More meaningful for pitcher pay is a quite different figure: total number of strikeouts.
Sabathia reached double digits strikeouts for the 17th time with the Yankees and 36th overall.
Batting eighth in the lineup, he was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts before connecting.
He had been 1 for 20 lifetime against Sabathia with eight strikeouts before connecting.
Wainwright faltered after allowing one hit with four strikeouts the first time through the order.
He had a career-high eight strikeouts and lowered his ERA from 5.14 to 3.72.
"I don't think too much about strikeouts and records and things like that, " Sanchez said.
But if strikeouts are the cost of power, they have no problem with that.
Moore (4-0) allowed one run, two hits, three walks and had nine strikeouts over eight innings.
He allowed one run and two hits in eight innings with six strikeouts and two walks.
"Especially after the first game, " in which he went 0 for 5 with four strikeouts.
Most importantly, Pettitte had never led his league in strikeouts or earned run average.
Zito organized Strikeouts for Troops to support and raise money for injured American troops.
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He knew nothing about the strikeouts by Steve Carlton or the home runs by Mike Schmidt.
He racked up five Cy Young awards, 303 wins and 4, 875 strikeouts, which ranks second all-time.
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Davis slid deeper into his monthlong funk at the plate, going 0 for 3 with two strikeouts.
Chris Nelson started at 3B in his Yankees debut and went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.
The 38-year-old allowed three runs and four hits in seven innings, with four strikeouts and a walk.
Sanchez broke Mickey Lolich's team record of 16 strikeouts when he fanned three in the eighth inning.
Several of his strikeouts came when he got Atlanta hitters to chase balls down around the dirt.
He ranks second behind John Smoltz in postseason strikeouts (173) and fifth all-time in games played (42).
Three games pitched, 3 wins, 2 runs allowed in 24 innings pitched, 34 strikeouts and 1 walk.
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He finished 2 for 3 with a walk after entering in a 2-for-44 slide that included 19 strikeouts.
Miller labored five days after retiring the final 27 batters with 13 strikeouts in a one-hitter over Colorado.
Wainwright gave up two runs on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts in 4 2-3 innings.
He walked one and set a Marlins record for strikeouts by a pitcher in his big league debut.
For now though, Major League Baseball isn't inclined to tinker with the balance and cut down on strikeouts.
He has a 2.93 ERA this spring and 15 strikeouts with only three walks in 15 1-3 innings.
He had three strikeouts and two walks to make him even on the year with 24 strikeouts and walks.
Teheran allowed seven hits, three runs, one walk and a career-high nine strikeouts.
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