Abel outduels Skenes; Pirates get swept again

The Phillies rookie threw six scoreless innings Sunday in his major league debut.

Paul Skenes performed a master class in pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates, striking out nine Philadelphia Phillies while giving up three hits and one walk over eight innings in his first career complete game.

But Skenes allowed one thing that his counterpart didn’t: a run.

Mick Abel became only the fifth pitcher — and third in the modern era — to record nine strikeouts without a walk in six scoreless innings i...