This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW.com.
National League Cy Young favorite Paul Skenes overmatched the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers and led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-3 win on Thursday night at PNC Park to earn a series sweep.
Skenes tossed six-shutout innings, holding the Dodgers (78-62) to just two hits while walking one and striking out eight two of which came against reigning National League MVP Shohei Ohtani.
Tommy Pham put the Pirates (64-77) on the board with an RBI single in the second inning. Pham has 14 RBI in his last 12 games.
The score remained 1-0 until the Pirates struck four more times against Dodgers starter Blake Snell in the fifth. Bryan Reynolds singled home the first run of the inning before Nick Yorke doubled home a pair. Alexander Canario brought home Andrew McCutchen on a groundout to first base to cap off the inning.
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