THE BULLPEN

Take me out to the ballgame! Your first-place Pittsburgh Pirates wrap up their series against St Louie tonight at PNC Park. These are your keys to tonight's game. 1)The Pirates are winners of 4 in a row and 6 straight versus St Louie. St Louie has dropped 7 straight. The Bucs are 7-2 in the season series and go for the 5-game sweep. Break out the brooms, it's time to clean house! 2)The Pirates sit all alone atop the NL Central with the best record in the Majors, 65-42. That puts them 23 games over .500, the first time they've done that in August since 1972. History in the making! 3)Last night's 5-4, come-from-behind victory was the 25th such win by the Pirates this season. All hands on deck with plenty of Hit, Run, & Score! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!