(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes (30) pitches during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes has been selected to the 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the second year in a row. The mustachieoed pitcher made it to the MLB All-Star Game to represent the National League team in both of his two MLB seasons. In the 2024 MLB All-Star Game, Skenes was the starting pitcher for the National League. The 2025 MLB All-Star Game will take place at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, July 15th. According to a statement from the Pittsburgh Pirates, Skenes joins Bob Veale in 1965 and 1966 and Rip Sewell in 1943, 1944, and 1946 as the only Pirates starting pitchers to get All-Star Game selections in at least two straight seasons.