In his first start of the year, Luis Ortiz gave up seven runs in 4 2/3 innings on Monday night against the Padres.
Dating back to 1990, there have been 11 pitchers to give up at least seven runs in their Cleveland debut:
*MLB debut
Hunter Gaddis appeared in each of the Guardians first three games, the first pitcher to do so since Joe Smith, Vinnie Pestano and Chris Perez each appeared in the first three games of the 2012 season.
The other most recent occurances:
Joey Cantillo surrendered a home run to the first batter he faced in his MLB debut on Sunday afternoon (Kyle Schwarber). It’s the sixth time in franchise history a pitcher gave up a home run to the first batter he faced.
Robertson’s home run off McCabe was previously the only time it happened to a starting pitcher.
Cantillo later gave up another home run to Schwarber in the third inning. He’s the second player in franchise history to give up two home runs to the same batter in his debut. He joins teammate Hunter Gaddis, who gave up two homers to the Astros’ Trey Mancini in his debut in 2022.
Last night against the Blue Jays, all six pitchers used by the Guardians recorded either a win, hold or save.
It’s just the eighth time in franchise history the team used at least six pitchers and everyone recorded a decision.
| Date | Opp | Win | Hold | Hold | Hold | Hold | Hold | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/14/2024 | TOR | Logan Allen | Cade Smith | Scott Barlow | Sam Hentges | Hunter Gaddis | Emmanuel Clase | |
| 9/8/2023 | LAA | Logan Allen | Nick Sandlin | Sam Hentges | Reynaldo Lopez | Trevor Stephan | Emmanuel Clase | |
| 10/1/2017 | CHW | Josh Tomlin | Joe Smith | Tyler Olson | Zach McAllister | Andrew Miller | Bryan Shaw | Cody Allen |
| 9/9/2017 | BAL | Josh Tomlin | Joe Smith | Craig Breslow | Dan Otero | Bryan Shaw | Cody Allen | |
| 7/15/2011 | BAL | Josh Tomlin | Chad Durbin | Rafael Perez | Joe Smith | Vinnie Pestano | Chris Perez | |
| 8/1/2010 | TOR | Jeanmar Gomez | Tony Sipp | Frank Hermann | Rafael Perez | Joe Smith | Chris Perez | |
| 4/1/1998 | SEA | Jaret Wright | Eric Plunk | Al Morman | Jose Mesa | Paul Assenmacher | Mike Jackson | |
| 9/6/1997 | CHW | Bartolo Colon | Albie Lopez | Al Morman | Mike Jackson | Paul Assenmacher | Jose Mesa |