THE BULLPEN

Root, root, root for the home team! You Pittsburgh Pirates are back home in the friendly confines of PNC Park for their final homestand of the regular season beginning tonight with the first of 3 vs the Chicago Scrubs. These are your keys to tonight's game. 1)The Pirates took the series from the Sillies with last night's 4-1 victory and have won 2 straight. Tonight they look to make it 3. If it's 3 it's for me! 2)Meanwhile, the Scrubs have lost 6 in a row. Give them #7 with a big dose of Hit, Run & Score! 3)The Scrubs start LH Tsuyoshi Wada, 4-2, 2.95 ERA. The Pirates will roll with RH Gerrit Cole, 8-5, 3.89 ERA. Cole was the beneficiary of a Pirates hit parade in Chicago last Sunday in their 10-4 win. He even got in on the action himself, cracking his first MLB home run. All aboard the Cole Train for another win! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!