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Pirates vs Cardinals Game Time: 2:15 p.m. ET Stadium: Busch Stadium Surface: Grass

Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/19/11		Cin	8-11	N/g	+120	+122	8.5-105	8.5-105	Correia,ke	L	O
8/20/11		Cin	5-3	D/g	+100	-112	8.5-110	8.5-125	Morton,ch	W	U
8/21/11		Cin	4-5	D/g	+110	+100	8.5-115	8.5-120	Mcdonald,ja	L	O
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
St Louis
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/17/11	At	Pit	7-2	N/g	+110	+135	8.0+100	8.5-110	Lohse,ky	W	O
8/19/11	At	Chc	4-5	D/g	+130	+137	9.0-115	9.0-115	Garcia,ja	L	P
8/20/11	At	Chc	0-3	D/g	-110	-105	8.5-105	8.0-105	Jackson,ed	L	U
8/21/11	At	Chc	6-2	N/g	+110	+147	9.0+105	8.5-130	Westbrook,ja	W	U
8/22/11		La	1-2	N/g	-185	-180	7.0-110	7.0-120	Carpenter,ch	L	U
8/23/11		La	2-13	N/g	+115	+105	7.0+100	7.0-105	Lohse,ky	L	O
8/24/11		La	4-9	D/g	-140	-155	7.0-125	7.5-115	Garcia,ja	L	O
8/25/11		Pit	8-4	N/g	-150	-165	8.0-115	8.0-105	Jackson,ed	W	O
8/26/11		Pit	5-4	N/g	-162	-173	8.5+100	8.5-105	Westbrook,ja	W	O
8/27/11		Pit	0-7	D/g	-230	-240	7.5-110	7.5-115	Carpenter,ch	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
4/06/11	Pit	1-3	D/g	-210	-185	7.5-105	7.5+110	Correia,ke	L	U
7/22/11	Stl	4-6	N/g	+115	+127	7.0-125	7.5-115	Carpenter,ch	L	O
7/23/11	Stl	1-9	N/g	+115	+125	7.5-120	7.5-115	Garcia,ja	L	O
7/24/11	Stl	4-3	D/g	-102	+105	8.0-110	8.0-110	Beimel,jo	W	U
8/15/11	Stl	6-2	N/g	+120	+115	8.5-115	8.5-115	Mcdonald,ja	W	U
8/16/11	Stl	5-4	N/g	+140	+133	7.5-120	7.5+100	Resop,ch	W	O
8/17/11	Stl	2-7	N/g	+110	+135	8.0+100	8.5-110	Lohse,ky	L	O
8/25/11	Pit	8-4	N/g	-150	-165	8.0-115	8.0-105	Jackson,ed	W	O
8/26/11	Pit	5-4	N/g	-162	-173	8.5+100	8.5-105	Mcclellan,ky	W	O
8/27/11	Pit	0-7	D/g	-230	-240	7.5-110	7.5-115	Lincoln,br	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		31-37	-496	31-33	+1115	62-70	+619
Last	10	3-4	+50	1-2	+20	4-6	+70
St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		34-31	-1072	35-33	+81	69-64	-991
Last	10	2-4	-475	2-2	-52	4-6	-527
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Pittsburgh		22-22	40-48	55-65	7-5	13-15	45-52
St	Louis	18-23	51-41	67-57	2-7	54-39	15-20

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		36-31	+150	28-34	-990	64-65	-840
Last	10	5-2	+265	2-1	+85	7-3	+350
St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		32-31	-255	40-26	+1065	72-57	+810
Last	10	4-2	+165	1-2	-135	5-4	+30

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	11	4	2	66.0	65	25	23	12	47	3.14	1	2	3	0	3	2	1	0
Home	12	4	4	74.2	72	32	26	12	35	3.13	0	2	4	2	4	4	0	0
Total	23	8	6	140.2	137	57	49	24	82	3.14	1	4	7	2	7	6	1	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR KARSTENS,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
22	79.1	32	29	3.29	76	39	56	10	4	5	4	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/31/11	at PHI	5-6		7.0	3	3	7	2	5	1	-200	-186	8.0-105	8.0-115
8/05/11	SD	5-15	L	3.1	9	9	9	1	2	1	-145	-133	7.5+100	7.5-115
8/10/11	at SF	9-2	W	6.0	2	2	8	0	9	1	-145	-155	7.5+100	7.5-110
8/16/11	STL	5-4		5.1	3	3	6	2	5	1	+140	+133	7.5-120	7.5+100
8/22/11	MLW	1-8	L	7.0	2	2	6	1	5	0	+100	+102	8.5-120	8.5-110

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
5/08/10	STL	2-0	W	6.0	0	0	3	2	4	0	+175	+160	9.0-110	8.0-120
7/30/10	at STL	0-1		6.0	0	0	7	0	2	0	-300	-330	7.5-110	7.5-105
8/16/11	STL	5-4		5.1	3	3	6	2	5	1	+140	+133	7.5-120	7.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/23/11	MLW	4.0	4	4	9.00	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/24/11	MLW	4.2	0	0	0.00	1	1	8	0	1	0	1	0
8/25/11	at STL	3.2	3	3	7.36	3	2	5	1	0	0	0	0
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

Home Pitcher

ST LOUIS CARDINALS -- LOHSE,KYLE (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	14	7	3	84.1	82	32	31	18	49	3.31	2	1	5	2	7	2	0	1
Home	11	4	5	72.2	65	39	34	17	36	4.21	2	1	2	4	4	5	0	0
Total	25	11	8	157.0	147	71	65	35	85	3.73	4	2	7	6	11	7	0	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR LOHSE,KYLE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
24	69.2	35	33	4.26	73	22	69	5	2	4	4	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/30/11	CHC	13-5	W	5.0	5	0	2	2	3	1	-175	-170	8.5-110	8.0-115
8/04/11	at FLO	7-4		3.0	3	3	7	3	1	0	-107	-103	8.5-115	8.5-115
8/12/11	COL	6-1	W	6.1	1	1	4	3	3	1	-150	-155	9.0-105	8.5-120
8/17/11	at PIT	7-2	W	7.0	2	2	5	1	7	1	+110	+135	8.0+100	8.5-110
8/23/11	LA	2-13	L	3.0	8	8	8	1	3	2	+115	+105	7.0+100	7.0-105

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
9/22/10	at PIT	6-11	L	3.0	6	6	7	3	3	1	+120	+100	8.5-120	9.5+100
9/27/10	PIT	6-4		6.0	4	4	10	2	2	1	-150	-150	9.5-105	9.5+100
4/04/11	PIT	3-4	L	7.0	4	4	6	1	5	1	-170	-147	9.0-125	9.0+105
7/24/11	at PIT	3-4		5.0	2	2	4	0	4	0	-102	+105	8.0-110	8.0-110
8/17/11	at PIT	7-2	W	7.0	2	2	5	1	7	1	+110	+135	8.0+100	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/23/11	LA	6.0	5	4	6.00	6	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
8/24/11	LA	4.0	2	2	4.50	4	0	6	1	0	0	0	0
8/25/11	PIT	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/26/11	PIT	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
8/27/11	PIT	4.0	1	1	2.25	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, Aug 28 1:30 PM EST

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