Skenes has been dialed in recently for Kelly's team with four shutout games in seven outings, improving his ERA to 2.03 on the season. He has recorded 115 strikeouts in 111 inning

Skenes told reporters that he went out to talk with the crew because he was bored and added that he might have been researching his next career, telling the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Noah Hiles he would love to cut grass when his baseball career is over.

Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras (hand) and third baseman Nolan Arenado (finger) will sit vs. the Pirates, but the team is hopeful they will return Friday.

The Cardinals gave an update on the status of Willson Contreras, who exited Tuesday night's game after being hit on the hand by a pitch.

Willson Contreras can’t stop getting hit by pitches, and he seems to believe his Cardinals teammates are partially to blame. “Every hit by pitch is scary,” the star first baseman told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after Tuesday’s 1-0 loss to the Pirates,