Cleveland Indians: Bieber’s 10 strikeouts, Santana’s big hits lead Tribe past Brewers

The Cleveland Indians clinched a series victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday with a 4-1 victory.

Shane Bieber was once again dominant for the Cleveland Indians Sunday as his 10 strikeouts helped guide the Tribe to a  4-1 victory Sunday to secure a series win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Indians wasted no time providing Bieber run support as in the bottom of the first, Carlos Santana ripped an RBI double off of Brewers starter Brett Anderson to put Cleveland in front 1-0.

Cleveland would add onto their lead in the bottom of the fourth as Jordan Luplow singled home Francisco Lindor to extend the Indians lead to 2-0.

The Brewers would plate a run off Bieber in the top of the fifth as Jacob Nottingham delivered an RBI single to cut the Cleveland lead to 2-1.

Despite the run allowed, Bieber turned in yet another dominant outing for the Indians as he tossed five innings, allowed just one run, five hits, a walk and struck out 10 to increase his major league-leading strikeout total to 94.

In the bottom of the sixth, Cleveland provided run support for their bullpen as Santana ripped an RBI single and Lindor scored on a double-play to extend the lead to 4-1.

Three-runs would be more than enough for the Indians bullpen combination Phil Maton, Dominic Leone, Nick Wittgren and Brad Hand tossed four scoreless innings to lock down a series victory for the Tribe.

With the win, Cleveland is now 10 games above .500 at 25-15. The Brewers fell to 18-21 with the loss.

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On Deck: The Indians will continue their seven-game homestand Monday when they open a four-game series with the Kansas City Royals. Cleveland is 4-2 so far this season against Kansas City and took two of three from them at Kauffman Stadium last week. Zach Plesac will draw his second start since returning from the alternate site in the series opener Monday and matchup with Royals ace Brad Keller. First pitch is scheduled for 6:10 p.m. EST.