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Tanner Bibee Gives up 5 HR

The Nationals helped tie a franchise record on Monday night, belting five home runs off Cleveland’s starter.

Bibee joins (2022 vs CHW), (1969 at BOS) and (1962 vs MIN) as the only players in franchise history to allow five home runs in a single game.

Bibee is the first player in franchise history to allow five home runs within the first three innings of the game.

It was also the second time Bibee has allowed four homers in a game.

Bibee is one of just 11 pitchers in franchise history with multiple 4-HR outings, joining:

Dominating The Defending Champs

The Guardians topped the Dodgers 4-1 last night behind seven shutout innings and 10 strikeouts from .

Over the last 50 seasons, only three other Cleveland pitchers have tossed at least seven shutout innings with 10 or more Ks against the defending champs:

Colon’s one-hut shutout against the Yankees is the team’s last complete game shutout against the defending champs

Others with a complete game shutout of the title defenders in the last 50 years:

Logan Allen Allows 9 Runs

On Saturday against the Rangers, allowed nine runs in five innings of work.

Despite getting shelled, he was pushed to remain in the game in an effort to preserve the bullpen.

Here are the most recent Cleveland pitchers to give up nine runs in a game prior to Allen:

Giving up nine runs while also pitching five innings is even more rare, however, in this era. Here’s the most recent to match Allen’s nine runs in five innings:

Worst SP ERA Thru 9 Games

Guardians starting pitchers have a 6.70 ERA through the team’s first nine games, the fifth worst in team history.

Year ERA SP
2009 9.28 , , , , ,
1997 8.39 , , , ,
1987 8.17 , , , ,
2001 6.89 Bartolo Colon, , , ,
2025 6.70 , , , ,

Everyone gets a decision

On Thursday against the Tigers, all six pitchers used by the Guardians recorded either a win, hold or save.

It’s just the ninth time in franchise history the team used at least six pitchers and everyone recorded a decision.

DateOppWinHoldHoldHoldHoldHoldSave
5/21/2026DETJoey CantilloMatt FestaShawn ArmstrongTim HerrinCody HeuerHunter Gaddis
6/14/2024TORLogan AllenCade SmithScott BarlowSam HentgesHunter GaddisEmmanuel Clase
9/8/2023LAALogan AllenNick SandlinSam HentgesReynaldo LopezTrevor StephanEmmanuel Clase
10/1/2017CHWJosh TomlinJoe SmithTyler OlsonZach McAllisterAndrew MillerBryan ShawCody Allen
9/9/2017BALJosh TomlinJoe SmithCraig BreslowDan OteroBryan ShawCody Allen
7/15/2011BALJosh TomlinChad DurbinRafael PerezJoe SmithVinnie PestanoChris Perez
8/1/2010TORJeanmar GomezTony SippFrank HermannRafael PerezJoe SmithChris Perez
9/6/1997CHWBartolo ColonAlbie LopezAl MormanMike JacksonPaul AssenmacherJose Mesa
4/1/1998SEAJaret WrightEric PlunkAl MormanJose MesaPaul AssenmacherMike Jackson

Opening Day Shutout

The Guardians pitched the 12th Opening Day shutout in franchise history on Thursday in Oakland.