Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes will take the mound Tuesday evening against the Colorado Rockies at PNC Park. The reigning NL Cy Young winner enters the matchup with a 5-2 record and 2.36 ERA.
Skenes is coming off a dominant performance in which he carried a perfect game into the fifth inning of a 1-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. He allowed just two singles over eight innings while striking out seven batters. The 23-year-old said after that outing that staying ahead in the count makes pitching much easier in the major leagues.
