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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 Sunday, May 9, 2021 2:08 PM ET Iowa Cubs 2-2 (T-3rd, 1.5 GB, AAA-E MW) Principal Park ♦ Des Moines, IA 2-2 (T-3rd, 1.5 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Miguel Yajure (0-0, 0.00) Game #5 / Road #5 Shelby Miller (MLB Rehab) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 2-2 2021 @ IND: 0-0 Home 0-0 LAST NIGHT: The fifth game in the six-game series between Indianapolis and Iowa was postponed last night due to inclement weather. The game Road 2-2 2021 @ IOW: 2-2 Place T-3rd is set to be made up as a to be determined doubleheader when Indy travels back to Des Moines from Aug. 3-8. The Indians had five postponements Since 1988 @ IND: 50-27 (.649) GA/GB 1.5 GB during the 2019 season, most recently on Aug. 20 at Toledo. Since 1988 @ IOW: 43-40 (.518) Streak L1 Since 1988 Totals: 93-67 (.581) Home Streak -- Road Streak L1 Longest Winning Streak 1 FRIDAY NIGHT: The Indians lost in walk-off fashion Friday night following a wild pitch and two-out passed ball by batterymates Tyler Bashlor and 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 1 Andrew Susac to score the winning run without the Iowa Cubs logging a hit in the bottom of the 10th inning. Cubs starter Kohl Stewart stunned the Indians Cubs Last 5 2-2 Last 10 2-2 Indians offense through his five innings, allowing just one run on one hit following a triple off the bat of Kevin Kramer. Facing a 2-0 deficit early, .184 BA .203 Home Openings/Lost -- 14 R 16 Home Attendance -- the top of Indy’s order came alive and took a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning as Will Craig hit a two-run double for his first hit of the season. A Cameron 25 H 26 Avg. Home Attendance -- Maybin home run in the eighth off Shea Spitzbarth tied the game before the extra-inning walk-off win in the 10th. 5 2B 3 League Rank (Total/Avg) -- 2 3B 0 4 HR 7 Day Games 0-0 13 RBI 15 Night Games 2-2 TUCKER IN THE TWO SPOT: Cole Tucker has logged back-to-back two-hit games after going hitless to begin the series. He has opened the season in 46 TB 50 Before All-Star Break 2-2 the two-spot of the lineup each of the first four games after starting 76 games in the leadoff position of Indy’s lineup in 2019. During that campaign, 15 BB 18 After All-Star Break 0-0 41 K 49 May 2-2 he hit .260 (80-for-308) with 50 runs scored and the team went 36-40 with him in the leadoff spot. So far this season, he is hitting .235 (4-for-17) 6 SB 1 June 0-0 with three runs scored. 0 CS 0 July 0-0 .282 OBP .301 August 0-0 .338 SLG .391 September 0-0 CRAIG HITTING CLEANUP: Will Craig drove in a season-high three RBI Friday night while recording his first hit of the season in the cleanup spot of Tuesday 1-0 35.2 IP 37.0 Wednesday 0-1 Indy’s lineup. The first baseman led Indianapolis with a career-high 23 home runs in 2019, 22 of which came during his 123 starts in the four-hole for 3.79 ERA 3.16 Thursday 1-0 Indianapolis. In that spot of the lineup in 2019, he hit .246 (116-for-471) with 45 extra-base hits. He also had 143 strikeouts in that spot and led the 1.23 WHIP 1.08 Friday 0-1 2 SV 0 Saturday 0-0 team with 146 on the season, the most by an Indians player in franchise history and highest mark since Mike Fuentes (133) in 1984. 26 H 25 Sunday 0-0 16 R 14 15 ER 13 Scoring First 2-0 SITTING ‘EM DOWN: The Indians pitching staff fanned 12 batters on Friday night for its fourth consecutive game with 10+ strikeouts, a feat that Opponent Scores First 0-2 7 HR 4 Comeback Wins -- has never been accomplished to open a season in the Victory Field era. In 2018, the pitching staff fanned 15, 16 and 10 batters for a streak of three 0 HB 4 Opponent Comeback Wins 1 18 BB 15 Extra Innings 0-0 double-digit strikeout games to begin a season. In 2019, the Indians fanned double-digit batters in three or more consecutive games a trio of times 49 K 41 Shutout Record 1-0 over the season, the longest streak coming from July 11-16 (six games) with a total of 76 strikeouts in that span. The 2019 club ended the campaign Doubleheaders 0-0 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Commit An Error 0-2 with a franchise-record 1,244 strikeouts. Commit No Errors 2-0 vs. AAA-E Midwest: 2-2 Walk-Off Wins -- Right-handed pitcher Miguel Yajure is set to make his Triple-A debut this afternoon as Pittsburgh’s highest-ranked prospect (No. vs. AAA-E Southeast: 0-0 Walk-Off Losses 1 YA-HOO DEBUTS: vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Scoring 4+ Runs 1-0 10 BA, No. 12 MLB Pipeline) currently on the Indians roster. He was traded to Pittsburgh on Jan. 24, 2021 in a deal that sent former Indians pitcher Series (W-L-S): 0-0-0 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 1-2 Jameson Taillon to the Yankees in exchange for a handful of young farmhands. The 23-year-old made his MLB debut in 2020 without seeing any career Sweeps: 0-0 Outhit Opponent 1-1 Outhit By Opponent 1-1 time in Triple-A and has made one start with Pittsburgh so far this season (4/21 (2) at Detroit; L, 4.1ip, 4h, 4r, 4er, 2hr, 2bb, 4k). Teams Tie in Hits 0-0 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Indy Hits HR 2-1 Indy no HR 0-1 BIGGER BASES: After finishing tied for 10th out of 14 International League teams in stolen bases in 2019, the Indians are taking advantage of the MIDWEST Opp. Hits HR 1-2 Opp. no HR 1-0 rule change to expand the size of bases in the Triple-A East for the first half of the season and lead the league with six bags swiped. The Indians are Team W-L GB Lead After 6 2-1 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts through the first four games, and are one of nine teams with a stolen base and no caught stealing. Indianapolis’ 69 COL 4-1 - Trail After 6 0-1 OMA 3-1 0.5 Tied After 6 0-0 stolen bases last season marked a Victory Field era low and the lowest bases swiped by the team since 1971 (66). The experimental rule change by Lead After 7 2-1 IND 2-2 1.5 Trail After 7 0-1 MLB this season for Triple-A is as follows: IOW 2-2 1.5 Tied After 7 0-0 TOL 2-3 2.0 Lead After 8 2-0 STP 1-3 2.5 Trail After 8 0-1 To reduce player injuries and collisions, the size of first, second and third base will be increased from 15 inches square to 18 inches square. The LOU 1-4 3.0 Tied After 8 0-1 Competition Committee also expects the shorter distances between bases created by increased size to have a modest impact on the success rate Vs. LH Starter 0-1 of stolen base attempts and the frequency with which a batter-runner reaches base on groundballs and bunt attempts. NORTHEAST Vs. RH Starter 2-1 Team W-L GB FORMER PROSPECTS: Left fielder Dustin Fowler launched his first Indians home run on Wednesday to knot the game at 3-3 before the Cubs offen- LHV 4-1 - league leaders SWB 4-1 - sive boost. Fowler spent the entire 2020 season at Oakland’s Alternate Training Site before being traded to Pittsburgh in February. The 26-year-old BUF 3-2 1.0 Category Player No. Rank was named as a top 10 prospect in both the Yankees and A’s systems from 2016-18, and was rated the No. 88 overall prospect by Baseball America WOR 2-3 2.0 SB Swaggerty 2 T-1st prior to the 2018 campaign. Fowler is joined in the Indians outfield by another former top prospect, Anthony Alford, who was ranked as Toronto’s No. 1 SYR 1-4 3.0 ROC 1-4 3.0 ERA De Jong 0.00 T-1st prospect and No. 25 overall by Baseball America in 2016. W De Jong 1 T-3rd SO De Jong 10 T-2nd SOUTHEAST SV Gustave 2 T-1st CURRENT RoAD TRIP BY THE NUMBERS IP De Jong 6.0 T-3rd Team W-L GB WPCT De Jong 1.000 T-1st Games 4 ERA 3.79 (15er/35.2ip) DUR 5-0 - Record 2-2 Starter W-L 1-0 GWN 4-1 1.0 Average .184 (25-for-136) Starter ERA 3.31 (6er/16.1ip) .184, 19th JAX 3-2 2.0 Runs (Avg/Gm) 14 (3.5) Reliever W-L 1-2 NAS 3-2 2.0 XBH (Avg/Gm) 11 (2.8) Reliever ERA 4.19 (9er/19.1ip) The Indians currently rank 19th out of 20 Triple-A East teams with a .184 NOR 2-3 3.0 Home Runs 4 Walks 18 batting average (25-for-136).