Thu, Apr 30th 10:11pm EDT
By David Leisering
Paul Skenes suffered his second loss of the season after allowing five runs - four earned - on eight hits in five innings. The Cardinals went on to defeat the Pirates, 10-5, on Thursday.
Fantasy Impact: Skenes struck out a season-high nine batters and did not issue a walk in his five innings. But, the Cardinals jumped on the righthander with a pair of solo home runs in the first inning - one by rookie JJ Wetherholt and the other by Jordan Walker. The Cardinals would add another run in the first, one in the third, and one more in the fifth to end Skenes' day. He had allowed three earned runs in five April starts before Thursday. Skenes dropped to 4-2 with a 3.18 ERA and a 39:7 K:BB ratio through 34 innings this season. He's currently lined up to face the Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
Category: Game Recaps
Gus Varland struck out one batter and allowed one hit over 1 1/3 innings pitched in the Nationals win over the Mets.
Fantasy Impact: Varland tallied his third save of the season and is likely to continue to see the bulk of the save chances with Clayton Beeter on the injured list. Varland has a 2.84 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP so far this season.
Category: Game Recaps
