James Paxton now owns the season-high record for strikeouts in Major League Baseball.
The Seattle Mariners southpaw fanned 16 Oakland Athletics over seven innings of work Wednesday night. With that, he now has the fourth-most strikeouts in Mariners history. The three other records of 19, 19 and 18 K’s are all owned by Hall of Famer Randy Johnson, per Greg Johns of MLB.com.
Paxton was taken out of the game after he concluded the seventh inning with his 16th strikeout with runners on first and second base to keep the 2-0 lead Seattle had intact.
He had thrown 105 pitches, 80 of those for strikes with 30 swinging strikes — a new MLB record …