Paul Skenes made MLB history with his dominant start against Mets

Paul Skenes is off to a historic start to his major league career.

Skenes and the Pirates blew out the Mets, 14-2, on Friday evening at PNC Park, in which the California native threw seven solid innings, recording eight strikeouts while allowing two earned runs and four hits.

In striking out eight the batters, he set the record for most outings of seven or more strikeouts within his first 10 appearances in Major League history with nine, according to the Pirates.

Skene, now 5-0 on the season with a 2.12 ERA, has only yielded 14 earned runs in his first 10 MLB starts.

In the series opener against the Mets, the 6-foot-6 Skenes helped elevate the Pirates to a 42-45 record, and they stand 4.0 games out of the third and final National League wild-card spot.

The Mets, who dropped to 42-44 following the one-sided loss in Pittsburgh, are narrowly ahead.

The Pirates also dominated on the other side of the ball, homering against the Mets seven times, which was made clear inside the stadium, where they claim to have run out of fireworks due to all the dingers.