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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
6/22/12		Cle	0-2	N/g	+115	+125	9.0-110	9.0+100	Harrell,lu	L	U
6/23/12		Cle	8-1	D/g	+100	-102	9.0-110	9.0+100	Keuchel,da	W	P
6/24/12		Cle	7-1	D/g	-105	-117	9.0-120	8.0-110	Happ,ja	W	P
6/25/12		Sd	7-8	N/g	-150	-130	8.0-105	8.5+100	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
6/26/12		Sd	5-3	N/g	-140	-140	9.0+100	8.5+100	Lyles,jo	W	U
6/27/12		Sd	1-0	N/g	-115	-110	8.5-110	8.5-115	Harrell,lu	W	U
6/28/12		Sd	3-7	N/g	-130	-106	8.5-115	8.5-110	Keuchel,da	L	O
6/29/12	At	Chc	0-4	D/g	-110	-125	8.5+105	8.0-120	Norris,bu	L	U
6/30/12	At	Chc	2-3	D/g	-145	-156	8.0+100	7.5-110	Happ,ja	L	U
7/01/12	At	Chc	0-3	D/g	-113	-115	8.0-120	8.0-120	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
6/22/12		Det	4-1	N/g	+105	+104	7.0-120	7.5-115	Burnett,a.	W	U
6/23/12		Det	4-1	D/g	+120	+131	8.5-105	8.5-110	Lincoln,br	W	U
6/24/12		Det	2-3	D/g	+170	+190	7.0+100	7.0-120	Correia,ke	L	U
6/25/12	At	Phi	3-8	N/t	-138	-130	8.0-110	8.0+105	Karstens,je	L	O
6/26/12	At	Phi	4-5	N/t	-135	-140	8.0-110	7.5+100	Bedard,er	L	O
6/27/12	At	Phi	11-7	N/t	-108	-110	8.0-115	8.0-115	Mcdonald,ja	W	O
6/28/12	At	Phi	5-4	D/t	-105	+100	8.5-110	9.0-110	Burnett,a.	W	P
6/29/12	At	Stl	14-5	N/g	-200	-200	8.5-115	9.0+100	Correia,ke	W	O
6/30/12	At	Stl	7-3	D/g	-210	-186	9.5-110	9.5-105	Karstens,je	W	O
7/01/12	At	Stl	4-5	D/g	-150	-161	9.0-130	9.0-110	Bedard,er	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
7/17/11	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
5/11/12	Hou	0-1	N/g	-135	-146	7.5+105	7.0-105	Norris,bu	L	U
5/12/12	Hou	5-2	N/g	-138	-130	8.0-105	7.5-110	Morton,ch	W	U
5/13/12	Hou	3-2	D/g	-110	-138	7.0-120	7.0-105	Watson,to	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		23-19	+735	9-28	-1449	32-47	-714
Last	10	4-3	+64	0-3	-300	4-6	-236
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		23-13	+1046	19-23	+397	42-36	+1443
Last	10	2-1	+135	4-3	+261	6-4	+396
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		9-15	23-32	31-43	1-4	8-3	23-43
Pittsburgh		16-11	26-25	38-33	4-3	13-4	29-32

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		20-20	-155	23-13	+875	43-33	+720
Last	10	2-3	-115	0-3	-350	2-6	-465
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		9-25	-1860	22-17	+305	31-42	-1555
Last	10	0-3	-345	5-0	+500	5-3	+155

Away Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- LYLES,JORDAN (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	5	0	2	25.2	31	22	15	11	13	5.26	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
Home	4	2	2	25.1	23	11	11	9	17	3.91	1	2	1	0	2	2	0	0
Total	9	2	4	51.0	54	33	26	20	30	4.59	1	3	1	1	2	4	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR LYLES,JORDAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9	27.2	14	14	4.55	39	7	24	4	0	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
6/03/12	CIN	5-3	W	7.0	2	2	5	2	3	1	+132	+122	8.5-115	8.5-110
6/09/12	at CWS	1-10	L	4.1	5	4	7	3	0	0	-200	-230	8.5-110	9.0-105
6/15/12	at TEX	2-6	L	4.1	5	3	8	2	1	0	-260	-250	10.0-105	10.0+100
6/20/12	KC	1-2	L	7.0	2	2	3	0	4	0	-105	+105	9.0-110	8.5-110
6/26/12	SD	5-3	W	6.1	1	1	6	4	4	1	-140	-140	9.0+100	8.5+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
6/16/11	PIT	4-5	L	5.2	5	3	4	1	8	1	-110	-110	8.0-105	8.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6/26/12	SD	2.2	2	2	6.75	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
6/28/12	SD	3.0	6	1	3.00	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
6/29/12	at CHC	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
6/30/12	at CHC	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
7/01/12	at CHC	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	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	7	4	2	40.2	33	18	16	12	40	3.54	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	0
Home	8	3	1	55.1	35	10	10	14	46	1.63	1	0	2	1	3	1	0	0
Total	15	7	3	96.0	68	28	26	26	86	2.44	2	1	5	2	6	3	1	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR MCDONALD,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
14	37.0	15	11	2.68	29	18	30	3	3	2	6	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/03/12	at MLW	6-5	W	6.0	3	1	4	1	8	1	-110	-108	7.5-110	7.5+105
6/09/12	KC	5-3		4.0	3	3	5	2	2	1	-150	-145	7.5+110	7.5-115
6/15/12	at CLE	0-2	L	6.0	1	1	3	2	5	0	-130	-145	7.5-110	7.5-130
6/21/12	MIN	9-1	W	9.0	1	1	6	0	5	0	-155	-151	8.5+100	8.5-115
6/27/12	at PHI	11-7	W	5.2	4	4	6	2	3	2	-108	-110	8.0-115	8.0-115

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
5/11/12	HOU	0-1	L	8.0	1	1	4	2	8	0	-135	-146	7.5+105	7.0-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6/27/12	at PHI	3.1	3	2	5.40	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
6/28/12	at PHI	2.1	1	1	3.86	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	0
6/29/12	at STL	4.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
6/30/12	at STL	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
7/01/12	at STL	3.1	0	0	0.00	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, Jul 1 11:45 PM EST

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