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Aug. 21, 2019 GM 1: 5:30 p.m. ET GM 2: 30 min after GM 1 Toledo Mud Hens 61-65 (2nd, -11.5 GB, IL West) Fifth Third Field ♦ Toledo, Ohio 58-68 (3rd, -14.5 GB, IL West) Game 1: RHP Alex McRae (7-7, 5.15) Games #127 & #128 // Road #65 & #66 Game 1: RHP Kyle Funkhouser (3-6, 7.50) Game 2: TBA Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / Fox Sports 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Game 2: TBA UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Thursday August 22 at Toledo RHP Cody Ponce (0-1, 9.00) vs. TBA 6:35 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Friday August 23 vs. Louisville RHP Yefry Ramirez (2-5, 4.26) vs. RHP Keury Mella (8-12, 4.80) 7:15 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Saturday August 24 vs. Louisville RHP James Marvel (4-0, 2.15) vs. RHP Jesus Reyes (1-4, 4.50) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Sunday August 25 at Louisville LHP Brandon Waddell (2-6, 9.59) vs. RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (4-11, 6.48) 2:00 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 19-17 Overall 61-65 Night Games: 42-48 MONDAY: Ke'Bryan Hayes homered for the second time in as many days, but the Mud Hens scored seven runs in the first two innings off Brandon Home 29-33 Waddell to run away with a series-opening 12-4 win over the Tribe on Monday night. Christin Stewart belted a three-run homer in the contest for Toledo. Before All-Star Break: 44-44 Road 32-32 After All-Star Break: 17-21 In addition to Hayes' home run, Jason Martin doubled twice and drove in two runs, and Mitchell Tolman recorded his first double and triple in a Tribe Place 2nd April: 13-11 uniform. Dovydas Neverauskas was the only Indy pitcher to not surrender a run (3.0ip, 0h, 1bb, 4k). Waddell (L, 2-6) yielded seven runs (six earned) on GA/GB -11.5 GB May: 18-9 six hits and three walks in two innings of work. The Tribe hit into a season-high five doubles plays in the setback. Streak L1 June: 10-19 Home Streak W1 July: 14-14 August: 6-12 HAYES HOMERS: Ke'Bryan Hayes upped his season home run total to 10 with a 389-foot line drive homer in the first Monday night, giving him home Road Streak L2 September: 0-0 Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) runs in back-to-back games for the second time this season (also: July 13-14 at Columbus). He is the fourth Indian this season to reach double digits in Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-3 long balls (also: Will Craig 21, Pablo Reyes 10, Kevin Kramer 10). The last time Indy had at least four players hit 10 or more homers in the same season Last 5 1-4 Tuesday: 9-9 Wednesday: 9-8 came in 2013 (Andrew Lambo 18, Brett Carroll 13, Jared Goedert 11, Tony Sanchez 10). Last 10 4-6 Thursday: 10-10 Home Openings/Lost 60/2 Friday: 9-13 J-MART: Jason Martin has hit safely in 17 of his last 21 games, posting a .333 average (26-for-78) with one triple, eight doubles, 13 RBI and eight runs Home Attendance 508,757 Saturday: 8-12 Avg. Home Attendance 8,479 Sunday: 10-10 scored. He is batting .304 (45-for-148) with three homers, one triple, 11 doubles and 24 RBI in 41 games since the beginning of July. Martin has also been one of Indy's more clutch hitters, batting .300 (24-for-80) with RISP. League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4th) Scoring First: 42-16 Opponent Scores First: 19-49 SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 27 ELMO: Jake Elmore has hit safely in four straight, 14 of his last 15 and 17 of his last 19 games overall, is hitting a league-best .347 (110-for-317) and Opponent Comeback Wins: 27 ranks third in OBP (.413). Indy's last batting champion was Junior Noboa (.340) in 1989 and they have had just four batting titles since 1969 (also: 2019 at Home: 5-3 Extra Innings: 5-7 2019 @ Toledo: 6-4 Shutout Record: 4-7 Bernie Carbo in 1969, Gene Locklear in 1972, Dallas Williams in 1987). Elmore's .347 average for the season would be the highest