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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 Saturday, August 31, 2019 6:05 p.m. ET Columbus Clippers 65-71 (3rd, -13.0 GB, IL West) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 78-59 (1st, +12.0 GA, IL West) RHP Cody Ponce (1-2, 4.15) Game #138 // Home #70 RHP Shao-Ching Chiang (8-9, 5.36) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Sunday September 1 at Louisville RHP Alex McRae (7-7, 5.00) vs. RHP Tejay Antone (3-8, 4.87) 6:00 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Monday September 2 at Louisville TBA vs. TBA 1:00 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 20-18 Overall 65-72 Night Games: 45-54 LAST NIGHT: The Indians were two-hit last night againt Columbus in a 4-2 loss. Cole Tucker led off the Indians first inning with a double, but was strand- Home 32-37 ed on the bases. Columbus took a 4-0 lead going into the seventh inning on two Ryan Lavarnway RBIs and Connor Marabell's 3-for-3 performance. The Before All-Star Break: 44-44 Road 33-35 After All-Star Break: 21-28 Tribe went down in order through 15 straight batters before a leadoff walk by Ke'Bryan Hayes in the seventh inning broke the streak. Will Craig then cut Place 3rd April: 13-11 the Clipper deficit in half with his team-leading 22nd home run of the season. The Indians walked once more in the final two innings but failed to tack on GA/GB -13.0 GB May: 18-9 another hit to quietly take the loss and fall to third place in the IL West. The last time Indy was two-hit was on July 24, when they beat Syracuse in a game Streak L2 June: 10-19 Home Streak L2 July: 14-14 that featured only three total hits. Last night tied the season-low for hits by the Tribe in a game. August: 10-19 Road Streak L2 September: 0-0 Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) A FALLING AVERAGE: UTIL Jake Elmore has gone 2-for-15 in his last five games to drop his average to .333 (118-for-354) and fall behind Durham's Jake Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-4 Last 5 1-4 Tuesday: 9-10 Cronenworth by six points (.339). Before his drought, he had hit safely in eight of 10 games and 18 of 21 with seven multi-hit contests. His average for Wednesday: 11-9 August now sits at .288 (30-for-104), his lowest monthly average of the season (previous, .297 in June). Indy's last batting champion was Junior Noboa Last 10 4-6 Thursday: 10-12 Home Openings/Lost 67/2 Friday: 10-14 (.340) in 1989 and they have had just four batting titles since 1969 (Bernie Carbo in 1969, Gene Locklear in 1972, Dallas Williams in 1987). Home Attendance 571,977 Saturday: 9-12 Avg. Home Attendance 8,537 Sunday: 10-11 THE DIVISION: For the first time since April 9, the Indians dropped below 2nd place in the IL West after losing 4-2 to Columbus as Toledo shut out Louis- League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4rd) Scoring First: 45-18 ville, 2-0. The Tribe are 35-34 vs. the IL West with three divisional games to play, one against Columbus and two at Louisville. Indy has finished over .500 Opponent Scores First: 20-54 in the division each of the last two years and six of the last seven overall. Since Aug. 1, Indy has gone from 6.0 games back in the IL West to 13.0 games SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 28 Opponent Comeback Wins: 30 back, compiling a 10-19 record for the month. 