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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Thursday, June 24, 2021 7:00 PM ET Louisville Bats 23-20 (2nd, 7.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Louisville Slugger Field ♦ Louisville, KY 16-27 (T-6th, 14.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Kyle Keller (2-0, 1.38) Game #44 / Road #26 RHP Michael Mariot (0-1, 1.64) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 23-20 2021 @ IND: 0-0 Home 14-4 LAST NIGHT: The Indians were shut out for the first time since May 28 at Omaha last night, 5-0. Louisville took an early lead in the first inning with a Road 9-16 2021 @ LOU: 0-2 Place 2nd two-run triple from Logan Morrison to drive in Alejo Lopez and Narciso Crook with one out. The Bats scored one more in the frame with a sacrifice fly Since 1998 @ IND: 110-108 (.505) GA/GB 7.0 GB from Alfredo Rodriguez to take a 3-0 lead. Rodriguez then drove in another in the third inning with a single. The Indians threatened in the top of the Since 1998 @ LOU: 110-105 (.512) Streak L2 Since 1998 Totals: 220-213 (.508) Home Streak W2 fourth inning with the bases loaded. Cole Tucker and Will Craig each singled and Christian Bethancourt walked with two outs, but Jared Oliva popped up Road Streak L2 Longest Winning Streak 5 to end the inning. After Cody Ponce surrendered the first four Bats runs on eight hits in the first five innings, Weiman entered in the sixth and gave up an 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 RBI single to Mallex Smith to tack on another for the 5-0 loss. Indians Bats Last 5 2-3 Last 10 7-3 .227 BA .231 Home Openings/Lost 17/1 188 R 178 Home Attendance 69,610 ALFORD’S AMAZING STRETCH: Despite snapping his hitting streak last night with an 0-for-3 performance, Anthony Alford extended his on-base streak 318 H 324 Avg. Home Attendance 4,095 to 16 consecutive games with a walk. In June, Alford is hitting .417 (20-for-48) with a .579 on-base percentage and 1.326 OPS. During his team-high 66 2B 72 League Rank (Total/Avg) 12th/8th 7 3B 9 nine-game hitting streak from June 10-22, he hit .464 (13-for-28) with 11 walks to eight strikeouts, good for a .625 OBP and 1.446 OPS. Dating back to 47 HR 28 Day Games 4-4 173 RBI 165 Night Games 19-15 May 26, Alford ranks among all qualified professional baseball players (MLB included) with a .543 on-base percentage (2nd), 1.243 OPS (7th) and .383 539 TB 498 Before All-Star Break 23-16 average (10th). 183 BB 183 After All-Star Break 0-0 434 K 330 May 11-12 24 SB 25 June 12-8 T.J. RIVERA: T.J. Rivera went 2-for-4 with a double for the Indians lone extra-base hit last night at Louisville. Rivera has been a consistent bat for the 9 CS 7 July 0-0 .325 OBP .326 August 0-0 Indians over the past month, hitting .316 (18-for-57) in 18 games in June. Dating back to June 15, he has hit safely in six of seven contests with three .385 SLG .354 September 0-0 multi-hit games, a .400 on-base percentage and 1.009 OPS. Tuesday 6-2 375.2 IP 373.1 Wednesday 2-4 4.05 ERA 4.56 Thursday 3-5 1.31 WHIP 1.39 Friday 4-4 HUNTER THROWS HEAT: The Indians faced Hunter Greene, Cincinnati’s No. 5 preseason prospect according to Baseball America, last night in his 9 SV 7 Saturday 5-1 second career Triple-A start. Greene earned the win with five shutout innings where he allowed two hits, three walks and fanned six batters. The 339 H 345 Sunday 3-4 hard-throwing right-hander topped out at 102 mph in the outing and bounced back from his first loss in which he hit 104 on the radar gun but 187 R 206 Game 1 6-2 169 ER 189 Game 2 2-6 surrendered four home runs. 47 HR 53 Game 3 4-3 18 HB 17 Game 4 3-4 155 BB 170 Game 5 6-1 TONIGHT: After losing the first two games of the series to Louisville, the Indians will look to cut the Bats’ series lead to one game tonight in a 7:00 PM 417 K 438 Game 6 3-3 ET first pitch. The last time the Indians lost the first two games of a series was when they were swept at Omaha from May 25-30. Louisville is the first INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Scoring