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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
8/05/12	At	Atl	1-6	D/g	-220	-230	7.5-120	7.5-115	Norris,bu	L	U
8/06/12		Was	4-5	N/g	+155	+175	8.5-115	8.5-115	Keuchel,da	L	O
8/07/12		Was	2-3	N/g	+165	+165	8.5-120	8.5-120	Lyles,jo	L	U
8/08/12		Was	3-4	N/g	+200	+190	8.5-110	8.5+100	Galarraga,ar	L	U
8/09/12		Was	0-5	N/g	+170	+157	7.5-110	7.5+100	Harrell,lu	L	U
8/10/12		Mlw	4-3	N/g	+105	+102	8.5-110	8.0-115	Norris,bu	W	U
8/11/12		Mlw	6-5	N/g	+165	+163	8.5-115	8.5-120	Keuchel,da	W	O
8/12/12		Mlw	3-5	D/g	+175	+168	8.0-110	7.5-115	Lyles,jo	L	O
8/13/12	At	Chc	1-7	N/g	-200	-180	7.5-120	7.5-120	Galarraga,ar	L	O
8/14/12	At	Chc	10-1	N/g	-115	-120	8.5+100	8.5+100	Harrell,lu	W	O
Chicago C
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/05/12	At	La	6-7	D/g	-175	-180	8.0-115	8.0-115	Germano,ju	L	O
8/06/12	At	Sd	0-2	N/g	-126	-136	7.5+100	7.5+110	Wood,tr	L	U
8/07/12	At	Sd	4-7	N/g	-132	-132	7.5-110	7.5+100	Raley,br	L	O
8/08/12	At	Sd	0-2	D/g	-125	-130	7.0+105	7.0+110	Samardzija,j	L	U
8/09/12		Cin	5-3	N/g	+140	+136	7.5+100	7.5-110	Volstad,ch	W	O
8/10/12		Cin	8-10	D/g	+130	+127	6.5-115	6.5-110	Germano,ju	L	O
8/11/12		Cin	2-4	D/g	+125	+120	7.5-105	7.5-110	Wood,tr	L	U
8/12/12		Cin	0-3	D/g	+160	+175	8.0-120	8.5-105	Raley,br	L	U
8/13/12		Hou	7-1	N/g	-200	-180	7.5-120	7.5-120	Samardzija,j	W	O
8/14/12		Hou	1-10	N/g	-115	-120	8.5+100	8.5+100	Volstad,ch	L	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
9/17/11	Hou	2-1	D/g	-145	-148	8.5-120	8.5-105	Lopez,ro	W	U
9/18/11	Hou	2-3	D/g	-150	-148	9.0-105	8.5-120	Myers,br	L	U
5/21/12	Chc	8-4	N/g	-103	-105	7.0+100	7.0-105	Norris,bu	W	O
5/22/12	Chc	2-1	N/g	-120	-118	8.0-105	8.0-105	Happ,ja	W	U
5/23/12	Chc	5-1	N/g	-130	-130	7.0-120	7.0+100	Rodriguez,wa	W	U
6/29/12	Hou	4-0	D/g	-110	-125	8.5+105	8.0-120	Maholm,pa	W	U
6/30/12	Hou	3-2	D/g	-145	-156	8.0+100	7.5-110	Garza,ma	W	U
7/01/12	Hou	3-0	D/g	-113	-115	8.0-120	8.0-120	Wood,tr	W	U
8/13/12	Hou	7-1	N/g	-200	-180	7.5-120	7.5-120	Samardzija,j	W	O
8/14/12	Hou	1-10	N/g	-115	-120	8.5+100	8.5+100	Harrell,lu	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

TH class=th colspan=8>Chicago C

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		27-32	-38	12-47	-2944	39-79	-2982
Last	10	2-5	-235	1-2	-90	3-7	-325
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		29-28	+237	16-42	-1736	45-70	-1499
Last	10	2-4	-184	0-4	-400	2-8	-584
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		11-23	28-56	38-75	1-4	8-3	30-75
Chicago		24-34	21-36	41-65	4-5	10-7	35-62

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		28-28	-215	36-22	+1175	64-50	+960
Last	10	3-4	-135	2-1	+85	5-5	-50
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		26-30	-750	25-30	-790	51-60	-1540
Last	10	4-2	+185	2-2	-20	6-4	+165

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	13	2	8	68.2	80	55	55	36	63	7.21	0	3	2	5	2	8	0	0
Home	8	3	1	53.2	43	15	13	14	62	2.18	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0
Total	21	5	9	122.1	123	70	68	50	125	5.00	0	3	5	6	5	9	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR NORRIS,BUD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
21	57.0	32	31	4.89	63	17	46	5	4	3	4	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/20/12	at ARZ	8-13	L	4.1	9	9	6	5	7	1	-190	-190	9.0-105	9.0+100
7/25/12	CIN	3-5		7.0	1	1	5	1	7	0	+140	+130	8.0-105	7.5+100
7/30/12	at MLW	7-8		6.0	3	3	4	3	3	1	-180	-170	8.5+100	8.5-110
8/05/12	at ATL	1-6	L	6.0	4	4	7	3	7	1	-220	-230	7.5-120	7.5-115
8/10/12	MLW	4-3		7.0	3	2	8	0	7	0	+105	+102	8.5-110	8.0-115

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
7/22/11	at CHC	2-4	L	6.1	4	4	9	0	5	2	-140	-148	9.0-110	9.0-105
8/17/11	CHC	4-3	W	5.0	3	3	6	3	5	2	-121	-115	8.0-110	8.0-115
5/21/12	CHC	8-4	W	7.0	0	0	5	3	8	0	-103	-105	7.0+100	7.0-105
6/29/12	at CHC	0-4	L	6.0	4	4	7	1	1	3	-110	-125	8.5+105	8.0-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/10/12	MLW	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
8/11/12	MLW	4.0	1	1	2.25	6	0	8	0	1	0	0	1
8/12/12	MLW	2.0	1	1	4.50	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8/13/12	at CHC	3.0	2	2	6.00	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/14/12	at CHC	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- GERMANO,JUSTIN (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	1	0	0	5.1	3	2	2	0	3	3.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Home	2	1	1	10.2	11	8	6	4	5	5.06	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Total	3	1	1	16.0	14	10	8	4	8	4.50	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR GERMANO,JUSTIN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
3	10.1	11	11	9.58	18	11	7	0	0	1	0	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/30/12	PIT	14-4	W	5.0	2	2	4	2	3	0	+121	+120	9.0+100	8.5+100
8/05/12	at LA	6-7		5.1	2	2	3	0	3	0	-175	-180	8.0-115	8.0-115
8/10/12	CIN	8-10	L	5.2	6	4	7	2	2	1	+130	+127	6.5-115	6.5-110

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/10/12	CIN	3.1	4	4	10.80	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/11/12	CIN	2.0	3	3	13.50	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8/12/12	CIN	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/13/12	HOU	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8/14/12	HOU	4.0	6	4	9.00	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	0

Updated Wed, Aug 15 5:00 AM EST

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