Paul Skenes strikes out SEVEN STRAIGHT batters to begin his second start for the Pirates!

second straight start against the Cubs good luck Cubbies here's the Pennsylvania state lottery numbers for Paul SK by the Numbers only the one start four Innings seven strikeouts oh we're going to want that doesn't get that call from Brian onora hello now you see it right here right at the bottom of the Zone that's a forseen fast ball want to get that call now [Applause] 100 Brian was just waiting to see the [Applause] 100 there's the spinker struck out talkman to start his major league career last Saturday at PNC park on a 3-2 pitch he struck Him Out Swinging strikes him out with to start his second Major League outing well didn't get the call the first pitch of the bat but no spirit of fear there Paul SK goes right back into the zone three strikes in a row fast ball the spinker and this one right here another four scen fastball that just jumps through the strike [Applause] zone Ian hap was 0 for two against SCH on Saturday Saturday a bouncer back to skes and a strikeout he homered last [Applause] night [Applause] wow two and0 take a look at this right here could have gone either way [Applause] there look out whoa that's the best bat toss of the year and a nice catch on the deflection like Martin Perez grabbed [Music] it that's just a little bit out in front of that pitch and see Ian hap trying to stay back and hold on to the baseball can't hold on to the to the bat looking cutch there [Applause] Edward olivaris leaning over the railing they're talking now to Perez all right here's a 2-1 count [Applause] now two and two with a slider Ian hap at on Bas streak in his starts against the [Applause] Pirates now three and two major league record streak 63 straight starts reaching safely against the Pirates dating back to September of 2018 in a 3-2 count struck him out looking with a 100 on the inside corner well that's the best of bat I've seen so far from Paul skem fell behind 2 and then he went backwards a little bit couple off speed pitches to get himself back into the count that shows you he's out there not just throw and he's thinking and he's using all his stuff and couple of Big League pitches right there to get himself back into the count Bellinger swings and [Applause] misses Bellinger walked and flyed out against schemes on [Applause] Saturday strike two spinker heater he has struck out the first two a swinging strike taking a called strike three and here's the 02 from Paul schemes he struck him out with a 100 Paul SK strikes out the first three Cubs here at Wrigley nothing nothing through one and a half here at Wrigley Field and the pitching Arsenal is brought to you by your local Honda dealers take a look at Paul sk's pitching Arsenal the for seamer the slider the spinker the change up and the curve ball pretty good opponent average against everything there except the slider but that slider if it's down below the strike zones a really good pitch for Paul skem and tell you what brownie this guy is just going to be fun to watch for a long time in the black and gold fast ball jumps out of his arm not it bat against Ian hap and the bottom of the first inning really opened my eyes to fall behind 2 and then the way he got back into the count with a spinker and slider to get back to 22 couldn't get hap to chase his pitch and then they come back with a 100 just on the inner Edge it's great piece of pitching 98 after that pitch was way in 99 and this one in off the plate the movement yeah you think Morel is cheating right there to try and get the head out for yeah think how about there come back with a slider you want to cheat in Paul sk's words to Han ofir good luck LEL was one for two against SCH a fly out and a single to Center on Saturday yeah I mean you see that right there that spinker there's a little bit of action to it but it's not that split finger that the bottom just really falls off and you see the check swing from Morel that just shows you how much he's having to cheat to prepare for 100 milph he has faced four Cubs he has struck out each of them to begin his day he stays with a spinker right here and this one in the bigger part of the plate down below the Zone if he can keep that thing down you'll see on the Ahn super Moe look at the action on this the sideways tumble Spin and then right there about 5 ft in front of the plate starts to dip down Michael bus fouls away 100 and his two plate appearances on Saturday against SK walked his first time up and then struck out looking and now it is O and two on Michael Bush it's that the first curve ball we've seen today I think so bush has struck out 56 times most on the Cubs current [Applause] roster can SK make it five straight [Applause] wow home played umpire Brian onor is not seeing that ball down out of Paul skes today [Applause] two and [Applause] two Bush got a break there as the home plate umpire missed that strike three call now it's two and two line foul another 100 [Music] milph the last Pirates pitcher to strike out five straight to start a ball game might remember Andre Jackson last year for the Pirates and now it's gone full again he just walked away from that slider right there and pushed at Arms side opened up a little too soon [Applause] [Music] [Applause] now quite a battle [Applause] now 21-year-old Paul schemes five extra P pitches thrown since not getting that call from Brian [Applause] onora boy that's a goodat right here from Michael Bush but you see a couple of pitches he's gotten away with pitches off speed stuff in the middle part of the zone and that's because of that difference in velocity if they get the fast ball on the inner Edge right here I don't think push's got a chance got him with the slider five straight for Paul SK and that little rise smile there after that battle he had with Michael Bush 10 pitch at bat look at that little smile from [Applause] schemes strike [Applause] one miles Master [Applause] Boni skin becomes the third Pirates pitcher in the last 50 years to strike out out the first five we mentioned Andre Jackson August of last year Bruce ke in June of 1979 one ball two strikes looking to strike out the first six batters of this ball game as stay up here throw that pitch [Applause] again maybe try and get it a little bit higher see how high miles Master bony will go one ball two strikes he's made it six in a row to start the day Paul SK better call some buddies bottom of the third Paul SK has struck out each of the first six batters and reminds of of Jim Dees he's the color analyst for the Chicago Cubs when he was a young Lefty for the Houston Astros facing the Dodgers September 23rd 1986 he set a then record by striking out the first eight batters he faced that was the ninth batter a popup Jim Dees and this pitch fouled off by Nick madreal that record later matched by Jacob deg Grom back in 2014 deg Grom of the Mets struck out the first eight batters he faced to match that Mark and M all pops it out of place and now he is in the hole 0 and [Music] two no doubt they're talking about it he and his play-by-play partner Bo shami just gets a piece on the slider [Music] madal 68 at bats has struck out just seven [Applause] times although Jared Jones got him twice last night he also had an RBI single in the [Applause] game magal did not start the game on uh Saturday so he didn't face SK he came in later as a pinch hitter after SK was out of the game another 02 another [Applause] [Music] foul he hasn't thrown him a fast ball yet this B has he was the first pitch fastball there's strike three and that's seven in a row and there's a fast ball that was the first fast ball he threw in that at bat to madreal Seven Up Seven down all be of the strikeout for schames and he got him looking off speed off speed off speed and then when you've got 99 to 101 in the in the tank go ahead and use it that one was by him right at the top of the strike zone right through it for