May 2, 2026
In the 7th inning of Friday’s game against the Orioles, Daniel Schneeman broke open a 0-0 game with a grand slam off reliever Anthony Nunez.
It was just the second time in franchise a 0-0 tied had been broken with a grand slam in the 7th inning or later.
The first was Mike Aviles‘ 9th-inning grand slam off Joaquin Benoit in Detroit in 2013.
Amed Rosario enters 2023 with a .478 batting average when putting the ball in play since joining Cleveland.
Dating back to 1990, that’s the highest average among Cleveland hitters with at least 100 one-pitch at-bats:
Rosario, .478
Ellis Burks, .429
Russell Branyan, .423
Shin-Soo Choo, .423
Roberto Alomar, .419
Jim Thome, .408
And here’s the bottom five, among 64 qualified players:
Aaron Boone, .259
Mark Lewis, .263
Felix Fermin, .269
John McDonald, .270
Mike Aviles, .272
The MLB average over this span is .335.