Pirates’ Skenes pitches 6 no-hit innings before Morel singles for Cubs against reliever

By: The Associated Press Posted: 3:14 PM CDT Friday, May. 17, 2024 Last Modified: 3:30 PM CDT Friday, May. 17, 2024

CHICAGO (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes pitched six no-hit innings in his second major league start before Christopher Morel singled against Carmen Mlodzinski in the seventh for the Cubs' first hit of the game.

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Skenes, one of baseball’s top prospects, struck out 11, including his first seven batters on a sunny Friday at Wrigley Field. He threw 100 pitches, 67 for strikes.

Mlodzinski retired the first two batters in the seventh before Morel lined a single into right field.

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes gets the ball back between batters the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Friday, May 17, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The Pirates had an 8-0 lead.

Michael Busch walked in the fifth for Chicago’s only baserunner against Skenes. Morel led off the fifth with a routine fly ball to left that Bryan Reynolds hauled in just shy of the warning track.

Skenes, who turns 22 on May 29, was selected by Pittsburgh with the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s amateur draft. He helped LSU win the national championship before agreeing to a contract with the Pirates that included a $9.2 million signing bonus.

He had a 0.99 ERA in seven starts with Triple-A Indianapolis when he was brought up by the Pirates last weekend. He pitched four innings of three-run ball in his major league debut against Chicago, striking out seven and walking two.