INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Sunday, June 6, 2021 1:35 PM ET Columbus Clippers 15-13 (2nd, 5.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 9-19 (7th, 11.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Max Kranick (0-0, 1.80) Game #29 / Home #12 RHP Triston McKenzie (0-0, 0.00) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / MyINDYTV-23 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 15-13 2021 @ IND: 4-1 Home 9-2 LAST NIGHT: Three consecutive two-out walks in the eighth inning last night by Columbus’s Tanner Tully and Kyle Dowdy broke a 2-2 tie and drove in Road 6-11 2021 @ COL: 0-0 Place 2nd the winning Indianapolis win to give the Indians their third series win this season. Hunter Owen put Indy on the board first with his second home run Since 1988 @ IND: 113-108 (.511) GA/GB 5.0 GB of 2021 in the second inning. The teams traded runs in the fourth inning, with Alford knocking a two-out RBI single to retake a 2-1 lead. Columbus Since 1988 @ COL: 103-127 (.448) Streak W3 Since 1988 Totals: 216-235 (.479) Home Streak W3 knotted the game again when Oscar Mercado tripled home Connor Marabell in the fifth, and the game remained tied until the eighth inning. Tully took Road Streak L7 Longest Winning Streak 4 the loss after being charged with the final Indianapolis run when Dowdy walked in the winning run with the bases loaded. 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 Indians Clippers Last 5 4-1 Last 10 4-6 OWEN COMING HOME: Evansville, Ind. native Hunter Owen scored all three Indianapolis runs last night in the win over Columbus. His home run in .229 BA .229 Home Openings/Lost 10/1 the second inning was launched to the deepest part of the ballpark. He later was singled home by Anthony Alford and scored the winning run with a 118 R 111 Home Attendance 31,446 207 H 213 Avg. Home Attendance 3,145 bases-loaded walk to Joe Hudson. On the night, he went 2-for-4 for his third two-hit game this season. 44 2B 53 League Rank (Total/Avg) 16th/11th 5 3B 4 31 HR 31 Day Games 2-3 TWO TWO-BAGGERS: In the fourth game of his MLB rehab assignment with Indianapolis, Phillip Evans went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles in last 109 RBI 103 Night Games 13-10 354 TB 367 Before All-Star Break 15-13 night’s win over Columbus. He sent a ground ball into left field for his first double in the third inning, and he launched a line drive into the right field 117 BB 94 After All-Star Break 0-0 corner for his second in the fifth. He has recorded a hit in each game he has appeared in with Indy, good for a .500 (5-for-10) average. Last night was 281 K 285 May 11-12 15 SB 13 June 4-1 the first multi-hit game of his rehab assignment, and the two doubles were his first extra-base hits. 7 CS 6 July 0-0 .326 OBP .311 August 0-0 .392 SLG .394 September 0-0 SHARPE SHOOTING: Chris Sharpe retook the Triple-A East doubles lead with his 10th last night vs. Columbus. He doubled to left field in the bottom Tuesday 4-1 of the seventh inning, his final at-bat of the night, after going hitless in his first three. It was his second two-bagger in as many days after doubling to 240.2 IP 239.2 Wednesday 1-2 3.59 ERA 5.71 Thursday 2-4 lead off the doubleheader on Friday night. 1.23 WHIP 1.58 Friday 4-2 8 SV 8 Saturday 3-1 211 H 237 Sunday 1-3 ALFORD ON A ROLL: Anthony Alford drove in a go-ahead run in the fourth inning last night with a single after Columbus tied the game, 1-1. He went 108 R 164 Scoring First 10-5 1-for-2 with two walks and a stolen base for his third consecutive game with a hit this series. In Friday night’s doubleheader, Alford went 4-for-5 with 96 ER 152 Opponent Scores First 5-8 three runs scored, a home run and RBI. He went 3-for-3 in the opener with his third home run of the season and two runs scored, and followed up with 33 HR 39 Comeback Wins 6 13 HB 17 Opponent Comeback Wins 6 a single in the nightcap. Alford’s three hits to begin the night tied a season-high, the first coming on May 18 at St. Paul when he went 3-for-4 with 86 BB 142 