Paul Skenes tosses eight scoreless innings, Pirates beat Diamondbacks

Paul Skenes threw eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball against Arizona tonight. He finished the eighth with 97 pitches. Pirates manager Don Kelly went to Gregory Soto, who locked down the 1-0 win. Still, Skenes would really like a nine-inning complete game one of these days.

Paul Skenes strikes out the side in the 8th 🏴‍☠️

Gregory Soto shuts down the Diamondbacks in the ninth inning and the Pirates win 1-0 and tie up the series Paul Skenes threw eight scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and posting six strikeouts Brandon Lowe HR In first inning the difference

Since that first inning on opening day in Citi Field Paul Skenes has a 1.50 ERA.

outside of the Oneil Cruz-aided Opening Day disaster, Paul Skenes now has a 1.31 ERA with 45 strikeouts and 5 walks. modest

What's fun about Paul Skenes is that in a lot of ways he's one of the most throw-back-y pitchers in baseball. He's got a deep arsenal and phenomenal control, he's not chasing strikeouts, and he's not always throwing max effort. He just happens to be 6'6", 260 and throws 97 mph at below max effort.

If you were a manager and you replaced Paul Skenes working on a CGSO for Gregory Soto in the 9th in like 2003 the press would be on your front lawn the next morning. They’d have cameras out like they would if the FBI had served you a search warrant.

Paul Skenes is through eight scoreless innings against the D-backs. He's at 97 pitches so I Imagine that he's done, but you never know.

Paul Skenes (PIT) struck out seven over eight shutout innings against the Diamondbacks!

Paul Skenes has a 1.34 ERA and 0.60 WHIP since That Inning.

I guess that I didn’t consider whether Paul Skenes would burst into flames if he threw 110 pitches. If there was a rationale for pulling him other than the arbitrary 100-pitch threshold, I’d consider it.

Our boy Paul Skenes has pitched 6 shutout innings on only 68 pitches so far tonight. End of Cubs Reds was exciting as hell. Thanks T-mobile for the free MLB subscription.

On the night of Ted Turner’s passing, Paul Skenes is on the verge of a Maddux.

Paul Skenes (PIT) @ AZ: 8 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 7 K 97 pitches - Left with Pirates ahead 1-0.

Imagine taking out Paul Skenes for Gregory Soto in a 1-0 game.