The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Miami Marlins 9-3, improving to 3-0 on the young season. Saturday’s action was highlighted by the debuts from Jared Jones in the majors, and Paul Skenes in Triple-A, giving a look at the bright future which is arriving this year.
Jones was making his Major League debut, and had one for the ages. The 2020 second round pick went 5.2 innings, allowing three runs, and striking out ten. He had 22 whiffs on the day, which was the highest total of the day in all of baseball.
Last year, the single-game high for the Pirates was 18 whiffs.