Published 5/10/2008
at Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
Brewers ace Ben Sheets set a franchise record for strikeouts in the first inning of Saturday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Sheets, the longest-tenured member of the 2008 Brewers, fanned Albert Pujols on an 0-2 breaking ball to reach 1,082 career strikeouts and surpass Teddy Higuera, who pitched for Milwaukee from 1985-91 and 1993-94.
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