September 17, 2026
Steven Kwan collected his 45th hit of the season in the team’s 30th game of the year.
Fastest to 45 hits over last 50 seasons:
Josh Naylor has six homers and a .329 BA through his first 20 games of the season.
Most recent Cleveland hitters with at least 6 HR and a .325 BA through 20 games:
Carlos Carrasco picked up the win, his first since returning to Cleveland this offseason.
Carrasco’s first win with Cleveland came in 2010 (he debuted in 2009 but did not win any games).
The 13 years, 9 months between his first win and most recent win is the longest span since Jim Perry (15 years, 9 months).
Perry picked up his first win in 1959 as a rookie with Cleveland, where he pitched for for 4.5 years. He then spent a decade in Minnesota and Detroit before returning to Cleveland picking up his final victory for the Indians in 1975.
The next longest span since Perry belongs to Tom Candiotti, who won his first game with Cleveland in 1986 and then picked up the final victory of his career at the age of 42 in 1999.
Cade Smith has allowed zero runs with at least one strikeout in each of his first eight career appearances, tied for the second longest streak in franchise history.
Only Joba Chamberlain (2007 Yankees) and Ryan Dull (2015 Athletics) produced longer streaks.
Steven Kwan collected three hits against the White Sox yesterday, his fourth such game through the team’s first 10 games.
There have been 67 players with at least four three-hit games through their team’s first 10 games (only seven did it five times).
The others for Cleveland:
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: