Jorge De La Rosa, on an 84-mph splitter, struck out Philadelphia’s Freddy Galvis in the fourth inning Thursday at Coors Field. And with it, he set the Rockies’ franchise record for career strikeouts, with 774.
De La Rosa, in his eighth season with Colorado, takes over the Rockies strikeout record in 885 2/3 innings pitched for the club. Jimenez, in five-plus seasons with the Rockies, recorded 773 strikeouts in 851 innings.
De La Rosa struck out the side in the second, including Cameron Rupp, who whiffed swinging at an 84-mph splitter. That gave De La Rosa four Ks in the first two innings as he tied Jimenez’s record.