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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 Wednesday, August 14, 2019 1:35 p.m. ET Rochester Red Wings 59-60 (2nd, -8.0 GB, IL West) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 60-60 (3rd, -5.0 GB, IL North) LHP Brandon Waddell (1-5, 9.91) Game #120 // Home #58 RHP Griffin Jax (1-0, 6.00) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Thursday August 15 vs. Rochester RHP Alex McRae (7-6, 4.81) vs. LHP Charlie Barnes (0-0, 8.31) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Friday August 16 (GM 1) vs. Lehigh Valley RHP Dario Agrazal (4-4, 4.58) vs. TBA 6:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Friday August 16 (GM 2) at Lehigh Valley TBA vs. TBA 35 mins after G1 FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Saturday August 17 vs. Lehigh Valley TBA vs. TBA 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 LAST NIGHT: Jason Martin broke a 1-1 tie with a two-out, three-run triple in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift Indy to a 6-3 win over Rochester on Tuesday. Overall 59-60 Night Games: 42-43 Home 27-30 The three-bagger was Martin's fourth of the season, moving him into a tie with Trayvon Robinson for the team lead. After the Red Wings closed their deficit to Before All-Star Break: 44-44 Road 32-30 After All-Star Break: 15-16 4-3 on a Mike Miller RBI single in the seventh and Brandon Barnes solo shot in the eighth, Hunter Owen pushed Indy's advantage back to two with a run-scoring Place 2nd April: 13-11 single to center. A wild pitch by Jeremy Bleich allowed another insurance run, and Dovydas Neverauskas (S, 9) pitched a scoreless ninth for the save. James GA/GB -8.0 GB May: 18-9 Marvel (W, 4-0) dazzled over six innings of one-run ball, scattering four hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Eric Wood belted his ninth homer of the Streak W1 June: 10-19 Home Streak W1 July: 14-14 season, a solo blast in the second inning off Lewis Thorpe. August: 4-7 Road Streak W1 September: 0-0 Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) RIGHT MAN, RIGHT TIME: Over Jason Martin's last 14 games (hit safely in 13 of them), the Tribe outfielder has hit .389 (21-for-54) with one triple, six doubles, Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-2 nine RBI and five runs scored. Since July 1, Martin leads the team with 13 multi-hit games and is followed by Will Craig (11) in that category. He is batting .323 Last 5 3-2 Tuesday: 9-9 (40-for-124) with three homers, one triple, nine doubles and 20 RBI in 34 games since the beginning of July. Wednesday: 8-8 Last 10 3-7 Thursday: 10-9 Home Openings/Lost 55/2 Friday: 9-11 MARVEL-OUS, AGAIN: James Marvel stymied the IL's top offense last night, holding the Red Wings to one run and seven baserunners (four hits, three walks) in Home Attendance 458,667 Saturday: 8-11 Avg. Home Attendance 8,339 Sunday: 9-10 six innings pitched. The quality start was his fifth in seven Triple-A outings and lowered his ERA with the Tribe to 1.82 (8er/39.2ip). Since joining Indy on July 5, Marvel ranks among IL leaders in ERA (1st), average against (1st, .165), wins (T-3rd, 4), strikeouts (4th, 37), WHIP (4th, 1.01) and innings (4th). Marvel has won League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4th) Scoring First: 41-15 Opponent Scores First: 18-45 nine consecutive decisions dating to June 8 with Double-A Altoona and the Curve and Indians are a combined 12-1 in his last 13 starts combined. SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 26 Opponent Comeback Wins: 25 ELMO'S WORLD: Jake Elmore is riding an eight-game hitting streak (.323, 10-for-31). He has reached base safely in 12 of his last 13 games overall, is hitting a 2019 at Home: 1-0 Extra Innings: 4-6 2019 @ Rochester: 1-2 Shutout Record: 4-7 league-best .346 (101-for-292) and ranks third in on-base percentage (.410). Indy's last batting champion was Junior Noboa (.340) in 1989 and they have had Doubleheaders: 4-4 just