The 2025 All-Star Game represented something that Pittsburgh Pirates fans know full well: an opportunity for Paul Skenes to be instantly dominant on the mound. It was also a guarantee that he'd leave the game without factoring in to the decision.
Of course, with this being the All-Star Game and Skenes being the starter, this was a foregone conclusion. A starting pitcher needs to pitch five innings to secure a win, and as dominant as Skenes was with a perfect inning that featured strikeouts of Gleyber Torres and Riley Greene, there was no way he was going to last more than a single frame.