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Game Preview: PIT @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, September 10, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Pirates, 82-61, 82-61 2nd, 1 GB, 8 up in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (29, LHP, 15-7, 2.98)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (15-7) 136.0 114 45 45 53 139 6 2.98
2012 (6-12) 156.2 143 97 93 87 167 19 5.34
2011 (9-10) 134.1 125 81 76 75 112 14 5.09
Last 7 GS 4-3 40.1 40 22 22 16 39 2 4.91 51
2013-09-04 @MIL L 3.0 7 7 7 2 4 1 73 19
2013-08-30 STL W 8.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 95 82
2013-08-24 @SFG L 4.0 9 4 4 2 3 0 102 29
2013-08-19 @SDP W 7.0 4 0 0 2 13 0 105 80
2013-08-14 @STL W 9.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 94 80
2013-08-09 @COL L 2.1 12 10 10 2 1 1 73 -8
2013-08-03 COL W 7.0 2 0 0 5 6 0 102 74
Last 5 v.TEX 3-1 29.2 24 14 13 12 28 1 3.94 55
2012-07-06 @TEX W 6.2 5 1 1 6 6 0 109 60
2011-06-12 TEX W 8.0 2 1 1 0 9 0 97 83
2010-08-26 @TEX W 7.0 5 2 2 1 6 0 99 64
2009-08-17 @TEX L 2.0 7 7 7 2 1 0 61 13
2009-07-19 @TEX ND 6.0 5 3 2 3 6 1 90 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   45-25   Road:   37-36   ExtrInn: 9-8 
 vsRHP:  68-49   vsLHP:  14-12   1-Run:  25-20
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:36-27   vsWest: 13-15 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Mon, Sep  9  @TEX  W   1-0       82-61  2nd  1.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep  8  @STL  L   2-9       81-61  2nd  1.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep  7  @STL  L   0-5       81-60  2nd  0.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep  6  @STL  L   8-12      81-59  1st  0.5 up
139 Wed, Sep  4  @MIL  L   3-9       81-58  1st  1.0 up
138 Tue, Sep  3  @MIL  W   4-3       81-57  1st  2.0 up
137 Mon, Sep  2  @MIL  W   5-2       80-57  1st  1.0 up
136 Sun, Sep  1   STL  L   2-7       79-57  1st    Tied
135 Sat, Aug 31   STL  W   7-1       79-56  1st  1.0 up
134 Fri, Aug 30   STL  W   5-0       78-56  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Rangers, 81-62, 81-62 2nd, 2 GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Martin Perez (22, LHP, 9-3, 3.41)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-3) 95.0 96 41 36 26 63 11 3.41
2012 (1-4) 38.0 47 26 23 15 25 3 5.45
Last 7 GS 6-0 49.2 41 14 14 13 35 5 2.54 61
2013-09-03 @OAK W 7.0 8 1 1 0 5 0 95 62
2013-08-28 @SEA W 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 2 100 55
2013-08-23 @CHW W 7.0 8 4 4 2 3 0 110 46
2013-08-17 SEA W 7.0 8 3 3 1 5 1 97 53
2013-08-11 @HOU W 9.0 4 1 1 2 8 1 115 81
2013-08-05 @LAA W 6.1 4 2 2 4 7 0 111 60
2013-07-31 LAA ND 7.1 4 1 1 2 4 1 95 68
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-30   Road:   42-32   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  53-46   vsLHP:  28-16   1-Run:  25-15
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest: 46-20 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Mon, Sep  9   PIT  L   0-1       81-62  2nd  2.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep  8  @LAA  W   4-3       81-61  2nd  1.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep  7  @LAA  L   3-8       80-61  2nd  1.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep  6  @LAA  L   5-6       80-60  2nd  0.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  4  @OAK  L   4-11      80-59  1st    Tied
138 Tue, Sep  3  @OAK  W   5-1       80-58  1st  1.0 up
137 Mon, Sep  2  @OAK  L   2-4       79-58  1st    Tied
136 Sun, Sep  1   MIN  L   2-4       79-57  1st  1.0 up
135 Sat, Aug 31   MIN  W   2-1       79-56  1st  2.0 up
134 Fri, Aug 30   MIN  L   2-3       78-56  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 09, 2013 PIT  1 @TEX  0        W:Gerrit Cole (7-7), L: Yu Darvish (12-8), S: Mark Melancon (12)

Thu, Jun 24, 2010 TEX  6  PIT  5        W:Frank Francisco (6-3), L: Steven Jackson (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 TEX 13  PIT  3        W:Alexi Ogando (3-0), L: Paul Maholm (4-6), S: Matt Harrison (1)
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 TEX  6  PIT  3        W:Tommy Hunter (3-0), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-6), S: Neftali Feliz (20)
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 TEX  6 @PIT  0        W:Kameron Loe (2-6), L: Tom Gorzelanny (6-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2007 PIT  8  TEX  1        W:Ian Snell (6-4), L: Rob Tejeda (5-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2007 PIT  7  TEX  5        W:Zach Duke (3-6), L: Kevin Millwood (2-6), S: Matt Capps (3)
Thu, Jun 10, 2004 TEX 10  PIT  4        W:Kenny Rogers (9-2), L: Josh Fogg (3-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 10, 2004 TEX  9  PIT  7        W:Frank Francisco (1-0), L: Brian Meadows (2-2), S: Francisco Cordero (19)
