Morning Rundown: Paul Skenes pitches scoreless inning for NL, Pirates complete draft with 10 more picks

Paul Skenes starts for the National League in the All-Star game, day three of the draft wraps up

Jul 17, 2024

A Jarren Duran home run gave the American League the lead and eventually the win against the National League.

Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run home run in the third inning, representing all of the offense for the NL. The AL answered with five unanswered runs, winning by the score of 5-3.

Paul Skenes started for the NL, pitching a shutout in the first inning, walking Juan Soto. He got Steven Kwan to pop out before inducing a ground ball to Gunnar Henderson.

After walking Soto, he got Aaron Judge to ground into a forceout to end the inning. Skenes threw 16 pitches, 11 of which went for strikes.

Bryan Reynolds entered the game and picked up a hit, going 1-2 on the day.

The Pirates start play back up on Friday against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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The Pirates wrapped up day three of the 2024 MLB Draft by making 10 more selections. Like in previous days, I’ll have a more comprehensive breakdown of the picks later today, but until then, here are the 10 players they selected.

11th - Jacob Bimbi: LHP, Western Kentucky

12th - Camden Janik: C, Illinois

13th - Matt McShane: RHP, St. Joseph’s (PA)

14th - Ian Farrow: OF, Florida Gulf Coast

15th - Ethan Lege: 3B, Ole Miss

16th - Brian Curley: RHP, VCU

17th - Andrew Patrick: OF, Wright State

18th - Jake Shirk: RHP, Wright State

19th - Joe Vogatsky: RHP, James Madison

20th - Taylor Penn: RHP, Woodford County HS

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