LEVELAND INDIANS 2017 SPRING TRAINING GAME INFORMATION ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (11-10-0) at CLEVELAND INDIANS (10-12-2) LHP Patrick Corbin (2-1, 3.38) Vs
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LEVELAND INDIANS 2017 SPRING TRAINING GAME INFORMATION ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (11-10-0) at CLEVELAND INDIANS (10-12-2) LHP Patrick Corbin (2-1, 3.38) vs. RHP Josh Tomlin (0-1, 6.75) Spring Game #25/Home #12 » Sunday, March 19, 2017 » Goodyear Ballpark » 4:05 p.m. (ET) » WTAM/Indians Radio Network + webcast TODAY’S TILT VS. ARIZONA » After two consecutive split-squad days, the Indians return to full strength this DAYS LEFT UNTIL OPENING DAY afternoon to take on the Arizona Diamondbacks in Goodyear...today marks the first of four Cactus League matchups between the clubs...the Tribe will travel to April 3, 2017 @ Texas Rangers Talking Stick on March 26 & the teams will finish their Cactus League schedule 15 Globe Life Park in Arlington with a two-game set at Chase Field on March 30 & 31. » The clubs met just once last spring, with Arizona winning 10-5 at Talking Stick on March 25...in 18 previous Cactus League matchups, the Indians hold a 10-8 INDIANS RECENT SPRING RECORDS 2017 MLB.com record against the Diamondbacks. Year W-L-T AVG ERA CLEVELAND INDIANS 2016 18-12-4 .257 4.03 TOP 10 PROSPECTS CLEVELAND-ARIZONA SERIES HISTORY 2015 14-18-1 .270 4.54 1. Bradley Zimmer, OF » The Indians and Diamondbacks are scheduled to meet in the regular season 2014 20-9-2 .288 4.28 2. Francisco Mejia, C for the first time since 2014, when the clubs split a four-game season series...this 2013 17-16-2 .282 5.14 3. Triston McKenzie, RHP season, the teams will face off in a three-game set at Chase Field from April 7-9 2012 7-22-3 .247 5.42 4. Bobby Bradley, 1B as part of the Tribe’s first road trip of the year. 2011 15-14-2 .274 5.19 5. Brady Aiken, LHP » In 16 all-time regular season contests, the Indians hold a 9-7 edge over the 2010 19-9-3 .289 3.96 6. Nolan Jones, 3B Diamondbacks (.563)...Cleveland has won seven of the last 10 matchups. 2009 12-20-3 .279 6.00 7. Will Benson, OF 2008 15-14-0 .285 4.61 8. Erik Gonzalez, SS/2B 2007 16-14-1 .260 3.67 9. Greg Allen, OF TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS 2006 20-12-1 .286 4.79 10. Yandy Diaz, 3B/OF CLEVELAND INDIANS ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 2005 16-13-1 .299 4.98 43 Josh Tomlin RHP 46 Patrick Corbin LHP 61 Dan Otero RHP 48 Boone Logan LHP TRIBE UPDATES MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS 62 Nick Goody RHP » RHP CODY ANDERSON has elected to AVAILABLE FOR TODAY’S GAME 75 Hoby Milner LHP undergo UCL reconstruction and will miss # Player MG Bio the 2017 season. 45 RHP Argenis Angulo Pg. 261 » INF JASON KIPNIS (right shoulder in- 13 INF Claudio Bautista Pg. 262 YESTERDAY’S RECAP flammation) will resume his strengthening 61 OF Conner Capel Pg. 265 40 OF Bobby Ison Pg. 275 » The Indians played two split-squad games yesterday, tying the Royals in Sur- program in about a week and is expected to 65 C Sicnarf Loopstok Pg. 279 prise and falling to the Rangers in San Antonio. be Major League game-ready in 4-5 weeks. 68 RHP Jordan Milbrath Pg. 284 » At Surprise, Cleveland and Kansas City fought to a 4-4 draw in a 10-inning » OF MICHAEL BRANTLEY (right shoulder) 67 INF Anthony Miller Pg. 284 contest...OF TODD HANKINS and INF RICHIE SHAFFER each hit solo homers played in his second Minor League game yes- 64 OF Ka’ai Tom Pg. 295 1 INF Ordomar Valdez Pg. 296 for the Tribe, while Hankins and INF RONNY RODRIGUEZ contributed multi-hit terday, going 0-for-3 with a walk...he is sched- efforts...LHP SHAWN MORIMANDO worked 3.0 effective innings (3H, 1R/ER, 3K) uled to make his Cactus League debut in left field vs. Los Angeles-NL tomorrow. in his first start of the spring, and RHP CODY ALLEN, RHP CARLOS FRIAS & » RHP CARLOS CARRASCO (right elbow) has resumed normal throwing activities. LHP JAMES RUSSELL each threw 1.0 scoreless inning in relief to secure the tie. » OF TYLER NAQUIN was scratched from yesterday’s starting lineup with bilat- » In San Antonio, the Indians lost 8-4 to Texas to conclude Big League Weekend... eral knee soreness and is listed as day-to-day. the Rangers won on the strength of four home runs off starter RHP MIKE CLEV- TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS INGER (1.1IP, 1H, 3R/ER, 1HR) and losing pitcher LHP CHRIS NARVESON CLEVELAND INDIANS LOS ANGELES DODGERS (3.0IP, 5H, 4R/ER, 3HR)...LHP KYLE CROCKETT threw 0.2 scoreless innings 47 Trevor Bauer RHP 38 Brandon McCarthy RHP and LHP RYAN MERRITT (3.0IP, 2H, 1R/ER, 3K) was also effective in relief...the 37 Cody Allen RHP Indians offense was paced by INF CHRIS COLABELLO, who went 2-for-2, while 27 Bryan Shaw RHP OF BRANDON GUYER, OF DANIEL ROBERTSON, INF ERIC STAMETS & OF 58 Carlos Frias RHP DORSSYS PAULINO each drove in a run for Cleveland. 