Nolan Ryan, Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling, Sam McDowell and Bob Feller. These are the types of names
Bieber has been listed alongside some of the best hurlers to ever play the game, but he’s also made his mark in the Indians’ history books. Thursday marked his fourth double-digit strikeout game of the year. The only other pitchers in franchise history to do the same in the first six starts of a season were McDowell (1966, ‘68, '70) and Feller (‘46), according to Elias.\n\nIn simpler terms: Bieber is doing pretty well.\n\nPittsburgh’s lineup made him work, though, especially in the sixth inning. The Pirates put runners on the corners with no outs, as Bieber’s pitch count hit 87 pitches. But like he has all season long, the right-hander settled in to punch out the next two batters before escaping the jam with a flyout to right. With runners in scoring position, hitters have gone 0-for-15 with nine strikeouts against Bieber.\n\n“At that point, it's a 1-0 game,” Bieber said. “I was pitching for the strikeout until we got to one out and then was hoping for maybe an early ground-ball double play. … But once I got to two strikes, \\[I\\] was able to put him away with another slider. And then get that last guy out. That was exciting stuff. I was just trying to focus on executing pitches, and fortunately I was able to do that.”
Bieber didn’t run into too much other trouble on the night, with three of the five at-bats with runners in scoring position coming in his final frame. Making it out of the game unscathed, he maintained his .000 opposing batting average with runners in scoring position, as hitters have gone 0-for-15 with nine strikeouts in those situations so far this season.\n\n\"The guy’s just amazing on the mound,” catcher