Skenes One-Hitter, Griffin HR Power Pirates 6-0 Win

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes carried a perfect game into the seventh inning while rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin celebrated his 20th birthday with his first major league home run, powering Pittsburgh to a 6-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night in Milwaukee.

Skenes, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, retired the first 20 batters before Jake Bauer lined a single to right field with two outs in the seventh, accounting for Milwaukee's only hit. The right-hander worked seven shutout innings, striking out seven without issuing a walk on 93 pitches, 62 for strikes. Relievers Mason Montgomery and Isaac Mattson closed out the one-hitter, with Montgomery pitching a perfect eighth and Mattson working around a two-out walk in the ninth. The performance marked Skenes' second close call with a no-hitter at American Family Field, following a similar bid in July 2024.

Griffin, making his mark in his 22nd big-league game, went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a stolen base. He opened the scoring with a solo home run to right-center off Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff in the third inning, a 386-foot drive. Griffin added a two-run single in the eighth that...