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Steven Souza Jr. is on pace to set a dubious Major League record

Steven Souza tied a franchise record (again) on Thursday when struck out 4 times against the Oakland A’s and now leads Major League Baseball with 62 strikeouts.

It was Souza’s third 4-strikeout game of the season and his fifth game with at least three Ks.

What is more disturbing is that Souza is on pace to do something never before seen in Major League Baseball.

The MLB record for strikeouts in a season is 223. Only 4 players in MLB history have struck out 200 times in a season.

Souza is on pace to strikeout *clears throat* 239 TIMES!