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MLive: Tigers’ Tyler Alexander sets MLB relief record with 9 straight strikeouts

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MLive: Tigers’ Tyler Alexander sets MLB relief record with 9 straight strikeouts

By Evan Woodbery | ewoodber@mlive.com

DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers left-hander Tyler Alexander tied an American League record with nine consecutive strikeouts on Sunday afternoon against the Cincinnati Reds.

The streak set a new Major League record for most consecutive strikeouts by a reliever.

Alexander entered in the third inning and proceeded to strike out the next nine batters he faced -- the entire Reds’ lineup -- before hitting Mike Moustakas with a pitch in the sixth inning to end the streak.

Read more at https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2020/0...ies-al-record-with-9-straight-strikeouts.html
 

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Strikes out the entire lineup and then plunks the next batter just so they really understand who the boss is.
 
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