Shane Bieber! !!Wow!!

[Ohiogal]

His success from Opening Day was no fluke. The Tribe’s ace dominated in eight innings, striking out 13 batters without permitting a walk or run, leading Cleveland to a 2-0 victory over Minnesota at Target Field on Thursday night. The Indians became the first team since at least 1901 to have four 10-plus-strikeout outings from their pitchers in the first seven games of the season.

But that’s not the only record Bieber etched his name beside on Thursday. After his six-inning, 14-strikeout performance on Opening Day against the Royals, the right-hander has now accumulated 27 strikeouts on the year, which is tied with the Dodgers' Karl Spooner (1954) for the most in a pitcher’s first two outings of a season, according to Elias. Bieber established a new American League record, passing Nolan Ryan's 25 strikeouts through two starts in 1978.

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[SallyHemmings]

1. They should have let him finish.

He was dealing. I do understand why but he was fun to watch.

[Ohiogal]

3. Yeah, but

I thought Karinchak did a great job in relief. Much better than Hand has been.

[SallyHemmings]

5. Karinchak did great.

I am just learning the team. A couple of former Phillies are on the roster. We are down for the count for now, so I kind of adopted them.

[luvs2sing]

2. He is the real deal.

Cleveland is a pitching ace machine! Now, if we could only learn to hit the ball consistently..

[Ohiogal]

4. Seems to be our chronic problem.....

[Auggie]

8. Still early in "the season" ...

pitchers are ahead of hitters. That's why its so important to have a dominating starting staff as Cleveland's. The bats will some around eventually.

[luvs2sing]

10. Much of this is true..

but I’ve been hearing “the bats will come around..eventually” pretty much nonstop since 2017 (except for that glorious 22-game stretch). Their hitting is generally sporadic at best.

[Auggie]

11. True ... and I think it's because Francona allows his hitters to be too aggressive

Tom Hamilton mentions this frequently. Every at-bat seems to be a swing for the fences -- and those are often easy outs. They're not a small ball team, and that really hurts them occasionally.

[luvs2sing]

12. Great point.

I’m also not a fan of Van Berkleo. Not sure how helpful he is.

[The Polack MSgt]

6. Impressive start

especially against the Twins. They just made the Cardinals' pitchers look like Pony League scrubs

[Ohiogal]

7. Once again

Thank you for Oscar Mercado

[Kingofalldems]

9. He's filthy.