Paul Skenes didn’t hold back after another ugly night for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The star pitcher said that the team needs to “look in the mirror” and get to work after the club dropped its fifth straight game, a 4-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics at PNC Park.

Pittsburgh’s offense left chances on the field again. Mitch Keller started and gave the Pirates a shot with a solid outing, but Lawrence Butler’s three-run homer in the fifth put the A’s ahead, and Nick Kurtz added a late solo shot. The Pirates rallied late but fell short. The loss extended a brutal slide that has the club limping into the final stretch. After the game, Skenes, who has been linked to trade talk for next offseason, spoke bluntly.

“This is a wasted year if we don’t learn what we need to do and we don’t know why we di

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