INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION [ Indianapolis Indians501 //West Communications Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, _______________________________________ IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Tuesday, May 18, 2021 8:05 PM ET St. Paul Saints 7-4 (2nd, 0.5 GB, AAA-E MW) CHS Field ♦ St. Paul, MN 5-7 (5th, 3.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Beau Sulser (1-0, 2.35) Game #12 / Road #6 RHP Griffin Jax (1-0, 1.80) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 7-4 2021 @ IND: 0-0 Home 5-1 Road 2-3 SUNDAY AFTERNOON: The Indians took five of six games from the Toledo Mud Hens last week after capping the series with their first walk-off 2021 @ STP: 0-0 Place 2nd win of the season. Trailing 5-0 following the first inning, the Indians put together a four-run second frame, added a run in the eighth and Since 1938 @ IND: 131-116 (.530) GA/GB 0.5 GB walked off in the ninth to take sole possession of second place in the Triple-A East. After the five-run first, Toledo was held scoreless thanks Since 1938 @ STP: 109-136 (.445) Streak W3 Since 1938 Totals: 240-252 (.488) Home Streak W3 to the combined effort of LHP Blake Weiman, RHP Matt Eckelman and RHP Shea Spitzbarth in 6.0 five-hit innings. Chase De Jong started the Road Streak L2 Longest Winning Streak 3 game and fanned six batters in 3.0 innings, and the pitching staff ended the night with 10 strikeouts. 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 2 Indians Saints Last 5 4-1 Last 10 6-4 WALK-OFF WINNER: First baseman Christian Bethancourt singled home Travis Swaggerty with two outs in the ninth inning to score the .198 BA .216 Home Openings/Lost 6/0 winning Indianapolis run for the team’s first walk-off of the season. In 2019, the Indians had four walk-off wins, two of which game in the 45 R 45 Home Attendance 16,188 70 H 82 Avg. Home Attendance 2,686 ninth inning. On Aug. 18, 2019, the Indians came back from a five-run deficit vs. Lehigh Valley with a five-run ninth inning and walked-off in 11 2B 12 League Rank (Total/Avg) 11th/12th 3 3B 1 the 10th on a Christian Kelley single. 17 HR 15 Day Games 2-1 42 RBI 45 Night Games 5-3 138 TB 141 Before All-Star Break 7-4 COMEBACK WINS: The Indians five-run comeback on Sunday afternoon marked the team’s fourth comeback win against Toledo of five runs 47 BB 50 After All-Star Break 0-0 since 2005, a high when facing that opponent. The three previous games in which Indianapolis came back to win by that margin are listed 116 K 128 May 7-4 11 SB 10 June 0-0 below. 5 CS 2 July 0-0 .304 OBP .311 August 0-0 .391 SLG .371 September 0-0 » 6/25/10 vs. TOL: Trailed 5-0 through the top of the third and scored six runs on five hits in the sixth inning. Jeff Clement went 2-for-5 with Tuesday 2-0 five RBI and the Indians won, 9-8. 97.2 IP 104.1 Wednesday 1-1 3.13 ERA 4.57 Thursday 1-1 » 6/12/08 at TOL: Trailed 6-1 through six innings and scored five runs in the seventh, one in the eighth and one in the ninth for an 8-6 win. 1.28 WHIP 1.51 Friday 1-1 Ronny Paulino hit a one-out grand slam in the seventh and Steve Pearce and Brian Bixler had three hits apiece. 5 SV 1 Saturday 1-0 86 H 113 Sunday 1-1 » 7/2/06 at TOL: Trailed 5-0 entering the eighth inning, scored six runs on three walks and four hits in the ninth inning for a 7-6 win. The 41 R 59 Scoring First 5-1 Indians batted around in the ninth inning and all runs crossed home plate with two outs. 34 ER 53 Opponent Scores First 2-3 11 HR 8 Comeback Wins 3 5 HB 9 Opponent Comeback Wins 2 DUSTIN HITTING DINGERS: With a game-tying long ball in the eighth inning Sunday afternoon, Dustin Fowler has hit a home run in each of 39 BB 45 Extra Innings 0-1 his last two games with the Indians. Indianapolis’ primary right fielder has recorded two hits in three of his last four games and is hitting .412 112 K 114 Shutout Record 1-0 Doubleheaders 0-0 (7-for-17) with three extra-base