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Jacob deGrom reached his historic 2,000th career strikeout in spectacular fashion on Thursday night, opening the game with consecutive strikeouts of Washington's Daylen Lile and Abimelec Ortiz. The Texas Rangers ace dominated the Washington Nationals across six scoreless innings, yielding only one hit while matching a season high with 10 total strikeouts in a 2-0 victory. By securing the milestone in just 272 games and 1,661 innings pitched, deGrom officially became the second-fastest pitcher in MLB history to hit the mark, trailing only Randy Johnson in games and Chris Sale in innings. Because both Johnson and Sale are lefties, the two-time Cy Young winner stands alone as the fastest right-handed pitcher to ever reach the 2,000-strikeout milestone, cementing another legendary chapter in his career despite battling numerous injuries along the way.
