Astros pitchers make MLB strikeout history vs. Orioles

The pitchers of the Houston Astros etched themselves into the record books on Thursday thanks to a whole lot of swings and misses from the Baltimore Orioles.

Lance McCullers, Michael Feliz, and Will Harris combined to strikeout 15 Orioles, making the Astros the first team in Major League Baseball history to strikeout 15-plus hitters in three straight games.

The trio's performance came on the heels of the Orioles whiffing 19 times on Tuesday and 18 times on Wednesday.

"This hasn't been fun," Orioles outfielder Adam Jones told reporters after his team's 4-2 loss Thursday. "I saw we set the record for strikeouts in a three-game series. Let's get the hell out of Houston."

Some of Baltimore's biggest bats in Jones, Chris Davis, Mark Trumbo, and Pedro Alvarez combined to strikeout 28 times across the three-game set.

The Orioles currently sit sixth in the AL with 387 strikeouts.