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MLB Matchup
Cubs vs Pirates Game Time: 7:05 p.m. ET Stadium: PNC Park Surface: Grass

Chicago C
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/24/11		Hou	5-4	D/g	-160	-168	8.5-110	8.5-110	Garza,ma	W	O
7/26/11	At	Mlw	2-3	N/g	-135	-141	8.5-105	8.5+105	Dempster,ry	L	U
7/27/11	At	Mlw	0-2	N/g	-145	-145	8.0-110	8.0-110	Zambrano,ca	L	U
7/28/11	At	Mlw	2-4	D/g	-180	-180	8.5-110	8.5+100	Wells,ra	L	U
7/29/11	At	Stl	2-9	N/g	-125	-130	8.0-105	7.5+105	Garza,ma	L	O
7/30/11	At	Stl	5-13	D/g	-175	-170	8.5-110	8.0-115	Lopez,ro	L	O
7/31/11	At	Stl	6-3	N/g	-140	-155	8.5+100	8.5+100	Dempster,ry	W	O
8/01/11	At	Pit	5-3	N/g	-135	-130	7.5-110	7.5-115	Zambrano,ca	W	O
8/02/11	At	Pit	11-6	N/g	-145	-135	8.5-105	8.5+100	Wells,ra	W	O
8/03/11	At	Pit	1-0	N/g	+100	+100	8.0+100	7.5-110	Garza,ma	W	U
Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/25/11	At	Atl	3-1	N/g	-190	-200	7.0-120	7.0-125	Mcdonald,ja	W	U
7/26/11	At	Atl	3-4	N/g	-180	-180	7.0-105	6.5-115	Karstens,je	L	O
7/27/11	At	Atl	1-2	N/g	-180	-180	7.0-115	7.0-115	Maholm,pa	L	U
7/28/11	At	Atl	5-2	N/g	-165	-160	7.5-120	7.5-115	Correia,ke	W	U
7/29/11	At	Phi	3-10	N/t	-260	-280	7.0-115	7.0-125	Morton,ch	L	O
7/30/11	At	Phi	4-7	N/t	-260	-260	7.5-105	7.5+100	Mcdonald,ja	L	O
7/31/11	At	Phi	5-6	D/t	-200	-186	8.0-105	8.0-115	Karstens,je	L	O
8/01/11		Chc	3-5	N/g	-135	-130	7.5-110	7.5-115	Maholm,pa	L	O
8/02/11		Chc	6-11	N/g	-145	-135	8.5-105	8.5+100	Correia,ke	L	O
8/03/11		Chc	0-1	N/g	+100	+100	8.0+100	7.5-110	Morton,ch	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
4/03/11	Pit	4-5	D/g	-190	-165	12.5-105	12.5-115	Karstens,je	L	U
5/27/11	Pit	2-4	D/g	-110	-107	7.5-115	7.5-115	Correia,ke	L	U
5/28/11	Pit	0-10	D/g	-125	-112	9.5-125	9.5-110	Maholm,pa	L	O
5/29/11	Pit	3-2	D/g	-145	-135	8.5+100	8.0-110	Dempster,ry	W	U
7/08/11	Chc	7-4	N/g	-142	-123	8.0-120	8.5+100	Mccutchen,da	W	O
7/09/11	Chc	3-6	N/g	-120	-110	8.0-105	7.5-115	Dempster,ry	L	O
7/10/11	Chc	9-1	D/g	-155	-130	8.0-105	8.0-110	Maholm,pa	W	O
8/01/11	Chc	3-5	N/g	-135	-130	7.5-110	7.5-115	Zambrano,ca	L	O
8/02/11	Chc	6-11	N/g	-145	-135	8.5-105	8.5+100	Wells,ra	L	O
8/03/11	Chc	0-1	N/g	+100	+100	8.0+100	7.5-110	Garza,ma	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		25-31	-848	21-34	-880	46-65	-1728
Last	10	1-0	+100	4-5	-10	5-5	+90
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-28	-206	28-27	+1180	54-55	+974
Last	10	0-3	-365	2-5	-165	2-8	-530
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Chicago		20-31	26-34	44-58	2-7	17-16	27-47
Pittsburgh		18-18	36-37	47-50	7-5	12-13	38-40

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-28	-560	31-23	+605	57-51	+45
Last	10	1-0	+100	5-4	+75	6-4	+175
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		25-28	-600	24-29	-840	49-57	-1440
Last	10	2-1	+90	4-3	+45	6-4	+135

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	2	0	1	10.1	16	9	9	4	5	7.84	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Home	4	2	1	23.0	25	11	11	2	11	4.30	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0
Total	6	2	2	33.1	41	20	20	6	16	5.40	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR LOPEZ,RODRIGO
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6	18.2	20	17	8.20	20	12	15	4	0	2	1	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/28/11	SF	3-6	L	4.2	4	4	8	2	1	0	+105	+100	8.5-120	9.0-110
7/03/11	CWS	3-1	W	7.0	0	0	2	0	3	0	+100	+100	8.5-110	8.5-115
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

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
4/09/10	PIT	9-1	W	6.0	1	1	6	1	5	0	-138	-155	9.0-110	10.0-105
7/08/11	at PIT	4-7		6.0	3	3	8	1	3	1	-142	-123	8.0-120	8.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/30/11	at STL	3.2	7	5	12.27	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
7/31/11	at STL	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
8/01/11	at PIT	3.0	2	2	6.00	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0
8/02/11	at PIT	3.0	4	4	12.00	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0
8/03/11	at PIT	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

PITTSBURGH PIRATES -- MCDONALD,JAMES (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	4	4	57.0	75	36	35	25	55	5.53	2	1	2	3	3	2	1	2
Home	10	3	1	57.1	51	20	18	29	44	2.83	0	1	3	0	3	1	0	0
Total	21	7	5	114.1	126	56	53	54	99	4.17	2	2	5	3	6	3	1	2

2011 BULLPEN FOR MCDONALD,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
21	71.2	28	26	3.27	68	29	57	7	5	4	10	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/02/11	at WAS	5-3		6.1	2	2	7	3	7	1	-145	-165	8.0-110	8.5-110
7/08/11	CHC	7-4		5.2	3	3	5	2	4	1	-142	-123	8.0-120	8.5+100
7/19/11	CIN	1-0	W	6.1	0	0	4	3	7	0	+105	+103	8.5+100	8.5-110
7/25/11	at ATL	3-1	W	5.1	0	0	8	0	9	0	-190	-200	7.0-120	7.0-125
7/30/11	at PHI	4-7	L	5.0	5	5	10	2	5	2	-260	-260	7.5-105	7.5+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
9/01/10	at CHC	3-5	L	5.0	3	3	8	2	6	0	-180	-155	10.5-120	10.5+100
7/08/11	CHC	7-4		5.2	3	3	5	2	4	1	-142	-123	8.0-120	8.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/30/11	at PHI	3.0	2	2	6.00	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
7/31/11	at PHI	2.1	3	3	11.57	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
8/01/11	CHC	3.0	1	1	3.00	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/02/11	CHC	7.0	3	3	3.86	11	1	5	2	0	0	0	0
8/03/11	CHC	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0

Updated Thu, Aug 4 5:00 AM EST

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