Paul Skenes fell behind in the count 3-1 to Shohei Ohtani in Friday's fifth inning and could think only one thing: "Crap." At that point, the Pittsburgh Pirates' young ace thought he had nothing to lose.

Pittsburgh Pirates ace starting pitcher Paul Skenes made baseball history on Friday night when he dominated the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Skenes, the reigning National League Rookie of the Year,

The eyes of the baseball world were on Dodger Stadium on Friday night, where two of the game’s premier arms were going up against each other. And Paul Skenes, for his part, more than lived up to the hype in outmatching Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto.