With his 10 strikeouts tonight, Justin Verlander has passed Pedro Martinez and Max Scherzer to move into 13th place on the all-time MLB strikeouts list.

1- Nolan Ryan 5714
2- Randy Johnson 4875
3- Roger Clemens 4672
4- Steve Carlton 4136
5- Bert Blyleven 3701
6- Tom Seaver 3640
7- Don Sutton 3574
8- Gaylord Perry 3534
9- Walter Johnson 3509
10- Greg Maddux 3371
11- Phil Niekro 3342
12- Fergie Jenkins 3192
13- Justin Verlander 3161
14- Max Scherzer 3157
15- Pedro Martinez 3154

At his 2022 strikeout/game rate of 6.2, Verlander should pass Fergie Jenkins in approximately 4-5 starts, likely in mid-September. He'll pass Phil Niekro approximately 25 starts after that, which should be around August 2023.

It's also worth noting that this was Carlos Correa's first game back in Houston since leaving for the Twins. Verlander struck him out once.

Oh yeah and Verlander gave up zero hits tonight.