History
To date, no Major League Baseball player has ever struck out more than five times in a nine-inning game. Striking out five times in a game has been achieved 61 times.
On August 4, 2009, Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria went 2 for 6, recording a golden sombrero and 2 home runs. The second home run was a walk off home run.
On May 6, 2012, Baltimore Orioles third baseman Chris Davis had zero hits in eight at-bats as the designated hitter in 17 innings. His five strikeouts awarded him the rare platinum sombrero. In a bizarre twist, he also recorded the win in that game when called in to pitch two innings of relief, making him the first positional player from the AL to record a win since 1968.
On June 16, 2012, the Washington Nationals hosted the New York Yankees in interleague play. In the second game of the series, Nationals rookie Bryce Harper had seven at-bats over fourteen innings, striking out five times to record a platinum sombrero. He was also the final out of the game, as, with two outs in the fourteenth, he grounded out with men on first and second to end the game.
The record for strikeouts in a game in all of professional baseball belongs to Russ Laribee of the minor league Pawtucket Red Sox, who in 1981 struck out seven times in a thirty-three inning baseball game.
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