Paul Skenes is off to a historic begin to his main league profession.
Skenes and the Pirates blew out the Mets, 14-2, on Friday night at PNC Park, through which the California native threw seven stable innings, recording eight strikeouts whereas permitting two earned runs and 4 hits.
In placing out eight the batters, he set the report for many outings of seven or extra strikeouts inside his first 10 appearances in Main League historical past with 9, in accordance with the Pirates.
Skene, now 5-0 on the season with a 2.12 ERA, has solely yielded 14 earned runs in his first 10 MLB begins.
Within the collection opener in opposition to the Mets, the 6-foot-6 Skenes helped elevate the Pirates to a 42-45 report, they usually stand 4.0 video games out of the third and ultimate Nationwide League wild-card spot.
The Mets, who dropped to 42-44 following the one-sided loss in Pittsburgh, are narrowly forward.
The Pirates additionally dominated on the opposite facet of the ball, homering in opposition to the Mets seven occasions, which was made clear contained in the stadium, the place they declare to have run out of fireworks resulting from all of the dingers.
“Now we have seven dwelling runs tonight, which is the fifth time in Pirates historical past that we have now achieved this. So many homers that we ran out of fireworks,” the Pirates wrote on their left-field scoreboard.
The NL Rookie of the Yr candidate has additionally gained notoriety for being the boyfriend of former LSU gymnast and social media star Olivia Dunne.
The 2 met at LSU, the place Skenes attended faculty in 2023 after transferring from Air Pressure.
Dunne made headlines this week after attending Fanatics founder Michael Rubin’s annual white occasion within the Hamptons.