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Tigers' Charlie Morton matches two legendary pitchers in odd stat

The Detroit Tigers' recent slide may have continued with a 7-4 loss against the Los Angeles Angels over the weekend, but one of the newest members of the Detroit ball club inserted himself into an interesting group of pitchers.

According to Sarah Langs of MLB.com , Tigers pitcher Charlie Morton, who was traded to Detroit from the Baltimore Orioles at the trade deadline, joined Nolan Ryan and John Smoltz as the only pitchers above the age of 40 in MLB history to record seven or more consecutive strikeouts in a game since the league's expansion era began in 1961.

Ryan achieved his on July 7, 1991, at 44 years and 157 days old with the Texas Rangers, and Smoltz accomplished the feat on August 23, 200

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