Extra Innings 1-1 three RBI and two runs scored. In four games in June, he is hitting .500 (5-for-10) with a home run, three RBI, one stolen base and four walks to three 270 K 248 Shutout Record 1-2 Doubleheaders 2-0 strikeouts. INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Commit An Error 5-11 Commit No Errors 10-2 vs. AAA-E Midwest: 15-13 Walk-Off Wins 1 BULLPEN DOMINANCE: The Indians bullpen last night allowed just one baserunner over 4.0 innings of work to close out the game vs. the Clippers. vs. AAA-E Southeast: 0-0 Walk-Off Losses 3 Matt Eckelman tossed two hitless innings in relief of starter Cody Ponce, and Geoff Hartlieb earned the win. Jandel Gustave closed out the game with a vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Scoring 4+ Runs 13-4 pair of strikeouts in the ninth inning to earn his fourth save of the season, which ties for fourth among Triple-A East leaders. During this homestand vs. Series (W-L-S): 3-2-0 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 2-9 Sweeps: 0-1 Outhit Opponent 8-5 Columbus, the Indians bullpen has a 1.69 ERA (3er/16.0ip). In a loss against Columbus on Thursday, four Indians relievers combined for four perfect Outhit By Opponent 5-8 Teams Tie in Hits 2-0 innings with six strikeouts. 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Indy Hits HR 12-8 Indy no HR 3-5 MIDWEST Opp. Hits HR 8-11 TODAY: The Indians will look to improve their home record to 10-2 tomorrow with a win over Columbus in the series finale. The Indians have won three Opp. no HR 7-2 consecutive games at Victory Field after sweeping Friday’s doubleheader and narrowly edging the Clippers last night. RHP Max Kranick will make his Team W-L GB Lead After 6 11-1 OMA 20-8 - Trail After 6 2-11 second start against the Clippers after pitching in the series opener, and RHP Triston McKenzie will make his Triple-A debut. McKenzie appeared in 10 IND 15-13 5.0 Tied After 6 2-1 Lead After 7 11-1 games (nine starts) with Cleveland to begin the year and went 1-3 with a 6.26 ERA (29er/41.2ip). STP 15-14 5.5 Trail After 7 1-10 TOL 13-15 7.5 Tied After 7 3-2 IOW 10-17 9.5 Lead After 8 11-0 MAX ON THE MOUND: Max Kranick takes the mound today for his second start with the Indians this season. He made his Triple-A debut with LOU 10-18 10.0 Trail After 8 0-10 Indianapolis on Tuesday and, after allowing back-to-back singles to lead off the game, retired 13 straight batters until Oscar Mercado hit a one-out COL 9-19 11.0 Tied After 8 2-3 homer in the fifth inning. He allowed four total hits on the night and fanned six Columbus batters. Rated as Pittsburgh’s No. 30 prospect by Baseball Vs. LH Starter 3-4 NORTHEAST Vs. RH Starter 12-9 America entering the season, Kranick went 1-0 with a 4.02 ERA (7er/15.2ip) and 16 strikeouts in three starts with Double-A Altoona. The 23-year-old spent 2020 at Pittsburgh’s Alternate Training Site in Altoona. Team W-L GB SWB 18-9 - league leaders WOR 17-12 2.0 PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Reliever Tyler Bashlor was named the Indians May Player of the Month today after he went the entire month (8 games, 9.0 LHV 16-13 3.0 Category Player No. Rank innings) without allowing an earned run. He held opposing batters to a .069 (2-for-29) batting average and paired that dominance with a 0.78 WHIP BUF 14-13 4.0 2B Sharpe 10 1st and five walks compared to 12 strikeouts. The 28-year-old fanned a season-high four batters in two innings in his final outing of the month on May 29 SYR 11-18 8.0 3B Tucker 2 T-4th ROC 9-20 10.0 SV Gustave 4 T-4th at Omaha. SOUTHEAST Current homestand BY THE NUMBERS Team W-L GB Games 5 ERA 2.85 (13er/41.0ip) NAS 21-7 - Record 4-1 Starter W-L 2-1 DUR 19-9 2.0 Average .262 (37-for-141) Starter ERA 3.60 (10er/25.0ip) .326 avg JAX 18-11 3.5 Runs (Avg/Gm) 25 (5.0) Reliever W-L 2-0 GWN 15-14 6.5 XBH (Avg/Gm) 14 (2.8) Reliever ERA 1.69 (3er/16.0ip) MLB rehabbers (Ke’Bryan Hayes, Colin Moran and Phillip Evans) are hitting a MEM 12-17 9.5 Home Runs 6 Walks 8 combined .326 (14-for-43) with Indianapolis so far this season.