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MLB Matchup
Astros vs Cubs Game Time: 8:05 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
9/21/12		Pit	7-1	N/g	+110	-102	8.5-110	8.5-125	Gonzalez,ed	W	U
9/22/12		Pit	4-1	N/g	+125	+117	8.5-110	8.5-105	Keuchel,da	W	U
9/23/12		Pit	1-8	D/g	+120	+127	8.0-110	8.5-105	Lyles,jo	L	O
9/24/12		Stl	1-6	N/g	+185	+190	8.0-120	8.0-120	Abad,fe	L	U
9/25/12		Stl	0-4	N/g	+145	+135	8.0-115	8.0-120	Harrell,lu	L	U
9/26/12		Stl	2-0	N/g	+165	+169	8.0-115	8.0-105	Norris,bu	W	U
9/28/12	At	Mlw	7-6	N/g	-270	-290	8.0-110	8.0-110	Gonzalez,ed	W	O
9/29/12	At	Mlw	5-9	N/g	-250	-280	9.0-110	9.0+100	Keuchel,da	L	O
9/30/12	At	Mlw	7-0	D/g	-230	-245	8.0-120	8.5-120	Lyles,jo	W	U
10/01/12	At	Chc	3-0	N/g	-115	-300	8.0+100	Harrell,lu	W
Chicago C
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/21/12		Stl	5-4	D/g	+160	+165	9.0-110	9.5+100	Volstad,ch	W	U
9/22/12		Stl	4-5	D/g	+150	+148	8.0-105	8.0-105	Wood,tr	L	O
9/23/12		Stl	3-6	D/g	+165	+167	8.0-115	7.5-115	Germano,ju	L	O
9/25/12	At	Col	5-10	N/g	-125	-125	11.0-110	10.5-110	Rusin,ch	L	O
9/26/12	At	Col	0-6	N/g	-125	-141	10.5-110	10.5-105	Berken,ja	L	U
9/27/12	At	Col	5-7	D/g	-150	-148	11.0-110	10.5-105	Volstad,ch	L	O
9/28/12	At	Arz	3-8	N/g	-200	-172	9.0-115	9.0-110	Wood,tr	L	O
9/29/12	At	Arz	2-8	T/g	-200	-195	9.0-120	9.5+100	Germano,ju	L	O
9/30/12	At	Arz	7-2	D/g	-200	-185	9.5-115	9.5+100	Rusin,ch	W	U
10/01/12	Hou	0-3	N/g	-115	-300	8.0+100	Berken,ja	L

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/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
8/15/12	Hou	7-2	D/g	-125	-134	8.5-115	8.5-110	Germano,ju	W	O
9/10/12	Chc	1-4	N/g	-105	-112	8.5+100	8.5-115	Volstad,ch	L	U
9/11/12	Chc	1-0	N/g	-105	-112	8.5-110	8.5-125	Lyles,jo	W	U
9/12/12	Chc	1-5	N/g	+115	+104	8.5-110	8.0-115	Wood,tr	L	U
10/01/12	Hou	0-3	N/g	-115	-300	8.0+100	Harrell,lu	L

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		35-46	-341	19-60	-2816	54-106	-3157
Last	10	3-3	+86	3-1	+370	6-4	+456
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		37-42	-81	23-58	-2317	60-100	-2398
Last	10	1-3	-35	1-5	-325	2-8	-360
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		15-31	39-75	51-101	3-5	9-4	44-101
Chicago		34-46	26-54	55-92	5-8	13-10	46-89

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Units

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total
2012		36-40	-790	43-32	+760	79-72	-30
Last	10	1-5	-475	2-1	+80	3-6	-395
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		35-41	-1045	38-39	-500	73-80	-1545
Last	10	2-1	+100	4-2	+195	6-3	+295

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	17	2	12	88.2	107	74	74	47	79	7.51	0	5	2	7	2	11	0	1
Home	11	4	1	73.2	54	16	14	17	82	1.71	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0
Total	28	6	13	162.1	161	90	88	64	161	4.88	0	5	6	8	6	12	0	1

2012 BULLPEN FOR NORRIS,BUD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
28	76.0	41	39	4.62	83	27	66	6	4	5	5	4

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/28/12	SF	2-3		6.2	1	1	6	2	7	1	+185	+185	7.5+100	7.0-110
9/02/12	CIN	3-5		6.0	0	0	3	1	6	0	+165	+142	8.0-110	8.0+105
9/08/12	at CIN	1-5	L	5.1	5	5	6	2	4	2	-220	-200	8.0-110	7.5-110
9/20/12	at STL	4-5	L	5.1	5	5	6	5	7	1	-230	-230	8.0-120	8.0+100
9/26/12	STL	2-0	W	7.1	0	0	2	0	7	0	+165	+169	8.0-115	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
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
8/15/12	at CHC	2-7	L	3.1	6	6	8	3	4	3	-125	-134	8.5-115	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/25/12	STL	4.0	2	2	4.50	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
9/26/12	STL	1.2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9/28/12	at MLW	3.1	3	2	5.40	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
9/29/12	at MLW	5.2	2	1	1.59	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
10/01/12	at CHC	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- VOLSTAD,CHRIS (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	9	1	6	48.1	66	39	38	18	25	7.08	0	3	1	3	1	6	0	0
Home	11	2	5	56.0	66	40	39	25	30	6.27	2	3	0	2	2	5	0	0
Total	20	3	11	104.1	132	79	77	43	55	6.64	2	6	1	5	3	11	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR VOLSTAD,CHRIS
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
20	68.2	39	33	4.33	65	35	58	7	3	3	4	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/05/12	at WAS	1-9	L	5.0	5	5	9	4	2	3	-240	-250	7.5-105	7.5-110
9/10/12	at HOU	4-1	W	5.0	1	1	4	5	4	0	-105	-112	8.5+100	8.5-115
9/16/12	PIT	13-9		4.2	6	6	10	4	3	2	+100	+110	10.5+100	10.5-110
9/21/12	STL	5-4		5.0	3	3	6	3	0	0	+160	+165	9.0-110	9.5+100
9/27/12	at COL	5-7	L	3.0	7	7	10	0	0	2	-150	-148	11.0-110	10.5-105

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
7/10/11	HOU	5-4	W	6.0	3	3	7	1	6	0	-110	-135	7.5-130	8.0-105
8/14/12	HOU	1-10	L	5.0	4	4	8	0	3	1	-115	-120	8.5+100	8.5+100
9/10/12	at HOU	4-1	W	5.0	1	1	4	5	4	0	-105	-112	8.5+100	8.5-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/27/12	at COL	5.0	0	0	0.00	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
9/28/12	at ARZ	3.0	3	3	9.00	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
9/29/12	at ARZ	3.2	1	1	2.45	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
9/30/12	at ARZ	4.0	0	0	0.00	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
10/01/12	HOU	4.1	1	1	2.08	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Tue, Oct 2 5:00 AM EST

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