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 Monday, August 26, 2019 7:05 p.m. ET Toledo Mud Hens 64-68 (2nd, -12.0 GB, IL West) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 62-70 (3rd, -14.0 GB, IL West) RHP Cody Ponce (1-1, 4.00) Game #133 // Home #65 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 Tuesday August 27 vs. Toledo RHP Alex McRae (7-7, 5.08) vs. RHP Spenser Watkins (5-4, 7.52) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Wednesday August 28 vs. Toledo RHP Yefry Ramirez (2-5, 4.14) vs. RHP Tim Adleman (8-4, 3.34) 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. TBA 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 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 19-18 YESTERDAY: The Tribe lost their 18th game when scoring first yesterday in a tight 3-2 loss to Louisville, with both of Indy's runs coming in the first inning. Jake Overall 64-68 Night Games: 45-50 Home 31-33 Elmore sent a ball over the left field wall to score Cole Tucker for his sixth home run of the season, one shy of his career high set in 2013. JB Shuck gave away Road 33-35 Before All-Star Break: 44-44 three free bases in the third, including a bases-loaded walk to put Louisville on the board. Rookie Davis inherited the bases-loaded jam in the third inning and left After All-Star Break: 20-24 Place 2nd April: 13-11 the ducks on the pond to preserve the Tribe lead. Louisville's Mitch Nay went 3-for-4 and highlighted his day in the sixth inning with a long two-run shot to left GA/GB -12.0 GB May: 18-9 field to give the Bats the lead for good. Indy stranded leadoff doubles in back-to-back innings and tallied only one hit in the final three innings. Jake Elmore and Streak L1 June: 10-19 Eric Wood combined for four of the six Indians hits. Home Streak W3 July: 14-14 August: 9-15 Road Streak L2 September: 0-0 IL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes was named the International League Player of the Week today, his first career weekly honor and the first weekly Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) award by a Tribe position player this season. Three Tribe pitchers have combined for four pitcher of the week awards (Mitch Keller 2x, Dario Agrazal, Alex McRae). Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-3 Last 5 3-2 Tuesday: 9-9 In six games over the past week, Hayes hit .522 (12-for-23) with one home run, one double, four RBI, four runs scored and a 1.238 OPS. During a streak of four Wednesday: 10-9 straight multi-hit games, he tallied a career-high tying four-hit game on Aug. 23 vs. Louisville on the heels of a 3-for-4 performance at Toledo. He also earned Last 10 4-6 Thursday: 10-11 Home Openings/Lost 62/2 Friday: 10-13 four walks and did not strike out the entire week. Home Attendance 531,069 Saturday: 9-12 Avg. Home Attendance 8,566 Sunday: 10-11 JB, THE STARTER: LHP JB Shuck made his second career start yesterday, exactly one month since his first start at Syracuse. He went a career-high 2.2 innings League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/3rd) Scoring First: 45-18 and allowed one run, his first run allowed outside of his July 15 appearance when he surrendered seven in 0.1ip against Syracuse. He was on Pittsburgh's Opponent Scores First: 19-50 Opening Day roster as an outfielder but has since made the switch to the mound, where he is 0-0 with a 4.24 ERA (8er/17.0ip) in 13 games (two starts) for Indy SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 27 this season. He also threw a scoreless frame for the Buccos earlier this year. Opponent Comeback Wins: 30 2019 at Home: 5-3 Extra Innings: 5-7 2019 @ Toledo: 7-6 Shutout Record: 5-7 WOOD BATS: OF Eric Wood's two-hit day yesterday marked his fifth multi-hit game since returning to the Tribe lineup from playing for Team Canada in the Pan- Doubleheaders: 5-7 Am games. In August, he is hitting .298 (14-for-47) with two doubles, a home run and four RBI. In 57 games prior to the PanAm Games, he