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PITTSBURGH -- In the home dugout at PNC Park after Paul Skenes' evening was done, Bailey Falter asked the rookie how many strikeouts he had on the evening. Skenes claimed to forget, so he started to add up the tally on the Kennametal strikeout counter, mouthing to himself. “Seven…eight…nine,” Skenes
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