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Four Hits from Nine-Hole

May 11, 2026

In Sunday’s loss to the Twins, went 4-4 with two run scored while batting ninth.

It was just the ninth time someone collected four hits from the nine-hole at home since Jacobs Field opened in 1994.

The others:

Rocchio and Asdrubal were the only ones to do so in a losing effort.

The last to so home or away was in Kansas City in 2019.

Guards Lose 8th Straight Behind Bibee

May 10, 2026

It wasn’t his fault, but the Guardians lost for the eighth straight time with on the mound on Saturday.

It’s the longest longest losing streak behind a starting pitcher since they lost 10 straight behind from 2011 to 2013 (he missed the 2012 season due to injury).

Bibee and Carrasco are the only eight-game losing streaks of the Jacobs Field era.

Prior to Carrasco, you have to go back to August and September of 1991 when the Tribe lost eight straight behind and in streaks that almost perfectly overlapped.

There have only been 31 losing streaks of at least eight games behind a starting pitcher, the longest coming behind between 1989 and 1991 (he was injured for most of the 1990 season).

Bibee Falls to 0-5

May 5, 2026

The Guardians won behind on Opening Day but have since lost his last seven starts.

Bibee did not get the win on Opening Day in Seattle and has since taking the loss in five of those seven outings.

He is the 27th pitcher in franchise history to lose his first five decisions as a starting pitcher.

The most recent before Bibee:

The record is held by , who lost his first 11 decisions as a starter in 1914 before finally winning his final start of the year.

Morton would go on to pitch in over 300 games for Cleveland over his 11-year career, helping the team win the 1920 World Series.

Grand Slam to Break a Tie Game

April 18, 2026

In the 7th inning of Friday’s game against the Orioles, Daniel Schneeman broke open a 0-0 game with a grand slam off reliever Anthony Nunez.

It was just the second time in franchise a 0-0 tied had been broken with a grand slam in the 7th inning or later.

The first was ‘ 9th-inning grand slam off Joaquin Benoit in Detroit in 2013.

Williams is Walking Everyone

April 14, 2026

Things got off to a shaky start with a 32-pitch first inning for on Monday night, but he rallied to get through five innings and picked up the win against the Cardinals.

Through four starts, Williams now has a 2.38 ERA but has only thrown 22 2/3 innings due to an inability to find the strike zone.

Williams has walked 16 batters through his four starts, making him just the sixth Cleveland pitchers since 1990 with at least 16 walks through four games.

The others:

Williams, Finley, Wright and Carmona all had an ERA under 3.00 despite the walks, which sounds surprising but I suppose you have to be limiting the damage in order to be left in the games long enough to keep walking everyone.

Hedges’ Hit Streak

April 12, 2026

In Saturday’s win over Atlanta, went 1-3 with a walk. He’s collected a hit in each of his five games this year.

Since 2000, Hedges’ is the fourth Cleveland catcher to open the season with a hit streak of at least five games, joining:

Bard’s streak was the first nine games of his career.

Messick Through 10 Starts

April 12, 2026

On Saturday night in Atlanta, was brilliant against, holding the Braves scoreless through 6 2/3 innings.

It was Messick’s 10th career start and lowered his career ERA to 2.04.

Over the last 100 seasons, only 34 players have posted an ERA of 2.04 or lowers through their first 10 career outings with at last 50 innings pitched.

Here are the most recent to do it:

  • 2024 Shota Imanaga, CHC
  • 2023 Andrew Abbott, CIN
  • 2014 Kyle Hendricks, CHC
  • 2014 James Paxton, SEA
  • 2013 Jarred Cosart, HOU
  • 2012 Jose Quintana, CHW
  • 2005 Zach Duke, PIT
  • 1992 Pedro Astacio, LAD
  • 1985 Tom Browning, CIN

Messick mark is the best by a Cleveland pitcher in the last 100 years, surpassing ‘s mark of 2.18 during his first 10 starts which spanned the 1947 and 1948 seasons.

I can’t say for certain if it’s an all-time franchise record due to lack of game-by-game earned run data in some early seasons of MLB.

If we change the criteria slightly and say 10 career starts (instead of 10 career games), it’s the second lowest ERA in team history trailing only (1.94 ERA through 10 starts in 1910).

Juan Brito’s Hot Start

April 9, 2026

Through two career games, is batting .500, having gone 2-4 in each game.

He’s the 11th player in franchise history with at least two hits in each of his first two career games.

The others:

Only Stephenson extended his streak, eventually reaching six games.

Brito, Jones, Gonzalez and Weatherly are the only players on the list with at least one of their two hits each game going for extra bases

Four Hits and a Grand Slam

April 8, 2026

In Wednesday’s blowout win over the Royals, collected four hits and capped off his day with an 8th inning grand slam.

He’s the 15th player in franchise history with four hits and a grand slam in a game, and the first since 2010

Here’s the list

Martinez is the first to also add a stolen base to his stat line.