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Parker Messick Through Nine Starts

April 6, 2026

In Sunday’s 6-5 win over the Cubs, Parker Messick allowed just one run over five innings, lowering his career ERA to 2.31 through nine starts.

Over the last 100 seasons, only two others have posted a lower ERA through nine career games (minimum 50 IP) with Cleveland:

Aaron Civale, 182
Gene Bearden, 2.25
Messick, 2.31
Luis Tiant, 2.44
Hal Woodeshick, 2.72
Herb Score, 2.88

It’s also the second consecutive years in which Messick has generated an ERA under 1.00 through his first two appearances of the season.

He’s just the fifth Cleveland pitcher in the last 100 years to accomplish that feat (minimum 10 IP):

Mike Clevinger, 2018-19
Dick Stigman, 1960-61
Bob Feller, 1946-48 (three years)
Jim Bagby Jr., 1942-43

Tiant, Shane Bieber and Mel Harder also did it two (Harder three times) but in non-consecutive years.

Joey Cantillo’s Strikeouts

October 9, 2025

Although Joey Cantillo made nine starts a season ago, he maintained his rookie status in 2025 and posted some impressive numbers.

Cantillo became just the third rookie in franchise history (minimum 10 starts) to post a K-per-9 rate above 10.

Most strikeouts by nine innings by Cleveland rookies (min. 10 starts)

2013 Danny Salazar, 11.3
2021 Triston McKenzie, 10.2
2025 Cantillo, 10.2
1955 Herb Score, 9.7
2018 Shane Bieber, 9.3

Of course Score’s number is truly the most impressive on the list given the era in which he pitched.

Of the 18 Cleveland rookies with at least 7.5 K per 9, Score and CC Sabathia (8.5 in 2001) and Sonny Siebert (8.3 in 1964) are the only ones pre-2012.

Back to Back Gems

September 10, 2025

In a critical series against the Royals, Slade Cecconi and Joey Cantillo tossed 8 scoreless innings in consecutive games on Monday and Tuesday night.

Over the last 40 seasons, it’s just the fourth time starters have tossed at least 8 scoreless innings in consecutive games.

The others:

Lee and Carmona’s gems occurred during a double-header against the Blue Jays.

Luis Ortiz’s 6 Innings

April 7, 2025

In the Guardians ninth game of the year, Luis Ortiz completed exactly six innings of work against the Angels, the deepest into a game the team’s starting pitcher has lasted this season.

It’s just the second time the team had gone at least eight games into a year without a starter working at least six innings. In 2022, it took until the 10th games when Shane Bieber finally completed six innings of work.

Shane Bieber is Done

April 6, 2024

Since Shane Bieber‘s season is done after just two starts, he will become the 12th pitcher in MLB history with at least 12 innings pitched and zero runs allowed in a season.

Our own Tyler Olson recently set the record for this stat, tossing 20 shutout innings during the 2017 season.

Bieber’s incredible start

April 3, 2024

Shane Bieber is the ninth pitcher in MLB history with 20 strikeouts and zero runs allowed through two starts and the only pitcher to accomplish the feat twice.

Most strikeouts with zero runs allowed through two starts:

2020 Shane Bieber, 27
1954 Karl Spooner, 27
2002 Curt Schilling, 26
2016 Vince Velasquez, 25
1978 Nolan Ryan, 25
2019 Jacob deGrom, 24
2019 Mike Clevinger, 22
1966 Luis Tiant, 21
2024 Shane Bieber, 20

Opening Day Shutout

March 29, 2024

The Guardians pitched the 12th Opening Day shutout in franchise history on Thursday in Oakland.

2024 at Oakland (Shane Bieber)
2020 vs Kansas City (Shane Bieber)
2014 at Oakland (Justin Masterson)
2002 at Anaheim (Bartolo Colon, CG)
1968 at Chicago (Sonny Siebert, CG)
1962 at Boston (Dick Donovan, CG)
1953 vs Chicago (Bob Lemon, one-hitter)
1948 vs St. Louis (Bob Feller, CG)
1946 at Chicago (Bob Feller, CG)
1943 vs Detroit (Jim Bagby Jr., CG)
1940 at Chicago (Bob Feller, no-hitter)
1920 vs St. Louis (Stan Coveleski, CG)

Three Straight Rookies

August 10, 2023

Over the past three games, Gavin Williams, Tanner Bibee and Logan Allen have combined to allow just one run in 19 innings of work.

Their one run allowed is the fewest combined runs allowed by rookie starting pitchers in three consecutive games in franchise history, breaking a record set by Bibee, Allen and Xzavion Curry earlier this year.

2023 – Gavin Williams, Tanner Bibee, Logan Allen (1 run, 19 IP)
2023 – Tanner Bibee, Xzavion Curry, Logan Allen (2 runs, 14 IP)
2002 – Cliff Lee, Brian Tallet, Ricardo Rodriguez (4 runs, 15.1 IP)
1910 – Harry Fanwell, George Kahler, Willie Mitchell (4 runs. 29 IP)

On a more depressing note, it was just the third time in franchise history the team won just one game in a three-game span in which its starting pitchers allowed one or fewer runs. The other instances:

2022 – Aaron Civale, Shane Bieber, Zach Plesac – 1 run in 16.3 IP, 1 win vs KC, TEX
2014 – Justin Masterson, Corey Kluber, Zach McAllister – 1 run in 22 IP, 1 win vs CHW, MIN

Gavin Williams Wins on Birthday

July 26, 2023

Gavin Williams started a won for the Guardians on Wednesday, his 24th birthday.

Dating back to 1990, he’s the sixth pitcher to start on his birthday at age 24 or younger:

2023 – Williams, age 24
2018 – Shane Bieber, 23
2009 – Aaron Laffey, 24
2003 – Jason Davis, 23
2002 – CC Sabathia, 22
1993 – Albie Lopez, 22

With the victory, Cleveland has now on seven of its last eight games on its starting pitcher’s birthday:

2023 – Williams, W
2022 – Konnor Pilkington, W
2022 – Triston McKenzie, L
2018 – Bieber, W
2012 – Derek Lowe, W
2009 – Laffey, W
2008 – Scott Lewis, W

Allen & Bibee Strikeouts

May 28, 2023

Logan Allen has 33 strikeouts through his first six career games, while Tanner Bibee has 34. The era in which which we’re in is a big factor here, but those are the sixth and seventh most strikeouts through six games in franchise history.

The list:

Herb Score, 57
Danny Salazar, 37
Triston McKenzie, 36
Shane Bieber, 36
Luis Tiant, 35
Bibee, 34
Allen, 33

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