George Kirby

Seattle Mariners rookie starting pitcher George Kirby threw 24 consecutive strikes to open his performance in yesterday afternoon's meeting between his Club and the Washington Nationals. Amazingly, this is a new all-time Major League Baseball record, with the previous high being Joe Musgrove's 21-strike start in 2018. Kirby's performance was noteworthy on its own, too, as the 24-year-old allowed just one run over his seven-inning stint on the mound, fanning nine Washington batters in the process.