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| 1944 | Hack Miller homers in his first major league at-bat, hitting a three-run shot off Indian southpaw starter Al Smith in the eighth inning of the Tigers' 4-3 victory over the Tribe at Cleveland Stadium. The 31-year-old rookie backstop, with only ten plate appearances, will hit .444 during a brief two-year stint with Detroit. |
| 1952 | Both starters at Sportsman's Park toss a one-hitter, but Browns' southpaw Bob Cain gets the victory, beating Bob Feller and the Indians, 1-0. The contest's lone run scores when third baseman Al Rosen's error allows Bobby Young, who tripled to lead off the inning, to cross the plate in the bottom of the first frame. |
| 2021 | Jacob deGrom, fanning 15, becomes the first pitcher to strike out 50 batters through his first four games to start a season, breaking the mark of 48 established earlier this week by Indians' starter Shane Bieber. With his 6-0 complete-game victory over the Nationals, the 32-year-old Mets right-hander joins Pedro Martinez (Red Sox, 1999) and Gerrit Cole (Astros, 2019) as the only pitchers to strike out 14 or more batters in three consecutive starts. |
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