This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW.com.
In a brief career that has been filled with stellar starts, Paul Skenes might have been at his finest on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
Skenes (3-2) tossed 6.1-shutout innings against the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-0 win to open a three-game series.
How We Got There
Oneil Cruz led off the game against Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-2) with a walk and later stole second base. With two outs, Enmanuel Valdez singled to right field to plate Cruz and give the Pirates (11-16) a 1-0 lead.
In the top of the fifth inning, Cruz drove in Henry Davis with a base hit to right and later scored on Ke’Bryan Hayes’ single to center field.
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