ERA over 200K, 1 point range, 5 innings, 8K scoreless, Cy Young Award Confident Bae Ji-hwan, 2 walks, 2 steals, no hit, PIT 12 BAL
Sep 11, 2025
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In an away game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park on the 11th (Korea time), Skins did not give up a single point due to his stellar pitching in which he gave up only two hits and struck out eight in five innings. However, after going down the mound with the winning pitcher requirements, the bullpen allowed a tie, failing to win 11 games of the season.
Skins, who kissed his 10th win of the season against the Colorado Rockies on the 25th of last month, lowered his ERA, the only one in both leagues, from 1.98 to 1.92. Skins re-entered the one-run ERA against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the 5th with two hits and no runs in six innings.
As a result, Skins pitched 178 innings in 30 games of the season with 203 strikeouts, 39 walks, a WHIP of 0.92 and a 0.193 hit rate. In the NL, they ranked third in pitching innings, No. 1 in strikeouts, No. 1 in WHIP, and joint third in hit rate.
Since the opening of the live ball era in 1920, Skins is the sixth pitcher in Pittsburgh's history to have 200 strikeouts in a season, and it is the first time in two years since Mitch Keller (210) in 2023.
Philadelphia Phillies Christopher Sanchez (12-5, 2.58, 195K), who ranks second in ERA in the NL, and San Francisco Giants Logan Webb (14-9, 3.12, 201K), who ranks first in pitching innings, are among the pitchers who will be eligible for the Cy Young Award.
In other words, Skins' performance is overwhelming.
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In the second inning, he allowed an infield hit to the third base to lead Ryan Mountcastle, but ended the inning lightly by inducing Samuel Basayo to a double play to the second baseman and striking out Colton Kauser with a 98.3-mile outside fastball.
He also got out of the woods in the third inning. He was hit by a right double by Dylan Beaver after one, but he put Kobe Mayo to rest with a sweeper in the middle of 84 miles on the fifth pitch in the ball count of 2B2S. This marks the second time this season that Skins has struck out 200 in the NL. He then grounded out Holiday to shortstop and finished the inning.
In the fourth inning with a 1-0 lead, Jackson, Henderson and Mountcastle were cooked with 10 balls, and in the fifth inning, they played five innings neatly with three outs with two strikeouts.
Skins pitched only 64, the fewest this season, but he turned over the mound to Carmen Mozinski in the sixth inning because he thought there was no need to overdo it as he had already pitched more than 170 innings.
Fastball speed of 22 throws was up to 98.3 miles and an average of 97.2 miles, about a mile slower than the season average.
Pittsburgh allowed Isaac Matson to tie the game after getting three hits in the bottom of the eighth inning with a 1-0 lead, sending Skins' 11 wins flying away.
The game was decided in the 10th inning. Baltimore won 2-1 in the bottom of the 10th inning with no outs and a walk-off hit by the Beavers.
Bae Ji-hwan, who re-entered the Major League on the 8th, started in left field at No. 8 and recorded no hits, two walks, one strikeout, and two steals in two at-bats, failing to report his first hit since returning. His batting average dropped to 0.067 (1 hit in 15 at-bats). Bae Ji-hwan left a regretful note as he grounded out to shortstop in the top of the 10th inning with two outs and a third base chance when he was 1-1.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
