PITTSBURGH -- It is difficult to find any negatives about Paul Skenes .

The Pirates right-hander leads the Major Leagues with a 1.98 ERA. He is considered the favorite to win the National League Cy Young Award a year after winning NL Rookie of the Year. Skenes has started in the All-Star Game in both of his seasons in the big leagues.

However, the only knock -- if you could call it that -- on Skenes was that his record had not been above .500 all season. That finally changed Thursday night.

“They can’t say that about me anymore,” Skenes said with a sly smile.

Skenes pitched six scoreless innings to improve his record to 10-9 as the Pirates held off the Dodgers, 5-3 , at PNC Park and swept the three-game series against the NL West leaders.

Skenes strengthened his already strong cas

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