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MLB Matchup
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
7/16/12	At	Col	4-5	N/g	-117	-113	10.5-120	10.5-115	Karstens,je	L	U
7/17/12	At	Col	6-2	N/g	-110	-118	11.0+100	10.5-110	Bedard,er	W	U
7/18/12	At	Col	9-6	D/g	+100	+113	10.5-110	11.0-110	Mcdonald,ja	W	O
7/20/12		Flo	4-3	N/g	-112	-113	8.5+100	8.5-115	Correia,ke	W	U
7/21/12		Flo	5-1	N/g	-135	-149	8.0-105	8.0-110	Burnett,a.	W	U
7/22/12		Flo	3-0	D/g	-110	-112	8.0-120	8.0+100	Karstens,je	W	U
7/23/12		Chc	0-2	N/g	-140	-140	8.0-110	7.5-120	Bedard,er	L	U
7/24/12		Chc	1-5	N/g	-155	-165	7.5+100	7.5-105	Mcdonald,ja	L	U
7/25/12		Chc	3-2	D/g	-125	-130	7.5-115	7.5-115	Correia,ke	W	U
7/26/12	At	Hou	5-3	N/g	+145	+152	8.5-105	8.5-105	Burnett,a.	W	U
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/17/12	At	Sd	2-8	N/g	-115	-126	7.5+105	7.0-105	Lyles,jo	L	O
7/18/12	At	Sd	4-8	D/g	-135	-130	6.5-120	6.5-125	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
7/19/12	At	Sd	0-1	N/g	-145	-155	6.5-120	6.0-125	Harrell,lu	L	U
7/20/12	At	Arz	8-13	N/g	-190	-190	9.0-105	9.0+100	Norris,bu	L	O
7/21/12	At	Arz	3-12	T/g	-210	-210	8.5-120	8.5-125	Keuchel,da	L	O
7/22/12	At	Arz	2-8	D/g	-200	-240	9.5+100	9.5+105	Lyles,jo	L	O
7/23/12		Cin	3-8	N/g	+145	+145	7.5-110	7.5-115	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
7/24/12		Cin	2-4	N/g	+138	+125	8.0-105	7.5-105	Harrell,lu	L	U
7/25/12		Cin	3-5	N/g	+140	+130	8.0-105	7.5+100	Norris,bu	L	O
7/26/12		Pit	3-5	N/g	+145	+152	8.5-105	8.5-105	Keuchel,da	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
9/06/11	Hou	1-4	N/g	-145	-150	8.0-110	8.0+105	Myers,br	L	U
9/07/11	Hou	5-4	N/g	-135	-135	8.5-105	8.5-105	Watson,to	W	O
5/11/12	Hou	0-1	N/g	-135	-146	7.5+105	7.0-105	Norris,bu	L	U
5/12/12	Hou	5-2	N/g	-138	-130	8.0-105	7.5-110	Morton,ch	W	U
5/13/12	Hou	3-2	D/g	-110	-138	7.0-120	7.0-105	Watson,to	W	U
7/02/12	Hou	11-2	N/g	-170	-175	7.5-110	7.5-105	Mcdonald,ja	W	O
7/03/12	Hou	8-7	N/g	-165	-175	7.5-110	7.5-110	Hanrahan,jo	W	O
7/04/12	Hou	6-4	D/g	-140	-140	8.5-110	8.5-120	Correia,ke	W	O
7/05/12	Hou	2-0	N/g	-130	-148	8.5-105	8.5-110	Karstens,je	W	U
7/26/12	Pit	3-5	N/g	+145	+152	8.5-105	8.5-105	Burnett,a.	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		33-16	+1597	23-26	+557	56-42	+2154
Last	10	4-2	+95	3-1	+208	7-3	+303
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		24-25	+273	10-41	-2639	34-66	-2366
Last	10	0-4	-400	0-6	-600	0-10	-1000
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Pittsburgh		22-12	34-30	52-39	4-3	25-7	31-35
Houston		10-20	24-46	33-62	1-4	8-3	25-62

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		14-33	-2245	25-21	+155	39-54	-2090
Last	10	0-6	-665	1-3	-230	1-9	-895
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		23-23	-175	31-19	+1015	54-42	+840
Last	10	2-2	-10	5-1	+375	7-3	+365

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	5	1	2	25.0	31	18	17	5	18	6.12	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1
Home	3	2	0	21.0	14	1	1	4	13	0.43	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Total	8	3	2	46.0	45	19	18	9	31	3.52	2	0	1	2	3	1	0	1

2012 BULLPEN FOR KARSTENS,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	24.2	5	5	1.82	13	10	20	1	2	1	4	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/25/12	at PHI	3-8	L	5.0	7	6	11	0	4	1	-138	-130	8.0-110	8.0+105
6/30/12	at STL	7-3	W	7.0	2	2	4	2	7	0	-210	-186	9.5-110	9.5-105
7/05/12	HOU	2-0	W	8.0	0	0	4	1	8	0	-130	-148	8.5-105	8.5-110
7/16/12	at COL	4-5		7.0	4	4	6	2	4	0	-117	-113	10.5-120	10.5-115
7/22/12	FLO	3-0	W	7.0	0	0	5	2	3	0	-110	-112	8.0-120	8.0+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
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
7/15/11	at HOU	4-0	W	9.0	0	0	5	0	2	0	+107	-104	7.5+100	7.5+100
7/05/12	HOU	2-0	W	8.0	0	0	4	1	8	0	-130	-148	8.5-105	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/22/12	FLO	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
7/23/12	CHC	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
7/24/12	CHC	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
7/25/12	CHC	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
7/26/12	at HOU	1.2	1	1	5.40	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- LYLES,JORDAN (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	8	0	5	41.1	61	42	32	13	24	6.97	0	2	0	3	0	5	0	0
Home	5	2	2	32.1	29	13	13	10	20	3.62	1	2	1	0	2	2	0	0
Total	13	2	7	73.2	90	55	45	23	44	5.50	1	4	1	3	2	7	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR LYLES,JORDAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
13	39.0	24	24	5.54	56	14	35	4	0	4	2	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/26/12	SD	5-3	W	6.1	1	1	6	4	4	1	-140	-140	9.0+100	8.5+100
7/02/12	at PIT	2-11	L	4.0	7	7	9	0	6	2	-170	-175	7.5-110	7.5-105
7/08/12	MLW	3-5		7.0	2	2	6	1	3	1	+165	+160	8.0-110	8.0-115
7/17/12	at SD	2-8	L	6.0	5	5	11	2	3	1	-115	-126	7.5+105	7.0-105
7/22/12	at ARZ	2-8	L	5.2	8	5	10	0	2	2	-200	-240	9.5+100	9.5+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
6/16/11	PIT	4-5	L	5.2	5	3	4	1	8	1	-110	-110	8.0-105	8.0-110
7/02/12	at PIT	2-11	L	4.0	7	7	9	0	6	2	-170	-175	7.5-110	7.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/22/12	at ARZ	2.1	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7/23/12	CIN	3.0	5	5	15.00	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
7/24/12	CIN	2.0	3	3	13.50	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
7/25/12	CIN	2.0	4	4	18.00	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	1
7/26/12	PIT	3.0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Fri, Jul 27 5:00 AM EST

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