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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
5/11/12	At	Mlw	7-8	N/g	+105	+103	7.5-120	7.5-105	Garza,ma	L	O
5/12/12	At	Mlw	2-8	D/g	-170	-164	8.0-105	8.0+110	Volstad,ch	L	O
5/13/12	At	Mlw	8-2	D/g	-110	-116	8.0+100	8.0+110	Samardzija,j	W	O
5/14/12	At	Stl	6-4	N/g	-170	-155	7.0-110	7.5-115	Dempster,ry	W	O
5/15/12	At	Stl	6-7	D/g	-180	-165	7.5-110	8.5-105	Maholm,pa	L	O
5/16/12		Phi	2-9	N/g	-150	-155	7.0-105	7.0-105	Garza,ma	L	O
5/17/12		Phi	7-8	N/g	+165	+148	7.0+105	7.0+100	Volstad,ch	L	O
5/18/12		Cws	2-3	D/g	-140	-126	9.0+100	9.0-105	Samardzija,j	L	U
5/19/12		Cws	4-7	N/g	-145	-140	8.5-120	9.0-110	Dempster,ry	L	O
5/20/12		Cws	0-6	D/g	+110	+106	11.5-110	11.0-110	Maholm,pa	L	U
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/11/12	At	Pit	1-0	N/g	-135	-146	7.5+105	7.0-105	Norris,bu	W	U
5/12/12	At	Pit	2-5	N/g	-138	-130	8.0-105	7.5-110	Happ,ja	L	U
5/13/12	At	Pit	2-3	D/g	-110	-138	7.0-120	7.0-105	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
5/14/12	At	Phi	1-5	N/t	-172	-162	8.5+100	8.5+105	Harrell,lu	L	U
5/15/12	At	Phi	3-4	D/t	-200	-220	7.0-110	7.0-105	Lyles,jo	L	P
5/16/12		Mlw	8-3	N/g	-106	-115	8.0-115	8.0-105	Norris,bu	W	O
5/17/12		Mlw	4-0	N/g	+135	+130	7.5-115	7.5-120	Happ,ja	W	U
5/18/12		Tex	1-4	N/g	+145	+132	8.0-110	8.5-105	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
5/19/12		Tex	6-5	N/g	+155	+157	9.0-105	9.0-105	Harrell,lu	W	O
5/20/12		Tex	1-6	D/g	+155	+152	9.0-105	8.5-105	Lyles,jo	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
6/01/11	Hou	1-3	D/g	-135	-125	9.5-120	9.5-115	Myers,br	L	U
7/22/11	Hou	4-2	D/g	-140	-148	9.0-110	9.0-105	Zambrano,ca	W	U
7/23/11	Hou	5-1	D/g	-115	-122	9.5-110	9.0-120	Wells,ra	W	U
7/24/11	Hou	5-4	D/g	-160	-168	8.5-110	8.5-110	Grabow,jo	W	O
8/15/11	Chc	3-4	N/g	+110	+115	9.0-105	8.5-115	Lopez,ro	L	U
8/16/11	Chc	6-5	N/g	+120	+132	8.0-110	7.5-115	Rodriguez,an	W	O
8/17/11	Chc	4-3	D/g	-121	-115	8.0-110	8.0-115	Norris,bu	W	U
9/16/11	Hou	4-3	D/g	-155	-162	7.0-120	7.0-120	Samardzija,j	W	P
9/17/11	Hou	2-1	D/g	-145	-148	8.5-120	8.5-105	Lopez,ro	W	U
9/18/11	Hou	2-3	D/g	-150	-148	9.0-105	8.5-120	Myers,br	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		9-15	-649	6-11	-227	15-26	-876
Last	10	0-5	-621	2-3	-62	2-8	-683
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		13-10	+644	5-13	-570	18-23	+74
Last	10	3-2	+187	1-4	-264	4-6	-77
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Chicago		9-15	6-11	12-23	3-3	1-5	14-21
Houston		4-7	14-16	17-19	1-4	2-0	16-22

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		10-14	-540	10-6	+340	20-20	-200
Last	10	3-2	+85	5-0	+500	8-2	+585
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		13-10	+215	10-7	+245	23-17	+460
Last	10	2-3	-130	0-4	-425	2-7	-555

Away Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- GARZA,MATT (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	3	1	1	17.0	11	7	7	9	20	3.71	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Home	4	1	0	28.1	20	6	6	7	21	1.91	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	7	2	1	45.1	31	13	13	16	41	2.58	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR GARZA,MATT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7	19.2	23	23	10.53	28	21	12	4	1	3	0	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/18/12	at FLO	1-9	L	5.0	6	6	7	3	7	2	-118	-130	7.0-105	7.0+105
4/23/12	STL	3-2		7.0	2	2	4	3	5	0	+102	+100	7.0-110	7.0-110
4/29/12	at PHI	5-1	W	7.0	0	0	1	1	10	0	+105	-107	7.5-110	7.0+100
5/11/12	at MLW	7-8		5.0	1	1	3	5	3	0	+105	+103	7.5-120	7.5-105
5/16/12	PHI	2-9		6.2	2	2	8	1	2	0	-150	-155	7.0-105	7.0-105

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
7/24/11	HOU	5-4		7.0	2	2	5	3	9	1	-160	-168	8.5-110	8.5-110
9/16/11	HOU	4-3		9.0	3	3	7	0	4	2	-155	-162	7.0-120	7.0-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/16/12	PHI	2.1	7	7	27.00	4	3	4	2	0	0	0	0
5/17/12	PHI	7.0	4	1	1.29	8	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
5/18/12	CWS	1.2	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/19/12	CWS	3.0	3	2	6.00	3	3	5	1	0	0	0	0
5/20/12	CWS	2.2	1	1	3.38	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

Home 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	4	2	1	23.2	28	15	15	5	22	5.70	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0
Home	4	2	0	26.2	18	7	6	10	28	2.03	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Total	8	4	1	50.1	46	22	21	15	50	3.75	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR NORRIS,BUD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	20.2	5	4	1.74	14	3	15	1	3	0	4	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/24/12	at MLW	6-9	L	5.2	7	7	9	2	6	3	-137	-145	8.0-115	8.0+100
4/30/12	NYM	4-3		6.2	3	3	7	1	7	0	-103	+105	8.0-105	8.0-110
5/05/12	STL	8-2	W	6.0	1	0	3	4	4	0	+130	+128	8.0-110	8.0-120
5/11/12	at PIT	1-0	W	6.0	0	0	3	0	8	0	-135	-146	7.5+105	7.0-105
5/16/12	MLW	8-3	W	7.0	1	1	4	2	9	1	-106	-115	8.0-115	8.0-105

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
7/22/11	at CHC	2-4	L	6.1	4	4	9	0	5	2	-140	-148	9.0-110	9.0-105
8/17/11	CHC	4-3	W	5.0	3	3	6	3	5	2	-121	-115	8.0-110	8.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/16/12	MLW	2.0	2	2	9.00	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/17/12	MLW	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/18/12	TEX	3.0	1	1	3.00	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
5/19/12	TEX	3.1	1	1	2.70	4	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
5/20/12	TEX	4.0	0	0	0.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Mon, May 21 5:00 AM EST

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