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MLB Matchup
Rays vs Astros Game Time: 8:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Minute Maid Park Surface: Grass

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Tampa Bay
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
6/13/11	At	Det	1-2	N/g	-120	-115	8.5+100	8.5-120	Cobb,al	L	U
6/14/11		Bos	4-0	N/t	-120	-125	9.0-110	8.5-105	Shields,ja	W	U
6/15/11		Bos	0-3	N/t	+116	+118	8.0+100	7.5-110	Hellickson,j	L	U
6/16/11		Bos	2-4	N/t	-115	-123	8.0+100	7.5+105	Price,da	L	U
6/17/11		Flo	5-1	N/t	-135	-144	8.5-120	9.0-115	Davis,wa	W	U
6/18/11		Flo	7-4	N/t	-120	-120	8.5+100	8.5+100	Cobb,al	W	O
6/19/11		Flo	2-1	D/t	-170	-170	7.5-105	7.5-105	Shields,ja	W	U
6/20/11	At	Mlw	8-4	N/g	-128	-132	9.0-115	8.5-115	Niemann,je	W	O
6/21/11	At	Mlw	1-5	N/g	-132	-132	8.0+100	8.0+100	Hellickson,j	L	U
6/22/11	At	Mlw	6-3	D/g	-118	-102	7.0-120	7.0-120	Price,da	W	O
Houston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
6/13/11		Atl	8-3	N/g	+122	+107	7.5-105	7.5+100	Rodriguez,wa	W	O
6/14/11		Pit	0-1	N/g	-115	-140	7.5-105	7.5-115	Norris,bu	L	U
6/15/11		Pit	3-7	N/g	-108	-105	7.5-110	7.5-110	Happ,ja	L	O
6/16/11		Pit	4-5	D/g	-110	-110	8.0-105	8.0-110	Lyles,jo	L	O
6/17/11	At	La	7-3	N/g	-160	-151	7.5+105	7.5+110	Myers,br	W	O
6/18/11	At	La	7-0	N/g	-120	-120	7.0-110	7.0-110	Rodriguez,wa	W	P
6/19/11	At	La	0-1	D/g	-135	-135	7.0-120	7.0-120	Norris,bu	L	U
6/20/11	At	Tex	3-8	N/g	-180	-185	9.5-120	10.0-110	Happ,ja	L	O
6/21/11	At	Tex	4-5	N/g	-220	-220	9.0-115	9.0-115	Lyles,jo	L	P
6/22/11	At	Tex	5-3	N/g	-180	-180	9.0-130	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
5/22/10	Tb	2-4	N/g	+135	+140	8.0+100	8.0-115	Niemann,je	L	U
5/23/10	Tb	6-10	D/g	+165	+165	8.0+100	7.5-115	Price,da	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		18-18	-649	23-16	+911	41-34	+262
Last	10	4-2	+177	2-2	+22	6-4	+199
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		13-25	-1194	15-23	-238	28-48	-1432
Last	10	1-3	-248	3-3	+121	4-6	-127
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Tampa	Bay	15-13	26-21	17-14	24-20	28-20	12-13
Houston		9-16	19-32	24-40	4-8	2-6	25-40

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		10-26	-1820	20-17	+150	30-43	-1670
Last	10	1-5	-440	2-2	-20	3-7	-460
Houston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		24-14	+880	18-18	-235	42-32	+645
Last	10	3-1	+185	2-2	-50	5-3	+135

Away Pitcher

TAMPA BAY RAYS -- SHIELDS,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	7	4	1	49.1	39	19	18	14	44	3.28	3	0	1	1	3	1	1	0
Home	8	3	3	63.1	47	14	12	13	64	1.71	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	3
Total	15	7	4	112.2	86	33	30	27	108	2.40	4	1	3	3	3	1	4	3

2011 BULLPEN FOR SHIELDS,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
10	24.1	13	9	3.33	25	3	16	1	4	0	2	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/28/11	CLE	3-7	L	7.0	3	3	7	3	8	1	-175	-200	7.5+100	7.5-110
6/02/11	at SEA	2-8	L	4.0	8	7	7	3	4	4	-125	-117	6.5+105	6.5+105
6/08/11	at LAA	4-3		7.0	3	3	7	3	8	0	-140	-130	7.0+105	6.5-120
6/14/11	BOS	4-0	W	9.0	0	0	5	3	5	0	-120	-125	9.0-110	8.5-105
6/19/11	FLO	2-1	W	9.0	1	0	4	0	10	0	-170	-170	7.5-105	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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6/17/11	FLO	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
6/18/11	FLO	2.2	2	1	3.38	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
6/20/11	at MLW	3.0	4	4	12.00	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
6/21/11	at MLW	2.0	3	3	13.50	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
6/22/11	at MLW	1.0	1	1	9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	7	4	2	45.0	45	16	16	15	43	3.20	1	1	3	1	3	1	1	1
Home	5	1	1	33.0	36	9	9	6	21	2.45	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Total	12	5	3	78.0	81	25	25	21	64	2.88	1	1	4	2	4	2	1	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR RODRIGUEZ,WANDY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
12	29.1	16	15	4.60	31	9	17	6	2	2	2	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/11/11	CIN	4-3		7.0	3	3	10	0	4	2	+120	+100	7.5-110	7.5-105
5/17/11	at ATL	1-3		8.0	0	0	5	2	6	0	-190	-165	7.0-120	7.0-120
5/22/11	at TOR	3-2	W	6.0	2	2	6	3	6	2	-140	-140	7.5-110	7.5-110
6/13/11	ATL	8-3	W	6.0	0	0	2	4	5	0	+122	+107	7.5-105	7.5+100
6/18/11	at LA	7-0	W	6.0	0	0	7	1	6	0	-120	-120	7.0-110	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
5/22/10	TB	2-4	L	6.0	3	3	6	4	4	0	+135	+140	8.0+100	8.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6/18/11	at LA	3.0	0	0	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6/19/11	at LA	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
6/20/11	at TEX	5.1	1	1	1.69	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
6/21/11	at TEX	3.0	2	2	6.00	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	1
6/22/11	at TEX	3.0	1	1	3.00	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0

Updated Thu, Jun 23 11:45 PM EST

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