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MLB Matchup
Pirates vs White Sox Game Time: 2:05 p.m. ET Stadium: U.S. Cellular Field Surface: Grass

Pittsburgh
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/14/09		Stl	1-5	N/g	+105	+115	9.5+100	9.5-105	Karstens,je	L	U
5/15/09		Col	1-3	N/g	-120	-105	8.5-110	8.5+105	Maholm,pa	L	U
5/16/09		Col	7-4	N/g	+105	+105	8.5+105	9.0-110	Snell,ia	W	O
5/17/09		Col	11-4	D/g	-117	+100	8.0-120	8.0-110	Duke,za	W	O
5/18/09	At	Was	12-7	N/g	-105	-120	10.0-110	10.0-105	Ohlendorf,ro	W	O
5/19/09	At	Was	8-5	N/g	-127	-148	9.5-130	10.0-110	Karstens,je	W	O
5/20/09	At	Was	2-1	N/g	-128	-126	9.5+100	9.0+100	Maholm,pa	W	U
5/21/09	At	Was	4-5	N/g	-110	-123	10.0-120	10.5-115	Snell,ia	L	U
5/22/09	At	Cws	0-2	N/g	-115	-130	9.5-105	9.5-105	Duke,za	L	U
5/23/09	At	Cws	0-4	N/g	-138	-148	9.5-110	9.5-110	Ohlendorf,ro	L	U
Chicago Ws
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/13/09	At	Cle	0-4	D/g	-140	-163	8.5+100	8.0-110	Buehrle,ma	L	U
5/15/09	At	Tor	3-8	N/t	-125	-122	9.0+110	8.5+105	Danks,jo	L	O
5/16/09	At	Tor	1-2	D/t	-130	-122	10.5+100	10.5-110	Colon,ba	L	U
5/17/09	At	Tor	2-8	D/t	-240	-250	9.0+100	8.5+100	Floyd,ga	L	O
5/18/09	At	Tor	2-3	D/t	-155	-160	10.0-105	10.0-105	Richard,cl	L	U
5/19/09		Min	6-2	N/g	-143	-118	9.0+110	8.5-105	Buehrle,ma	W	U
5/20/09		Min	7-4	N/g	-117	-110	8.5-110	8.5-125	Danks,jo	W	O
5/21/09		Min	1-20	D/g	-115	-105	9.5-110	9.5-115	Colon,ba	L	O
5/22/09		Pit	2-0	N/g	-115	-130	9.5-105	9.5-105	Floyd,ga	W	U
5/23/09		Pit	4-0	N/g	-138	-148	9.5-110	9.5-110	Richard,cl	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
6/17/08	Pit	16-5	N/g	-167	-180	8.5-120	8.5-120	Vazquez,ja	W	O
6/18/08	Pit	8-2	N/g	-168	-168	9.0-120	9.5-110	Buehrle,ma	W	O
6/19/08	Pit	13-8	D/g	-155	-160	9.5+105	9.5-110	Floyd,ga	W	O
5/22/09	Pit	2-0	N/g	-115	-130	9.5-105	9.5-105	Floyd,ga	W	U
5/23/09	Pit	4-0	N/g	-138	-148	9.5-110	9.5-110	Richard,cl	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		11-9	+175	8-15	-411	19-24	-236
Last	10	2-2	0	3-3	+64	5-5	+64
Chicago Ws
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		12-9	+133	7-14	-569	19-23	-436
Last	10	4-1	+295	0-5	-500	4-6	-205
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Pittsburgh		7-9	12-15	18-23	1-1	3-3	15-19
Chicago		7-9	12-14	16-18	3-5	12-9	6-12

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Pittsburgh
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		8-11	-430	13-10	+205	21-21	-225
Last	10	2-2	-10	2-4	-230	4-6	-240
Chicago Ws
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		7-14	-855	12-9	+210	19-23	-645
Last	10	2-3	-120	2-3	-125	4-6	-245

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(KARSTENS,JE)  - PIT                          -177                   40
(BUEHRLE,MA)   - CWS        -183   -183       -215       -143        

                            LV OVER/UNDER
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI EDGE
OVER/UNDER                  8.5    8.5         8.8        0.3 OV

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	3	0	0	17.0	19	11	11	4	9	5.82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Home	4	1	2	21.0	20	12	11	11	7	4.71	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0
Total	7	1	2	38.0	39	23	22	15	16	5.21	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR KARSTENS,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7	24.0	17	17	6.38	23	21	20	3	1	3	1	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/27/09	at MLW	5-10		5.0	5	5	5	2	4	3	-170	-180	8.5-125	9.0-110
5/03/09	CIN	0-5	L	5.0	5	4	6	4	1	1	+108	+112	9.0-115	8.5-110
5/08/09	at NYM	3-7		6.0	2	2	7	0	3	0	-175	-175	9.5-110	9.5-125
5/14/09	STL	1-5	L	6.0	3	3	7	0	2	1	+105	+115	9.5+100	9.5-105
5/19/09	at WAS	8-5		6.0	4	4	7	2	2	1	-127	-148	9.5-130	10.0-110

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/18/09	at WAS	4.0	2	2	4.50	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
5/19/09	at WAS	4.0	1	1	2.25	1	5	3	0	1	0	0	1
5/20/09	at WAS	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
5/21/09	at WAS	2.0	2	2	9.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
5/23/09	at CWS	0.1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

CHICAGO WHITE SOX -- BUEHRLE,MARK (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	2	1	19.2	22	10	10	4	13	4.58	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0
Home	5	4	0	32.1	23	7	6	8	20	1.67	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
Total	8	6	1	52.0	45	17	16	12	33	2.77	1	1	5	0	5	1	1	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR BUEHRLE,MARK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	19.0	0	0	0.00	13	6	21	0	1	0	3	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/25/09	TOR	10-2	W	6.0	2	2	6	3	4	0	-165	-165	9.0-120	9.5-120
5/01/09	at TEX	4-3	W	6.0	3	3	7	0	2	1	+105	-102	10.5-110	11.0+100
5/07/09	DET	6-0	W	8.0	0	0	1	2	5	0	-115	-107	9.0-110	9.0+100
5/13/09	at CLE	0-4	L	7.0	4	4	7	1	6	2	-140	-163	8.5+100	8.0-110
5/19/09	MIN	6-2	W	7.0	2	1	8	0	3	1	-143	-118	9.0+110	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
6/18/08	PIT	8-2	W	8.0	2	2	4	2	3	1	-168	-168	9.0-120	9.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/19/09	MIN	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/20/09	MIN	3.1	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
5/21/09	MIN	7.0	12	11	14.14	13	3	4	2	0	0	0	0
5/22/09	PIT	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
5/23/09	PIT	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, May 24 5:00 AM EST

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