Former Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander is MLB's active strikeout king, and even at age 42 he has no intention of hanging up his cleats anytime soon. He proved that yet again over the weekend in his most recent start for the San Francisco Giants.
Verlander struck out Washington Nationals first baseman Nathaniel Lowe to end the first inning of his start on Sunday, picking up his 3,500th career strikeout to join an exclusive club for MLB pitchers. Verlander is just the 10th Major League pitcher ever to record 3,500 strikeouts and the first to do it since Randy Johnson on May 21, 2002.