Paul Skenes brought the most dominant fastball in baseball to his major league debut Saturday afternoon, before a full house at PNC Park that came to see the 6-foot-6 rookie who offers more hope than the Pittsburgh Pirates have seen in years.

Skenes earned his call up after seven starts at Triple-A Indianapolis this season. He threw 27 1/3 innings and recorded 45 strikeouts, with only eight walks, and a 0.99 ERA and 0.91 WHIP. He also held opponents to a .175 batting average.

Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Paul Skenes made an impressive big league debut, striking out seven in four-plus innings against the Chicago Cubs

NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta’s Max Fried and two relievers combined for a no-hitter through 8 2/3 innings before New York’s J.D. Martinez homered to spoil the bid as the Braves beat the Mets 4-1 on Saturday.

The Braves were one out away from their first no-hitter in 30 years when Mets slugger J.D. Martinez ripped a home run Saturday.

New York's J.D. Martinez hit a home run with two outs in the ninth inning to spoil a combined no-hit bid by Atlanta's Max Fried.

Robert Gasser allowed just two hits over six shutout innings in his major league debut and the Milwaukee Brewers trounced St. Louis 11-2 to hand the Cardinals their sixth consecutive loss

Highly touted prospect Robert Gasser delivered six scoreless innings in his big league debut to pace the host Milwaukee Brewers to an 11-2 victory over St. Louis on Friday night, extending the Cardinals' losing streak to six games.

Robert Gasser toleró dos hits a lo largo de seis capítulos en blanco, al debutar en las mayores, y los Cerveceros de Milwaukee apabullaron el viernes 11-2 a los Cardenales de San Luis, condenados a su sexto revés consecutivo.