{"id":270764,"date":"2026-08-23T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270764\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:40:08","slug":"saturdays-pittsburgh-pirates-action-skubal-shakes-off-3-run-first-inning-then-settles-in-to-dominate-for-his-1st-win-as-a-dodger-national-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270764\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday’s Pittsburgh Pirates action: Skubal shakes off 3-run first inning, then settles in to dominate for his 1st win as a Dodger | National Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Tarik Skubal<\/a> started out shaky, putting the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 3-0 hole in the first inning. Then, the two-time Cy Young Award winner dug in to flash the stuff that made him baseball’s prize acquisition at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

Skubal struck out 11 \u2014 one off his season best \u2014 to earn his first win since joining the two-time defending World Series champions, 4-3 over the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

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