THE BULLPEN

Rounding third and heading for home! Your first-place Pittsburgh Pirates wrap up their west coast swing this afternoon against the Giants in San Francisco. These are your keys to today's game. 1)The Pirates start RH A.J. Burnett today. A.J. is 6-8 with a 3.09 ERA for the season. In eight career starts vs San Fran he is 6-2 with a 1.95 ERA. The Giants go with former Pirate RH Ryan Vogelsong. Vogelsong is 2-4 with a 6.29 ERA. Against his old team, he is 1-3 with a 4.50 ERA. Score early, score often, score BIG! 2)The Giants haven't been very big in their last 9 games, going 2-7. Give them the ol' Hit, Run, & Score! 3)The Pirates dropped last night's game 6-3 but can get 3 out of 4 today to close out the series. The loss dropped them into a tie for first with St Louie, who won. Cincy also won and is now 2.5 games back. Got to regain sole possession of first place by hoisting the colors today. Raise the Jolly Roger in San Fran! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!