Overview

• deGrom reached 1,800 career strikeouts in his 240th game and 1,493⅓ innings, breaking records set by Randy Johnson and Chris Sale
• He punched out J.P. Crawford on a 98.7 mph four-seam fastball in the second inning against the Seattle Mariners to earn the landmark K
• The 37-year-old worked five innings but surrendered three home runs—his first multi-homer outing since Sept. 30, 2022
• Two-time Cy Young Award winner and five-time All-Star deGrom signed a five-year, $185 million contract with Texas before 2023 but was limited to nine starts over his first two seasons by injury
• He has maintained elite form this year, recording a 10–3 record and a 2.55 ERA through 17 starts for the Rangers