Yu Darvish set a record as he pitches in his ninth Major League season.

Darvish recorded his 1,500th career strikeout in the sixth inning of the San Diego Padres' 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.

In just 197 games, Darvish is by far the fastest pitcher in big league history to reach that milestone. Randy Johnson had held the mark, but he needed 206 games.

"Since I came here, I've had my ups, and I've had my downs," Darvish said."“But the reason why I'm sitting here, being able to talk about reaching 1,500 strikeouts is definitely because of all the support I've been given since I started my career here. Just from the bottom of my heart, I'm really thankful and grateful."

Darvish has a 2.50 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 90 innings this season.

Ronald Acuna, Jr. hit his 100th career home run on Sunday night at Truist Park.

Acuna reached the milestone in his 378th game. The only players to reach 100 home runs in fewer games were Ryan Howard (324), Gary Sánchez (355), Aaron Judge (371), Ralph Kiner (376) and Joey Gallo (377). It was also the fastest any player has gotten to both 100 homers and 75 stolen bases, by number of games.

Jacob deGrom is enjoying a historic start to the 2021 season.

The New York Mets right-hander threw six scoreless innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday, lowering his ERA to 0.71.

That's the lowest ERA for a qualified starter through the end of May since Chris Short had a 0.64 ERA for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1964.

Before deGrom, the last pitcher with a sub-1.00 ERA through May was Ubaldo Jimenez of the Colorado Rockies in 2010 with a 0.78.