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MLB Matchup
Cubs vs Cardinals Game Time: 4:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Busch Stadium Surface: Grass

Chicago C
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/08/09	At	Pit	9-4	N/g	+115	+107	8.0-115	8.0-110	Dempster,ry	W	O
9/09/09	At	Pit	8-5	D/g	+128	+143	8.5-110	8.0-115	Zambrano,ca	W	O
9/11/09		Cin	6-4	D/g	-230	-260	8.0-110	8.5-105	Harden,ri	W	O
9/12/09		Cin	5-7	D/g	-190	-185	8.5-110	8.0+100	Wells,ra	L	O
9/13/09		Cin	5-2	D/g	-200	-180	8.5+105	8.0-110	Lilly,te	W	U
9/14/09		Mlw	2-0	N/g	-170	-160	9.5+100	9.5+105	Dempster,ry	W	U
9/15/09		Mlw	13-7	N/g	-130	-115	7.5-110	7.0-120	Zambrano,ca	W	O
9/16/09		Mlw	5-9	N/g	-165	-170	7.5-110	7.5-105	Harden,ri	L	O
9/17/09		Mlw	4-7	D/g	-150	-155	8.5-120	9.0-120	Wells,ra	L	O
9/18/09	At	Stl	2-3	N/g	-125	-120	9.0+100	8.0+100	Lilly,te	L	U
St Louis
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/07/09	At	Mlw	3-0	D/g	+220	+185	8.0+110	8.0-115	Carpenter,ch	W	U
9/08/09	At	Mlw	4-3	N/g	+135	+115	9.0-105	9.0-105	Smoltz,jo	W	U
9/09/09	At	Mlw	5-1	D/g	+180	+175	8.0-120	8.5-120	Wainwright,a	W	U
9/11/09		Atl	0-1	N/g	-130	-130	8.0-110	8.0+100	Pineiro,jo	L	U
9/12/09		Atl	6-7	D/g	-120	-105	8.5-110	8.5-115	Lohse,ky	L	O
9/13/09		Atl	2-9	D/g	-170	-165	7.0+100	7.0+105	Carpenter,ch	L	O
9/14/09		Flo	11-6	N/g	-115	-110	9.5-110	9.0-115	Wellemeyer,t	W	O
9/15/09		Flo	1-2	N/g	-230	-240	8.0-110	8.0-125	Wainwright,a	L	U
9/16/09		Flo	2-5	D/g	-120	-120	8.0-110	7.5-110	Pineiro,jo	L	U
9/18/09		Chc	3-2	N/g	-125	-120	9.0+100	8.0+100	Smoltz,jo	W	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
4/25/09	Chc	8-2	D/g	-105	-105	9.5-110	9.5-125	Boggs,mi	W	O
4/26/09	Chc	3-10	D/g	+118	+112	8.0-120	8.5-115	Harden,ri	L	O
5/19/09	Chc	3-0	N/g	-102	+113	9.0-125	9.0+100	Pineiro,jo	W	U
5/20/09	Chc	2-1	N/g	-130	-120	8.5-105	8.0+100	Carpenter,ch	W	U
5/21/09	Chc	3-1	N/g	-140	-135	8.5-120	8.5-120	Wainwright,a	W	U
7/10/09	Stl	3-8	D/g	+110	+100	8.0-120	8.5-105	Carpenter,ch	L	O
7/11/09	Stl	5-2	D/g	-150	-175	8.5-110	9.0-120	Lilly,te	W	U
7/12/09	Stl	2-4	N/g	-105	-115	8.5-105	8.5-110	Wainwright,a	L	U
7/12/09	Stl	7-3	D/g	-145	-138	9.0+100	9.0-110	Zambrano,ca	W	O
9/18/09	Chc	3-2	N/g	-125	-120	9.0+100	8.0+100	Franklin,ry	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		44-30	-249	31-41	-1479	75-71	-1728
Last	10	4-3	-110	2-1	+100	6-4	-10
St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		45-31	-46	41-31	+837	86-62	+791
Last	10	2-5	-560	3-0	+300	5-5	-260
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Chicago		42-28	33-43	70-67	5-4	67-42	5-24
St	Louis	26-27	60-35	82-57	4-5	63-42	18-17

