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MLB Matchup
Cubs vs Astros Game Time: 2:05 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
8/06/11		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
8/15/11	At	Hou	4-3	N/g	+110	+115	9.0-105	8.5-115	Lopez,ro	W	U
8/16/11	At	Hou	5-6	N/g	+120	+132	8.0-110	7.5-115	Dempster,ry	L	O
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
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
8/15/11		Chc	3-4	N/g	+110	+115	9.0-105	8.5-115	Sosa,he	L	U
8/16/11		Chc	6-5	N/g	+120	+132	8.0-110	7.5-115	Myers,br	W	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
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
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

W/L Record Comparison

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		29-33	-695	25-36	-580	54-69	-1275
Last	10	3-2	+53	3-2	+160	6-4	+213
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		20-41	-2027	19-43	-1578	39-84	-3605
Last	10	1-2	-68	1-6	-420	2-8	-488
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Chicago		24-32	30-37	52-62	2-7	20-19	32-48
Houston		10-27	29-57	35-76	4-8	3-8	35-74

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		28-32	-775	36-24	+990	64-56	+215
Last	10	2-3	-110	4-1	+285	6-4	+175
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		37-24	+1100	30-29	-245	67-53	+855
Last	10	2-1	+85	4-2	+170	6-3	+255

Away Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- COLEMAN,CASEY (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	5	2	1	26.2	26	12	11	15	20	3.71	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0
Home	4	0	3	14.1	26	20	20	12	10	12.56	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0
Total	9	2	4	41.0	52	32	31	27	30	6.80	0	3	2	1	2	4	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR COLEMAN,CASEY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9	36.0	17	17	4.25	34	24	31	5	1	2	0	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/07/11	CIN	3-2		6.0	2	2	4	3	6	0	+110	+125	8.5-105	8.5-110
5/12/11	STL	1-9	L	4.1	6	6	9	4	0	1	+140	+140	9.0-120	9.0-120
5/19/11	at FLO	5-1	W	5.2	0	0	4	5	7	0	-150	-157	8.5-115	9.0+105
5/25/11	NYM	4-7	L	1.1	6	6	7	1	0	0	+100	+100	9.0+100	9.0-105
7/04/11	at WAS	4-5		5.1	3	2	5	1	5	0	-165	-180	8.0-110	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
9/06/10	HOU	5-4		6.0	4	4	8	5	2	1	+100	+110	12.5-110	13.0-110
10/01/10	at HOU	2-0	W	7.0	0	0	6	1	2	0	-130	-125	8.5+100	8.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
8/15/11	at HOU	3.2	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0
8/16/11	at HOU	1.1	4	4	27.00	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1

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	10	2	4	60.1	59	28	27	18	58	4.03	0	2	2	2	2	3	0	1
Home	14	3	4	86.2	79	42	34	38	82	3.53	1	1	2	3	3	4	0	0
Total	24	5	8	147.0	138	70	61	56	140	3.73	1	3	4	5	5	7	0	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR NORRIS,BUD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
24	65.0	27	26	3.60	59	36	50	4	6	5	6	3

Last Five Starts
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
7/27/11	at STL	4-2		6.0	2	1	4	2	5	0	-200	-200	7.5+100	7.5+100
8/01/11	CIN	4-3		5.0	3	3	10	3	2	0	+110	+125	8.5-105	8.0-110
8/07/11	MLW	3-7	L	5.0	6	6	8	1	2	1	+160	+155	7.5+100	7.5+105
8/12/11	at LA	0-1		7.0	0	0	2	4	8	0	-145	-155	7.0-120	7.0-120

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
7/28/10	CHC	8-1	W	6.0	1	0	4	3	7	0	+120	+135	9.0-105	7.5-115
10/01/10	CHC	0-2	L	6.0	2	2	3	7	6	0	-130	-125	8.5+100	8.0-110
7/22/11	at CHC	2-4	L	6.1	4	4	9	0	5	2	-140	-148	9.0-110	9.0-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
8/15/11	CHC	3.0	0	0	0.00	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
8/16/11	CHC	2.0	1	1	4.50	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0

Updated Wed, Aug 17 5:00 AM EST

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