August 19, 2026
Gavin Williams became the 10th rookie in franchise history with at least seven innings pitched, zero runs allowed and one hit allowed against the Royals.
The list (* indicates complete game):
Jose Ramirez‘s grand slam against the Royals was the 13th in franchise history at Kauffman Stadium.
Most Grand Slams by Road Stadium:
This isn’t too surprising since Kauffman opened in 1973, but they actually didn’t hit their first grand slam there since 1998 (Manny Ramirez off Glendon Rusch).
In his final at bat last night, Bo Naylor struck out against Diamondbacks infielder Josh Rojas.
He’s the 14th Cleveland hitter to strike out against a position player over the last 50 seasons joining:
Martinez’s inclusion gets an asterisk because it was an add situation.
With the Indians leading the A’s 10-2 in the bottom of the 8th, Martinez fouled off a pitch against A’s pitcher Kelly Downs, who then began shouting at Martinez because he swung “too hard.”
Martinez shouted back and both players were ejected with the count at 2-2.
A’s manager Tony La Russa brought third baseman Kevin Seitzer in to pitch, and Mike Hargrove called upon Glenallen Hill, who took the only pitch he saw for a strike, resulting in a strikeout.
Some odd rules apply to this situation, which officially result in Seitzer getting credit for a strikeout of Martinez, even though they never actually faced each other.
It’s also worth mentioning Naylor’s strikeout occurred before collecting his first career hit. While I can’t confirm this, it’s reasonable to guess he may be the first player in MLB history to strike out against a position player before recording a hit.
Bo Naylor made his first career start at catcher last night, making him Cleveland’s youngest starting catcher since Lou Marson in 2009.
Over the last 50 seasons, only Marson, Eddie Taubensee and Rick Cerone have started at catcher at a younger age than Naylor.
Steven Kwan had 4 hits and a stolen base last night for the second time in his career as a leadoff hitter. He’s the 13 leadoff hitter in franchise history with multiple such games. Kenny Lofton leads with 13, Charlie Jamieson with seven, Grady Sizemore with four.
Amed Rosario also had four hits from the No. 2 spot in the order. It was the 11th time in franchise history the leadoff hitter and No. 2 hitter each collected four hits.
The two previous most recent occurrences were both Lofton and Omar Vizquel in 2001 and 1996.
The only other duo to accomplish the feat twice was Jamieson and Homer Summa, both in 1923.
Myles Straw has gone 250 games without a home run, the ninth longest streak by a Cleveland hitter over the last 100 years.
The longest drought in that span was Duane Kuiper‘s 423 games from 1977 through 1981.
Since Kuiper, the only other player to reach 250 games was Felix Fermin (408 games) from 1990 through 1993.
Earlier this season Jose Ramirez collected both his 200th home run and his 300th double.
He joins Earl Averill as the only players in franchise history to reach both milestones.
Triston McKenzie struck out 10 Twins in his return to the mound on Sunday, the 25th time in franchise history a pitcher has recorded 10 or more strikeouts in his season debut.
It’s the second time McKenzie has joined the list, as he also struck out 10 in his MLB debut in 2020.
Logan Allen has 33 strikeouts through his first six career games, while Tanner Bibee has 34. The era in which which we’re in is a big factor here, but those are the sixth and seventh most strikeouts through six games in franchise history.
The list:
Cleveland lost 2-1 in extra innings to the Cardinals on Saturday, despite Guardians pitchers allowing just two hits and striking out 12.
It was just the fourth time in franchise history they lost despite recording six times as many strikeouts as hits allowed. The list:
The 1987 loss occurred despite Candiotti getting within four outs of a no-hitter. However, even in the 8th inning he was already trailing 1-0, before a walk, error and the lone hit allowed a second run to score. Earlier in the game a walk, error, sac bunt and fielders choice allowed a run.
In 1969, Paul allowed three runs on one hit due to two walks preceding a double with the runner advancing to third on the throw home, followed by a sacrifice fly.
And the 1915 loss may be the strangest of all. The first batter reached on an error by pitcher Hagerman, advancing to second on the throwing error, then to third on a fielders choice. The next batter, Clyde Milan, then hit into a fielders choice with runner on third getting thrown out at home – but the rundown was so chaotic, Milan was able to advance to third. During the next at-bat, Milan stole home.
Hagerman ended up tossing a complete-game one-hitter with that being the only run to score, but Bert Gallia tossed a shutout for the Senators.