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Paul Skenes

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Last game

Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 6:40 PM PDT

@ San Diego Padres

W 1-0

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Next game

Tue, Sep 1, 2026, 3:40 PM PDT

vs San Francisco Giants

Final

PNC Park

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Regular Season

Pittsburgh Pirates · #27 on the Sports in 60 list

28 GP · 28 GS · 0 CG · 0 SHO

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Updated Sep 2, 2026, 2:29 a.m. · 8 stories

Paul Skenes had his "best outing in a while," and Oneil Cruz hit the first homer allowed by Mason Miller in over a year with two outs in the ninth Tuesday night, sending the Pirates to a 1-0 victory over the Padres.
ESPN · Aug 26, 5:35 a.m. ·
Pirates ace Paul Skenes said he knows there remains plenty to work on after Wednesday's rocky outing bumped his ERA to 3.95, more than double his career mark of 1.96 when the season began.
ESPN · Aug 20, 4:40 a.m. ·
No, thinking it's too loud doesn't mean you're too old. Baseball games are noisier than ever these days -- by design.
ESPN · Aug 17, 1:30 p.m. ·
The Pirates will move Paul Skenes' next scheduled start back three days, giving the struggling ace extra rest amid the worst stretch of his major league career.
ESPN · Aug 16, 6:13 a.m. ·
We asked ESPN MLB experts for their updated top 50 to take stock of the best performances as the 2026 regular season begins to wind down.
ESPN · Aug 13, 10:00 a.m. ·
Paul Skenes, battling another dip in his fastball velocity, was lifted after just 65 pitches in Tuesday's loss to the Marlins, leading to further speculation about the health status of the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner.
ESPN · Aug 13, 4:44 a.m. ·
Pete Crow-Armstrong leads the projected allocation of the 2026 Major League Baseball pre-arbitration bonus pool.
ESPN · Jul 24, 10:25 a.m. ·
Buster Olney's concerns over future of 'fragile' MLB All-Star game
ESPN · Jul 15, 5:55 a.m. ·