Phillies Overmatch Paul Skenes, Complete Sweep of Pirates With Another Shutout

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PITTSBURGH — Not even Paul Skenes could slow down the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ ace was charged with career-high-tying five earned runs in a 6-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, who completed the weekend sweep on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.

Scoring Plays​

Top 5th, 2-0 PHI: Shortstop Konnor Griffin robbed Justin Crawford of a base hit with a diving play but Adolis García scored from third base on the one-out groundout. The Phillies (24-23) added another when Trea Turner delivered a two-out RBI single to right off Paul Skenes (6-3).

Top 6th, 5-0 PHI: Bryce Harper hit his second home run in as many games, a solo shot to center to extend the lead. Skenes was taken out of the game after allowing an Alec Bohm single and Brandon Marsh double. Isaac Mattson hit García with a pitch and then served up a two-run doble to Bryson Stott.

Top 8th, 6-0 PHI: Stott hit a solo home run to right field off Dennis Santana with two outs.

Key Moment​

Paul Skenes was two over the minimum through four innings before he started to unravel in the fifth. He was charged with five earned runs and only recorded three more outs before he was yanked.

Player of the Game​

Phillies starter Zack Wheeler (3-0) fired seven-shutout innings and held the Pirates (24-23) to four hits on 98 pitches. He struck out eight batters and walked one.

Stat to Know​

Paul Skenes’ scoreless-innings streak reached a career-best 20 innings until the Phillies scored a pair of runs off him in the fifth. Skenes delivered eight-shutout innings in each of his last two starts entering play.

Notable Performances​

• Paul Skenes: 5.0 innings, six hits, five runs, one walk, seven strikeouts, 92 pitches/56 strikes

Noteworthy​

• The is the second straight game in which the Pirates were shut out.
• Paul Skenes went 39 innings without issuing a walk before walking Adolis García to open the fifth. That’s the second-longest streak by a Pirates pitcher behind only Bob Friend (46.1 innings in 1963).
• Konnor Griffin was caught stealing second for the first time in his career in the fifth inning. He had been successful in each of his first 10 stolen base attempts. It was the third-longest stretch to begin a career in Pirate history.
• The Pirates placed OF/1B Ryan O’Hearn on the 10-day injured list with a right quad strain and reinstated OF Jake Mangum from the 10-day IL.

Up Next​

The Pirates are off on Monday and will be in St. Louis for the start of a three-game series on Tuesday night. RHP Mitch Keller (4-2, 3.59 ERA) will look for a bounce-back start for Pittsburgh. LHP Matthew Liberatore (2-2, 4.40 ERA) gets the ball for the Cardinals. First pitch: 7:45 p.m. ET on SportsNet Pittsburgh/93.7 The Fan.

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