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MLB Matchup
Astros vs Nationals Game Time: 12:35 p.m. ET Stadium: Nationals Park Surface: Grass

Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/24/09		Mlw	2-5	N/g	+110	+120	8.5-125	9.0-120	Paulino,fe	L	U
4/25/09		Mlw	8-9	N/g	-140	-120	9.0-130	9.5-110	Hampton,mi	L	O
4/26/09		Mlw	3-2	D/g	-103	+105	10.0-105	10.5-110	Ortiz,ru	W	U
4/27/09	At	Cin	4-1	N/t	+105	-110	8.5+110	8.0-110	Oswalt,ro	W	U
4/28/09	At	Cin	8-3	N/t	-135	-122	8.5-110	8.0-105	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
4/29/09	At	Cin	0-3	N/t	-155	-150	9.0-110	9.0+110	Paulino,fe	L	U
5/01/09	At	Atl	2-7	N/g	-165	-165	8.5-120	8.0-110	Hampton,mi	L	O
5/02/09	At	Atl	5-1	D/g	-127	-120	8.0+100	7.5-120	Oswalt,ro	W	U
5/03/09	At	Atl	7-5	D/g	+100	-105	8.5-130	8.0-120	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
5/04/09	At	Was	4-9	N/g	-140	-153	9.5-110	9.5+105	Moehler,br	L	O
Washington
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/24/09	At	Nym	3-4	N/g	-270	-280	7.5-120	8.0-110	Olsen,sc	L	U
4/25/09	At	Nym	2-8	D/g	-180	-175	9.5-110	10.0-115	Cabrera,da	L	P
4/26/09	At	Nym	8-1	D/g	-170	-170	9.5+105	9.5-115	Zimmerman,jo	W	U
4/27/09	At	Phi	11-13	N/t	-183	-175	10.5-105	10.5+100	Martis,sh	L	O
4/28/09	At	Phi	1-7	N/t	-200	-180	9.0-130	9.5+100	Lannan,jo	L	U
4/29/09	At	Phi	4-1	N/t	-175	-180	10.0-120	10.5+100	Olsen,sc	W	U
4/30/09		Stl	4-9	N/g	+115	+105	10.0+100	10.0-115	Cabrera,da	L	O
5/01/09		Stl	2-6	N/g	+100	-120	9.0-110	9.5+100	Zimmerman,jo	L	U
5/02/09		Stl	6-1	D/g	+125	+110	9.5-115	10.0-110	Martis,sh	W	U
5/04/09		Hou	9-4	N/g	-140	-153	9.5-110	9.5+105	Lannan,jo	W	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
5/06/08	Was	6-5	N/g	-142	-110	9.0-125	9.0-120	Brocail,do	W	O
5/07/08	Was	4-3	N/g	-170	-175	8.5-120	8.5-130	Valverde,jo	W	U
5/08/08	Was	3-8	N/g	-135	-125	9.0-110	9.5-120	Lannan,jo	L	O
7/11/08	Hou	10-0	N/g	+125	+120	8.0-120	8.0+105	Redding,ti	W	O
7/12/08	Hou	4-6	N/g	+100	+108	8.5-125	8.0-110	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
7/13/08	Hou	0-5	D/g	-105	-105	8.5-120	8.5-120	Backe,br	L	U
5/04/09	Hou	9-4	N/g	-140	-153	9.5-110	9.5+105	Lannan,jo	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		5-8	-330	6-7	-63	11-15	-393
Last	10	1-2	-115	4-3	+122	5-5	+7
Washington
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		5-7	-145	2-10	-670	7-17	-815
Last	10	2-2	-10	2-4	-70	4-6	-80
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		4-4	7-11	9-14	2-1	2-3	8-11
Washington		2-7	5-10	6-15	1-2	1-1	6-16

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		4-9	-600	5-7	-285	9-16	-885
Last	10	1-2	-130	4-3	+60	5-5	-70
Washington
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		5-6	-175	6-5	+60	11-11	-115
Last	10	2-2	-10	1-4	-325	3-6	-335

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(OSWALT,RO)    - HOU        -137   -137       -230       -157        20
(OLSEN,SC)     - WAS                          -178                   

                            LV OVER/UNDER
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI EDGE
OVER/UNDER                  8.0    8.0         7.8        0.2 UN

Away Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- OSWALT,ROY (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	1	14.0	15	7	7	5	8	4.50	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Home	3	0	1	19.0	20	7	7	5	12	3.32	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Total	6	0	2	33.0	35	14	14	10	20	3.82	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR OSWALT,ROY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6	20.0	10	10	4.50	25	7	15	2	3	1	1	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/11/09	at STL	2-11	L	6.0	6	6	9	2	4	1	-125	-120	8.0+100	7.5-120
4/17/09	CIN	1-2		6.0	0	0	5	3	4	0	-165	-150	8.5+105	8.0-110
4/22/09	LA	6-5		6.0	4	4	8	1	6	3	-125	-118	8.5+100	9.0-110
4/27/09	at CIN	4-1		7.0	1	1	6	2	2	0	+105	-110	8.5+110	8.0-110
5/02/09	at ATL	5-1		1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	-127	-120	8.0+100	7.5-120

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
5/07/08	WAS	4-3		7.0	3	3	6	2	9	2	-170	-175	8.5-120	8.5-130
7/11/08	at WAS	0-10		1.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	+125	+120	8.0-120	8.0+105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/29/09	at CIN	2.1	1	1	3.86	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/01/09	at ATL	3.2	1	1	2.45	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
5/02/09	at ATL	8.0	1	1	1.13	7	5	7	0	1	0	0	0
5/03/09	at ATL	4.0	2	2	4.50	5	3	7	0	1	0	1	1
5/04/09	at WAS	3.0	7	7	21.00	7	6	3	0	0	0	0	1

Home Pitcher

WASHINGTON NATIONALS -- OLSEN,SCOTT (L)
	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	1	3	19.2	29	17	16	10	15	7.32	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	0
Home	1	0	0	7.0	6	3	2	1	5	2.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	1	3	26.2	35	20	18	11	20	6.08	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR OLSEN,SCOTT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5	17.1	10	9	4.67	14	12	17	2	0	1	1	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/07/09	at FLO	3-8	L	3.0	8	8	8	3	2	2	-165	-145	8.0-115	8.5-120
4/12/09	at ATL	5-8	L	5.0	5	5	6	3	3	0	-180	-175	9.0+100	9.0+100
4/18/09	FLO	6-9		7.0	3	2	6	1	5	1	+135	+148	9.0+110	8.5-140
4/24/09	at NYM	3-4	L	6.0	3	2	9	2	4	0	-270	-280	7.5-120	8.0-110
4/29/09	at PHI	4-1	W	5.2	1	1	6	2	6	1	-175	-180	10.0-120	10.5+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
9/18/08	HOU	8-1	W	7.0	1	1	3	1	7	0	-140	-145	8.5-110	8.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/28/09	at PHI	3.0	1	1	3.00	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
4/29/09	at PHI	3.1	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
4/30/09	STL	3.0	6	3	9.00	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
5/01/09	STL	3.1	1	1	2.70	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
5/04/09	HOU	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Tue, May 5 5:00 AM EST

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