Paul Skenes Takes the Mound for Pirates vs. Tigers

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00:00Is it Skeen's Day?

00:01Is that 37?

00:03I'm not so great with my Roman numerals.

00:06What is it?

00:0634.

00:07Skeen's Day 34.

00:10No, it's not 44.

00:12That's not 44.

00:14He hasn't made 44 starts.

00:17Not a chance.

00:18Why do we even have Roman numerals anyway?

00:21I mean, come on now.

00:22Man, I've been saying the wrong Skeen's Day for a while.

00:24By the way, it is Skeen's Day today.

00:26Why can't we just Skeen's Day numeric numbers?

00:28What's wrong with that?

00:29Why do we have to have Roman numerals up here?

00:31Yeah, maybe we should switch it now just so the hosts don't get confused

00:34in a time where hosts need to be looking at their absolute smartest

00:38as we're getting ready for football season.

00:41The Buccos, DRS, a slight home favorite despite at home this weekend,

00:45Paul Skeen's did not pitch, but they were swept by the Chicago White Sox,

00:49the first sweep for the Sox this year.

00:51We just missed by a day.

00:53Tarek Skubal and Paul Skeen's for a second consecutive time.

00:57They squared off in the All-Star game on Tuesday in Atlanta.

01:00Jack Flaherty, though, not a bad pitching matchup against Skeen's and Pittsburgh.

01:05Total is seven.

01:06What's the play today inside PNC Park?

01:09Jack Flaherty, not a bad pitcher, Ben.

01:11Last 60 days, 54 innings pitch a 3.84x fifth number.

01:14So I just ask you this question where it's like, okay, usually in Major League Baseball,

01:18it's just about taking the better pitcher on the mound,

01:20and usually the better pitcher wins out against a solid hitting team.

01:23Detroit, one of the better teams in baseball, not playing their best on the season,

01:26as we've seen over the past week to week and a half throughout the All-Star break.

01:29But understand this.

01:30The expectations for Paul Skeen's and a Pittsburgh victory are what, Ben?

01:34Eight innings pitched, one earned run?

01:36So if I'm not going to get eight innings pitched out of Paul Skeen's and one earned run or less,

01:41how do you bet the Pittsburgh Pirates at this point?

01:43Case in point, we just opened the second half of the season.

01:47The White Sox just ran right through the Pittsburgh Pirates.

01:50And you're right, Paul Skeen's wasn't on the mound.

01:52But that's just the level of what are we getting on a day-to-day basis out of that lineup

01:55who just feels like it's O'Neal Cruz or nobody you can bet because nobody can get a base hit.

02:01So Flaherty gives you six and two-thirds innings pitched and one or two earned runs.

02:07Why would you not just take Detroit?

02:09Skeen's can't pitch 13 innings in this game to catch my drift at this point.

02:13So I'll wait it out.

02:15First five innings, if you want to bet Skeen's to beat Detroit, okay, I'll deal with that.

02:18But for a game, you can't take the Pittsburgh Pirates at this level.

02:22Minus a minus money price.

02:24Well, Donnie, Skeen's one of the best pitchers in baseball.

02:26Well, if you're getting him two runs, you're still probably going to lose the baseball game.

02:30I can't take Pittsburgh.

02:31It's only Detroit for me at a slight dog price.

02:34Even though the pitching match really slants towards Pittsburgh, they stink.

02:38The team just stinks.

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