Bieber sets K record as Indians win
Is first to begin season with 4 straight starts with at least 10 whiffs
Shane Bieber kept up his record strikeout run, fanning 13 and pitching Cleveland past Cincinnati 6-3 on Sunday.
Bieber (2-1) become the first pitcher in big league history to begin a season with four straight starts with at least 10 strikeouts.
The AL Cy Young Award winner has 48 strikeouts this year, matching Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan for the most through the first four starts of a season. Bieber has fanned at least eight in 16 straight starts, one short of Randy Johnson’s major league mark.
Bieber went eight innings, allowing three runs and six hits with two walks.
Roberto Perez hit a threerun homer off Wade Miley (2-1) over the center field wall with two on in the fourth for a 4-0 lead.
Phillies 2, Cardinals 0: Aaron Nola struck out 10 and threw a twohitter for his first nine-inning shutout in the majors for Philadelphia. Bryce Harper homered and had three hits.
Diamondbacks 5, Nationals 2: Madison Bumgarner had his best outing of the season, allowing a run over five innings for Arizona. Bumgarner (1-2) gave up just two hits and dropped his ERA from 11.20 to 8.68 through four starts. Trea Turner hit two solo homers for the Nationals.
Giants 1, Marlins 0: Alex Wood pitched five innings in his season debut and four relievers completed a three-hitter as San Francisco scored an unearned run to avert a series sweep. en games. Pablo Lopez (0-2) had a career-high nine strikeouts and allowed only an unearned run in six innings for Miami.
Royals 2, Blue Jays 0: Salvador Perez homered off reliever T.J. Zeuch, breaking open a scoreless game and sending Kansas City past Toronto.
Pirates 6, Brewers 5 (10): Colin Moran hit an early three-run homer, then had an RBI double in the 10th inning that sent Pittsburgh past Milwaukee. The Pirates withstood a two-homer performance from Milwaukee’s Daniel Vogelbach to win the deciding game of this series.
Rangers 1, Orioles 0 (10): Nate
Lowe singled with two outs and the bases loaded in the 10th inning, giving Texas the win over Baltimore after a pitcher’s duel between a pair of opening day starters. The hit ended a five-game home losing streak for the Rangers.
Athletics 3, Tigers 2: Matt Olson scored from second base on a fielding error by Detroit third baseman Jeimer Candelario with two outs in the ninth inning, rallying Oakland past Detroit for its eighth straight win. Sean Murphy hit a tying home run in the eighth as the A’s swept the fourgame series.
Mariners 7, Astros 2: Ty France hit a two-run home run and six Seattle pitchers combined on a one-hitter against depleted Houston. France followed Mitch Haniger’s two-run triple with a blast to left field in the decisive four-run fifth inning to give the Mariners the series.
Dodgers 5, Padres 2: Eric Hosmer delivered the tying and go-ahead RBIS in the seventh and eighth innings, helping San Diego avoid a sweep in the first series of the year between the NL West rivals.
Braves 13, Cubs 4: Freddie Freeman crushed one of Atlanta’s four homers in the first inning against Kyle Hendricks, but Ronald Acuna Jr. departed in the fourth due to pain in his lower abdominal muscles.