August 9, 2026
While playing both left and right field in the game, Angel Martinez collected 6 RBI against the White Sox on Friday night.
He’s just the second player in team history with at least 6 RBI in game in which he played multiple defensive positions.
The first to do so was Walt Bond, who also played left and right field in a game against the Athletics in 1962.
The Guardians hit their fifth grand slam of the year on Friday night in Chicago, this one coming from Angel Martinez.
It was Martinez’s second grand slam of the year, joining Daniel Schneeman who has two of his own.
It’s the 13th time in franchise history multiple players have hit multiple grand slams in the same season.
Here’s the list:
On Wednesday against the Mets, Angel Genao became the first player in team history to collect four hits in his MLB debut. Only 22 players have done so since 1901.
Prior to Genao, nine players in team history had collected three hits in their regular season debut, most recently Chase DeLauter earlier this year.
DeLauter and Genao are just the 11th pair of teammates to collect at least three hits in their debut in the same season since 1901 — a feat which hadn’t been accomplished since… last week (Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark of the Tigers).
Genao is also the second player to collect four hits in his MLB debut in Cleveland, joining Wilson Ramos of the Twins in 2010. Ramos later played the final game of his career in Cleveland as a member of the Tribe in 2021.
Adding to the unusual feat was the fact that Genao was batting ninth in the order in his debut.
It’s just the 45th time Cleveland’s No. 9 hitter collected at least four hits in the game. Brayan Rocchio did it earlier this year in May.
It’s the first time two Cleveland hitters have collected four hits while batting ninth since Asdrubal Cabrera and Casey Blake in 2008.
Rounding up the best stats on Gavin Williams‘ last five starts.
Consecutive games with 10+ strikeouts, franchise leaders:
Consecutive games with 10+ strikeouts and one or fewer walks:
Cleveland pitchers with 50+ strikeouts and three or fewer walks in a five-game span:
And he’s one of just six pitchers in MLB history with 55 K and three or fewer walks in a 5-game span:
In Wednesday’s win over the Reds, Joey Cantillo was pulled after just four innings of work despite striking out eight with zero runs allowed.
He became just the 15th pitcher in MLB history to get pulled after four innings with eight strikeouts and zero runs allowed.
The only other Cleveland pitcher on the list is Danny Salazar, who had one such game in 2013 during his rookie year when he was on a pitch count of around 75 to 80 pitches.
Over his last four starts, Gavin Williams has struck out at least 11 batters with one or fewer walks in each game (only two total walks during the four-game streak).
That’s the longest streak in team history, breaking a record set Corey Kluber in 2017.
The only other pitcher in MLB history with a such a streak of at least four games is Chris Sale (five games) for the 2017 Red Sox.
In Saturday’s shutout loss the Rays, Tanner Bibee suffered his 10th loss of the year despite maintaining a 3.89 ERA on the season.
He’s the 11th Cleveland pitcher since 1990 to lose 10 games before August and just the third to do so with an ERA under 4.00:
The Guardians went 0-17 with runners in scoring position in Thursday’s 12-inning loss to the Twins, tying a franchise record for the worst 0-for with RISP and setting the mark for the worst performance at home.
The other two 0-17 incidents:
There have only been four other instances of going 0-15 or worse:
And here’s a breakdown of all the 0-17 performances by player:
2026 vs Minnesota
1981 at Baltimore
1970 at Kansas City
In Monday’s win over the Twins, Patrick Bailey went 4-5 with a home run.
It was just the 27th game in team history with four hits and a HR by a catcher. He’s the 19th different catcher to accomplish the team.
The most recent to do it before Bailey:
VMart has the most such games in team history with four.
The first to do it was Harry Bemis in 1903.
In Monday’s win over Minnesota, Petey Halpin and Rhys Hoskins became the 29th pair of Cleveland teammates with a multi-homer game in the same contest.
Here’s the list: