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Pirates vs Astros Game Time: 8:05 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
7/01/11	At	Was	1-2	N/g	-125	-145	8.5-115	8.0-110	Morton,ch	L	U
7/02/11	At	Was	3-4	N/g	-158	-172	8.5-105	8.5-115	Lincoln,br	L	U
7/02/11	At	Was	5-3	D/g	-145	-165	8.0-110	8.5-110	Mcdonald,ja	W	U
7/03/11	At	Was	10-2	D/g	-138	-138	8.0+110	8.0+110	Correia,ke	W	O
7/04/11		Hou	5-3	D/g	-135	-130	7.5+105	7.5-110	Maholm,pa	W	O
7/05/11		Hou	5-1	N/g	-120	-112	7.0+100	7.0-110	Karstens,je	W	U
7/06/11		Hou	2-8	N/g	-117	-120	7.5-110	7.5+105	Morton,ch	L	O
7/08/11		Chc	7-4	N/g	-142	-123	8.0-120	8.5+100	Mcdonald,ja	W	O
7/09/11		Chc	3-6	N/g	-120	-110	8.0-105	7.5-115	Correia,ke	L	O
7/10/11		Chc	9-1	D/g	-155	-130	8.0-105	8.0-110	Maholm,pa	W	O
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/01/11		Bos	5-7	N/g	+113	+120	8.0-125	8.5-115	Norris,bu	L	O
7/02/11		Bos	4-10	N/g	+130	+140	9.0-115	9.0-115	Happ,ja	L	O
7/03/11		Bos	1-2	D/g	+175	+175	8.0+110	8.0+110	Lyles,jo	L	U
7/04/11	At	Pit	3-5	D/g	-135	-130	7.5+105	7.5-110	Myers,br	L	O
7/05/11	At	Pit	1-5	N/g	-120	-112	7.0+100	7.0-110	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
7/06/11	At	Pit	8-2	N/g	-117	-120	7.5-110	7.5+105	Norris,bu	W	O
7/07/11	At	Flo	0-5	N/g	-140	-139	9.0-105	8.5-110	Happ,ja	L	U
7/08/11	At	Flo	3-6	N/g	-155	-156	8.0-125	8.0-115	Lyles,jo	L	O
7/09/11	At	Flo	1-6	N/g	-150	-185	8.0-110	7.5-110	Myers,br	L	U
7/10/11	At	Flo	4-5	D/g	-110	-135	7.5-130	8.0-105	Rodriguez,wa	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
9/26/10	Hou	9-3	D/g	+115	-110	7.5-120	7.5-115	Maholm,pa	W	O
5/06/11	Hou	2-3	N/g	-110	-105	7.5-115	7.5-105	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
5/07/11	Hou	6-1	N/g	-115	-125	7.5-120	7.5+100	Morton,ch	W	U
5/08/11	Hou	5-4	D/g	-115	-133	8.5+100	8.0-105	Mccutchen,da	W	O
6/14/11	Pit	0-1	N/g	-115	-140	7.5-105	7.5-115	Karstens,je	L	U
6/15/11	Pit	3-7	N/g	-108	-105	7.5-110	7.5-110	Morton,ch	L	O
6/16/11	Pit	4-5	D/g	-110	-110	8.0-105	8.0-110	Mcdonald,ja	L	O
7/04/11	Hou	5-3	D/g	-135	-130	7.5+105	7.5-110	Maholm,pa	W	O
7/05/11	Hou	5-1	N/g	-120	-112	7.0+100	7.0-110	Karstens,je	W	U
7/06/11	Hou	2-8	N/g	-117	-120	7.5-110	7.5+105	Norris,bu	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		23-22	+151	24-21	+1225	47-43	+1376
Last	10	4-2	+170	2-2	+83	6-4	+253
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		14-33	-1910	16-29	-728	30-62	-2638
Last	10	0-3	-300	1-6	-490	1-9	-790
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Pittsburgh		16-16	31-27	40-41	7-2	11-11	33-30
Houston		9-20	21-42	26-54	4-8	2-7	27-53

