Phillies rack up record-setting strikeout numbers on both sides of ball

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ATLANTA — The Phillies set two team strikeout records on this trip to Atlanta — one good, one bad.

Jake Arrieta’s strikeout of Freddie Freeman in the first inning of Saturday’s game against the Braves was the Phillies’ pitching staff’s 1,385th of the season, breaking a team mark set in 2012 by a staff that featured Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee.

In Thursday night’s series opener, the Phillies’ offense racked up its 1,418th strikeout of the season to set a club record for the second straight year. The Phillies entered Saturday’s game with 1,429 Ks, third-most in the majors behind the White Sox and Padres, two teams that were a combined 61 games under .500.

Phillies officials have said they can tolerate strikeouts as long as the team hits for power and maintains a strong walk rate. Entering Saturday, the Phils were fourth in the majors with 546 walks but 15th with 180 home runs.

On the pitching side, the Phillies had allowed just 1.07 home runs per nine innings, the seventh-best mark in the majors. They had issued 3.05 walks per nine innings, the 10th-best mark in the majors.

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