"It was just one of those things that you wanted to try and calm yourself down as much as possible and stay off the internet, because I feel like everything I swiped was me and Skenes, me and Skenes, me and Skenes," Misiorowski said. Since at least 2009, this marked the most combined 100 mph pitches by opposing starters for any game in which both reached that threshold at least once. What advice would Skenes give Misiorowski about how to handle the scrutiny that could accompany an emergence to stardom? Wednesday's performance increased Skenes' career ERA from 1.91 to 2.03 and dropped his record this season to 4-7. "They did a good job of getting to some pitches," Skenes said.