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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Thursday, June 10, 2021 8:05 PM ET Nashville Sounds 16-15 (2nd, 6.0 GB, AAA-E MW) First Horizon Park ♦ Nashville, TN 22-9 (T-1st, -- GB, AAA-E SE) RHP Beau Sulser (2-2, 5.18) Game #32 / Road #20 RHP Thomas Jankins (0-2, 11.57) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 16-15 2021 @ IND: no games Home 9-3 LAST NIGHT: Nashville paired a two-hit performance by its pitching staff with nine runs on 10 hits to beat the Indians last night, 9-4. With the win, Road 7-12 2021 @ NAS: 1-1 Place 2nd the six-game series is now tied at 1-1. The Sounds jumped to an early 6-0 lead with two runs in the first inning and four in the second, thanks in part Since 1985 @ IND: 79-63 (.556) GA/GB 6.0 GB to a pair of RBI doubles off the bat of Derek Fisher. They racked up all six runs on six hits off Steven Wright before the Indians had recorded five outs Since 1985 @ NAS: 70-77 (.476) Streak L1 Since 1985 Totals: 149-140 (.516) Home Streak L1 in the game. Nashville then scored three more runs in the fourth inning off back-to-back home runs by Jamie Westbrook and Tim Lopes. The Indians Road Streak L1 Longest Winning Streak 4 got on the board in the fifth inning with a two-run double off the bat of Cole Tucker, and plated two more in the eighth after loading the bases on two 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 walks and an error. Indians Sounds Last 5 3-2 Last 10 5-5 .225 BA .248 Home Openings/Lost 10/1 129 R 178 Home Attendance 35,738 TUCK AT THE TOP: Batting in the leadoff spot last night for the Indians in his first game since being optioned by Pittsburgh on Sunday, Cole Tucker 225 H 251 Avg. Home Attendance 3,248 went 1-for-4 with a run scored and two-RBI double. Facing a 9-0 deficit through four innings, Tucker roped a two-out double into center field to score 46 2B 63 League Rank (Total/Avg) 17th/11th 6 3B 3 Joe Hudson and Chris Sharpe after a pair of walks. With the hit, Tucker extended his hitting streak with the Indians to three games after hitting in 32 HR 52 Day Games 2-4 118 RBI 166 Night Games 14-11 back-to-back contests on May 19-20. It was also his second consecutive multi-RBI game in Triple-A; he drove in three runs on May 20 at St. Paul 379 TB 476 Before All-Star Break 16-15 before being recalled by Pittsburgh. In the bigs, Tucker went 2-for-15 with a double and RBI in eight games. 128 BB 143 After All-Star Break 0-0 313 K 310 May 11-12 17 SB 16 June 5-3 SHARPE ON THE LEADERBOARD: After entering as a pinch hitter in the top of the fifth inning last night, Chris Sharpe walked twice and scored two 7 CS 7 July 0-0 .322 OBP .346 August 0-0 runs to tie for the seventh most runs scored in the Triple-A East this season (20). Sharpe’s highest league ranking comes in the doubles category, .380 SLG .470 September 0-0 where he is tied for the lead (10) with Columbus’ Nolan Jones. His 16 walks on the season are also tied for 11th. Tuesday 5-1 266.1 IP 270.0 Wednesday 1-3 3.72 ERA 3.97 Thursday 2-4 BULLPEN BATTLING: After Blake Weiman surrendered three earned runs on back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning — the first earned runs 1.27 WHIP 1.22 Friday 4-2 8 SV 10 Saturday 3-1 charged to the Indians bullpen since June 4 (1) — three Indians relievers combined for four innings with just one baserunner allowed to finish out the 237 H 199 Sunday 1-4 loss vs. Nashville. Shea Spitzbarth (2.0ip, 1bb), Nick Mears (1.0ip) and Kyle Keller (1.0ip) collected eight of the 10 strikeouts of Sounds batters last 122 R 132 110 ER 119 Game 1 5-1 night, with Spitzbarth fanning a Triple-A career-high four batters. In the last five games, the Indians bullpen has a 1.29 ERA (3er/21.0ip) with 12 hits Game 2 1-5 35 HR 31 Game 3 3-2 allowed, six walks and 28 strikeouts. 