May 13, 2026
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).
With his solo home run on Saturday, Carlos Santana closed out the month of May with 22 RBI.
He’s the second player in team history with at least 20 RBI in a month at the age of 39 or older, joining Eddie Murray (23 in June 1995).
The most recent players across MLB with 20+ RBI in one month at age 39 or older:
In Wednesday’s win over the Dodgers, Nolan Jones went 3-3 after entering the game as a replacement for the injured Steven Kwan.
He’s the first player to come off the bench and collect three hits for Cleveland in almost 20 years.
Over the last 40 seasons there have been four others:
On Wednesday, Angel Martinez hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the 8th inning of the Guardians 7-4 win over the Dodgers, the team’s first go-ahead home run in the 8th inning or later against the defending champs since 2019.
Here are the rest of the go-ahead HR in 8th or later vs defending World Series champs since 2000:
Cade Smith entered the 8th inning last night after Tim Herrin had loaded the bases with nobody out and the Guardians up 3-0 in Detroit.
He then struck out the next three batters.
This is the second time in franchise history a pitcher has entered the game with the bases loaded and struck out the next three batters he faced.
The first was Nick Wittgren in 2021. James Karichack had loaded the bases for Wittgren, who came in and struck out the side. Unfortunately, Karinchack had already given up the go-ahead runs and the Tribe lost that one.
A handful of other others have struck out the side with the bases loaded to prevent a run from scoring, but only after loading the bases themselves.
Perhaps the most interesting case of that was Ron Law in September of 1969.
Law, a rookie reliever, loaded the bases in the 6th inning against the Yankees before recording three straight strikeouts. Law would pitch the 7th inning also, giving up two runs. And then his career was over.
Last night in the second inning, Orioles rookie Jackson Holliday became the fourth youngest to hit a grand slam against Cleveland.
In the Guardians ninth game of the year, Luis Ortiz completed exactly six innings of work against the Angels, the deepest into a game the team’s starting pitcher has lasted this season.
It’s just the second time the team had gone at least eight games into a year without a starter working at least six innings. In 2022, it took until the 10th games when Shane Bieber finally completed six innings of work.