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Posts tagged as “Carlos Martinez”

3-Pitch Save with a Strikeout

July 9, 2026

On Tuesday night, Twins reliever Yoendrys Gomez entered the game with two outs in the ninth and struck out on three pitches to record the save.

It’s just the fourth known instance of a pitcher record a three-pitch save with a strikeout against Cleveland (pitch-by-pitch data is mostly complete back through the 1988 season).

Here are the other instances:

There are only two known instances of a Cleveland pitcher recording this type of save:

Extra-Inning Grand Slam

July 9, 2025

The Guardians beat the Astros 10-6 on Tuesday thanks to a 10th-inning grand slam by off of Josh Hader that barely snuck into the Crawford Boxes in Houston.

It was the eighth go-ahead extra-inning grand slam in team history. The others:

*indicates walk-off

Strikeouts vs Position Players

June 19, 2023

In his final at bat last night, Bo Naylor struck out against Diamondbacks infielder Josh Rojas.

He’s the 14th Cleveland hitter to strike out against a position player over the last 50 seasons joining:

Martinez’s inclusion gets an asterisk because it was an add situation.

With the Indians leading the A’s 10-2 in the bottom of the 8th, Martinez fouled off a pitch against A’s pitcher Kelly Downs, who then began shouting at Martinez because he swung “too hard.”

Martinez shouted back and both players were ejected with the count at 2-2.

A’s manager Tony La Russa brought third baseman Kevin Seitzer in to pitch, and called upon , who took the only pitch he saw for a strike, resulting in a strikeout.

Some odd rules apply to this situation, which officially result in Seitzer getting credit for a strikeout of Martinez, even though they never actually faced each other.

It’s also worth mentioning Naylor’s strikeout occurred before collecting his first career hit. While I can’t confirm this, it’s reasonable to guess he may be the first player in MLB history to strike out against a position player before recording a hit.