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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
9/01/12		Sf	2-5	D/g	+140	+133	8.0-110	8.0-110	Germano,ju	L	U
9/02/12		Sf	5-7	D/g	+165	+159	7.0-110	7.0-115	Wood,tr	L	O
9/03/12	At	Was	1-2	D/g	-172	-185	7.5-110	7.5+100	Samardzija,j	L	U
9/04/12	At	Was	5-11	N/g	-210	-210	8.0-120	8.0-115	Rusin,ch	L	O
9/05/12	At	Was	1-9	N/g	-240	-250	7.5-105	7.5-110	Volstad,ch	L	O
9/06/12	At	Was	2-9	N/g	-220	-250	8.0+100	8.0-110	Germano,ju	L	O
9/07/12	At	Pit	12-2	N/g	-195	-182	7.5-120	7.5-110	Wood,tr	W	O
9/08/12	At	Pit	4-3	N/g	-148	-140	7.5-110	7.0-110	Samardzija,j	W	P
9/09/12	At	Pit	4-2	D/g	-167	-180	8.5-105	8.0-115	Rusin,ch	W	U
9/10/12	At	Hou	4-1	N/g	-105	-112	8.5+100	8.5-115	Volstad,ch	W	U
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/31/12		Cin	3-9	N/g	+180	+173	8.5-110	8.5-105	Abad,fe	L	O
9/01/12		Cin	2-1	N/g	+145	+145	8.0-115	7.5-115	Harrell,lu	W	U
9/02/12		Cin	3-5	D/g	+165	+142	8.0-110	8.0+105	Norris,bu	L	P
9/03/12	At	Pit	5-1	D/g	-210	-200	8.5-115	8.5-115	Gonzalez,ed	W	U
9/04/12	At	Pit	2-6	N/g	-210	-200	8.0-105	7.5-105	Lyles,jo	L	O
9/05/12	At	Pit	3-6	N/g	-200	-190	8.5-115	8.5-110	Abad,fe	L	O
9/07/12	At	Cin	5-3	N/t	-200	-188	8.5+100	8.0-110	Harrell,lu	W	P
9/08/12	At	Cin	1-5	N/t	-220	-200	8.0-110	7.5-110	Norris,bu	L	U
9/09/12	At	Cin	5-1	D/t	-280	-320	8.0-110	7.5-115	Gonzalez,ed	W	U
9/10/12		Chc	1-4	N/g	-105	-112	8.5+100	8.5-115	Keuchel,da	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
5/21/12	Chc	8-4	N/g	-103	-105	7.0+100	7.0-105	Norris,bu	W	O
5/22/12	Chc	2-1	N/g	-120	-118	8.0-105	8.0-105	Happ,ja	W	U
5/23/12	Chc	5-1	N/g	-130	-130	7.0-120	7.0+100	Rodriguez,wa	W	U
6/29/12	Hou	4-0	D/g	-110	-125	8.5+105	8.0-120	Maholm,pa	W	U
6/30/12	Hou	3-2	D/g	-145	-156	8.0+100	7.5-110	Garza,ma	W	U
7/01/12	Hou	3-0	D/g	-113	-115	8.0-120	8.0-120	Wood,tr	W	U
8/13/12	Hou	7-1	N/g	-200	-180	7.5-120	7.5-120	Samardzija,j	W	O
8/14/12	Hou	1-10	N/g	-115	-120	8.5+100	8.5+100	Harrell,lu	L	O
8/15/12	Hou	7-2	D/g	-125	-134	8.5-115	8.5-110	Germano,ju	W	O
9/10/12	Chc	1-4	N/g	-105	-112	8.5+100	8.5-115	Volstad,ch	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		34-34	+234	21-52	-1992	55-86	-1758
Last	10	0-2	-200	4-4	+174	4-6	-26
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		28-41	-805	16-56	-2886	44-97	-3691
Last	10	1-3	-167	3-3	+343	4-6	+176
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Chicago		30-41	25-45	50-78	5-8	12-8	42-77
Houston		13-29	31-68	41-92	3-5	8-4	35-92

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		30-36	-1020	34-35	-455	64-71	-1475
Last	10	1-1	-10	4-3	+70	5-4	+60
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		32-32	-270	40-29	+790	72-61	+520
Last	10	1-2	-130	2-3	-140	3-5	-270

Away Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- GERMANO,JUSTIN (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	2	14.0	18	16	15	3	8	9.64	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Home	5	2	3	27.0	32	20	18	7	17	6.00	1	2	1	1	2	3	0	0
Total	8	2	5	41.0	50	36	33	10	25	7.24	1	2	1	3	2	5	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR GERMANO,JUSTIN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	28.1	25	25	7.94	44	23	25	7	0	1	0	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/15/12	HOU	7-2	W	6.1	2	2	5	1	6	1	-125	-134	8.5-115	8.5-110
8/20/12	at MLW	5-9	L	4.2	7	7	8	1	3	1	-151	-155	9.0-105	9.0-105
8/27/12	MLW	4-15	L	5.0	5	5	10	0	4	1	+121	+113	8.0-120	8.0-120
9/01/12	SF	2-5	L	5.0	5	5	6	2	2	0	+140	+133	8.0-110	8.0-110
9/06/12	at WAS	2-9	L	4.0	7	6	7	2	2	1	-220	-250	8.0+100	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
8/15/12	HOU	7-2	W	6.1	2	2	5	1	6	1	-125	-134	8.5-115	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/05/12	at WAS	3.0	4	4	12.00	4	4	5	3	0	0	0	0
9/06/12	at WAS	4.0	2	2	4.50	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0
9/07/12	at PIT	3.0	2	2	6.00	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
9/09/12	at PIT	4.0	1	1	2.25	2	5	4	0	1	0	1	0
9/10/12	at HOU	4.0	0	0	0.00	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- LYLES,JORDAN (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	11	1	7	57.0	80	57	44	18	36	6.95	0	3	1	4	1	7	0	0
Home	10	2	4	61.1	62	33	29	16	45	4.26	1	3	1	1	2	4	0	0
Total	21	3	11	118.1	142	90	73	34	81	5.55	1	6	2	5	3	11	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR LYLES,JORDAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
21	67.1	43	40	5.35	85	26	64	10	0	7	3	5

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/12/12	MLW	3-5	L	7.0	4	2	8	0	5	1	+175	+168	8.0-110	7.5-115
8/18/12	ARZ	4-12	L	4.0	7	5	8	3	4	0	+155	+155	8.5-105	8.5-120
8/24/12	at NYM	3-1	W	6.0	1	1	3	2	4	1	-225	-235	7.5+105	7.5-115
8/30/12	SF	4-8		5.0	3	3	7	0	2	0	+167	+162	8.0-110	8.5-110
9/04/12	at PIT	2-6	L	4.2	5	4	7	1	5	0	-210	-200	8.0-105	7.5-105

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
5/31/11	at CHC	7-3		7.0	2	1	5	0	4	0	-170	-165	10.5-115	10.5-105
7/24/11	at CHC	4-5		6.0	3	3	9	1	5	0	-160	-168	8.5-110	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/05/12	at PIT	4.0	1	1	2.25	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
9/07/12	at CIN	3.0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
9/08/12	at CIN	2.2	0	0	0.00	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
9/09/12	at CIN	4.0	0	0	0.00	3	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
9/10/12	CHC	5.0	3	3	5.40	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Tue, Sep 11 5:00 AM EST

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