Was Triston McKenzie aware that he had history on the line when he came out to face the White Sox in the sixth inning Monday? As he puts it: no, not really.
“It’s not that big of a deal to me, personally,” McKenzie said when asked what it meant that he broke the club record for consecutive strikeouts, “It’s more just go out there and try to win games.”
Whether or not McKenzie particularly cared about striking out a franchise-record eight consecutive batters, and whether or not he was able to get that last strikeout in the sixth to officially take the title from Corey Kluber, he had an incredible stretch of domination over the White Sox, and it deserves a deeper dive.