Overview

• Paul Skenes delivered six scoreless innings at PNC Park despite allowing a career-high seven hits to lead Pittsburgh to a 7-0 victory.
• The outing lowered Skenes’s MLB-leading ERA from 2.02 to 1.94 and kept him unbeaten in four career starts against the Reds.
• Relievers Cam Sanders, Ryan Borucki and Kyle Nicolas combined for three scoreless innings to complete the nine-hit shutout.
• Bryan Reynolds homered in the first inning and Jared Triolo and Henry Davis each drove in multiple runs in a three-run opening frame.
• With a 1-0 lead in the four-game series, the Pirates will send Mitch Keller to the mound against Reds rookie Chase Burns on Friday.