Holy Crap, Ricky Nolasco
By
Florida Marlins‘ pitcher Ricky Nolasco was lights-out ridiculous Wednesday night in his team’s 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
The 26-year-old righty struck out nine straight batters and fanned 16 in all, setting a Marlins record. No one has struck out that many players period in one game since Johan Santana punched out 17 Texas Rangers in August of 2007 for the Minnesota Twins. I was lucky enough to watch that go down behind home plate in a drunken fury.
Back to Nolasco and his sudden badassery. His nine consecutive K’s in a single game may be a record for the Fish, but it falls just one short of the big league mark set by Hall of Famer Tom Seaver for the New York Mets on April 22, 1970. Seaver struck out 19 that day against San Diego at Shea Stadium, including his final ten in a 2-1 pitcher’s dual.
Good thing Ricky (we might start calling him Wild Thing) pulled this off in Atlanta. Chances are only 15-20 people would’ve seen it live in Florida.
P.S. Welcome to October.
[MLB] | [FishStripes] | [Fish Bytes]
