Mashiro Tanaka: 113 K in 99.2 IP
Dellin Betances: 68 K in 40.2 IP
David Robertson: 43 K in 23.2 IP
The strikeout is the best possible outcome for any at-bat from the pitching side. The Yankees have 3 of the best in the business when it comes to getting strikeouts and all 3 of them were in action last night. Correction, they WERE the action last night. 15 combined Ks in 9 innings, 6 of those victims being Melky Cabrera, Jose Bautista, and Edwin Encarnacion, the 3 best Toronto hitters. Tanaka struck out all 3 for the side in the 5th inning, Betances nailed them twice in the 8th, and D-Rob ended the game with a K after a 2-out triple.
Betances and D-Rob's combined total of 111 strikeouts is the most by any relief duo in baseball. By a lot. The next closest is Andrew Miller and Koji Uehara with 88. Tanaka is tied for 2nd most among all starters behind David Price. When you're playing a lot of close games and not scoring a lot of runs, run prevention becomes even more important. The best way to prevent runs is to prevent guys from putting the ball in play and these 3 have shown a tremendous knack for coming up with those big strikeouts in big moments.
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