THE BULLPEN

Rounding third and heading for home! Your Pittsburgh Pirates open a crucial 3 game series tonight at PNC Park against the St Louie Cardinals. These are your keys to tonight's game. 1)It's a tale of 2 teams as St Louie is 7-3 in their last 10 games and the Pirates are 3-7. Turn your luck around. Deck the Cards! 2)The Cardinals will start RH John Lackey, 12-8, 3.88 ERA. Lackey was a trade deadline pickup from the Red Sox. Lackey is famous for the "chicken and beer" story out of Boston a few seasons back Apparently, Lackey and some other former Red Sox teammates enjoyed lounging in the locker room eating fried chicken and drinking beer during games. Call up KFC on the way to the beer distributor. Give him a side of Hit, Run, & Score! 3)The Pirates send LH Francisco Liriano, 3-10, 4.18 ERA to the hill. Frankie is looking to rebound. In his last start, he surrendered 9 runs, 7 earned, on 10 hits through 4 plus innings in an 11-3 home loss to Atl. Get back in the win column, Filthy Frankie! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!