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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
8/22/11		Mlw	9-2	N/g	+165	+185	8.0-110	8.0-110	Lincoln,br	W	O
8/22/11		Mlw	1-8	T/g	+100	+102	8.5-120	8.5-110	Karstens,je	L	O
8/23/11		Mlw	4-11	N/g	+130	+130	8.5-110	8.5-105	Ohlendorf,ro	L	O
8/24/11		Mlw	2-0	D/g	+165	+165	8.5-110	8.5-110	Thompson,aa	W	U
8/25/11	At	Stl	4-8	N/g	-150	-165	8.0-115	8.0-105	Morton,ch	L	O
8/26/11	At	Stl	4-5	N/g	-162	-173	8.5+100	8.5-105	Mcdonald,ja	L	O
8/27/11	At	Stl	7-0	D/g	-230	-240	7.5-110	7.5-115	Lincoln,br	W	U
8/28/11	At	Stl	4-7	D/g	-150	-140	8.0-120	7.5-115	Karstens,je	L	O
8/29/11	At	Hou	4-7	N/g	-130	-120	8.0-115	8.0-105	Ohlendorf,ro	L	O
8/30/11	At	Hou	2-8	N/g	+115	+110	8.0-115	8.0-120	Morton,ch	L	O
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/21/11		Sf	4-6	D/g	+107	+120	8.5-105	8.5+100	Sosa,he	L	O
8/22/11	At	Col	5-9	N/g	-190	-220	9.0-110	9.0-110	Myers,br	L	O
8/23/11	At	Col	6-8	N/g	-145	-160	9.0-115	9.5-110	Norris,bu	L	O
8/24/11	At	Col	6-7	D/g	-155	-170	9.5-110	9.5-115	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
8/25/11	At	Sf	3-1	N/g	-225	-280	7.5-110	7.5-105	Sosa,he	W	U
8/26/11	At	Sf	1-2	N/g	-230	-240	7.5-105	7.5+100	Happ,ja	L	U
8/27/11	At	Sf	1-2	N/g	-180	-187	7.0-120	7.0-120	Myers,br	L	U
8/28/11	At	Sf	4-3	D/g	-200	-210	6.5-120	6.5-105	Norris,bu	W	O
8/29/11		Pit	7-4	N/g	-130	-120	8.0-115	8.0-105	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
8/30/11		Pit	8-2	N/g	+115	+110	8.0-115	8.0-120	Sosa,he	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
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
7/15/11	Pit	0-4	N/g	+107	-104	7.5+100	7.5+100	Karstens,je	L	U
7/16/11	Pit	6-4	N/g	-115	-127	7.5-110	7.0-110	Escalona,se	W	O
7/17/11	Pit	5-7	D/g	-125	-130	7.5+105	7.0-120	Leroux,ch	L	O
8/29/11	Pit	7-4	N/g	-130	-120	8.0-115	8.0-105	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
8/30/11	Pit	8-2	N/g	+115	+110	8.0-115	8.0-120	Sosa,he	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		31-37	-496	31-36	+795	62-73	+299
Last	10	2-2	+150	1-5	-300	3-7	-150
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		25-42	-1530	21-48	-1648	46-90	-3178
Last	10	2-1	+110	2-5	-70	4-6	+40
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Pittsburgh		22-23	40-50	55-68	7-5	13-16	45-54
Houston		12-29	34-61	42-82	4-8	5-8	40-80

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		36-31	+150	31-34	-690	67-65	-540
Last	10	3-1	+190	5-1	+385	8-2	+575
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		41-26	+1275	34-32	-170	75-58	+1105
Last	10	3-0	+300	4-3	+75	7-3	+375

Away Pitcher

PITTSBURGH PIRATES -- MCDONALD,JAMES (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	13	4	5	69.0	84	42	41	31	64	5.35	2	1	2	4	3	3	1	2
Home	13	4	1	76.0	64	29	27	34	56	3.20	0	1	4	0	4	1	0	0
Total	26	8	6	145.0	148	71	68	65	120	4.22	2	2	6	4	7	4	1	2

2011 BULLPEN FOR MCDONALD,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
26	84.0	38	35	3.75	85	35	70	8	5	7	10	6

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/04/11	CHC	6-7		7.0	4	4	4	0	3	3	-140	-150	9.0+100	8.0-115
8/09/11	at SF	0-6	L	6.0	3	3	4	3	4	2	-180	-175	7.0+100	7.0+110
8/15/11	STL	6-2	W	5.2	2	2	6	2	4	0	+120	+115	8.5-115	8.5-115
8/21/11	CIN	4-5		6.0	3	3	3	3	5	1	+110	+100	8.5-115	8.5-120
8/26/11	at STL	4-5		6.0	3	3	5	3	5	1	-162	-173	8.5+100	8.5-105

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
9/24/10	HOU	7-10		4.0	3	3	5	2	4	0	+110	-110	8.0+100	7.0-110
5/08/11	HOU	5-4		6.0	0	0	3	2	8	0	-115	-133	8.5+100	8.0-105
6/16/11	at HOU	5-4	W	5.2	3	3	7	4	4	0	-110	-110	8.0-105	8.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/26/11	at STL	2.0	2	2	9.00	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
8/27/11	at STL	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/28/11	at STL	4.1	2	2	4.15	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/29/11	at HOU	3.0	5	5	15.00	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
8/30/11	at HOU	2.2	4	4	13.50	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- HAPP,JAMES (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	11	1	9	57.0	71	50	44	31	45	6.95	0	1	1	8	0	8	1	1
Home	12	3	6	68.1	68	44	40	36	57	5.27	2	0	1	6	3	6	0	0
Total	23	4	15	125.1	139	94	84	67	102	6.03	2	1	2	14	3	14	1	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR HAPP,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
23	71.2	47	42	5.27	82	20	64	12	0	4	1	5

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/19/11	WAS	7-6	W	5.2	5	5	7	4	3	2	+130	+135	7.5+100	7.5-115
7/25/11	at STL	5-10	L	4.2	6	6	7	3	1	1	-187	-200	8.5-120	8.5-120
7/30/11	at MLW	2-6	L	5.0	5	2	10	0	6	1	-240	-260	8.5-110	8.5-105
8/05/11	MLW	1-8	L	4.0	6	6	7	3	2	0	+185	+185	8.5+100	8.0-110
8/26/11	at SF	1-2	L	6.0	2	1	4	4	2	0	-230	-240	7.5-105	7.5+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
8/15/10	PIT	8-2	W	6.0	2	2	3	4	5	0	-170	-150	8.0-120	8.0-110
9/26/10	at PIT	3-9	L	6.0	2	0	4	2	4	0	+115	-110	7.5-120	7.5-115
5/08/11	at PIT	4-5		6.0	2	2	6	4	3	0	-115	-133	8.5+100	8.0-105
6/15/11	PIT	3-7		5.0	2	2	6	4	7	0	-108	-105	7.5-110	7.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/26/11	at SF	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8/27/11	at SF	2.2	1	1	3.38	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
8/28/11	at SF	4.0	1	1	2.25	6	1	3	0	1	0	1	1
8/29/11	PIT	2.0	1	1	4.50	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
8/30/11	PIT	3.0	1	1	3.00	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0

Updated Wed, Aug 31 5:00 AM EST

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