Pirates' Skenes Shines, Crushes Padres

0:00On April 8th, Pittsburgh pirates just crushed the San Diego Padre 7-1 at PNC Park, and Paul Schienes was straight fire on the mound. The 2025 National League-Sai Young winner locked it down for six and a third innings, allowing just two hits, two walks, one run, and six strikeouts on 87 pitches. That performance sealed the deal for their latest W. Schienes bounced back big time after a rough opening day back on March 26th against the Metz, where he didn't even get out of the first. Against the reds, he was solid with one run over five frames, but this was his best start of the 2026 season so far, mixing. Four seam fastballs at 96.7 mph, with sinkers and sweepers to keep the Padre's guessing. The pirates often struggled early against Padre's starter Nick Povetta, but O'Neill Crews broke it open in the fifth with a two-run double, putting them. Up to nothing. In the eighth, they loaded the bases and exploded for five more runs on singles and errors,

1:00turning it into a blowout. The bullpen was lights out too. Isaac Matsun, Gregory Soto, and Johan Ramirez combined for scoreless frames to close it. Schienes nearly no hit them until the sixth, when Fernando Tati's junior singled, but a double-play erased the threat, and he only gave up a solo homer too. Zander Bogeyertz in the seventh. Pirates are rolling now, with seven wins in their last nine games, sitting at seven and four on the year. Schienes keeps proving why he's the ace, and this squad's got momentum building early in the season. That wraps M.O.B. News today. Brought to you with AI.