hit just .226 (36-for- All-Time at Home: 134-89 (.601) Commit An Error: 25-35 All-Time @ Toledo: 110-111 (.498) Commit No Errors: 39-33 159). Wood leads the team with 81 at-bats as a designated hitter and holds a team-high .272 average (22-for-81) among Indy's DHs with more than 20 at-bats. Walk-Off Wins: 4 All-Time Totals: 244-200 (.550) Walk-Off Losses: 4 JAKE BACK ON TOP: After a 2-for-4 performance at Louisville yesterday, UTIL Jake Elmore retook his lead of the IL batting race. His average jumped back up to 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 34-30 .342 (116-for-339), while Durham's Jake Cronenworth dropped into second with a .339 clip. Elmore has hit safely in 18 of his last 21 and 21 of his last 25 games vs. IL North: 16-21 overall and also ranks third in OBP (.407) and tied for fourth in doubles (31) in the league. Indy's last batting champion was Junior Noboa (.340) in 1989 and they Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 14-17 have had just four batting titles since 1969 (also: Bernie Carbo in 1969, Gene Locklear in 1972, Dallas Williams in 1987). AVG Elmore .342 1st OBP Elmore .407 3rd Scoring 4+ Runs: 52-28 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 12-40 SECOND-HALF MARTIN: With a pinch-hitting appearance yesterday, OF Jason Martin has hit safely in 20 of his last 25 games, posting a .322 average (29-for- 2B Elmore 31 T-4th Outhit Opponent: 49-14 Kramer 29 T-7th Outhit By Opponent: 10-45 90) with one triple, 10 doubles, 17 RBI and 10 runs scored. He is batting .300 (48-for-160) with three homers, one triple, 13 doubles and 28 RBI in 44 games Teams Tie in Hits: 5-9 since the beginning of July. 3B Robinson 5 T-7th Indy Hits HR: 46-36 RBI Craig 71 11th Indy no HR: 18-32 CS Elmore 8 T-5th Opp. Hits HR: 41-47 BREAKING RECORDS: Mitch Nay's two-run home run was the 146th long ball surrendered by the Tribe pitching staff this season, which broke the franchise Opp. no HR: 23-21 record previously set in 2005 (145). Indy's pitching staff also broke the franchise record of 1,153 strikeouts on August 22 at Toledo and used its franchise record L Vera 9 T-4th Lead After 6: 48-5 36th different pitcher that same night (Blake Cederlind). ERA McRae 5.08 10th Trail After 6: 5-51 Tied After 6: 11-12 GS Vera 22 T-6th Lead After 7: 55-4 VS. TOLEDO: The Indians and Mud Hens face off for their final head-to-head series of the season beginning tonight. Indy leads the season series, 12-9, with four CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Trail After 7: 6-58 games to play. The Tribe haven't finished below .500 against the Mud Hens since 2014 (10-11). In the IL West, the Indians have guaranteed a record over .500 SHO Marvel 1 T-1st Tied After 7: 3-6 Lead After 8: 52-2 against Louisville and a losing record against Columbus, with only one win needed in the series to finish over .500 vs. Toledo. They are 34-30 vs. the IL West with IP Vera 118.2 8th Trail After 8: 4-55 eight divisional games to play; Indy has finished over .500 in the division each of the last two years and six of the last seven overall. SO Keller 123 T-2nd Tied After 8: 4-5 GIDP McRae 14 T-4th Vs. LH Starter: 14-17 WADDELL WOWS: LHP Brandon Waddell made his 27th appearance (sixth start) with Indy on Saturday and earned his second quality start, fanning seven over SV DuRapau 10 T-2nd Vs. RH Starter: 50-51 six innings of three-hit, three-walk ball. He has pitched into the sixth in four of his six starts for the Tribe this season and has earned a decision in all six, as well, Neverauskas 9 T-4th going 2-4. The southpaw chopped his ERA by over a full run, going from 9.59 to 8.58 (54er/56.2ip). Series (W-L-S): 19-21-2 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 6-5 PITCHERS WHO RAKE: Brandon Waddell went 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored on Saturday against Louisville, marking his fourth career RBI, first RBI in Indians Mud Hens 2019 IL STANDINGS Triple-A and first career multi-hit game.