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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-24 · by Dave Skretta The Associated Press
Colson Montgomery of the Chicago White Sox tied Mark Reynolds' single-season strikeout record with his 223rd strikeout on Thursday night against the Kansas City Royals. The record was set in a game where Chicago comfortably led and secured their postseason spot. At 24 years old, Montgomery achieved this milestone faster than Reynolds did—627 plate appearances compared to Reynolds' 662—leaving him with an opportunity to break the record over the weekend against the Colorado Rockies. Montgomery, drafted first overall in 2021 and making his major league debut last year, noted that players near the top of the strikeout list also tend to hit many home runs; he has recorded 31 this season while driving in 87 runs.
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Story summary
Colson Montgomery, a 24-year-old player for the Chicago White Sox, tied the MLB record for strikeouts in a season with his 223rd strikeout during a game on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo. This occurred when he struck out swinging at a fastball from reliever Anthony Gose in the third inning. Montgomery began the day tied for second place with former White Sox player Adam Dunn and needed just 627 plate appearances to tie Mark Reynolds' record of 223 strikeouts set in 2009 while playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks, which took 662 plate appearances. With three more games against the Colorado Rockies this weekend, Montgomery has a chance to break the record. However, Philadelphia Phillies player Kyle Schwarber, with 218 strikeouts and three games left against Tampa Bay, could potentially surpass Montgomery's total by season end.
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Chicago’s Colson Montgomery tied Mark Reynolds’ season record for strikeouts on Thursday, whiffing in the third inning for his 223rd in a game that Chicago was leading comfortably on its way to clinching a postseason berth.
asserted
Chicago → tie → berth
The 24-year-old Montgomery began the day tied for second on the dubious list with former White Sox slugger Adam Dunn.
asserted
Montgomery → begin → Dunn
After a single in the first inning, Montgomery came to bat in the third and watched a 96 mph four-seam fastball from reliever Anthony Gose go past him for a called third strike.
asserted
fastball → come → strike
Montgomery flied out in his next two at-bats, and Luisangel Acuña replaced him as a pinch hitter in the ninth, leaving him tied for the record.
asserted
Acuña → flie → record
Reynolds needed 662 plate appearances to establish the long-held mark in 2009 with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
asserted
Reynolds → need → Diamondbacks
Montgomery needed just 627 to tie it, and he still has a three-game series against the lowly Colorado Rockies this weekend in set a new mark.
asserted
he → need → mark
Then again, Montgomery might not necessarily have the record at the end of the season.
uncertain
Montgomery → have → season
Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber, who played later Thursday against the Brewers, was sitting on 218.
asserted
who → play → 218
Philadelphia has three games against Tampa Bay this weekend.
asserted
Philadelphia → have → Bay
Montgomery, a first-round pick in the 2021 amateur draft who made his big league debut last year, had mostly shrugged off the strikeout record as he approached it.
asserted
he → make → it
He studiously pointed out that the sluggers near the top of the list also tend to hit a lot of home runs, and the 6-foot-3, 230-pound shortstop has been no different, hitting 31 of them while driving in 87 runs this season.
asserted
shortstop → point → runs
James Wood nearly broke Reynolds’ record last year, striking out 221 times for the Nationals.
asserted
Wood → break → Nationals
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