During the Guardians 7-0 loss to the Padres on Tuesday night, Nolan Jones struck out four times. Dating back to 1980, he’s the team’s 10th player to record a Golden Sombrero in a shutout.
The others:
Kyle Manzardo fell a single shy of the cycle on Opening Day against the Royals.
Falling one hit shy of the cycle is not a rare event, but missing out on the single is almost as uncommon as the cycle itself.
Here are the last five instances of a Cleveland hitter collecting a double, triple, home run but no single:
Andres Gimenez reached base 5 times in Friday’s win at Oakland. It was just the 10th time in franchise history someone has reached base at least 5 times in either the first or second game of the season.
Others since 2000:
David Fry went 3-4 on Opening Day against the Athletics, becoming the 68th player in franchise history with a three-hit day on Opening Day.
The others to do so since 2000: