THE BULLPEN

     Play ball! Our Pittsburgh Pirates continue their series with Milwaukee tonight when they battle the  Brewers at PNC Park. These are your keys for tonight's game. 1)Lower the Jolly Roger. The Pirates where shutout in last night's opener 1-0. That's the 2nd time this week the Bucs were blanked. Better get on the stick real quick. There's always room for more Hit, Run, & Score! 2)Luckily, the song remains the same in the standings as St Louie, the Mets and Marlins lost, too. With just 30 games left in the season, it's no time to keep treading water. We started off September in the loss column. Get in the win column and stay there. Make it a September to remember. Refuse to lose! 3)The Brewers will have RH Jimmy Nelson, 7-13, 4.45 ERA, on the bump. The Buccos go with RH Ivan Nova, 11-6, 4.41 ERA. Nova has been better than expected since coming to the Black-N-Gold in a deadline day deal. We'll need him more of the same to win this game. Be Super, Nova! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!