Pittsburgh’s 22-year-old ace from Orange County pitches 6⅓ innings with a season-high nine strikeouts and wins in the L.A. area for the first time, handing the Dodgers their fourth loss in five

Paul Skenes pitched 6 1/3 innings of five-hit ball with a season-high nine strikeouts, winning his duel with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-0 victory over the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers.

Another week, another must-see pitching matchup featuring Yoshinobu Yamamoto. But this time around, the Dodgers' right-hander was bested by his counterpart, the Pirates' Paul Skenes. One start after tossing seven scoreless innings to outduel the Rangers' Jacob deGrom,