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Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs
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Stats: Overall | Home/Away | Grass | Today's Starters | Bullpens | Starting Staffs
Umpire: Edward Montague | Records: Last 5 | Last 10 | After Win | After Loss
 
2:20 PM ET W/L Units Home Away O/U RL W/L RL Units
Pittsburgh 20-22 0.83 12-8 8-14 26-15 21-21 -2.85
Chicago 26-16 6.45 18-7 8-9 20-19 24-18 10.81

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Trends and Odds
Recent Trends
Pittsburgh:
  • Over is 20-7-1 in PIT last 28 road games.
  • PIT are 8-3 in their last 11 games on grass.
  • PIT are 8-3 in their last 11 overall.
Chi. Cubs:
  • CHC are 7-1 in their last 8 games on grass.
  • CHC are 7-1 in their last 8 overall.
  • CHC are 22-8 in their last 30 home games.
Head to Head:
  • PIT are 1-11 in the last 12 meetings.
  • Over is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Chicago.



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Pitchers and Bullpens
Starters | In-Depth | Starting Staffs
Overall W-L Tm W-L IP H WHIP ERA AF AA OU
P. Dumatrait (R)
J. Marquis (R)		 1-1
1-3		 3-0
3-4		 36.1
39.1		 35
52		 1.46
1.73		 3.96
5.26		 7.3
6.1		 3.0
5.1		 2-1
4-3
Last 3 W-L Tm W-L IP H WHIP ERA AF AA OU
P. Dumatrait (R)
J. Marquis (R)		 1-0
0-3		 3-0
0-3		 15.2
16.0		 13
26		 1.15
2.06		 4.02
7.88		 7.3
4.3		 3.0
6.3		 2-1
1-2

Bullpens | In Depth
 
Total
  
Available
  IP WHIP ERA IP WHIP ERA
PIT 148.2 1.38 3.63 148.2 1.38 3.63
Last 3 39.0 1.26 2.31 39.0 1.26 2.31
  IP WHIP ERA IP WHIP ERA
CHC 129.1 1.14 3.69 115.0 1.10 3.60
Last 3 41.1 1.31 4.14 29.0 1.17 3.72

Umpire
| vs. Team/Pitchers
  W/L O/U Runs Str. % HR Pit.
Montague, Edward 6-2 3-5 7.38 62.8 2.1 281.5

Stadium and Weather
Wrigley Field
Wind (MPH)
Over/Under		 0-10
10-6		 10-20
3-4		 20+
1-0
Weather at Wrigley Field
 

Statistics and Records
Overall | In-Depth
  W-L
 O/U
 Avg
 ERA
PIT
CHC		 20-22
26-16		 26-15
20-19		 .250
.286		 4.95
3.71
  Vs. R Vs. L Start Pen
PIT
CHC		 .244
.280		 .265
.305		 5.62
3.77		 3.91
3.62

Home/Away | In-Depth
  W-L
 O/U
 Avg
 ERA
PIT
CHC		 8-14
18-7		 16-6
14-10		 .249
.316		 6.16
3.63
  Vs. R Vs. L Start Pen
PIT
CHC		 .243
.305		 .264
.363		 6.71
3.51		 5.33
3.89

Last 10 | In-Depth
  W-L
 O/U
 Avg
 ERA
PIT
CHC		 7-3
8-2		 4-5
5-4		 .239
.299		 3.74
3.24
  Vs. R Vs. L Start Pen
PIT
CHC		 .212
.279		 .328
.321		 4.97
3.58		 1.45
2.51

Series Game Records
PIT O
 AW AL
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4		 7-8
6-8
7-4
0-2
 3-5
3-4
3-1
0-1
 4-3
3-4
4-3
0-1
CHC O AW AL
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4		 8-7
10-4
7-5
1-0
 6-3
5-2
4-5
1-0
 2-4
5-2
3-0
0-0
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Grass
After Win
After Loss
Last 5


Injuries

 Pittsburgh Injuries
Player Pos Injury Status
R. Doumit C Thumb 15-day DL
J. Wilson SS Leg 15-day DL
C. Duffy CF Shoulder Out indefinitely
 Chi. Cubs Injuries
Player Pos Injury Status
D. Ward 1B Back Doub Sat
A. Guzman SP Elbow 60-day DL