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		21-23	-440	18-25	-985	39-48	-1425
Last	10	5-1	+390	1-3	-235	6-4	+155
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		29-18	+955	22-21	-165	51-39	+790
Last	10	2-1	+90	4-3	+70	6-4	+160

Away Pitcher

PITTSBURGH PIRATES -- KARSTENS,JEFF (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	2	2	39.0	39	17	15	7	28	3.46	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	0
Home	8	4	1	52.0	44	15	11	7	22	1.90	0	1	4	0	4	1	0	0
Total	15	6	3	91.0	83	32	26	14	50	2.57	0	3	6	0	5	3	1	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR KARSTENS,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
15	45.1	15	12	2.38	47	17	32	5	3	3	4	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/14/11	at HOU	1-0	W	6.2	0	0	3	0	3	0	-115	-140	7.5-105	7.5-115
6/19/11	at CLE	2-5		7.0	2	1	5	2	4	1	-148	-148	7.5-120	7.5-120
6/25/11	BOS	6-4	W	6.2	4	3	6	3	2	3	+125	+127	8.5+100	8.0-115
6/30/11	at TOR	6-2	W	7.0	2	2	5	1	2	2	-105	-148	8.0-115	8.5-115
7/05/11	HOU	5-1	W	7.0	1	1	7	0	3	1	-120	-112	7.0+100	7.0-110

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
8/15/10	at HOU	2-8	L	5.2	5	5	7	0	5	0	-170	-150	8.0-120	8.0-110
6/14/11	at HOU	1-0	W	6.2	0	0	3	0	3	0	-115	-140	7.5-105	7.5-115
7/05/11	HOU	5-1	W	7.0	1	1	7	0	3	1	-120	-112	7.0+100	7.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/05/11	HOU	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
7/06/11	HOU	3.2	3	3	7.36	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
7/08/11	CHC	3.1	1	1	2.70	6	2	5	0	1	0	1	1
7/09/11	CHC	5.1	1	1	1.69	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
7/10/11	CHC	1.1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- MYERS,BRETT (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	2	4	69.1	74	40	35	22	40	4.54	1	3	1	1	2	2	0	2
Home	8	1	5	50.2	53	30	30	15	44	5.33	0	1	1	4	1	5	0	0
Total	19	3	9	120.0	127	70	65	37	84	4.88	1	4	2	5	3	7	0	2

2011 BULLPEN FOR MYERS,BRETT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
18	46.1	24	20	3.88	50	24	34	3	3	4	2	4

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/17/11	at LA	7-3	W	9.0	3	2	4	1	6	1	-160	-151	7.5+105	7.5+110
6/22/11	at TEX	5-3		6.0	2	2	6	2	6	1	-180	-180	9.0-130	9.0-130
6/29/11	TEX	2-3	L	7.0	3	3	6	1	4	2	+130	+120	8.5-105	8.5+100
7/04/11	at PIT	3-5	L	6.0	5	4	13	0	1	0	-135	-130	7.5+105	7.5-110
7/09/11	at FLO	1-6	L	4.1	6	5	4	4	4	1	-150	-185	8.0-110	7.5-110

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
4/25/10	PIT	10-3	W	6.0	2	2	11	1	6	0	-165	-145	9.0-110	9.0-110
7/16/10	at PIT	5-2	W	7.2	2	2	5	1	4	0	+115	-105	8.5-110	8.0-105
8/13/10	PIT	4-1		7.0	1	1	7	0	7	0	-165	-155	8.5+100	7.5-115
9/24/10	at PIT	10-7	W	6.0	6	5	6	4	1	1	+110	-110	8.0+100	7.0-110
7/04/11	at PIT	3-5	L	6.0	5	4	13	0	1	0	-135	-130	7.5+105	7.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/06/11	at PIT	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
7/07/11	at FLO	2.1	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
7/08/11	at FLO	2.0	1	1	4.50	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
7/09/11	at FLO	3.2	0	0	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7/10/11	at FLO	2.2	0	0	0.00	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Fri, Jul 15 5:00 AM EST

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