Which Rays pitchers have had 200+ strikeouts in a season? MLB Immaculate Grid answers for July 6

Daily internet game MLB Immaculate Grid has become a sensation among baseball fans across the world. It tests a player's knowledge of the game and its teams and players.

The objective of the game is to fill up a grid with correct answers based on the clues provided along the side of the grid. A player has nine guesses to provide nine correct answers, which means that even a single wrong answer would result in a less-than-perfect score.

The clue along the horizontal plane for the July 6 edition is a pitching season with 200+ strikeouts, while the clue along the vertical plane is the Tampa Bay Rays. Thus, the correct answer is the name of a Rays player who has pitched a single season with 200 or more strikeouts.

A 200+ strikeout season has been achieved 10 times in the entire history of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise. The player with the highest number of strikeouts in a single MLB season for the Rays is Chris Archer, who managed 252 in the 2015 season. Notably, Archer achieved the feat in three consecutive seasons with the Rays.

Other correct answers include Charlie Morton, Scott Kazmir, James Shields and David Price.

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Other Tampa Bay Rays players who have achieved a 200+ strikeout season in the MLB

The most recent Tampa Bay Rays pitcher to achieve 200+ strikeouts in a single season is Charlie Morton, who did it in the 2019 MLB season. Some other players who have also completed the feat are James Shields and David Price, who both did it in two consecutive years in 2011 and 2012.

Blake Snell and Scott Kazmir are the other two players who have achieved the landmark for the Rays.

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