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Pirates vs Astros Game Time: 2:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Minute Maid Park Surface: Grass

Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/26/09	At	Chc	1-6	N/g	-153	-150	9.5+105	9.5+100	Snell,ia	L	U
5/27/09	At	Chc	2-5	D/g	-163	-160	8.5-110	9.0-115	Duke,za	L	U
5/29/09		Hou	1-6	N/g	-125	-135	9.0-130	9.5+100	Ohlendorf,ro	L	U
5/30/09		Hou	7-4	N/g	+115	+127	8.5+100	8.0-120	Karstens,je	W	O
5/31/09		Hou	1-2	D/g	-130	-140	9.0+105	8.5-110	Maholm,pa	L	U
6/01/09		Nym	8-5	N/g	+100	-105	9.5+100	9.0-110	Snell,ia	W	O
6/02/09		Nym	3-1	N/g	+160	+140	7.5+110	7.5+110	Duke,za	W	U
6/04/09		Nym	11-6	D/g	+110	+115	8.5-125	8.5-110	Ohlendorf,ro	W	O
6/05/09	At	Hou	1-9	N/g	-125	-133	9.5+100	9.5+100	Karstens,je	L	O
6/06/09	At	Hou	6-4	N/g	-165	-155	8.5+100	8.0-105	Maholm,pa	W	O
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/27/09	At	Cin	1-6	N/t	-143	-143	9.5-120	10.0+110	Paulino,fe	L	U
5/29/09	At	Pit	6-1	N/g	-125	-135	9.0-130	9.5+100	Moehler,br	W	U
5/30/09	At	Pit	4-7	N/g	+115	+127	8.5+100	8.0-120	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
5/31/09	At	Pit	2-1	D/g	-130	-140	9.0+105	8.5-110	Hampton,mi	W	U
6/01/09		Col	4-1	N/g	-137	-132	8.5+100	8.5-110	Oswalt,ro	W	U
6/02/09		Col	3-2	N/g	+105	+125	9.5-110	9.0-125	Paulino,fe	W	U
6/03/09		Col	6-4	N/g	-110	-105	9.5+100	9.5-105	Moehler,br	W	O
6/04/09		Col	3-10	N/g	-175	-160	8.5-115	8.5-115	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
6/05/09		Pit	9-1	N/g	-125	-133	9.5+100	9.5+100	Hampton,mi	W	O
6/06/09		Pit	4-6	N/g	-165	-155	8.5+100	8.0-105	Oswalt,ro	L	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
9/20/08	Hou	6-4	N/g	+110	+105	9.5-120	9.5-120	Davis,ja	W	O
9/21/08	Hou	2-6	D/g	+165	+155	8.5-110	8.5-105	Oswalt,ro	L	U
4/13/09	Hou	7-0	D/g	-123	-135	9.0-130	9.0+105	Duke,za	W	U
4/15/09	Hou	1-4	N/g	-125	-110	9.5+100	9.0+115	Hampton,mi	L	U
4/16/09	Hou	3-6	D/g	-130	-125	9.5-110	9.0-110	Wright,we	L	P
5/29/09	Hou	1-6	N/g	-125	-135	9.0-130	9.5+100	Moehler,br	L	U
5/30/09	Hou	7-4	N/g	+115	+127	8.5+100	8.0-120	Karstens,je	W	O
5/31/09	Hou	1-2	D/g	-130	-140	9.0+105	8.5-110	Hampton,mi	L	U
6/05/09	Pit	9-1	N/g	-125	-133	9.5+100	9.5+100	Hampton,mi	W	O
6/06/09	Pit	4-6	N/g	-165	-155	8.5+100	8.0-105	Maholm,pa	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		15-11	+382	11-18	-246	26-29	+136
Last	10	4-2	+207	1-3	-155	5-5	+52
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		13-17	-468	11-14	-38	24-31	-506
Last	10	4-2	+110	2-2	+18	6-4	+128
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Pittsburgh		9-11	17-18	25-28	1-1	3-5	21-22
Houston		8-9	16-22	22-27	2-4	8-11	14-18

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		11-14	-450	16-13	+190	27-27	-260
Last	10	3-3	-20	2-2	-15	5-5	-35
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		11-17	-830	12-12	-120	23-29	-950
Last	10	4-2	+165	1-3	-220	5-5	-55

Away Pitcher

PITTSBURGH PIRATES -- SNELL,IAN (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	7	0	5	39.0	43	26	24	21	32	5.54	0	3	0	2	0	4	0	1
Home	4	1	1	20.0	17	13	13	14	10	5.85	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Total	11	1	6	59.0	60	39	37	35	42	5.64	1	3	0	3	1	5	0	1

2009 BULLPEN FOR SNELL,IAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
10	32.2	13	12	3.31	24	22	23	1	2	2	2	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/10/09	at NYM	4-8	L	6.0	3	3	6	1	5	0	-162	-160	9.5-120	9.5-125
5/16/09	COL	7-4		2.0	3	3	3	1	3	1	+105	+105	8.5+105	9.0-110
5/21/09	at WAS	4-5		6.0	3	3	4	1	6	0	-110	-123	10.0-120	10.5-115
5/26/09	at CHC	1-6	L	5.0	6	6	8	4	4	1	-153	-150	9.5+105	9.5+100
6/01/09	NYM	8-5		6.0	5	5	6	5	2	0	+100	-105	9.5+100	9.0-110

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
7/08/08	HOU	4-3		3.2	1	1	4	3	1	1	-110	-125	9.5-110	9.5-125
7/23/08	at HOU	8-7		3.0	5	5	6	3	6	1	-135	-125	9.5+100	9.5-105
9/08/08	at HOU	2-3	L	6.0	3	3	6	3	9	1	-122	-130	10.0+105	10.0+100
9/19/08	HOU	1-5	L	6.0	2	1	3	5	3	0	+115	+100	9.5-110	9.0+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6/01/09	NYM	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
6/02/09	NYM	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6/04/09	NYM	4.2	1	1	1.93	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
6/05/09	at HOU	2.1	3	3	11.57	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
6/06/09	at HOU	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- PAULINO,FELIPE (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	3	15.2	20	15	12	6	9	6.89	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2
Home	4	0	1	23.1	25	10	10	5	20	3.86	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Total	7	0	4	39.0	45	25	22	11	29	5.08	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	2

2009 BULLPEN FOR PAULINO,FELIPE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7	24.0	13	10	3.75	24	10	23	5	1	2	0	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/29/09	at CIN	0-3	L	5.2	2	1	6	2	3	0	-155	-150	9.0-110	9.0+110
5/12/09	at COL	1-12	L	4.0	8	7	7	4	2	2	-145	-170	10.0+100	10.0-120
5/22/09	TEX	5-6	5.1	4	4	7	2	3	1	-113	-300	10.0-125
5/27/09	at CIN	1-6	L	6.0	5	4	7	0	4	3	-143	-143	9.5-120	10.0+110
6/02/09	COL	3-2		6.0	2	2	5	1	7	0	+105	+125	9.5-110	9.0-125

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
6/02/09	COL	5.0	0	0	0.00	3	4	5	0	1	0	0	0
6/03/09	COL	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
6/04/09	COL	4.0	3	3	6.75	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
6/05/09	PIT	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
6/06/09	PIT	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, Jun 7 5:02 AM EST

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