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🏈 Chiefs camp report

🤯 CFB’s most unforgettable games

⚾ Giants’ lost season

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Skenes is still untouchable

Just how good is Pirates ace Paul Skenes? Good enough that he was able to give up a career-high number of hits in Thursday’s start against the Reds and still not allow a run.

Cincinnati managed seven hits (five singles and two doubles) off of Skenes in six innings but was unable to scratch across a run as Skenes lowered his MLB-best ERA to a paltry 1.94. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, roughed up Reds starter Brady Singer

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