This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball as Paul Skenes Finally Gets a Win For Pittsburgh Pirates as He Makes Baseball History. After getting swept over the weekend, the Pittsburgh Pirates rebounded in a big way, shutting out the Detroit Tigers 3-0 at PNC Park on Monday night.

Here's how former LSU baseball star fared in his latest start with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The ace turned in another stellar outing.

MLB World Reacts to Paul Skenes News on Saturday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Pittsburgh Pirates suffered a sluggish 10–1 defeat to the Chicago White Sox on Friday night in their first game back from the All-Star break.

In his start against the 60-win Detroit Tigers Monday, Skenes threw six scoreless innings with six strikeouts, surrendering just three hits and one walk. It was only the 44th start of his career and he became the only player since 1901 with 300 or more strikeouts and a sub-2.00 ERA in that many games, as surfaced by Greg Harvey of OptaSTATS.

And as Paul Skenes weighs his future in the coming years, it's not hard for him to listen to comments like this and wonder whether he might reach another level in a different organization. For more news and rumors,

Facing the American League Central-leading Detroit Tigers, Skenes worked out of a third-inning jam by blowing a 99 mph fastball on the inner half past Gleyber Torres for a strikeout. It was the kind of moment that lights up a crowd and gives Pirates fans something to rally behind.

Paul Skenes is having a fantastic season, even with his awful record, and it’s a throwback to a year Jacob deGrom won the Cy Young.

The Pittsburgh Pirates fanbase is tired of Ben Cherington, and the latest example of his failure doesn't even involve Paul Skenes directly.