Reynolds broke a 2-2 tie within the fifth when he took a Luis Severino fastball to right-center for a two-run blast. Within the seventh, Severino loaded the bases earlier than handing it off to Jake Diekman, and Reynolds once more went to right-center for a house run, this one a grand slam from the opposite aspect of the plate.
Tellez received the Pirates on the board within the fourth with a solo shot and put the cherry on high within the eighth together with his grand slam. Jack Suwinski, Yasmani Grandal and Michael A. Taylor additionally hit solo photographs.
That paired completely with Skenes’ begin, during which he threw a career-high 107 pitches whereas hanging out eight over seven innings of two-run ball. He has struck out 78 hitters in comparison with simply 12 walks over his first 10 begins, becoming a member of Masahiro Tanaka as the one pitchers to strike out 70 or extra hitters with 15 or fewer walks of their first 10 MLB begins since 1901.