BOSTON (AP) - Seattle’s Félix Hernández became the 36th major league pitcher with 2,500 career strikeouts, getting it in the second inning Saturday against the Boston Red Sox.
The 33-year-old right-hander fanned rookie Michael Chavis looking with a 92 mph fastball for the milestone.
Hernández is the fourth active pitcher to reach the mark - behind the Yankees’ CC Sabathia, Houston’s Justin Verlander and Washington’s Max Scherzer.
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