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    Rays’ Zach Eflin faces Braves seeking to get more swinging strikes

    By Marc Topkin,

    2024-06-15
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    Rays starting pitcher Zach Eflin has faced 153 batters without issuing a walk, a franchise record. [ JEFFEREE WOO | Times ]

    ATLANTA — Zach Eflin is back into a normal routine, taking the mound Sunday for the third time since missing two-plus weeks due to lower back inflammation.

    And he is up to his usual tricks of pounding the strike zone to avoid throwing balls and issuing walks, which he openly admits he hates more than anything else.

    By the end of his Tuesday outing, Eflin had broken the franchise marks for most consecutive batters faced (153, surpassing Corey Kluber’s 150 in 2022) and innings thrown (36 1/3, surpassing 35 1/3 by Kluber in 2022 and David Price in 2013) without a walk,...

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