Dodgers are dominated by Paul Skenes as Pirates complete three-game sweep

"In six scoreless innings, Skenes was his typically dominant self. Already the major-league ERA leader entering the night, the second-year right-hander stuck out eight batters, gave up just two hits, escaped his only real threat by stranding a pair of two-out baserunners in the third inning, and simply overpowered the Dodgers with a seven-pitch repertoire headlined by his upper-90s mph sidearm fastball."

"His counterpart, two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell, was nowhere near top form. Despite largely limiting much hard contact, the Pirates (64-77) were nonetheless able to string together nine hits against him in a five-inning, five-run start, manufacturing one run in the third after a leadoff single and two wild pitches then four more in the fifth to put the game to bed."

Paul Skenes delivered six scoreless innings, striking out eight, allowing two hits, stranding two two-out runners in the third and overpowering batters with an upper-90s mph sidearm fastball. Blake Snell struggled through five innings, yielding nine hits and five runs as the Pirates manufactured a third-inning run after a leadoff single and two wild pitches and added four runs in the fifth. The Dodgers rallied for three runs in the ninth and had the tying run on base, but the comeback fell short. The loss was Los Angeles' fifth in six games and reduced their NL West lead to two games.

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