INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Tuesday, June 22, 2021 7:00 PM ET Louisville Bats 23-18 (2nd, 6.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Louisville Slugger Field ♦ Louisville, KY 14-27 (7th, 15.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Beau Sulser (3-2, 3.82) Game #42 / Road #24 RHP Jeff Hoffman (MLB Rehab) LHP Reiver Sanmartin (1-1, 5.23) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 23-18 2021 @ IND: 0-0 Home 14-4 SUNDAY – ELEVENTH INNING EXCITEMENT: Facing a 7-6 deficit with two outs in the bottom of the 11th, Wilmer Difo walked to extend the inning to Road 9-14 2021 @ LOU: 0-0 Place 2nd Christian Bethancourt. He shot a line drive into center field to score Anthony Alford, the automatic runner on second base, to tie the game at 7-7. On the Since 1998 @ IND: 110-108 (.505) GA/GB 6.0 GB play, the throw home allowed Difo to advance to third, which took Redbirds catcher Tyler Heineman off the plate. With first base uncovered, Bethancourt Since 1998 @ LOU: 110-103 (.516) Streak W2 Since 1998 Totals: 220-211 (.510) Home Streak W2 stalled between first and second to bring pitcher Tyler Webb – who was covering home – toward first base. Difo then broke toward the plate, narrowly Road Streak W2 Longest Winning Streak 5 missing a tag at third base, to score the winning run. 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 Indians Bats Last 5 4-1 Last 10 7-3 SUNDAY – INNINGS 1-10: Prior to the wild 11th inning walk-off, the Indians trailed Memphis 3-0 early with a three-run triple off the bat of starting .227 BA .227 Home Openings/Lost 17/1 pitcher Zack Thompson. The Redbirds then extended their lead to 5-0 in the fourth inning off a two-run single by Kramer Robertson. Joe Hudson roped 183 R 164 Home Attendance 69,610 303 H 303 Avg. Home Attendance 4,095 an RBI double in the fourth inning to put Indy on the board in the fourth and Anthony Alford singled up the middle in the seventh to make the score 63 2B 70 League Rank (Total/Avg) 10th/8th 6 3B 8 6-2. In the eighth inning, the Indians offense erupted to tie the game with a four-run frame. Christian Bethancourt began the scoring with a pinch-hit, 46 HR 26 Day Games 4-4 two-run home run to left field, and Anthony Alford tied the game with an RBI single up the middle. The game then remained tied at 6-6 through the 169 RBI 153 Night Games 19-14 516 TB 467 Before All-Star Break 23-18 end of 10 innings. 174 BB 174 After All-Star Break 0-0 412 K 316 May 11-12 24 SB 24 June 12-6 ALFORD’S AMAZING STRETCH: Dating back to May 26, Anthony Alford ranks among all qualified professional baseball players (MLB included) with 8 CS 5 July 0-0 a .556 on-base percentage (2nd), .407 average (3rd) and 1.296 OPS (5th). He has hit safely in 14 of 18 games in that time frame, including a current .325 OBP .323 August 0-0 .387 SLG .350 September 0-0 eight-game hitting streak in which he is hitting .480 (12-for-25) with a .629 OBP and 1.469 OPS. On Sunday vs. Memphis, Alford reached safely in all Tuesday 6-1 six of his plate appearances with two RBI singles and four walks. In the month of June, he is hitting .452 (19-for-42) with three doubles, four home runs, 358.1 IP 354.1 Wednesday 2-3 3.97 ERA 4.70 Thursday 3-5 12 RBI, 14 walks and 15 strikeouts. Brock Holt holds the Indians single-season record in the Victory Field era for the highest batting average in a single 1.29 WHIP 1.39 Friday 4-4 month when he hit .432 in Aug. 2012. 