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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Wednesday, June 30, 2021 1:35 PM ET Iowa Cubs 25-23 (3rd, 7.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 18-28 (6th, 13.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Mitch Keller (0-0, 3.18) Game #49 / Home #20 RHP Mike Hauschild (0-1, 5.68) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / MyINDYTV 23 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 25-23 2021 @ IND: 0-1 Home 14-5 LAST NIGHT: Thanks to a pouring of I-Cubs’ runs in the top of the third inning, the Indians lost the first game of the six-game series to Iowa, 9-3. After Road 11-18 2021 @ IOW: 2-3 Place 3rd the Cubs took a lead on back-to-back home runs by Michael Hermosillo and Taylor Gushue with two outs in the first inning, the Indians scored two runs Since 1988 @ IND: 50-28 (.641) GA/GB 7.0 GB on a long ball of their own by Will Craig. The Cubs then poured on the runs in the third inning, sending 10 to the plate with eight consecutive reaching Since 1988 @ IOW: 43-41 (.512) Streak L3 Since 1988 Totals: 93-69 (.574) Home Streak L1 safely after starter Cam Vieaux recorded the first two outs to begin the inning. The six runs on five hits were the difference in the game, giving Iowa Road Streak L2 Longest Winning Streak 5 more than enough runs it needed for the win. The Indians got one run back in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single off the bat of Cole Tucker, but 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 Iowa took the run back in the top of the ninth for the 9-3 final. Indians I-Cubs Last 5 2-3 Last 10 4-6 .227 BA .244 Home Openings/Lost 18/1 MOONSHOT: Down 2-0 in the first inning, cleanup hitter Will Craig tucked a towering fly ball into the left-field corner of the lawn for his eighth home 206 R 215 Home Attendance 76,306 356 H 370 Avg. Home Attendance 4,239 run of the season to tie the game. Craig has four home runs in as many games after notching his third career multi-homer game on June 25 at Louis- 73 2B 77 League Rank (Total/Avg) 14th/10th 8 3B 6 ville. In that time frame, he has seven RBI. Since joining the Indians lineup from Pittsburgh on June 10, the first baseman is hitting .328 (22-for-67) 54 HR 42 Day Games 4-5 with five home runs and 16 RBI. In 24 games with Indy this season, Craig is hitting .301 (28-for-93) with a team-leading eight home runs and 23 RBI. 190 RBI 205 Night Games 21-18 607 TB 585 Before All-Star Break 25-23 He finished the 2019 season leading the Indians with 23 home runs and 78 RBI. 196 BB 185 After All-Star Break 0-0 486 K 439 May 11-12 26 SB 31 June 14-11 ADDING REINFORCEMENTS: Two relief arms were added to the Indians’ pitching staff prior to their game on Tuesday to help offset the recent trans- 10 CS 8 July 0-0 actions made to pad Pittsburgh’s starting staff. Relief righty Geoff Hartlieb was optioned back to Indianapolis when starter Max Kranick was officially .321 OBP .334 August 0-0 .387 SLG .386 September 0-0 recalled by the Pirates to make his MLB debut on Sunday. In seven outings with the Indians this season, he is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA (2er/6.2ip) with eight Tuesday 6-3 strikeouts. More on the second reliever added, Austin Davis, is below. 419.0 IP 400.2 Wednesday 2-4 4.06 ERA 4.83 Thursday 4-5 1.33 WHIP 1.29 Friday 5-4 SOUTHPAW SUCCESS: Southpaw Austin Davis was also optioned to Indy on Tuesday morning, one day after the big-league club recalled starter Cody 10 SV 6 Saturday 5-2 Ponce. After a scoreless inning of work last night, Davis hasn’t allowed a run in his last 3.2 innings. Only one of his nine Triple-A appearances this 389 H 365 Sunday 3-5 212 R 244 season have featured runs, and he began his stint with Indianapolis on a 5.1 inning scoreless streak. In total, he is 0-1 with a 2.70 ERA (3er/10.0ip) and Game 1 6-3 189 ER 215 Game 2 2-6 15 strikeouts, with his loss and earned runs all coming on June 10 at Nashville. 