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MLB Matchup
Astros vs Cardinals Game Time: 8:15 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
5/07/11	At	Pit	1-6	N/g	-115	-125	7.5-120	7.5+100	Norris,bu	L	U
5/08/11	At	Pit	4-5	D/g	-115	-133	8.5+100	8.0-105	Happ,ja	L	O
5/09/11		Cin	1-6	N/g	+110	+115	8.5-110	8.5-105	Rodriguez,an	L	U
5/10/11		Cin	3-7	N/g	+115	+130	7.5-115	7.5-120	Myers,br	L	O
5/11/11		Cin	4-3	D/g	+120	+100	7.5-110	7.5-105	Rodriguez,wa	W	U
5/13/11		Nym	4-6	N/g	-110	-110	7.5-110	7.5-115	Norris,bu	L	O
5/14/11		Nym	7-3	D/g	+105	+105	8.0+100	8.0-125	Happ,ja	W	O
5/15/11		Nym	4-7	D/g	-105	+110	8.5-105	8.5-110	Rodriguez,an	L	O
5/16/11	At	Atl	2-3	N/g	-220	-220	7.5-110	7.0-110	Myers,br	L	U
5/17/11	At	Atl	1-3	D/g	-190	-165	7.0-120	7.0-120	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
St Louis
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/07/11		Mlw	0-4	D/g	-125	-132	8.5+100	8.5+100	Lohse,ky	L	U
5/08/11		Mlw	3-1	D/g	-135	-130	8.5-110	8.5-120	Mcclellan,ky	W	U
5/10/11	At	Chc	6-4	N/g	+105	+105	7.5-105	7.5-110	Carpenter,ch	W	O
5/11/11	At	Chc	4-11	N/g	-110	-125	8.5-120	8.5-125	Westbrook,ja	L	O
5/12/11	At	Chc	9-1	D/g	+140	+140	9.0-120	9.0-120	Garcia,ja	W	O
5/13/11	At	Cin	5-6	N/t	-120	-105	8.5-110	9.0-105	Lohse,ky	L	O
5/14/11	At	Cin	3-7	D/t	-120	-120	8.5-105	8.5-125	Mcclellan,ky	L	O
5/15/11	At	Cin	7-9	D/t	+105	-105	8.5-110	8.0-105	Carpenter,ch	L	O
5/16/11		Phi	3-1	N/g	+125	+133	7.5-105	7.5+105	Westbrook,ja	W	U
5/17/11		Phi	2-1	N/g	-138	-150	7.0-110	7.0+105	Garcia,ja	W	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
7/11/10	Stl	2-4	D/g	-110	-115	8.5-120	8.5-105	Hawksworth,b	L	U
8/02/10	Hou	4-9	N/g	-175	-155	7.5-110	7.5+100	Figueroa,ne	L	O
8/03/10	Hou	4-18	N/g	-200	-230	8.0-110	8.0+100	Norris,bu	L	O
8/04/10	Hou	8-4	N/g	-240	-240	7.0-120	7.0-120	Carpenter,ch	W	O
8/30/10	Stl	3-0	N/g	+105	+115	8.0-125	7.5-120	Happ,ja	W	U
8/31/10	Stl	3-0	N/g	+145	+125	7.0-120	6.5-105	Rodriguez,wa	W	U
9/01/10	Stl	5-2	D/g	-120	-115	8.5-110	8.5-120	Figueroa,ne	W	U
4/26/11	Stl	6-5	N/g	+120	+120	7.0-130	7.5-110	Lyon,br	W	O
4/27/11	Stl	5-6	N/g	+115	+120	8.0-115	8.5-120	Lohse,ky	L	O
4/28/11	Stl	7-11	N/g	+135	+140	8.5-120	8.5-120	Mcclellan,ky	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		9-13	-361	6-14	-583	15-27	-944
Last	10	2-4	-205	0-4	-400	2-8	-605
St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		12-9	-163	12-10	+212	24-19	+49
Last	10	3-1	+201	2-4	-210	5-5	-9
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		5-9	10-18	13-20	2-7	2-3	12-23
St	Louis	7-11	17-8	24-16	0-3	16-12	8-5

