Nolan Ryan・Shane Bieber

Shane Bieber continued his historic start to the season with another remarkable performance. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner went eight innings, allowed just three runs and struck out 13 Cincinnati Reds hitters. His final strikeout in yesterday's outing marked his 48th of 2021, which tied Nolan Ryan's all-time record for most strikeouts through the first four starts of a season. In addition, Bieber has now become the only pitcher in MLB history to record at least 10 strikeouts in each of his first four starts of a season.