Shohei Ohtani welcomes Paul Skenes to MLB with monster home run

Kyle Madson

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Shohei Ohtani welcomes Paul Skenes to MLB with monster home run image

Pirates rookie starting pitcher Paul Skenes is electric. He showed off that electricity in the first inning by blowing away Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani for a strikeout. Their second encounter didn't go as well for the first-year flamethrower. 

Ohtani got a 3-2 fastball at 100 MPH a little up and a little in, and the reigning American League MVP didn't miss it. He crushed the pitch to straightaway centerfield at PNC Park. MLB's tracking data estimated the ball went 415 feet. 

For Ohtani that marked his 15th long ball of the season. The two-run blast cut into a hefty Pirates lead and made the game 7-2 in the bottom of the third.

 

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Kyle Madson

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Kyle Madson neither likes writing about himself nor writing in the third person. Nevertheless, he persists. While Kyle has spent most of his writing career covering the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers, he’s never lost the love of baseball that has resided in the deepest recesses of his soul since he began playing T-ball at 4 years old (no matter how hard John Fisher has tried). Aside from writing, Kyle also hosts a radio show, the Insiders, with James Ham on ESPN 1320 in Sacramento. When he’s not being a sports dork, Kyle loves being a normal dork and traveling, visiting museums, diving further into K-Pop fandom (#SKZ) and hanging out with his wife and cats. Don’t follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @KyleAMadson.