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MLB Matchup
Astros vs Cardinals Game Time: 2:15 p.m. ET Stadium: Busch Stadium Surface: Grass

Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/24/08		Cin	5-0	N/g	-140	-120	9.0-105	8.5+100	Wolf,ra	W	U
9/25/08		Cin	8-6	N/g	-180	-200	8.0+110	7.5+100	Oswalt,ro	W	O
9/26/08		Atl	5-4	N/g	-120	-105	9.0-120	9.0-120	Moehler,br	W	P
9/27/08		Atl	5-11	N/g	-120	-115	9.5-130	10.0-125	Backe,br	L	O
9/28/08		Atl	3-1	D/g	-120	-130	9.0-110	9.0-110	Rodriguez,wa	W	U
4/06/09		Chc	2-4	N/g	-115	-105	8.0+110	8.0+110	Oswalt,ro	L	U
4/07/09		Chc	3-2	N/g	+105	+105	9.0+100	8.5+100	Rodriguez,wa	W	U
4/08/09		Chc	6-11	N/g	+120	+120	9.0+100	9.0-110	Moehler,br	L	O
4/10/09	At	Stl	3-5	N/g	-145	-145	9.0-110	9.0-115	Hampton,mi	L	U
4/11/09	At	Stl	2-11	D/g	-125	-120	8.0+100	7.5-120	Oswalt,ro	L	O
St Louis
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/25/08		Arz	12-3	D/g	-115	-110	9.0+100	9.0-110	Pineiro,jo	W	O
9/26/08		Cin	7-6	N/g	-125	-135	8.5-120	8.5-110	Looper,br	W	O
9/27/08		Cin	8-5	N/g	-145	-145	8.5-110	8.5+100	Wellemeyer,t	W	O
9/28/08		Cin	11-4	D/g	-140	-140	9.5-110	9.5+100	Thompson,br	W	O
4/06/09		Pit	4-6	D/g	-200	-160	8.0-110	7.5-110	Wainwright,a	L	O
4/07/09		Pit	9-3	N/g	-165	-155	8.5+105	8.5-105	Lohse,ky	W	O
4/08/09		Pit	4-7	N/g	-165	-162	8.5-120	8.5-120	Wellemeyer,t	L	O
4/09/09		Pit	2-1	D/g	-180	-200	8.5-110	8.5-110	Carpenter,ch	W	U
4/10/09		Hou	5-3	N/g	-145	-145	9.0-110	9.0-115	Pineiro,jo	W	U
4/11/09		Hou	11-2	D/g	-125	-120	8.0+100	7.5-120	Wainwright,a	W	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
5/28/08	Hou	6-1	N/g	-150	-150	8.5-110	8.0-110	Wainwright,a	W	U
5/29/08	Hou	3-2	N/g	+105	-105	8.5-120	8.5-110	Lohse,ky	W	U
6/06/08	Stl	6-1	N/g	-110	-125	9.5+100	9.5-120	Moehler,br	W	U
6/07/08	Stl	4-8	N/g	+115	+110	9.0+105	9.0+115	Wainwright,a	L	O
6/08/08	Stl	4-5	D/g	-115	-125	9.5+105	9.0-110	Lohse,ky	L	P
8/29/08	Stl	3-2	N/g	+125	+115	9.0-110	9.0-115	Brocail,do	W	U
8/30/08	Stl	8-5	N/g	+120	+110	9.5+100	9.0-110	Moehler,br	W	O
8/31/08	Stl	3-0	D/g	+105	+103	8.5-120	9.0+100	Rodriguez,wa	W	U
4/10/09	Hou	5-3	N/g	-145	-145	9.0-110	9.0-115	Pineiro,jo	W	U
4/11/09	Hou	11-2	D/g	-125	-120	8.0+100	7.5-120	Wainwright,a	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		1-2	-100	0-2	-200	1-4	-300
Last	10	1-2	-100	0-2	-200	1-4	-300
St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		4-2	+78	0-0	0	4-2	+78
Last	10	4-2	+78	0-0	0	4-2	+78
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		0-1	1-3	1-4	0-0	0-0	1-3
St	Louis	2-1	2-1	4-2	0-0	4-2	0-0

