Pirate champion Perkins talks about the showdown with Shohei Ohtani "I ask myself how much I can do"

The picture shows Shohei Ohtani hitting a home run by Skins last year

MLB Major League Baseball Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes pitched 6.1 innings today, knocked out only five hits, and delivered a season-high nine strikeouts to lead the team to a 3-0 victory over the Dodgers. In addition to technical pressure on Dodgers starting pitcher Yushin Yamamoto, and suppress Shohei Ohtani's firepower. After the game, he was frank about his determination.

ESPN reported that when Paul Skenes faced Shohei Ohtani in the fifth game and fell behind by the ball, he had only one thing on his mind, "Oops." But the 22-year-old Pirates ace, believing that he had nothing to lose, decided to take the initiative.

"Let's see how good you are." Paul Skenes recalls saying to himself at the time, "Look where my ball power is."

Paul Skenes forced the ball to two good and three bad balls, then threw a curveball, the ball shot from the middle, and finally fell close to Ohtani's toes, luring Ohtani into the air and becoming the highlight of the game.

Pirates head coach Derek Shelton said, "He's only 22 years old, but his ability to play the ball is very special for a player with so little experience in the major leagues."

Paul Skenes shocked the major leagues last year, was named a Star-Star starter, won the National League Rookie Championship, and finished third in the Celerian Awards. But the Dodgers were his shadow, starting twice against the Dodgers last year, once at home and once away, conceding seven points in 11 innings combined, including a king-size home run by Ohtani. However, in this match, Paul Skenes faced Ohtani three times, and all of them were successfully resolved.

"I think what's really fun about baseball is constantly figuring out different ways to get hitters out, and Ohtani looked at all of my balls today, and so did Freddie Freeman. They've seen all my balls, I've seen their attacks, and there's nothing hidden from each other."

The Dodgers' biggest scoring opportunity of the game came in the fourth inning, when Freddie Freeman hit a ball that rolled along the right field line and hit third base when no one was out. But Paul Skenes kept his composure and tackled three hitters in a row.

Paul Skenes finished the sixth inning with 103 balls, but despite this, Paul Skenes still managed to play against the first hitter in the seventh inning, the right-hand catcher, Will Smith, and finally struck out to the applause of the Dodgers fans.

"I was actually a little surprised when I was called back for the seventh game." Paul Skenes said, but I'm really excited. I know it's almost impossible to do that in modern baseball, but I really feel like I have the ability and the fitness to shoot 140-150. While this has only happened in college, it is almost impossible in the major leagues. However, as long as the coach asks me to play one more round against a hitter, I will never refuse."

"And it's amazing that a lot of times I feel better in the sixth or seventh game than in the first. That's the case tonight."