PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates right-handed starting pitcher Paul Skenes embarks on his final outing before the All-Star break, facing off against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. This marks the first time Skenes will face the Twins in his career and also his 20th start of the 2025 season.

Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer, Joe Ryan outpitched Paul Skenes. and the Minnesota Twins beat Pittsburgh 2-1 to hand the Pirates their seventh straight loss.

The team wrote, “Paul Skenes has reached 300 career strikeouts in only his 43rd career start. He is the first Pirates pitcher and one of only 17 Major League pitchers all-time to record at least 300 strikeouts in his first 43 big-league starts.”