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 Friday, August 2, 2019 7:15 p.m. ET Columbus Clippers 56-53 (2nd, -5.0 GB, IL West) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 61-48 (1st, +5.0 GA, IL West) RHP Mitch Keller (7-4, 3.41) Game #110 // Home #54 RHP Michael Peoples (7-5, 4.67) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / Fox Sports 1260 AM / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Saturday August 3 vs. Columbus LHP Brandon Waddell (1-3, 8.50) vs. LHP Logan Allen (4-3, 5.15) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Sunday August 4 vs. Columbus RHP Alex McRae (6-6, 4.96) vs. RHP Shao-Ching Chiang (6-7, 5.67) 1:35 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Monday OFF DAY Tuesday August 6 at Norfolk RHP James Marvel (3-0, 2.12) vs. TBA 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 16-15 The Tribe used consecutive four-run innings in the fifth and sixth to turn a 2-2 game into an eventual 11-5 rout on Thursday at Toledo. Indy tal- Overall 56-53 Night Games: 40-38 LAST NIGHT: Home 26-27 lied a season-high 18 hits (5 doubles, 3 homers) in the victory (previous high was 16 hits on April 13 vs. Charlotte). Will Craig ignited the first four-run frame Road 30-26 Before All-Star Break: 44-44 with a two-run double, and Trayvon Robinson belted a two-run shot two batters later to extend Indy's lead to 6-2. Christian Kelley then opened the sixth with After All-Star Break: 12-9 Place 2nd April: 13-11 a solo homer before Robinson drove in two more runs on a single to right. Jason Martin finished the second four-run burst by slashing an RBI double down GA/GB -5.0 GB May: 18-9 the left field line. Kevin Kramer put Indy on the board with a solo drive to right-center in the second, and back-to-back doubles by Jake Elmore and Ke'Bryan Streak W3 June: 10-19 Hayes in the third made it 2-0. Toledo pulled even on an RBI triple by Dawel Lugo and drag bunt single by Jacob Robson in the bottom half. Parker Markel Home Streak W1 July: 14-14 August: 1-0 (W, 1-0) fanned three over two scoreless innings to earn the win while Ryan Carpenter (L, 5-7) yielded six runs on 11 hits in five innings to take the loss. Road Streak W2 September: 0-0 Rehabbing lefty Steven Brault took a no-decision for the Tribe (4.0ip, 3h, 2r, 2er, 5bb, 2k). Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-2 Last 5 3-2 Tuesday: 8-8 THREE GAMES, THREE WINS: The Indians have won three straight games, coinciding with three straight Columbus losses, bringing the Tribe to within 5.0 Wednesday: 8-8 games of the Clippers with 31 games remaining. The Tribe haven't been within 5.0 games of first place since being 4.5 back following a win vs. Louisville on Last 10 6-4 Thursday: 9-8 June 25. Indy seeks its second four-game winning streak since the All-Star break (also: July 20-24) and its fifth of at least that many consecutive wins this Home Openings/Lost 51/2 Friday: 9-9 season (also: 6 from April 7-13; 5 from May 9-15; 4 from May 21-24). Home Attendance 416,334 Saturday: 7-10 Avg. Home Attendance 8,163 Sunday: 9-8 League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4th) THREE GAMES, THREE BOMBS: Kevin Kramer has hit home runs -- all solo shots -- in three consecutive games, giving him 10 on the year and five since the Scoring First: 39-10 Opponent Scores First: 17-43 beginning of July after he went homerless in June. His first eight home runs this year were all off right-handed pitchers, but each of his last two have come SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 25 against southpaws Caleb Thielbar and Ryan Carpenter. Still just six of his 35 career homers have come against left-handed pitchers. Kramer had never Opponent Comeback Wins: 20 homered in back-to-back games, let alone three straight, making him the second Tribe player this season to accomplish the feat (also: Pablo Reyes, July 13- 2019 at Home: 2-5 Extra Innings: 4-6 2019 @ Columbus: 7-5 Shutout Record: 4-6 15). Since 2012, there have only been nine occurrences where an Indian has homered in three straight games; none of the nine have reached four. Doubleheaders: 3-3 All-Time at Home: 109-102 (.517) Commit An Error: 24-26 Kevin Kramer: July 30-Aug. 1, 2019 Pablo Reyes: July 12-14, 2018 Willy Garcia: Aug. 1-3, 2015 All-Time @ Columbus: 103-127 (.448) Commit No Errors: 32-27 Walk-Off Wins: 3 Pablo Reyes: July 13-15, 2019 Max Moroff: April 6-8, 2017 Brent Morel: June 25-27, 2015 All-Time Totals: 212-229 (.481) Walk-Off Losses: 3 Eric Wood: Aug. 24-26, 2018 Jose Osuna: July 21-23, 2016 Andrew Lambo: Aug. 23-25, 2014 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 31-23 vs. IL North: 13-17 GONZO, REYES GONE: INF Erik Gonzalez was reinstated from the injured list and UTIL Pablo Reyes was recalled by Pittsburgh today, creating room on Indy's Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 12-13 roster for RHPs Alex McRae and Montana DuRapau. Gonzalez had a pair of rehab stints with the Tribe and hit .192 (15-for-78) with one homer, one triple, 2B Hayes 26 T-8th three doubles and 10 RBI in 20 games. He walked just three times while striking out 29 times (35.8% of PAs were strikeouts). Reyes hit .367 (22-for-60) 3B Robinson 4 T-7th Scoring 4+ Runs: 47-22 W Keller 7 T-5th Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 9-31 with five homers, four doubles, 13 RBI and a 1.116 OPS in 17 games after the All-Star break, hitting safely in 15 of those contests. Since the break, he ranks Outhit Opponent: 42-12 among IL leaders in AVG (5th), OPS (5th), SLG (6th, .683) and OBP (8th, .433). In 51 total games with Indy this year, Reyes batted .286 (50-for-175) with 10 L Vera 9 T-2nd Outhit By Opponent: 10-35 homers, 15 doubles, 30 RBI, five stolen bases and an .885 OPS. ERA Keller 3.41 1st Teams Tie in Hits: 4-6 McRae 4.96 9th Indy Hits HR: 42-30 WHIP Keller 1.25 1st Indy no HR: 14-23 SEVEN UP: Will Craig has hit safely in seven straight and nine of his last 10 games overall. During his seven-game streak, he's hit .303 (10-for-33) with one McRae 1.38 6th Opp. Hits HR: 36-38 homer, two doubles and four RBI. He homered four times in July after hitting just one long ball in the month of June. Teammate/roommate Cole Tucker is also Opp. no HR: 20-15 GS Vera 21 T-2nd Lead After 6: 41-3 riding a seven-game hitting streak, batting .276 (8-for-29) with seven walks and only four strikeouts during the stretch. Tucker, 23, has hit safely in 10 of his Keller 18 T-8th Trail After 6: 4-40 last 11 overall and has drawn 13 walks since the All-Star break, tied for eighth most in the league. CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Tied After 6: 11-10 AVG vs. Keller .242 2nd Lead After 7: 48-2 Trail After 7: 5-46 SEVEN DOWN: Hunter Owen had his seven-game hitting streak snapped last night as he was the only Tribe player to go without a hit, but he did draw two McRae .278 T-8th Tied After 7: 3-5 walks and scored a run in the 11-5 win. During the stretch, the 25-year-old hit .375 (9-for-24) with two homers, four RBI and four runs scored. IP Vera 112.2 2nd Lead After 8: 46-1 Keller 97.2 10th Trail After 8: 3-43 SO Keller 111 1st Tied After 8: 4-5 HIT PARADE FOR HAYES: Ke'Bryan Hayes recorded his 26th double of the season last night as part of his four-hit performance, moving him into a tie for eighth in doubles among league leaders. The four-hit performance was the sixth of his career and first since Sept. 2, 2018 with Double-A Altoona at Bowie. GIDP McRae 11 T-6th Vs. LH Starter: 12-12 It was also the sixth four-hit game by a Tribe player this year, joining Steven Baron, Jung Ho Kang, Trayvon Robinson (2x) and Cole Tucker. Hayes was just SV Brentz/DuRapau 8 T-4th Vs. RH Starter: 44-41 2-for-20 over his previous five games before going 4-for-5 with a double, sacrifice fly, two RBI and two runs scored last night. Neverauskas 7 T-9th Series (W-L-S): 17-16-2 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 6-4 ELMO'S WORLD: Jake Elmore is hitting .355 (91-for-256) with four homers, 24 doubles and 26 RBI after going 5-for-10 with two doubles in the two-game series at Toledo.