Pittsburgh Pirates at Baltimore Orioles

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Pittsburgh Pirates

64-82, 22-49 Away

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Baltimore Orioles

68-77, 35-38 Home

Skenes surpasses 200 strikeouts for the Pirates in a 2-1, 10-inning loss to the Orioles

Paul Skenes fans 8 Orioles over 5 scoreless innings

The 23-year-old Skenes has a majors-best 1.92 ERA over 178 innings in his first full season, and could make as many as three more starts. He pushed the strikeout total to 203, getting Samuel Basallo looking and Dylan Carlson swinging to complete the fifth.

Rookie Dylan Beavers hit a winning single — his first walk-off hit — off Kyle Nicolas (1-1) to give Baltimore its seventh victory in eight games. Jackson Holliday pulled the Orioles even in the eighth with a single off Isaac Mattson.

Spencer Horwitz's homer was the only hit in 6 2/3 innings off Tyler Wells in his second start for Baltimore after missing more than a year recovering from arm surgery.

Three Baltimore relievers contributed before Albert Suárez (2-0) pitched a clean 10th, despite a wild pitch that allowed designated runner Oneil Cruz to reach third.

Key moment Beavers' winning single in the 10th.

Key stat Skenes became only the second Pirates pitcher in the Modern Era (since 1901) to reach 200 strikeouts in 180 or fewer innings, joining Óliver Pérez (2004).

Up next Pittsburgh's Johan Oviedo (2-0) was set to start Thursday against Cade Povich (3-7, 5.16).

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Beavers singled to right, Mateo scored, Johnson to second, Cowser to third.
	10th Inning	Johnson reached on bunt single to pitcher, Cowser to second, Mateo to third.
	10th Inning	Cowser walked.
	10th Inning	Nicolas relieved Santana
	10th Inning	Mateo ran for Basallo
	10th Inning	Bae grounded out to pitcher.

Statistics

PIT		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	12
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	7
3	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	1
162	Pitches	141
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	1
5	Total Bases	8
35	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
0.3	Runs Created	1.6
.063	Batting Average	.219
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.156	Slugging Percentage	.250
.281	Secondary Average	.094
.143	On Base Percentage	.286
.299	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.536
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.6
12.0	Batter Rating	17.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.63	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.094	Isolated Power	.031
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.219	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.125
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.0	Balls In Play Average	0.4
59.5	MLB Rating	69.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0