# @pittsburghpg on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-25T18:59:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@pittsburghpg) — https://gondola.cc/pittsburghpg

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JOE STARKEY | You are likely not alone if you felt conflicted watching the pittsburghpirates and Paul Skenes on Wednesday night in Cincinnati.

On one hand, it must have made you proud as a Pirates fan to see the incomparable Skenes finish off the greatest pitching season in franchise history — or at least since Babe Adams in the dead-ball era — in grand style.

Skenes wiped out the Reds over six shutout innings and finished the season with a ridiculous 1.97 earned-run average. He is a lock to win the National League Cy Young Award. He is arguably off to the best 55-game start in baseball history.

On the other hand, even though the Pirates won, it must have been infuriating to watch them blow a 2-0 lead, cost Skenes the win and leave him with a 10-10 record. Not because of the record itself, but because of what it represents. Namely, that the Pirates have positively mangled two seasons of a generational pitcher.

Read Starkey's full column at the link in our bio.

📸: Associated Press

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