hits, five RBI and five runs scored in his last five games. INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Commit An Error 3-4 Commit No Errors 4-0 vs. AAA-E Midwest: 7-4 Walk-Off Wins 1 BETHANCOURT ON BASE: Catcher turned Indians first baseman Christian Bethancourt has hit safely in his first four games with Indianapolis vs. AAA-E Southeast: 0-0 Walk-Off Losses 1 going into tonight’s game at St. Paul. Through those contests, he is hitting .333 (6-for-18) with two multi-hit games and three RBI. After vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Scoring 4+ Runs 6-1 Series (W-L-S): 1-1-0 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 1-3 spending spring training with Philadelphia, the 29-year-old was signed by Pittsburgh as a minor league free agent on May 1. Entering Sweeps: 0-0 Outhit Opponent 2-1 tonight’s game, he is hitting .298 (290-for-972) with 34 home runs in 282 career Triple-A games. Outhit By Opponent 4-3 Teams Tie in Hits 1-0 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Indy Hits HR 7-2 THE HOME RUNS ARE HELPING: The Indians now have homered in six consecutive games, and the daily offensive surge helped lead them to Indy no HR 0-2 MIDWEST Opp. Hits HR 3-3 the series win over Toledo. Of the 31 runs scored vs. Toledo, 20 were scored via the long ball. The most home runs the Indians hit in a single Opp. no HR 4-1 homestand in 2019 was eight compared to the 13 they had through the homestand vs. Toledo. It was the first time dating back through the Team W-L GB Lead After 6 5-1 OMA 8-4 - Trail After 6 2-3 2016 season that the Indians hit at least 10 home runs during a homestand at Victory Field. IND 7-4 0.5 Tied After 6 0-0 Lead After 7 5-1 COL 6-5 1.5 Trail After 7 1-3 SCOUTING ST. PAUL: St. Paul enters this series in fifth place of the Triple-A East Midwest division. The Saints, in their first season of affiliat- IOW 6-5 1.5 Tied After 7 1-0 STP 5-7 3.0 Lead After 8 6-0 ed baseball since 1960, rank 17th in the league with a .216 average (82-for-380) and 13th with a 4.57 ERA (53er/104.1ip). They are coming TOL 3-8 4.5 Trail After 8 0-3 off a series tie vs. the Iowa Cubs, who the Indians lost the Opening Week series to in five games. LOU 3-8 4.5 Tied After 8 1-1 Vs. LH Starter 0-1 NORTHEAST Vs. RH Starter 7-3 RETURN TO THE TWIN CITIES: Indianapolis and St. Paul faced each other as members of the American Association from 1902-60. Dating back to 1938, St. Paul owns the head-to-head series record, 240-252 (.488) with an edge at home 109-136 (.455). The last time the two Team W-L GB SWB 9-3 - league leaders teams met, in 1960, St. Paul took the series 15-7. BUF 9-3 - LHV 7-5 2.0 Category Player No. Rank SWEEPING THE SAINTS: Thanks to three doubleheaders and a lone solo game at St. Paul from Aug. 16-19, 1956, the Indians notched a WOR 7-5 2.0 CS Alford 2 T-1st ROC 2-10 7.0 Tucker 2 T-1st seven-game sweep of St. Paul. The Indians outscored St. Paul in the series, 50-22. The Indians won 10 consecutive games against St. Paul SYR 2-10 7.0 SO De Jong 22 T-1st that season from Aug. 8 (1) onward, and finished with a 15-8 record against the American Association rival. SV Gustave 3 T-2nd SOUTHEAST last homestand BY THE NUMBERS Team W-L GB Games 6 ERA 3.00 (18er/54.0ip) GWN 9-3 - Record 5-1 Starter W-L 2-0 JAX 8-4 1.0 Average .237 (45-for-190) Starter ERA 4.13 (13er/28.1ip) 17 runs DUR 7-5 2.0 Runs (Avg/Gm) 31 (5.2) Reliever W-L 3-1 NAS 6-5 2.5 XBH (Avg/Gm) 20 (3.3) Reliever ERA 1.75 (5er/25.2ip) The Indians highest margin of victory vs. St. Paul dating back to 1938 came on CLT 6-6 3.0 Home Runs 13 Walks 17 July 7, 1943 (1) when Indianapolis took home an 18-1 win at home. MEM 4-8 5.0 Stolen Bases 4 Strikeouts 53 NOR 3-9 6.0 RISP .229 (11-for-48) Save/Opps 3/5 [ Indianapolis Indians // Communications Department ] _______________________________________upcoming pitching matchups DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Wednesday May 19 at St.