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07/28 20:14 CDT Blue Jays' Shane Bieber struggles with control, walks 6 in
two-thirds of an inning vs. Nats
Blue Jays' Shane Bieber struggles with control, walks 6 in two-thirds of an
inning vs. Nats
By PATRICK STEVENS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Toronto pitcher Shane Bieber's start against the Washington
Nationals was anything but a walk in the park.
The former Cy Young Award winner issued walks to six of the nine batters he
faced --- including three with the bases loaded --- before departing after
two-thirds of an inning Tuesday night. In his previous 149 pitching
appearances, the 31-year-old right-hander's high for walks was five.
According to Stathead/Baseball Reference, Bieber is the 11th pitcher in major
league history to walk at least six while recording two outs or less, and the
first to do so since Florida's Ryan Dempster on Oct. 5, 2001, at Atlanta.
Bieber is the first Cy Young winner to have such an outing, although Hall of
Famers Bob Feller and Christy Mathewson did, too. Bieber won the AL Cy Young in
2020.
Bieber threw 42 pitches, with only 15 strikes. He is the second player this
season to throw that many pitches with so few strikes. Kansas City's Eric
Cerantola threw 14 strikes in a 42-pitch relief outing against Tampa Bay on
June 30.
Washington's James Wood led off the first with a walk, and Luis Garca Jr.
followed with a grounder to second. Dylan Crews then earned a free pass, and CJ
Abrams followed with a well-placed infield single.
The typically free-swinging Keibert Ruiz followed with a four-pitch walk that
scored the first run, and Daylen Lile drew another walk that pushed in another
run. Nasim Nuez hit a sacrifice fly before Jorbit Vivas loaded the bases again
with the inning's fifth walk, prompting a mound visit from Toronto pitching
coach Pete Walker.
Jacob Young then took six pitches --- three balls and then two called strikes
followed by a slider well outside the zone --- to force in a fourth run. That
prompted manager John Schneider to head to the mound and end Bieber's outing.
Reliever Brendon Little got Wood to ground out to end the inning.
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