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Guards Lose 8th Straight Behind Bibee

It wasn’t his fault, but the Guardians lost for the eighth straight time with on the mound on Saturday.

It’s the longest longest losing streak behind a starting pitcher since they lost 10 straight behind from 2011 to 2013 (he missed the 2012 season due to injury).

Bibee and Carrasco are the only eight-game losing streaks of the Jacobs Field era.

Prior to Carrasco, you have to go back to August and September of 1991 when the Tribe lost eight straight behind and in streaks that almost perfectly overlapped.

There have only been 31 losing streaks of at least eight games behind a starting pitcher, the longest coming behind between 1989 and 1991 (he was injured for most of the 1990 season).

Back to Back Gems

In a critical series against the Royals, and tossed 8 scoreless innings in consecutive games on Monday and Tuesday night.

Over the last 40 seasons, it’s just the fourth time starters have tossed at least 8 scoreless innings in consecutive games.

The others:

Lee and Carmona’s gems occurred during a double-header against the Blue Jays.

6 Pitchers in a Shutout

Six Guardians pitchers combined for a shutout of the Rockies on Wednesday: , , , , and .

It was the seventh time in franchise history at least six pitchers combined on a shutout and the fifth time in a nine-inning game.

Here’s the list of the others, which includes the MLB-record nine pitchers used in a 10-inning shutout against the Tigers in 2016 which was matched for the first time on Wednesday by the Royals.

Gavin Williams One-Hitters

For the fourth time in his career, allowed just one hit in a start of at least six innings on Sunday afternoon against the Angels.

Since ‘s no-hitter in 1981, only has more starts of at least six innings and an one or fewer hits allowed than Williams’ four (Cookie did it six times).

7+ Runs Allowed by SP

Last night against the Angels, gave up seven runs in four innings. gave up seven runs against the Padres his last time out too.

That’s just the 12th time in franchise history at least two starters have allowed seven or more runs in a game through the team’s first eight games.

The last time it happened was in 2013:

Carrasco picks up the win

Carlos Carrasco picked up the win, his first since returning to Cleveland this offseason.

Carrasco’s first win with Cleveland came in 2010 (he debuted in 2009 but did not win any games).

The 13 years, 9 months between his first win and most recent win is the longest span since (15 years, 9 months).

Perry picked up his first win in 1959 as a rookie with Cleveland, where he pitched for for 4.5 years. He then spent a decade in Minnesota and Detroit before returning to Cleveland picking up his final victory for the Indians in 1975.

The next longest span since Perry belongs to , who won his first game with Cleveland in 1986 and then picked up the final victory of his career at the age of 42 in 1999.

Carlos Carrasco Returns

Carlos Carrasco returned to Cleveland after three seasons with the Mets, making his debut as the starter against Oakland on Sunday.

Carrasco is the first starting pitcher to leave the team, play for someone else, and then return since and both returned during the 2003 season.

Bere had been with the team in 2000, coming over from Milwaukee in the / trade. Anderson was with the team in 1996 and 1997 before Arizona selected him in the expansion draft.

2 Homers and Shutout

Jose Ramirez belted two home runs on Sunday afternoon as Cleveland shutout the White Sox behind and the bullpen.

Dating back to 2000, it was the 16th time a Cleveland hitter had a multi-homer game in a shutout, and the fifth time it has involved Ramirez.

Here’s the rest list with the hitter, followed by the starting pitcher: