Shane Bieber stands alone.
Prior to tonight, he was tied with Randy Johnson with 17 straight games with at least eight strikeouts. Once he eclipsed his eighth strikeout to lead off the fourth inning tonight, Bieber officially made it 18 and has his next of hopefully many records he’s going to set in his MLB career.
The record-setting game came, honestly, in maybe his “worst” start of the season. Granted, for almost any other pitcher who starts their last name with a capital letter, 11 strikeouts and three earned runs over six innings would be a phenomenal piece of pitching.