THE BULLPEN

Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks! Your Pittsburgh Pirates begin a series with the Chicago Scurbs tonight at PNC Park. These are your keys to tonight's game. 1)Pirates pitchers have thrown 6 shutouts this year. 5 of them were on 3 hits or less. Shut down the Scrubs! 2)Clutch and Petey are starting to come around. Clutch has 3 multi-hit games in a row to raise his average to .281. Petey has hit homers in back-to-back games. The hits just keep on coming! 3)Jason Grilli leads the MLB with 17 saves. Nothing beats home-cooked grilled cheese! The Pirates are at 26-18 while the Scrubs are 18-25. If you want to be an elite team, you have to beat the good teams and beat up the bad teams. Why do you think they're called the Scrubs? Give them a case of the old Hit, Run, & Score! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!