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Posts tagged as “Jason Kipnis”

Scoring Twice on Wild Pitches

July 1, 2026

The Guardians scored twice on wild pitches in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers, off pitches from MacKenzie Gore and Winston Santos.

It’s just the eighth time since 2000 they’ve scored on wild pitches twice in the same game:

*All wild pitch runs scored in the same inning
^Both runs scored on the same pitch

Grand Slam Provides Only Offense

June 18, 2026

In Wednesday’s loss to the Brewers, ‘s grand slam provided the only offense in the 9-4 loss.

That’s the first time a grand slam was Cleveland’s only offense since…. Daniel Schneemann’s last grand slam in April!

Here are all the instances dating back to 1990:

Kipnis and Belle’s grand slams were walk-offs.

1-0 Win on Manzardo’s HR

May 23, 2026

The Guardians topped the Phillies 1-0 on Friday night thanks to a 9th-inning pinch-hit home run by .

It was the Guardians first go-ahead pinch-hit homer in the 9th inning or later since had two walk-off pitch-hit homers in 2013.

It was also just the second pinch-hit home run to break a 0-0 tie in franchise history. Incredibly, the first one happened just two years ago when broke a 0-0 tie against Boston in the 7th inning with a pinch-hit homer.

This is also the 45th time in franchise history Cleveland won a 1-0 game with a home run providing the only offense. The most recent occurrences before tonight:

And it’s just the 12th time that 1-0 win featured a homer in the 9th inning or later. Here’s the full list of the others:

3 Hits and a HR from the Leadoff Spot

July 21, 2025

On Sunday against the A’s, collected three hits and a home run while filling in for as the leadoff hitter. He’s the third different leadoff hitter to collect three hits including a homer this year, joining Kwan (twice) and .

It’s the 10th season in team history in which three or more different leadoff hitters have accomplished the feat. The others:

HR vs. Defending Champs

May 29, 2025

On Wednesday, hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the 8th inning of the Guardians 7-4 win over the Dodgers, the team’s first go-ahead home run in the 8th inning or later against the defending champs since 2019.

Here are the rest of the go-ahead HR in 8th or later vs defending World Series champs since 2000:

5 hits, 7 RBI from Bottom Third

June 26, 2024

Last night against the Orioles, , and 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:

Kwan since IL return

June 17, 2024

In 11 games since returning from the IL, 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.