Paul Skenes pitched 6 1/3 innings of five-hit ball with a season-high nine strikeouts, winning his duel with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-0 victory over the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers.

Pittsburgh’s 22-year-old ace from Orange County pitches 6⅓ innings with a season-high nine strikeouts and wins in the L.A. area for the first time, handing the Dodgers their fourth loss in five

Friday's ballyhooed pitching matchup between Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Yoshinobu Yamamoto night half-delivered on expectations. While Yamamoto, the National League's ERA leader coming into the night,