PHILADELPHIA — Mick Abel outdueled Paul Skenes to win his main league debut, putting out 9 over six innings to guide the Philadelphia Phillies to a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday for a three-game sweep and their fifteenth win in 20 video games.
Brandon Marsh grounded right into a run-scoring fielder’s selection within the fifth towards Skenes (3-5), who pitched a three-hitter with 9 strikeouts and one stroll in his first full sport in 33 massive league begins.
Skenes is 0-3 in his previous 4 begins regardless of a 2.52 ERA in that span, and his 2.44 ERA this season is fifth amongst NL pitchers. The highest decide within the 2023 newbie draft, Skenes had not pitched a whole sport since June 2, 2023, for Louisiana State towards Tulane in an NCAA event regional sport.
Pittsburgh dropped to 3-13 in Could and 15-32 this season. The Pirates are 3-6 since supervisor Derek Shelton was fired and changed by bench coach Don Kelly.
Abel (1-0), a 23-year-old right-hander chosen fifteenth by the Phillies within the 2020 draft, allowed 5 hits and walked none. The 9 strikeouts tied a Phillies excessive for a debut, set by Curt Simmons towards the New York Giants on Sept. 28, 1947.
Abel threw 62 of 84 pitches for strikes. His 33 four-seam fastballs averaged 97.3 mph, and he additionally threw 22 curveballs, 14 sliders, 11 sinkers and 4 changeups.
Orion Kerkering, Matt Strahm and Jordan Romano completed a six-hitter, with Romano putting out the facet for his fifth save. Earlier than the sport, nearer Jose Alvarado was suspended for 80 video games following a constructive take a look at for exterior testosterone underneath Main League Baseball’s drug-testing program.
Singles by Nick Castellanos and Max Kepler beginning the fifth put runners on the corners, earlier than Alec Bohm flied out and Marsh’s floor out drove within the Phillies’ solely run. Bryce Harper’s sixth-inning single within the sixth was the one different hit by the Phillies.
The Related Press contributed to this story.