Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish missed out on a perfect game against the Astros Monday afternoon after a controversial call during the sixth inning. He lost his no-hit bid in the eighth inning thanks to a solo home run from Carlos Corporan. Still, the Rangers beat the Astros 2-1 and Darvish finished the game with a career-high 15 (!) strikeouts.

That’s Darvish’s fifth 14-strikeout game this season. The rest of the league has combined for three 14-strikeout games this season.

Earlier this season, White Sox pitcher Chris Sale had a 14-strikeout game against the Astros, the Tigers’ Anibal Sanchez had 17 strikeouts against the Braves and the Marlins’ Jose Fernandez fanned 14 when facing the Indians.

Darvish has thrown 14+ strikeouts against the Astros (April 2 and August 12), Red Sox (May 5) and Diamondbacks (May 27 and August 1).

Not bad.

(Thanks to @ESPNStatsInfo for bringing this to our attention.)