THE BULLPEN

     Root, root, root for the home team! Our Pittsburgh Pirates continue their series with the Cincy Reds tonight on the North Shore at beautiful PNC Park. These are your keys for tonight's game. 1)Attention Pirates fans, the Jolly Roger has been found, safe and sound, at PNC Park. It almost didn't look like we'd have a Jolly Roger-sighting last night but thanks to Sean Rodriguez's walk-off homer, the Bucs found the win column in the opener 3-2. Win, raise, repeat! 2)Deadline pickup RH Ivan Nova makes his Black-N-Gold debut tonight. He'll face Reds RH Homer Bailey, 1-0, 3.18 ERA. While Nova starts his 1st game for the Bucs, Bailey pitches in his 2nd game since 2014, coming back from arm injuries. Give 'em a shot of Nova-cane! 3)A win is a win but the Pirates had to squeak by Cincy to do it last night. We gotta have more Hit, Run & Score! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!