​Guardians’ Gavin Williams achieves rare Immaculate Inning vs. Twins originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Gavin Williams has broken out in a massive way for the Cleveland Guardians in the last year-plus.They call him the “Big Rig,” and he’s an underratedly dominant right-handed pitcher.Never has that been more clear than Thursday’s fourth inning against the Minnesota Twins.That’s when Williams took the mound and fired an Immaculate Inning.Immaculate Innings, Cleveland history:Today: Gavin WilliamsSept. 27, 2022: Enyel De Los SantosSept. 28, 2020: Zach PlesacJuly 7, 2017: Carlos CarrascoJune 4, 2014: Justin Masterson— Zack Meisel (@ZackMeisel) July 23, 2026MORE: Yankees’ Jose Caballero is pushing the limit of the rulesWhat’s an Immaculate Inning?An Immaculate Inning is when a pitcher throws nine pitches to get three outs. They’re all strikes, so it accounts for three strikeouts.Strike one, strike two, strike three, one out.Strike one, strike two, strike three, two outs.Strike one, strike two, strike three, three outs.Here’s how it looked for Williams:IMMACULATE INNING 🤯Gavin Williams strikes out the side on nine pitches! pic.twitter.com/n93Uen7EIb— MLB (@MLB) July 23, 2026Maybe most impressive on this particular day: Williams did it against 2-3-4 in the Minnesota order, a strong trio of Byron Buxton, Ryan Jeffers and Josh Bell.Yeah, pretty darn immaculate.More MLB news:How Aaron Judge is the real focus of the Yankees’ trade deadline plansHave you ever seen a bounce throw to turn a double play?The Braves let their pitcher hit, and it worked out surprisingly wellHow Rays turned Tim Beckham bust draft pick into Junior CamineroBarry Bonds’ nephew has a chance to be key pick in 2026 MLB Draft