Added intrigue

The Pirates get to break out the late-season doldrums by getting to face Pedro Martinez in his first start in about a month tonight. Paul Maholm will take the mound for the Pirates to try and not only beat Pedro, but keep the Mets from celebrating winning the NL East title on the field at PNC (their magic number is 1). Apparently Pedro hasn't made any rehab starts, so the Mets are probably considering this to be his rehab start (though I know there's not really any teams for him to rehab with at this point) which is kind of insulting, I guess. It's always fun to watch Pedro pitch, though I would assume most people have something better to do on Friday night.