Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers

· Doubleheader - Game 2 – Makeup from May 28th

Pittsburgh Pirates

26-30, 14-15 Away

Final
10 - 2

Detroit Tigers

27-28, 14-15 Home

Paul Skenes dominant as Pirates salvage doubleheader split by routing Tigers 10-2

Skenes (2-0), making his fourth major league start, gave up two runs and three hits in six innings. Skenes has 30 strikeouts in 22 innings and a 2.45 ERA.

Skenes doesn't have much of a sweet tooth, but he was looking forward to dinner on his 22nd birthday.

“I heard we've got Chick-fil-A on the plane,” he said. “I'll be crushing some of that.”

Skenes handled the Tigers with not only his fastballs, which regularly registered at 98 and 99 mph, but his “splinker.” He got a majority of his strikeouts with the two-seam fastball, which registered as a splitter on the scoreboard.

“It was the pitch he used the most,” manager Derek Shelton said. “He did a really good job. He got some at-bats that were extended. The most impressive thing was he still finished hitters.”

Andrew McCutchen had a three-run homer in the third inning for his 1,600th career hit. McCutchen had three hits and a walk while driving in four runs. Nick Gonzales also had three hits, including a solo homer.

Tigers starter Keider Montero (0-1), making his major league debut, gave up four runs and five hits while striking out five in 4 1/3 innings. Montero got the promotion from Triple-A Toledo earlier in the day.

Matt Vierling hit his fourth homer in three games for Detroit, which had its four-game winning streak snapped.

“Our at-bats were pretty good early,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “We made him work a ton. It looked like we had a couple of opportunities to chase him early. His split, or whatever he calls it, was really good. It's really effective and really impactful.”

McCutchen's homer off Montero's curveball gave Pittsburgh a 3-1 lead. Gonzales homered in the fourth. The Pirates added six runs over the final four innings.

They have scored six or more runs in all of Skenes' starts.

“Obviously nice to pitch with run support,” he said.

In the opener, Vierling had a three-run homer and drove in four runs in Detroit's 8-0 victory. Tarik Skubal bounced back from his only loss this season by holding the Pirates to three singles and a walk in seven innings.

ROSTER MOVES

Pirates: Left-hander Martin Perez (groin) was placed on the 15-day injured list and catcher Joey Bart (thumb) was placed on the 10-day IL. Third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes was activated from the 10-day IL and went 0-for-2 in the opener. Catcher Grant Koch walked once and struck out three times in his major league debut after getting called up from Triple-A Indianapolis.

Tigers: Outfielder Kerry Carpenter (spine) was placed on the 10-day IL. Outfielder Akil Baddoo was recalled from Triple-A Toledo and drove in a run in the second game.

Pirates: Left-hander Bailey Falter (3-2, 3.55 ERA) will start the opener of a three-game series at Toronto on Friday night.

Tigers: Right-hander Jack Flaherty (1-4, 3.84 ERA) will start the opener of a four-game series at Boston on Thursday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Tigers: 60.4%

Pirates: 39.6%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Torkelson flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Ibáñez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Keith grounded into fielder's choice to second, Canha to second.
	9th Inning	Canha singled to left.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Holderman
	9th Inning	Triolo grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, N. Gonzales out at second.

Statistics

PIT		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
12	Strikeouts	13
10	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	1
38	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	12
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
172	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
24	Total Bases	7
43	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	1
8.5	Runs Created	1.2
.342	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.632	Slugging Percentage	.233
.368	Secondary Average	.200
.372	On Base Percentage	.206
1.004	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.439
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
8.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.2
67.5	Batter Rating	15.0
19.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.06
.289	Isolated Power	.100
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.23
.070	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
.026	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.067
20.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.2
108.0	MLB Rating	65.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0