14 HB 17 Game 4 3-2 101 BB 130 Game 5 4-1 295 K 315 Game 6 1-3 INDIANAPOLIS IN THE EAST: Nashville is just the second Triple-A East team with a winning record that the Indians have faced this season. Against Scoring First 11-5 teams with a record above .500, the Indians are 1-7 with their first win coming on Tuesday at Nashville. Omaha swept Indianapolis as its first winning INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Opponent Scores First 5-10 Comeback Wins 6 opponent of the season. vs. Teams At/Above .500: 3-8 Opponent Comeback Wins 6 vs. Teams Below .500: 13-7 Extra Innings 1-1 vs. AAA-E Midwest: 15-14 Shutout Record 1-2 TONIGHT: The Indians and Nashville continue their six-game series in Tennessee tonight in another 8:05 PM ET start at First Horizon Park. Nashville vs. AAA-E Southeast: 1-1 Doubleheaders 2-0 vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Commit An Error 5-13 tied up the series, 1-1, last night after the Indians took the opener on Tuesday night in the Music City. RHP Beau Sulser will take the mound for the Commit No Errors 11-2 Indians vs. RHP Thomas Jankins, who is 0-2 with a 11.57 ERA (24er/18.2ip) in six starts (four appearances) this season. It will be Jankin’s first start Series (W-L-S): 3-2-0 Walk-Off Wins 1 Sweeps: 0-1 Walk-Off Losses 3 since May 21, and as a starter he has a 12.94 ERA (23er/16.0ip). Scoring 4+ Runs 14-5 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 2-10 BEAU BREAKING RECORDS: With his start tonight, Beau Sulser will set a new career high with seven games started this season for the Indians. He Outhit Opponent 9-5 MIDWEST Outhit By Opponent 5-10 had previously never started in more than six games in a season, in 2019 with Altoona (6) and 2017 with Short-Season West Virginia (6). In 18 career Teams Tie in Hits 2-0 Team W-L GB Indy Hits HR 13-8 starts, Sulser is 3-6 with a 4.58 ERA (39er/76.2ip) and 59 strikeouts. In his last outing, he tossed 4.1 two-run innings and fanned a career-high tying OMA 22-9 - Indy no HR 3-7 seven batters for the first time since July 31, 2018 at Single-A Columbia. IND 16-15 6.0 Opp. Hits HR 8-12 STP 16-16 6.5 Opp. no HR 8-3 TOL 15-16 7.0 Lead After 6 12-1 CIRCLE CITY VS. MUSIC CITY: Indianapolis and Nashville played each other as members of the American Association from 1985, when the Sounds Trail After 6 2-13 LOU 12-19 10.0 Tied After 6 2-1 entered their first season as a Triple-A affiliate, until 1997. Indianapolis holds the all-time record between the two teams, 149-140, with Nashville COL 12-19 10.0 Lead After 7 12-1 IOW 10-20 11.5 Trail After 7 1-12 holding the advantage in the Music City, 77-70. In 1997, Nashville jumped out to an early 7-0 lead in the season series before Indy took 13 of the next Tied After 7 3-2 17 matchups to win the series, 13-11. NORTHEAST Lead After 8 12-0 Trail After 8 0-12 Team W-L GB Tied After 8 2-3 1994 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CHAMPS: The Indians were crowned the 1994 American Association champions after besting Nashville, three games SWB 20-9 - WOR 19-13 3.5 Vs. LH Starter 3-4 to one, in the championship series from Sept. 11-14. Willie Greene gave Indy the series-opening win on the road with a two-homer performance in Vs. RH Starter 13-11 LHV 17-15 4.5 a 5-3 victory. The Sounds tied the series, but back in the Circle City the Indians notched back-to-back wins for the championship. Greene had two BUF 15-14 5.0 league leaders doubles in Game 3 and the Indians fought off a late comeback effort by the Sounds in Game 4, 7-5. SYR 11-21 10.5 ROC 11-21 10.5 Category Player No. Rank 2B Sharpe 10 T-1st Current road trip BY THE NUMBERS SOUTHEAST 3B Tucker 2 T-4th Games 2 ERA 5.29 (10er/17.0ip) Team W-L GB R Sharpe 20 T-7th Record 1-1 Starter W-L 1-1 NAS 22-9 - SV Gustave 4 T-4th Average .289 (13-for-67) Starter ERA 9.00 (7er/7.0ip) 5 HBP DUR 22-9 - Bashlor 3 T-8th Runs (Avg/Gm) 10 (5.0) Reliever W-L 0-0 JAX 19-13 3.5 XBH (Avg/Gm) 3 (1.5) Reliever ERA 2.70 (3er/10.0ip) After being hit by a pitch by Chad Sobotka last night, Kevin Kramer has now been hit GWN 17-15 5.5 Home Runs 1 Walks 12 five times this season, tying his total for both 2018 and ‘19 with the Indians.