Pirates’ Paul Skenes dazzles in All-Star Game with perfect inning, 2 strikeouts
YOU COMING UP IN A FEW. LEAVE US HANGING, JEFF. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL CHECK BACK WITH YOU TODAY. PAUL SKENES MAKING A STOP AT THE DICK’S HOUSE OF SPORT IN ROSS TOWNSHIP FOR A TRADING CARD EVENT, THE SAME PLACE AS ONE OF A KIND ROOKIE CARD IS NOW ON DISPLAY COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY. AVA RASH CAUGHT UP WITH THE SUPERSTAR PITCHER DURING A VISIT WITH YOUNG ATHLETES. IT WAS A DAY TO REMEMBER FOR SOME YOUNG PIRATES FANS. DOZENS OF KIDS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HANG OUT WITH ONE OF THEIR SPORTS HEROES AND AN MLB SUPERSTAR RIGHT HERE IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA. MY MOM TOLD ME I STARTED SCREAMING. WHEN I WOKE UP, I WAS SO EXCITED. I JUST LOOKED FOR MY JERSEY EVERYWHERE AND I JUST AND I WAS LIKE, I’M READY. YOUNG ATHLETES FROM ACROSS THE AREA COULDN’T CONTAIN THEIR EXCITEMENT, KNOWING THEY WERE GOING TO SEE ONE OF THEIR SPORTS IDOLS IS LIKE MY FAVORITE PIRATES PLAYER. I WANT TO TELL HIM THAT I WANT TO BE THE SAME THING WHEN I GROW UP. I LIKE WATCHING BASEBALL AND I LIKE WATCHING HIM PITCH BECAUSE I’M A PITCHER. DURING A TOPPS RIP EVENT, KIDS HAD THE CHANCE TO ASK PIRATES PITCHER PAUL SKENES ALL OF THEIR BURNING QUESTIONS FROM WHO HIS FAVORITE PLAYER IS, TO WHAT ADVICE HE HAS FOR ASPIRING ATHLETES. WORK HARD, OBVIOUSLY IN BASEBALL, BUT. CAN’T PLAY BASEBALL IN COLLEGE IF YOU DON’T HAVE GOOD GRADES. SO TAKE CARE OF YOUR CLASSWORK AND LISTEN TO YOUR COACHES AND ENJOY THE GAME. WELL, THE DAY WAS GEARED TOWARDS GIVING KIDS A COOL EXPERIENCE. IT WAS ALSO ONE FOR SKENES. THE EVENT TAKING PLACE AT DICK’S HOUSE OF SPORT, WHERE HIS $1.1 MILLION DEBUT PATCH CARD IS ON DISPLAY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE SEEN THE EXHIBIT. YEAH, IT’S IT’S REALLY COOL. COOL TO KEEP IT IN IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND. YOU KNOW, KIND OF KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY, IF YOU WILL, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY AT T
Pirates’ Paul Skenes dazzles in All-Star Game with perfect inning, 2 strikeouts
Updated: 9:06 PM EDT Jul 15, 2025
It was three up and three down for Paul Skenes on Tuesday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates ace made his second straight All-Star Game start.Skenes had a 1-2-3 inning with 2 strikeouts. RELATED VIDEO: Young Pirates fans meet Paul Skenes, share excitement at special trading card event Skenes struck out Gleyber Torres and Riley Greene back to back for the first two outs. The two Tigers teammates both went down swinging at fastballs.That brought Yankees slugger Aaron Judge to the plate in a highly anticipated matchup, and Skenes got him to ground out to end the first inning.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
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It was three up and three down for Paul Skenes on Tuesday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates ace made his second straight All-Star Game start.
Skenes had a 1-2-3 inning with 2 strikeouts.
RELATED VIDEO: Young Pirates fans meet Paul Skenes, share excitement at special trading card event
Skenes struck out Gleyber Torres and Riley Greene back to back for the first two outs.
The two Tigers teammates both went down swinging at fastballs.
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That brought Yankees slugger Aaron Judge to the plate in a highly anticipated matchup, and Skenes got him to ground out to end the first inning.
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