Skenes Nears Perfection, Pirates Soar

0:00On April 25th, Paul Skins came also close to perfection against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 24th, retiring the first 20 batters before a single in the seventh. He wrapped the inning and powered the Pittsburgh Pirates to a clean six-nothing road win over their division foes. Pirates fans are buzzing because their ace is locked in sharper than ever heading into 2026. He wrecked up seven strikeouts mixing that blazing four-scene fastball at 97.9 miles per hour with his nasty splinker at 93. 0.8. At just 80 pitches into the seventh, he finished on 93 after that one blemish. This tops his rookie no-hit bid against the same Brewers last July, where he went seven strong before the pen faltered. The Pirates have never thrown a perfect game in franchise history, but Skins joins and elite six pitchers since 1901 with seven scoreless, innings, minimal hits or walks, and seven K's. Manager Don Kelly called him out for shaking off a rough opening day, praising how this 23-year-old keeps leveling up in his third.

1:04Big league season. Skins bounce back huge in April, going 4-0 over five starts with just three earned runs in 28.1 innings for a 0.9. Five ERA, he fans 29, walked five, held hitters to a 0.106 average, and posted a 0.53YP. His overall ERA sits at 2.48, right in line with his rookie dominance. With Skins dominating like this, the Pirates ace is primed for another side-young push, carrying the squad deep into contention while he fine-tunes that. Unhittable Arsenal. That's your update from MLB News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.