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Skenes pitches with poise through pressure in WBC spotlight, treats it same as Pirates outings

  • Paul Skenes pitched 4 1/3 innings against the Dominican Republic's All-Star lineup, allowing only one run during the semifinal win.
  • Skenes described the Dominican Republic lineup as the toughest he has ever faced.
  • Skenes, last year's NL Cy Young Award winner, used six pitches including a fastball averaging 97.6 mph in his performance.
  • U.S. manager Mark DeRosa called Skenes possibly the best pitcher in the game.
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Paul Skenes, pitching in which he was undoubtedly the most important match of his impressive but untapped career so far, and in which it will surely be the loudest stadium he visits this year, hit Julio Rodriguez on the wrist with a straight line of 158 kilometers per hour. The painful ticket filled the bases for the Dominican Republic in the lower part of the fourth inning, after the United States took the 2-1 lead in the previous entry. It pro…

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Skenes pitches with poise through pressure in WBC spotlight, treats it same as Pirates outings

Paul Skenes shined in the World Baseball Classic semifinal, dominating an All-Star lineup in the United States' 2-1 victory over the Dominican Republic.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette broke the news in Pittsburgh, United States on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
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