MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul Skenes is one of the most dominant pitchers in Major League Baseball this season. Not even he could slow down the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ ace right hander became Milwaukee’s latest victim after allowing the first two of five home runs Tuesday night in a 14-0 rout that extended the Brewers’ winning streak to 11.
“They’re hot right now,” said Skenes, who prior to Sal Frelick’s leadoff home run had not allowed a first-inning run in 24 starts this season. “I didn’t have my best stuff today and they jumped on it.”
Milwaukee is the first team with multiple winning streaks of at least 11 games in a season since the 2015 Toronto Blue Jays and the first National League team to accomplish the feat since the 1935 Chicago Cubs.
Despite the Brewers' succes