May 14, 2026
Cleveland pitchers hit three batters while allowing just two hits in a win over the Twins.
It was just the third time in franchise history the team hit more batters than hits allowed. The others:
Since Shane Bieber‘s season is done after just two starts, he will become the 12th pitcher in MLB history with at least 12 innings pitched and zero runs allowed in a season.
Our own Tyler Olson recently set the record for this stat, tossing 20 shutout innings during the 2017 season.
Steven Kwan is the 14th player in franchise history with 15 hits through eight games.
Most recent:
Josh Naylor went 0-3 with three RBI against the Mariners. He’s the first player to generate three RBI without a hit since the Dodgers’ James Loney in 2009.
The only other Cleveland hitter with a three-RBI game without a hit was Bob Chance during his rookie year in 1964.
Shane Bieber is the ninth pitcher in MLB history with 20 strikeouts and zero runs allowed through two starts and the only pitcher to accomplish the feat twice.
Most strikeouts with zero runs allowed through two starts:
Mariners rookie Emerson Hancock got the win last night against Cleveland despite hitting more batters (two) than strikeouts recorded (one).
He’s the first starter to defeat Cleveland with more HBP than strikeouts since Boston’s Clay Buchholz in 2012.
The most recent Cleveland pitchers to win such a game:
Carlos Carrasco returned to Cleveland after three seasons with the Mets, making his debut as the starter against Oakland on Sunday.
Carrasco is the first starting pitcher to leave the team, play for someone else, and then return since Jason Bere and Brian Anderson both returned during the 2003 season.
Bere had been with the team in 2000, coming over from Milwaukee in the Bob Wickman/Richie Sexson trade. Anderson was with the team in 1996 and 1997 before Arizona selected him in the expansion draft.
Steven Kwan has scored six times through the team’s first three games, becoming just the sixth player to achieve that feat.
Most runs scored through three team games:
Eight different Guardians have a stolen base through three games, tying a franchise record originally set in 1910, which included a stolen base by Nap Lajoie.
The last time they had even five with a stolen base through three games was 1988: