Skenes Wins, Judge Injured in Statis-Pro Match-up Previews Actual World Series

 

Just like Tuesday's all-Star Game, our next Statis-Pro baseball game features Paul Skenes vs. Aaron Judge - when the Pittsburgh Pirates host the NY Yankees. The cards actually appear in sheet form on the free Statis-Pro game, but above are the numbers from the sheets put on the traditional Statis-Pro baseball cards.

While every fan knows Judge's incredible numbers, the following facts about Skenes may make him even more impressive. 

1) Skenes is the first pitcher in baseball history to start the All-Star Game his first two seasons.

2) Only four pitchers in the history of the game have career ERAs of lower than 2.00. Here they are with their last season pitched:

1877 Louisville Grays - Jim Deulin, 1.90 career ERA

1910 Cleveland Naps - Addie Joss, 1.89 career ERA

1917 Boston Braves - Ed Walsh, 1.84 career ERA

2025 Pittsburgh Pirates - Paul Skenes, 1.98 career ERA

Note we project the card to produce about a 2.40 ERA, but so far he has actually been much better than that both seasons.

Yankees L; Skenes 2-0, Pirates 2-4 Overall

Our Statis-Pro Pittsburgh Pirates improved 2-4 by evening their series against the NY Yankees, breaking a scoreless tie in the 6th inning on a rare Z-Play when the Yankees two All-Stars Jazz Chisholm and Aaron Judge, collided on a Heliot Ramos drive to right center that then fell in for a double.

This was the first injury of our Statis-Pro season on the Z-play charts really used to force the occasional substitution to use bench player cards. After the two All-Stars left the game, Jasson Domínguez's card was used for the rest of the game and he singled and threw out a runner at home from right field.

The Pirates are 0-4 except for the two games in which All-Star starter Skenes have been wins as his 6 shutout innings in this game made him 2-0 and lowered his Statis-Pro ERA to 2.25, compared to his card projected to yield about a 2.40 ERA and a little higher than his career 1.98 ERA. As shown in the photo below, the Pirates tacked on runs in the 7th and 8th for the 4-0 win. Here is the box score.

Pos	New York Yankees	OPS	SB	AB	R	H	RBI	Notes
CF	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	0.836	A	3	0	0	0	inj, collide Judge
CF	Oswaldo Cabrera	0.686	B	0	0	0	0	BB
RF	Aaron Judge	1.134	B	2	0	0	0	inj, collide Chisholm
RF	Jasson Domínguez	0.754	A	2	0	1	0	OF assist 9-2
DH	Ben Rice	0.778	C	3	0	0	0
1b	Paul Goldschmidt	0.777	B	2	0	0	0	BB
CF	Cody Bellinger	0.775	B	3	0	0	0
C	Austin Wells	0.74	C	3	0	1	0	2B
SS	Anthony Volpe	0.713	A	3	0	0	0
2b	Pablo Reyes	0.667	B	3	0	1	0
3b	Oswald Peraza	0.676	A	3	0	0	0	K all 3 times
	Batted 0.111			27	0	3	0
PB	NYY Pitchers	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	W	K & notes
2'-7	Luis Gil	4.13	6	7	1	1	1	5 Ks, Loss
2'-7	Will Warren	4.34	0.7	2	1	1	1	0 K
2'-8	Luke Weaver	4.23	1.3	3	2	2	0	2 K
	Game ERA 4.50		8	12	4	4	2	7 K, 4-0 team loss
Pos	Pittsburgh Pirates	OPS	SB	AB	R	H	RBI	Notes
SS	Oneil Cruz	0.785	A	3	0	1	0	walk
CF	Jack Suwinski	0.769	A	4	0	0	0
LF	Bryan Reynolds	0.768	C	4	2	3	0	MVP
2b	Nick Gonzales	0.753	D	4	1	2	0	2b
C	Heliot Ramos	0.788	C	4	0	1	1	2b
DH	Andrew McCutchen	0.71	D	4	0	0	0
1b	Endy Rodríguez	0.692	E	4	0	1	1
RF	Tommy Pham	0.677	B	3	0	1	0	BB, SB
3b	Jared Triolo	0.679	B	3	1	2	0	2b
	Batted 0.333			33	4	11	2
PB	Pitt pitchers	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	W	K & notes
2'-9	Paul Skenes	2.40	6	2	0	0	0	7 K, Win
4'-7	Colin Holderman	3.76	1	1	0	0	1	0 K
4'-7	Bailey Falter	4.36	1	0	0	0	0	1 K
2'-7	Dennis Santana	3.84	1	0	0	0	1	1 K
	Game ERA 0.00		9	3	0	0	2	9 K, 4-0 win

Play-by-play scoresheet.