9 SV 7 Saturday 5-1 318 H 330 Sunday 3-4 173 R 201 Game 1 6-1 CHRISTIAN CALLS GAME: Both of the Indians’ Sunday walk-off wins this season (May 16 vs. Toledo, June 20 vs. Memphis) have capped off five-run 158 ER 185 Game 2 2-5 comebacks and have come at the hands of Christian Bethancourt. After trailing 5-0 in the first inning on May 16, Bethancourt singled home Travis 45 HR 52 Game 3 4-3 17 HB 17 Game 4 3-4 Swaggerty in the ninth as the winning run to take the 6-5 series finale win over Toledo. Last night, Bethancourt began the comeback from a 6-1 defi- 146 BB 161 Game 5 6-1 cit with Indy’s second pinch-hit home run of the season in a four-run eighth inning. With two outs in the 11th, he then singled home Anthony Alford as 403 K 416 Game 6 3-3 the tying run and set up the crazy play that brought Wilmer Difo home for the walk-off. Scoring First 15-5 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Opponent Scores First 8-13 Comeback Wins 9 vs. Teams At/Above .500: 5-10 Opponent Comeback Wins 7 MATINEE MARATHON: The four hour, 19 minute marathon between Indianapolis and Memphis on Sunday is tied for the sixth-longest game in Victory vs. Teams Below .500: 18-8 Extra Innings 3-1 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. vs. AAA-E Midwest: 15-14 Shutout Record 1-2 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. vs. AAA-E Southeast: 8-4 Doubleheaders 2-0 vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Commit An Error 8-13 Commit No Errors 15-5 Series (W-L-S): 4-2-1 Walk-Off Wins 3 HUDSON HITTING: Following a season-high three-hit performance on Sunday vs. Memphis, Joe Hudson is now hitting .364 (8-for-22) in seven June Sweeps: 0-1 Walk-Off Losses 3 games with Indianapolis. He doubled twice and drove in a run in the Indians’ comeback win on Sunday, and has three total extra-base hits with four RBI 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Scoring 4+ Runs 20-6 in the month. This season, Hudson has appeared in 20 games as the Indians catcher with a .279 average (19-for-68), five doubles, two home runs and Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 3-13 Outhit Opponent 14-5 eight RBI. Indians catchers currently rank fourth in the Triple-A East with a combined .259 average (37-for-143). MIDWEST Outhit By Opponent 6-12 Teams Tie in Hits 3-1 Team W-L GB Indy Hits HR 19-9 TONIGHT: The Indians face off against the former International League West division rival Bats tonight at 7 PM to kick off a six-game series in Louis- OMA 29-12 - Indy no HR 4-9 ville. The Bats finished in fourth place of the IL West in 2019 after the Indians took 14 of 23 games between the two teams. In history, the Indians are IND 23-18 6.0 Opp. Hits HR 12-14 TOL 21-20 8.0 Opp. no HR 10-5 leading the Bats 220-211 (.510) with a 110-103 (.516) record in Louisville. Tonight, RHP Beau Sulser is set to take the mound vs. RHP Jeff Hoffman on COL 19-22 10.0 Lead After 6 18-2 Trail After 6 3-15 an MLB rehab. STP 19-22 10.0 Tied After 6 3-1 IOW 14-25 14.0 Lead After 7 17-1 LOU 14-27 15.0 Trail After 7 2-15 SULSER’S QUALITY START: Beau Sulser earned his third win of the season on June 16 vs. Memphis when he tossed 6.0 scoreless innings for his first Tied After 7 4-2 Triple-A quality start. He allowed four hits and two walks in the outing while recording five strikeouts of the Redbirds lineup. The outing improved his ERA NORTHEAST Lead After 8 17-0 Trail After 8 0-15 to 3.82 (15er/35.1ip) for the season, which is tied for the seventh-best among qualified Triple-A East hurlers. Sulser has made eight starts so far this Team W-L GB Tied After 8 4-3 season and has 39 strikeouts. SWB 28-11 - Vs. LH Starter 6-5 WOR 28-14 1.5 Vs. RH Starter 17-13 BUF 22-18 6.5 SERIES OPENING WINS: The Indians have won six of their seven series openers this season, with the lone loss coming at the hands of Omaha. In those LHV 19-23 10.5 league leaders games, the Indians have outscored their opponents 32-14, with the largest margin of victory coming with 6-1 wins in the last two series openers. ROC 15-27 14.5 SYR 11-30 18.0 Category Player No. Rank OBP Alford .455 2nd last homestand BY THE NUMBERS SOUTHEAST OPS Alford .986 7th Games 6 ERA 3.57 (23er/58.0ip) Team W-L GB 2B Sharpe 12 T-3rd 3B Tucker 2 T-7th Record 5-1 Starter W-L 2-1 DUR 28-13 - BB Alford 25 T-4th Average .250 (51-for-204) Starter ERA 4.55 (16er/31.2ip) 5 runs NAS 26-14 1.5 Kramer 22 T-9th Runs (Avg/Gm) 35 (5.8) Reliever W-L 3-0 JAX 23-17 4.5 XBH (Avg/Gm) 20 (3.3) Reliever ERA 3.32 (7er/26.1ip) The Indians have posted two five-run comebacks so far this season, their largest of GWN 21-20 7.0 ERA Sulser 3.82 T-7th Home Runs 9 Walks 22 the campaign.