Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates

· Major League Baseball

Washington Nationals

6-10, 1-6 Away

Final
3 - 10

Pittsburgh Pirates

6-11, 4-3 Home

Paul Skenes and Henry Davis make history as Pirates snap skid in 10-3 win over Washington

Skenes strikes out six to earn 2nd win of season

Skenes and Davis became the first pitcher/catcher battery in Major League history, comprised of players selected first overall in the draft. Skenes (2-1), the top pick in 2023, allowed two runs, one earned, while striking out six in six innings as the Pirates ended a three-game losing streak.

Davis, taken first in 2021, singled after replacing injured starter Endy Rodriguez in the first inning. Rodriguez lacerated the index finger on his right hand after a Skenes pitch hit James Wood's foot and then deflected toward Rodriguez.

The 22-year-old Skenes, who gave up a career-worst five runs in a loss to St. Louis last week, had little trouble with the Nationals. The reigning National League Rookie of the Year's only real issue was with Pittsburgh's defense, including his own. Skenes was tagged with a pair of errors for wayward pickoff attempts, the second of which led to an unearned run in the sixth.

By then, however, the Pirates were comfortably ahead, a rarity during an ugly opening two-plus weeks to the season filled with missteps both on and off the field.

Oneil Cruz had two hits and scored twice while batting leadoff. Enmanuel Valdez and Ke'Bryan Hayes both drove in three runs. Bryan Reynolds drove in a pair of runs. Andrew McCutchen added a hit and made a pretty sliding grab in right field, flinging his 38-year-old body to the PNC Park turf to rob Keibert Ruiz of a hit in the sixth.

Nasim Nunez had two of Washington's five hits. Brad Lord (0-1) slogged through 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits with three walks and a strikeout.

Key moment The Pirates scored three runs in the fifth to break it open, including a two-run single by Valdez.

Key stat 10 — Pittsburgh's season-high run total. The Pirates entered Monday 25th in the majors in runs scored.

Up next The series continues on Tuesday when Washington's Jake Irvin (0-0, 5.63 ERA) faces Pittsburgh's Mitch Keller (1-1, 4.24).

How can I watch Washington Nationals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates?

TV Channel: Nationals at Pirates 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on MLB.TV.
Online streaming: Sign up for Fubo.

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Crews grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	DeJong to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	DeJong singled to center.
	9th Inning	García Jr. grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Bell flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Ferguson

Statistics

WSH		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	10
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	10
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	1
148	Pitches	128
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
7	Total Bases	16
35	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
0.9	Runs Created	7.4
.176	Batting Average	.452
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.206	Slugging Percentage	.516
.029	Secondary Average	.226
.200	On Base Percentage	.514
.406	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.030
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
0.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.1
20.0	Batter Rating	59.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.23	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.37
.029	Isolated Power	.065
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
-.147	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.226
6.0	Runs Produced	20.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.6
69.5	MLB Rating	105.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0