Max Scherzer moved into 10th place on baseball's all-time strikeouts list Saturday, passing Walter Johnson. Per ESPN, Scherzer struck out four batters against the Phillies and finished the night with 3,516 career strikeouts. Yahoo Sports reported that Scherzer got Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber to strike out looking in the bottom of the sixth inning to break the tie with Johnson.
Scherzer, pitching for the Blue Jays, reached the historic milestone in a game that saw him give up back-to-back home runs later in the outing, according to a Reddit post describing the final score as 2-2.