Gavin Williams Makes Impressive Cleveland History In Start Against Rays

Gavin Williams joins Herb Score and Bob Feller as the only Cleveland Guardians rookies to record 10 or more strikeouts in back-to-back starts.

Tommy Wild | Aug 13, 2023

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Gavin Williams is officially 10 starts into his Major League career with the Cleveland Guardians. He's had a fair share of growing pains while showing he could be the future ace for years.

Williams has displayed in his last two starts what he's truly capable of when he has all his stuff going and it's truly been special to watch. He also made Cleveland history in these starts as well.

The Toronto Blue Jays were in town last week and Williams was on the mound for game one of the series. He pitched 7.0 clean innings only allowing one hit and set a new career-high with 12 strikeouts.

His next start was against the Tampa Bay Rays and Williams once again shined. He pitched 5.0 innings and struck 10 more batters while only allowing a single run.

Williams becomes just the third rookie in Cleveland franchise history to record 10 or more strikeouts in back-to-back starts. You may know the other two. They are Herb Score who did it back in 1955 and Bob Feller in 1936.

Both players are inducted in the Hall of Fame.

Williams has always had a great fastball that can easily hit triple-digits, but the biggest difference in these two starts has been his curveball efficiency. He threw the pitch 33 times over his last two starts resulting in five whiffs. This offspeed combined with his fastball velocity is difficult for even the most experienced hitters to adjust to.