Baseball Fans in Disbelief After Unfortunate Paul Skenes News
Baseball Fans in Disbelief After Unfortunate Paul Skenes News originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
It's supposed to be a good thing when Paul Skenes and Boston Red Sox legend Pedro Martínez are in the same sentence.
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Unfortunately for Skenes, he plays for a last-place Pittsburgh Pirates team that offers him no run support.
Skenes limited the Houston Astros to three hits and one walk on Tuesday night. Although the reigning NL Rookie of the Year struck out eight, he, unfortunately, allowed a seventh-inning home run to Astros first baseman Christian Walker; that one run gave him a tough-luck loss in Pittsburgh's eventual 3-0 defeat, dropping him to 4-6 despite a brilliant 2.05 ERA.
If that line sounds familiar, it's because Skenes posted similar numbers in a 1-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on May 18. Skenes struck out nine, walked none, and allowed just one run that night.
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul SkenesBrad Penner-Imagn Images
As X/Twitter user @jayhaykid pointed out, no pitcher had earned losses in starts of at least eight innings with one or no earned runs, one or fewer walks, and at least eight strikeouts since Martínez in 2000.
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'I tried to type out 50 tweets but my [expletive] head kept hurting,' one user replied.
Asked another: 'How do [general manager] Ben Cherington and [owner] Bob Nutting sleep at night?'
Such is life for Skenes, who leads National League pitchers with a 3.2 bWAR despite his offense's best efforts. The Pirates are 5-8 in his starts, and they've scored two or fewer runs in four such games.
Unsurprisingly, Skenes is 0-4 in those starts with a 1.86 ERA and 27-7 K-BB ratio over 29 innings.
'And the season isn't even halfway over!' a commenter pointed out. 'Imagine the new records Skenes can set with this offense supporting him!'
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One fan tried staying positive.
'On the bright side of things, at least it happened this century,' they pointed out, 'which is better than 'hasn't happened since the early 1900s.''
Related: MLB Insider Drops Massive Paul Skenes Trade Update on Tuesday
Related: Paul Skenes Sends Clear Message After Pirates' Massive Change
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
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