THE BULLPEN

     Got kind of tired of packing and unpacking! Your Pittsburgh Pirates continue their series in Cincy tonight as they battle the Reds. These are your keys for tonight's game. 1)Following yesterday's series-opening, error-filled 3-1 loss, the Buccos have dropped 6 of their last 8. There's good news and bad news. The good news is St Louie lost yesterday. The bad news is the Cubs beat them. The Bucs are still 5.5 back of St Louie in the NL Central but the Cubbies are 2 games behind the Bucs in the Wild Card with 26 games to play. You gotta win to get in! 2)The Pirates tied a season-high mark with 4 errors in yesterday's game. Gotta get better by flashing the leather! 3)LH Francisco Liriano, 9-7, 3.40 ERA starts for the Black-N-Gold. Cincy goes with rookie RH Raisel Iglesias, 3-6, 3.81 ERA. Iglesias gave up 2 runs in 6 2/3 in a 4-3 win on August 1. Mrs. Black-N-Gold doesn't know about you but she's sick and tired of the Black-N-Gold getting wasted by these ham-and-eggers. You gotta want it to win it. Hit him early, hit him often, hit him HARD! You can't score 1 run and expect to win ballgames. We need more Hit, Run, & Score! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!