Last night against the Orioles, Bo Naylor, Gabriel Arias and Brayan Rocchio combined for 7 hits and 5 RBI while occupying the 7-8-9 spots in the order. It was the first time the bottom third of the order collected at least 7 hits and 5 RBI since 2019.
Most recent 7-8-9 hitters with 7+ hits and 5+ RBI:
In 11 games since returning from the IL, Steven Kwan is batting .535. Not only is it an impressive performance immediately following an IL stint, its the the third highest batting average in a single-season 11-game span for Cleveland since 1994.
Here’s the leaderboard in that span with a minimum of 40 PA and excluding overlapping streaks:
Justice’s 1997 season appears on here twice. It was two separate streaks with no overlapping games, one in May and another in August.
Most career games with at least three strikeouts and zero times reaching base
Andres Gimenez collected four hits including a home run against the Rays on Sunday afternoon.
It was the 32nd time in franchise history a second baseman had a four-hit game with a home run.
Here’s the list back to 2000:
Kipnis and Carlos Baerga share the franchise career record with five apiece.
Bo Naylor collected three against the Royals in his 20th career game.
Dating back to 1990, he’s the 11th Cleveland rookie with multiple three-hit games through 20 career games, joining:
- Oscar Gonzalez, 2022
- Jason Kipnis, 2011
- Michael Brantley, 2009
- Joe Inglett, 2006
- Coco Crisp, 2002
- Richie Sexson, 1998
- Brian Giles, 1996
- Herbert Perry, 1995 (3 games)
- Mark Lewis, 1991 (5 games)
- Alex Cole, 1990 (4 games)