The King also struck out eight Rangers, putting him at 175 strikeouts in 183 innings. If he reaches 200 strikeouts and 200 innings for a seventh straight season, he'll join Roger Clemens and Walter Johnson in a tie for second behind Tom Seaver's nine consecutive 200-200 seasons.
Surely the 20 wins and 200 strikeouts would mean something to the 29-year-old ace, but he won't allow himself to go that direction at this juncture.
"I'm not thinking about that," Hernandez said. "I'm just going out and doing my job."
He's been doing that extremely well of late.