Yu Darvish set a Major League record during Sunday's start against the Tampa Bay Rays by striking out the first two batters he faced.

The two strikeouts gave Darvish 500 for his career in 401 2/3 innings.

He became the fastest pitcher as a starter to ever reach 500 strikeouts as far as number of innings required.

Mark Prior did it in 421 2/3 innings and Stephen Strasburg did so in 426 1/3 innings.