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Five Hits and 5 RBI

August 26, 2026

On Tuesday night had his second career five-hit game and drove in five RBI.

It’s the 17th game in team history in which two different players have collected five hits and five RBI in a game.

Here’s the full list with the five-hit player listed first:

Multiple Players with 2+ Grand Slams in a Year

August 8, 2026

The Guardians hit their fifth grand slam of the year on Friday night in Chicago, this one coming from .

It was Martinez’s second grand slam of the year, joining Daniel Schneeman who has two of his own.

It’s the 13th time in franchise history multiple players have hit multiple grand slams in the same season.

Here’s the list:

Angel Genao 4-Hit Debut

August 6, 2026

On Wednesday against the Mets, became the first player in team history to collect four hits in his MLB debut. Only 22 players have done so since 1901.

Prior to Genao, nine players in team history had collected three hits in their regular season debut, most recently earlier this year.

DeLauter and Genao are just the 11th pair of teammates to collect at least three hits in their debut in the same season since 1901 — a feat which hadn’t been accomplished since… last week (Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark of the Tigers).

Genao is also the second player to collect four hits in his MLB debut in Cleveland, joining of the Twins in 2010. Ramos later played the final game of his career in Cleveland as a member of the Tribe in 2021.

Adding to the unusual feat was the fact that Genao was batting ninth in the order in his debut.

It’s just the 45th time Cleveland’s No. 9 hitter collected at least four hits in the game. did it earlier this year in May.

It’s the first time two Cleveland hitters have collected four hits while batting ninth since and in 2008.

Scoring Twice on Wild Pitches

July 1, 2026

The Guardians scored twice on wild pitches in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers, off pitches from MacKenzie Gore and Winston Santos.

It’s just the eighth time since 2000 they’ve scored on wild pitches twice in the same game:

*All wild pitch runs scored in the same inning
^Both runs scored on the same pitch

1-0 Win on Manzardo’s HR

May 23, 2026

The Guardians topped the Phillies 1-0 on Friday night thanks to a 9th-inning pinch-hit home run by .

It was the Guardians first go-ahead pinch-hit homer in the 9th inning or later since had two walk-off pitch-hit homers in 2013.

It was also just the second pinch-hit home run to break a 0-0 tie in franchise history. Incredibly, the first one happened just two years ago when broke a 0-0 tie against Boston in the 7th inning with a pinch-hit homer.

This is also the 45th time in franchise history Cleveland won a 1-0 game with a home run providing the only offense. The most recent occurrences before tonight:

And it’s just the 12th time that 1-0 win featured a homer in the 9th inning or later. Here’s the full list of the others:

Four Hits and a Grand Slam

April 8, 2026

In Wednesday’s blowout win over the Royals, collected four hits and capped off his day with an 8th inning grand slam.

He’s the 15th player in franchise history with four hits and a grand slam in a game, and the first since 2010

Here’s the list

Martinez is the first to also add a stolen base to his stat line.

Gimenez on Based 5 Times

March 30, 2024

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:

2 Homers and Shutout

July 31, 2023

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: