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Pirates vs Cubs Game Time: 2:20 p.m. ET Stadium: Wrigley Field Surface: Grass

Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
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
8/31/11	At	Hou	0-2	N/g	+105	+108	8.5-120	8.5-120	Mcdonald,ja	L	U
9/01/11		La	4-6	D/g	-128	-123	8.5-105	8.5-115	Lincoln,br	L	O
Chicago C
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/22/11		Atl	0-3	N/g	+115	+102	7.5-115	7.5-125	Dempster,ry	L	U
8/23/11		Atl	4-5	N/g	+125	+130	11.5-105	11.0-110	Coleman,ca	L	U
8/24/11		Atl	3-2	N/g	+130	+110	9.0-110	9.0+105	Wells,ra	W	U
8/25/11		Atl	3-8	D/g	+105	+102	7.5+100	7.0-105	Garza,ma	L	O
8/26/11	At	Mlw	2-5	N/g	-175	-181	8.5-120	9.0-105	Lopez,ro	L	U
8/27/11	At	Mlw	4-6	N/g	-190	-180	8.0-105	7.5-105	Dempster,ry	L	O
8/28/11	At	Mlw	2-3	D/g	-270	-270	8.5-105	8.0-110	Coleman,ca	L	U
8/29/11	At	Sf	7-0	N/g	-235	-220	6.5-110	6.5-105	Wells,ra	W	O
8/30/11	At	Sf	5-2	N/g	-145	-130	6.5-105	6.5-110	Garza,ma	W	O
8/31/11	At	Sf	0-4	D/g	-180	-180	7.5-105	7.5+105	Lopez,ro	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
5/27/11	Pit	2-4	D/g	-110	-107	7.5-115	7.5-115	Correia,ke	L	U
5/28/11	Pit	0-10	D/g	-125	-112	9.5-125	9.5-110	Maholm,pa	L	O
5/29/11	Pit	3-2	D/g	-145	-135	8.5+100	8.0-110	Dempster,ry	W	U
7/08/11	Chc	7-4	N/g	-142	-123	8.0-120	8.5+100	Mccutchen,da	W	O
7/09/11	Chc	3-6	N/g	-120	-110	8.0-105	7.5-115	Dempster,ry	L	O
7/10/11	Chc	9-1	D/g	-155	-130	8.0-105	8.0-110	Maholm,pa	W	O
8/01/11	Chc	3-5	N/g	-135	-130	7.5-110	7.5-115	Zambrano,ca	L	O
8/02/11	Chc	6-11	N/g	-145	-135	8.5-105	8.5+100	Wells,ra	L	O
8/03/11	Chc	0-1	N/g	+100	+100	8.0+100	7.5-110	Garza,ma	L	U
8/04/11	Chc	6-7	N/g	-140	-150	9.0+100	8.0-115	Samardzija,j	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		31-38	-619	31-37	+677	62-75	+58
Last	10	1-2	-58	1-6	-418	2-8	-476
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		32-37	-748	27-41	-760	59-78	-1508
Last	10	1-3	-190	2-4	-80	3-7	-270
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Pittsburgh		22-24	40-51	55-70	7-5	13-18	45-54
Chicago		26-36	33-42	57-71	2-7	20-19	36-57

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		37-31	+250	31-35	-810	68-66	-560
Last	10	2-1	+90	5-2	+265	7-3	+355
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		29-37	-1250	39-28	+855	68-65	-395
Last	10	1-3	-240	3-3	-20	4-6	-260

Away Pitcher

PITTSBURGH PIRATES -- BURRES,BRIAN (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	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Home	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR BURRES,BRIAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl

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

5/06/10	CHC	11-1	W	7.0	0	0	3	3	4	0	+135	+175	9.0-120	8.5-120
5/14/10	at CHC	10-6		4.0	6	5	7	2	2	1	-200	-210	9.5-120	10.0-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
8/31/11	at HOU	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/01/11	LA	3.0	3	2	6.00	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- DEMPSTER,RYAN (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	4	68.2	83	49	47	28	65	6.16	1	0	3	4	3	4	1	0
Home	15	6	6	95.2	86	41	40	33	93	3.76	5	5	1	1	6	6	0	0
Total	28	10	10	164.1	169	90	87	61	158	4.76	6	5	4	5	9	10	1	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR DEMPSTER,RYAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
28	82.0	25	23	2.52	62	41	85	8	6	2	13	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/05/11	CIN	4-3	W	6.0	2	2	4	6	5	0	+110	+100	8.0-115	8.0-105
8/11/11	WAS	4-3	W	7.0	1	1	3	2	6	1	-115	-115	7.5-110	7.5-110
8/16/11	at HOU	5-6		7.0	2	2	4	3	7	0	+120	+132	8.0-110	7.5-115
8/22/11	ATL	0-3	L	6.0	3	3	6	3	8	2	+115	+102	7.5-115	7.5-125
8/27/11	at MLW	4-6	L	4.0	5	5	7	2	3	2	-190	-180	8.0-105	7.5-105

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
5/15/10	PIT	3-4	L	7.0	3	3	4	5	9	0	-210	-230	8.0+100	7.5-115
8/31/10	PIT	7-14	L	3.0	7	7	7	3	4	0	-180	-190	10.0-120	10.5-105
4/01/11	PIT	3-6	L	6.2	6	6	6	4	7	2	-175	-175	8.5-120	8.5-125
5/29/11	PIT	3-2	W	6.0	2	2	4	3	5	0	-145	-135	8.5+100	8.0-110
7/09/11	at PIT	6-3	W	5.0	3	3	7	3	4	0	-120	-110	8.0-105	7.5-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/26/11	at MLW	2.0	1	1	4.50	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/27/11	at MLW	4.0	1	1	2.25	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
8/28/11	at MLW	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8/30/11	at SF	2.1	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
8/31/11	at SF	2.2	0	0	0.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Fri, Sep 2 12:00 PM EST

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