{"id":28464,"date":"2025-05-15T09:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T09:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/28464\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T09:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T09:20:19","slug":"livvy-dunne-takes-in-paul-skenes-citi-field-debut-as-pirates-battle-mets-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/28464\/","title":{"rendered":"Livvy Dunne takes in Paul Skenes\u2019 Citi Field debut as Pirates battle Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olivia \u201cLivvy\u201d Dunne joined her fellow Sports Illustrated models at Citi Field on Monday night as the Pirates faced the Mets, with Dunne\u2019s beau Paul Skenes on the hill for Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

The former LSU gymnast didn\u2019t throw out the first pitch \u2013 the honor was left to Xandra Pohl, Camille Kostek and Ellie Thumann \u2013 but MLB shared a short video of Dunne on the field before the game.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHey Livvy Dunne here, saying hi from Citi Field. Woohoo!\u201d she said in the video.<\/p>\n

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Former LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne stands on the field before a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates. AP<\/p>\n

Dunne was wearing a backward Pirates hat while her fellow SI models sported customized Mets jerseys with their names on the back.<\/p>\n

The New Jersey native was spotted posing for a selfie <\/a>with Kostek, Pohl and Thumann on the field before the three threw out the first pitch.<\/p>\n

\"Olivia<\/p>\n

Olivia Dunne poses at Citi Field. Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Dunne stayed along the track and cheered them on as they stepped onto the field and threw to the awaiting Mark Vientos, Tyrone Taylor and Huascar Brazoban.<\/p>\n

The timing seemed to work out perfectly for Sports Illustrated with the release of their annual swimsuit edition slated for Tuesday, allowing for the women to be at Citi Field at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Dunne was there, of course, to support the Pirates\u2019 star pitcher Skenes, who also started Monday\u2019s game.\u00a0It was the reigning NL Rookie of the Year\u2019s first career start at Citi Field.<\/p>\n

She appeared to be having a blast during her night out at the ballpark.<\/p>\n

Dunne was spotted dancing in a suite at Citi Field with a beverage in her hand while music blared over the stadium sound system.<\/p>\n

\"LSU<\/p>\n

LSU former gymnast Olivia Dunne cheers during the second inning between the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Citi Field. Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\"Olivia<\/p>\n

Olivia Dunne supports boyfriend Paul Skenes as the Pirates face the Mets at Citi Field. AP<\/p>\n

Skenes and Dunne have been dating since their days together as star athletes at LSU.<\/p>\n

Dunne had announced her retirement<\/a> from gymnastics last month in a post on social media.<\/p>\n

The two were first linked in 2023.<\/p>\n

\"Pirates<\/p>\n

Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes (30) pitches in the first inning against the New York Mets on Monday, May 12, 2025 at Citi Field in Queens, NY. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

Monday began a three-game series between the Mets and Pirates at Citi Field before the Amazin\u2019s face their crosstown rival, the Yankees, over the weekend in The Bronx.<\/p>\n

The Mets had entered Monday\u2019s game having won four of their last six games and holding a 1 \u00bd game lead in the NL East over the Phillies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivia \u201cLivvy\u201d Dunne joined her fellow Sports Illustrated models at Citi Field on Monday night as the Pirates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,11311,9017,11312,10150,228,4,877,40,10,776,64,4297,812,11310,1444,11313,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-28464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-pirates","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-camille-kostek","10":"tag-citi-field","11":"tag-ellie-thumann","12":"tag-livvy-dunne","13":"tag-mark-vientos","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-paul-skenes","16":"tag-phillies","17":"tag-pirates","18":"tag-pittsburgh","19":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","20":"tag-pittsburghpirates","21":"tag-the-mets","22":"tag-the-pirates","23":"tag-tyrone-taylor","24":"tag-xandra-pohl","25":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114511113338211469","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}