Rangers Darvish fastest to 500 strikeouts

Rangers Darvish fastest to 500 strikeouts

Published Apr. 7, 2014 1:48 a.m. ET

Yu Darvish returned to the Texas Rangers starting rotation on Sunday, taking home his first win of the season and breaking a MLB record in Tampa Bay.

With Darvish's second strikeout of the game on Sunday, he became the fastest pitcher in Major League history to reach 500 strikeouts as a starter.

Darvish set the mark in just 401 2/3 innings, breaking the previous record held by Kerry Wood of 404 2/3 innings.

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Darvish fanned six batters over seven scoreless innings as the Rangers defeated the Rays 3-0 in Tampa.

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