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MLB Matchup
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
9/02/12	At	Mlw	8-12	D/g	-160	-160	7.5-110	7.5-115	Mcdonald,ja	L	O
9/03/12		Hou	1-5	D/g	-210	-200	8.5-115	8.5-115	Locke,je	L	U
9/04/12		Hou	6-2	N/g	-210	-200	8.0-105	7.5-105	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
9/05/12		Hou	6-3	N/g	-200	-190	8.5-115	8.5-110	Correia,ke	W	O
9/07/12		Chc	2-12	N/g	-195	-182	7.5-120	7.5-110	Burnett,a.	L	O
9/08/12		Chc	3-4	N/g	-148	-140	7.5-110	7.0-110	Mcdonald,ja	L	P
9/09/12		Chc	2-4	D/g	-167	-180	8.5-105	8.0-115	Locke,je	L	U
9/10/12	At	Cin	3-4	N/t	-158	-166	7.5-125	7.5-105	Rodriguez,wa	L	U
9/11/12	At	Cin	3-5	N/t	-145	-150	9.0-105	8.5-115	Correia,ke	L	U
9/12/12	At	Cin	1-2	N/t	-130	-139	8.5+100	8.0-105	Burnett,a.	L	U
Chicago C
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/03/12	At	Was	1-2	D/g	-172	-185	7.5-110	7.5+100	Samardzija,j	L	U
9/04/12	At	Was	5-11	N/g	-210	-210	8.0-120	8.0-115	Rusin,ch	L	O
9/05/12	At	Was	1-9	N/g	-240	-250	7.5-105	7.5-110	Volstad,ch	L	O
9/06/12	At	Was	2-9	N/g	-220	-250	8.0+100	8.0-110	Germano,ju	L	O
9/07/12	At	Pit	12-2	N/g	-195	-182	7.5-120	7.5-110	Wood,tr	W	O
9/08/12	At	Pit	4-3	N/g	-148	-140	7.5-110	7.0-110	Samardzija,j	W	P
9/09/12	At	Pit	4-2	D/g	-167	-180	8.5-105	8.0-115	Rusin,ch	W	U
9/10/12	At	Hou	4-1	N/g	-105	-112	8.5+100	8.5-115	Volstad,ch	W	U
9/11/12	At	Hou	0-1	N/g	-105	-112	8.5-110	8.5-125	Germano,ju	L	U
9/12/12	At	Hou	5-1	N/g	+115	+104	8.5-110	8.0-115	Wood,tr	W	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
5/27/12	Chc	10-4	D/g	-113	-117	6.5-120	7.0-115	Bedard,er	W	O
7/23/12	Chc	0-2	N/g	-140	-140	8.0-110	7.5-120	Samardzija,j	L	U
7/24/12	Chc	1-5	N/g	-155	-165	7.5+100	7.5-105	Maholm,pa	L	U
7/25/12	Chc	3-2	D/g	-125	-130	7.5-115	7.5-115	Correia,ke	W	U
7/30/12	Pit	14-4	N/g	+121	+120	9.0+100	8.5+100	Germano,ju	W	O
7/31/12	Pit	0-5	N/g	+120	+120	8.5-115	8.5-110	Burnett,a.	L	U
8/01/12	Pit	4-8	D/g	+109	+113	8.5-105	8.0-115	Karstens,je	L	O
9/07/12	Chc	2-12	N/g	-195	-182	7.5-120	7.5-110	Wood,tr	L	O
9/08/12	Chc	3-4	N/g	-148	-140	7.5-110	7.0-110	Samardzija,j	L	P
9/09/12	Chc	2-4	D/g	-167	-180	8.5-105	8.0-115	Russell,ja	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		42-30	+628	30-40	-205	72-70	+423
Last	10	2-4	-502	0-4	-400	2-8	-902
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		34-34	+234	22-53	-1992	56-87	-1758
Last	10	0-0	0	5-5	+14	5-5	+174
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Pittsburgh		27-20	45-50	67-62	5-8	34-22	37-48
Chicago		30-41	26-46	51-79	5-8	13-8	42-78

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		28-41	-1710	34-31	-45	62-72	-1755
Last	10	3-2	+70	1-3	-225	4-5	-155
Chicago C
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		30-36	-1020	34-37	-695	64-73	-1715
Last	10	0-0	0	4-5	-170	4-5	-170

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	14	6	5	75.0	76	50	45	38	71	5.40	2	4	4	1	5	5	1	0
Home	14	6	2	92.1	64	28	28	26	78	2.73	2	0	4	2	6	2	0	0
Total	28	12	7	167.1	140	78	73	64	149	3.93	4	4	8	3	11	7	1	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR MCDONALD,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
27	77.2	33	29	3.36	66	31	63	7	3	6	9	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/17/12	at STL	2-1	W	6.0	0	0	2	3	7	0	-145	-150	8.5-110	8.5+100
8/22/12	at SD	2-4	L	5.0	4	4	5	5	2	0	+124	+147	7.5-120	7.5-120
8/28/12	STL	9-0	W	7.0	0	0	2	1	6	0	+115	+120	8.0-115	8.5-115
9/02/12	at MLW	8-12	L	2.2	8	7	6	1	6	4	-160	-160	7.5-110	7.5-115
9/08/12	CHC	3-4		5.2	3	3	7	2	2	1	-148	-140	7.5-110	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
7/08/11	CHC	7-4		5.2	3	3	5	2	4	1	-142	-123	8.0-120	8.5+100
8/04/11	CHC	6-7		7.0	4	4	4	0	3	3	-140	-150	9.0+100	8.0-115
7/24/12	CHC	1-5	L	6.0	5	5	5	3	6	2	-155	-165	7.5+100	7.5-105
9/08/12	CHC	3-4		5.2	3	3	7	2	2	1	-148	-140	7.5-110	7.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/08/12	CHC	3.1	1	1	2.70	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
9/09/12	CHC	3.0	2	2	6.00	5	2	4	1	0	0	0	0
9/10/12	at CIN	7.0	1	1	1.29	5	6	8	0	0	0	0	1
9/11/12	at CIN	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
9/12/12	at CIN	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

CHICAGO CUBS -- RUSIN,CHRIS (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	3	0	2	11.0	14	7	7	6	9	5.73	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Home	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	0	2	11.0	14	7	7	6	9	5.73	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR RUSIN,CHRIS
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
3	14.0	11	10	6.43	15	10	13	4	1	0	1	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/21/12	at MLW	2-5	L	5.0	1	1	1	2	4	0	-190	-195	9.0-120	9.0-115
9/04/12	at WAS	5-11	L	1.0	5	5	8	1	1	2	-210	-210	8.0-120	8.0-115
9/09/12	at PIT	4-2		5.0	1	1	5	3	4	1	-167	-180	8.5-105	8.0-115

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
9/09/12	at PIT	4-2		5.0	1	1	5	3	4	1	-167	-180	8.5-105	8.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/07/12	at PIT	3.0	2	2	6.00	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
9/09/12	at PIT	4.0	1	1	2.25	2	5	4	0	1	0	1	0
9/10/12	at HOU	4.0	0	0	0.00	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	0
9/11/12	at HOU	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
9/12/12	at HOU	1.1	0	0	0.00	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Fri, Sep 14 5:01 AM EST

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