single-season qualify- Doubleheaders: 4-6 ing average by an Indy player since Williams hit .357 in 1987. All-Time at Home: 134-89 (.601) Commit An Error: 24-33 All-Time @ Toledo: 109-109 (.500) Commit No Errors: 37-32 Walk-Off Wins: 4 THE NEW KID: Mitchell Tolman was just 1-for-9 with two walks in his first three Triple-A games, but the 25-year-old doubled and triple in the No. 9 All-Time Totals: 243-198 (.551) Walk-Off Losses: 3 spot of the order Monday night for his first multi-hit game with the Tribe. The two-hit game was his first since Aug. 10 vs. Double-A Reading, and the 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 31-27 three-bagger he laced marked his first triple since July 1 at Akron. He did commit a crucial two-run fielding error in the first inning that aided Toledo's Category Player No. Rank vs. IL North: 16-21 five-run opening frame. vs. IL South: 14-17 AVG Elmore .347 1st Scoring 4+ Runs: 50-26 DOVY DOMINANCE: Dovydas Neverauskas yielded one walk and struck out four over three hitless innings in relief Monday night. The outing was just the OBP Elmore .413 3rd Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 11-39 Outhit Opponent: 46-14 second of his career where he threw three-plus innings without allowing a hit (also: May 21, 2015 with Single-A WV Power vs. Delmarma, 5.0ip). 2B Elmore 30 T-4th Outhit By Opponent: 10-43 L Vera 9 T-4th Teams Tie in Hits: 5-8 Indy Hits HR: 45-35 WALK THE WALK: Alex McRae makes his 20th start of the season for Indy tonight in game one of the doubleheader. Over his last four starts, the ERA Keller 3.56 1st Indy no HR: 16-30 right-hander is 1-1 with a 5.68 ERA (12er/19.0ip) and 14 walks against 14 strikeouts. He issued a career-high seven walks on Aug. 4 vs. COL. McRae WHIP Keller 1.24 2nd Opp. Hits HR: 40-44 Opp. no HR: 21-21 only walked 14 batters in nine starts combined from May 9-July 14. GS Vera 22 4th Lead After 6: 45-3 Trail After 6: 5-50 T-ROB: In 17 games since July 25, Robinson is hitting .328 (19-for-58) with three homers, two doubles, 11 RBI and four runs scored. The 31-year-old's CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Tied After 6: 11-12 SHO Marvel 1 T-1st Lead After 7: 52-2 average rests at .311 and has been above .300 for all but a six-day stretch (April 5-10). Trail After 7: 6-57 AVG vs. Keller .243 1st Tied After 7: 3-6 Lead After 8: 49-1 PLAYOFF SITUATION: The Indians' elimination number in the IL West is down to three following a win by Columbus last night. Barring a miracle finish, IP Vera 118.2 T-5th Trail After 8: 4-53 Indy is in danger of missing the postseason for a second straight campaign, which would be the first time that's happened since a five-year drought SO Keller 123 1st Tied After 8: 4-5 from 2007-11. From 2012-17, the Indians reached the Governors' Cup playoffs four times. GIDP McRae 13 T-5th Vs. LH Starter: 14-17 SV DuRapau/Neverauskas 9 T-2nd Vs. RH Starter: 47-48 FIGHT FOR SECOND: The Indians have finished first, second or tied for second in seven of nine seasons this decade, with their lone third-place finishes Series (W-L-S): 18-20-2 coming in 2010 and 2016. Toledo has only placed ahead of Indy once in the IL West over the last nine season, doing so last year when the Mud Hens won 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 6-5 the division and Indy tied for second with Columbus. Indians Mud Hens 2019 IL STANDINGS .254 Batting Avg .276 LOPSIDED L: The Indians' 12-4 loss Monday night was their biggest defeat to the Mud Hens since a 9-1 loss on Aug. 2, 2018 at Fifth Third Field. The 565 Runs 677 WEST next-largest margin of defeat by Indy vs. Toledo was a 10-run loss (13-3) on April 9, 2018 at Victory Field. The Tribe have lost eight games this year by 1065 Hits 1191 Team W-L GB eight or more runs and own just three such wins. 253 Doubles 237 COL 73-54 - 22 Triples 39 IND 61-65 11.5 GRAB THE LEAD: Indy is a league-best 42-16 (.724) when scoring first and has scored first in 21 of 38 games since the break, compiling a 14-7 record.