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Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Paul Skenes Extends Historic Start to Career

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Paul Skenes gave up a leadoff home run for the second straight start on Saturday, but that didn't stop the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie from mowing down Atlanta Braves batters at a historic rate.

. That lone run came across on a leadoff homer by Jarred Kelenic, and then Skenes pitched a scoreless game from that point forward.

The 22-year-old righty did the same thing the last time he took the mound, allowing a leadoff homer against the' Paul Skenes has allowed a leadoff HR in each of his last 2 starts. He didn't allow another run after either one. He's the first pitcher in MLB history to allow a leadoff HR in back-to-back starts but pitch shutout baseball after each.Still, the Pirates lost both contests, and Skenes was stuck with a no decision both times. Atlanta walked things off in the 10th inning on Saturday, winning 2-1.

Skenes is now nine starts into his MLB career. He has racked up 70 strikeouts since reaching the big leagues, which, only two players have ever had 70-plus strikeouts and 10 or fewer walks in their first nine career starts since at least 1901. Masahiro Tanaka is the only other pitcher to achieve the feat, doing so with theSkenes, on the other hand, was in the College World Series with LSU at this time last year.Skenes is 4-0 with a 2.06 ERA, 1.032 WHIP and 2.1 WAR so far this season.

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft was the No. 1 pitching prospect in baseball entering 2024, and he has certainly showed why over the past few weeks.Sam Connon is a Staff Writer for Fastball on the Sports Illustrated/FanNation networks.

 

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