Pirates' Paul Skenes dominates Reds for 3rd time in win

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Pittsburgh rookie ace Paul Skenes struck out nine in five scoreless innings while O'Neil Cruz and Nick Yorke homered to lead the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates past the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.

In tossing five shutout innings without a walk, the hard-throwing rookie right-hander lowered his ERA to 1.99.

Skenes (11-3) is the first pitcher in MLB history to have a s