Pirates star Paul Skenes' strikeouts to help Gary Sinise Foundation for 2nd straight season

Pittsburgh Pirates prima pitcher Paul Skenes was named the team’s opening time starter for Thursday evening’s matchup against the Miami Marlins.

Skenes, who won the National League Rookie of the Year Award past season, volition beryllium trying to onslaught retired arsenic galore batters arsenic helium tin – and each for a bully cause.

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Pittsburgh pitcher Paul Skenes looks connected from the outfield during outpouring grooming workouts astatine Pirate City successful Bradenton, Florida, connected Feb. 17, 2025. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

He teamed up with the Gary Sinise Foundation (GSF) for a strikeout campaign. For each strikeout Skenes throws this season, helium pledged to donate $100 to the organization.

"I americium precise excited to spouse again with the Gary Sinise Foundation and assistance our veterans and archetypal responders during the 2025 season," helium said successful a quality release. "I person tremendous respect and admiration for the men and women who sacrifice truthful overmuch to support and service our communities. GSF provides an astonishing level to grant and enactment those who person done truthful overmuch for me. I look guardant to different twelvemonth of supporting this astonishing cause."

Actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise started his instauration successful 2011 aft spending the erstwhile decennary volunteering with different organizations. In the past decade, the instauration has helped grow work efforts, providing the military, seasoned and archetypal responder communities with further fundraising and outreach.

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes delivers during a outpouring grooming shot crippled against the Baltimore Orioles, March 1, 2025, successful Sarasota, Florida. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

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"A large convey you and overmuch gratitude to Paul for his awesome enactment of GSF and for this astonishing connection and invitation to batting signifier for the apical donor. Incredible! We are getting large things done astatine the Gary Sinise Foundation and we admit your enactment of Paul and what he’s doing to assistance us," Sinise said successful a quality release. 

"Just spell casual connected my Cubs this play volition ya, Paul," helium added.

The instauration besides invited MLB fans to articulation Skenes successful his efforts to rise $100,000.

Skenes volition personally convey the idiosyncratic who makes the largest donation betwixt the motorboat and the Pirates’ location opener connected April 4. The idiosyncratic volition beryllium capable to bash a meet-and-greet and get tickets for the team’s crippled against the New York Yankees.

Pittsburgh pitcher Paul Skenes poses during media time astatine Pirate City successful Bradenton, Florida, Feb. 18, 2025. (Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images)

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It’s the 2nd play Skenes has partnered with Sinise’s foundation. He recorded 170 strikeouts past play and finished 3rd successful National League Cy Young Award voting.

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