Pirates Crowd Had Electric Reaction When Paul Skenes Came Out for Ninth Inning

Paul Skenes picked up his first loss of his rookie season Tuesday night, but the home crowd loved it when he came out to pitch in the ninth inning.

Pittsburgh Pirates rookie starting pitcher Paul Skenes was saddled with the loss—the first of his career—in Tuesday's 2-1 defeat to the St. Louis Cardinals at PNC Park, but the ace still managed to accomplish something he had previously never done in his MLB career: Pitch into the ninth inning.

Pirates fans, who have loved Skenes from the moment he first toed the rubber in Pittsburgh, realized exactly what the rookie had achieved, showering him with a huge ovation as he jogged out of the dugout following the bottom of the eighth inning.