Paul Skenes Dominates Rockies Over 8 Innings in 3-1 Pirates Win as ERA Falls to 1.98
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Updated · CBS Sports · May 13
Paul Skenes Dominates Rockies Over 8 Innings in 3-1 Pirates Win as ERA Falls to 1.98
12 articles · Updated · CBS Sports · May 13
Eight scoreless innings from Paul Skenes carried Pittsburgh past Colorado 3-1, with the 23-year-old taking a no-hitter into the seventh before Mickey Moniak’s single broke it up.
Ninety-eight pitches — 68 for strikes — underscored the outing: Skenes struck out the first six hitters, generated 19 whiffs and worked eight innings for a second straight start.
His season ERA dropped to 1.98, nearly matching his 1.97 career mark through 64 starts, and he has now gone 16 straight innings without allowing a run.
The sharper trend is his control: over his last five starts, Skenes has logged 32 innings with a 0.84 ERA, 38 strikeouts and no walks, stretching his walkless streak to 35 innings and 123 batters faced.
Pittsburgh improved to 23-19, still fourth in the NL Central but only one game out of the National League’s final wild-card spot.
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Can one pitcher's historic season finally end Pittsburgh's decade-long playoff curse?