Memorial Day Weekend Preview

The Pirates are heading to Milwaukee this weekend, so better get out the good news now. Strong Pirates pitching has the Bucs off to their best start since before 1992. The pitching staff is second in the majors in ERA at 3.24. It doesn't help that St. Louis and Cincinnati are first and third respectively and thus are still bunched at the top of the NL Central. Pirate pitching is first in batting average (.224), second in WHIP (1.20), and fourth in strikeouts at 388, led mostly by Burnett (79 in 63IP) and Grilli (34 in 21). Full standings below

Standings for May 24
2013  29  18 .617 --
1992  24  18 .571 2.5
1999  22  22 .500 5.5
1997  23  24 .489 6.0
2004  20  21 .488 6.0
1993  20  21 .488 6.0
1998  24  27 .471 7.0
2008  23  26 .469 7.0
2011  22  25 .468 7.0
2002  22  25 .468 7.0
2012  20  24 .455 7.5
2009  20  24 .455 7.5
1994  19  23 .452 7.5
2005  19  24 .442 8.0
2000  19  25 .432 8.5
2010  19  26 .422 9.0
2007  19  27 .413 9.5
1995  10  15 .400 8.0
2003  19  29 .396 10.5
1996  18  29 .383 11.0
2001  15  30 .333 13.0
2006  14  33 .298 15.0