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Andy Nesbitt

Seattle’s George Kirby made some wild MLB history with his first 24 pitches against the Nationals

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There are a lot of weird Major League Baseball records out there that I either don’t know exist or wouldn’t even think to know exist. Baseball is just a beautiful game where lots of weird things can happen.

This morning I learned about one of those records I had never thought of before and the more I think about it the more I think this accomplishment is one of the coolest I’ve see in a while.

So here’s what happened: Seattle Mariners pitcher George Kirby threw 24 straight strikes in his start Wednesday against the Nationals. That broke a previous record of 21 strikes, which was. done by Joe Musgrove for Pittsburgh in 2018 and Brett Cecil for St. Louis in 2017.

That’s a lot of strikes in a row without throwing a ball!

Check this out:

Kirby gave up five hits and one run during that stretch but only allowed that one run in seven innings of work. The Mariners gave up 2 runs in the bottom of the ninth to lose the game, but whatever, this was some cool history made by Kirby.

Twitter agreed:

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