It's among baseball's more exclusive clubs, but at least one member is the welcoming sort.
Former major-leaguer Kerry Wood wasted little time Wednesday in welcoming Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer to the 20-strikeout club after his dominating performance in a 3-2 win over the Tigers. Wood punctuated his tweet with a simple hashtag assessment of Scherzer's stuff: #Filthy.
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Congratulations to @Max_Scherzer on an impressive and dominant performance tonight. Welcome to the club! #Filthy
— Kerry Wood (@KerryWood) May 12, 2016
Wood struck out 20 Astros on May 6, 1998, a month before his 21st birthday.