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Dodgers vs Astros Game Time: 8:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Minute Maid Park Surface: Grass

Los Angeles D
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/13/11		Arz	4-3	N/g	-180	-185	7.0-105	6.5-115	Kershaw,cl	W	O
5/14/11		Arz	0-1	D/g	-150	-134	7.0+100	6.5-115	Billingsley	L	U
5/15/11		Arz	1-4	D/g	-110	+105	7.0-115	7.0-105	Lilly,te	L	U
5/16/11		Mlw	1-2	N/g	+105	+115	7.0-110	7.0+100	Garland,jo	L	U
5/17/11		Mlw	3-0	N/g	-120	-115	7.0-110	7.0-110	Kuroda,hi	W	U
5/18/11		Sf	5-8	N/g	-130	-130	6.5-105	6.0-105	Kershaw,cl	L	O
5/19/11		Sf	1-3	N/g	-125	-118	6.5-110	6.5-105	Billingsley	L	U
5/20/11	At	Cws	6-4	N/g	-135	-148	8.0-115	8.0-110	Lilly,te	W	O
5/21/11	At	Cws	2-9	D/g	-135	-149	8.0-110	8.0-115	Garland,jo	L	O
5/22/11	At	Cws	3-8	D/g	-125	-124	8.0-105	8.0-110	Kuroda,hi	L	O
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/13/11		Nym	4-6	N/g	-110	-110	7.5-110	7.5-115	Norris,bu	L	O
5/14/11		Nym	7-3	D/g	+105	+105	8.0+100	8.0-125	Happ,ja	W	O
5/15/11		Nym	4-7	D/g	-105	+110	8.5-105	8.5-110	Rodriguez,an	L	O
5/16/11	At	Atl	2-3	N/g	-220	-220	7.5-110	7.0-110	Myers,br	L	U
5/17/11	At	Atl	1-3	D/g	-190	-165	7.0-120	7.0-120	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
5/18/11	At	Stl	1-5	N/g	-190	-170	8.0+100	7.5-105	Norris,bu	L	U
5/19/11	At	Stl	2-4	D/g	-185	-153	8.0-105	8.0-115	Happ,ja	L	U
5/20/11	At	Tor	5-2	N/t	-160	-173	9.0+100	9.0-115	Rodriguez,an	W	U
5/21/11	At	Tor	5-7	D/t	-200	-190	8.0+100	7.5-105	Myers,br	L	O
5/22/11	At	Tor	3-2	D/t	-140	-140	7.5-110	7.5-110	Rodriguez,wa	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
5/17/10	Hou	6-2	N/g	-155	-153	8.5-110	7.5+100	Ely,jo	W	O
5/18/10	Hou	7-3	N/g	-220	-200	8.5+105	7.0-110	Kuroda,hi	W	O
9/09/10	La	3-2	N/g	+120	+115	8.0-110	7.5+100	Norris,bu	W	U
9/10/10	La	2-4	N/g	-105	-108	7.0-120	7.0+100	Dotel,oc	L	U
9/11/10	La	3-6	N/g	-145	-145	7.5+100	7.5+105	Jansen,ke	L	O
9/12/10	La	7-4	D/g	-125	-125	8.0-115	8.0-115	Chacin,gu	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Los Angeles D
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		11-14	-553	10-13	-297	21-27	-850
Last	10	2-5	-382	1-2	-62	3-7	-444
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		9-13	-361	8-17	-590	17-30	-951
Last	10	1-2	-105	2-5	-207	3-7	-312
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Los	Angeles	6-10	15-17	21-27	0-0	11-12	9-14
Houston		6-11	11-19	13-22	4-8	2-3	14-26

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Los Angeles D
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		10-13	-395	14-8	+560	24-21	+165
Last	10	2-5	-335	3-0	+300	5-5	-35
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		13-9	+320	12-13	-245	25-22	+75
Last	10	3-0	+300	1-6	-575	4-6	-275

Away Pitcher

LOS ANGELES DODGERS -- KERSHAW,CLAY (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	4	2	2	24.2	24	8	8	8	28	2.92	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0
Home	6	3	1	39.1	33	14	14	13	42	3.20	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0
Total	10	5	3	64.0	57	22	22	21	70	3.09	1	0	4	3	5	3	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR KERSHAW,CLAY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
10	27.0	14	13	4.33	23	9	24	3	1	1	4	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/26/11	at FLO	2-4	L	5.1	4	4	6	2	5	1	+120	+120	7.5+100	7.5-105
5/02/11	CHC	5-2	W	7.0	2	2	8	0	4	1	-200	-200	7.0-110	7.5+100
5/08/11	at NYM	4-2	W	6.2	1	1	6	3	8	0	+110	+110	7.0-120	7.0-110
5/13/11	ARZ	4-3	W	7.0	0	0	3	2	11	0	-180	-185	7.0-105	6.5-115
5/18/11	SF	5-8		5.0	4	4	7	1	6	0	-130	-130	6.5-105	6.0-105

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/18/11	SF	4.0	4	4	9.00	6	2	4	1	0	0	0	0
5/19/11	SF	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/20/11	at CWS	3.0	1	1	3.00	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
5/21/11	at CWS	4.1	2	2	4.15	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0
5/22/11	at CWS	2.1	2	2	7.71	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	4	0	3	22.0	30	16	16	7	26	6.55	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1
Home	5	2	0	33.0	22	11	8	13	38	2.18	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Total	9	2	3	55.0	52	27	24	20	64	3.93	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR NORRIS,BUD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9	23.0	12	11	4.30	27	12	16	1	2	2	2	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/26/11	STL	6-5		6.0	3	0	7	2	6	0	+120	+120	7.0-130	7.5-110
5/01/11	MLW	5-0	W	7.2	0	0	3	3	11	0	+110	+108	8.5-110	8.5-130
5/07/11	at PIT	1-6	L	7.0	3	3	7	2	9	1	-115	-125	7.5-120	7.5+100
5/13/11	NYM	4-6		7.1	4	4	5	3	8	2	-110	-110	7.5-110	7.5-115
5/18/11	at STL	1-5	L	5.0	5	5	7	3	4	0	-190	-170	8.0+100	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
5/18/10	at LA	3-7	L	4.1	6	6	7	3	3	0	-220	-200	8.5+105	7.0-110
9/09/10	LA	3-2	W	6.0	2	1	3	4	7	1	+120	+115	8.0-110	7.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/18/11	at STL	3.0	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/19/11	at STL	2.0	1	0	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/20/11	at TOR	3.2	0	0	0.00	2	1	6	0	1	0	1	0
5/21/11	at TOR	1.1	1	1	6.75	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
5/22/11	at TOR	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Sun, May 22 11:20 PM EST

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