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		13-9	+320	11-9	+100	24-18	+420
Last	10	4-2	+190	1-3	-230	5-5	-40
St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		9-12	-425	18-4	+1340	27-16	+915
Last	10	0-4	-430	6-0	+600	6-4	+170

Away Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- NORRIS,BUD (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	3	0	2	17.0	23	11	11	4	22	5.82	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Home	5	2	0	33.0	22	11	8	13	38	2.18	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Total	8	2	2	50.0	45	22	19	17	60	3.42	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR NORRIS,BUD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	20.0	12	11	4.95	24	11	14	1	2	2	2	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/20/11	at NYM	4-3		6.0	3	3	10	1	6	1	-140	-150	7.5+100	7.5-110
4/26/11	STL	6-5		6.0	3	0	7	2	6	0	+120	+120	7.0-130	7.5-110
5/01/11	MLW	5-0	W	7.2	0	0	3	3	11	0	+110	+108	8.5-110	8.5-130
5/07/11	at PIT	1-6	L	7.0	3	3	7	2	9	1	-115	-125	7.5-120	7.5+100
5/13/11	NYM	4-6		7.1	4	4	5	3	8	2	-110	-110	7.5-110	7.5-115

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
4/15/10	at STL	5-1	W	5.0	1	0	4	3	9	0	-230	-230	9.0-110	8.5+100
5/13/10	at STL	4-1	W	8.0	1	1	6	0	8	0	-300	-330	7.5-120	7.5+100
7/09/10	STL	0-8	L	7.2	5	5	7	1	4	1	+175	+165	7.5-110	7.5+110
8/03/10	at STL	18-4	W	6.0	4	4	7	1	6	2	-200	-230	8.0-110	8.0+100
4/26/11	STL	6-5		6.0	3	0	7	2	6	0	+120	+120	7.0-130	7.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/13/11	NYM	1.2	2	2	10.80	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
5/14/11	NYM	3.0	1	1	3.00	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/15/11	NYM	4.0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/16/11	at ATL	2.0	1	1	4.50	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/17/11	at ATL	2.1	3	3	11.57	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	1

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	4	3	0	28.1	22	5	5	4	17	1.59	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
Home	4	1	2	30.0	20	10	10	8	16	3.00	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0
Total	8	4	2	58.1	42	15	15	12	33	2.31	2	1	2	1	4	2	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR LOHSE,KYLE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7	14.1	13	13	8.16	24	6	15	0	0	2	1	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/21/11	WAS	5-0	W	9.0	0	0	2	2	6	0	-160	-160	8.5+100	8.5+100
4/27/11	at HOU	6-5	W	7.0	0	0	4	1	2	0	+115	+120	8.0-115	8.5-120
5/02/11	FLO	5-6		6.0	5	5	6	3	2	2	-150	-155	8.5-110	8.0-115
5/07/11	MLW	0-4	L	8.0	1	1	6	2	3	0	-125	-132	8.5+100	8.5+100
5/13/11	at CIN	5-6		6.0	2	2	7	2	4	0	-120	-105	8.5-110	9.0-105

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
4/15/10	HOU	1-5	L	7.0	2	2	5	0	1	0	-230	-230	9.0-110	8.5+100
5/12/10	HOU	6-9	L	5.0	9	4	10	4	2	1	-180	-175	8.0-110	8.0-110
4/27/11	at HOU	6-5	W	7.0	0	0	4	1	2	0	+115	+120	8.0-115	8.5-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/13/11	at CIN	3.2	4	4	9.82	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1
5/14/11	at CIN	2.0	3	3	13.50	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/15/11	at CIN	1.2	1	1	5.40	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
5/16/11	PHI	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
5/17/11	PHI	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Updated Wed, May 18 5:00 AM EST

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