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Cardinals vs Astros Game Time: 8:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Minute Maid Park Surface: Grass

St Louis
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/18/11	At	Phi	5-0	N/t	-115	-115	7.0-110	7.0-115	Carpenter,ch	W	U
9/19/11	At	Phi	4-3	N/t	-220	-220	7.5+100	7.5+105	Lohse,ky	W	U
9/20/11		Nym	11-6	N/g	-170	-175	8.5-110	8.5-110	Jackson,ed	W	O
9/21/11		Nym	6-5	N/g	-195	-210	8.5-120	8.5-125	Garcia,ja	W	O
9/22/11		Nym	6-8	D/g	-165	-185	9.0+105	8.5-130	Westbrook,ja	L	O
9/23/11		Chc	1-5	N/g	-210	-200	7.5-110	7.5+110	Carpenter,ch	L	U
9/24/11		Chc	2-1	D/g	-190	-210	9.0+105	8.5-120	Lohse,ky	W	U
9/25/11		Chc	3-2	D/g	-185	-200	8.5-110	8.5-110	Jackson,ed	W	U
9/26/11	At	Hou	4-5	N/g	+140	+140	7.5-110	7.5-120	Garcia,ja	L	O
9/27/11	At	Hou	13-6	N/g	+150	+185	8.5-115	9.0-110	Westbrook,ja	W	O
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/18/11	At	Chc	3-2	D/g	-150	-148	9.0-105	8.5-120	Myers,br	W	U
9/19/11	At	Cin	3-2	N/t	-145	-162	9.5-105	9.5+100	Happ,ja	W	U
9/20/11	At	Cin	4-6	N/t	-162	-165	8.0-110	8.0-115	Norris,bu	L	O
9/21/11	At	Cin	0-2	D/t	-135	-140	8.0-115	8.5-125	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
9/22/11		Col	9-6	N/g	-115	-122	9.0-110	9.0+110	Sosa,he	W	O
9/23/11		Col	11-2	N/g	-130	-138	8.5+100	8.0-110	Myers,br	W	O
9/24/11		Col	2-4	N/g	-110	-113	9.0+100	8.5-110	Happ,ja	L	U
9/25/11		Col	3-19	D/g	+110	+100	9.0+100	8.5-110	Harrell,lu	L	O
9/26/11		Stl	5-4	N/g	+140	+140	7.5-110	7.5-120	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
9/27/11		Stl	6-13	N/g	+150	+185	8.5-115	9.0-110	Sosa,he	L	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
5/19/11	Hou	4-2	D/g	-185	-153	8.0-105	8.0-115	Mcclellan,ky	W	U
6/07/11	Stl	4-7	N/g	+125	+120	8.5-110	8.5-115	Westbrook,ja	L	O
6/08/11	Stl	4-1	N/g	+140	+120	8.0-110	7.5-110	Norris,bu	W	U
6/09/11	Stl	2-9	N/g	+110	+100	8.5+100	8.5+100	Lynn,la	L	O
7/25/11	Hou	10-5	N/g	-187	-200	8.5-120	8.5-120	Mcclellan,ky	W	O
7/26/11	Hou	3-1	N/g	-170	-170	8.5-110	8.5-110	Westbrook,ja	W		U
7/27/11	Hou	2-4	N/g	-200	-200	7.5+100	7.5+100	Rodriguez,fe	L	U
7/28/11	Hou	3-5	N/g	-200	-200	7.5-110	7.5-105	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
9/26/11	Stl	5-4	N/g	+140	+140	7.5-110	7.5-120	Melancon,ma	W	O
9/27/11	Stl	6-13	N/g	+150	+185	8.5-115	9.0-110	Sanchez,ed	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		45-36	-784	44-36	+846	89-72	+62
Last	10	4-2	+15	3-1	+255	7-3	+270
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		31-49	-1430	25-56	-1869	56-105	-3299
Last	10	3-3	+27	2-2	+90	5-5	+117
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
St	Louis	25-26	64-46	84-64	5-8	66-46	23-21
Houston		13-37	43-68	51-95	5-10	7-9	48-94

