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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
9/06/11	At	Pit	4-1	N/g	-145	-150	8.0-110	8.0+105	Myers,br	W	U
9/07/11	At	Pit	4-5	N/g	-135	-135	8.5-105	8.5-105	Happ,ja	L	O
9/09/11	At	Was	3-4	N/g	+105	-127	8.5-115	8.0-115	Norris,bu	L	U
9/10/11	At	Was	9-3	N/g	-125	-159	7.5-120	7.5-115	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
9/11/11	At	Was	2-8	D/g	-190	-220	7.0-110	7.0-115	Sosa,he	L	O
9/12/11		Phi	5-1	N/g	+160	+165	8.0+100	8.0+100	Myers,br	W	U
9/13/11		Phi	5-2	N/g	+210	+200	7.5-120	7.5-120	Happ,ja	W	U
9/14/11		Phi	0-1	D/g	+225	+230	7.0-115	7.0-110	Norris,bu	L	U
9/16/11	At	Chc	3-4	D/g	-155	-162	7.0-120	7.0-120	Rodriguez,wa	L	P
9/17/11	At	Chc	1-2	D/g	-145	-148	8.5-120	8.5-105	Sosa,he	L	U
Chicago C
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/07/11		Cin	6-3	N/g	+114	+100	6.0-120	6.0-120	Dempster,ry	W	O
9/09/11	At	Nym	4-5	N/g	-135	-140	8.5-120	9.0-105	Coleman,ca	L	P
9/10/11	At	Nym	5-4	D/g	-135	-118	8.5+100	8.5+100	Wells,ra	W	O
9/11/11	At	Nym	10-6	N/g	+105	+111	8.0-120	8.0-120	Garza,ma	W	O
9/12/11	At	Cin	12-8	N/t	-150	-160	9.5-105	9.5-105	Lopez,ro	W	O
9/13/11	At	Cin	1-2	N/t	-145	-135	9.0+100	8.5-110	Dempster,ry	L	U
9/14/11	At	Cin	2-7	N/t	-180	-186	8.5-115	8.5-120	Coleman,ca	L	O
9/15/11	At	Cin	6-8	N/t	-150	-138	9.0-105	8.5+110	Wells,ra	L	O
9/16/11		Hou	4-3	D/g	-155	-162	7.0-120	7.0-120	Garza,ma	W	P
9/17/11		Hou	2-1	D/g	-145	-148	8.5-120	8.5-105	Lopez,ro	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
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
7/22/11	Hou	4-2	D/g	-140	-148	9.0-110	9.0-105	Zambrano,ca	W	U
7/23/11	Hou	5-1	D/g	-115	-122	9.5-110	9.0-120	Wells,ra	W	U
7/24/11	Hou	5-4	D/g	-160	-168	8.5-110	8.5-110	Grabow,jo	W	O
8/15/11	Chc	3-4	N/g	+110	+115	9.0-105	8.5-115	Lopez,ro	L	U
8/16/11	Chc	6-5	N/g	+120	+132	8.0-110	7.5-115	Rodriguez,an	W	O
8/17/11	Chc	4-3	D/g	-121	-115	8.0-110	8.0-115	Norris,bu	W	U
9/16/11	Hou	4-3	D/g	-155	-162	7.0-120	7.0-120	Samardzija,j	W	P
9/17/11	Hou	2-1	D/g	-145	-148	8.5-120	8.5-105	Lopez,ro	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		28-46	-1457	23-54	-1959	51-100	-3416
Last	10	2-1	+265	2-5	-211	4-6	+54
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		37-40	-652	30-45	-802	67-85	-1454
Last	10	3-0	+300	3-4	-42	6-4	+258
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		12-35	39-65	47-92	4-8	5-8	45-90
Chicago		31-38	36-47	64-75	3-10	25-21	39-62

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		43-31	+920	37-36	-300	80-67	+620
Last	10	0-3	-330	3-3	-25	3-6	-355
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		32-40	-1290	44-29	+1245	76-69	-45
Last	10	1-1	-5	5-1	+390	6-2	+385

