CC Sabathia, or Captain Cheeseburger as we so fondly call him, was an absolute beast on the hill Tuesday.
The New York Yankees left-hander struck out a career-high 14 Seattle Mariners in his team's 4-1 victory, providing the Mariners with their 17th straight loss and himself with his 15th win on the season.
Sabathia flirted with perfection, not allowing a base runner until Brendan Ryan singled with one out in the seventh inning. And he fanned seven guys in a row at one point... just filthy dirty. Then he got a little tired I guess, cause he walked the first three batters of the following inning before being lifted for David Robertson... who struck out four more Mariners.
In fact, the Yankees' 18 strikeouts in a nine-inning game tied a club record set by Ron Guidry back in 1978.
Boasting a 15-5 record with a 2.56 ERA, CC has already racked up 156 strikeouts this year, so he's more or less on his way to 300. Can he do it? I'l go ahead and say yes. He's just plain scary.
[New York Magazine]
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