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Cubs vs Pirates Game Time: 12:35 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
8/28/09		Nym	5-2	D/g	-250	-250	9.0-120	8.5-115	Lilly,te	W	U
8/29/09		Nym	11-4	D/g	-260	-250	9.5-110	9.5-110	Dempster,ry	W	O
8/30/09		Nym	1-4	D/g	-270	-270	8.5-110	8.5-115	Zambrano,ca	L	U
8/31/09		Hou	3-5	N/g	-160	-150	7.5+100	7.0-120	Harden,ri	L	O
9/01/09		Hou	4-1	N/g	-175	-190	9.5+100	9.0-105	Wells,ra	W	U
9/02/09		Hou	2-0	D/g	-220	-210	9.0+100	9.0+100	Lilly,te	W	U
9/03/09		Cws	0-5	D/g	-170	-170	9.0-115	9.0-115	Dempster,ry	L	U
9/04/09	At	Nym	2-6	N/g	+180	+150	9.0+100	8.5-120	Zambrano,ca	L	U
9/05/09	At	Nym	5-3	D/g	+185	+158	8.5+100	8.0+100	Harden,ri	W	P
9/06/09	At	Nym	2-4	D/g	+140	+135	9.0-110	8.0-120	Wells,ra	L	U
Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/28/09	At	Mlw	6-8	N/g	-135	-140	9.0-110	9.0-115	Duke,za	L	O
8/29/09	At	Mlw	3-7	N/g	-220	-230	8.5+100	8.0-115	Hart,ke	L	O
8/30/09	At	Mlw	1-4	D/g	-140	-120	9.0-130	9.5-105	Ohlendorf,ro	L	U
8/31/09	At	Cin	3-6	N/t	-115	-125	9.0+105	8.5-110	Maholm,pa	L	O
8/31/09	At	Cin	3-4	D/t	-125	-120	9.5-130	9.5-120	Mccutchen,da	L	U
9/01/09	At	Cin	5-11	N/t	-113	-110	8.5-110	8.5-115	Morton,ch	L	O
9/02/09	At	Cin	3-5	D/t	-120	-130	8.5-120	8.5-115	Duke,za	L	U
9/04/09		Stl	7-14	N/g	+200	+220	8.0+100	8.0-115	Hart,ke	L	O
9/05/09		Stl	1-2	N/g	+130	+100	9.0-110	9.0-110	Ohlendorf,ro	L	U
9/06/09		Stl	6-5	D/g	+160	+160	9.0-110	9.0+110	Maholm,pa	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
8/26/08	Chc	9-14	N/g	+200	+200	8.0-130	8.5-120	Marshall,se	L	O
8/27/08	Chc	0-2	D/g	+185	+165	9.5-110	10.0-110	Marquis,ja	L	U
5/25/09	Pit	8-10	N/g	-173	-150	8.0-125	7.5-120	Gorzelanny,t	L	O
5/26/09	Pit	6-1	N/g	-153	-150	9.5+105	9.5+100	Marshall,se	W	U
5/27/09	Pit	5-2	D/g	-163	-160	8.5-110	9.0-115	Marmol,ca	W	U
6/29/09	Chc	1-3	N/g	+110	+100	8.0-105	8.0+100	Harden,ri	L	U
6/30/09	Chc	3-0	N/g	+115	+118	8.5-125	8.0-110	Ohlendorf,ro	W	U
7/01/09	Chc	1-4	N/g	+123	+120	8.5+100	8.5-110	Wells,ra	L	U
8/14/09	Pit	17-2	D/g	-220	-230	9.5-110	9.0-125	Wells,ra	W	O
8/15/09	Pit	3-1	D/g	-180	-160	10.0-110	10.0-125	Gorzelanny,t	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		40-27	-139	28-40	-1679	68-67	-1818
Last	10	4-3	-190	1-2	-205	5-5	-395
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		36-31	+662	18-50	-2353	54-81	-1691
Last	10	1-2	-40	0-7	-700	1-9	-740
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Chicago		38-26	30-41	63-63	5-4	60-39	5-23
Pittsburgh		13-31	41-50	52-71	2-10	10-10	40-68

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		31-35	-730	26-37	-1475	57-72	-2205
Last	10	2-5	-350	0-2	-240	2-7	-590
Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		27-38	-1465	31-33	-500	58-71	-1965
Last	10	2-1	+90	4-3	+60	6-4	+150

Away Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- LILLY,TED (L)
	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	12	3	7	72.0	72	42	38	21	59	4.75	0	3	3	4	3	6	0	1
Home	11	7	1	78.1	61	16	15	8	64	1.72	6	0	1	1	7	1	0	0
Total	23	10	8	150.1	133	58	53	29	123	3.17	6	3	4	5	10	7	0	1

2009 BULLPEN FOR LILLY,TED
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
23	54.1	20	19	3.15	40	26	54	7	4	1	6	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/20/09	at PHI	1-10	L	4.0	9	7	8	2	6	2	-105	-115	9.5-110	9.5-110
8/17/09	at SD	1-4		6.0	0	0	4	1	4	0	+115	+113	7.5-105	7.5+110
8/22/09	at LA	0-2	L	6.0	2	2	3	0	5	2	-113	-105	8.5-125	8.5-120
8/28/09	NYM	5-2		7.1	2	2	6	2	2	0	-250	-250	9.0-120	8.5-115
9/02/09	HOU	2-0	W	8.0	0	0	4	0	5	0	-220	-210	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
4/07/08	at PIT	10-8		3.2	5	5	7	2	1	0	-110	+100	9.0+100	8.5+100
5/25/08	at PIT	5-6		6.0	4	4	10	2	2	3	+130	+120	9.0-120	8.5-110
8/02/08	PIT	5-1	W	6.1	1	1	6	3	5	0	-200	-190	8.0-120	8.0-110
8/25/08	at PIT	12-3	W	7.0	3	3	7	1	7	2	+180	+175	9.0+110	9.0-105
6/30/09	at PIT	0-3	L	7.0	3	2	8	2	7	0	+115	+118	8.5-125	8.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/02/09	HOU	1.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
9/03/09	CWS	2.0	2	2	9.00	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/04/09	at NYM	2.0	5	5	22.50	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/05/09	at NYM	4.0	1	1	2.25	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
9/06/09	at NYM	2.0	2	2	9.00	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

PITTSBURGH PIRATES -- MCCUTCHEN,DANIEL (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	0	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	4.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	4.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR MCCUTCHEN,DANIEL
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
1	2.2	1	1	3.38	2	1	4	0	0	1	0	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/31/09	at CIN	3-4		6.0	3	3	5	2	5	1	-125	-120	9.5-130	9.5-120

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/01/09	at CIN	3.0	5	5	15.00	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
9/02/09	at CIN	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
9/04/09	STL	3.1	7	7	18.90	8	3	2	2	0	0	0	1
9/05/09	STL	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
9/06/09	STL	3.0	1	1	3.00	3	2	3	1	1	0	0	0

Updated Mon, Sep 7 5:00 AM EST

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