http://m.mlb.com/news/article/224894864/mookie-betts-nears-record-for-not-striking-out/
I know I'm jinxing the hell out of him, but still.
Since 2000, the record is Juan Pierre's 147, in expansion era, the record is 223 by Dave Cash.
123 plate appearances ago.The count had run full, the game was out of hand, and the pitch from Orioles reliever Oliver Drake was an 82.1-mph splitter that was up and in. The batter froze and let it pass, home-plate umpire Paul Emmel called strike three, and the Fenway Park crowd, still buzzing from the David Ortiz home run that had just put the Red Sox up,10-2, didn't even realize it had just witnessed something historically significant last Sept. 12:
That was the last time Mookie Betts struck out in a regular-season game.
I know I'm jinxing the hell out of him, but still.
Since 2000, the record is Juan Pierre's 147, in expansion era, the record is 223 by Dave Cash.