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Chapman sets relief whiff mark in Angels' loss
Los Angeles Times
|July 05, 2026
Aroldis Chapman set the major league record for relief strikeouts after rookie Jake Bennett yielded five hits while pitching into the eighth inning for the Boston Red Sox in a 5-2 victory over the Angels on Friday night.
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RICK SCUTERI Associated Press MIKE TROUT says he believes he will be ready to play in the All-Star Game in Philadelphia on July 14.
The 38-year-old Chapman broke Hoyt Wilhelm's record with his 1,364th career strikeout as a reliever when he fanned Denzer Guzmán leading off the ninth. The knuckleballing Wilhelm last pitched in 1972.
Chapman gave up backto-back singles after his milestone strikeout, but got Jo Adell to ground into a double play to secure his 17th save.
Caleb Durbin hit a solo homer in the opener of a nine-game trip for the Red Sox, who won for the sixth time in eight games.
In just his seventh career start, Bennett (3-3) struck out six with no walks while dominating the last-place Angels until the their tworun eighth.
This story is from the July 05, 2026 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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