{"id":72023,"date":"2024-04-30T22:35:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T02:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=72023"},"modified":"2024-04-30T22:36:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T02:36:28","slug":"tigers-jack-flaherty-seven-straight-strikeouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/30\/tigers-jack-flaherty-seven-straight-strikeouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Pitcher Ties Strikeout Record Against His Former Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detroit Tigers right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/flaheja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Flaherty<\/a>\u00a0set a new career high and tied an American League record Tuesday. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his first game against his former team,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> he<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made history. Jack Flaherty recorded seven straight strikeouts to start Tuesday&#8217;s doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals. This tied the American League record for strikeouts to begin a game. The Tigers right-hander also set a new career high in strikeouts by striking out 14 across 6 \u2154 shutout innings.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With 7 consecutive strikeouts to start the game against the Cardinals, Jack Flaherty has matched the American League record. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q3A41oYYrC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Q3A41oYYrC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB Stats (@MLBStats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBStats\/status\/1785408663282155829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cardinals drafted Flaherty in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft. The 28-year-old right-hander made his major league debut for the Redbirds in 2017 and spent seven seasons in St. Louis. Flaherty was dealt to the Baltimore Orioles at last year\u2019s trade deadline and finished the season with a 4.99 ERA. He became a free agent at the end of the season and signed a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/12\/14\/jack-flaherty-detroit-tigers\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one-year, $14-million contract<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the Tigers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Tigers&#8217; Jack Flaherty Opens with Seven Straight Strikeouts<\/h2>\n<p>Flaherty went into Tuesday\u2019s outing saying it wouldn\u2019t be different than any other club, \u201cmaybe just a little more fun.\u201d He fell two shy of the MLB record of nine strikeouts to begin a game, but became the first in Tigers history to reach seven. The right-hander&#8217;s 14 strikeouts are tied with Los Angeles Dodgers&#8217; right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/glasnty01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Glasnow<\/a> for the most in the majors. He is also the first Tigers pitcher to record 14 strikeouts in a game since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/scherma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Scherzer<\/a> in an eight-inning outing in 2014. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fittingly, Jack Flaherty is the first pitcher to strike out seven Cardinals in 6 \u2154 or fewer innings since 1901.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cardinals PR reports that Jack Flaherty is the first pitcher to strike out at least 14 Cardinals in 6 2\/3 IP or less since 1901.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Jones (@jmjones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmjones\/status\/1785416041767608450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His historic bid was spoiled by Cardinals rookie shortstop <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/winnma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Masyn Winn<\/a>, who<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grounded out to short in the third to break up the streak. Tigers play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti called it, \u201cto the dismay of historians everywhere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite Flaherty&#8217;s masterclass, the Cardinals won game one of the doubleheader, scoring two against <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/millesh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shelby Miller<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the ninth. Flaherty has pitched to a 4.00 ERA with 50 strikeouts over 36 innings and six starts with the Tigers. He has been working on returning to his earlier Cy Young-contending form, and today\u2019s outing was a good indicator that he&#8217;s headed in that direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 David Reginek-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty\u00a0set a new career high and tied an American League record Tuesday. In his first game against his former team, he made history. Jack Flaherty recorded seven straight strikeouts to start Tuesday&#8217;s doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals. This tied the American League record for strikeouts to begin a game. 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