Game #159 9/24/26 Cardinals @ Pirates

[Dan_Stonerook]

[Dan_Stonerook]

Tied at 1 in the bottom of the 6th.
Skenes with his best outing on the year that I can remember.

6 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 7 K's on 90 pitches.
Lowe with an rbi scoring Cruz.
Cruz has two hits and stole 3rd base.

[Dan_Stonerook]

Skenes' final outing of 2026:
6.1 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 8 K's on 96 pitches.
Tied at 1 in the 8th.

[bucco boy]

A win to end the home schedule. Pirates clinched 3rd place. Home record 44-37.

Guaranteed not to have a losing season for first time since 2018. Chance for a winning season with one win over Detroit in final series.

[bucco boy]

Skenes final numbers:
10-11, 3.82 ERA, 32 games, 1.12 WHIP, .227 BA against.

Not an awful year, but by his standards not a good one.

[bucco boy]

His ERA ranked 27th of eligible pitchers. His WHIP was 17th. His BA against was 16th.

[Dan_Stonerook]

I am disappointed with not making the playoffs, but I am happy with .500. But I am not satisfied with it and ready to celebrate it.

This should have been a 90 plus win team if that bullpen didn't suck so bad for so long.

Skenes did hit 200 K's for the season as well.