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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
5/19/09		Mlw	2-4	N/g	-105	+115	9.0-115	9.5-105	Hampton,mi	L	U
5/20/09		Mlw	6-4	N/g	-105	+100	8.0-110	8.0-110	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
5/21/09		Mlw	3-4	N/g	-127	-148	8.5-130	8.5-125	Oswalt,ro	L	U
5/22/09	Tex	5-6	N/g	-113	-300	10.0-125	Paulino,fe	L
5/23/09		Tex	3-6	D/g	+110	+100	10.0-130	10.0-110	Moehler,br	L	U
5/24/09		Tex	0-5	D/g	-110	+100	10.0-120	10.0-125	Hampton,mi	L	U
5/25/09	At	Cin	5-8	D/t	-107	+108	8.0-105	7.5-110	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
5/26/09	At	Cin	4-6	N/t	+117	+105	8.5-125	8.5-110	Oswalt,ro	L	O
5/27/09	At	Cin	1-6	N/t	-143	-143	9.5-120	10.0+110	Paulino,fe	L	U
5/29/09	At	Pit	6-1	N/g	-125	-135	9.0-130	9.5+100	Moehler,br	W	U
Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/19/09	At	Was	8-5	N/g	-127	-148	9.5-130	10.0-110	Karstens,je	W	O
5/20/09	At	Was	2-1	N/g	-128	-126	9.5+100	9.0+100	Maholm,pa	W	U
5/21/09	At	Was	4-5	N/g	-110	-123	10.0-120	10.5-115	Snell,ia	L	U
5/22/09	At	Cws	0-2	N/g	-115	-130	9.5-105	9.5-105	Duke,za	L	U
5/23/09	At	Cws	0-4	N/g	-138	-148	9.5-110	9.5-110	Ohlendorf,ro	L	U
5/24/09	At	Cws	4-3	D/g	-183	-190	8.5-125	9.0+100	Karstens,je	W	U
5/25/09	At	Chc	10-8	N/g	-173	-150	8.0-125	7.5-120	Maholm,pa	W	O
5/26/09	At	Chc	1-6	N/g	-153	-150	9.5+105	9.5+100	Snell,ia	L	U
5/27/09	At	Chc	2-5	D/g	-163	-160	8.5-110	9.0-115	Duke,za	L	U
5/29/09		Hou	1-6	N/g	-125	-135	9.0-130	9.5+100	Ohlendorf,ro	L	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
9/09/08	Pit	9-3	N/g	-172	-200	9.5-105	9.5+100	Wolf,ra	W	O
9/10/08	Pit	7-4	N/g	-175	-180	10.0+100	9.5-110	Moehler,br	W	O
9/11/08	Pit	6-0	N/g	-300	-300	8.5+100	8.5+100	Oswalt,ro	W	U
9/19/08	Hou	1-5	N/g	+115	+100	9.5-110	9.0+100	Wolf,ra	L	U
9/20/08	Hou	6-4	N/g	+110	+105	9.5-120	9.5-120	Davis,ja	W	O
9/21/08	Hou	2-6	D/g	+165	+155	8.5-110	8.5-105	Oswalt,ro	L	U
4/13/09	Hou	7-0	D/g	-123	-135	9.0-130	9.0+105	Duke,za	W	U
4/15/09	Hou	1-4	N/g	-125	-110	9.5+100	9.0+115	Hampton,mi	L	U
4/16/09	Hou	3-6	D/g	-130	-125	9.5-110	9.0-110	Wright,we	L	P
5/29/09	Hou	1-6	N/g	-125	-135	9.0-130	9.5+100	Moehler,br	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		9-15	-578	10-13	-31	19-28	-609
Last	10	1-5	-348	1-3	-208	2-8	-556
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		11-10	+40	10-17	-291	21-27	-251
Last	10	0-1	-135	4-5	+74	4-6	-61
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		7-9	12-19	17-24	2-4	6-8	12-18
Pittsburgh		8-10	13-17	20-26	1-1	3-4	17-21

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		7-15	-995	11-11	-110	18-26	-1105
Last	10	1-4	-365	2-2	-10	3-6	-375
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		8-12	-530	14-13	-10	22-25	-540
Last	10	0-1	-100	2-7	-545	2-8	-645

Away Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- RODRIGUEZ,WANDY (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	5	2	2	29.0	31	16	9	10	26	2.79	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	1
Home	5	3	1	34.0	22	3	3	8	30	0.79	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0
Total	10	5	3	63.0	53	19	12	18	56	1.71	1	2	4	1	4	2	1	1

2009 BULLPEN FOR RODRIGUEZ,WANDY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
10	26.0	11	9	3.12	19	10	27	3	2	0	4	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/03/09	at ATL	7-5		5.0	3	3	6	3	3	0	+100	-105	8.5-130	8.0-120
5/08/09	SD	2-0	W	8.0	0	0	5	0	7	0	-180	-155	8.5-120	8.5-125
5/14/09	at COL	5-3	W	7.0	3	2	5	0	11	0	+105	+105	10.0-120	10.0-115
5/20/09	MLW	6-4	W	7.0	1	1	6	1	5	1	-105	+100	8.0-110	8.0-110
5/25/09	at CIN	5-8	L	4.0	6	0	10	2	3	0	-107	+108	8.0-105	7.5-110

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
6/03/08	at PIT	2-0	W	6.0	0	0	5	1	3	0	-110	-123	9.0-120	9.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/23/09	TEX	4.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
5/24/09	TEX	4.0	0	0	0.00	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/25/09	at CIN	4.0	2	0	0.00	3	3	5	0	0	0	0	0
5/26/09	at CIN	2.0	2	2	9.00	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
5/27/09	at CIN	2.0	1	1	4.50	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

PITTSBURGH PIRATES -- KARSTENS,JEFF (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	4	0	0	22.1	24	14	14	5	11	5.64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Home	4	1	2	21.0	20	12	11	11	7	4.71	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0
Total	8	1	2	43.1	44	26	25	16	18	5.19	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR KARSTENS,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	27.2	17	17	5.53	25	22	25	3	2	3	2	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/03/09	CIN	0-5	L	5.0	5	4	6	4	1	1	+108	+112	9.0-115	8.5-110
5/08/09	at NYM	3-7		6.0	2	2	7	0	3	0	-175	-175	9.5-110	9.5-125
5/14/09	STL	1-5	L	6.0	3	3	7	0	2	1	+105	+115	9.5+100	9.5-105
5/19/09	at WAS	8-5		6.0	4	4	7	2	2	1	-127	-148	9.5-130	10.0-110
5/24/09	at CWS	4-3		5.1	3	3	5	1	2	1	-183	-190	8.5-125	9.0+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
4/16/09	HOU	3-6		4.0	3	3	4	5	1	1	-130	-125	9.5-110	9.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/23/09	at CWS	0.1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/24/09	at CWS	3.2	0	0	0.00	2	1	5	0	1	0	1	0
5/25/09	at CHC	5.0	1	1	1.80	3	4	4	0	1	0	1	0
5/27/09	at CHC	1.0	3	3	27.00	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
5/29/09	HOU	4.0	2	2	4.50	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sat, May 30 5:00 AM EST

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