THE BULLPEN

     The crack of the bat, the thrill of the hit! Your Pittsburgh Pirates continue their series against the Washington Gnats tonight at the friendly confines of PNC Park. These are your keys for tonight's game. 1)The Pirates found the win column last night as they raised the Jolly Roger over a 7-3 win. That victory was powered by 13 hits, 3 of them home runs. There's always room for more Hit, Run, & Score! 2)Tonight Washington will start RH Max Scherzer, 10-8, 2.09 ERA. You may have heard of Scherzer. A few weeks back Jose Tabata and his elbow broke up a perfect game in DC against our Buccos. Well, the Bucs don't have Tabata on the team now but they did pull off a big trade yesterday as they brought back 3B Aramis Ramirez to the place where it all began for him. Welcome back, ARam. It's payback time, ram it to the Gnats! 3)The Pirates will go with lefty Jeff Locke, 5-6, 4.01 ERA. Locke down a win! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!