51 HR 76 Game 3 5-3 24 HB 23 Game 4 4-4 167 BB 152 Game 5 6-2 TODAY: The Indians will look to bounce back and tie the series with the Iowa Cubs this afternoon at 1:35 PM ET at Victory Field. The first time the 449 K 442 Game 6 3-4 two teams met this season, Indianapolis shut out Iowa in the first game of the series, only to lose the rain-shortened five-game set, three games to Scoring First 17-6 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Opponent Scores First 8-17 two. The Indians would not only tie the series with a win but would also break a three-game losing streak, their longest since dropping three straight Comeback Wins 9 from June 9-11 at Nashville. RHP Mitch Keller will make his second start with Indy this season and first at Victory Field against RHP Mike Hauschild. vs. Teams At/Above .500: 5-10 Opponent Comeback Wins 8 vs. Teams Below .500: 20-13 Extra Innings 3-2 Hauschild, a veteran, has made just two starts with Iowa this season and has not gone further than 3.2 innings in an outing. vs. AAA-E Midwest: 17-19 Shutout Record 1-3 vs. AAA-E Southeast: 8-4 Doubleheaders 2-0 vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Commit An Error 10-17 MITCH AT THE VIC: Mitch Keller will make his first start at Victory Field since Aug. 2, 2019, his last Triple-A start of that season. In 11 starts at Victory Commit No Errors 15-6 Field during his International League Most Valuable Pitcher campaign, Keller went 4-4 with a 3.55 ERA (25er/63.1ip) and 69 of his 123 strikeouts. Series (W-L-S): 4-3-1 Walk-Off Wins 3 Sweeps: 0-1 Walk-Off Losses 5 This season, Keller has made three appearances (one start) with Indianapolis and has compiled a 3.18 ERA (2er/5.2ip) with three walks and seven Scoring 4+ Runs 22-6 strikeouts. In two relief appearances at Victory Field, he has allowed one unearned run in 1.2 innings with five strikeouts. 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 3-17 Outhit Opponent 16-5 MIDWEST HISTORY VS. IOWA: Indianapolis and Iowa played each other from 1969-1997 as members of the American Association. On June 23, 1997, the Outhit By Opponent 6-17 Team W-L GB Teams Tie in Hits 3-1 Indians scored 10 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to set a Victory Field era record for runs in a single inning and went on to beat Iowa by 16 Indy Hits HR 21-13 OMA 32-16 - Indy no HR 4-10 runs (18-2), the largest margin of victory for Indianapolis against Iowa since 1988. TOL 26-22 6.0 Opp. Hits HR 14-16 IND 25-23 7.0 Opp. no HR 11-7 COL 23-25 9.0 Lead After 6 19-2 IT’S A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT: On this date in 1990, Indianapolis prevailed at Iowa in 14 innings, 5-4, behind an 18-hit attack. The Indians sent Trail After 6 3-19 STP 22-26 10.0 Tied After 6 3-2 the game to extra innings by scoring one run in the ninth to make it 3-3, and both teams traded single runs in the 12th to extend the game further. IOW 18-28 13.0 Lead After 7 19-1 Indy left 19 total runners on base to Iowa’s eight in the triumph. It was the longest game by innings between the two teams dating back to 1988, with LOU 18-30 14.0 Trail After 7 2-19 Tied After 7 4-3 the next-longest coming exactly seven years later on June 30, 1997. Iowa won that ‘97 contest, 5-4, in 12 innings. NORTHEAST Lead After 8 19-1 Trail After 8 0-18 Team W-L GB Tied After 8 4-4 NO THANKS: In the series finale of Opening Week on May 9 in Des Moines, four Iowa Cubs pitchers combined to throw the first no-hitter against the SWB 33-13 - Vs. LH Starter 6-5 Indians since April 18, 2018 (1) at Syracuse (7.0 innings) and the last 9.0-inning no-no since June 10, 2002 against Columbus. Shelby Miller, Tommy BUF 28-19 5.5 Vs. RH Starter 19-18 Nance (W), Brad Wieck and Ryan Meisinger (S) combined with 15 strikeouts and held the Indians to three baserunners (all walks) and only three balls WOR 29-20 5.5 LHV 21-28 13.5 league leaders hit to the outfield (Chris Sharpe, Cole Tucker and Kevin Kramer).