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Guardians Rewrite the Record Book Against Joe Ryan

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Guardians Rewrite the Record Book Against Joe Ryan
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Cleveland turned an All-Star into a home run derby target, matching a franchise record with seven bombs in a 13-4 rout of the Twins.

Monday night in Cleveland was supposed to be a normal Twins-Guardians game. Instead it turned into a live batting practice session, with Joe Ryan on the wrong end of history. The Guardians hit 7 home runs in a 13-4 win, tying a franchise record for a home game, and Ryan personally surrendered 6 of them -- tying the all-time MLB record for homers allowed by a starting pitcher and setting a new Twins franchise mark in the process.

It started innocently enough. Travis Bazzana got things going with a solo shot that put Cleveland up 5-2 in the 2nd inning, just the first domino in what became a full-on collapse for Ryan.

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4 GUARDS HRs

A batter rounds the bases and reaches the dugout to celebrate with teammates after hitting a home run; the on-screen graphic reads TRAVIS BAZZANA SOLO HR (9), with a scoreboard showing Rangers 2, Guardians 5 in the bottom of the 2nd inning at Cleveland's ballpark.

By the time Rhys Hoskins squared one up at 107.5 mph for a 398-foot bomb, Cleveland's lead had ballooned and Barstool's baseball account was already treating the box score like a live leaderboard. Petey Halpin and Hoskins each ended up going deep twice on the night, with Bryan Rocchio and Patrick Bailey chipping in as well -- five different Guardians hitters combining for the 7-homer outburst.

The count kept climbing in real time, and it stopped feeling like a coincidence somewhere around home run number 6.

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The Guardians have hit SIX Home Runs off Joe Ryan tonight and it’s only the 4th inning

Petey Halpin of the Cleveland Guardians rounds the bases pumping his fist after a solo home run, with the on-screen scoreboard reading Guardians 8, Twins 2 in the 4th inning; a wide shot also shows the outfield and fans celebrating.

Six homers off one pitcher is already the kind of night that gets a start pulled and a bullpen phone ringing early. Ryan became just the 11th starting pitcher in MLB history to allow 6 home runs in a single outing, an ignominious club that doesn't get new members very often. Cleveland wasn't done, either -- Patrick Bailey added a 408-foot shot to push the total to seven, officially matching the Guardians' franchise record for homers in a home game.

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Make that SEVEN Guardians HRs

Cleveland Guardians player rounding third base after a solo home run, with a scoreboard graphic reading Patrick Bailey, Solo HR (4), exit velocity 103.6 MPH, distance 408 FT, Rangers 3 - Guardians 11; an earlier frame shows the ball landing near the 400 mark in center field and a separate frame shows Guardians players celebrating in the dugout.

Ryan came into the season as an All-Star-caliber arm for Minnesota, the kind of pitcher who's supposed to be the answer to nights like this, not the guy who gets torched into the record books. Instead, the 13-4 final left the Twins searching for answers on a start that will follow Ryan around for a while, while Cleveland's lineup gets to enjoy one of the best power nights in franchise history.

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