Six Guardians pitchers combined for a shutout of the Rockies on Wednesday: Kolby Allard, Matt Festa, Jakob Junis, Nic Enright, Hunter Gaddis and Cade Smith.
It was the seventh time in franchise history at least six pitchers combined on a shutout and the fifth time in a nine-inning game.
Here’s the list of the others, which includes the MLB-record nine pitchers used in a 10-inning shutout against the Tigers in 2016 which was matched for the first time on Wednesday by the Royals.
- 2024 at White Sox
- Ben Lively, Pedro Avila, Eli Morgan, Cade Smith, Tim Herrin, Hunter Gaddis, Erik Sabrowski
- 2023 at Pirates
- 2017 at Royals
- 2016 vs Tigers (10 innings)
- Carlos Carrasco, Jeff Manship, Kyle Crockett, Cody Anderson, Zach McAllister, Perci Garner, Bryan Shaw, Cody Allen, Andrew Miller
- 2006 at Tigers
- 2005 at Padres (11 innings)
- Cliff Lee, Arthur Rhodes, Bob Howry, Scott Sauerbeck, Rafael Betancourt, Bob Wickman