The Indians Lineup Sunday Against the Rangers Featured a Franchise First – Take a Guess at What it Was

The Indians left Texas getting shutout Sunday by the Rangers, but did take two of three in the series, and now will come back at home for a set with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Sunday’s lineup might have looked a little odd for the Indians if you looked at both the first and last names, as for the first time in franchise history the Indians had a lineup with one rather uncommon first name letter by three different players.

The letter ‘Y’.

Yes, Indians baseball info guru Ryan Milowicki pointed out on Twitter that the Tribe for the first time in franchise history and for just the 7th time in baseball history had a lineup that featured three players whose first names started with the letter ‘Y’ – Yonder Alonso, Yan Gomes and Yandy Diaz.

The @Indians starting nine today is the 9th lineup in MLB history featuring three players (Alonso, Díaz, Gomes) whose first names begin with Y.

The 2014 Padres (Alonso, Grandal, Solarte) had seven such lineups, while the 2017 Dodgers did so on August 4 (Darvish, Grandal, Puig). https://t.co/jzcHf4s57p

— Ryan Milowicki (@RyanMilowicki) July 22, 2018

So while it’s a shame that the the Tribe’s three ‘Y’ players couldn’t do much at the plate, it’ll be a great trivia question down the road about the three ‘Y’s that all got to be in the lineup on one fateful hot Sunday in Texas for the Indians.

Yan Gomes, Yonder Alonso and Yandy Diaz are all in the lineup.

Get your jawbreakers ready. ?#RallyTogether pic.twitter.com/nD8IQTNq4f

— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) July 22, 2018