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MLB Matchup
Rangers vs Astros Game Time: 2:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Minute Maid Park Surface: Grass

Texas
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/13/09		Sea	6-5	N/g	-130	-135	10.5+100	10.5-105	Mccarthy,br	W	O
5/14/09		Sea	3-2	D/g	+105	+100	9.5-120	9.5-110	Harrison,ma	W	U
5/15/09		Laa	10-8	N/g	-115	-125	9.5-130	10.0-105	Millwood,ke	W	O
5/16/09		Laa	5-3	D/g	-110	-115	10.0+100	10.0-110	Padilla,vi	W	U
5/17/09		Laa	3-0	D/g	-105	+100	10.5+100	10.5+100	Feldman,sc	W	U
5/19/09	At	Det	0-4	N/g	-102	+115	11.0-120	11.0-115	Mccarthy,br	L	U
5/20/09	At	Det	3-5	N/g	-160	-160	9.0-125	9.0+110	Harrison,ma	L	U
5/21/09	At	Det	3-4	D/g	-125	-143	9.5+105	8.5-125	Millwood,ke	L	U
5/22/09	At	Hou	6-5	N/g	-113	-300	10.0-125	Holland,de	W
5/23/09	At	Hou	6-3	D/g	+110	+100	10.0-130	10.0-110	Feldman,sc	W	U
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/12/09	At	Col	1-12	N/g	-145	-170	10.0+100	10.0-120	Paulino,fe	L	O
5/13/09	At	Col	15-11	N/g	-145	-155	10.0-110	10.5-120	Hampton,mi	W	O
5/14/09	At	Col	5-3	D/g	+105	+105	10.0-120	10.0-115	Rodriguez,wa	W	U
5/16/09	At	Chc	4-5	D/g	-105	-105	10.0-105	9.5+100	Oswalt,ro	L	U
5/17/09	At	Chc	6-5	D/g	-240	-220	9.0+100	9.0+100	Moehler,br	W	O
5/19/09		Mlw	2-4	N/g	-105	+115	9.0-115	9.5-105	Hampton,mi	L	U
5/20/09		Mlw	6-4	N/g	-105	+100	8.0-110	8.0-110	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
5/21/09		Mlw	3-4	N/g	-127	-148	8.5-130	8.5-125	Oswalt,ro	L	U
5/22/09	Tex	5-6	N/g	-113	-300	10.0-125	Paulino,fe	L
5/23/09		Tex	3-6	D/g	+110	+100	10.0-130	10.0-110	Moehler,br	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
5/16/08	Hou	16-8	N/g	-113	-105	10.0-105	10.5-135	Wright,ja	W	O
5/17/08	Hou	6-2	N/g	+115	+105	9.5+100	10.0-115	Padilla,vi	W	U
5/18/08	Hou	4-5	D/g	-128	-130	10.5-120	10.5-130	Backe,br	L	U
6/24/08	Tex	4-3	N/g	-130	-120	10.0+100	10.0-115	Moehler,br	W	U
6/25/08	Tex	2-3	N/g	-160	-155	9.5+100	9.5+110	Mendoza,lu	L	U
6/26/08	Tex	7-2	N/g	-125	-137	9.0-120	9.0-120	Rodriguez,wa	W	P
5/22/09	Tex	5-6	N/g	-113	-300	10.0-125	O'day,da	L
5/23/09	Tex	3-6	D/g	+110	+100	10.0-130	10.0-110	Feldman,sc	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Texas
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		14-6	+703	11-11	+140	25-17	+843
Last	10	5-0	+500	2-3	-225	7-3	+275
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		9-14	-478	9-10	+177	18-24	-301
Last	10	1-4	-248	3-2	+240	4-6	-8
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Texas		9-7	16-10	24-15	1-2	10-5	15-10
Houston		7-7	11-17	16-23	2-1	6-6	11-16

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Texas
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		10-9	+40	8-13	-640	18-22	-600
Last	10	2-3	-120	0-4	-460	2-7	-580
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		7-14	-870	9-9	-100	16-23	-970
Last	10	1-3	-240	3-2	+85	4-5	-155

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(MCCARTHY,BR)  - TEX                          -180                   5
(HAMPTON,MI)   - HOU        -110   -110       -180       -105        

                            LV OVER/UNDER
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI EDGE
OVER/UNDER                  10.0   10.0        8.0        2.0 UN

Away Pitcher

TEXAS RANGERS -- MCCARTHY,BRANDON (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	4	1	2	22.0	31	18	17	11	11	6.95	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0
Home	4	2	0	23.0	17	11	11	8	22	4.30	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Total	8	3	2	45.0	48	29	28	19	33	5.60	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR MCCARTHY,BRANDON
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	27.0	22	20	6.67	33	12	16	7	1	2	2	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/26/09	at BAL	5-8		5.0	4	4	9	3	1	1	-115	-110	11.5-110	11.0-105
5/02/09	CWS	9-6	W	5.0	1	1	3	0	3	0	-125	-125	11.0-130	11.5+100
5/07/09	at OAK	4-9	L	4.0	7	7	7	3	4	1	-125	-110	9.5+100	9.5+100
5/13/09	SEA	6-5		7.0	4	4	5	1	7	3	-130	-135	10.5+100	10.5-105
5/19/09	at DET	0-4	L	7.0	4	3	9	3	4	0	-102	+115	11.0-120	11.0-115

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/17/09	LAA	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	0
5/19/09	at DET	1.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/20/09	at DET	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/22/09	at HOU	4.1	2	2	4.15	6	1	4	0	1	0	1	1
5/23/09	at HOU	2.1	0	0	0.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- HAMPTON,MIKE (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	4	2	2	21.1	20	14	13	9	16	5.48	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0
Home	4	0	1	21.2	26	14	12	11	17	4.98	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Total	8	2	3	43.0	46	28	25	20	33	5.23	0	0	2	3	2	3	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR HAMPTON,MIKE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	29.0	19	19	5.90	30	15	26	5	0	3	0	2

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	MLW	8-9		6.0	4	4	8	3	4	2	-140	-120	9.0-130	9.5-110
5/01/09	at ATL	2-7	L	4.1	6	5	5	2	0	1	-165	-165	8.5-120	8.0-110
5/06/09	CHC	3-6	L	5.1	5	3	7	4	4	0	+130	+132	8.5-120	9.0-110
5/13/09	at COL	15-11	W	6.0	5	5	7	2	3	1	-145	-155	10.0-110	10.5-120
5/19/09	MLW	2-4		4.0	2	2	3	3	4	0	-105	+115	9.0-115	9.5-105

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/19/09	MLW	5.0	2	2	3.60	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/20/09	MLW	2.0	3	3	13.50	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
5/21/09	MLW	2.2	1	1	3.38	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
5/22/09	TEX	4.2	2	2	3.86	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0
5/23/09	TEX	4.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, May 24 5:00 AM EST

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