Paul Skenes again pitched into the eighth for Pittsburgh before Andrew McCutchen came through with a go-ahead single that inning, helping the Pirates complete a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies with a 2-1 win on Sunday.

Paul Skenes delivered another excellent start and Andrew McCutchen brought home the game-winning run for the Pittsburgh Pirates in their 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the weekend sweep at PNC Park.

The lone scorer came on Kyle Schwarber’s solo homer in the first inning Saturday. In seven games without Bryce Harper, the Phillies are now 1-6.

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Phillies on the ropes. Two batters later, Romano gave up a fly ball to left field. Max Kepler drifted back to catch it, but there wasn’t much point. Adam Frazier trotted home to score the winning run Friday night in the Pirates’ 5-4 walk-off victory that sent the Phillies to their seventh loss in eight games.

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There are many platitudes that can be deployed in the event of a baseball team’s extended swoon. You have heard most, if not all, of them before; they can offer neither solace nor novelty. Therefore, let us move on to detailing the events of today’s showdown between Paul Skenes and Cristopher Sánchez.

As the Pittsburgh Pirates get set to take on the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon, Pirates' fireballer Paul Skenes occupies a place all by himself in s