Pirates 5-3 Dodgers (Sep 4, 2025) Recreation Recap

PITTSBURGH — — Paul Skenes pitched six scoreless innings and earned his tenth win of the season because the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Thursday night time to finish a three-game collection sweep.

Skenes (10-9) allowed two hits, struck out eight, and walked one. The right-hander lastly acquired his report above .500 for the primary time this season and lowered his ERA to a serious league-best 1.98.

Skenes, final season’s NL Rookie of the Year who was 4-8 this season for the last-place Pirates, has received six of his final seven selections.

The Dodgers have been held to 5 hits and had their division lead reduce to 2 video games over idle San Diego.

Mookie Betts broke up the Pirates’ shutout bid with a leadoff residence run within the ninth inning, and RBI singles by Pedro Pages and Miguel Rojas reduce the deficit to 5-3. However, Colin Holderman struck out Ben Rortvedt to finish it for his first save of the season.

Dodgers starter Blake Snell (3-4) was tagged for 5 runs and 9 hits in 5 innings.

Tommy Pham’s single within the third inning opened the scoring, and Nick Yorke’s two-run double highlighted a four-run fifth that pushed the Pirates’ result in 5-0.

The Dodgers misplaced for the fifth time in six video games, and the Prates received for the twelfth time in 16 video games.

Key second

The Dodgers had runners on first and second in a scoreless sport within the second, however Skenes coaxed Betts into hitting into an inning-ending drive play.

Key stat

Holderman, who entered the sport with a 7.89 ERA, completed with 2/3 of a scoreless inning.

Up subsequent

The Dodgers open a collection at Baltimore on Friday with RHP Tyler Glasnow (1-3, 3.41 ERA) going through Orioles RHP Dean Kremer (9-10, 4.52).

The Pirates start a house collection with NL Central-leading Milwaukee on Friday with RHP Johan Oviedo (2-0, 3.60) beginning towards RHP Quinn Priester (11-2, 3.28).

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