MLB.com is keeping track of a Stat of the Day for the Indians this season, highlighting a unique, interesting or fun nugget from each game.

• Indians Stat of the Day, April 2021

May 31: White Sox 8, Indians 6 (F/8) -- Cesar flexes his muscles
Cesar Hernandez had played in 940 games spanning over nine seasons without logging a multi-homer game. That was, until the first game of a doubleheader against the White Sox on Memorial Day. Hernandez led off the game with a first-pitch blast that just squeaked over the left-field wall. Amed Rosario followed suit, and the duo became the first to hit back-to-back homers to lead off a game for Cleveland since Francisco Lindor and Michael Brantley did so on Sept. 15, 2018, against the Tigers. Hernandez came up in his next at-bat in the third and smacked his second homer of the game for his first career multi-homer performance.

May 30: Blue Jays 4, Indians 1 -- Naylor homers vs. homeland
Josh Naylor launched his fifth homer of the season in the matinee of the doubleheader against Toronto, a team he was quite familiar with growing up. Naylor became the first Canadian-born Cleveland batter to ever homer against Toronto. The Indians have had 22 other Canadian-born players in franchise history prior to Naylor on the big league squad.

May 28: Blue Jays 11, Indians 2 (7) -- Rosario heating up
The Indians have been waiting for Eddie Rosario to find his offensive groove, and he's finally starting to show signs of igniting. His two-run single in the first inning of the series opener extended his hitting streak to eight games, which marks his longest since hitting safely in eight straight games from Aug. 27-Sept. 4, 2019. During that stretch, he's batting .400 (12-for-30) with one double, one homer and eight RBIs.

May 27: Indians 5, Tigers 2 -- Bieber reaches strikeout milestone
It took Shane Bieber just 77 games to reach 600 career strikeouts with his third-inning whiff of Willi Castro. With 473 2/3 career innings pitched before that landmark K, Bieber is the fastest pitcher in Cleveland history to reach the mark, and it's not even close; Danny Salazar (524 2/3 innings), Herb Score (556), Sam McDowell (563 1/3) and Corey Kluber (594) round out the top five.

At 77 games, Bieber is also the third-fastest pitcher in Major League history to reach the 600-K mark, following Yu Darvish (74) and Dwight Gooden (76).

May 26: Tigers 1, Indians 0 -- Miller notches first multihit game
Shortstop Owen Miller had two hits on Wednesday, one of them a double that marked his first career extra-base hit. The multihit game was Cleveland's first by a rookie since 2019, when Oscar Mercado (32), Yu Chang (three) and Bobby Bradley (one) each accomplished the feat.

May 25: Indians 4, Tigers 1 -- Civale as consistent as they come
For the sixth time this season, Aaron Civale pitched at least seven innings. Only one other pitcher in the Majors has recorded at least six seven-plus-inning outings (Zack Wheeler). Civale's strong eight-plus frames against the Tigers also moved him into sole possession of the most wins in the American League with seven through his 10 starts.

May 24: Indians 6, Tigers 5 -- Bauers feels at home at Comerica
Jake Bauers has had his offensive struggles during his time with Cleveland, but rarely does he have any problems when he's at Comerica Park -- the stadium in which he hit for the cycle in 2019. Bauers logged his first game with at least three hits since July 2, 2019, when he had four hits in Kansas City. His 3-for-3 night in the series opener brought his average at Comerica Park up to .367, which ranks as the highest of all American League parks he's hit in, trailing just Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park overall. His OPS in Detroit skyrocketed to 1.108 with a double, a triple and two homers in 30 career at-bats.

May 23: Twins, 8, Indians 5 (10) -- Perfect time for a bunt
The Indians were struggling to string enough hits together to climb back from the five-run inning the Twins posted in the fourth. So, with one out in the bottom of the ninth and runners on the corners, cleanup hitter Jordan Luplow laid down the first successful bunt of his career to perfectly execute a safety squeeze, tying the game at 5. Luplow had made just three bunt attempts prior to the series finale against the Twins, which resulted in two groundouts and a popout.

May 22: Indians 5, Twins 3 (10) -- Get blanked, reload
The Indians' offense apparently uses shutouts as motivation to come back firing the next day. After dropping the series opener against the Twins, 10-0, Cleveland bounced back to take its third walk-off win of the season in extra innings, improving the team's record to 4-0 in games after getting shut out. The Indians have outscored opponents 22-9 in those contests.

