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MLB Matchup
Astros vs Cubs Game Time: 2:20 p.m. ET Stadium: Wrigley Field Surface: Grass

Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/07/11	At	Flo	0-5	N/g	-140	-139	9.0-105	8.5-110	Happ,ja	L	U
7/08/11	At	Flo	3-6	N/g	-155	-156	8.0-125	8.0-115	Lyles,jo	L	O
7/09/11	At	Flo	1-6	N/g	-150	-185	8.0-110	7.5-110	Myers,br	L	U
7/10/11	At	Flo	4-5	D/g	-110	-135	7.5-130	8.0-105	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
7/15/11		Pit	0-4	N/g	+107	-104	7.5+100	7.5+100	Myers,br	L	U
7/16/11		Pit	6-4	N/g	-115	-127	7.5-110	7.0-110	Norris,bu	W	O
7/17/11		Pit	5-7	D/g	-125	-130	7.5+105	7.0-120	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
7/18/11		Was	2-5	N/g	+105	+104	8.0-110	8.0-110	Lyles,jo	L	U
7/19/11		Was	7-6	N/g	+130	+135	7.5+100	7.5-115	Happ,ja	W	O
7/20/11		Was	3-2	D/g	-110	-102	8.0+100	8.0-110	Myers,br	W	U
Chicago C
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/08/11	At	Pit	4-7	N/g	-142	-123	8.0-120	8.5+100	Lopez,ro	L	O
7/09/11	At	Pit	6-3	N/g	-120	-110	8.0-105	7.5-115	Dempster,ry	W	O
7/10/11	At	Pit	1-9	D/g	-155	-130	8.0-105	8.0-110	Ortiz,ra	L	O
7/14/11		Flo	3-6	N/g	-115	-108	7.5-115	7.5-115	Garza,ma	L	O
7/15/11		Flo	2-1	D/g	-105	-105	8.0+100	7.5+100	Dempster,ry	W	U
7/16/11		Flo	3-13	D/g	-122	-110	8.5-105	8.5-125	Zambrano,ca	L	O
7/17/11		Flo	5-7	D/g	-103	+100	10.5-120	10.5-105	Wells,ra	L	O
7/18/11		Phi	6-1	N/g	+185	+185	8.5-110	8.5-120	Lopez,ro	W	U
7/19/11		Phi	2-4	N/g	+140	+140	7.5-110	7.5+110	Garza,ma	L	U
7/20/11		Phi	1-9	D/g	+100	+105	11.5-105	10.5-125	Dempster,ry	L	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
9/08/10	Hou	0-4	N/g	-120	-118	8.0+100	7.5+100	Myers,br	L	U
10/01/10	Chc	0-2	N/g	-130	-125	8.5+100	8.0-110	Coleman,ca	L	U
10/02/10	Chc	3-8	N/g	-110	-110	7.0-110	7.0+100	Zambrano,ca	L	O
10/03/10	Chc	4-0	D/g	+105	+105	8.0+100	8.0+100	Figueroa,ne	W	U
4/11/11	Chc	4-5	N/g	+125	+118	8.5-120	8.5+100	Dempster,ry	L	O
4/12/11	Chc	11-2	N/g	-135	-126	8.0-120	8.0-110	Myers,br	W	O
4/13/11	Chc	5-9	N/g	+110	-108	7.5-115	7.5-110	Zambrano,ca	L	O
5/30/11	Hou	7-12	D/g	-130	-151	13.0-110	13.0-115	Escalona,se	L	O
5/31/11	Hou	3-7	N/g	-170	-165	10.5-115	10.5-105	Rodriguez,fe	L	U
6/01/11	Hou	1-3	D/g	-135	-125	9.5-120	9.5-115	Myers,br	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		17-36	-1909	16-29	-728	33-65	-2637
Last	10	3-3	+1	0-4	-400	3-7	-399
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		22-31	-1148	17-29	-870	39-60	-2018
Last	10	2-5	-233	1-2	-100	3-7	-333
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		10-21	23-44	29-57	4-8	3-8	29-55
Chicago		17-29	22-31	37-53	2-7	13-16	24-42

