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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
8/27/11	At	Sf	1-2	N/g	-180	-187	7.0-120	7.0-120	Myers,br	L	U
8/28/11	At	Sf	4-3	D/g	-200	-210	6.5-120	6.5-105	Norris,bu	W	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
9/02/11		Mlw	2-8	N/g	+190	+210	8.0-105	8.0-105	Harrell,lu	L	O
9/03/11		Mlw	2-8	N/g	+120	+128	8.5-105	8.5-105	Norris,bu	L	O
9/04/11		Mlw	0-4	D/g	+140	+146	7.5-105	7.5+105	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
9/05/11	At	Pit	1-3	D/g	-140	-161	8.0-105	8.0+105	Sosa,he	L	U
9/06/11	At	Pit	4-1	N/g	-145	-150	8.0-110	8.0+105	Myers,br	W	U
Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/28/11	At	Stl	4-7	D/g	-150	-140	8.0-120	7.5-115	Karstens,je	L	O
8/29/11	At	Hou	4-7	N/g	-130	-120	8.0-115	8.0-105	Ohlendorf,ro	L	O
8/30/11	At	Hou	2-8	N/g	+115	+110	8.0-115	8.0-120	Morton,ch	L	O
8/31/11	At	Hou	0-2	N/g	+105	+108	8.5-120	8.5-120	Mcdonald,ja	L	U
9/01/11		La	4-6	D/g	-128	-123	8.5-105	8.5-115	Lincoln,br	L	O
9/02/11	At	Chc	3-1	D/g	-165	-180	12.0-110	12.5-115	Burres,br	W	U
9/03/11	At	Chc	7-5	D/g	-107	-124	9.5-110	9.5-125	Ohlendorf,ro	W	O
9/04/11	At	Chc	3-6	D/g	-120	-133	9.0-115	8.5-110	Morton,ch	L	O
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	Lincoln,br	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
7/05/11	Hou	5-1	N/g	-120	-112	7.0+100	7.0-110	Karstens,je	W	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

W/L Record Comparison

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-45	-1722	22-49	-1608	48-94	-3330
Last	10	3-3	+18	2-2	+130	5-5	+148
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		32-39	-669	33-38	+861	65-77	+192
Last	10	1-2	-173	2-5	-254	3-7	-427
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Houston		12-31	36-63	44-86	4-8	5-8	42-84
Pittsburgh		25-25	40-52	58-72	7-5	14-19	47-55

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		43-28	+1250	34-34	-380	77-62	+870
Last	10	4-2	+175	1-3	-230	5-5	-55
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		37-33	+40	33-36	-725	70-69	-685
Last	10	1-2	-110	5-2	+265	6-4	+155

Away Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- HAPP,JAMES (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	11	1	9	57.0	71	50	44	31	45	6.95	0	1	1	8	0	8	1	1
Home	13	4	6	75.1	71	44	40	37	63	4.78	2	0	2	6	4	6	0	0
Total	24	5	15	132.1	142	94	84	68	108	5.71	2	1	3	14	4	14	1	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR HAPP,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
24	73.2	47	42	5.13	83	20	65	12	0	4	2	5

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/25/11	at STL	5-10	L	4.2	6	6	7	3	1	1	-187	-200	8.5-120	8.5-120
7/30/11	at MLW	2-6	L	5.0	5	2	10	0	6	1	-240	-260	8.5-110	8.5-105
8/05/11	MLW	1-8	L	4.0	6	6	7	3	2	0	+185	+185	8.5+100	8.0-110
8/26/11	at SF	1-2	L	6.0	2	1	4	4	2	0	-230	-240	7.5-105	7.5+100
8/31/11	PIT	2-0	W	7.0	0	0	3	1	6	0	+105	+108	8.5-120	8.5-120

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
8/15/10	PIT	8-2	W	6.0	2	2	3	4	5	0	-170	-150	8.0-120	8.0-110
9/26/10	at PIT	3-9	L	6.0	2	0	4	2	4	0	+115	-110	7.5-120	7.5-115
5/08/11	at PIT	4-5		6.0	2	2	6	4	3	0	-115	-133	8.5+100	8.0-105
6/15/11	PIT	3-7		5.0	2	2	6	4	7	0	-108	-105	7.5-110	7.5-110
8/31/11	PIT	2-0	W	7.0	0	0	3	1	6	0	+105	+108	8.5-120	8.5-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/02/11	MLW	3.2	8	8	19.64	7	2	4	2	0	0	0	1
9/03/11	MLW	3.2	2	2	4.91	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
9/04/11	MLW	3.0	1	1	3.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/05/11	at PIT	2.0	1	1	4.50	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
9/06/11	at PIT	1.1	0	0	0.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

PITTSBURGH PIRATES -- BURRES,BRIAN (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	1	1	0	5.1	5	1	1	1	5	1.69	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Home	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	0	5.1	5	1	1	1	5	1.69	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR BURRES,BRIAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
1	3.2	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/02/11	at CHC	3-1	W	5.1	1	1	5	1	5	1	-165	-180	12.0-110	12.5-115

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/02/11	at CHC	3.2	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
9/03/11	at CHC	5.0	2	2	3.60	3	2	4	0	1	0	1	0
9/04/11	at CHC	3.2	2	2	4.91	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
9/05/11	HOU	1.2	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
9/06/11	HOU	3.0	2	2	6.00	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Wed, Sep 7 5:00 AM EST

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