July 29, 2026
Over his last four starts, Gavin Williams has struck out at least 11 batters with one or fewer walks in each game (only two total walks during the four-game streak).
That’s the longest streak in team history, breaking a record set Corey Kluber in 2017.
The only other pitcher in MLB history with a such a streak of at least four games is Chris Sale (five games) for the 2017 Red Sox.
In Saturday’s shutout loss the Rays, Tanner Bibee suffered his 10th loss of the year despite maintaining a 3.89 ERA on the season.
He’s the 11th Cleveland pitcher since 1990 to lose 10 games before August and just the third to do so with an ERA under 4.00:
In Wednesday’s loss to the Twins, Erik Sabrowski took over Shawn Armstrong in the 7th inning after Armstrong had walked two batters. Sabrowski then walked three straight, bringing in two runs to tie the game.
It was the first time a Cleveland pitcher had walked in two runs since 2019 and the first time it happened with consecutive batters since 2011.
Here’s the full list of Cleveland pitchers who walked in multiple runs in a game dating back to 2000:
*indicates consecutive batters
In Wednesday’s 3-2 win over the Nationals, Gavin Williams allowed one run over seven innings, improving to 8-3 on the year.
He’s just the eighth Cleveland pitcher over the last 50 seasons to pick up at least eight victories before the end of May, joining:
Five of the previous seven made the All-Star team (not Martinez or Swindell), two of them started the All-Star game (Lee, Nagy) and two went on to win the Cy Young (Sabathia, Lee).
The Guardians won behind Tanner Bibee on Opening Day but have since lost his last seven starts.
Bibee did not get the win on Opening Day in Seattle and has since taking the loss in five of those seven outings.
He is the 27th pitcher in franchise history to lose his first five decisions as a starting pitcher.
The most recent before Bibee:
The record is held by Guy Morton, who lost his first 11 decisions as a starter in 1914 before finally winning his final start of the year.
Morton would go on to pitch in over 300 games for Cleveland over his 11-year career, helping the team win the 1920 World Series.
In his second career game, Chase DeLauter collected his first career hit in Game 3 of the AL Wild Card round against Detroit.
He joins Chad Ogea (in Game 6 of the 1997 World Series) as the only players in franchise history to collect their first career hit in the postseason.
Fewest career hits before first postseason hit:
DeLauter is also the 18th rookie in franchise history with a postseason hit, 10 of which have occurred since the 2022 season.
In a critical series against the Royals, Slade Cecconi and Joey Cantillo 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.
The Guardians nearly ended their 44-year no-hitter drought as Gavin Williams came within two outs of a no-hitter before Juan Soto ended the bid with a home run.
Instead, it’s the seventh time in team history Cleveland has pitched a one-hitter with that one hit being a homer.
Lowrie’s homer off Hagadone also came with one out in the 9th.
Gavin Williams went 0-7 in his seven starts at Progressive Field this season, becoming the fifth pitcher in franchise history to fail to record a win in at least seven home starts.
The others:
Cleveland won at least one home game started by each of the other pitchers, however. So Williams is the first player in franchise history to make at least seven starts at home and have the team go winless in every game – a streak which was unfortunately extended to eight games in the ALCS against the Yankees.
The previous record for most home starts without the team recording a win was six by Wayne Garland in 1981, his final season with the Tribe.
Over the past three games, Gavin Williams, Tanner Bibee and Logan Allen have combined to allow just one run in 19 innings of work.
Their one run allowed is the fewest combined runs allowed by rookie starting pitchers in three consecutive games in franchise history, breaking a record set by Bibee, Allen and Xzavion Curry earlier this year.
On a more depressing note, it was just the third time in franchise history the team won just one game in a three-game span in which its starting pitchers allowed one or fewer runs. The other instances: