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Worst Games with RISP

The Guardians went 0-17 with runners in scoring position in Thursday’s 12-inning loss to the Twins, tying a franchise record for the worst 0-for with RISP and setting the mark for the worst performance at home.

The other two 0-17 incidents:

  • September 8, 1981 at BAL
  • May 2, 1970 at KC (17 innings)

There have only been four other instances of going 0-15 or worse:

  • October 3, 2022 vs KC (0-15)
  • April 5, 2004 at Minnesota (0-15)
  • July 30, 1972 vs MIL (0-15)
  • May 20, 1965 vs BAL (0-15)

And here’s a breakdown of all the 0-17 performances by player:

2026 vs Minnesota

1981 at Baltimore

1970 at Kansas City

Teammates with Multi-HR Game

In Monday’s win over Minnesota, and became the 29th pair of Cleveland teammates with a multi-homer game in the same contest.

Here’s the list:

1-0 Win on Manzardo’s HR

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:

Josh Naylor’s First Half RBI

Josh Naylor closed out the first half with 64 RBI, tied for 27th most in franchise history before the break. Obviously most of the players ahead of him on that list made the All-Star team.

Naylor is the 10th player in franchise history with at least 64 RBI to not be selected to the game. The list:

Hafner, Trosky and Horton never ended up making any All-Star team.