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Three home runs in an inning off Skenes? How?

By Greg Macafeeon the North Shore

Out of nowhere, a brilliant young pitcher who never gets hit was getting hit really, really, really hard. Paul Skenes gave up solo home runs to Dansby Swanson, Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki, all in the fifth inning of the Pirates' 8-3 loss to the Cubs today at PNC Park.Read More

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