Paul Skenes pitched into the 9th for the first time in the Majors -- and was still hitting 100 mph -- but that didn't prevent his first loss as a Pirate. The Mets had a plan for Aaron Judge. He didn't beat them and neither did the Yankees.

On today’s episode:

Act I: THE BIG STORIES (0:43-2:25)

Pitching 8 1/3 innings with eight strikeouts and allowing only four hits, no walks and two runs seems like a pretty good evening on the mound. And it was for Paul Skenes. He pitched into the 9th inning for the first time with the Pirates but also endured his first loss in a 2-1 Cardinals squeaker. The Mets arrived in the Bronx for the Subway Series opener with a plan to neutralize Aaron Judge by avoiding him at all cost. They walked him 4 times before a critical 9th-inning strikeout by Jake Diekman helped seal a tense 3-2 victory.

 

Act II: WHIPAROUND (4:21-5:51)

The Mariners lost a 10-game lead atop the AL West in the span of a month and now they are losing players at an accelerated clip. A day after cutting ties with first baseman Ty France, they placed superstar outfielder Julio Rodríguez (ankle) and starting shortstop J.P. Crawford (broken pinkie) on the injured list. The depleted Mariners then went out and lost to the Angels for the fifth straight time. The only saving grace for Seattle was that the Astros also fell, dropping a second consecutive game to the A's. Elsewhere, the Giants' Tyler Fitzgerald tied a rookie record by homering in a fifth straight game. But Shohei Ohtani drove in three and L.A. improved to 5-0 since the All-Star break.

 

Act III: LOOKING AHEAD (7:42-9:28)

Tyler Glasnow returns to the Dodgers after a back ailment forced a short stint on the injured list. Former Cy Young winner Robbie Ray returns to make his Giants debut after being sidelined for 16 months by Tommy John surgery. The pair will square off when the NL West rivals play the third of four in Los Angeles, a game MLB Network will show at 10:10 p.m. ET.

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