tom cheney holds the record for strikeouts in a game.
who holds the record for strikeouts in a game?
tom cheney
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coming into his junior season, bullington was touted as one of the best collegiate pitchers in the country. in his third start of the season, he tossed 8 strong innings in a winning effort over the defending national champion and 17th ranked miami hurricanes. on may 3, bullington struck out a career-high 15 batters against eastern michigan, surpassing bob owchinko for the most career strikeouts in mac history. he allowed only 5 hits and a run over 8 innings en route to his 9th win of the season. he finished the regular season with a 10–2 mark and a conference best 2.11 era. bullington and the cardinals were seeded 4th in the conference tournament and slated to face kent state in their opening game. for the second consecutive year though, the golden flashes had bullington's number in the tournament, scoring 6 runs off him in the first inning on their way to a 13–4 win. the cardinals went on to advance to the championship, where they met undefeated kent state again 3 days later. in an effort to avoid a repeat of the first game, coach rich maloney chose to bring bullington out of the bullpen in relief. bullington entered the game in the 4th inning and allowed 5 runs over 6 innings. despite the rough outing though, it was enough to earn him his career-high 11th win of the season, thanks to 16 runs of support. bullington finished 11–3 with a conference best era of 2.86 for the year, and broke his own single season strikeout record with 139 strikeouts. he finished the season leading the mac in wins, era, strikeouts, and innings pitched for the 2002 season. he recorded double-digit strikeouts in 8 of his starts. he was once again named the mac's pitcher of the year, becoming the first player to win the honor in consecutive seasons, and received first-team all-conference honors for the third consecutive season. nationally, he was unanimously recognized as a first-team all-american and named a finalist for the dick howser trophy. after being drafted first overall, he decided to forgo his senior season and sign with the pittsburgh pirates. he left ball state as the winningest pitcher in school history. he still holds the school records for most career wins (29), most single-season strikeouts (139), most career strikeouts (357), and tied for most single-season wins (11). as of 2012, he holds the mid-american conference record in career strikeouts and single-season strikeouts. he is one of only twelve players to be named first-team all-mac for three consecutive seasons. in 2010, the ball state daily news named bullington the third best athlete to come from the school since 1990.
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