Tampa, Florida (AP) – The only thing Paul Skenes was questioned on Wednesday Her photo spread with her girlfriend Livvy Dunne In GQ Magazine.
The subject only appeared after the Pirates Ace dominated the Rays of Tampa Bay, allowing an unprecedented race on three strokes in seven rounds of A 4-2 Pittsburgh victory. Skenes withdrew six and did not walked by throwing 102 throws.
As comfortable as he was on the Steinbrenner Field mound – the basic temporary house of the Yankees spring bulletin and the rays – Skenes was less comfortable if we consider how his teammates could react to him by being interviewed and photographed by the venerable male magazine for a profile that was published online online.
“I’m going to have a little flak in the locker room,” said Skenes, a smile pushing on his face. “I don’t look forward to this.
Dunne, a LSU gymnast, has 8 million followers on Tiktok and 5 million on Instagram, and the couple was photographed in an elegant house in Baton Rouge, in Louisiana, for the GQ profile. They spoke to the magazine of their romance, which started at university.
Fame arrived quickly for Dunne in the era of the name, the image and the resemblance of university athletics, and she told GQ that she did not know who was Skenes when they met. But Skenes – The recruit of the year of the National League and an All -Star last season – could catch up.
On Wednesday, Skenes, 22, withdrew 21 of the 24 strikers and generated 13 swings and missions, seven on his fast ball. Its whip of 0.92 is the lowest thanks to the first 25 departures of a launcher in the history of the major league.
A launch error of Isiah Kiner-Falefa helped the rays reaching 2-1 in sixth round, but Skenes minimized the damage. In the seventh, he fell behind 3-0 to his last two strikers, but both struck them.
“POSSER 3-0 on the last two strikers of the match is not very good,” he said. “I have nothing to lose there. I have to go out. It’s my job, so that’s all I was trying to do. I mean, it is not as difficult as people think it is to launch strikes. I did it – three locations too late. ”
These clutches allowed Skenes to play the role of stopping for the pirates, who had lost four games in a row, and the manager Derek Shelton was impressed.
“It’s something few guys have in the game,” said Shelton. “To be able to go back and get this terrain at 100 MPH when you need it – that’s what makes Paul Skenes special.”
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