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04/25 23:54 CDT Paul Skenes strikes out 9, wins duel with Yoshinobu Yamamoto in
Pirates' 3-0 victory over Dodgers
Paul Skenes strikes out 9, wins duel with Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Pirates' 3-0
victory over Dodgers
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Paul Skenes pitched 6 1/3 innings of five-hit ball with a
season-high nine strikeouts, winning his duel with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and
leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-0 victory over the slumping Los Angeles
Dodgers on Friday night.
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). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB
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). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB
