In his first start of the year, Parker Messick tossed six scoreless against the Dodgers.
It was the fifth time in his eight career starts that Messick has gone at least six innings while allowing one or fewer runs, tying an MLB record.
He’s 16th player in MLB history to accomplish the feat, though it’s becoming more common for young pitchers to dominate (and get pulled after no more than six innings) that it’s slightly less historic than it sounds.
Here are the most recent pitchers prior to Messick:
- 2025 – Noah Cameron, KC
- 2024 – Paul Skenes, PIT
- 2023 – Bryce Miller, SEA
- 2017 – Jake Faria, TB
- 2015 – Eduardo Rodriguez
The previous franchise record was four games by Vean Gregg, Gene Bearden and Cody Anderson.
The six scoreless innings brought Messick’s career ERA to 2.36.
Among Cleveland pitchers with at least 40 innings pitched through eight career games, that’s the third lowest ERA over the last 100 seasons:
- Bearden, 1.81
- Aaron Civale, 1.93
- Messick, 2.36
- Hal Woodeshick, 2.39
- Danny Salazar, 2.66
- Luis Tiant, 2.72