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		39-40	-565	47-31	+1210	86-71	+645
Last	10	3-3	-40	2-2	-20	5-5	-60
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		48-32	+1310	38-39	-545	86-71	+765
Last	10	5-1	+390	1-3	-245	6-4	+145

Away Pitcher

ST LOUIS CARDINALS -- CARPENTER,CHRIS (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	16	6	6	110.1	126	53	51	23	87	4.16	0	2	6	4	4	5	2	1
Home	17	4	3	118.0	115	45	40	31	93	3.05	0	2	4	1	4	3	0	0
Total	33	10	9	228.1	241	98	91	54	180	3.59	0	4	10	5	8	8	2	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR CARPENTER,CHRIS
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
30	67.2	36	32	4.26	62	31	54	11	5	9	9	5

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	CIN	8-11		6.0	6	6	8	1	5	1	-140	-158	7.0-115	7.5-115
9/07/11	MLW	2-0	W	9.0	0	0	4	2	5	0	-125	-110	7.5-105	7.5+105
9/13/11	at PIT	6-4		7.0	4	4	10	1	6	2	+150	+150	7.5-115	7.5-130
9/18/11	at PHI	5-0	W	8.0	0	0	8	1	5	0	-115	-115	7.0-110	7.0-115
9/23/11	CHC	1-5		7.0	1	1	5	2	5	0	-210	-200	7.5-110	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
5/13/10	HOU	1-4	L	8.0	4	4	6	3	5	1	-300	-330	7.5-120	7.5+100
8/04/10	HOU	8-4	W	7.1	2	2	4	3	3	1	-240	-240	7.0-120	7.0-120
8/31/10	at HOU	0-3	L	7.0	3	2	6	2	3	0	+145	+125	7.0-120	6.5-105
7/27/11	HOU	2-4		7.0	2	2	8	1	8	1	-200	-200	7.5+100	7.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/23/11	CHC	2.0	4	4	18.00	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
9/24/11	CHC	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
9/25/11	CHC	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
9/26/11	at HOU	5.0	1	1	1.80	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
9/27/11	at HOU	6.2	1	1	1.35	4	3	7	0	1	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- MYERS,BRETT (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	18	4	6	118.1	121	61	54	31	75	4.11	2	3	2	3	4	4	0	2
Home	14	3	7	90.2	93	47	46	25	79	4.57	0	1	3	6	3	7	0	0
Total	32	7	13	209.0	214	108	100	56	154	4.31	2	4	5	9	7	11	0	2

2011 BULLPEN FOR MYERS,BRETT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
30	74.1	37	32	3.87	74	36	70	8	5	7	4	5

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/27/11	at SF	1-2		7.0	1	1	2	3	7	0	-180	-187	7.0-120	7.0-120
9/06/11	at PIT	4-1	W	7.2	1	1	4	0	6	1	-145	-150	8.0-110	8.0+105
9/12/11	PHI	5-1	W	8.0	1	1	6	1	4	0	+160	+165	8.0+100	8.0+100
9/18/11	at CHC	3-2	W	7.2	2	1	7	1	5	0	-150	-148	9.0-105	8.5-120
9/23/11	COL	11-2	W	6.0	1	1	4	1	6	0	-130	-138	8.5+100	8.0-110

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
5/11/10	at STL	6-3	W	6.0	2	2	8	2	3	0	-260	-240	8.0+100	7.5-120
7/10/10	STL	4-1	W	8.0	1	1	5	0	5	0	-110	-130	9.0-110	9.0-115
8/02/10	at STL	9-4		6.0	3	2	3	4	4	1	-175	-155	7.5-110	7.5+100
6/07/11	STL	4-7	L	6.0	5	5	6	1	4	1	+125	+120	8.5-110	8.5-115
7/26/11	at STL	1-3	L	8.0	3	3	11	0	4	2	-170	-170	8.5-110	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/23/11	COL	3.0	1	1	3.00	3	0	7	1	0	0	0	0
9/24/11	COL	6.0	2	2	3.00	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	0
9/25/11	COL	6.0	14	14	21.00	18	4	3	4	0	0	0	0
9/26/11	STL	3.2	2	2	4.91	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
9/27/11	STL	5.2	8	8	12.71	12	3	3	2	0	0	0	1

Updated Wed, Sep 28 2:45 PM EST

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