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Guardians rookie Allen brilliant as Cleveland blanks Orioles

By NOAH TRISTER

BALTIMORE (AP) — Logan Allen has joined some impressive company with this start to his career in Cleveland.

Allen allowed three hits in seven outstanding innings, and the Guardians broke through for four runs in the seventh on their way to a 5-0 victory over the Baltimore

Orioles on Monday. The rookie left-hander struck out a career-high 10 in his seventh big league start.

He’s the second pitcher in franchise history to have eight-plus strikeouts in at least three of his first seven career games. Herb Score did it in five of his first seven.

“You want to see them pound the zone, not beat themselves, and just learn,” manager Terry Francona said. “Because you’ve never faced the Orioles before, never been here probably before. Just compete. Don’t back down, and just keep trying to get better, and he’s doing a really good job of that.”

Allen became the eighth pitcher in franchise history to have a 10-strikeout outing in one of his first seven games. That list includes Score, Bob Feller and Luis

Tiant, among others.

Allen (2-2) also pitched the most innings and allowed the fewest hits in his career — and this was his first scoreless outing.

“I think that’s something that all of our starters pride ourselves on, is trying to make it as easy as we can for the bullpen when we do turn it over to them,” Allen said. “Being able to get through seven clean was big.”

Will Brennan had three hits for the Guardians, who have won three of four. The Orioles will need to win their next two games against Cleveland just to go .500 on this six-game homestand — after they went 5-1 on a trip to play the Blue Jays and Yankees.

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