Skenes Struggles, Cardinals Crush Pirates

0:00On April 30, Pittsburgh pirates Ace Paul Schienz dropped to zero and five against the St. Louis Cardinals after a tough five inning outing on April 30th at PNC Park. The cards won 10-5, jumping on him early with four earned runs, a career high 8 hits and two home runs, his first multi-homer game since. Last August against the Brewers. Coming off a strong April, Schienz has now lost five of his 15 total big league defeats to St. Louis across seven starts more than any other. Team. His ERA against them sits at 2.95, solid but not enough to snag a win as they've handed him the most runs in a single star before. Manager Don Kelly chalked it up to the Cardinals swinging aggressively early, fighting off pitches and putting good wood on the ball. Schienz admitted his command was off in the first couple frames, where they tagged him for three quick runs including back-to-back homers, but he battled back with strikeouts. Despite the struggles, Schienz fan nine batters, a season high with nasty whips on his change-up and fastball.

1:05He threw a season high 102 pitches, mixing four seam fastballs at 96.7 mph, change-ups, splitters, sweepers, and sinkers to grind through. The pirates offense couldn't back him up, but Schienz stays a cornerstone as they push forward, eyeing better command next time out to flip this. Cardinal script. From around the league, powered by AI, this is MLB News Today.