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MLB Matchup
Astros vs Pirates Game Time: 7:05 p.m. ET Stadium: PNC Park Surface: Grass

Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/29/12	At	Cin	5-6	D/t	-200	-200	8.5-105	8.0-105	Lyles,jo	L	O
4/30/12		Nym	4-3	N/g	-103	+105	8.0-105	8.0-110	Norris,bu	W	U
5/01/12		Nym	6-3	N/g	+110	+124	8.0-115	8.0-110	Happ,ja	W	O
5/02/12		Nym	8-1	D/g	-130	-145	8.0-110	8.0-115	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
5/04/12		Stl	5-4	N/g	+145	+140	8.5+100	8.5-125	Harrell,lu	W	O
5/05/12		Stl	8-2	N/g	+130	+128	8.0-110	8.0-120	Norris,bu	W	O
5/06/12		Stl	1-8	D/g	+145	+132	8.0-110	8.5-110	Happ,ja	L	O
5/07/12		Flo	0-4	N/g	-108	-105	7.5+100	7.5+100	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
5/08/12		Flo	3-2	N/g	+135	+160	8.0-110	8.0-110	Rodriguez,an	W	U
5/09/12		Flo	3-5	N/g	+140	+137	8.0+105	8.5-110	Harrell,lu	L	U
Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/30/12	At	Atl	9-3	N/g	-157	-165	7.5+100	7.0-120	Mcdonald,ja	W	O
5/01/12	At	Stl	7-10	N/g	-180	-170	7.5+100	7.0-130	Morton,ch	L	O
5/02/12	At	Stl	3-12	N/g	-170	-167	7.0-115	7.0-125	Burnett,a.	L	O
5/03/12	At	Stl	6-3	D/g	-150	-156	7.0-120	7.0-125	Bedard,er	W	O
5/04/12		Cin	1-6	N/g	+130	+133	7.0+100	7.0-130	Correia,ke	L	P
5/05/12		Cin	3-2	N/g	-105	-109	8.0-105	7.5-120	Mcdonald,ja	W	U
5/06/12		Cin	0-5	D/g	+110	+125	8.0-110	8.0-105	Morton,ch	L	U
5/08/12		Was	5-4	N/g	+103	-104	7.5-105	7.0-110	Burnett,a.	W	O
5/09/12		Was	4-2	N/g	-110	-126	7.0-115	6.5+100	Bedard,er	W	U
5/10/12		Was	2-4	N/g	+155	+147	6.5+100	6.0-105	Correia,ke	L	P

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
7/06/11	Hou	2-8	N/g	-117	-120	7.5-110	7.5+105	Norris,bu	L	O
7/15/11	Pit	0-4	N/g	+107	-104	7.5+100	7.5+100	Karstens,je	L	U
7/16/11	Pit	6-4	N/g	-115	-127	7.5-110	7.0-110	Escalona,se	W	O
7/17/11	Pit	5-7	D/g	-125	-130	7.5+105	7.0-120	Leroux,ch	L	O
8/29/11	Pit	7-4	N/g	-130	-120	8.0-115	8.0-105	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
8/30/11	Pit	8-2	N/g	+115	+110	8.0-115	8.0-120	Sosa,he	W	O
8/31/11	Pit	2-0	N/g	+105	+108	8.5-120	8.5-120	Happ,ja	W	U
9/05/11	Hou	3-1	D/g	-140	-161	8.0-105	8.0+105	Mcdonald,ja	W	U
9/06/11	Hou	1-4	N/g	-145	-150	8.0-110	8.0+105	Myers,br	L	U
9/07/11	Hou	5-4	N/g	-135	-135	8.5-105	8.5-105	Watson,to	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		10-8	+457	4-9	-306	14-17	+151
Last	10	6-3	+452	0-1	-100	6-4	+352
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		8-7	+207	6-10	-125	14-17	+82
Last	10	3-3	0	2-2	+101	5-5	+101
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		4-4	10-13	13-15	1-2	1-0	13-16
Pittsburgh		5-7	9-10	14-17	0-0	2-0	12-17

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		11-7	+345	10-3	+670	21-10	+1015
Last	10	5-4	+70	1-0	+100	6-4	+170
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		3-10	-770	5-10	-625	8-20	-1395
Last	10	1-3	-225	4-0	+400	5-3	+175

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	3	1	1	17.2	25	15	15	5	14	7.64	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Home	3	1	0	19.2	14	6	5	8	19	2.29	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	6	2	1	37.1	39	21	20	13	33	4.82	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR NORRIS,BUD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6	15.2	3	2	1.15	12	1	11	1	3	0	3	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/14/12	at FLO	5-4		6.0	4	4	6	1	2	0	-170	-153	7.5-110	7.5+105
4/19/12	at WAS	11-4	W	6.0	4	4	10	2	6	1	-157	-157	7.0+100	7.0+105
4/24/12	at MLW	6-9	L	5.2	7	7	9	2	6	3	-137	-145	8.0-115	8.0+100
4/30/12	NYM	4-3		6.2	3	3	7	1	7	0	-103	+105	8.0-105	8.0-110
5/05/12	STL	8-2	W	6.0	1	0	3	4	4	0	+130	+128	8.0-110	8.0-120

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
5/07/11	at PIT	1-6	L	7.0	3	3	7	2	9	1	-115	-125	7.5-120	7.5+100
6/14/11	PIT	0-1	L	7.0	1	1	6	2	9	0	-115	-140	7.5-105	7.5-115
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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/05/12	STL	3.0	1	0	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/06/12	STL	4.0	2	2	4.50	5	2	4	1	0	0	0	0
5/07/12	FLO	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
5/08/12	FLO	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
5/09/12	FLO	6.2	2	2	2.70	5	4	6	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

PITTSBURGH PIRATES -- MCDONALD,JAMES (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	1	1	17.1	16	7	7	6	13	3.63	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Home	3	1	0	19.1	11	4	4	7	18	1.86	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	6	2	1	36.2	27	11	11	13	31	2.70	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR MCDONALD,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6	16.1	6	4	2.20	11	6	14	1	2	1	2	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/13/12	at SF	0-5	L	5.2	3	3	6	3	1	0	-170	-175	6.5-120	6.5-120
4/18/12	at ARZ	2-1		4.0	1	1	3	1	2	0	-177	-160	8.5-110	8.5-125
4/25/12	COL	1-2		7.0	1	1	1	3	8	0	+106	+108	7.0-115	7.5+100
4/30/12	at ATL	9-3	W	7.2	3	3	7	2	10	1	-157	-165	7.5+100	7.0-120
5/05/12	CIN	3-2	W	6.1	1	1	6	2	7	0	-105	-109	8.0-105	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
5/08/11	HOU	5-4		6.0	0	0	3	2	8	0	-115	-133	8.5+100	8.0-105
6/16/11	at HOU	5-4	W	5.2	3	3	7	4	4	0	-110	-110	8.0-105	8.0-110
8/31/11	at HOU	0-2	L	6.0	2	1	7	2	6	0	+105	+108	8.5-120	8.5-120
9/05/11	HOU	3-1	W	7.1	1	1	3	3	6	0	-140	-161	8.0-105	8.0+105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/05/12	CIN	2.2	1	1	3.38	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
5/06/12	CIN	3.0	0	0	0.00	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/08/12	WAS	1.0	2	2	18.00	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	1
5/09/12	WAS	8.0	2	1	1.13	5	5	11	0	1	0	1	0
5/10/12	WAS	2.0	1	1	4.50	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0

Updated Fri, May 11 5:00 AM EST

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