May 21: Twins 10, Indians 0 -- Mejía wows in debut
There may not have been a lot of highlights, but 24-year-old Jean Carlos Mejía drew plenty of attention in his debut. In 2 1/3 innings, Mejía permitted just one hit and struck out five batters in his first big league appearance. He became just the fifth player in Indians history to have at least five strikeouts in relief in his MLB debut, joining Gary Bell, Al Gould, Gene Krapp and Carl Mathias. Mathias was the last to do so, fanning five batters in five innings of relief against Baltimore on July 31, 1960.

May 19: Indians 3, Angels 2 -- Civale leads AL pack
Aaron Civale earned an American League-leading sixth win of the season; only Jack Flaherty (8 wins for STL) has more in the Majors. It was also the fifth game this season Civale tossed at least seven innings, which ranks second in the Majors

May 18: Indians 6, Angels 5: First-inning outburst
The Indians were in desperate need of an offensive spark. The team was fresh off a four-game losing streak, having scored just 12 runs while going 3-for-32 (.094) with runners in scoring position in that span. José Ramírez provided the first sign of life with a two-run shot in the first, setting up a four-hit (plus a walk), five-run first inning to give Cleveland an early lead it hadn't experienced in almost two years. The last time the Indians scored at least five runs in the first frame was Aug. 15, 2019, in New York against the Yankees.

May 17: Angels 7, Indians 4 -- Franmil goes way deep
What better way to pull yourself out of an offensive skid than crushing a 452-foot shot? Franmil Reyes had been struggling during the Indians' West Coast trip before unleashing on a slider from Hunter Strickland. It marked Reyes' fourth homer projected to travel at least 450 feet in an Indians uniform -- the most by any Cleveland player tracked by Statcast (since 2015). It was also the longest homer hit by an opponent at Angel Stadium so far in 2021, and the second farthest overall, trailing Mike Trout's 464-foot homer against the Astros.

May 16: Mariners 3, Indians 2 -- Bieber falls 1 K short
All good things must come to an end. Shane Bieber's start against the Mariners marked the first time he recorded fewer than eight strikeouts in an outing since his last outing in 2019. Over his last 20 starts, he's fanned at least eight, setting a Major League record by passing Randy Johnson, who had at least eight strikeouts in 17 consecutive starts. Bieber came just shy of extending his record to 21 outings by striking out seven batters in the series finale against Seattle in just 4 2/3 innings -- his shortest start since June 9, 2019.

May 15: Mariners 7, Indians 3 -- Two-baggers aplenty for Ramírez
Cleveland's offense may have struggled to pick up steam against the Mariners, but that didn't stop José Ramírez's bat from staying red-hot. The third baseman logged his third career game with three doubles -- his first since Sept. 3, 2017, against the Tigers. It also marked the first three-double game by a Cleveland player since Michael Brantley on May 3, 2018, against Toronto.

May 14: Mariners 7, Indians 3 -- Civale falls just short
Cleveland has had great success when Aaron Civale takes the mound, winning six of his seven starts heading into Friday's game. The right-hander was on the cusp of joining Dennis Martinez, Shane Beiber, Josh Tomlin, and Cliff Lee as the only pitchers in franchise history to start a season with six consecutive wins in the Wild Card Era. Civale (5-1) was the losing end of a 7-3 contest in Seattle.

May 13: Indians 4, Mariners 2 -- Ramírez the new AL HR leader
So much talk regarding the Indians' offense this season has focused on the team's reliance on the long ball, and José Ramírez has been at the center of the conversation. He's gotten off to one of the hottest starts of his career, as he launched his 11th home run in the series opener against the Mariners, which gave him sole possession of the homer lead in the American League. In just 35 games, it's the quickest Ramírez has ever smacked at least 11 homers, as he had reached that mark in 36 games in his All-Star season in 2018.

May 12: Indians 2, Cubs 1 (10 innings) -- Under the radar
So much of the focus on the Indians' dominant bullpen has surrounded Emmanuel Clase, James Karinchak and Bryan Shaw -- and rightfully so -- but the relief corps has found tremendous success in getting top-notch innings from all eight guys in the 'pen, including Cal Quantrill. Although he missed the cut to join Cleveland's rotation at the beginning of the year, he's done his part out of the bullpen and extended his scoreless innings streak to nine in the series finale against the Cubs. It marks the second-longest such streak of his career, as his longest was 11 2/3 innings with the Padres.

