THE BULLPEN

     Baseball fever, catch it! Our Pittsburgh Pirates return home to the friendly confines of PNC Park tonight to start a 3-game series with the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs for their last series before the All-Star break. These are your keys for tonight's game. 1)The Pirates return home following an impressive 7-2 road trip after yesterday's 5-1 loss to St Louie. They'll look to get back in the win column in front of the home crowd. There's no place like home! 2)The Bucs have climbed back into the playoff picture following a dismal June. If they want to continue to photobomb the postseason, they'll need to do better against the Cubs. They've only beaten the Cubbies once this year. Get the monkey off your back and kick their ass! 3)RH Jake Arrieta, 12-3, 2,33 ERA will start for Chicago. The Pirates counter with LH Francisco Liriano, 5-8, 5,34 ERA, Everything has not been "jake" for the Buccos vs Arrieta. He is 3-0 against The Black-N-Gold this season. Hit hit early, hit him often, hit him HARD; Hit, Run, & Score! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!