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Recap: Kluber and Indians Pitching Makes History, Indians jump out early and beat White Sox; Three Takeaways from 5-3 Victory.

1.) Corey Kluber dominates the AL Central

On Tuesday night, Corey Kluber earned his career-best 19th win of the season. Kluber became the first Indians pitcher since Cliff Lee to have 19 or more victories in a season, Lee went on to have a record of 22-3 in 2008. Kluber improved to 10-2 with an ERA of 2.45 in 13 starts against AL Central opponents as well.

Kluber pitched 8 innings, gave up 8 hits, 3 earned runs, 2 walks, 11 strikeouts, and allowed two homers on 107 pitches.

Kluber in the fifth inning also threw his 200th strikeouts of the 2018 season, which is now his fifth consecutive season of 200 or more strikeouts, Kluber trails Sam McDowell with six consecutive. Kluber is the only pitcher in Indians franchise history with 200+ strikeouts and 200+ innings pitched in 5 consecutive seasons. Back to Kluber and Indians pitching later on.

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Payton Vince is either talking about sports or watching sports. He covers sports for Metro Networks and is also a writer for LastWordOnSports.com. He grew up in Brooklyn Heights,Ohio for most of his life then around senior year of high school moved to Cleveland. A fan of the Cleveland Indians, Cavaliers, and a Pittsburgh Steelers, he graduated from Cuyahoga Heights High School (Class of 2014) and also graduated from the Ohio Center for Broadcasting in 2015. He bowled and played baseball in high school, and is a huge fan of independent wrestling and WWE, and can almost always find him at an independent show. Lastly, Payton is a backstage interviewer for Mega Championship Wrestling in Elyria, and is one of the three on ‘That Sports Show’ which airs daily from 2-4pm on AllSportsCleveland.com.

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