Pittsburgh Pirates at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

52-48, 25-24 Away

Final
7 - 1

Cleveland Guardians

52-48, 25-24 Home

Skenes strikes out 8 in 7 innings as Pirates roll to 7-1 win over Guardians

Paul Skenes dazzles Guardians with 8-K gem

Skenes (9-8) went at least seven innings for the first time since May 12. The All-Star right-hander gave up seven hits.

After allowing eight runs (seven earned) in four innings in a 10-6 loss at Philadelphia on July 1, Skenes is 3-0 with a 2.46 ERA.

Billy Cook had a career-high three hits and drove in two runs, Esmerlyn Valdez continued his torrid July with a two-run homer in the ninth and Nick Gonzales had two doubles as the Pirates won their fifth straight interleague series. They have gone 11-4 in that span.

Steven Kwan had two hits for Cleveland, which had won its past three series against Pittsburgh.

Cook gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead in the second with a base hit to right off Cleveland starter Joey Cantillo (8-5) to drive in Gonzales.

The Pittsburgh center fielder led off the fifth with a triple off the wall in the right-field corner before scoring when Cleveland catcher Austin Hedges had a throwing error on a pickoff attempt at third.

Cook extended the Pirates’ lead to 4-1 in the sixth with an RBI single up the middle to score Jacob Gonzalez.

Valdez's drive down the left-field line off Will Dion in the ninth made him the sixth Pirates rookie with at least 20 RBI in a calendar month.

Up next Pirates: Head to New York for a three-game series against the Yankees. All-Star RHP Braxton Ashcraft (9-3, 3.49 ERA) gets the start on Monday.

Guardians: RHP Tanner Bibee (3-9, 3.90 ERA) goes on Monday when Cleveland opens a four-game set against Minnesota.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rocchio lined out to right.
	9th Inning	DeLauter flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Bazzana struck out looking. Pittsburgh Pirates challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Mattson relieved Montgomery
	9th Inning	Gonzales flied out to center.
	9th Inning	O'Hearn struck out looking.

Statistics

PIT		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	9
15	Strikeouts	11
6	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	9
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	1
146	Pitches	127
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
19	Total Bases	9
42	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
7.1	Runs Created	2.3
.297	Batting Average	.241
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.514	Slugging Percentage	.310
.378	Secondary Average	.103
.381	On Base Percentage	.290
.894	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.601
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
7.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
49.5	Batter Rating	15.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.10
.216	Isolated Power	.069
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.065
.081	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.138
13.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.4
93.3	MLB Rating	69.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0