Away Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- MYERS,BRETT (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	17	3	6	110.2	114	59	53	30	70	4.31	1	3	2	3	3	4	0	2
Home	13	2	7	84.2	89	46	45	24	73	4.78	0	1	2	6	2	7	0	0
Total	30	5	13	195.1	203	105	98	54	143	4.52	1	4	4	9	5	11	0	2

2011 BULLPEN FOR MYERS,BRETT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
28	70.0	36	31	3.99	71	36	60	7	5	7	3	5

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/16/11	CHC	6-5		7.0	4	4	6	2	5	1	+120	+132	8.0-110	7.5-115
8/22/11	at COL	5-9	L	5.0	7	7	9	2	3	1	-190	-220	9.0-110	9.0-110
8/27/11	at SF	1-2		7.0	1	1	2	3	7	0	-180	-187	7.0-120	7.0-120
9/06/11	at PIT	4-1	W	7.2	1	1	4	0	6	1	-145	-150	8.0-110	8.0+105
9/12/11	PHI	5-1	W	8.0	1	1	6	1	4	0	+160	+165	8.0+100	8.0+100

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
7/27/10	CHC	6-1	W	9.0	1	1	4	1	12	1	+105	-102	8.0-120	7.0-120
9/08/10	at CHC	4-0	W	7.0	0	0	3	1	8	0	-120	-118	8.0+100	7.5+100
4/12/11	CHC	11-2	W	7.0	1	1	8	0	5	1	-135	-126	8.0-120	8.0-110
6/01/11	at CHC	3-1	W	6.0	1	1	3	2	3	1	-135	-125	9.5-120	9.5-115
8/16/11	CHC	6-5		7.0	4	4	6	2	5	1	+120	+132	8.0-110	7.5-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/12/11	PHI	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
9/13/11	PHI	3.0	1	1	3.00	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0
9/14/11	PHI	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
9/16/11	at CHC	5.2	1	1	1.59	3	5	7	0	0	0	0	0
9/17/11	at CHC	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- DEMPSTER,RYAN (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	14	4	5	75.2	89	51	49	34	73	5.83	1	0	3	5	3	4	1	1
Home	17	6	7	108.0	103	47	46	36	104	3.83	5	6	1	1	6	7	0	0
Total	31	10	12	183.2	192	98	95	70	177	4.66	6	6	4	6	9	11	1	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR DEMPSTER,RYAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
31	88.2	25	23	2.33	65	44	90	8	7	2	14	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/22/11	ATL	0-3	L	6.0	3	3	6	3	8	2	+115	+102	7.5-115	7.5-125
8/27/11	at MLW	4-6	L	4.0	5	5	7	2	3	2	-190	-180	8.0-105	7.5-105
9/02/11	PIT	1-3	L	6.1	3	3	7	1	9	0	-165	-180	12.0-110	12.5-115
9/07/11	CIN	6-3		6.0	3	3	10	2	2	0	+114	+100	6.0-120	6.0-120
9/13/11	at CIN	1-2	L	7.0	2	2	6	6	8	1	-145	-135	9.0+100	8.5-110

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
6/05/10	at HOU	8-5	W	6.1	3	3	6	2	7	2	-115	-110	7.0-120	6.5-115
7/20/10	HOU	14-7		5.0	7	4	8	4	1	1	-200	-240	8.5-125	9.0+100
10/03/10	at HOU	0-4	L	6.0	4	3	9	1	7	1	+105	+105	8.0+100	8.0+100
4/11/11	at HOU	5-4	W	6.1	4	4	6	3	9	2	+125	+118	8.5-120	8.5+100
8/16/11	at HOU	5-6		7.0	2	2	4	3	7	0	+120	+132	8.0-110	7.5-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/13/11	at CIN	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/14/11	at CIN	4.1	1	1	2.08	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
9/15/11	at CIN	5.2	3	3	4.76	6	4	8	1	0	0	0	0
9/16/11	HOU	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
9/17/11	HOU	3.0	0	0	0.00	5	2	5	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Sun, Sep 18 5:00 AM EST

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