Chicago lost two of three over the weekend in Motown. The Tigers blanked the Cubs yesterday, 4-0. Dansby Swanson had two of Chicago’s four hits on the afternoon. Philadelphia lost three, one-run games to the Pirates in Pittsburgh over the weekend. Sunday, they managed a mere three hits against Paul Skenes and Braxton Ashcraft.

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As LSU baseball punched a ticket to the College World Series, former Tiger star Paul Skenes dominated at the professional level.

Paul Skenes again pitched into the eighth for Pittsburgh before Andrew McCutchen came through with a go-ahead single that inning, helping the Pirates complete a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies with a 2-1 win.

The Phillies placed Bryce Harper on the 10-day injured list due to his ailing right wrist before Saturday’s game against the Pirates. This came after the two-time National League MVP sat out of the Phillies’ 5-4 loss to Pittsburgh on Friday night.