Detroit Tigers: 12 Memorable Moments

Sometimes baseball doesn’t make much sense. Tyler Alexander is a legitimate MLB pitcher, albeit one who may never climb out of the role of long relief. He’s never been a big strikeout guy, and since reaching Double-A in 2016 he has surrendered about a dozen hits per nine innings. But on a random Sunday in early August he was absolutely untouchable. Alexander set the reliever record for the most consecutive strikeouts, and tied the record for any America League pitcher. The 26-year-old lefty fanned the first nine batters he faced, hit the tenth, and then struck out the next hitter. Simply incredible.