Pittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles Dodgers

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

11-16, 5-9 Away

Final
3 - 0

Los Angeles Dodgers

16-10, 10-3 Home

Paul Skenes strikes out 9, wins duel with Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Pirates' 3-0 victory over Dodgers

Paul Skenes shuts down Dodgers with 9-K performance

Emmanuel Valdez, Oneil Cruz and Ke’Bryan Hayes drove in runs for the Pirates, who have won three of four on their Southern California trip after Skenes came out on top in this tantalizing mound matchup.

Skenes (3-2), an Orange County native, won in the Los Angeles metroplex for the first time while his family and friends watched from a Dodger Stadium suite.

Pittsburgh's 22-year-old ace allowed just one runner to reach third while throwing a career-high 108 pitches, and he retired Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts three times apiece.

Yamamoto (3-2) labored through five innings, yielding five hits, four walks and three runs — just one earned. He had allowed only one unearned run over 19 innings in his previous three starts combined.

The Dodgers have lost three straight and four of five after opening a six-game homestand with only their third home defeat in 13 games this season.

Pittsburgh got to Yamamoto immediately in a 32-pitch first inning. Cruz walked, stole second and scored on Valdez's two-out single.

Henry Davis reached second on Max Muncy's throwing error in the fifth and scored on Cruz's 117.6 mph single. Hayes added an RBI single before Yamamoto escaped.

After Andy Pages doubled in the fifth, Skenes struck out Ohtani with a knee-buckling curve.

Key moment Freddie Freeman doubled leading off the fourth and kept going to third when Bryan Reynolds lost the ball. Skenes kept Freeman there, getting a short groundout, a strikeout and an inning-ending fly.

Key stat Three relievers finished the Pirates’ third shutout win in eight games, with David Bednar getting his second save.

Up next Roki Sasaki (0-1, 3.20 ERA) makes his sixth major league start Saturday against Pittsburgh's Mitch Keller (1-2, 4.18).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Conforto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Smith struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Edman walked.
	9th Inning	T. Hernández flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Santana
	9th Inning	Cruz grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, Davis out at second.

Statistics

PIT		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	6
7	Strikeouts	11
3	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	0
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
11	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	9
37	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
1.8	Runs Created	1.5
.194	Batting Average	.182
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.273
.194	Secondary Average	.121
.324	On Base Percentage	.206
.518	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.479
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.5
20.0	Batter Rating	12.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.38	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.21
.000	Isolated Power	.091
0.71	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.09
.135	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.061
6.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.8	MLB Rating	64.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0