MLB

Los Angeles Angels at Pittsburgh Pirates

· Major League Baseball
Los Angeles Angels
54-89, 24-45 Away
Final
0 - 1
Pittsburgh Pirates
71-73, 38-34 Home

Paul Skenes ends seven-start winless drought, Henry Davis homers in Pirates' 1-0 victory over Angels

Henry Davis clobbers a HR for Pirates

Skenes (10-11) gave up four hits, struck out two and walked one. The 2025 NL Cy Young Award winner had gone seven consecutive outings without a win since beating Cleveland in his first start after the All-Star break.

Gregory Soto, Carmen Mlodzinski, Camilo Doval and Mason Montgomery finished the five-hitter. Montgomery earned his 10th save.

It marked the first time Skenes faced the Angels, the team he grew up rooting for in Orange County.

Davis pulled a home run down the left-field line in the third inning, his ninth of the season, off Walbert Urena (9-10), who was a tough-luck loser while pitching his first career complete game and the Angels’ first of the season.

Urena, a rookie, allowed only one run and three hits with four strikeouts and one walk in eight innings. Brandon Lowe had two of the hits.

Skenes also got a big play from the Pirates’ defense in the fifth inning when Zach Neto was thrown out trying to score the tying run from first base on Mike Trout’s two-out double. Second baseman Lowe’s relay throw from center fielder Oneil Cruz cut down Neto.

The Pirates took two of three games from the Angels to win four straight series for the first time since 2024. The Halos lost for 11th time in 13 games.

Up next Angels: RHP Grayson Rodriguez (4-6, 6.03 ERA) starts against the Red Sox on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series in Boston.

Pirates: Off Monday, then open a three-game series against the AL Central-leading White Sox on Tuesday night in Chicago, with RHP Bubba Chandler (6-9, 4.03) facing RHP Sean Burke (8-6, 3.20).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Guzman flied out to right.
9th Inning Guzman hit for Frazier
9th Inning Paris walked. Pittsburgh Pirates challenged: call on the field was upheld.
9th Inning Paris hit for Lowe
9th Inning Moore grounded out to second.
9th Inning Siri struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
17 Ground Balls 15
4 Strikeouts 4
0 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
5 Hits 3
0 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
0 Runs 1
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
31 At Bats 26
0 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
10 Runners Left On Base 4
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 0
10 Fly Balls 7
0 Caught Stealing 0
141 Pitches 88
0 Games Started 0
2 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
6 Total Bases 6
35 Plate Appearances 27
0.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
1 Extra Base Hits 1
1.5 Runs Created 0.0
.161 Batting Average .115
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.194 Slugging Percentage .231
.129 Secondary Average .154
.257 On Base Percentage .148
.451 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .379
1.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 2.1
1.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 0.0
7.0 Batter Rating 10.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 26.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.03 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.26
.032 Isolated Power .115
0.75 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.25
.086 Walks Per Plate Appearance .037
-.032 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .038
0.0 Runs Produced 2.0
0.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.1
63.5 MLB Rating 63.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

PNC Park

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 25,530 | Capacity:

2026 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Texas - 78 L1 0.5 78
Houston 1 79 L3 0.49358973 77
Seattle 5 83 W1 0.4679487 73
Athletics 17 95 L6 0.39102563 61
Los Angeles 18 96 L1 0.3846154 60

2026 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee - 58 W3 0.6282051 98
Chicago 11 69 W2 0.5576923 87
Pittsburgh 19 77 W4 0.50641024 79
St. Louis 22 80 W1 0.4871795 76
Cincinnati 26 84 L2 0.46153846 72
Full Standings