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Gerrit Cole Sets Yankees Record for Strikeouts

Aaron Judge wasn’t the only one setting records on Tuesday night. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole set the franchise record for strikeouts by a pitcher in a single season by passing…

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ARLINGTON, TX – OCTOBER 4: Gerrit Cole #45 of the New York Yankees pitches against the Texas Rangers during the first inning in game two of a double header at Globe Life Field on October 4, 2022 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

Aaron Judge wasn't the only one setting records on Tuesday night.

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole set the franchise record for strikeouts by a pitcher in a single season by passing the legendary Ron Guidry in Texas on Tuesday night.

Cole set the mark with his 249th strikeout on the second batter of the game Nathaniel Lowe in the bottom of the first inning. Cole would go on to strikeout eight more batters, finishing with nine K's on the night, and 257 strikeouts for the entire season.

Cole's historical moment came in the same inning Judge hit his record setting home run creating a legendary night Yankees fans won't soon forget.

Here is the moment Cole got the congratulatory call from Guidry himself.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.