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game information indianapolis indians _______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Sunday, August 11, 2019 5:05 p.m. ET Durham Bulls 58-59 (2nd, -8.0 GB, IL West) Durham Bulls Athletic Park ♦ Durham, NC 66-52 (2nd, -2.5 GB, IL South) RHP Dario Agrazal (4-3, 4.25) Game #118 // Road #62 RHP Arturo Reyes (7-6, 5.19) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / Fox Sports AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Monday OFF DAY Tuesday August 13 vs. Rochester RHP James Marvel (3-0, 1.87) vs. LHP Lewis Thorpe (5-4, 4.68) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Wednesday August 14 vs. Rochester TBA vs. RHP Griffin Jax (1-0, 6.00) 1:35 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Thursday August 15 vs. Rochester TBA vs. LHP Charlie Barnes (0-0, 8.31) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 17-17 Overall 58-59 Night Games: 41-42 LAST NIGHT: The Indians evened their weekend series in Durham with a 3-1 comeback win over the Bulls on Saturday. Jake Elmore doubled Home 26-30 and scored on a Cole Tucker single in the third inning that tied the game at 1-1, and the Tribe took their first lead of the series on a Christian Before All-Star Break: 44-44 Road 32-29 After All-Star Break: 14-15 Kelley two-out RBI single in the fourth. Indy tacked on its final run in the fifth thanks to three consecutive two-out singles by Will Craig, Place 2nd April: 13-11 GA/GB -8.0 GB May: 18-9 Trayvon Robinson and Jason Martin. Alex McRae's lone blemish came in the opening frame as Kean Wong tripled and scored to give the Streak W1 June: 10-19 home team a 1-0 advantage. He lasted five innings and scattered seven hits and three walks with three punchouts. Luis Escobar (2.0ip, 1h, Home Streak L3 July: 14-14 August: 3-6 1bb, 1k) and Dovydas Neverauskas (2.0ip, 3h, 1bb, 4k) combined for four shutout innings in relief to preserve the lead and eventual victory. Road Streak W1 September: 0-0 Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-2 JAKE CAN RAKE: With his 2-for-3, two-double performance last night, Jake Elmore enters today's road trip finale on a six-game hitting Last 5 2-3 Tuesday: 8-9 Wednesday: 8-8 streak (.333, 8-for-24). He has reached base safely in 10 of his last 11 games overall. The journeyman is hitting a league-best .347 (99-for- Last 10 4-6 Thursday: 10-9 285) and ranks third in on-base percentage (.411). Indy's last batting champion was Junior Noboa (.340) in 1989 and they have had just Home Openings/Lost 54/2 Friday: 9-11 Home Attendance 452,221 Saturday: 8-11 four batting titles since 1969 (also: Bernie Carbo in 1969, Gene Locklear in 1972, Dallas Williams in 1987). Elmore's .347 average for the Avg. Home Attendance 8,374 Sunday: 9-9 season would be the highest single-season qualifying average for a Tribe player since Dallas Williams hit .357 in 1987. League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4th) Scoring First: 40-15 Opponent Scores First: 18-44 SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 26 SEASON SERIES VS. DURHAM: The Indians and Bulls play the rubber game of their three-game series today. With a win, the Tribe would Opponent Comeback Wins: 25 also seal the season series victory over Durham for the first time since winning in both 2015 (6-4) and 2016 (4-2). The Indians have outhit 2019 at Home: 2-1 Extra Innings: 4-6 2019 @ Durham: 1-1 Shutout Record: 4-6 and outpitched Durham in their first five games this season. The Tribe offense is hitting .257 to Durham's .232 clip and also leads in runs Doubleheaders: 4-4 scored (44-39), hits (72-62), doubles (8-6), home runs (6-5), RBI (21-18), walks (22-19), fewer strikeouts (46-47), stolen bases (3-1), on- All-Time at Home: 66-44 (.600) Commit An Error: 24-29 All-Time @ Durham: 42-61 (.408) Commit No Errors: 34-30 base percentage (.349-.314), slugging percentage (.421-.369) and OPS (.770-.683). Indy's pitching staff owns a better ERA in the season All-Time Totals: 108-105 (.507) Walk-Off Wins: 3 series (3.40 to 4.09) and also has more strikeouts (47-46), despite Durham leading the IL in that category. Walk-Off Losses: 3 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 31-26 vs. IL North: 13-17 BASEBALL IN 2019: Indy has racked up 1,043 strikeouts through 117 games (8.91 K/game) and are on pace for 1,248 strikeouts for the Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 14-16 AVG Elmore .347 1st season, which would easily exceed the current franchise record of 1,153 set in 2013 (records for this stat go back to 1902). Indy's current OBP Elmore .411 3rd Scoring 4+ Runs: 47-24 strikeout total is sixth in the IL. The Indians are also on pace to give up a franchise record 154 home runs (145 HR allowed in 2005 in the 2B Elmore/Kramer 27 T-7th Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 11-35 current record). 3B Robinson 4 T-8th Outhit Opponent: 43-13 TB Craig 190 10th Outhit By Opponent: 10-38 W Keller/McRae 7 T-10th Teams Tie in Hits: 5-8 Indy Hits HR: 42-33 AT THE DBAP: Historically, Indy has struggled on the road at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, going 42-61 there since the 1998 season when L Vera 9 T-4th Indy no HR: 16-26 the Tribe rejoined the International League. Since becoming Pittsburgh's Triple-A affiliate in 2005, the Indians have won a road series at ERA Keller 3.56 2nd Opp. Hits HR: 37-40 McRae 4.81 8th Opp. no HR: 21-19 Durham just five times (two times in 2005 and once in 2006, 2012 and 2016). Indy's .408 winning percentage at Durham is the lowest road WHIP Keller 1.24 3rd Lead After 6: 43-3 McRae 1.45 9th Trail After 6: 4-45 mark for the Tribe among all IL cities. GS Vera 22 T-3rd Tied After 6: 11-11 Keller 19 T-8th Lead After 7: 50-2 CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Trail After 7: 5-51 ON THE BOARD: Indy is a league-best 40-15 (.727) when scoring first and has scored first in 18 of its 29 games since the All-Star break, Tied After 7: 3-6 compiling a 12-6 record. SHO Marvel 1 T-1st Lead After 8: 47-1 AVG vs. Keller .243 2nd Trail After 8: 3-48 IP Vera 118.2 3rd Tied After 8: 4-5 SO Keller 123 1st CRAIG ON FIRE: Will Craig leads the team with 28 multi-hit games after tallying two hits in four at-bats last night. He has hit safely in nine GIDP McRae 12 T-5th Vs. LH Starter: 12-15 of his last 12, 12 of his last 15 and 18 of his last 24 games dating to July 14. In 19 games from June 19-July 13, Craig hit .125 (9-for-72) SV DuRapau 9 T-2nd Vs. RH Starter: 46-44 with one homer, two doubles, six RBI and zero multi-hit games. In 24 games since July 14, he's hit .300 (30-for-100) with four homers, six Brentz/Neverauskas 8 T-6th Series (W-L-S): 17-18-2 doubles, 13 RBI, five walks, 32 strikeouts and 11 multi-hit games. 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 6-5 Indians Bulls 2019 IL STANDINGS MR. ROBINSON: In his last 10 games dating to July 25, Trayvon Robinson is hitting .324 (11-for-34) with two homers, one double, eight .256 Batting Avg .269 531 Runs 641 WEST RBI and two runs scored. The 31-year-old journeyman's average rests at .308 for the season and has been above .300 for all but a six-day 1000 Hits 1062 Team W-L GB stretch (April 5-10). 241 Doubles 227 COL 66-51 - 21 Triples 27 122 Home Runs 156 IND 58-59 8.0 TABLE-SETTER TUCKER: Cole Tucker has reached base safely in each of his last 15 games. He has tallied 15 hits, 14 walks and 15 strike- TOL 53-65 13.5 485 RBI 611 LOU 49-69 17.5 outs in that stretch. Since July 25, the Tribe have scored a run in the first inning in three of the four games where he has reached base; they 1649 Total Bases 1811 have gone scoreless in the first inning 10 of the 11 times that he hasn't reached base. 383 Walks 462 NORTH 989 Strikeouts 1011 61 Stolen Bases 70 Team W-L GB J-MART: Jason Martin saw his season-high 10-game hitting streak come to an end on Friday night but he got back in the hit column with 38 Caught Stealing 30 SWB 65-53 - .329 OBP .351 BUF 60-58 5.0 two knocks in four at-bats on Saturday.