Miguel Ortega of the Buffalo Blizzard made history tonight, recording the 3000th strikeout of his career, despite struggling in a 7-5 loss to Nashville, giving up 7 runs in 6 2/3 innings while striking out 7.
Ortega is the sixth player to reach 3000 career strikeouts.
A look at all of the milestones reached so far:
Milestones reached
300 Wins
Actual Members (24) MBL(0)
500 Saves
Actual Members (2) MBL (2)
Matt Briggs
Steffen Ramos
500 Home Runs
Actual Members (25) MBL (1)
Erik Snow
500 Stolen Bases
Actual Members (37) MBL (0)
1500 RBI
Actual Members (51) MBL (4)
Pedro Garcia
Roger Shelton
Erik Snow
Benny Stewart
1500 Runs
Actual Members (70) MBL (3)
Pedro Garcia
Benny Stewart
Erik Snow
3000 Hits
Actual Members (28) MBL (1)
Roger Shelton
3000 Strikeouts
Actual Members (16) MBL (6)
William Bascombe
Lucio Gonzalez
Desmond Dunn
Matt Nielson
Mike Bradley
Miguel Ortega