The Arizona Diamondbacks are facing one of the toughest arms in baseball on Wednesday night, in the form of Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes. Skenes is having, by his extremely lofty standards, a bit of a down start to his 2026. He still holds a 2.91 ERA on the season , but is coming off a five-run (three earned) start his last time out. That does not mean he's particularly vulnerable, however, and D-backs manager Torey Lovullo knows that. "We know we got one of the best in baseball going up against us tonight, and he's going to be prepared. I'm sure he watched the game [Tuesday night] and he's gonna try to do everything he can to not let what happened happen again tonight, not on his watch," Lovullo said. So how do the D-backs plan to handle one of the most dominant arms in the sport? Simple — Arizona is going to try and work at-bats, create chaos and play the D-backs brand of baseball .…