ARLINGTON, Texas — Max Scherzer moved into eleventh playground on baseball’s profession strikeout record, getting his 3,343rd on Sunday to move Corridor of Repute knuckleballer Phil Niekro.
Scherzer, making his fourth get started for the AL West-leading Texas Rangers since getting traded from the New York Mets, struck out Milwaukee Brewers 2nd baseman Brice Turang within the 3rd inning. It was once Scherzer’s 3rd strikeout of the sport.
The 3-time Cy Younger Award winner, who’s in his sixteenth season, is baseball’s energetic strikeout chief and was once pitching in his 453rd sport. Niekro threw in 864 fat league video games.
Greg Maddux is tenth at the profession record with 3,371 strikeouts. Maddux is the brother of Rangers pitching lecturer Mike Maddux.
Age profitable each and every of his first 3 begins for the Rangers, Scherzer struck out 26 batters in 20 innings. He was once most effective the fourth pitcher within the fat leagues since 1901 with a minimum of 20 innings pitched moment permitting not more than 4 runs and hanging out a minimum of 26 batters of their first 3 begins with a untouched franchise.
