A day of milestones almost added another as Shane Bieber cruised through seven innings against the Tigers Thursday afternoon. On the way to gifting Terry Francona his 700th win as a Cleveland manager, Bieber struck out the 600th batter of his career, and he became the first to strike out 100 this season. He almost added the seventh no-hitter of the season, as well.
Bieber needed just two strikeouts to cross the century mark on the season, but he didn’t hit it until the second inning when he struck out Nico Goodrum to start the inning for his first of the day and got Akil Baddoo two batters later.