PHILADELPHIA — Move over, Hollywood.
Aaron Nola has surpassed his former teammate Cole Hamels on the Phillies all-time strikeout list with his 1,845th career strikeout in the sixth inning against Ronald Acuña Jr. in Thursday’s game against the Atlanta Braves.
Only Steve Carlton (3,031) and Robin Roberts (1,871) have more strikeouts than Nola as a Phillie. Nola will surpass Roberts perhaps as early as this season, but is unlikely to catch up to the franchise’s forever strikeout king Carlton.
Nola and Hamels were teammates for a brief period of time in 2015. Nola was a rookie making his first two starts of his career while Hamels was on his way out.