Pittsburgh Pirates at Toronto Blue Jays
Final
Recap
TORONTO -- George Springer hit his 65th leadoff home run and the Toronto Blue Jays sent Paul Skenes to losses in consecutive starts for the first time this season, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Saturday for their fourth straight win and seventh in 10 games. Skenes (6-4), the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, allowed four runs and a career-high nine hits and one walk in five-plus innings with two strikeouts, just his second time with fewer than five this season. His ERA rose to 3.00. Skenes left after giving up four straight hits in the sixth. In his previous outing, against Philadelphia on May 17, Skenes tied his big league high by giving up five runs .
Team stats
5Hits11
0Home runs2
3Walks1
12Strikeouts4
1Stolen bases0
126Pitches thrown141
4Pitching strikeouts12
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcell OzunaDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Esmerlyn ValdezRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Endy RodriguezPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jhostynxon GarciaCF-RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Henry DavisC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Horwitz1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Triolo3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan ReynoldsLF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales2B-3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon LowePH-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Konnor GriffinSS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oneil CruzPH-CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan SiskP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yohan RamirezP | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul SkenesP | 5.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |