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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 Tuesday, August 27, 2019 7:05 p.m. ET Toledo Mud Hens 64-69 (2nd, -12.0 GB, IL West) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 63-70 (3rd, -13.0 GB, IL West) RHP Alex McRae (7-7, 5.08) Game #134 // Home #66 RHP Kyle Funkhouser (3-6, 8.56) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / Fox Sports 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Wednesday August 28 vs. Toledo TBA vs. RHP Spenser Watkins (5-4, 7.52) 1:35 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Thursday August 29 vs. Toledo RHP James Marvel (5-0, 2.72) vs. RHP Tim Adleman (8-4, 3.34) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Friday August 30 vs. Columbus LHP Brandon Waddell (3-6, 8.58) vs. TBA 7:15 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Saturday August 31 vs. Columbus RHP Cody Ponce (1-2, 4.15) 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: 19-18 The Indians were no-hit through five innings and lost for the fourth time in their last five meetings against Toledo last night, 4-1. RHP Cody Ponce Overall 64-69 Night Games: 45-51 LAST NIGHT: Home 31-34 made the start for the Tribe and gave up a two-run homer to Chad Sedio in the second to put Toledo on top. An error in the fourth inning - one of four by the Before All-Star Break: 44-44 Road 33-35 After All-Star Break: 20-25 Tribe - led to another run. Cole Tucker smoked a triple into the gap to mark the Tribe's first hit in the sixth inning, and came around to score on a double play hit Place 2nd April: 13-11 by Jake Elmore. Toledo tacked on one more run off Blake Cederlind, his fourth run surrendered in two Triple-A appearances. The Tribe went 0-for-5 with runners GA/GB -12.0 GB May: 18-9 in scoring position and tallied just five hits off of the Mud Hens bullpen. Jason Martin reached base three times on one hit and two walks. He also stole his ninth Streak L2 June: 10-19 Home Streak L1 July: 14-14 base of the year. August: 9-16 Road Streak L2 September: 0-0 DOUBLE-DOSE OF STARDOM: RHP Mitch Keller was named the International League Most Valuable Pitcher today, joining former Indians Fritz Ackley (1963), Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-4 Ben Hendrickson (2004) and Steven Brault (2017) who also won the award. Keller is currently on the IL leaderboard with 123 strikeouts and led the league with Last 5 2-3 Tuesday: 9-9 a 3.56 ERA at the time of his latest promotion to Pittsburgh. UTIL Jake Elmore joined him as the IL postseason All-Star team's second baseman, as he currently Wednesday: 10-9 Last 10 4-6 Thursday: 10-11 leads the IL with a .340 batting average (116-for-341). Elmore is also third in OBP (.408) and fifth in doubles (31). Indy went 21 seasons in the IL without a sec- Home Openings/Lost 63/2 Friday: 10-13 ond baseman named to the postseason All-Star team, but now have had a representative at that position each of the last two seaons (Kevin Kramer in 2018). Home Attendance 537,826 Saturday: 9-12 Avg. Home Attendance 8,537 Sunday: 10-11 MOW 'EM DOWN, MONTANA: RHP Montana DuRapau is closing in on Indy's longest scoreless streak for the season. After a two-inning shutout appearance League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/3rd) Scoring First: 45-18 last night, he hasn't allowed a run in his last 15.1 innings of work (11 games), with the Tribe's season long being 16.0 consecutive scoreless innings by James Opponent Scores First: 19-51 SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 27 Marvel. During that stretch, DuRapau has fanned 26 and allowed just eight of 54 total batters to reach base, good for a 0.52 WHIP and .098 opposing batting Opponent Comeback Wins: 30 average. On Friday, he nailed down his 10th save in as many opportunities. DuRapau, 27, is now 64-for-70 (91.4 percent) in career save chances and hasn't 2019 at Home: 5-4 Extra Innings: 5-7 2019 @ Toledo: 7-6 Shutout Record: 5-7 been charged with a blown save since May 13, 2017 with Double-A Altoona. Doubleheaders: 5-7 All-Time at Home: 134-90 (.598) Commit An Error: 25-36 MIDDLE INFIELD MISCUES: SS Cole Tucker and 2B Mitchell Tolman combined for four errors last night, the most committed in a game by the Tribe this season. All-Time @ Toledo: 110-111 (.498) Commit No Errors: 39-33 Walk-Off Wins: 4 In total, Indy has committed errors in six of its last 10 games but they are still second in the IL in fielding percentage (.9826) behind Columbus (.9829). The All-Time Totals: 244-201 (.548) Walk-Off Losses: 4 Indians have committed two-plus errors in 18 games this season, the high previously standing at three (5/23, 8/3) before last night. Over 41 percent of Indy's 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 34-31 errors have come at either second base or shortstop, with Cole Tucker leading the charge with 11, six more than anyone else on the team. vs. IL North: 16-21 Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 14-17 PONCE IN THE ROTATION: RHP Cody Ponce made one Double-A start in 30 games between Altoona and Biloxi before transferring to Indy's rotation full-time. AVG Elmore .340 1st OBP Elmore .408 3rd Scoring 4+ Runs: 52-28 As a bullpen arm, he went 1-3 with a 3.48 ERA (16er/41.1ip) and 48 strikeouts (10.45 K/9). As a starter with the Tribe, he has a 4.15 ERA (6er/13.0ip) and 17 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 12-41 strikeouts (11.77 K/9). On Aug. 21 he fanned a season-high eight batters, beating his previous high of five which he also set in Triple-A. 2B Elmore 31 5th Outhit Opponent: 49-14 Kramer 29 T-7th Outhit By Opponent: 10-46 Teams Tie in Hits: 5-9 MANY MARTIN STREAKS: Since June 19, OF Jason Martin has hit safely in 39 of 52 games, with only two stretches of back-to-back games without reaching 3B Robinson 5 T-7th Indy Hits HR: 46-36 base. He has hit safely in seven of his last 10 games and 21 of his last 26 with a .326 average (30-for-92), one triple, 10 doubles, 17 RBI and 10 runs scored. CS Elmore 8 T-5th Indy no HR: 18-33 L Vera 9 T-4th Opp. Hits HR: 41-48 He was hitting just .216 (36-for-167) with 15 RBI through June 18 and has since hit .313 (57-for-182) with 31 RBI. Opp. no HR: 23-21 ERA McRae 5.08 9th Lead After 6: 48-5 GS Vera 22 T-6th Trail After 6: 5-52 IL LEADERBOARD: UTIL Jake Elmore went 0-for-2 yesterday against Toledo but following a 2-for-4 performance at Louisville on Sunday he regained the lead Tied After 6: 11-12 of the IL batting title race and hasn't given it up. His average currently sits at .340 (116-for-341), four points above Durham's Jake Cronenworth, who is just CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Lead After 7: 55-4 1-for-8 in just last two games since returning from the injured list. Elmore has hit safely in 18 of his last 22 and 21 of his last 26 games overall. Indy's last SHO Marvel 1 T-1st Trail After 7: 6-59 IP Vera 118.2 8th Tied After 7: 3-6 batting champion was Junior Noboa (.340) in 1989 and they have had just four batting titles since 1969 (also: Bernie Carbo in 1969, Gene Locklear in 1972, Lead After 8: 52-2 Dallas Williams in 1987). SO Keller 123 3rd Trail After 8: 4-56 GIDP McRae 14 T-4th Tied After 8: 4-5 TOLEDO TAKEOVER: Since Aug. 1, Indy has gone from 6.0 games back in the IL West to 12.0 games back, compiling a 9-16 record for the month. On the other SV DuRapau 10 T-2nd Vs. LH Starter: 14-17 hand, Toledo has stayed put, going from 13.5 GB to 13.0 with a 15-9 record. Indy leads the season series against the Mud Hens, 12-10, with three games to Neverauskas 9 T-4th Vs. RH Starter: 50-52 play. The Tribe haven't finished below .500 against the Mud Hens since 2014 (10-11). They are 34-31 vs. the IL West with seven divisional games to play; Indy Brentz 8 T-9th Series (W-L-S): 19-21-2 has finished over .500 in the division each of the last two years and six of the last seven overall.