Aaron Judge breaks MLB record for consecutive games with a strikeout
Aaron Judge tied the record for most consecutive games with a strikeout in the ninth inning Friday night. He broke the dubious record on Saturday.
The 25-year-old struck out swinging in the fifth inning against Red Sox starter Chris Sale. Sale is leading MLB in strikeouts and, with his strikeout of Judge, he moved four strikeouts away from 250 on the year.
Aaron Judge strikes out against Chris Sale. That’s a major league-record 36 consecutive games Judge has struck out (via @EliasSports).
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 20, 2017
Judge has now struck out at least once in 36 consecutive games breaking Bill Stoneman's record of 35 straight games with a strikeout in 1971. Stoneman was a pitcher.
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Saturday's strikeout was the 164th time in 419 at-bats Judge has struck out this season or 32 percent of the time he has stepped to the plate. He also has 90 walks.