PHOENIX — New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia reached 3,000 career strikeouts Tuesday night, becoming the 17th major leaguer and third left-hander to achieve the milestone.

Sabathia entered the game against Arizona with 2,997 strikeouts and hit the mark by fanning three batters in the second inning.

The Yankees poured out of the dugout to congratulate Sabathia and the crowd, full of New York fans, roared after the big left-hander struck out John Ryan Murphy on a down-and-in breaking ball. Murphy was one of Sabathia’s former catchers.