May 5, 2026
In his first save opportunity since Emmanuel Clase‘s betting scandal broke, Cade Smith allowed four runs in the 9th to the Rockies.
It was the first time a Cleveland pitcher blew a save in the 9th inning or later by allowing at least four runs since 2019.
Here’s the full list dating back to 2010:
On Thursday afternoon against the Orioles, Steven Kwan hit two home runs, the 48th multi-homer game by a leadoff hitter in team history and the first since Cesar Hernandez in 2021.
Here’s the team’s all-time leaderboard:
On Sunday against the A’s, Angel Martinez collected three hits and a home run while filling in for Steven Kwan as the leadoff hitter. He’s the third different leadoff hitter to collect three hits including a homer this year, joining Kwan (twice) and Lane Thomas.
It’s the 10th season in team history in which three or more different leadoff hitters have accomplished the feat. The others:
The Guardians let Slade Cecconi attempt a complete game on Friday night against the Athletics, but it went sideways and he allowed three runs before getting pulled in the ninth.
As a result, Cecconi finished with a strange line of six runs allowed in 8.1 innings of work.
This was common through the first 50 or so years of baseball when a complete game was expected no matter what, but even by the 1960s pitchers were rarely sacrificed when it wasn’t going well.
Here are the most recent Cleveland starters to throw allow at least six earned runs in eight or more innings of work:
The Guardians beat the Astros 10-6 on Tuesday thanks to a 10th-inning grand slam by Angel Martinez off of Josh Hader that barely snuck into the Crawford Boxes in Houston.
It was the eighth go-ahead extra-inning grand slam in team history. The others:
*indicates walk-off
The Guardians lost 10 straight games from June 26 through July 6, the 11th losing streak of at least 10 games (within a single season) in franchise history and the first since 2012.
The previous two losing streaks of 10-games in 2012 and 2009 led to the firings of Eric Wedge and Manny Acta.
10-game losing streaks
Bradley’s appearance on this list is interesting as he was the interim manager during the 1905 season while Nap Lajoie was out sick. The team went 20-21 during Bradley’s stretch as the helm, meaning they went 20-11 in games outside of that miserable 10-game skid.
The Guardians lost 1-0 to the Cubs in 10 innings on Thursday night, just the team’s seventh 1-0 loss in extra innings over the last 50 years:
Recently Jose Ramirez reached 20 stolen bases for the 8th time in his career, extending his major league record for a third baseman.
The only other player in the last 100 years with more than five seasons of 20+ stolen bases while playing at least 50% of their games at third base was Paul Molitor (six seasons).
In Wednesday’s 4-0 win over the Yankees, Gabriel Arias had his third career Golden Sombrero.
It was the 11th time in franchise history someone recorded a Golden Sombrero in a shutout.
The most recent to do so prior to Arias:
The most fun name on the list is Bob Feller, who pitched an 11-inning shutout against Washington in 1941 while also striking out four times.
Another pitcher by the name of Earl Moore pitched a shutout while recorded a personal Golden Sombrero in 1905 against the Yankees.
For the fourth time in his career, Gavin Williams allowed just one hit in a start of at least six innings on Sunday afternoon against the Angels.
Since Len Barker‘s no-hitter in 1981, only Carlos Carrasco has more starts of at least six innings and an one or fewer hits allowed than Williams’ four (Cookie did it six times).