
The month of May: A time for flowers, Mother’s Day, and 20-strikeout games.
Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood achieved this feat on May 6, 1998, striking out 20 Astros in a one-hit shutout. Former Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson did so on May 8, 2001, striking out 20 through nine innings in an extra-inning game. Max Scherzer got 20 Ks for the Washington Nationals on May 11, 2016. And on Wednesday night, the anniversary of the Big Unit’s performance, Aidan King of Bishop Snyder High School (Jacksonville, Fla.) accomplished the same, and he can say something the others can’t: