THE BULLPEN

Root, root, root for the home team! The Pittsburgh Pirates try to right the ship today and get back in the win column against the Last-ros. Keys to the game. The Pirates are 9-2 vs. the Last-ros this season and have won 6 in a row against them at PNC. Still loving that home cooking! 2)Clutch has a 5-game hitting streak and is batting .565 w/2 homers & 7 RBIs during that 6-game home winning streak against the Last-ros. Go Clutch, go! 3)Starter Jeff Locke was 10-5 with a 2.48 ERA at AAA this season. This should be no problem for the kid. The Last-ros are worse than any AAA team. Our magic number for that ever elusive winning season is 12 with 29 to play. We play the Last-ros and Scrubs this week so we should be able to cut that in 1/2 by the start of next week. We've got to take advantage of the weaker opponents and get back in this thing. Don't forget the old Hit, Run, Score, oh my! Let's Go Buccos!!!!!