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LEVELAND INDIANS 2013 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION

CLEVELAND INDIANS (92-70 in 2013) vs. (92-71 in 2013) RHP Danny Salazar (2-3, 3.12) vs. RHP Alex Cobb (11-3, 2.76) A.L. Game » Wed., Oct. 2, 2013 » » 8:07 p.m. (ET) » TBS/ESPN Radio/WTAM/WMMS, IRN UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATION Date Opponent Probable - vs. Opponent First Pitch Radio/TV Fri. Oct 4 at Boston A.L. Division Series Game 1: Probables TBD 3:07PM ET TBS, ESPN Radio, WTAM-WMMS Sat. Oct 5 at Boston A.L. Division Series Game 2: Probables TBD 5:37PM ET TBS, ESPN Radio, WTAM-WMMS

WILD THING, I THINK I LOVE YOU: The ended a 5-year POSTSEASON HISTORY: The Cleveland Indians are 44-41 (.518) all-time in playoff drought, qualifying for the Postseason as a “Wild Card” holder for the first Postseason games played dating back to their appearance in the 1920 World time in club history since MLB playoff formats expanded beyond divisional play Series against the Brooklyn Robins (Indians won best-of-nine series 5-2)...Indi- prior to the 1994 strike-shortened campaign...the 2013 season marked just the ans have gone 27-16 (.628) at home and 17-25 (.405) on the road...Tribe did not 2nd time in 19 seasons (since ‘95 ) for a Wild Card holder to come out of the A.L. return to the playoff until winning the 1948 vs. the Boston Braves Central Division, as Cleveland joined the 2006 (Lost World Series (4-2)...Cleveland also won A.L. Championships before falling in the World Series to St. Louis, 4-1). in 1954 (0-4 vs. Giants), 1995 (2-4 vs. ) & 1997 (3-4 vs. • In just the 2nd season since the amended dual-Wild Card format, Cleveland Florida)...the Indians most recent playoff appearance came in 2007 when they secured the “One Seed” on the final day of the Tribe’s regular season (Sunday) advanced to the ALCS before losing to the in 7 games. with a 5-1 victory over the at ...UBALDO JIMENEZ matched a career-high with 13 and held the Twins to a single over : Progressive Field, the Indians home in Cleveland since 6.2 IP for his 13th win; NICK SWISHER’s 2-run HR in the first inning proved to 1994, is set to host her first Postseason game since Game 5 of the 2007 ALCS be the decisive tally. (Oct. 18), which pitted Cleveland against the Boston Red Sox - who await the • The Indians finished the season with a half-game lead over Tampa Bay, the winner of tonight’s game in the 2013 ALDS...the Indians are 21-13 (.618) all- 2nd Wild Card holder, as the Rays defeated Texas 5-2 in tie-breaker Game 163 time in Postseason games played here at Progressive Field, which stands on Monday night at Rangers Ballpark...Cleveland entered the month of Sept. as the 3rd-highest home winning pct. by any A.L. team in the playoffs since 1994 with a 4.5-game deficit in the A.L. Wild Card race. behind only Detroit (.706, 12-5) and New York-AL (.627, 52-31)...Tribe won 7 of their first 9 playoff games at this park; Indians have won 4 of last 5 and 7 of TALK OF THE TOWN: The Cleveland Indians finished the 2013 campaign with last 10 at home since 1999 ALDS...Progressive Field (34) is also tied with a record of 92-70 (.568) to earn their first Postseason berth since winning an A.L. for hosting the 3rd-most Postseason games of any ballpark Central Division title in 2007, which was also club’s last season to finish above in the Majors since 1994 behind Old (63) & the Braves’ Turner the .500-mark (96-66). Field (36). • Tribe’s .568 winning pct. was 4th-highest in the A.L. behind Boston (.599, 97- ALL-TIME OFFENSE IN POSTSEASON GAMES 65), Oakland (.593, 96-66) and Detroit (.574, 93-69) - the 3 respective division- PLAYED AT PROGRESSIVE FIELD (1994-Present) winners - and T7th-highest in the Majors. TEAM RPG (R/G) AVG (H-AB) 2B 3B HR OPS (OBP/SLG) SB • 2013 marked Cleveland’s 8th 90-win season since 1995, 18th 90-win season CLE: 5.4 (183/34) .250 (291-1162) 62 7 46 .779 (.344/.435) 36 in franchise history...after a 5-10 start to the year from April 2-19, Cleveland went OPP: 4.3 (147/34) .241 (288/1195) 52 1 42 .711 (.319/.392) 29 an A.L.-best 87-60 (.592) the rest of the way, good for the 2nd-highest winning pct. in the Majors beginning April 20 behind only St. Louis (.603, 88-58)...the INDIANS POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Cleveland’s 25-man A.L. Wild Card Indians won 10 straight, 15 of 17 (.882 since Sept. 12), 40 of 62 (.645 since July roster, announced earlier this morning, includes a number of players who have 24) and 62 of their last 99 games (.626 since June 11) to finish the season... previously appeared in Postseason play, including: Cleveland held a lead at some point in 31 of club’s 70 losses. • NICK SWISHER (46G)...2006 (OAK: ALDS, ALCS), 2008 (CWS: ALDS), 2009 (NYY: ALDS, ALCS, WS), 2010 (NYY: ALDS, ALCS), 2011 (NYY: ALDS), 2012 IN TITO WE TRUST: Guided by in his first year with the club, (NYY: ALDS, ALCS). Cleveland went 92-70 (.568) after going 68-94 (.420) in 2012...the Indians • JASON GIAMBI (45G)...2000 (OAK: ALDS), 2001 (OAK: ALDS), 2002 (NYY: earned their 69th win on Aug. 21 to surpass last year’s win total...ignoring the im- ALDS), 2003 (NYY: ALDS, ALCS, WS), 2005 (NYY: ALDS), 2006 (NYY: ALDS), pact of strike-shortened seasons in 1981 and 1994, the Tribe’s 24-win increase 2007 (NYY: ALDS), 2009 (COL: NLDS). matched the largest year-to-year improvement in franchise history, which oc- • MARC RZEPCZYNSKI (17G)...2011 (StL: NLDS, NLCS, WS), 2012 (StL: WC, curred when Cleveland saw a 24-win jump from 1985 (60-102) to 1986 (84-78)... NLDS, NLCS). among Divisional Era (Since 1969) managers in their first ever season with a • ASDRUBAL CABRERA (11G)...2007 (CLE: ALDS, ALCS). team, that is tied for the 8th-largest such win improvement, although Francona is • (9G)...2008 (BOS: ALDS, ALCS). just the 7th skipper on that list to win at least 90 games in the process of helping • (9G)...2011 (DET: ALDS, ALCS). his team win at least 24 more games than previous season. • SCOTT KAZMIR (8G/7GS)...2008 (TB: ALDS, ALCS, WS), 2009 (LAA: ALDS, ALCS). LARGEST WIN IMPROV. IN MGR’s 1st SEASON w/TEAM, SINCE 1969 • DREW STUBBS (8G)...2010 (CIN: NLDS), 2012 (CIN: NLDS). (excludes strikes & additional terms w/ same team) • UBALDO JIMENEZ (5G/5GS)...2007 (COL: NLDS, NLCS, WS), 2009 (COL: • NLDS). Team +/- W-L Manager Team +/- W-L ‘93 SF +31 103-59 ‘84 ChC +25 96-66 • BRYAN SHAW (4G)...2011 (ARI: NLDS). ‘80 OAK +29 83-79 ‘06 DET +24 95-67 • (3G)...2007 (PHI: NLDS), 2012 (ATL: WC). ‘13 BOS +27 96-66 Terry Francona ‘13 CLE +24 92-70 • RICH HILL (1G/1GS)...2007 (ChC: NLDS). ‘77 CWS +26 90-72 ‘84 NYM +22 90-72 G. Bamberger ‘78 MIL +26 93-69 ‘01 PHI +21 86-76 Among current Indians, Swisher (46G) narrowly edges Giambi (45G) for most ‘05 ARI +26 77-85 Dusty Baker ‘03 ChC +21 88-74 playoff games played, as Nick has now appeared in 6 straight and 7 of the last Francona guided a team to at least 90 wins for the 7th time in his career, T2nd- 8 Postseasons...Giambi leads all current Indians with 7 PS home runs, ahead of most among active managers with Davey Johnson (retired in ‘13) & Jim Leyland Swisher (4), Raburn (2) and Cabrera (1)...Jason’s 19 Postseason RBI are also behind Dusty Baker (8). most on the team....Kazmir, Masterson and Rzepczynski (one each) are only • With 9 consecutive winning seasons, the longest streak by any active skipper, Tribe hurlers to record a PS win...Bourn and Rzepczynski (2012) are the only Tito has notched at least 86 wins in each of those campaigns - good for the 6th- current Indians who participated in a Wild Card play-in game last season under longest streak by any manager in MLB history. the new Postseason format. • Has guided his teams to the MLB Postseason on 6 different occasions (includ- ing 2013 with the Indians), compiling an all-time winning pct. of .622 (28-17) in VS. TAMPA BAY: The Indians and Rays are set to square off for the first time the playoffs, which stands as the 2nd-best mark in MLB history (min 25G) behind ever in Postseason play...Tampa Bay held a 4-2 edge in the 2013 regular season Joe McCarthy (.698, 30-13). series, taking 2 of 3 at both Progressive Field and ...Cleveland • Has won all 8 World Series games he has managed, the most wins w/o a loss was shut out on the road in the first 2 games of that series with RHP Alex Cobb, in the history of the Fall Classic...Has won 7 of 10 playoff series overall. tonight’s opposing starter, earning the win in the latter tilt...the 2 clubs played through unique circumstances in a May 31 contest here in Cleveland, as the BIG TEN INCH RECORD: If Cleveland is to advance to the A.L. Division Series 4-hour, 49-min. game ended at 2:53AM ET (9-2 Rays win)...the Indians have against Boston the club will need its 11th consecutive victory to board a flight an all-time record of 75-50 (.605) against the Rays (1998-present), going 43-20 bound for Fenway Park, as the Indians reeled of 10 consecutive victories to (.694) at Progressive Field and 32-30 at Tropicana Field. end the season with their longest winning streak since Aug. 17-27, 2008 (10 straight)...Cleveland out-scored opponents 57-24 (5.7 RPG) during that 10- MISC: Former Tribe slugger Andre Thornton, a four-time All-Star & Indians Hall game stretch, batting .293 with 20 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR and 7 steals; hit .316 (30-95) of Famer, will throw out the before the game...tonight’s w/ RISP...pitching staff posted 2.30 ERA (23ER/90.0IP) with 120 SO/22 BB... match-up features a pair of starters (Salazar/Cobb) making their first career according to research gathered with the help of STATS LLC, Cleveland became Postseason appearances. just the 6th MLB team in the Modern Era (since 1900) to finish a season with a winning streak of at least 10 games, joining the 1915 White Sox (11), 1937 THIS DAY IN MUSIC: 1995: Oasis released their album “What’s The Story Pirates (10), 1960 Yankees (15), 1970 Orioles (11) & 1971 Orioles (11). (Morning Glory)”...1998: Country legend Gene Autry passed away at 91.

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