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Indians beat Tigers for 20th straight time, Reyes hits 2 HRs
Read full article: Indians beat Tigers for 20th straight time, Reyes hits 2 HRsCleveland Indians center fielder Delino DeShields greets teammates after their 8-5 over the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)DETROIT The Cleveland Indians beat Detroit for the 20th straight time, nearing the major league record for most wins by a team over a single opponent, as Franmil Reyes hit two home runs to defeat the Tigers 8-5 Sunday. The Indians can match the record when they host Detroit in a three-game series next weekend. An ensuing argument earned Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire an ejection, the first of his season and 85th of his career. TRAINERS ROOMIndians: Reyes was hit by a pitch from Joe Jimenez with one out in the ninth.
Bieber strikes out 13, ties record as Indians top Twins 2-0
Read full article: Bieber strikes out 13, ties record as Indians top Twins 2-0(AP Photo/Jim Mone)MINNEAPOLIS Cleveland's Shane Bieber tied the major league record for strikeouts in a pitcher's first two starts of the season, punching out 13 Minnesota Twins over eight innings in the Indians' 2-0 victory on Thursday night. Facing a Twins team that came in with the second-best run differential in baseball, Bieber allowed three singles in his eight innings. Bieber surpassed Nolan Ryan's AL record (25) for the most in a pitcher's first two starts of a season. Spooner, the man whose record Bieber tied, never matched the promise of his 1954 debut, when he threw two shutouts in the final week of the season. UP NEXTIndians: RHP Mike Clevinger (0-0, 2.57 ERA) takes the mound Friday in the second game of the four-game series.