853 .586 .803 .777 .809 .655 .769 .740 .598 .591 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 454/.641 86/.689 45/.881 132/.542 135/.925 82/.744 63/.653 48/.549 39/.741 54/.873 119/.451 122/.661 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.497 110/.757 100/.839 101/.645 104/.641 84/.812 79/.942 56/.750 45/.788 65/.638 163/.707 115/.517 .677
Home 361/.646 113/.632 113/.856 121/.695 127/.621 79/.747 63/1.022 49/.632 46/.643 54/.963 129/.595 140/.608
Last 28d days 98/.760 29/.716 33/.848 28/.671 39/1.021 9/1.127 / 16/.533 8/1.375 28/.973 22/.968 30/.637
HR/SB/CS 16/12/6 5/3/0 7/3/0 4/10/0 7/0/2 3/0/1 4/0/1 3/2/0 2/4/2 2/4/0 4/7/2 6/6/0 119/118/27
Usage ·····X·· o·····o· o····X·· ·o·o·o·· ········ ······oo ········ ······o· ········ ········ ·o·o···· ·o·o···o
Tigers Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 49.Joseph*
G/S/vB		 53.Smith*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 23/.917 1/.000 14/.539 6/1.500 6/.167 6/2.033 8/.250 27/.949 8/.375 ··· ··· 335/256 .218/.308/.355/.663 .494/.717 .731 46/.885 0/0 9/5
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 42/.988 ··· 49/1.428 9/.777 1/no AB 9/.722 7/.929 41/1.206 12/.334 ··· 1/.000 601/451 .348/.443/.656/1.098 1.241/1.053 1.093 79/.813 3/0 43/12
30.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 12/2 .250/.250/.250/.500 .600/.000 .000 12/.500 0/0 0/0
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 21/1.076 1/.000 22/.682 3/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 6/1.000 10/.956 7/.286 1/.000 2/.500 449/367 .258/.324/.366/.690 .621/.705 .719 73/.818 7/1 8/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 22/1.184 ··· 24/1.011 1/2.000 10/1.375 2/2.000 4/.250 9/.958 8/1.550 1/.000 2/2.500 656/418 .277/.361/.456/.818 .821/.816 .818 102/.998 1/1 24/6
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 32/16 .296/.367/.444/.811 .938/.690 .754 9/1.625 0/0 1/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP 39/.750 ··· 28/.726 6/1.133 3/.333 8/.000 5/.000 20/1.000 7/.286 ··· 5/1.100 602/429 .297/.331/.456/.787 .826/.771 .858 97/.705 3/2 16/3
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 6/1.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 361/230 .315/.359/.402/.762 .794/.743 .758 67/.784 4/2 3/5
4.Infante G/S/vP 13/.846 1/.000 21/.523 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 4/.500 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 427/291 .317/.342/.450/.792 .781/.796 .867 95/.810 4/2 9/7
14.Jackson G/S/vP 24/.556 ··· 44/.914 9/.444 1/.000 8/1.262 8/.250 28/1.168 10/.425 ··· 2/2.000 550/380 .275/.346/.422/.767 .668/.809 .767 108/.888 7/4 11/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 16/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 4/2.750 4/1.250 15/.534 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 228/174 .232/.323/.351/.674 .569/.705 .743 34/.373 2/0 5/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 25/.795 1/.000 13/.891 5/.400 10/1.000 4/.583 2/.000 19/.721 7/.715 1/.000 2/1.000 619/395 .297/.347/.416/.763 .676/.813 .777 97/.886 0/1 12/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 233/128 .306/.325/.406/.731 .608/.834 .671 33/.647 0/2 4/3
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/28 .207/.230/.241/.471 .517/.415 .490 2/.000 1/0 0/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 14/.517 1/.000 12/.705 4/.500 5/.250 5/2.500 3/.666 23/.804 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 195/147 .224/.300/.300/.600 .679/.574 .622 37/.618 0/1 1/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 173/47 .270/.376/.459/.835 .763/1.021 .902 22/.511 0/0 7/1
29.Worth G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 2/.000 0/0 0/1
IP 190.2 6.0 104.1 25.2 50.0 45.2 56.0 64.2 61.0 5.2 29.2 TOTAL .285/.348/.438/.786 .763/.796 .820 .799 32/19 165/68
ERA-K/9 4.11/4.8 0.00/6.0 3.11/5.9 0.35/9.5 3.60/8.5 3.55/8.1 3.70/11.4 1.67/10.2 1.33/13.9 0.00/11.1 2.73/11.5 3.51/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (65-13-9)
 Holaday (12-1-0)
 Martinez (1-0-0)
 Pena (40-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 814/.285 21/.095 428/.235 96/.211 218/.241 204/.274 236/.222 241/.162 231/.173 25/.200 113/.202 .253  Hunter
 Dirks
 Jackson
 Castellanos
 Tuiasosopo
 Kelly
0/0/132/9
109/4/12/7
0/116/0/5
6/0/0/0
57/0/0/0
35/24/20/0
OPS .782 .190 .669 .542 .660 .791 .703 .492 .488 .583 .586 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 472/.903 10/.200 143/.794 34/.598 110/.567 98/.874 118/.737 124/.547 130/.532 10/.222 45/.480 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 342/.614 11/.182 285/.606 62/.509 108/.752 106/.714 118/.667 117/.435 101/.432 15/.785 68/.658 .654
Road 410/.858 5/.000 169/.670 43/.243 107/.640 101/.838 120/.834 111/.500 102/.485 11/.489 40/.429
Last 28d days 126/.799 13/.154 113/.808 28/.876 29/.545 30/.908 44/.558 48/.274 44/.444 9/.625 28/.291
HR/SB/CS 26/8/3 0/0/0 11/4/6 1/2/0 2/2/0 6/8/1 9/8/2 5/4/2 3/2/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 137/72/32
Usage ····X··· ·X······ ·X····X· ·o······ ········ ········ ····X·X· o···X··X o··oo·oo ·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.