Alex Faedo and Shane Bieber met for the first time a week ago, and the Detroit Tigers’ rookie got the win against the 2020 Cy Young Award winner. The former Florida Gators kept things close in his second matchup against the Cleveland Guardians and Bieber, but the run support never came when and the bullpen put things out of reach for Detroit after he came out of the game.
Bieber is a very talented pitcher, but the Tigers may have been too aggressive for too long in this ballgame. He only needed 94 pitches to get through eight innings and struck out just five.