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The Cleveland Guardians were hoping they could finally help Tanner Bibee earn his first win of the 2026 season as they prepared for their series opener against the Washington Nationals.
Wins and losses for a pitcher don’t mean nearly as much as they did in the past, but it’s still rare for someone out of the top of the rotation to not have a win on their resume at the end of May. Bibee hasn’t pitched perfectly, but he also hasn’t received any run support from his offense.
There was plenty of action on Monday evening, but not in the way Cleveland was hoping for, and certainly not in the
Bibee only lasted 3.0 innings and gave up seven earned runs. The Nationals didn’t just get hits off Cleveland’s starter; they shelled him. Bibee gave up nine hard-hit balls (--), and with that made some unwanted franchise history along the way.
Of the eight hits Bibee allowed, five of them were home runs off the bats of James Wood, Curtis Mead, Jacob Young, Luis Garcia, and CJ Abrams.
The five long balls Bibee gave up are tied for the most by a starter in Cleveland history. The other pitchers to have suffered an outing like this were Gary Bell (1962), Luis Tiant (1969), and Hunter Gaddis (2022). (Yes, that is the same Hunter Gaddis who is currently a lockdown reliever in Cleveland’s bullpen.)
Apr 22, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee (28) throws a pitch durign the first inning against the Houston Astros at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: David Dermer-Imagn Images
After the loss, Bibee didn’t have many words on the loss. “Anything [I say] right now would probably be emotional. There’s nothing I can really say about it,” said the starting pitcher.
Stephen Vogt had a few more words on Bibee’s outing, but the message was the same: it just wasn’t Bibee’s night.
“A lot of mistakes over the middle. Didn’t feel like he really had much. The fastball had some life at times, and other times it didn’t,” explained Cleveland’s skipper. “Really, I just thought it was a lack of execution. We really haven’t seen that from Tanner.”
Vogt’s overarching message on the entire game was to flush it and move on to the next one. We’ll see if Cleveland’s offense can do just that on Tuesday, but it will take Tanner almost a week to bounce back on the mound.
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Wins and losses for a pitcher don’t mean nearly as much as they did in the past, but it’s still rare for someone out of the top of the rotation to not have a win on their resume at the end of May. Bibee hasn’t pitched perfectly, but he also hasn’t received any run support from his offense.
There was plenty of action on Monday evening, but not in the way Cleveland was hoping for, and certainly not in the
Bibee only lasted 3.0 innings and gave up seven earned runs. The Nationals didn’t just get hits off Cleveland’s starter; they shelled him. Bibee gave up nine hard-hit balls (--), and with that made some unwanted franchise history along the way.
Of the eight hits Bibee allowed, five of them were home runs off the bats of James Wood, Curtis Mead, Jacob Young, Luis Garcia, and CJ Abrams.
The five long balls Bibee gave up are tied for the most by a starter in Cleveland history. The other pitchers to have suffered an outing like this were Gary Bell (1962), Luis Tiant (1969), and Hunter Gaddis (2022). (Yes, that is the same Hunter Gaddis who is currently a lockdown reliever in Cleveland’s bullpen.)
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Apr 22, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee (28) throws a pitch durign the first inning against the Houston Astros at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: David Dermer-Imagn Images
After the loss, Bibee didn’t have many words on the loss. “Anything [I say] right now would probably be emotional. There’s nothing I can really say about it,” said the starting pitcher.
Stephen Vogt had a few more words on Bibee’s outing, but the message was the same: it just wasn’t Bibee’s night.
“A lot of mistakes over the middle. Didn’t feel like he really had much. The fastball had some life at times, and other times it didn’t,” explained Cleveland’s skipper. “Really, I just thought it was a lack of execution. We really haven’t seen that from Tanner.”
Vogt’s overarching message on the entire game was to flush it and move on to the next one. We’ll see if Cleveland’s offense can do just that on Tuesday, but it will take Tanner almost a week to bounce back on the mound.
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