Sure looked like it. Skenes struck out six while allowing three hits to pick up his first victory since late May. The dry spell had nothing to do with his pitching — Skenes had a 1.77 ERA in his ...

The Pirates did enough against Jack Flaherty (5-10) to give Skenes a bit of breathing room, a rarity during Pittsburgh's frustrating season. Spencer Horwitz had three hits for the Pirates ...

Skenes (4-8, 2.01 ERA) will aim to continue his bid for the National League's Cy Young Award while trying to pull Pittsburgh out of its worst stretch of this season. The Pirates have lost three in ...

The Pirates currently have five years — including the 2025 season — of club control over Skenes before he hits free agency and likely commands one of the biggest, if not the biggest, contracts ...

Paul Skenes is fine with the Pirates monitoring his workload, as long as they give him the ball Updated Jul. 21, 2025 11:28 p.m. ET Associated Press ...

Paul Skenes wants the ball. All the time. Yet the only pitcher in major league history to start the All-Star Game in each of his first two seasons also understands the Pittsburgh Pirates are ...

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Pittsburgh, Monday, July 21, 2025. Credit: AP/Gene J. Puskar ...

Paul Skenes, the only pitcher in major league history to start the All-Star Game in each of his first two seasons, understands the Pittsburgh Pirates managing his workload.

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes says he's OK with the team monitoring his workload. Skenes lowered his ERA to a major league-best 1.91 after throwing six scoreless innings in a victory over ...