 2006 marked Young 's breakout season . His ERA continued its downward trend , falling to 3 @.@ 46 over 31 starts , good enough for sixth best in the National League , and he recorded a career @-@ high 169 strikeouts . He finished with an 11 – 5 record , led all major league pitchers with a 2 @.@ 41 road ERA , allowed a league @-@ leading 6 @.@ 72 hits per 9 innings pitched , and a .206 opponent batting average . During 2006 he led the majors in stolen bases allowed , with 41 . During the season , Young won a National League Pitcher of the Month award , took a no @-@ hitter into the sixth inning or beyond three times , and extended his undefeated road start streak to 24 games . This streak made Young one of only three pitchers in major league history to have gone at least 23 straight road starts without a loss ; Allie Reynolds set the record at 25 straight road starts spanning the 1948 and 1949 seasons , with Russ Meyer falling one short , going undefeated in 24 straight road contests spanning the 1953 and 1954 seasons . 
