Indians ace Corey Kluber picked up his fourth win of the season in Tuesday's 2-0 victory over the Astros. Kluber allowed five hits over 6 2/3 scoreless innings. He walked two and struck out seven, lowering his ERA to 3.45.
Kluber needed 119 pitches (80 strikes) to get through the 6 2/3 innings, his shortest outing since June 14.
"He had to work," Indians manager Terry Francona said, per MLB.com. "He was up a little bit, and he maybe didn't have his best cutter of the year, but he really used his fastball really effectively -- and he pitched in from the start. He was able to go away also, and that kind of opened the plate up."
The seven strikeouts on Tuesday give him 148 on the season, temporarily surpassing Clayton Kershaw and Chris Sale for tops in the big-leagues.