Pittsburgh Pirates at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Pittsburgh Pirates

20-17, 9-8 Away

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Arizona Diamondbacks

17-18, 10-7 Home

Paul Skenes throws 8 innings of 2-hit ball, leads Pirates to a 1-0 win over the D-backs

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights

Skenes — the defending National League Cy Young award winner — retired the first 14 batters he faced until Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a soft dribbler down the third-base line for a single. The right-handed pitcher tried to make the play, but his throw was well wide of first base.

Nolan Arenado followed with a line drive single to left, but that was the final baserunner Skenes allowed. The 23-year-old struck out seven, including the final three batters he faced in the eighth.

He threw 97 pitches, including 65 strikes.

Gregory Soto worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to earn his second save.

Lowe's homer to center field was a towering shot that traveled 435 feet and bounced off the batter's eye. Bryan Reynolds earned his 1,000th career hit on a single in the third, finished the night with two hits and also had a stolen base.

D-backs right-hander Michael Soroka (4-2) gave up several hard-hit balls in the first — including Lowe's homer — but had more success as the game progressed. He went 6 1/3 innings, giving up seven hits and two walks while striking out six.

Skenes (5-2) has never thrown a nine-inning complete game in his big-league career. He threw 8 1/3 innings once in 2024 and threw an eight-inning complete game last season in a 1-0 loss against the Phillies.

Up next The D-backs start RHP Zac Gallen (1-2, 4.45 ERA) on Thursday while the Pirates counter with RHP Mitch Keller (3-1, 2.85) in the finale of the three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Carroll grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Marte flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Perdomo walked.
	9th Inning	Fernandez struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Soto relieved Skenes
	9th Inning	Fernandez hit for Thomas

Statistics

PIT		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	7
7	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	2
3	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	4
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
129	Pitches	112
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	2
36	Plate Appearances	30
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
4.0	Runs Created	-1.4
.212	Batting Average	.069
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.069
.303	Secondary Average	.034
.278	On Base Percentage	.100
.641	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.169
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-1.4
19.5	Batter Rating	2.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.58	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.73
.152	Isolated Power	.000
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.033
.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.034
2.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.1
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
73.3	MLB Rating	54.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0