THE BULLPEN

Take me out to the ballgame! Your Pittsburgh Pirates look to exact some revenge on Cincy tonight at PNC Park, as they are seeing Red from last night's 6-5 defeat. These are your keys to tonight's game. 1)Cincy has beaten the Pirates 4 games in a row. Say "no more", give them the old Hit, Run, & Score! 2)Cincy starts RH Homer Bailey, 11-10, with a 3.40 ERA. You may remember Bailey, he no-hit the Bucs in our house last September. He is also the owner of 6 straight wins in his last 9 starts. It's payback time! 3)The Pirates go with RH A.J. Burnett, 8-11, 3.43. In his last 4 starts at PNC, A.J. is 2-1 with a 1.52 ERA. Shut 'em down, A.J! Woop, woop, woop! Standings Alert! So things didn't go the way we would have liked last night. St Louie won in extra innings. We're now tied for 2nd with Cincy at 2 games out. The Gnats won, too, which puts them 5 back in the wild card. Our magic number is still 4 with 8 games left in the season. We would all love to see A.J. tee off on Cincy's batters like they did on Clutch last night, but let's be realistic. We can't afford to let Cincy's guys get on base. The best form of revenge is score early, score often, score BIG and Hold 'em Bucs! Cincy needs to remember, what comes around, goes around. How badly do you want it? Hoist the colors! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!