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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
8/04/11	At	Pit	7-6	N/g	-140	-150	9.0+100	8.0-115	Lopez,ro	W	O
8/05/11		Cin	4-3	D/g	+110	+100	8.0-115	8.0-105	Dempster,ry	W	U
8/06/11		Cin	11-4	D/g	+130	+115	7.5-105	7.5-105	Zambrano,ca	W	O
8/07/11		Cin	7-8	D/g	+104	-107	10.0-110	10.0-105	Wells,ra	L	O
8/09/11		Was	1-3	N/g	-160	-155	9.5-110	9.5+100	Garza,ma	L	U
8/10/11		Was	4-2	N/g	-120	-115	9.0+100	9.0+100	Lopez,ro	W	U
8/11/11		Was	4-3	D/g	-115	-115	7.5-110	7.5-110	Dempster,ry	W	U
8/12/11	At	Atl	4-10	N/g	-135	-137	8.0-110	8.5-105	Zambrano,ca	L	O
8/13/11	At	Atl	8-4	N/g	-175	-166	8.5-110	8.5-110	Wells,ra	W	O
8/14/11	At	Atl	6-5	D/g	-145	-156	8.0+100	7.5-105	Garza,ma	W	O
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/05/11		Mlw	1-8	N/g	+185	+185	8.5+100	8.0-110	Happ,ja	L	O
8/06/11		Mlw	5-7	N/g	+135	+135	8.5-115	8.5+100	Myers,br	L	O
8/07/11		Mlw	3-7	D/g	+160	+155	7.5+100	7.5+105	Norris,bu	L	O
8/08/11	At	Arz	9-1	N/g	-170	-190	8.0-105	8.0-105	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
8/09/11	At	Arz	9-11	N/g	-170	-180	9.0-110	9.0-110	Lyles,jo	L	O
8/10/11	At	Arz	3-6	N/g	-220	-220	9.5-105	9.5-110	Sosa,he	L	U
8/11/11	At	Arz	5-8	N/g	-170	-170	9.0-120	9.0-110	Myers,br	L	O
8/12/11	At	La	0-1	N/g	-145	-155	7.0-120	7.0-120	Norris,bu	L	U
8/13/11	At	La	1-6	N/g	-210	-220	6.0-110	6.0-110	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
8/14/11	At	La	0-7	D/g	-200	-210	7.0-120	7.0-115	Lyles,jo	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
10/03/10	Chc	4-0	D/g	+105	+105	8.0+100	8.0+100	Figueroa,ne	W	U
4/11/11	Chc	4-5	N/g	+125	+118	8.5-120	8.5+100	Dempster,ry	L	O
4/12/11	Chc	11-2	N/g	-135	-126	8.0-120	8.0-110	Myers,br	W	O
4/13/11	Chc	5-9	N/g	+110	-108	7.5-115	7.5-110	Zambrano,ca	L	O
5/30/11	Hou	7-12	D/g	-130	-151	13.0-110	13.0-115	Escalona,se	L	O
5/31/11	Hou	3-7	N/g	-170	-165	10.5-115	10.5-105	Rodriguez,fe	L	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

W/L Record Comparison

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		29-33	-695	24-35	-538	53-68	-1233
Last	10	4-2	+153	3-1	+342	7-3	+495
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		19-40	-2059	19-43	-1578	38-83	-3637
Last	10	0-3	-300	1-6	-420	1-9	-720
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Chicago		24-32	29-36	51-61	2-7	19-18	32-48
Houston		10-27	28-56	34-75	4-8	3-8	34-73

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		28-32	-775	35-23	+1005	63-55	+230
Last	10	2-4	-215	4-0	+400	6-4	+185
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		36-23	+1115	30-29	-245	66-52	+870
Last	10	3-0	+300	4-2	+170	7-2	+470

Away Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- LOPEZ,RODRIGO (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	0	1	14.1	23	15	15	6	5	9.42	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Home	5	3	1	28.2	30	13	12	2	15	3.77	1	0	2	1	3	1	0	0
Total	8	3	2	43.0	53	28	27	8	20	5.65	1	1	2	1	3	2	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR LOPEZ,RODRIGO
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	27.0	20	17	5.67	25	13	24	4	1	2	3	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/08/11	at PIT	4-7		6.0	3	3	8	1	3	1	-142	-123	8.0-120	8.5+100
7/18/11	PHI	6-1	W	6.2	1	1	5	0	3	1	+185	+185	8.5-110	8.5-120
7/30/11	at STL	5-13	L	4.1	6	6	8	3	2	1	-175	-170	8.5-110	8.0-115
8/04/11	at PIT	7-6		4.0	6	6	7	2	0	0	-140	-150	9.0+100	8.0-115
8/10/11	WAS	4-2	W	5.2	2	1	5	0	4	1	-120	-115	9.0+100	9.0+100

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
5/05/10	at HOU	2-4		7.0	2	2	3	1	4	1	-110	-105	9.5+100	9.0-115
9/05/10	HOU	2-3	L	6.0	3	3	6	2	5	1	-110	-105	9.5+100	9.0-105
5/30/11	HOU	7-12		4.2	6	6	10	0	4	2	-130	-151	13.0-110	13.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/10/11	WAS	3.1	0	0	0.00	2	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
8/11/11	WAS	2.0	2	2	9.00	5	2	5	0	0	0	1	0
8/12/11	at ATL	3.2	2	1	2.45	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/13/11	at ATL	4.0	2	2	4.50	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
8/14/11	at ATL	4.0	1	0	0.00	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- SOSA,HENRY (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	1	6.0	6	4	4	3	4	6.00	0	0	0	1	0	1	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	0	1	6.0	6	4	4	3	4	6.00	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR SOSA,HENRY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
1	2.0	2	1	4.50	3	1	4	0	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
8/10/11	at ARZ	3-6	L	6.0	4	4	6	3	4	1	-220	-220	9.5-105	9.5-110

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
8/10/11	at ARZ	2.0	2	1	4.50	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
8/11/11	at ARZ	1.2	5	5	27.00	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	1
8/12/11	at LA	2.0	1	1	4.50	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
8/13/11	at LA	2.0	1	1	4.50	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/14/11	at LA	2.2	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Mon, Aug 15 5:00 AM EST

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