4 days Ago By LSU Tigers Wire
Former LSU baseball stars Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews met for the first time in their professional careers when the Pittsburgh Pirates faced the Washington Nationals on Monday. As the Pirates' starting pitcher, Skenes faced Crews twice through his six innings of work. Skenes got the best of the Nationals' outfielder on both occasions.
Crews grounded out twice. The first came on a 1-2 count as a ground ball back to Skenes, and the pitcher made a soft throw to first base for the out. In the second go-around, Crews worked a seven-pitch at-bat to a full count.
He grounded out to this base to end the frame and finished 0-4 for the game.Skenes grabbed his second win of the season, giving up one earned run on three hits while striking out six. Sixty-four of his 99 pitches went for strikes in the Pirates' 10-3 victory over the Nationals.
His ERA stands at 2.96 through 24.1 innings in 2025.
Crews is batting .106 through 13 appearances in his second professional season.The former Tigers led the program to the 2023 College World Series before turning their attentions to the professional ranks.
Skenes and Crews were drafted first and second, respectively, in the 2023 MLB Draft. Each needed less than a year in the Minor Leagues to make their debuts at the highest level. Paul Wins Round One ✍️@Paul_Skenes | #LSUMLBpic.
twitter.com/so0J3DOE5f— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) April 14, 2025Crews has struggled at the MLB level in 2025. He's batting .
116 with an OPS+ of -16. This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: Ex-LSU stars Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews Monday. Here's what happened.
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