Colorado Rockies at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Colorado Rockies

37-94, 16-49 Away

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Pittsburgh Pirates

57-74, 39-30 Home

Paul Skenes pitches 7 crisp innings as the Pirates beat the Rockies 4-0 for series sweep

Jared Triolo hit a three-run homer for Pittsburgh, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a run-scoring double. Triolo also went deep during Saturday night's 5-1 victory over the lowly Rockies.

Skenes (8-9) allowed three hits, struck out seven and walked none. It was a much sharper performance by the right-hander than his previous start against Colorado, when he permitted four runs and five hits in five-plus innings in a no-decision at Coors Field on Aug. 2.

Pittsburgh outscored Colorado 18-1 while sweeping the weekend series between last-place teams.

Rockies right-hander McCade Brown (0-1) pitched 3 2/3 innings in his major league debut. He was charged with four runs and five hits.

Triolo connected in the fourth, driving a slider deep to left-center for his fifth homer. Henry Davis then walked, swiped second and scored on Kiner-Falefa's double.

Skenes and Davis are the only batterymates in MLB history to be No. 1 overall picks — Davis in 2021 and Skenes in 2023.

Jen Pawol — the first woman to umpire in the major leagues — made her second start behind the plate in her second series this season.

Key moment The Rockies put two on with two out in the ninth against Dennis Santana. But Brenton Doyle bounced to second for the final out of the game.

Doyle drove in Colorado’s only run in the series with a ninth-inning homer on Saturday.

Key stat Skenes’ 2.02 ERA through his first 50 starts is the second lowest in history. Athletics Hall-of-Famer Vida Blue had a 2.01 ERA.

Up next Pirates: Open a four-game series at St. Louis on Monday night.

Rockies: RHP Tanner Gordon (4-5, 7.11 ERA) starts Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series at Houston.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Doyle grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Beck walked.
	9th Inning	Goodman doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Moniak flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Freeman struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Mattson

Statistics

COL		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	4
0	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
128	Pitches	127
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	10
32	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
0.2	Runs Created	3.3
.129	Batting Average	.207
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.345
.097	Secondary Average	.345
.156	On Base Percentage	.303
.350	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.648
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.7
8.0	Batter Rating	29.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.065	Isolated Power	.138
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
-.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.138
0.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
60.3	MLB Rating	77.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0