Shane Bieber tossed seven shutout innings, Andres Gimenez and Josh Bell each homered and the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Houston Astros 5-0 on Sunday to take the rubber match of the series.
Bieber matched a season high with nine strikeouts and allowed three hits with one walk. Cleveland outhit the Astros 11-4 and won for the sixth time in its last eight games.
Bell scored three runs and had three hits, including a leadoff homer in the fourth inning. The 426-foot blast to center field was Bell's fifth of the season. The Guardians knocked Bielak out of the game in the sixth inning after Bell delivered a leadoff double and scored on Tyler Freeman's double to left field. Freeman had entered the game in the top of the sixth in place of Gimenez, who was removed due to left leg tightness.Bieber fanned at least one batter in each of his seven innings after recording a total of eight strikeouts over his last three starts.
Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games with a third-inning single.
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