Pirates' No. 1 draft pick Paul Skenes makes minor league debut
Paul Skenes made his professional baseball debut Thursday afternoon, and it was a quick one.
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ No. 1 overall pick out of LSU, Skenes started for the FCL Pirates in their game against the FCL Twins at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla.
He tossed a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout. He threw 11 pitches before being lifted after one inning.
Skenes got a groundout and flyout before striking out Walker Jenkins, the Twins’ No. 5 overall draft pick.
Paul Skenes professional debut:
1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO pic.twitter.com/oWpjU27pym
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His fastball topped out at 101 mph.
It was Skenes’ first outing since he pitched against Wake Forest in the College World Series June 22.
Bill Hartlep is the TribLive sports editor. A Pittsburgh native and Point Park graduate, he joined the Trib in 2004, covering high school sports. He held various editing roles before assuming his current position in 2019. He can be reached at bhartlep@triblive.com.
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