Can the Struggling Pirates Finally Outsmart the Fierce Tigers?

The Pirates have one of the worst records in baseball. It hasn’t just been a blip; this team has taken a step back from last season. Last year at the All-Star Break they were at least around .500. Since then they have fallen off a cliff. As of today, they are 22 games under and the longest winning streak they had this season was six games. That’s respectable, and they were all wins at home, but they followed that with eight losses. They’ve now lost 11 of their past 12 games going back to before the break. With Skenes on the hill, they always at least have a chance to win. The White Sox just scored 27 runs against Pittsburgh in three games. For the year, Skenes is one of the best pitchers in the game. He is 4-8 with a 2.01 ERA (best in baseball), and a 0.93 WHIP. The problem is that the Pirates have decided he is only going to pitch five innings or something. I advise that you never bet an over on him until this oddity is lifted. He did face the Tigers earlier in the year and allowed two earned runs over six innings. 

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