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Stats of the Day: Fernandez nearing historic K rate
- Updated: September 21, 2016
Here are three interesting items from around the big leagues on Tuesday …
• Jose Fernandez went eight innings and allowed three hits with 12 strikeouts and no walks as the Marlins defeated the Nationals, 1-0. Fernandez’s 12 punchouts lifted his season tally to 253 in 182 1/3 innings. He has struck out 34.3 percent of the 737 batters he has faced, giving him a strikeout percentage that would rank fifth all-time behind only Pedro Martinez (37.5 percent in 1999), Randy Johnson (37.4 percent in 2001), Martinez (34.8 percent in ’00) and Johnson (34.7 percent in ’00).
• In Boston’s 5-2 win over Baltimore, Mookie Betts …
