Paul Skenes put forth a tremendous effort on Friday night for the Pittsburgh Pirates, blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers through six and a third innings to earn his third win of the season. Skenes brought his best stuff to the mound to take on the defending World Series champs and spoke extensively about how much fun he had battling the best baseball players in the world, including a nasty strikeout of Shohei Ohtani.
Skenes also discussed returning for the seventh inning after he hit the 100-pitch mark in the sixth. He admitted he was a "bit surprised" manager Derek Shelton brought him back out onto the mound, but stated he could have thrown a lot more pitches if needed. Like, a lot more.
