Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale made history during Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Sale notched his 1,500th career strikeout in the second inning when he punched out Kevin Pillar. As the Elias Sports Bureau noted (via ESPN Stats & Info), the southpaw became the fastest pitcher in Major League Baseball history to reach the 1,500-strikeout mark if going by innings pitched, surpassing former Chicago Cubs ace Kerry Wood:
ESPN Stats & InfoChris Sale strikes out Kevin Pillar for his 1,500th career strikeout. He's the fastest ever to reach the 1,500-K plateau, in terms of IP.