Jacob deGrom Reaches 'Very Cool' Career Milestone in Dominant Win
Summary
Jacob deGrom, a pitcher for the Texas Rangers, reached 2,000 career strikeouts during a game where he pitched six scoreless innings and helped his team win 2-0 against the Washington Nationals. He is the second-fastest pitcher in Major League Baseball history to reach 2,000 strikeouts.Key Facts
- Jacob deGrom struck out his 2,000th batter by getting Abimelec Ortiz to swing and miss.
- He needed 272 games to reach 2,000 strikeouts, second only to Randy Johnson who did it in 262 games.
- DeGrom pitched six scoreless innings, allowing only one walk and striking out 10 batters in the game.
- His 1,661 innings pitched to reach 2,000 strikeouts is the second-fastest behind Chris Sale.
- DeGrom is a two-time Cy Young Award winner, given to the best pitcher each year.
- This season, deGrom has 157 strikeouts over 126.2 innings.
- DeGrom had not struck out 10 or more batters in a game since May 10 before this start.
- He recently left a game early due to right triceps fatigue but returned strong in this game.
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