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5 Players with a HR at Home

The Guardians hit six home runs in Sunday’s win over the Reds by five different players.

It was just the sixth time since moving into Jacobs Field in 1994 that the team had five different players homer in the same game:

Four Hits from Nine-Hole

In Sunday’s loss to the Twins, went 4-4 with two run scored while batting ninth.

It was just the ninth time someone collected four hits from the nine-hole at home since Jacobs Field opened in 1994.

The others:

Rocchio and Asdrubal were the only ones to do so in a losing effort.

The last to so home or away was in Kansas City in 2019.

Brayan Rocchio’s ALWC Home Run

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In the 8th inning of Game 2 of the ALWC, gave the Guardians a 2-1 lead with a solo home run.

It was the sixth go-ahead home run in the 8th inning or later in the postseason in franchise history, joining:

*indicates walk-off home run

Brayan Rocchio’s Golden Sombrero

Brayan Rocchio went 0-4 with four strikeouts on Monday night against the Tigers, collecting his first career Golden Sombrero. It was Cleveland’s third Golden Sombrero of the year and the 210th in franchise history.

It was also the 98th time in franchise history a batter struck out in every plate appearance with at least four trips to the plate.

5 hits, 7 RBI from Bottom Third

Last night against the Orioles, , and combined for 7 hits and 5 RBI while occupying the 7-8-9 spots in the order. It was the first time the bottom third of the order collected at least 7 hits and 5 RBI since 2019.

Most recent 7-8-9 hitters with 7+ hits and 5+ RBI:

Brayan Rocchio’s first career HR

Brayan Rocchio hit his first career home run on Friday night against the Marlins in his 76th career game.

His 75 straight games without a home run was the 38th longest streak for a non-pitcher in team history and the fourth longest over the last 50 years. The team record is 539 games by .

Longest homerless droughts to start a career for Cleveland over the last 50 seasons:

Brayan Rocchio Batting Leadoff

In just his 12th career game, was inserted into the leadoff spot on Thursday and went 2-4 with 2 RBI.

Here’s the list of others who have been in the leadoff spot at some point within their first 12 career games dating back to 1980 (players who made their debut batting leadoff indicated by an asterisk: