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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION [ Indianapolis Indians501 //West Communications Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, _______________________________________ IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Wednesday, May 12, 2021 1:35 PM ET Toledo Mud Hens 3-3 (4th, 2.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 2-4 (T-5th, 3.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Beau Sulser (0-0, 6.75) Game #7 / Home #2 RHP Drew Hutchison (0-0, 4.50) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 3-3 2021 @ IND: 1-0 Home 1-0 LAST NIGHT: After being no-hit on Sunday, the Indians hit .143 (4-for-28) with all of their hits coming via the home run en route to a 4-3 win over Road 2-3 2021 @ TOL: 0-0 Place 4th Toledo in Indy’s home opener. Travis Swaggerty began the home run parade in the first inning with his second leadoff home run of the season, the first Since 1988 @ IND: 136-92 (.596) GA/GB 2.0 GB coming during the season opener on May 4 at Iowa. With two outs that inning, Will Craig hit his first long ball of the day. Toledo battled back to tie the Since 1988 @ TOL: 110-111 (.498) Streak W1 Since 1988 Totals: 246-203 (.548) Home Streak W1 game twice, but thanks to a go-ahead home run by Andrew Susac in the fifth and a game-winning home run by Craig in the seventh, the Indians took Road Streak L2 Longest Winning Streak 1 the six-game series opener. 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 2 Indians Mud Hens Last 5 2-3 Last 10 3-3 CRAIG FOR TWO: After launching a career-high 23 home runs a year ago to lead the Indians, Will Craig logged his second career two-homer game .154 BA .199 Home Openings/Lost 1/0 18 R 25 Home Attendance 2,678 on Tuesday night to lift the Indians over the Mud Hens. Craig’s first multi-homer game came on July 20, 2018 (1) at Double-A Reading, when he went 29 H 36 Avg. Home Attendance 2,678 2-for-4 with four RBI. His two home runs last night were his first of the 2021 season. 5 2B 10 League Rank (Total/Avg) 14th/10th 2 3B 2 8 HR 7 Day Games 0-0 17 RBI 23 Night Games 3-3 SWAGGERTY AT THE TOP: After beginning the season hot through his first two games, outfielder and Pittsburgh’s No. 14 prospect (Baseball America) 62 TB 71 Before All-Star Break 3-3 Travis Swaggerty has slowed down to a .263 (5-for-19) average, all of his games started in the leadoff position for the Indians. In 2019, Swaggerty 18 BB 33 After All-Star Break 0-0 65 K 60 May 3-3 spent 89 games in the first spot of Bradenton’s lineup and compiled a .259 batting average (88-for-340) with six home runs and 26 RBI. Leading off 7 SB 3 June 0-0 for Bradenton, he hit .266 (46-for-173) with six extra-base hits, 21 RBI and 46 runs scored. Over his minor league career, he has appeared in 128 0 CS 0 July 0-0 .238 OBP .330 August 0-0 games hitting first in the lineup. .325 SLG .392 September 0-0 Tuesday 2-0 52.2 IP 49.0 Wednesday 0-1 FOUR HITS, FOUR HOMERS: The Indians doubled their total of home runs on the season last night with four long balls to tie a single-game high 3.25 ERA 5.51 Thursday 1-0 dating back to 2019. Last season, the Indians hit four home runs in back-to-back games from July 13-14 at Columbus, beating the Clippers 17-5 and 1.25 WHIP 1.31 Friday 0-1 3 SV 2 Saturday 0-0 7-4. The Indians currently rank tied for 11th in the Triple-A East with their eight long balls and are tied with St. Paul to pace the Midwest division. 39 H 47 Sunday 0-1 21 R 32 19 ER 30 Scoring First 3-0 (LACK OF) RISP: Outside of the four home runs last night, the Indians offense had no baserunners vs. Toledo. The Mud Hens pitching staff fanned Opponent Scores First 0-3 7 HR 16 Comeback Wins -- nine batters and surrendered no walks or hit by pitches to keep the bases clear. So far this season, the Indians are hitting .114 (5-for-44) with eight 2 HB 2 Opponent Comeback Wins 1 27 BB 17 Extra Innings 0-1 RBI with runners in scoring position, both of which rank last among Triple-A East teams and 29th out of all 30 Triple-A teams. The only team below 69 K 54 Shutout Record 1-0 Indy with RISP in Triple-A is Albuquerque, which is hitting .103 (3-for-29) with five RBI in that situation. Doubleheaders 0-0 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Commit An Error 0-3 Commit No Errors 3-0 BATTLE OF THE AVERAGES: Toledo (19th) and Indianapolis (20th) hold the two worst batting averages in the 20-team Triple-A East. Despite vs. AAA-E Midwest: 3-3 Walk-Off Wins -- vs. AAA-E Southeast: 0-0 Walk-Off Losses 1 Indianapolis taking the first game of the six-game series with the Mud Hens this week, Toledo’s lineup was more productive in logging base hits (8) vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Scoring 4+ Runs 2-0 than Indy’s (4). Following last night’s contest, Toledo and Indianapolis are the only two Triple-A East teams hitting below .200, with Indy hitting .152 Series (W-L-S): 0-1-0 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 1-3 Sweeps: 0-0 Outhit Opponent 1-1 (29-for-191) and Toledo hitting .199 (36-for-181). Outhit By Opponent 2-2 Teams Tie in Hits 0-0 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Indy Hits HR 3-1 STREAKING WITH STRIKEOUTS: The Indians pitching staff fanned 10 batters on Sunday for its sixth consecutive game with 10+ strikeouts, a feat Indy no HR 0-2 that has never been accomplished to open a season in the Victory Field era. Indy’s longest double-digit strikeout streak in 2019 was six games, MIDWEST Opp. Hits HR 1-2 Opp. no HR 2-1 occuring from July 11-16 with a total of 76 strikeouts in that span. So far, the Indians rank 11th in the Triple-A East with 69 batters fanned and have Team W-L GB Lead After 6 3-1 compiled an 11.79 strikeout per 9.0 innings pitched ratio. The 2019 club ended the campaign with a franchise-record 1,244 strikeouts, and the COL 5-1 - Trail After 6 0-2 IOW 4-2 1.0 Tied After 6 0-0 Indians are currently on pace to have 1,380 strikeouts on the season. Lead After 7 3-1 OMA 4-3 1.5 Trail After 7 0-2 IND 3-3 2.0 Tied After 7 0-0 TOE TO TOE WITH TOLEDO: The Indians and Mud Hens finished tied for second in the International League West division following a tight 13-12 TOL 2-4 3.0 Lead After 8 3-0 LOU 2-4 3.0 Trail After 8 0-2 head-to-head series in 2019. The Indians took the first six contests between the two teams before Toledo went 6-3 in August to tighten the series to STP 2-5 3.5 Tied After 8 0-1 a one-game Indy lead. In 2018, Toledo played one less game than Columbus and Indianapolis and finished 0.5 games ahead with the division title. Vs. LH Starter 0-1 NORTHEAST Vs. RH Starter 3-2 Indianapolis leads the series since 1988, 246-203 (.548), with a strong advantage in the Circle City (136-92, .596). Team W-L GB HOME SWEET HOME: The Indians returned to Victory Field last night for the first time in 619 days to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the park open- SWB 6-1 - league leaders LHV 5-2 1.0 ing its gates in 1996. Throughout the past 25 years (beginning on July 11, 1996), the Indians are 925-756 at the corner of West and Maryland Street. BUF 4-3 2.0 Category Player No. Rank The team’s best home record during that time came in the first full season at the new ballpark, when it compiled a 49-23 record. The worst record WOR 3-4 3.0 SB Swaggerty 2 T-4th came just a season ago, when the Indians went 32-38 with it’s first sub-.500 home record since 2003 (35-37). ROC 2-5 4.0 SO De Jong 16 1st SYR 1-6 5.0 SV Gustave 3 1st SOUTHEAST current homestand BY THE NUMBERS Team W-L GB Games 1 ERA 3.00 (3er/9.0ip) DUR 5-2 - Record 1-0 Starter W-L 0-0 GWN 5-2 - Average .143 (4-for-28) Starter ERA 3.60 (2er/5.0ip) 0-for-12 JAX 5-2 - Runs (Avg/Gm) 4 (4.0) Reliever W-L 1-0 NAS 3-3 1.5 XBH (Avg/Gm) 4 (4.0) Reliever ERA 2.25 (1er/4.0ip) The Indians pitching staff held Toledo to a .000 average (0-for-12) with NOR 2-5 3.0 Home Runs 4 Walks 5 runners in scoring position last night.