Mon, Jun 07, 2004 TEX  6  PIT  5 (10)   W:Francisco Cordero (2-0), L: Mike Johnston (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - PIT over 1-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - TEX leads 10-3

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
Pirates Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Perez*
G/S/vB
59.Blackley*
G/S/vB
57.Burns
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
58.Ortiz*
G/S/vB
46.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
28.Soria
G/S/vB
49.Tepesch
G/S/vB
55.Wolf
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 540/417 .232/.294/.474/.768 .564/.828 .817 102/.736 1/0 32/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 298/242 .219/.260/.318/.577 .539/.586 .574 44/.637 0/0 4/11
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 7/.619 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 421/314 .223/.290/.369/.659 .623/.671 .678 31/.635 2/1 15/4
2.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 511/352 .288/.335/.519/.855 .947/.813 .956 100/.960 2/4 22/5
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/48 .270/.308/.459/.767 1.243/.428 .834 28/.896 2/0 3/1
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 419/397 .235/.291/.413/.704 .332/.724 .732 60/.562 2/0 13/7
57.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/25 .227/.320/.318/.638 /.638 .628 22/.732 0/1 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 536/439 .282/.343/.443/.786 1.079/.722 .778 27/.946 35/13 11/7
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 8/1.089 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 453/358 .237/.341/.391/.731 .679/.745 .803 77/.611 9/4 13/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 602/497 .324/.404/.518/.922 1.139/.877 .856 112/1.017 27/9 19/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/252 .270/.324/.395/.719 1.115/.608 .811 63/.652 3/2 6/12
66.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 12/1.167 2/.000 5/.200 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 6/.000 2/2.500 16/.438 3/.666 ··· 575/410 .257/.317/.418/.734 .523/.823 .652 97/.700 0/0 17/3
26.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 20/17 .211/.250/.263/.513 .000/.607 .432 20/.513 0/1 0/0
17.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 300/189 .250/.355/.403/.758 1.001/.618 .762 43/.761 1/0 7/3
59.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/38 .227/.286/.341/.627 .455/.679 .848 18/.889 0/0 1/0
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 271/247 .222/.288/.335/.623 .304/.652 .515 6/1.167 2/3 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 290/227 .275/.336/.405/.740 .787/.726 .722 90/.791 3/1 4/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 484/398 .255/.342/.401/.743 .531/.788 .648 106/.698 1/2 10/7
IP 95.0 49.1 11.1 47.0 3.1 42.1 22.0 55.2 39.2 56.0 63.2 16.1 92.0 45.2 TOTAL .246/.314/.393/.707 .743/.698 .706 .730 86/37 134/100
ERA-K/9 3.41/6.0 4.93/7.1 3.18/4.0 1.15/10.3 0.00/8.2 2.55/8.9 8.18/10.2 1.46/9.9 4.08/5.7 3.21/8.2 1.98/6.6 2.76/8.8 4.70/7.4 4.14/4.1 3.66/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (38-16-6)
 Martin (47-34-4)
 Sanchez (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 401/.260 208/.253 54/.261 188/.195 13/.250 167/.199 115/.364 217/.168 167/.268 242/.268 257/.219 68/.179 398/.268 199/.306 .248  McCutchen
 Byrd
 Marte
 Snider
 Harrison
 Jones
 Tabata
 Pie
 Martin
 Lambo
0/138/0/9
2/2/121/8
111/12/0/6
5/0/78/5
1/0/12/2
0/0/30/1
27/0/50/0
9/3/1/0
0/0/1/0
1/0/6/0
OPS .706 .817 .762 .536 .558 .577 .979 .483 .765 .712 .619 .492 .745 .783 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.808 80/.732 28/.940 94/.586 5/.650 63/.394 44/.996 116/.520 67/.696 94/.969 122/.637 33/.251 226/.850 115/.883 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.669 128/.873 26/.589 94/.485 8/.500 104/.692 71/.962 101/.442 100/.813 148/.554 135/.602 35/.737 172/.607 84/.652 .680
Home 135/.697 120/1.047 32/.563 101/.593 5/.400 79/.492 46/.969 113/.453 60/.655 129/.632 140/.758 37/.568 201/.801 93/.791
Last 28d days 111/.716 56/.784 4/2.750 36/.747 13/.558 19/.269 / 34/.570 15/.762 30/.867 43/.701 20/.388 26/.644 21/1.003
HR/SB/CS 11/2/1 12/1/3 1/0/1 2/3/0 0/0/1 4/5/1 2/2/0 2/2/1 5/0/0 4/1/0 5/1/5 0/5/0 12/5/0 4/1/2 141/63/29
Usage ······X· ········ ·····X·· oo·o···· ··X··X·· ·oo····· ········ ·o····X· ·X···o·· ·····o·· oo····o· o·X····· ·X·····X ········
Rangers Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
45.Cole
G/S/vB
58.Cumpton
G/S/vB
25.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
60.Johnson*
G/S/vB
32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
