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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
6/25/12		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
7/02/12	At	Pit	2-11	N/g	-170	-175	7.5-110	7.5-105	Lyles,jo	L	O
7/03/12	At	Pit	7-8	N/g	-165	-175	7.5-110	7.5-110	Harrell,lu	L	O
7/04/12	At	Pit	4-6	D/g	-140	-140	8.5-110	8.5-120	Keuchel,da	L	O
Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/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
7/02/12		Hou	11-2	N/g	-170	-175	7.5-110	7.5-105	Mcdonald,ja	W	O
7/03/12		Hou	8-7	N/g	-165	-175	7.5-110	7.5-110	Burnett,a.	W	O
7/04/12		Hou	6-4	D/g	-140	-140	8.5-110	8.5-120	Correia,ke	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
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
7/02/12	Hou	11-2	N/g	-170	-175	7.5-110	7.5-105	Mcdonald,ja	W	O
7/03/12	Hou	8-7	N/g	-165	-175	7.5-110	7.5-110	Hanrahan,jo	W	O
7/04/12	Hou	6-4	D/g	-140	-140	8.5-110	8.5-120	Correia,ke	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		23-19	+735	9-31	-1749	32-50	-1014
Last	10	2-2	-36	0-6	-600	2-8	-636
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		26-13	+1346	19-23	+397	45-36	+1743
Last	10	3-0	+300	4-3	+261	7-3	+561
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		9-16	23-34	31-46	1-4	8-3	23-46
Pittsburgh		17-11	28-25	41-33	4-3	16-4	29-32

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		20-20	-155	26-13	+1175	46-33	+1020
Last	10	2-2	-15	3-3	-50	5-5	-65
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		12-25	-1560	22-17	+305	34-42	-1255
Last	10	3-0	+300	5-0	+500	8-0	+800

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	8	2	4	39.1	53	34	34	16	34	7.78	0	1	2	3	2	4	0	0
Home	6	3	1	39.2	30	11	10	13	48	2.27	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0
Total	14	5	5	79.0	83	45	44	29	82	5.01	0	1	5	4	5	5	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR NORRIS,BUD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
14	42.1	17	16	3.40	40	9	32	4	3	1	4	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/26/12	at LA	3-6		4.2	3	3	8	4	4	0	-145	-122	7.0-110	6.5-115
5/31/12	at COL	5-11	L	1.2	9	9	7	3	2	1	-115	-123	10.0-110	9.0-110
6/06/12	STL	3-4	L	6.0	4	4	7	0	12	2	+120	+125	8.0-110	8.0-105
6/12/12	at SF	3-6	L	3.1	3	3	3	3	5	1	-155	-162	6.5-120	6.5-105
6/29/12	at CHC	0-4	L	6.0	4	4	7	1	1	3	-110	-125	8.5+105	8.0-120

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
5/11/12	at PIT	1-0	W	6.0	0	0	3	0	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
6/30/12	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
7/02/12	at PIT	4.0	4	4	9.00	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
7/03/12	at PIT	3.1	3	3	8.10	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	1
7/04/12	at PIT	2.1	2	2	7.71	3	0	2	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	1	2	18.0	25	14	13	3	14	6.50	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1
Home	1	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	1	2	1.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	1	2	24.0	30	15	14	4	16	5.25	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1

2012 BULLPEN FOR KARSTENS,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5	20.0	4	4	1.80	10	7	16	1	2	0	2	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/07/12	PHI	2-1		6.0	1	1	5	1	2	0	+165	+150	6.5-115	6.5-125
4/12/12	at LA	2-3	L	5.0	3	3	7	1	3	0	-145	-130	7.0-110	7.0-110
4/17/12	at ARZ	5-4		1.0	2	2	3	0	0	0	-180	-177	8.5-105	8.5+100
6/25/12	at PHI	3-8	L	5.0	7	6	11	0	4	1	-138	-130	8.0-110	8.0+105
6/30/12	at STL	7-3	W	7.0	2	2	4	2	7	0	-210	-186	9.5-110	9.5-105

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
6/14/11	at HOU	1-0	W	6.2	0	0	3	0	3	0	-115	-140	7.5-105	7.5-115
7/05/11	HOU	5-1	W	7.0	1	1	7	0	3	1	-120	-112	7.0+100	7.0-110
7/15/11	at HOU	4-0	W	9.0	0	0	5	0	2	0	+107	-104	7.5+100	7.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
7/02/12	HOU	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7/03/12	HOU	4.0	1	1	2.25	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	1
7/04/12	HOU	3.0	1	1	3.00	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0

Updated Thu, Jul 5 5:00 AM EST

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