There were two moments on Tuesday where Paul Skenes really stood out as the real deal.
In the fifth inning, with Miles Mikolas throwing a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates offense, Skenes ran into his first trouble of the day against the St. Louis Cardinals. He allowed two singles to start the inning, putting runners at first and third with no outs in the scoreless game.
Skenes battled back with strikeouts against veteran Matt Carpenter and catcher Pedro Pages, before getting Michael Siani to ground out to first.