Detroit Tigers at Pittsburgh Pirates

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

60-41, 28-23 Away

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Pittsburgh Pirates

40-61, 27-24 Home

Paul Skenes dazzles in his first start since the All-Star Game as the Pirates blank the Tigers 3-0

Paul Skenes shuts down Tigers for 5th win of season

Skenes (5-8), who last week became the first pitcher to start the All-Star game in each of the first two years of his career, struck out six, walked one and a hit batter to pick up his first victory since late May.

The 23-year-old lowered his ERA to a major league-best 1.91 as Pittsburgh responded from a weekend sweep at home by the lowly Chicago White Sox by keeping the team that entered Monday with the best record in the majors in check.

The Pirates did enough against Jack Flaherty (5-10) to give Skenes a bit of breathing room, a rarity during Pittsburgh's frustrating season.

Spencer Horwitz had three hits for the Pirates, including a run-scoring single in the second. Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run single two batters later, and Skenes and three relievers made it hold up. David Bednar worked the ninth for his 14th save.

Parker Meadows doubled for Detroit, which has dropped seven of eight but still has a double-digit lead in the AL Central. Flaherty lasted three innings and is winless in his last seven starts.

Key moment The closest Detroit came to scoring against Skenes came in the third when the Tigers' first two batters reached. A fly ball, a fielder's choice, and a strikeout on a 99 mph fastball later, Skenes was back in the dugout.

Key stat Pirates designated hitter Andrew McCutchen recorded his 2,233rd career hit on a single in the fourth inning, moving past Hall of Famer Willie Stargell and into 180th on MLB's hit list.

Up next Detroit's Casey Mize (9-3, 3.15 ERA) will try to reach 10 wins for the first time in his career on Tuesday when he faces Pittsburgh's Mitch Keller (3-10, 3.48).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Vierling struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Meadows grounded into fielder's choice to second, Dingler out at second.
	9th Inning	Dingler singled to right.
	9th Inning	McKinstry lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Santana
	8th Inning	Davis struck out swinging.

Statistics

DET		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	5
11	Strikeouts	12
0	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
11	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	1
129	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	9
35	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	0
1.1	Runs Created	3.0
.156	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.188	Slugging Percentage	.281
.094	Secondary Average	.063
.229	On Base Percentage	.343
.416	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.624
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
1.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
7.0	Batter Rating	21.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.69	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.031	Isolated Power	.000
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.219
0.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.5
61.3	MLB Rating	74.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0