THE BULLPEN

Hey batter, batter, batter! Your Pittsburgh Pirates continue their series at Wrigley Field this afternoon against the Chicago Scrubs. These are your keys to today's game. 1)With yesterday's 2-0 victory, the Pirates pitching staff has recorded an MLB-best 10 shutouts. What do you do when your team can't hit? Shut out the Scrubs! 2)The Pirates have the worst batting average in the majors for the month of June, .182. June swoon, indeed. It's turn back the clock time. Turn 'em back to last month and turn back the Scrubs! 3)The Pirates start RH A.J. Burnett today. A.J. is 3-6 with a 3.22 ERA. In 5 starts at Wrigley, he is 4-0 with a 3.09 ERA. That's good because today he faces RH Jeff "I'm Not Really Cy Young" Samardzija who is 3-6 with a 2.96 ERA. We need to hit him early, hit him often, hit him HARD on the way to lots of Hits, Runs, & Scores! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!

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