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09/06 15:07 CDT Paul Skenes ends seven-start winless drought, Henry Davis
homers in Pirates' 1-0 victory over Angels
Paul Skenes ends seven-start winless drought, Henry Davis homers in Pirates'
1-0 victory over Angels
By JOHN PERROTTO
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) --- Paul Skenes pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings for his first
win since July 19 and Henry Davis hit a home run to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates
over the Los Angeles Angels 1-0 on Sunday.
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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