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		32-21	+935	22-21	-165	54-42	+770
Last	10	3-3	-20	2-2	-20	5-5	-40
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		25-26	-435	26-19	+530	51-45	+95
Last	10	3-4	-155	3-0	+300	6-4	+145

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	7	2	3	41.0	44	22	22	12	40	4.83	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	1
Home	12	3	3	76.2	61	33	25	34	78	2.93	1	0	2	3	3	3	0	0
Total	19	5	6	117.2	105	55	47	46	118	3.59	1	1	4	5	5	5	0	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR NORRIS,BUD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
19	49.1	25	24	4.38	50	25	39	4	4	4	5	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/19/11	at LA	0-1		6.0	0	0	1	1	5	0	-135	-135	7.0-120	7.0-120
6/25/11	TB	2-7	L	5.0	3	3	6	3	5	0	-115	-116	8.0+100	8.0+100
7/01/11	BOS	5-7		6.0	4	4	4	4	10	1	+113	+120	8.0-125	8.5-115
7/06/11	at PIT	8-2	W	7.0	2	2	7	2	3	0	-117	-120	7.5-110	7.5+105
7/16/11	PIT	6-4		5.2	4	4	9	2	5	3	-115	-127	7.5-110	7.0-110

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
7/28/10	CHC	8-1	W	6.0	1	0	4	3	7	0	+120	+135	9.0-105	7.5-115
10/01/10	CHC	0-2	L	6.0	2	2	3	7	6	0	-130	-125	8.5+100	8.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/16/11	PIT	3.1	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
7/17/11	PIT	5.1	3	1	1.69	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
7/18/11	WAS	0.2	1	1	13.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7/19/11	WAS	3.1	1	1	2.70	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
7/20/11	WAS	4.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- ZAMBRANO,CARLOS (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	10	5	2	65.0	63	34	34	30	35	4.71	1	0	4	2	5	0	0	2
Home	9	1	3	51.2	55	30	28	16	46	4.88	1	2	0	1	1	3	0	0
Total	19	6	5	116.2	118	64	62	46	81	4.78	2	2	4	3	6	3	0	2

2011 BULLPEN FOR ZAMBRANO,CARLOS
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
19	56.1	24	19	3.04	48	27	57	6	4	4	4	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/15/11	MLW	5-9	L	6.0	5	5	9	2	6	0	-115	-107	8.5-105	8.5-105
6/20/11	at CWS	6-3	W	8.0	3	3	7	2	5	1	-133	-153	8.0-125	8.5+100
6/25/11	at KC	2-3		7.0	2	2	8	3	2	0	-105	-115	9.0-105	9.0+100
6/30/11	SF	5-2		1.0	1	0	2	2	1	0	+115	+100	9.0-110	9.0-115
7/16/11	FLO	3-13	L	4.2	8	8	7	4	6	2	-122	-110	8.5-105	8.5-125

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
6/04/10	at HOU	1-3	L	4.1	3	3	6	3	3	0	+105	+115	8.5+100	8.0-105
10/02/10	at HOU	8-3	W	6.1	3	2	3	3	5	0	-110	-110	7.0-110	7.0+100
4/13/11	at HOU	9-5	W	5.2	5	5	7	3	4	1	+110	-108	7.5-115	7.5-110
5/31/11	HOU	3-7		8.0	1	1	7	0	7	1	-170	-165	10.5-115	10.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/16/11	FLO	4.1	5	3	6.23	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
7/17/11	FLO	3.0	3	3	9.00	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
7/18/11	PHI	2.1	0	0	0.00	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
7/19/11	PHI	2.0	3	3	13.50	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
7/20/11	PHI	6.0	3	2	3.00	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0

Updated Fri, Jul 22 5:00 AM EST

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