THE Chicago Cubs have presented One of the best offenses In the major league baseball during the first month of the 2025 season, among the two best teams in the league on average in the stick, in basic percentage, in ops, in safety and marked points.
Pirates of Pittsburgh launcher Paul's scenes Probably won't disagree with this after facing the formidable Cubs programming on Thursday.
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Skenes managed to pass the first four rounds without allowing points and a single base despite the cubs that hit him several bullets and drawing four walks. However, this has radically changed in the fifth round.
Inby Swanson led the frame with its sixth circuit of the season, jumping on a separator hanging high in the middle of the striking area. Despite this, the coach of the cubs defeating Dustin Kelly was ejected for having discussed with the marble referee about Skenes Get several strike calls On the platforms of the plate.
Following Nicky Lopez Earth and a Ian Happ stick withdrawal, Kyle Tucker And Seiya Suzuki Slugged back-to-back Home Runs, which resulted in most of the Homers Skenes had abandoned in a match during his short career. Tucker launched a quick ball above the plate in the central seats on the ground, while Suzuki made Skenes pay to leave another separator in the middle of the typing area.
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Although he did not score any race from the start, the manager of the Cubs Craig Counsell was encouraged by the walker's walkers.
“You do not continue, and (Skenes) must understand something else,” said Counsell, via mlb.com. “He definitely went to speed (throws) more today, and we did a very good job not to swing.
“You get harsh launchers, and you think you have to cheat on a quick ball and we've still put at speed,” he added. “It brings him to the area, makes him be a little worse, maybe, then you get something in the middle of the plate.”
Joey Wentz took over for Skenes in sixth round with the pirates, 3-2. Skenes launched 86 throws, 49 for strikes, and recorded only two stick withdrawals, the lowest total of his career.
“The execution was not there,” said Skenes, Via the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “A kind of spraying the ball. I got out for a while, and obviously, it appeared a little in the fifth, but that's what it is. … I was not super sharp today.”
The four walks – three of them to consecutive strikers in the third – equaled a career summit, which Skenes reached twice last season (Once also against cubs). And the Home Runs were the most authorized at the beginning, exceeding the two Skenes Converted last June against the Dodgers of Los AngelesIn the fifth start of his MLB career.
With the loss, the era of Skenes increased to 2.73 with 41 stick withdrawals in 42 2/3 innings and a file of 3-3. The Cubs improved their record at 19-13, while the hackers fell to 12-20.
