It is Paul Skeens day in Southern California as your Pittsburgh Pirates take on the Dodgers in game two of the series tonight. And this newly minted national holiday has a special feeling today as it's also the first homecoming for the 22 year old p Speaking of kids, we got a pitching match up for rookies tonight. River Ryan for the Dodgers, Paul schemes for the Pirates and Isaiah kiner FPA will be your leadoff hitter tonight for the Pirates last night and fires 2 to 0. Bounces one back to him, the former shortstop and shows some of that all infielder ability that should be on every highlight film tonight for sure. And he had to grab it near the third base line and he got it to Freddie Freeman for the out somehow. Fastball right down the chute and like a House by the side of the road. Reynolds strike three. And so now Cruz will step to the plate looking for a 123 1st inning. He's got it with a sharp breaking pitch to finish off Cruz no score in the bottom of the first and we get treated to that match up right away here, Paul Skes against shohei bouncing ball along first. It's kind of an, took the sting out of it. The rematch ends quickly here in the first and now will face Oscar hernandez swing and a fly ball to the right field line. Long run for Brian de La Cruz. That ball falls in fair and it bounces in the foul ground and in the second is the Oscar hernandez and his hit streak to open August is a game. Look at those amazing but not surprising with Fred Freeman's done after missing two weeks ball shot to left Reynolds back on. It makes the catch on to the warning track just stuck his bat out. That's the second out. And now Gavin luck, let's go over no one pitch luck slash the base hit to center in the first. Gavin looks with a two out double to score hernandez every day, every night. It looks like it's going to continue the rhythm. The contact. Now the San and a 22 swing and a miss struck him out able to get the fastball up and in at 98 but the Dodgers get a first inning run, a leadoff single for Bart swinging a hot bat and Bar is aboard for rowdy home of the 21 pitch to it to second. That's a double play making plays all over the diamond broken bat and that's going to be off the glove of TK Hernandez over at third and that will go as an E five. Brian de La Cruz will reach first and a two out error by the third baseman hernandez yesterday, one for four swing on a miss strike three and Brian Hayes strikes out. That's the third strikeout of the game for River ryan and three strikeouts for Skeens through two Dodgers go in order in the bottom of the second on to the third inning Dodgers one Pirates and that's the second hit of the inning but with two outs, a man aboard and that will bring up Brian reynolds and a bouncer slowly hit to third playing back. Hernandez tries to bear him and Then knocks it down with his glove. Reynolds is safe. It will be a base hit Pirates with three hits in the inning and for the first time, they have a runner at second Cruz batting with two on and two out and a ground ball to second to his right is lux backhand throws on the first to get him in time. No runs, three hits, no errors and two men hit the the lead off the third against gets on in front of Otani swing and a miss struck him out. He chased a splink well off the plate foot and a half outside. I think he was in swing mode. He was going to swing no matter where this baseball was four strikeouts for, here's the Osar hernandez with a man at first. This is not going to be an easy play. Hernandez is two for two just kissing the ball a couple times. He'll take it so a soft bouncer toward first to gloves and will take it to the bag to get Freeman for the second out. Ahmed to third hernandez to second two are gone. And Gavin Lux who ripped a double his last time. He's coming up to right field to score on that. Here comes hernandez throw from De La Cruz is late. Gavin Lux has knocked in all three against Paul schemes. It's 3 to 0. Los Angeles Gavin Lux with a two out, two run single and one out in the fourth. I drive to center field, Kevin Kiermaier. Wow. I didn't think there would be playing in this game that would top River Ryan's play in the first batter. This one tops it that I can go get it still as good as anybody in the big leagues and he knows exactly where the wall is. He uses it to his advantage and the inning ends a 123 innings for Paul Skeens in the bottom of the fourth inning. We go to the fifth at Dodger Stadium game two of this three game set, Michael a Taylor the number nine Banner. What happened here? We're going to have to take a look at a replay to see what is going on two pitches ago. This is the delivery. Oh, I don't like that. Sometimes you can get a tweak in your arm. That's kind of an electrical feeling like somebody hit your funny bone. No, I hate this. So sick of this across the sport. We don't know. And I hope it was just a stinger Ahmed strikes out. That's the sixth strikeout for Paul Skes tonight. One away and here's swing and a miss struck him out, way out in front of the breaking ball and back to back strikeouts for a ball to center Oscar hernandez with an opposite field home, three quarters of the way towards the cycle hit a solo homer. He is three for three in the ball game and two gone. Now in the 62 on two out 40 Dodgers swing and a miss almost to a knee to try to meet that low slider out of the zone and the Pirates get two on with nobody out and leave him right there and tried a splink on 31 and he will issue the two out walk. Austin Barnes has struck out both against schemes hits softly to first and tags the bag for the final out through six innings tonight. Two hits in the inning and with two men out, the Pirates have runners at 1st and 2nd facing Brian Reynolds 4 to 0. Dodgers and Reynolds lifts it in the air to left but right at Hernandez, he'll make a head high catch of a line drive that fill him up for Oscar Hernandez who went three for three against the, he's a triple shy of the cycle and he got him looking right on the corner a great pitch by Ben Heller. And Oscar Hernandez is caught looking so 0 to 2 now swung on and missed Heller gets another strike out of Freeman swing and a Miss, he strikes out lux and he strikes out three in a row. Dodgers 74 to lead over the Pirates trying to put the finishing touches on a special Saturday night will be Daniel Hudson. Brian Cruz sends the first pitch in the air to center field and one pitch to get the first out. So one out now Hayes zero for three, that one's hit really hard out to left field back. It goes home run key Brian Hayes and for Hayes his first home run since June 18th gets the Pirates on the board. It's 4 to 1. Maybe that will be the thing that jump starts him. Pirates offense really could use that coming from the third base position and keep Brian Hayes swinging a ground ball to the right side of the infield. Gavin lucks up with it sidearm flip to first two down and one to get there is the ball game. Dodgers take the series from the Pirates. They win this Saturday night game 4 to 1 special day at Dodger Stadium finishes off for the win.