Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros Odds

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Power Ranking

Pittsburgh 24

Houston 9

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PIT
4.27
4.88
0.00
7.99
3.43
8.52
3.68

Offense
Defense
Team ERA
Offensive Hits
Offensive Walks
Defensive Hits
Defensive Walks

HOU
5.09
4.32
0.00
8.90
3.39
8.10
3.32

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Team Record

Pittsburgh Pirates

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	58-42	8-2	25-15	10-8	48-34
Home	33-16	4-2	14-8	7-2	26-14
Away	25-26	4-0	11-7	3-6	22-20
Fave	27-7	7-2	14-3	4-1	23-6
Dog	27-35	0-0	9-12	5-7	22-28
O/U	40-56-4	2-8	18-21-1	7-11	33-45-4
vs LHP	16-11	1-1	6-1	3-2	13-9
vs RHP	42-31	7-1	19-14	7-6	35-25

Team Record

Houston Astros

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	34-68	0-10	13-26	6-9	28-59
Home	24-27	0-6	10-13	4-5	20-22
Away	10-41	0-4	3-13	2-4	8-37
Fave	8-3	0-0	3-0	2-1	6-2
Dog	25-65	0-10	9-26	4-8	21-57
O/U	54-43-5	6-4	19-18-2	7-6-2	47-37-3
vs LHP	11-16	0-2	4-4	2-2	9-14
vs RHP	23-52	0-8	9-22	4-7	19-45

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Pittsburgh Pirates

James McDonald (10-5) ERA: 3.38

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Jul 24, 2012	CHC	L	1-5	U	6	-100
Jul 18, 2012	COL	W	9-6	O	5	83
Jul 13, 2012	MIL	L	7-10	O	4.2	-100

Houston Astros

Lucas Harrell (8-7) ERA: 4.03

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Jul 24, 2012	CIN	L	2-4	U	7	-100
Jul 19, 2012	SD	L	0-1	U	7	-100
Jul 14, 2012	SF	L	2-3	U	5	-100

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

Pittsburgh Pirates

James McDonald (10-5) ERA: 3.38

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Jul 2, 2012	11-2	PIT	7	4	2	2	5	4	Win
May 11, 2012	1-0	HOU	8	4	1	1	2	8	Loss
Sep 5, 2011	3-1	PIT	7.1	3	1	1	3	6	Win
Aug 31, 2011	2-0	HOU	6	7	2	1	2	6	Loss
Jun 16, 2011	5-4	PIT	5.2	7	3	3	4	4	Win

Houston Astros

Lucas Harrell (8-7) ERA: 4.03

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Jul 3, 2012	8-7	PIT	5	9	5	5	0	9	No Decision

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
Jul 28, 2012	PIT	4	174	8.5	Under	Wandy Rodriguez (L)
Jul 28, 2012	HOU	3	174	8.5	Under	Armando Galarraga (R)
Jul 27, 2012	PIT	6	147	8	Over	Jeff Karstens (R)
Jul 27, 2012	HOU	5	147	8	Over	Jordan Lyles (R)
Jul 26, 2012	PIT	5	155	8.5	Under	A.J. Burnett (R)
Jul 26, 2012	HOU	3	155	8.5	Under	Dallas Keuchel (L)
Jul 5, 2012	HOU	0	-148	8.5	Under	Bud Norris (R)
Jul 5, 2012	PIT	2	-148	8.5	Under	Jeff Karstens (R)
Jul 4, 2012	HOU	4	-139	8.5	Over	Dallas Keuchel (L)
Jul 4, 2012	PIT	6	-139	8.5	Over	Kevin Correia (R)
Jul 3, 2012	HOU	7	-177	7.5	Over	Lucas Harrell (R)
Jul 3, 2012	PIT	8	-177	7.5	Over	A.J. Burnett (R)
Jul 2, 2012	HOU	2	-186	7.5	Over	Jordan Lyles (R)
Jul 2, 2012	PIT	11	-186	7.5	Over	James McDonald (R)
May 13, 2012	HOU	2	-142	7	Under	Wandy Rodriguez (L)
May 13, 2012	PIT	3	-142	7	Under	A.J. Burnett (R)
May 12, 2012	HOU	2	-136	7.5	Under	J.A. Happ (L)
May 12, 2012	PIT	5	-136	7.5	Under	Charlie Morton (R)
May 11, 2012	HOU	1	-146	7	Under	Bud Norris (R)
May 11, 2012	PIT	0	-146	7	Under	James McDonald (R)

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Injuries

Pittsburgh Pirates

Marco Gonzales SP 60-day IL (08/13), Forearm
Ben Heller RP 15-day IL (08/30), Undisclosed
Daulton Jefferies SP 60-day IL (07/06), Elbow
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 10-day IL (08/19), Back

Injuries

Houston Astros

Kendall Graveman SP 60-day IL (03/27), Shoulder
Lance McCullers Jr. SP 60-day IL (03/28), Elbow
Mauricio Dubon SS Is not in the starting lineup Saturday vs Arizona Diamondbacks, Rest
Jose Urquidy SP 60-day IL (03/28); is out for season, Forearm
Cristian Javier SP 60-day IL (05/24); is out for season, Forearm
Jake Meyers CF Is in the starting lineup Saturday vs Arizona Diamondbacks, Paternity List
Oliver Ortega RP 60-day IL (03/28); is out for season, Elbow
Bennett Sousa RP 15-day IL (03/28); is out for season, Shoulder
Penn Murfee RP 60-day IL (04/04), Elbow
J.P. France RP 60-day IL (08/20); is out for season, Shoulder

Last 5 Games

Pittsburgh Pirates

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Jul 28, 2012	HOU	4-3	W	-184	8.5	Wandy Rodriguez	6	A	Armando Galarraga
Jul 27, 2012	HOU	6-5	W	-157	8	Jeff Karstens	5	A	Jordan Lyles
Jul 26, 2012	HOU	5-3	W	-165	8.5	A.J. Burnett	7.1	A	Dallas Keuchel
Jul 25, 2012	CHC	3-2	W	-133	7.5	Kevin Correia	6	H	Ryan Dempster
Jul 24, 2012	CHC	1-5	L	-168	7.5	James McDonald	6	H	Paul Maholm

Houston Astros

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Jul 28, 2012	PIT	3-4	L	+174	8.5	Armando Galarraga	5	H	Wandy Rodriguez
Jul 27, 2012	PIT	5-6	L	+147	8	Jordan Lyles	6	H	Jeff Karstens
Jul 26, 2012	PIT	3-5	L	+155	8.5	Dallas Keuchel	6	H	A.J. Burnett
Jul 25, 2012	CIN	3-5	L	+132	7.5	Bud Norris	7	H	Homer Bailey
Jul 24, 2012	CIN	2-4	L	+123	7.5	Lucas Harrell	7	H	Mike Leake

Stats Comparison

Pittsburgh Pirates

Houston Astros

Runs Scored

4.27 5.09

Runs Allowed

4.88 4.32

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

4.36 4.49

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

4.68 4.71

Starter ERA

3.38 4.03

Stats Comparison

Pittsburgh Pirates

Houston Astros

Offensive Hits

7.99 8.90

Hits Allowed

8.52 8.10

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

8.2 10

Offensive Walks

3.43 3.39

Defensive Walks

3.68 3.32

Wins Last 10 Games

8 0

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.27	22	4.32	10
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.36	20	4.71	18
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.09	5	4.88	22
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.49	16	4.68	18