First 15-5 sub-.500 team to beat Indy in back-to-back games and is the fourth Triple-A East team to do so this season (Iowa, Omaha, Nashville). The only other Opponent Scores First 8-15 vs. Teams At/Above .500: 5-10 Comeback Wins 9 time this season the Bats won the first two games of a series was vs. St. Paul on June 2-3, and they ended up winning the series (their only series win Opponent Comeback Wins 7 vs. Teams Below .500: 18-10 Extra Innings 3-2 of the year), 4-2. RHP Kyle Keller will take the mound vs. RHP Michael Mariot. vs. AAA-E Midwest: 15-16 Shutout Record 1-3 vs. AAA-E Southeast: 8-4 Doubleheaders 2-0 vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Commit An Error 8-14 KYLE KELLER : Kyle Keller will make the third start of his career and first since Aug. 12, 2017 (2) with Single-A Greensboro tonight vs. Louisville. So Commit No Errors 15-6 Series (W-L-S): 4-2-1 Walk-Off Wins 3 far this season, Keller has made 10 relief appearances with Indianapolis and is 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA (2er/13.0ip), 0.69 WHIP and .156 average against Sweeps: 0-1 Walk-Off Losses 4 (7-for-45) with 25 strikeouts. He hasn’t allowed a hit in his last three innings pitched with five total strikeouts. Keller has never pitched more than 4.0 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Scoring 4+ Runs 20-7 innings, with his last outing of that length coming in his most recent start vs. Single-A Kannapolis. He has only pitched 4.0 innings twice, both during Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 3-14 Outhit Opponent 14-5 that 2017 season. MIDWEST Outhit By Opponent 6-14 Teams Tie in Hits 3-1 Team W-L GB Indy Hits HR 19-10 BATTLING THE BATS: RHP Michael Mariot will make his third start with Louisville tonight vs. the Indians. He was signed by Cincinnati as a minor league OMA 30-12 - Indy no HR 4-10 IND 23-20 7.0 Opp. Hits HR 12-15 free agent on June 9 and has since compiled a 1.64 ERA (2er/11.0ip) in two outings this season. Mariot tossed 5.0 scoreless innings in his season debut TOL 22-21 8.0 Opp. no HR 10-6 on June 12 at Toledo before taking the loss on June 18 at Omaha in a quality start (6.0ip, 6h, 2r, 2er, 3bb, 3k). COL 20-23 10.0 Lead After 6 18-2 Trail After 6 3-16 COL 20-23 10.0 Tied After 6 3-1 LOU 16-27 14.0 Lead After 7 17-1 MATINEE MARATHON: The four-hour, 19 minute marathon between Indianapolis and Memphis on Sunday is tied for the sixth-longest game in Victory IOW 15-26 14.0 Trail After 7 2-16 Field history and the longest in only 11 innings. It was the longest game since Aug. 1, 2015 when the Indians went for just as long in 13 innings vs. Tied After 7 4-2 NORTHEAST Lead After 8 17-0 Charlotte. The longest game in Victory Field history came on June 9, 2013 when Indy and Norfolk played 13 innings in four hours and 42 minutes. Trail After 8 0-15 Team W-L GB Tied After 8 4-4 SWB 29-12 - Vs. LH Starter 6-5 WALK-OFF GRAND SLAMS: After Tuesday’s 10th inning blast by Michael De Leon, the last two walk-off grand slams surrendered by the Indians have WOR 29-15 1.5 Vs. RH Starter 17-15 come at Louisville. Tuesday was the first walk-off slam allowed by Indianapolis since Sept. 2, 2013, when Denis Phipps hit a two-out grand slam in BUF 23-18 6.0 LHV 20-24 10.5 league leaders the bottom of the ninth inning vs. position player Matt Hague. The Indians entered the inning with a 5-2 lead and surrendered five runs in the inning ROC 16-28 14.5 for the loss. SYR 11-31 18.5 Category Player No. Rank OBP Alford .455 2nd current road trip BY THE NUMBERS SOUTHEAST OPS Alford .974 6th Games 2 ERA 5.71 (11er/17.1ip) Team W-L GB 2B Sharpe 13 T-2nd 3B Tucker 2 T-7th Record 0-2 Starter W-L 0-1 DUR 29-14 - BB Alford 28 T-1st Average .221 (15-for-68) Starter ERA 8.00 (8er/9.0ip) 4 K NAS 27-15 1.5 Kramer 23 T-7th Runs (Avg/Gm) 5 (2.5) Reliever W-L 0-1 JAX 24-18 4.5 CS Alford 4 T-3rd XBH (Avg/Gm) 5 (2.5) Reliever ERA 3.24 (3er/8.1ip) The Indians pitching staff recorded four strikeouts last night to tie a single-game GWN 21-22 8.0 Home Runs 1 Walks 9 season low.