Paul Skenes has a chance to end a special season on a perfect note.

Skenes, the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year, is the overwhelming favorite to win the 2025 NL Cy Young Award. But in his final start -- part of a marquee matchup with postseason implications -- he can accomplish something else, too.

The Pirates phenom is scheduled to take the ball against the playoff-hopeful Reds at 6:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Great American Ball Park . In one of the most electric pitching matchups of the season, Skenes and Reds flamethrower Hunter Greene will take the mound for the pair of NL Central rivals.

For the Reds, who enter Wednesday one game behind the Mets for the third and final NL Wild Card spot , there’s a lot on the line. But Skenes, too, has something at stake. Besides try

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