Originally billed as one of the team's promotional giveaway games, the first 20,000 fans in attendance were to receive the Skenes collectible.

Paul Skenes grew used to the buzz that surrounds him a while ago. Still, Saturday was different. Throughout an unseasonably warm spring afternoon, the mania that seems to follow the 22-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates ace whenever he takes the mound collided with the reality of the current state of his underperforming team.

The Pittsburgh Pirates wasted a good start from starting pitcher Paul Skenes, suffering a shutout to the Cleveland Guardians, 3-0. This defeat mean