Recent Meetings
 
Date Home-Away H Starter A Starter Line O/U
5/16/2008 CHC 7 - PIT 4 S. Gallagher T. Gorzelanny -148/10 O
4/20/2008 CHC 13 - PIT 6 R. Dempster Z. Duke -151/9.5 O
4/19/2008 CHC 13 - PIT 1 J. Marquis T. Gorzelanny -120/9 O
4/18/2008 CHC 3 - PIT 2 R. Hill I. Snell -137/9.5 U
4/10/2008 PIT 3 - CHC 7 M. Morris R. Hill 130/9 O
4/9/2008 PIT 4 - CHC 6 x Z. Duke R. Dempster 113/9.5 O
4/7/2008 PIT 8 - CHC 10 x T. Gorzelanny T. Lilly -106/8.5 O
2007 Season
9/23/2007 CHC 8 - PIT 0 C. Zambrano T. Gorzelanny -175/8.5 U
9/22/2007 CHC 9 - PIT 5 R. Hill Z. Duke -225/9.5 O
9/21/2007 CHC 13 - PIT 8 J. Marquis P. Maholm -214/12 O
9/9/2007 PIT 10 - CHC 5 M. Morris S. Trachsel 103/9.5 O
9/8/2007 PIT 1 - CHC 5 I. Snell C. Zambrano 113/8 U
9/7/2007 PIT 6 - CHC 1 T. Gorzelanny R. Hill -103/8 U
7/8/2007 PIT 6 - CHC 2 S. Youman C. Zambrano 152/9 U
7/7/2007 PIT 1 - CHC 7 J. Van Benschoten T. Lilly 118/9 U
7/6/2007 PIT 8 - CHC 4 P. Maholm J. Marquis 111/9 O
5/10/2007 CHC 4 - PIT 6 C. Zambrano P. Maholm -220/8.5 O
5/9/2007 CHC 1 - PIT 0 J. Marquis T. Gorzelanny -131/7.5 U
5/8/2007 CHC 3 - PIT 4 x T. Lilly I. Snell -153/7.5 U
5/2/2007 PIT 1 - CHC 7 I. Snell J. Marquis -122/8 P

Last 10 Games
PIT OPS AVG Starter IP Opp Starter IP
5/16/2008 @CHC 4-7 140/10 L/O .762 .219 T. Gorzelanny 6.0 S. Gallagher 6.0
5/15/2008 @STL 11-5 112/9 W/O .916 .317 I. Snell 4.0 J. Pineiro 5.0
5/14/2008 @STL 1-5 146/8.5 L/U .335 .129 P. Maholm 6.0 T. Wellemeyer 7.0
5/13/2008 @STL 8-4x 140/9 W/O .796 .263 P. Dumatrait 6.0 K. Lohse 7.0
5/12/2008 ATL 1-8 158/9 L/P .406 .161 J. Van Benschoten 4.0 T. Hudson 7.0
5/12/2008 ATL 5-0 127/9 W/U .767 .192 Z. Duke 6.0 J. Jurrjens 5.0
5/10/2008 ATL 5-2 -103/9.5 W/U .673 .207 T. Gorzelanny 7.1 C. James 6.0
5/9/2008 ATL 3-2 -108/9.5 W/U .791 .290 I. Snell 7.0 T. Glavine 7.0
5/8/2008 SF 5-4 -116/7.5 W/O .724 .294 P. Maholm 6.0 M. Cain 6.1
5/7/2008 SF 3-1 -130/9.5 W/U .846 .276 P. Dumatrait 5.2 B. Zito 5.0

CHC OPS AVG Starter IP Opp Starter IP
5/16/2008 PIT 7-4 -148/10 W/O 1.013 .258 S. Gallagher 6.0 T. Gorzelanny 6.0
5/15/2008 SD 4-0 -140/8.5 W/U .913 .406 R. Dempster 8.1 G. Maddux 4.1
5/14/2008 SD 8-5 -108/7.5 W/O 1.032 .378 T. Lilly 6.0 J. Peavy 4.0
5/13/2008 SD 3-4 -165/12.5 L/U .574 .206 J. Marquis 5.2 S. Estes 5.1
5/12/2008 SD 12-3 -178/7.5 W/O 1.070 .382 C. Zambrano 7.0 R. Wolf 4.0
5/11/2008 ARI 6-4 -135/8 W/O .950 .300 S. Gallagher 4.1 E. Gonzalez 5.0
5/10/2008 ARI 7-2 -117/8.5 W/O .976 .375 R. Dempster 6.0 M. Scherzer 6.0
5/9/2008 ARI 3-1 -108/8 W/U .701 .226 T. Lilly 7.0 D. Haren 7.0
5/7/2008 @CIN 0-9 133/9 L/P .521 .188 J. Lieber 2.0 E. Volquez 7.0
5/6/2008 @CIN 3-0 -108/8 W/U .583 .257 C. Zambrano 8.0 A. Harang 7.0

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