The duo of Paul Skenes and Braxton Ashcraft has the makings of one of MLB's best one-two punches for years to come.

Paul Skenes had everything working on Friday. Until he reached Jake Bauers (for the third time). The Pittsburgh Pirates ace took a perfect game into the seventh inning against the Milwaukee Brewers and got two outs before losing it to a 105.

Skenes took a perfect game into the seventh and is in rare air historically for a pitcher of his age

Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes are arguably the best two pitchers in Major League Baseball, but they'll take part in some strange history.

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The reigning NL Cy Young winner retired the first 20 Brewers he faced in a dominating performance

NEW YORK -- It was a stunning scene at Citi Field on Thursday afternoon: Paul Skenes, untouchable in his first two major league seasons, walking off the field to the sarcastic cheers from the sellout crowd after failing to survive the first inning on ...

For the second straight game, the Pirates had a solid pathway to a win, getting a quality start from a rookie starter and a grand slam on offense. And again, they lost, this time squandering six strong innings from No.