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		1-2	-110	1-1	-15	2-3	-125
Last	10	1-2	-110	1-1	-15	2-3	-125
St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		4-2	+175	0-0	0	4-2	+175
Last	10	4-2	+175	0-0	0	4-2	+175

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(RODRIGUEZ,WA) - HOU                          -180                   30
(LOHSE,KY)     - STL        -135   -135       -180       -105        

                            LV OVER/UNDER
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI EDGE
OVER/UNDER                  8.5    8.5         8.0        0.5 UN

Away Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- RODRIGUEZ,WANDY (L)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	11	4	2	56.0	60	31	27	22	49	4.34	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	0
Home	14	5	5	81.1	76	34	27	22	82	2.99	3	1	2	4	5	5	0	0
Total	25	9	7	137.1	136	65	54	44	131	3.54	4	2	5	5	8	7	1	0

2008 BULLPEN FOR RODRIGUEZ,WANDY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
25	92.2	44	43	4.18	92	39	85	10	3	6	7	4

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/26/08	CIN	1-2		7.0	1	1	3	1	10	0	-143	-140	9.0-125	9.0+100
8/31/08	STL	3-0	W	5.2	0	0	7	0	4	0	+105	+103	8.5-120	9.0+100
9/07/08	at COL	7-5		1.0	0	0	1	0	3	0	-150	-135	10.0-110	9.5+100
9/23/08	CIN	1-2	L	5.0	2	2	7	2	7	0	-125	-115	8.5-120	8.5-110
9/28/08	ATL	3-1	W	7.0	1	0	4	0	6	0	-120	-130	9.0-110	9.0-110

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/07/08	STL	5-3		7.1	0	0	3	0	6	0	-120	-115	9.0-120	9.0-125
5/28/08	at STL	1-6	L	4.2	6	3	6	4	1	0	-150	-150	8.5-110	8.0-110
6/08/08	STL	4-5	L	6.2	5	0	4	1	7	0	-115	-125	9.5+105	9.0-110
8/31/08	STL	3-0	W	5.2	0	0	7	0	4	0	+105	+103	8.5-120	9.0+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/06/09	CHC	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
4/07/09	CHC	4.0	1	1	2.25	2	0	5	1	1	0	0	1
4/08/09	CHC	7.1	4	4	4.91	8	5	8	2	0	0	0	0
4/10/09	at STL	3.0	2	2	6.00	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
4/11/09	at STL	2.0	5	5	22.50	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

ST LOUIS CARDINALS -- LOHSE,KYLE (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	15	7	4	83.1	104	43	41	23	53	4.43	1	3	6	1	6	3	1	1
Home	18	8	2	116.2	107	45	43	26	66	3.32	3	2	5	0	8	2	0	0
Total	33	15	6	200.0	211	88	84	49	119	3.78	4	5	11	1	14	5	1	1

2008 BULLPEN FOR LOHSE,KYLE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
33	95.0	47	45	4.26	96	48	76	7	3	9	10	5

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/29/08	at HOU	2-3		8.0	2	2	7	1	6	1	+125	+115	9.0-110	9.0-115
9/03/08	at ARZ	3-4		6.0	0	0	5	2	7	0	-125	-105	9.5-105	9.0-120
9/09/08	CHC	4-3		5.1	3	3	8	2	5	0	+108	-102	8.0-110	8.5+100
9/18/08	at CIN	5-4	W	6.2	3	2	6	2	5	0	-130	-135	8.5-110	8.5-105
9/23/08	ARZ	7-4	W	6.0	3	3	7	1	3	2	-110	-110	8.5+105	8.0-105

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/27/08	HOU	5-1	W	6.0	1	1	4	1	3	0	-129	-145	9.0+100	9.0-105
5/29/08	HOU	3-2	W	6.0	1	1	5	1	0	1	+105	-105	8.5-120	8.5-110
6/08/08	at HOU	5-4	W	6.0	3	3	5	2	3	1	-115	-125	9.5+105	9.0-110
8/29/08	at HOU	2-3		8.0	2	2	7	1	6	1	+125	+115	9.0-110	9.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/07/09	PIT	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4/08/09	PIT	4.0	2	2	4.50	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
4/09/09	PIT	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
4/10/09	HOU	2.1	1	1	3.86	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
4/11/09	HOU	4.0	2	2	4.50	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, Apr 12 5:00 AM EST

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