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		36-37	-445	28-39	-1475	64-76	-1920
Last	10	5-2	+285	2-1	+100	7-3	+385
St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		28-46	-2280	32-32	-370	60-78	-2650
Last	10	3-4	-135	0-3	-340	3-7	-475

Away Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- DEMPSTER,RYAN (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	15	4	5	94.1	98	46	38	34	78	3.63	1	1	3	4	4	5	0	0
Home	12	6	3	76.2	72	40	35	26	66	4.11	3	3	3	0	6	3	0	0
Total	27	10	8	171.0	170	86	73	60	144	3.84	4	4	6	4	10	8	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR DEMPSTER,RYAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
27	72.1	40	40	4.98	72	47	58	8	1	8	4	4

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/23/09	at LA	3-1	W	7.0	1	0	3	1	5	0	-165	-165	8.0-130	8.0+100
8/29/09	NYM	11-4	W	6.0	4	4	8	2	7	0	-260	-250	9.5-110	9.5-110
9/03/09	CWS	0-5	L	7.0	3	0	9	1	7	0	-170	-170	9.0-115	9.0-115
9/08/09	at PIT	9-4	W	6.1	4	4	8	2	4	1	+115	+107	8.0-115	8.0-110
9/14/09	MLW	2-0	W	8.0	0	0	4	1	4	0	-170	-160	9.5+100	9.5+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
9/09/08	at STL	3-4		7.0	3	3	7	2	6	1	+108	-102	8.0-110	8.5+100
9/21/08	STL	5-1	W	5.0	1	1	6	0	1	0	-105	+100	8.0-120	8.5-105
4/18/09	STL	7-5		6.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	-145	-130	10.0+100	10.0+100
4/24/09	at STL	3-4		6.0	3	3	7	1	6	0	-125	-128	8.5-125	8.5-125
5/20/09	at STL	1-2	L	7.0	2	2	6	2	3	0	-130	-120	8.5-105	8.0+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/14/09	MLW	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
9/15/09	MLW	4.0	2	2	4.50	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
9/16/09	MLW	6.0	4	4	6.00	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
9/17/09	MLW	5.0	2	2	3.60	3	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
9/18/09	at STL	0.1	1	1	27.00	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

ST LOUIS CARDINALS -- CARPENTER,CHRIS (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	14	8	2	97.2	68	24	24	17	78	2.21	4	1	4	1	7	2	1	0
Home	11	8	2	75.0	72	24	23	15	54	2.76	1	1	7	1	8	2	0	0
Total	25	16	4	172.2	140	48	47	32	132	2.45	5	2	11	2	15	4	1	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR CARPENTER,CHRIS
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
22	50.1	17	15	2.68	40	17	41	6	0	5	7	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/22/09	at SD	7-0	W	7.0	0	0	3	3	6	0	+210	+185	7.0+115	6.5-125
8/27/09	HOU	3-4		6.0	2	2	5	2	4	0	-330	-280	7.5-110	7.5-105
9/02/09	MLW	10-3	W	6.0	3	3	8	3	4	0	-270	-270	7.5-110	7.5-120
9/07/09	at MLW	3-0	W	9.0	0	0	1	2	10	0	+220	+185	8.0+110	8.0-115
9/13/09	ATL	2-9	L	6.0	7	7	9	2	3	0	-170	-165	7.0+100	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
8/10/08	at CHC	2-6	L	5.1	4	2	6	2	2	0	-137	-142	7.5+100	7.5+100
5/20/09	CHC	2-1	W	5.0	0	0	3	2	4	0	-130	-120	8.5-105	8.0+100
7/10/09	at CHC	8-3	W	6.0	3	3	7	2	6	1	+110	+100	8.0-120	8.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/13/09	ATL	3.0	2	2	6.00	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
9/14/09	FLO	5.0	0	0	0.00	2	3	6	0	1	0	0	0
9/15/09	FLO	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
9/16/09	FLO	3.2	1	1	2.45	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/18/09	CHC	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	6	0	1	0	0	0

Updated Sat, Sep 19 5:33 AM EST

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