THE BULLPEN

Root, root, root for the home team! Your Pittsburgh Pirates begin a 2-game set tonight versus the Detroit Tigers. These are your keys to tonight's game. 1)The Pirates failed to win another home series against San Diego following yesterday's 8-2 loss. During the 3-game series, the Pirates only scored a total of 5 runs. Put the Bucs on the board! 2)The Motor City Kitties are coming off back-to-back games in which their bullpen blew leads. Yesterday, Detroit had a 5-0 lead over Toronto only to have the Blue Jays win 6-5 in 19 innings. These Kittens will be weary. Kick 'em while they're down with a big bowl of Hit, Run & Score! 3)Detroit will start RH Justin Verlander, 10-10, 4.57 ERA. The Pirates will attack with LH Jeff Locke, 3-3, 3.78 ERA. Verlander, the former Cy Young winner is 14-0 with a 2.24 ERA in his last 16 regular season interleague starts. Say "Sayonara" to Cy Young! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!