The Pittsburgh Pirates lost 1-0 to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, with their offense failing to show up in a game where the pitching was more than effective.
The stat of the game comes from Jason Mackey, who points out that the Pirates struck out a season-tying-high 16 times. Mackey also points out that the 2024 Pirates are on pace for 1,504 strikeouts, which would break a franchise record. Their previous worst seasons were in 2022 (1,497) and 2023 (1,464).
Pirates struck out 16 times today, tying a season-high.
They currently have the fourth-most strikeouts in MLB (1,179) and are on pace for 1,504.