Former LSU pitcher Skenes strikes out 7, tops 100 miles mph 17 times in Pirates debut

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes’ stuff was as electric as advertised.A fastball that reached at least 100 mph 17 times. A slider that left major leaguers shaking their heads. An invention called a “splinker” that is a hybrid of a splitter and a sinker and dips and dives unlike any pitch anywhere in baseball.Yet even at age 21, the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie knows all the “oohs” and “ahs” and knee buckles a ball that at