2019 at Home: 2-9 Extra Innings: 5-7 2019 @ Columbus: 7-5 Shutout Record: 5-7 Doubleheaders: 5-7 RBI MACHINE: Will Craig's two-run homer last night upped his RBI total to 76, the most in a season by a Tribe player since John Bowker had 76 in 2011. All-Time at Home: 109-106 (.507) Commit An Error: 25-39 Since Victory Field opened in 1996, Craig's 76 ribbies are tied for ninth most on Indy's leaderboard. The breakdown is below: All-Time @ Columbus: 103-127 (.448) Commit No Errors: 39-33 Walk-Off Wins: 4 All-Time Totals: 212-233 (.476) Walk-Off Losses: 4 1. Roberto Petagine - 109 in 1998 6. Jeff Liefer - 83 in 2004 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 35-34 2. DT Cromer - 107 in 1999 7. Neil Walker - 80 in 2008 vs. IL North: 16-21 3. Brandon Moss - 96 in 2010 8. Graham Koonce - 77 in 2005 Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 14-17 AVG Elmore .333 2nd 4. Brian Hunter - 85 in 1997 T-9. Will Craig - 76 in 2019 OBP Elmore .400 4th Scoring 4+ Runs: 53-28 5. Eduardo Perez - 84 in 1996 T-9. John Bowker - 76 in 2019 RBI Craig 76 T-7th Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 12-44 2B Elmore 31 T-5th Outhit Opponent: 50-14 Kramer 29 T-8th Outhit By Opponent: 10-49 HOW 'BOUT THE LONG BALL: Craig's 400-foot blast to left field in the seventh inning also gave him 22 home runs on the season, the most in a single Hayes 29 T-8th Teams Tie in Hits: 5-9 3B Martin/Robinson 5 T-7th Indy Hits HR: 46-37 campaign by a Tribe player since Brandon Moss clubbed 22 in 2010. Craig's 22 dingers are tied for sixth most on Indy's leaderboard since 1996: CS Elmore 8 T-5th Indy no HR: 19-35 OPP. AVG McRae .281 9th Opp. Hits HR: 42-50 1. DT Cromer - 30 in 1999 T-6. Will Craig - 22 in 2019 L Vera 9 T-4th Opp. no HR: 23-22 ERA McRae 5.00 8th Lead After 6: 49-5 2. Izzy Alcantara - 27 in 2002 T-6. Brandon Moss - 22 in 2010 Trail After 6: 5-54 WHIP McRae 1.46 9th Tied After 6: 11-13 3. Roberto Petagine - 24 in 1998 T-6. Mark Johnson - 22 in 1998 Vera 1.50 10th Lead After 7: 56-4 T-4. Graham Koonce - 23 in 2005 T-6. Aaron Boone - 22 in 1997 GS Vera 22 T-6th Trail After 7: 6-61 CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Tied After 7: 3-7 T-4. Micah Franklin - 23 in 2001 SHO Marvel 1 T-1st Lead After 8: 53-2 IP Vera 118.2 9th Trail After 8: 4-59 The Indians lost for the fourth time in their last five home games with last night's setback. The Tribe also dropped to 2-9 at home SO Keller 123 3rd Tied After 8: 4-5 TROUBLES AT HOME: GIDP McRae 17 2nd against Columbus. Indy's 32-37 home record with one game to play -- win or lose -- will be its worst home record since Victory Field opened in 1996. Indy SV DuRapau 10 3rd Vs. LH Starter: 14-17 had only posted a losing record at The Vic two times in its history, going 35-38 in 2002 and 35-37 in 2003. Neverauskas 9 T-4th Vs. RH Starter: 51-55 Brentz 8 T-9th Series (W-L-S): 19-22-2 AUGUST HEAT: Last night's loss lowered Indy's August record to 10-19, the worst August for the Indians since The Vic opened in '96; the previous worst 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 6-5 was 12-17, a record reached (1998, 2001, 2010, 2016, 2018). Last year, the Tribe finished 12-17 in August, leaving them with a 21-35 record (.375) in the Indians Clippers 2019 IL STANDINGS past two Augusts combined. .254 Batting Avg .256 609 Runs 725 WEST 1148 Hits 1187 Team W-L GB TOP OF THE ORDER: Cole Tucker has quietly put together his own hitting streak with one of the Tribe's two hits last night. He has hit safely in his last five 268 Doubles 261 COL 78-59 - games and 14 of his last 16 to hold his average steady around .265 (80-for-302). In that stretch he has 6 extra-base hits, 4 RBI and 11 runs scored. 13 of 27 Triples 31 TOL 66-71 12.0 his 51 total runs scored this season have come in the first inning and 32 have come in the fourth inning or earlier. 132 Home Runs 207 IND 65-72 13.0 560 RBI 699 1866 Total Bases 2131 LOU 57-80 21.0 HOMERS AT HOME: Following Toledo's 12 home runs in the four-game series, Indy has surrendered a franchise-record 158 home runs this season (old 447 Walks 549 NORTH record: 145 in 2005) and the Tribe are on pace to give up 163 jacks. Through the first 22.5 seasons at Victory Field, Indy's pitching staff only had three 1171 Strikeouts 1367 games at home where they surrendered four home runs, first doing so on June 3, 2008 vs. Lehigh Valley. They also gave up four dingers on July 26, 2017 69 Stolen Bases 102 Team W-L GB 41 Caught Stealing 39 SWB 73-64 - vs.