THE BULLPEN

     Baseball fever, catch it! Happy Pirates & Pigskins Day! Our Pittsburgh Pirates close out their series this afternoon against the Washington Nationals at PNC Park. These are your keys for today's game. 1)The Pirates look to take the series by bouncing back in today's rubber game. The Nats celebrated on the Bucs home turf last night with a 6-1 win that helped them clinch the NL East. Scoring 1 run is no fun. Make baseball fun again. Give us more Hit, Run, & Score! 2)The Pirates are still not mathematically eliminated but they are 4.5 games out of the last wild card with 8 to play. It ain't easy but stranger things have happened. Refuse to lose! 3)The Nationals will start RH AJ Cole, 1-2, 4.68 ERA. Highly-touted Pirates rookie RH Tyler Glasnow returns to the rotation today. Glasnow is 0-1 with a 4.11 ERA. Got to get a win over Washington. Gimme a W! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!