THE BULLPEN

Schlemiel, schlimazel! Your Pittsburgh Pirates start their last home series of the regular season tonight against the Milwaukee Brewers at the friendly confines of PNC Park. These are your keys to tonight's game. 1)The Pirates found the win column again last night, a 3-2 nailbiter over Boston. That completed the sweep of the World Champs and gives the Pirates 4 in a row overall. Can they get over the hump and find that ever elusive 5-game winning streak? You'd better BUCN believe it! 2)The Pirates will face RH Yovani Gallardo, 8-10, 3.59 ERA. Since defeating the righthander, 8-3 on August 22, he's gone 0-4 with a 5.26 ERA. LH Jeff Locke is on the mound for the Bucs. The Pirates have won 7 of Locke's last 8 starts at PNC. There's no place like home. Locke and load! 3)With last night's win and Milwaukee's extra-inning loss to St Louie, the Pirates magic number for the playoffs is down to 7. Defeating Milwaukee tonight would make would cut that number by 2. Give 'em a big ol' mug o' Hit, Run & Score!  Let's Go Bucs!!!!!