May 11: Indians 3, Cubs 2 -- Bieber shines on defense, too
Since Statcast began its tracking in 2015, no pitcher has ever caught a harder-hit line drive than the one Shane Bieber snagged for the first out of the series opener against the Cubs. An 111.5 mph bullet came off the bat of Joc Pederson and flew just to the glove side of Bieber's head. In a split second, Bieber was able to get his glove up in time to make the catch.

May 8: Indians 9, Reds 2 -- Pitching staff solid
Apparently, the Indians just need to get four runs on the board to walk away with a win. Because of the solid starting pitching and elite relief work the team has received so far this year, all but one game has gone in Cleveland's favor when it plated at least four runs. The team's 17-1 record in these games equates to a whopping .944 win percentage.

May 7: Reds 3, Indians 0 -- No-hit again
On April 14, the Indians’ offense was stymied against White Sox starter Carlos Rodón. Just 20 games later, the team found itself in the same situation. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Indians became the third team in MLB history to be no-hit twice within its first 31 games of a season, joining the 1917 White Sox and 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys (American Association). Cleveland also became the eighth team all-time to be no-hit twice in a 21-game span in a single season.

May 6: Indians 4, Royals 0 -- A series sweep for the books
This four-game series at Kauffman Stadium couldn't have come at a better time for the Indians. Fresh off a series win over the White Sox, Cleveland swept Kansas City on the road to take sole possession of first place in the American League Central for the first time since April 13. Better yet, it will go down as the first time the Indians have ever swept the Royals in a four-game series in Kansas City. The last time Cleveland pulled off a four-game sweep in Kansas City came in 1960, when the A's were still around, with Jack Harshman earning the Game 4 win.

May 5: Indians 5, Royals 4 -- Bieber extends K's streak
Even when he's not at the top of his game, Shane Bieber can't stop making history. Against the Royals, Bieber gutted out six innings and struck out the first two Kansas City hitters in the bottom of the sixth to bring his strikeout total to nine. He has now struck out at least eight batters in 19 consecutive games, which extends the record he established in his previous start on Friday.

May 4: Indians 7, Royals 3 -- Another Cleveland comeback
The Indians clawed their way back from a three-run deficit against the Royals to give them their 10th come-from-behind victory of the season. This is the most comeback wins the team has had this early in the season since 1999, when Cleveland also had 10 comeback wins in the first 28 games. The club has only had at least 10 comeback wins in six different seasons dating to 1906. The most in the first 28 games came in 1995 (12), with '32 (11) just behind. This season joins '99, '54 and '24 (all with 10) as the only others.

May 3: Indians 8, Royals 6 -- HR streak at eight
The story for the Indians' offense all year long has been the long ball. The team entered the series opener against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium having scored 51.5% of its runs via homers -- the third-highest percentage in the Majors. And once again, the game was decided by two blasts -- one from Eddie Rosario and one from Josh Naylor -- to have their eighth consecutive game with a homer (13 homers total in that span). This is the longest homer streak for the club since it recorded a home run in 12 straight contests from June 3-19, 2019.

May 2: Indians 5, White Sox 0 -- A historic shutout
The victory at Guaranteed Rate Field not only gave the Indians the series win, but also handed them their second shutout of the season and their 161st all-time shutout against Chicago. That marks the Indians' second-most shutouts against a team since 1901, trailing just the 166 they've recorded against the Orioles. The White Sox have only been shutout twice through their first 27 games -- both times by Cleveland. The Indians' pitching staff also combined to allow just four hits, which is the seventh time the staff has held opponents to four hits or fewer in its first 26 games.

May 1: White Sox 7, Indians 3 -- Staff rewrites history
Although the White Sox were able to put five runs on the board with just one hit through the first three innings, the Indians' pitching staff was still able to complete a feat that hadn't been done in the franchise's last 55 years. Starter Triston McKenzie and reliever Phil Maton combined to record the first nine outs of the game all via strikeout, which is the first time since Sept. 18, 1966, the club had done so. In '66, it was Sam McDowell who recorded all nine outs by strikeouts against the Tigers.