LOUSIANA State gymnast Olivia Dunne has celebrated another stellar outing from her MLB star boyfriend Paul Skenes.
The Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher struck out 9 batters in a 10-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.
4
4
Skenes was celebrating his 22nd birthday with a visit to the mound at Comerica Park.
The No. 1 overall pick met Dunne during the pair’s time at LSU.
Livvy recently won a national title in her senior year with the Tigers gymnastics team.
She has been a vocal supporter of Skenes since he made his long-awaited MLB debut earlier this month.
READ MORE ON OLIVIA DUNNE
Following another strong performance, Livvy took to social media to celebrate with her 5.2 million Instagram fans.
She shared a video montage of Skenes’ nine strikeouts, captioning it, “Nothin like some B-Day K’s.”
Dunne followed it up with an adorable snap from the diamond, with the Sports Illustrated model hugging her man out on the field.
“Happy birthday,” she wrote, adding a love heart.
The pair hit the town for a birthday meal, as Dunne celebrated both the win and the pitcher’s new milestone with a sneaky snap while he chose his food.
Skenes regularly topped three figures during Wednesday’s contest as the Tigers failed to cope with his red-hot fastball.
He also showed off a devilish 95mph splitter in an efficient sixth-inning outing.
In total, the California native allowed three hits, one walk, one home run, and two earned runs with nine strikeouts.
He has now posted an impressive 2.25 ERA with 30 strikeouts in 22 innings through four starts.
The Pirates improved to 26-30 with the win, good for fourth place in the NL Central.
They are currently six games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers.
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 pair met at LSU, but it’s not clear 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 then posted selfies from Fort Myers in Florida, where Skenes was playing.
He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and began his pro career by playing in minor leagues in the Sunshine State.
The final clue came when Dunne posed in a Pirates cap before the pair finally went public.
Dunne wowed fans with a photoshoot from her Mexican vacation earlier this week.
The 21-year-old gymnast is among the most lucrative college athletes in the country.
She has numerous NIL deals with major brands including Vuori Clothing and EA Sports.
Dunne put together a special outfit for Skenes’ MLB bow earlier this month.
The pair have been dating for almost a year and have been dubbed as baseball’s answer to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
“I’d compare it to Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce. Make sure that Livvy Dunne is at all his games,” San Francisco marketing expert Bob Dorfman told Sportico.
“And feature her prominently. It’s going to p*ss off a lot of purists, but it may bring more fans and attention to those games.”
4