Paul Skenes Leads Pirates to Sweep Over Rockies; Jared Triolo Does it Again
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes tossed seven-shutout innings and Jared Triolo homered for the second straight game for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who swept the Colorado Rockies with a 4-0 win on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.
How We Got There
Skenes (8-9) scattered three hits while the Rockies (37-94) only reached second base twice against him. The right-hander capped off his outing by recording strikeouts for all three outs in the seventh inning.
Triolo hit a three-run homer off McCade Brown, who was making his MLB debut, to break a scoreless tie in the fourth. The Pirates (57-74) added another in the inning when Isiah Kiner-Faelfa doubled home Henry Davis.
Dennis Santana got Brenton Doyle to groundout to second with two runners on for the final out in the ninth.
Key Moment
Jared Triolo’s three-run homer was more than enough for the Pirates to break out the brooms.
BIG TRI WITH ANOTHER BIG SWING 🫡 pic.twitter.com/ULMHbNmuAK
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) August 24, 2025
Star of the Game
Paul Skenes hasn’t allowed a run in five of his last six starts at PNC Park. This was the first time he completed seven innings since June 8, when he tossed 7.2 innings against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Stat to Know
Jared Triolo homered in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. He hit a two-run shot in the Pirates’ 5-1 win over the Rockies on Saturday.
Notable Performances
- Paul Skenes: 7.0 innings, three hits, no runs, no walks, seven strikeouts, 101 pitches/69 strikes
- Jared Triolo: 2 for 2, one home run, three RBI, one run, one walk
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 1 for 3, one RBI
Noteworthy
- Nick Gonzales extended his hitting streak to eight games with a seventh-inning infield single.
- This was the Pirates’ league-leading 16th shutout of the season.
- Pittsburgh’s pitchers allowed one run in their series against the Rockies and two runs combined over their last four games.
- The Pirates went 5-1 on the homestand, taking two of three from the Toronto Blue Jays before their sweep of the Rockies.
Up Next
The Pirates head to St. Louis for the start of a four-game series against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Monday night.
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