four batting titles since 1969 (also: Bernie Carbo in 1969, Gene Locklear in 1972, Dallas Williams in 1987). Elmore's .347 average for the season would be All-Time at Home: 49-44 (.527) Commit An Error: 24-30 All-Time @ Rochester: 43-51 (.457) Commit No Errors: 35-30 the highest single-season qualifying average by an Indy player since Williams hit .357 in 1987. Walk-Off Wins: 3 All-Time Totals: 92-95 (.492) Walk-Off Losses: 3 PUT ME IN COACH: In his last 10 games dating to July 25 (Indy has played 18 games since that date), Trayvon Robinson is hitting .324 (11-for-34) with two 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 31-26 homers, one double, eight 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 vs. IL North: 14-17 six-day stretch (April 5-10). Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 14-17 AVG Elmore .346 1st OBP Elmore .410 3rd Scoring 4+ Runs: 48-24 36: UTIL Eric Wood ripped his 36th career home run with the Tribe last night (16 in 2017, 11 in 2018, 9 in 2019), tied for fourth most by an Indy player in the 2B Elmore/Kramer 27 T-8th Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 11-36 3B Martin/Robinson 4 T-8th Outhit Opponent: 44-13 Victory Field era (1996-present). Wood is tied with Neil Walker (2007-10, 2013) for fourth and trails Steve Pearce (37, 2007-11), Matt Hague (38, 2011-14) and Outhit By Opponent: 10-39 Guillermo Garcia (39, 1996-99) on the leaderboard. L Vera 9 T-4th Teams Tie in Hits: 5-8 ERA Keller 3.56 2nd Indy Hits HR: 43-33 McRae 4.81 10th Indy no HR: 16-27 35: RHP Cody Ponce was acquired by Pittsburgh from Milwaukee on 7/29 in exchange for RHP Jordan Lyles. Ponce, who was collegiate teammates WHIP Keller 1.24 3rd Opp. Hits HR: 38-41 with Tribe catcher Christian Kelley at Cal Poly Pomona, was transferred to Indy from Altoona on 8/11 and will be the 35th different player to pitch for McRae 1.45 9th Opp. no HR: 21-19 GS Vera 22 T-3rd Lead After 6: 44-3 Indy this year when he makes his Triple-A debut, tying the 2013 amount that ranks as the most players used by Indy on the bump this century. Trail After 6: 4-46 Keller 19 T-8th Tied After 6: 11-11 CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Lead After 7: 51-2 30: RHP Dovydas Neverauskas converted his ninth save in 10 chances this season last night, marking the 30th save of his Indianapolis career (41 opportu- SHO Marvel 1 T-1st Trail After 7: 5-52 nities). Neverauskas is tied for second in the IL in saves and is joined by bullpen mate Montana DuRapau, who also has nine saves. Neverauskas led all Indy AVG vs. Keller .243 2nd Tied After 7: 3-6 pitchers with 13 saves in 2017 and is attempting to become the eighth Tribe pitcher to lead the club in saves multiple seasons since the stat was introduced in McRae .276 9th Lead After 8: 48-1 IP Vera 118.2 3rd Trail After 8: 3-49 1969. Rawly Eastwick (1973-74), Joe Henderson (1974-76), Douglas Corbett (1978-79), Richard Grapenthin (1984-85), Scott Service (1995-97), Todd Williams Tied After 8: 4-5 (1998-99) and Tim Wood (2011-12) are the previous closers to lead Indy in saves in multiple campaigns. SO Keller 123 1st GIDP McRae 12 T-6th Vs. LH Starter: 13-15 SV DuRapau/Neverauskas 9 T-2nd Vs. RH Starter: 46-45 NUGS, NUGS, NUGS: The Indians scored six runs last night, marking the 44th time this season where they've activated their partnership with McDonald's by Brentz 8 T-8th scoring six runs and fans winning six free McDonald's Chicken McNuggets the following day by using the McDonald's mobile app. Indy is 30-14 when scoring six Series (W-L-S): 17-19-2 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 6-5 or more runs this year. Indians Red Wings 2019 IL STANDINGS A GOOD START: The Indians are just 27-30 at home this year and are in danger of having a sub-.500 record at home for the first time since 2002 (35-38) and .256 Batting Avg .279 537 Runs 682 WEST 2003 (35-37). Indy's 6-3 win last night improved its record to 5-6 in homestand openers this season and snapped a four-game skid in those games.