OLIVIA DUNNE shared a selfie with fans of her and pitcher boyfriend Paul Skenes amid their incredible run.
Dunne and Skenes were the power couple of LSU athletics, and although the gymnast just finished her senior year of college, Skenes is making a name for herself in minor league baseball.
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Dunne shared a selfie on her Instagram Story of the couple in the car, apparently heading out on a date.
They were well dressed, with Skenes wearing a dress shirt and Dunne in a black dress.
Skenes doesn’t have much downtime, with the star pitcher constantly under scrutiny by the Pittsburgh Pirates for a potential call-up to the big leagues.
The LSU product is showing why he was the No. 1 pick in last year’s draft, dominating the competition through his first seven games.
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For the season, Skenes pitched 27.1 innings, allowing just three earned runs and striking out 45 batters.
It wasn’t until his seventh start at Triple A that Skenes gave up his first professional home run, a solo pitch to Buffalo outfielder Will Robertson.
Skenes also allowed two runs in a game for the first time this season, which increased his ERA, but only to 0.99.
The Pirates are expected to call up Skenes to their major league rotation at some point this season, but he needs to work on his toughness first.
Skenes has yet to throw more than 75 pitches as a starter, and Sunday was the first time he pitched on four days rest.
However, the Pirates like what they’ve seen so far and Skenes may not be far from being called up.
“We talk about boxes being checked and today would be another one,” Cherington told 93.7 The Fan.
“It is the first time, as a professional, that he starts a game with four days rest.
“It may not seem like a big deal, but this is the first time this has happened and it’s another box to check.
“He has checked almost all the boxes since the start of the season and is responding incredibly well.”
DUNNE AND SKENES’ SUMMER OF LOVE
Olivia Dunne and Paul Skenes managed to keep their relationship a secret before finally going public last summer.
The two met at LSU, but it’s unclear when they started dating.
Rumors of a romance began when Dunne watched LSU win the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, last summer.
And Dunne posted selfies from Fort Myers, Fla., where Skenes was playing.
He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and began his professional career playing in the minor leagues in the Sunshine State.
The final clue came when Dunne posed in a Pirates cap before the pair finally went public.
Young pitching talent has been a Pirates specialty this year, with rookie Jared Jones off to a hot start in his MLB career.
Jones pitched 41 innings with a 2.63 ERA and 52 strikeouts.
Having Skenes and Jones at the top of the pitching rotation would be a formidable duo for the Pirates offense.
They have yet to figure out the hitting side of things, as the team’s .224 batting average is one of the worst in baseball.
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