(WNFL) – Paul Skenes pitched 7 innings of no-hit ball to lead the the Pittsburgh Pirates to 1-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field in Milwaukee on Thursday.
Skenes who allowed only 1 walk joined Nolan Ryan as the 2 pitchers who have multiple starts of 6-plus innings where they struck out 11 or more batters.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy talked about his team trying to run up Skenes’ pitch count.
Murphy also talked about how Skenes adjusted to the Brewers lineup.
Pittsburgh scored its only run in the seventh inning on a double by Yasmani Grandal that scored Jack Suwinski.
The Brewers finished with just 2 hits – singles by Josh Bauers and Garrett Mitchell.
Aaron Civale took the loss for the Brewers, allowing 1 run on 6 hits and 2 walks over 6 1/3 innings. He struck out 6.
Civale said he’s getting more comfortable in the Brewers uniform.
He said that he had a good game plan to shut down the Pirates.
After the game: With today’s loss, the Brewers dropped their first home series since 4/26-4/28 vs. the Yankees (1-2), snapping a run of nine straight home series victories…..Milwaukee fell to 21-12 against the National League Central, including 5-5 vs. Pittsburgh…..the Brewers dropped to 15-15 in 1-run games this sesaon…..it was the third 1-0 loss for Milwaukee this season (last 5/22 at Miami)…..the Brewers were shut out for the sixth time this season (last 6/11 vs. Toronto)…..Milwaukee was held to its fewest hits (2) since 8/15/23 at Los Angeles-NL (2h) and its fewest hits in a home game since 6/3/22 vs. San Diego (1h)…..the Brewers are 1-2 on their current 6-game homestand against Pittsburgh (1-2) and Washington (3g).
Next up: The Brewers are back in action tonight for their last series before next week’s All-Star break. The team squares off against the Nationals for the first of three games at American Family Field in Milwaukee. Freddy Peralta gets the start, who is 6-and-4 on the season with a 3.95 ERA. Washington sends spot-starter Jackson Rutledge to the mound. He has a nine ERA.
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