-Garrix Posted June 23, 2018 Posted June 23, 2018 In 2018 it has climbed from 49th to 42nd place in list of historic punches ÚN.- With the six strikeouts he prescribed on Wednesday against the Yankees in New York, Felix Hernandez left behind the legendary Cuban pitcher Luis Tiant as the fourth Latin American pitcher with the most number of rivals fanned in the Major Leagues. The 32-year-old carabobeño right fanned the breeze to Greg Bird in the closing of the fifth inning to reach five strikeouts in the meeting and 2 thousand 417 in his career, figure with which he displaced Tiant from the historical list that leads the Dominican Pedro Martinez, member of the Hall of Fame, who dominated that way to 3 thousand 154 rivals in his career of 18 campaigns. Behind Martinez are the Puerto Rican Javier Vásquez (2,536), the Dominican Bartolo Colón (2,503) and the King (2,418). Hernandez ranks 42nd among the most punishing pitchers in the major leagues. Before starting the current tournament was in the 49th position. With a total of 76 strikeouts in 16 games in 2018, he has left behind Robin Roberts (2,357), Charlie Hough (2,362), Sandy Koufax (2,396), Kevin Brown (2,397), Dennis Eckersley (2,401) and Tiant (2,414). .
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