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Paul Skenes’ Historic Homer Barrage Overshadowed in Shocking Pirates Defeat to Cubs

Paul Skenes’ Historic Homer Barrage Overshadowed in Shocking Pirates Defeat to Cubs

“Execution wasn’t there,” Skenes said, via the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “Kind of spraying the ball. Got away with it there for a while, and obviously it showed up a little bit in the fifth, but it is what it is. … I wasn’t super sharp today.”

The four walks — three of them to consecutive batters in the third — tied a career high, which Skenes reached twice last season (once also against the Cubs). And the home runs were the most he’d allowed in a start, surpassing the two Skenes gave up last June versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the fifth start of his MLB career.

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