51 Shawn Armstrong RHP 80 Josh Martin RHP TODAY’S STARTER - JOSH TOMLIN » RHP JOSH TOMLIN is slated to make his third start of the spring this after- KEEPING THE BATS HOT noon...in his last start vs. San Francsisco on March 14, Tomlin took the loss after » The Tribe offense enters today’s game ranked 4th in the Cactus League with allowing five earned runs in 3.0 innings (8H, 2HR, 2K)...his first start of Cactus a .291 batting average...of the players in Major League camp, 16 currently own League play came on March 9, when he threw 3.2 scoreless innings (3H, 1K) averages higher than .300, led by OF TYLER NAQUIN’s .458 clip...OF BRAD- vs. Los Angeles-AL. LEY ZIMMER leads the team with 16 hits this spring...another 10 players have » Tomlin had a solid season in the back-end of the Indians rotation in 2016, 10 or more hits, including INF JOSE RAMIREZ, whose 6 doubles lead the team amassing career-bests in wins (13), innings (174.0), starts (29) and strikeouts and are T-1st in all of Major League Baseball. (118) on his way to setting a club record for strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.90)… » Overall, the Indians rank 3rd in MLB in runs scored (142), 2nd in hits (252), 1st walked just 2.8% (20/722) of batters he faced. in extra-base hits (98) and 1st in doubles (66). RICHIE RICH INDIANS IN THE WBC » INF RICHIE SHAFFER hit a solo homer in yesterday’s game at Kansas City » The Cleveland Indians have 13 members competing in the 2017 World Base- for his team-high fourth round-tripper in Cactus League play...his four home runs ball Classic, including LHP ANDREW MILLER (USA), SS FRANCISCO LIN- are T-3rd in the Cactus League and T-6th in all of baseball, while his 12 runs DOR (Puerto Rico), C ROBERTO PEREZ (Puerto Rico) and 1B CARLOS SAN- scored this spring lead the team and rank 1st in all of MLB...after starting his TANA (Dominican Republic). spring with an 0-for-12 slump, Shaffer is batting .371 (13-for-35) in his last 13 » Team USA (2-1) claimed the final spot in the WBC semifinal with a 6-3 victory games with four homers, seven RBI & 11 runs scored. over the Dominican Republic (1-2) in San Diego last night...Santana went 1-for-4 with an RBI single. STRIKEOUT SUCCESS » In the other game yesterday, Team Puerto Rico (3-0) cemented the top seed » Indians pitchers struck out another 17 batters across yesterday’s games (8 at from Pool F with a commanding 13-2 win over Venezuela...Perez started at catch- Texas, 9 at Kansas City)...the Tribe has now registered 208 strikeouts this spring, er & went 1-for-5 with a single and a run scored. » Teams USA and Puerto Rico have qualified for the WBC semifinals at Dodger ranking 2nd in all of baseball behind only the Los Angeles Dodgers (209). Stadium...Puerto Rico will face Team Netherlands tomorrow night, while the Ameri- » RHP DANNY SALAZAR leads the team and all of MLB with 23 punchouts this cans will square off against Team Japan on Tuesday evening. spring & RHP COREY KLUBER ranks second on the club with 14...yesterday’s » Santana’s eight WBC hits are the most of all Tribe participants, while Lindor starter is 3rd on the team with 11 strikeouts, while LHP SHAWN MORIMANDO leads the way with two homers and four RBI...overall, Lindor is batting .389 (7- RHP STEVE DELABAR, LHP KYLE CROCKETT & RHP ADAM PLUTKO each for-18) with six runs scored in five games...Colon leads all Indians pitching rep- have 10. resentatives with 3.1 scoreless innings of work. DIG THE LONG BALL UP NEXT » The Indians slugged two home runs in yesterday’s game at Kansas City, bring- » The Indians will remain at home tomorrow to take on the Los Angeles Dodg- ing their spring total to 29...their 29 dingers rank T-3rd in the Cactus League and ers...RHP TREVOR BAUER is scheduled to make his fifth start of the spring. T-5th in all of baseball. » Following an off-day on Tuesday, the Tribe will travel to Talking Stick to face » 20 different Indians batters have hit homers this spring, led by INF RICHIE the Colorado Rockies...RHP DANNY SALAZAR is slated to take the hill for his SHAFFER’s four long balls...OF BRADLEY ZIMMER, OF LONNIE CHISEN- sixth Cactus League start.