From the first pitch of the night, Pirates manager Don Kelly knew that his ace was in good form on Friday. In a head-to-head matchup of All-Stars, Paul Skenes started Minnesota’s Byron Buxton with a 94.

Trevor Larnach belted a two-run home run and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night in Minneapolis.

All-Star starting pitcher Paul Skenes has had a Cy Young-caliber campaign in 2025 despite playing for a struggling Pirates team.

What looked like a classic pitchers’ duel before the game took some twists and turns on Friday, with one ace looking rock-solid, but losing, and another ace struggling early, but winning.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates right-handed starting pitcher Paul Skenes embarks on his final outing before the All-Star break, facing off against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. This marks the first time Skenes will face the Twins in his career and also his 20th start of the 2025 season.

Dunne, the former LSU gymnast and current social media sensation, was in town to watch her boyfriend Paul Skenes pitch for the Pittsburgh Pirates. And between innings, the Twins played a celebrity lookalike game on their scoreboard. They found Dunne in the stands, and gave Livvy herself as a celebrity lookalike.

Paul Skenes got distracted after Olivia Dunne showed up on the screen while he was about to pitch against the Twins.

Skenes (4-8) took the loss Friday against the Twins, giving up two runs on five hits and no walks in five innings. He struck out six.

Trevor Larnach (13) Top 3 WPA: Trevor Larnach (.181), Jhoan Durán (.161), Joe Ryan (.145) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) It’s a little early in the season for spectacle, yet the demand for a show never ceases.

Livvy Dunne was in Minnesota to watch Paul Skenes and ended up seeing herself on the scoreboard. Midway through Friday’s matchup between the Pirates and Twins at Target Field, Dunne was put on the jumbotron during the ballpark’s celebrity look-alike segment — showing Dunne as her own doppleganger.

Sunday, 1:10 p.m.: RHP Mitch Keller (3-10, 3.58 ERA) vs. RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (5-4, 4.08)