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Cardinals vs Pirates Game Time: 7:05 p.m. ET Stadium: PNC Park Surface: Grass

St Louis
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/02/09	At	Was	1-6	D/g	+125	+110	9.5-115	10.0-110	Pineiro,jo	L	U
5/04/09		Phi	1-6	N/g	-147	-130	9.0-115	9.0-110	Lohse,ky	L	U
5/05/09		Phi	7-10	N/g	-130	-138	9.0-105	8.5-120	Wainwright,a	L	O
5/06/09		Pit	4-2	N/g	-135	-145	9.0+100	9.0-115	Boggs,mi	W	U
5/07/09		Pit	5-2	D/g	-165	-180	9.0-110	9.5-105	Wellemeyer,t	W	U
5/08/09	At	Cin	4-6	N/t	-130	-115	8.5-120	8.5-120	Pineiro,jo	L	O
5/09/09	At	Cin	3-8	N/t	-120	+100	8.5-120	8.0-110	Lohse,ky	L	O
5/10/09	At	Cin	8-7	D/t	-120	-110	8.5+105	8.0-115	Wainwright,a	W	O
5/12/09	At	Pit	1-7	N/g	+115	-103	8.5-110	8.5-135	Wellemeyer,t	L	U
5/13/09	At	Pit	2-5	N/g	+120	-103	9.0-120	9.0-125	Pineiro,jo	L	U
Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/03/09		Cin	0-5	D/g	+108	+112	9.0-115	8.5-110	Karstens,je	L	U
5/04/09		Mlw	4-7	N/g	+130	+125	7.5-130	7.5-105	Maholm,pa	L	O
5/05/09		Mlw	5-8	N/g	-118	-105	9.0+100	9.0-120	Snell,ia	L	O
5/06/09	At	Stl	2-4	N/g	-135	-145	9.0+100	9.0-115	Duke,za	L	U
5/07/09	At	Stl	2-5	D/g	-165	-180	9.0-110	9.5-105	Ohlendorf,ro	L	U
5/08/09	At	Nym	3-7	N/g	-175	-175	9.5-110	9.5-125	Karstens,je	L	O
5/09/09	At	Nym	1-10	D/g	-180	-170	9.0-110	8.5-105	Maholm,pa	L	O
5/10/09	At	Nym	4-8	D/g	-162	-160	9.5-120	9.5-125	Snell,ia	L	O
5/12/09		Stl	7-1	N/g	+115	-103	8.5-110	8.5-135	Duke,za	W	U
5/13/09		Stl	5-2	N/g	+120	-103	9.0-120	9.0-125	Ohlendorf,ro	W	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
9/13/08	Stl	7-6	N/g	+125	+125	8.0-120	8.0-120	Hansen,cr	W	O
9/14/08	Stl	7-2	D/g	+107	+107	9.5-120	9.5-120	Beam,t.	W	U
4/06/09	Pit	4-6	D/g	-200	-160	8.0-110	7.5-110	Grabow,jo	L	O
4/07/09	Pit	9-3	N/g	-165	-155	8.5+105	8.5-105	Lohse,ky	W	O
4/08/09	Pit	4-7	N/g	-165	-162	8.5-120	8.5-120	Duke,za	L	O
4/09/09	Pit	2-1	D/g	-180	-200	8.5-110	8.5-110	Carpenter,ch	W	U
5/06/09	Pit	4-2	N/g	-135	-145	9.0+100	9.0-115	Mcclellan,ky	W	U
5/07/09	Pit	5-2	D/g	-165	-180	9.0-110	9.5-105	Wellemeyer,t	W	U
5/12/09	Stl	7-1	N/g	+115	-103	8.5-110	8.5-135	Duke,za	W	U
5/13/09	Stl	5-2	N/g	+120	-103	9.0-120	9.0-125	Ohlendorf,ro	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		12-5	+515	8-9	-139	20-14	+376
Last	10	2-2	-68	1-5	-444	3-7	-512
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		9-7	+175	5-12	-475	14-19	-300
Last	10	2-3	-105	0-5	-500	2-8	-605
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
St	Louis	9-5	11-9	19-12	1-2	11-10	7-4
Pittsburgh		6-9	8-10	13-18	1-1	3-3	10-15

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		9-8	+10	9-7	+120	18-15	+130
Last	10	1-3	-230	3-3	-70	4-6	-300
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		6-9	-420	11-6	+435	17-15	+15
Last	10	2-3	-170	3-2	+80	5-5	-90

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(BOGGS,MI)     - STL        -115   -115       -180                   
(KARSTENS,JE)  - PIT                          -180       -105        10

                            LV OVER/UNDER
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI EDGE
OVER/UNDER                  9.5    9.5         8.0        1.5 UN

Away Pitcher

ST LOUIS CARDINALS -- BOGGS,MITCH (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	1	0	0	6.0	6	4	4	2	9	6.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Home	2	1	0	10.0	11	3	2	6	7	1.80	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	3	1	0	16.0	17	7	6	8	16	3.38	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR BOGGS,MITCH
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
3	11.0	1	0	0.00	5	5	8	0	2	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
4/25/09	CHC	8-2	W	5.2	1	0	6	1	3	0	-105	-105	9.5-110	9.5-125
4/30/09	at WAS	9-4		6.0	4	4	6	2	9	1	+115	+105	10.0+100	10.0-115
5/06/09	PIT	4-2		4.1	2	2	5	5	4	0	-135	-145	9.0+100	9.0-115

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
5/06/09	PIT	4-2		4.1	2	2	5	5	4	0	-135	-145	9.0+100	9.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/08/09	at CIN	2.0	1	1	4.50	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/09/09	at CIN	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
5/10/09	at CIN	4.0	3	3	6.75	5	5	4	3	1	0	1	1
5/12/09	at PIT	3.2	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/13/09	at PIT	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	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	2	0	0	11.0	12	7	7	2	7	5.73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Home	3	1	1	15.0	13	9	8	11	5	4.80	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Total	5	1	1	26.0	25	16	15	13	12	5.19	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR KARSTENS,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5	17.0	14	14	7.41	19	15	14	3	0	3	1	0

Last Five Starts
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
4/21/09	FLO	3-2	W	6.0	1	1	3	2	3	0	+120	+130	9.0+100	9.0-115
4/27/09	at MLW	5-10		5.0	5	5	5	2	4	3	-170	-180	8.5-125	9.0-110
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

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
5/08/09	at NYM	2.0	5	5	22.50	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
5/09/09	at NYM	3.0	3	3	9.00	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/10/09	at NYM	2.0	5	4	18.00	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/12/09	STL	1.0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/13/09	STL	3.0	1	1	3.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Thu, May 14 5:00 AM EST

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