Blue Jays’ Dylan Cease Joins Randy Johnson with 19 Straight Games of 7 Ks

Vaughn Ridley via Getty Images The race for this year’s AL Cy Young Award is heating up, and there was no cease fire on Friday night. While New York Yankees right-handed pitcher Cam Schlittler delivered eight strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings of shutout ball during a series-opening 1-0 win over the rival Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays righty Dylan Cease kept pace with eight Ks of his own. Schlittler, 25, eclipsed the 200-punchout barrier — joining Cease in that rare August air — however, Cease made some swing-and-miss history amid an 8-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. For the…