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MLB Matchup
Rays vs Astros Game Time: 7:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Minute Maid Park Surface: Grass

Tampa Bay
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/11/10	At	Laa	7-2	N/g	+115	+130	8.5+100	9.0-105	Niemann,je	W	P
5/12/10	At	Laa	4-3	D/g	-105	-105	8.0+100	8.0-105	Price,da	W	U
5/14/10		Sea	3-4	N/t	-180	-178	8.0-110	8.5-120	Davis,wa	L	U
5/15/10		Sea	3-2	D/t	-220	-220	8.0-120	8.5-105	Shields,ja	W	U
5/16/10		Sea	2-1	D/t	-165	-145	7.5+100	7.0+115	Garza,ma	W	U
5/17/10		Cle	4-3	N/t	-240	-190	9.0+100	8.5-115	Niemann,je	W	U
5/18/10		Cle	6-2	D/t	-270	-270	8.5-120	8.5-105	Price,da	W	U
5/19/10	At	Nyy	10-6	N/g	-150	-150	9.5+100	9.5+100	Davis,wa	W	O
5/20/10	At	Nyy	8-6	N/g	-135	-135	9.0-120	9.0-120	Shields,ja	W	O
5/21/10	At	Hou	1-2	N/g	+155	+165	8.0-110	7.5-120	Garza,ma	L	U
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/12/10	At	Stl	9-6	N/g	-180	-175	8.0-110	8.0-110	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
5/13/10	At	Stl	4-1	D/g	-300	-330	7.5-120	7.5+100	Norris,bu	W	U
5/14/10	At	Sf	2-8	N/g	-160	-143	8.5-110	8.5-115	Paulino,fe	L	O
5/15/10	At	Sf	1-2	D/g	-200	-220	6.5-110	6.0-115	Oswalt,ro	L	U
5/16/10	At	Sf	3-4	D/g	-185	-160	7.5-120	7.0-125	Myers,br	L	P
5/17/10	At	La	2-6	N/g	-155	-153	8.5-110	7.5+100	Rodriguez,wa	L	O
5/18/10	At	La	3-7	N/g	-220	-200	8.5+105	7.0-110	Norris,bu	L	O
5/19/10		Col	7-3	N/g	+100	-105	9.5+100	9.0-110	Paulino,fe	W	O
5/20/10		Col	0-4	N/g	+140	+128	6.5-110	6.0-120	Oswalt,ro	L	U
5/21/10		Tb	2-1	N/g	+155	+165	8.0-110	7.5-120	Myers,br	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
5/21/10	Tb	2-1	N/g	+155	+165	8.0-110	7.5-120	Myers,br	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		13-7	-13	17-5	+1200	30-12	+1187
Last	10	4-1	+222	4-1	+290	8-2	+512
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		9-16	-750	6-11	+85	15-27	-665
Last	10	2-1	+165	2-5	-45	4-6	+120
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Tampa	Bay	9-4	21-8	17-5	13-7	19-10	8-2
Houston		6-8	9-19	15-27	0-0	4-5	9-21

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		8-12	-590	10-10	-105	18-22	-695
Last	10	0-5	-560	2-2	-25	2-7	-585
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		9-15	-765	6-9	-350	15-24	-1115
Last	10	1-2	-140	4-2	+185	5-4	+45

Away Pitcher

TAMPA BAY RAYS -- NIEMANN,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	4	3	0	28.1	23	7	7	8	17	2.22	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
Home	4	0	0	21.1	18	7	7	8	14	2.95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	8	3	0	49.2	41	14	14	16	31	2.54	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0

2010 BULLPEN FOR NIEMANN,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	25.1	10	9	3.20	19	7	25	3	3	2	1	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/24/10	TOR	9-3		6.2	3	3	5	1	8	2	-145	-145	9.0-110	8.5+100
4/30/10	KC	2-3		7.1	1	1	3	4	3	0	-200	-270	9.0-110	9.0-125
5/06/10	at SEA	8-0	W	7.0	0	0	4	2	6	0	+145	+137	8.0+100	8.0-105
5/11/10	at LAA	7-2	W	7.1	2	2	6	2	4	0	+115	+130	8.5+100	9.0-105
5/17/10	CLE	4-3		6.0	3	3	10	3	3	0	-240	-190	9.0+100	8.5-115

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
5/16/10	SEA	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
5/17/10	CLE	5.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	10	0	1	0	0	0
5/18/10	CLE	3.0	1	1	3.00	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
5/19/10	at NYY	3.1	4	4	10.80	5	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
5/20/10	at NYY	1.2	2	2	10.80	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

HOUSTON ASTROS -- RODRIGUEZ,WANDY (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	5	1	3	29.0	35	20	13	8	12	4.03	0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0
Home	3	1	2	17.0	21	10	9	6	15	4.76	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0
Total	8	2	5	46.0	56	30	22	14	27	4.30	0	2	2	3	2	5	0	0

2010 BULLPEN FOR RODRIGUEZ,WANDY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	24.0	10	10	3.75	23	12	18	1	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
4/24/10	PIT	5-2	W	7.1	2	1	5	1	7	1	-160	-175	9.0+105	9.0+100
5/01/10	at ATL	1-10	L	5.0	5	2	10	1	5	0	-170	-153	8.0-110	8.0-115
5/06/10	ARZ	3-6	L	3.2	5	5	9	1	4	1	+115	+115	8.0+100	7.5+100
5/12/10	at STL	9-6	W	6.0	5	4	5	2	3	0	-180	-175	8.0-110	8.0-110
5/17/10	at LA	2-6	L	6.2	4	1	7	2	1	0	-155	-153	8.5-110	7.5+100

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
5/17/10	at LA	1.1	2	2	13.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/18/10	at LA	3.2	1	1	2.45	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
5/19/10	COL	3.0	1	1	3.00	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	1
5/20/10	COL	3.0	1	1	3.00	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
5/21/10	TB	2.0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Sat, May 22 5:00 AM EST

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