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

Chicago C
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/27/09	At	Arz	2-7	N/g	-130	-150	9.0+110	8.5+100	Lilly,te	L	O
4/28/09	At	Arz	11-3	N/g	+118	+105	9.0-130	9.5-110	Zambrano,ca	W	O
4/29/09	At	Arz	0-10	D/g	+105	+105	9.0-120	9.5+100	Dempster,ry	L	O
4/30/09		Flo	2-8	N/g	-135	-120	9.5-120	9.5-110	Marshall,se	L	O
5/01/09		Flo	8-6	D/g	-250	-280	8.0-120	8.5-110	Harden,ri	W	O
5/02/09		Flo	6-1	D/g	-165	-135	10.0-125	10.0-110	Lilly,te	W	U
5/03/09		Flo	6-4	D/g	-170	-145	8.5-115	9.0-110	Zambrano,ca	W	O
5/04/09		Sf	4-2	N/g	-183	-185	9.0+100	8.5-105	Dempster,ry	W	U
5/05/09		Sf	2-6	D/g	+105	+105	8.0-105	7.5-120	Marshall,se	L	O
5/06/09	At	Hou	6-3	N/g	+130	+132	8.5-120	9.0-110	Harden,ri	W	P
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/26/09		Mlw	3-2	D/g	-103	+105	10.0-105	10.5-110	Ortiz,ru	W	U
4/27/09	At	Cin	4-1	N/t	+105	-110	8.5+110	8.0-110	Oswalt,ro	W	U
4/28/09	At	Cin	8-3	N/t	-135	-122	8.5-110	8.0-105	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
4/29/09	At	Cin	0-3	N/t	-155	-150	9.0-110	9.0+110	Paulino,fe	L	U
5/01/09	At	Atl	2-7	N/g	-165	-165	8.5-120	8.0-110	Hampton,mi	L	O
5/02/09	At	Atl	5-1	D/g	-127	-120	8.0+100	7.5-120	Oswalt,ro	W	U
5/03/09	At	Atl	7-5	D/g	+100	-105	8.5-130	8.0-120	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
5/04/09	At	Was	4-9	N/g	-140	-153	9.5-110	9.5+105	Moehler,br	L	O
5/05/09		At	Was	10-10	D/g	+127	+113	8.0-120	8.5-115	Oswalt,ro	O
5/06/09		Chc	3-6	N/g	+130	+132	8.5-120	9.0-110	Hampton,mi	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
8/06/08	Hou	11-4	D/g	-180	-170	10.0-120	10.0-120	Marquis,ja	W	O
9/01/08	Hou	0-3	D/g	-132	-125	8.5-110	8.5-120	Oswalt,ro	L	U
9/02/08	Hou	7-9	N/g	-225	-200	9.0-120	9.0+100	Wright,we	L	O
9/03/08	Hou	0-4	N/g	-225	-230	7.5-110	7.5-110	Wolf,ra	L	U
9/14/08	Chc	0-5	N/g	+117	+117	9.0+105	9.0+105	Zambrano,ca	L	U
9/15/08	Chc	1-6	D/g	+125	+125	9.5+100	9.0+100	Lilly,te	L	U
4/06/09	Chc	2-4	N/g	-115	-105	8.0+110	8.0+110	Zambrano,ca	L	U
4/07/09	Chc	3-2	N/g	+105	+105	9.0+100	8.5+100	Brocail,do	W	U
4/08/09	Chc	6-11	N/g	+120	+120	9.0+100	9.0-110	Lilly,te	L	O
5/06/09	Chc	3-6	N/g	+130	+132	8.5-120	9.0-110	Harden,ri	L	P

W/L Record Comparison

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		8-6	-70	7-6	+25	15-12	-45
Last	10	4-2	+180	2-2	-15	6-4	+165
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		5-9	-430	6-8	-63	11-17	-493
Last	10	1-1	+5	4-4	+122	5-5	+127
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Chicago		7-7	8-5	15-12	0-0	14-8	0-3
Houston		4-5	7-12	9-16	2-1	2-4	8-12

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		8-5	+260	8-4	+345	16-9	+605
Last	10	4-2	+185	3-0	+300	7-2	+485
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		4-9	-600	6-7	-185	10-16	-785
Last	10	0-1	-110	5-3	+160	5-4	+50

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(LILLY,TE)     - CHC        -135   -135       -180                   
(ORTIZ,RU)     - HOU                          -180       -105        30

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

Away Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- LILLY,TED (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	2	1	1	10.0	14	10	10	4	6	9.00	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Home	3	2	1	21.2	11	2	1	2	20	0.42	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0
Total	5	3	2	31.2	25	12	11	6	26	3.13	2	0	1	2	3	2	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR LILLY,TED
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5	12.1	5	4	2.92	9	3	16	2	0	0	0	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/08/09	at HOU	11-6	W	5.0	5	5	8	0	3	2	+120	+120	9.0+100	9.0-110
4/13/09	COL	4-0	W	6.2	0	0	1	2	8	0	-158	-115	7.5-110	7.5+110
4/22/09	CIN	0-3	L	7.0	1	0	5	0	2	0	-165	-165	8.5+100	8.5+100
4/27/09	at ARZ	2-7	L	5.0	5	5	6	4	3	1	-130	-150	9.0+110	8.5+100
5/02/09	FLO	6-1	W	8.0	1	1	5	0	10	1	-165	-135	10.0-125	10.0-110

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
5/19/08	at HOU	7-2	W	5.1	2	2	4	2	6	0	+112	+120	9.5-110	9.5-115
7/18/08	at HOU	1-2		7.0	1	1	6	2	6	1	+115	+102	9.5+105	9.5+100
9/15/08	at HOU	6-1	W	7.0	0	0	1	1	9	0	+125	+125	9.5+100	9.0+100
4/08/09	at HOU	11-6	W	5.0	5	5	8	0	3	2	+120	+120	9.0+100	9.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/02/09	FLO	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
5/03/09	FLO	4.0	2	2	4.50	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
5/04/09	SF	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	0
5/05/09	SF	2.0	1	1	4.50	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/06/09	at HOU	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- ORTIZ,RUSS (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	4.2	5	3	3	2	2	5.79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Home	2	2	0	10.0	7	5	5	9	5	4.50	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Total	3	2	0	14.2	12	8	8	11	7	4.91	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR ORTIZ,RUSS
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
3	12.1	2	2	1.46	13	6	9	1	1	0	3	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	at PIT	6-3		4.2	3	3	5	2	2	0	-130	-125	9.5-110	9.0-110
4/21/09	LA	8-5	W	5.0	3	3	3	5	2	0	+130	+160	9.0+100	10.0-120
4/26/09	MLW	3-2	W	5.0	2	2	4	4	3	0	-103	+105	10.0-105	10.5-110

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/02/09	at ATL	8.0	1	1	1.13	7	5	7	0	1	0	0	0
5/03/09	at ATL	4.0	2	2	4.50	5	3	7	0	1	0	1	1
5/04/09	at WAS	3.0	7	7	21.00	7	6	3	0	0	0	0	1
5/05/09	at WAS	5.1	6	4	6.75	6	6	3	1	0	0	0	2
5/06/09	CHC	3.2	1	1	2.45	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0

Updated Thu, May 7 5:00 AM EST

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