THE BULLPEN

Root, root, root for the home team! Your first-place Pittsburgh Pirates begin a 3-game series tonight at PNC Park against he Colorado Rockheads. 1)The Pirates start rookie RH Gerrit Cole, 5-4, 3.56 ERA against the Rockheads RH Jhoulys Chacin, 9-5 with a 3.54 ERA. Chacin is 1-3 with a 3.97 ERA in 4 career starts versus the Pirates. Rock this Rockhead with the ol' Hit, Run, & Score! 2)The Rockies have lost 4 straight games and 17 of their last 23 road games. The Pirates are 36-19 at home this season. Love that home cooking! 3)The Pirates are 55-1 when leading after 8 innings. Get us a lead into the 8th, then the Shark Tank is money in the bank! I know we suffered a minor setback in last night's 13-0 shellacking by St Louie. Hey, we still took 4 of 5, are in first place in the NL Central and still have the best record in MLB. Pick yourselves up, dust yourselves off, and go out and start another winning streak tonight. All aboard the Cole Train! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!