Carlos Carrasco picked up the win, his first since returning to Cleveland this offseason.
Carrasco’s first win with Cleveland came in 2010 (he debuted in 2009 but did not win any games).
The 13 years, 9 months between his first win and most recent win is the longest span since Jim Perry (15 years, 9 months).
Perry picked up his first win in 1959 as a rookie with Cleveland, where he pitched for for 4.5 years. He then spent a decade in Minnesota and Detroit before returning to Cleveland picking up his final victory for the Indians in 1975.
The next longest span since Perry belongs to Tom Candiotti, who won his first game with Cleveland in 1986 and then picked up the final victory of his career at the age of 42 in 1999.
Cade Smith has allowed zero runs with at least one strikeout in each of his first eight career appearances, tied for the second longest streak in franchise history.
Only Joba Chamberlain (2007 Yankees) and Ryan Dull (2015 Athletics) produced longer streaks.
Since Shane Bieber‘s season is done after just two starts, he will become the 12th pitcher in MLB history with at least 12 innings pitched and zero runs allowed in a season.
Our own Tyler Olson recently set the record for this stat, tossing 20 shutout innings during the 2017 season.
Josh Naylor went 0-3 with three RBI against the Mariners. He’s the first player to generate three RBI without a hit since the Dodgers’ James Loney in 2009.
The only other Cleveland hitter with a three-RBI game without a hit was Bob Chance during his rookie year in 1964.
Shane Bieber is the ninth pitcher in MLB history with 20 strikeouts and zero runs allowed through two starts and the only pitcher to accomplish the feat twice.
Most strikeouts with zero runs allowed through two starts:
Carlos Carrasco returned to Cleveland after three seasons with the Mets, making his debut as the starter against Oakland on Sunday.
Carrasco is the first starting pitcher to leave the team, play for someone else, and then return since Jason Bere and Brian Anderson both returned during the 2003 season.
Bere had been with the team in 2000, coming over from Milwaukee in the Bob Wickman/Richie Sexson trade. Anderson was with the team in 1996 and 1997 before Arizona selected him in the expansion draft.