Skenes looks to dominate the Road Rockies on getaway day

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: We have a full slate of games, starting with the Rockies and Pirates at 12:05 pm ET. We have had some great weather over the last few days and hopefully that continues again today. We have some aces throwing today, but also a lot of suspect pitching today, leading to at least five games with projected totals of nine runs or more.  

 

Notable Starts:

Paul Skenes is in the midst of another great season on the mound for the Pirates, but the month of August has seen Skenes struggle a bit for the first time this season. Over four starts in August, Skenes has allowed ten earned runs over 21 innings pitched for a 4.29 ERA and 2.97 SIERA, but he has struck out 28 while walking five for a 25.6% K-BB. Today, he...

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