G/S/vB
29.Morris
G/S/vB
38.Pimentel
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
37.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Adduci* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/11 .300/.364/.300/.664 /.664 .650 11/.664 0/0 0/0
1.Andrus G/S/vP 13/.154 3/.333 ··· 7/.572 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 607/431 .267/.326/.324/.650 .663/.645 .579 84/.854 39/6 2/13
15.Baker G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 154/51 .287/.364/.581/.945 1.174/.521 .825 33/.845 1/0 11/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP 31/.819 3/.000 ··· 24/.042 5/3.300 6/.333 ··· ··· 6/.334 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 606/457 .317/.373/.517/.890 .974/.863 .895 99/.816 1/0 28/13
43.Beltre* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/34 .263/.282/.289/.572 .333/.616 .700 2/.000 1/2 0/0
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 16/1.438 ··· 6/.333 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 288/209 .248/.347/.368/.715 .780/.689 .734 6/.000 0/0 6/1
20.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1 .600/.667/1.000/1.667 1.600/ 1/2.000 0/0 0/0
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/15 .154/.214/.231/.445 .237/.624 .235 0/ 0/0 0/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 233/99 .253/.355/.364/.719 .762/.663 .802 54/.839 14/3 2/1
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 15/.833 3/.000 ··· 6/1.133 9/.361 7/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 522/371 .270/.335/.402/.737 .807/.708 .762 103/.699 13/9 11/11
2.Martin* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 440/318 .266/.322/.385/.707 .580/.757 .781 87/.581 32/8 7/5
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.786 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.125 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 448/316 .239/.304/.460/.764 .680/.799 .755 69/.742 0/0 22/4
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 11/.899 ··· ··· 4/1.000 7/2.047 ··· ··· ··· 10/1.511 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 447/336 .221/.280/.379/.658 .562/.691 .747 43/.543 1/4 13/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 24/.697 3/.666 ··· 13/1.621 12/.969 12/.969 ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 450/304 .280/.304/.445/.750 .752/.748 .738 80/.799 1/1 17/1
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 308/201 .236/.311/.332/.643 .557/.689 .654 87/.621 2/4 5/8
51.Rios G/S/vP 29/.689 3/1.167 ··· 13/1.000 9/.347 5/1.800 ··· ··· 8/.804 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 577/442 .281/.332/.434/.766 .917/.721 .669 96/.827 35/6 16/3
9.Rosales G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 164/70 .193/.263/.331/.594 .729/.408 .598 10/.756 0/0 5/7
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 4/.583 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 166/106 .231/.315/.422/.737 .559/.842 1.006 22/.887 1/2 7/2
IP 136.0 98.1 22.2 32.2 76.1 44.0 29.0 10.0 68.0 63.1 58.2 4.1 66.2 69.0 TOTAL .262/.324/.415/.739 .750/.734 .748 .741 121/40 163/76
ERA-K/9 2.98/9.2 3.48/6.9 2.78/6.3 5.23/6.6 3.07/5.9 2.45/13.9 4.97/6.8 6.30/8.1 2.65/5.4 0.85/8.5 3.68/4.8 4.15/12.6 2.57/7.0 2.22/6.9 3.30/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (0-0-0)
 Pierzynski (43-22-6)
 Soto (20-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 564/.225 392/.256 94/.241 139/.290 311/.209 176/.190 132/.268 45/.308 282/.251 240/.200 241/.242 20/.278 263/.203 277/.192 .238  Martin
 Murphy
 Rios
 Gentry
 Profar
 Moreland
 Beltre
 Adduci
 Butler
 Rosales
 Baker
6/107/21/12
125/0/1/10
0/1/135/9
19/69/0/5
4/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
4/5/5/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
21/0/1/0
OPS .599 .648 .578 .789 .590 .540 .754 .762 .637 .477 .709 .633 .561 .543 .653
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.348 169/.659 49/.676 50/.726 134/.593 86/.624 54/.893 16/.741 121/.622 111/.347 104/.764 6/.500 97/.482 85/.489 .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 451/.664 223/.639 45/.477 89/.825 177/.588 90/.461 78/.658 29/.774 161/.648 129/.590 137/.667 14/.690 166/.608 192/.567 .642
Road 332/.695 149/.529 20/.721 75/.900 167/.524 86/.706 92/.756 6/.167 140/.750 117/.596 116/.812 20/.633 123/.581 119/.535
Last 28d days 126/.577 127/.640 / 10/.300 49/.421 8/.804 36/.791 45/.762 60/.642 31/.645 39/1.047 20/.633 42/.415 32/.483
HR/SB/CS 6/3/3 7/8/5 1/1/2 4/7/0 6/6/2 3/0/0 2/4/1 0/0/1 3/0/2 1/2/0 8/1/2 0/0/0 5/3/1 4/7/3 91/84/40
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· ········ ·o·o···· ··X··X·· ··X··X·· ·X·o·o·· ···X···· ·X·X··X· o·····oo ···X···· ·X···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.