Tribe Tips 2018 at a GLANCE Day Games: 8-9 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: the Indians Jumped out to a 3-0 Lead After Just the Opening Half Inning
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_______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Monday, May 28, 2018 2:05 p.m. ET Charlotte Knights 25-22 (2nd, -4.5 GB, IL West) BB&T Ballpark Charlotte, NC 19-30 (4th, -10.0 GB, IL South) ♦ RHP Clay Holmes (2-2, 4.37) Game #48 / Road #25 RHP Michael Kopech (1-2, 3.97) Radio/TV: FoxSports975.com / iHeart app / MiLB TV UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Tuesday May 29 vs. Gwinnett RHP Tyler Eppler (4-2, 3.13) vs. TBD 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Wednesday May 30 vs. Gwinnett TBD vs. TBD 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Thursday May 31 vs. Gwinnett RHP Alex McRae (1-4, 5.04) vs. TBD 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Friday June 1 vs. Scranton/W-B RHP J.T. Brubaker (2-1, 3.32) vs. TBD 7:15 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2018 indy bits Tribe Tips 2018 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 8-9 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Indians jumped out to a 3-0 lead after just the opening half inning. Jordan Luplow hit a sac fly, Kevin Kramer doubled and Overall 25-22 Night Games: 17-13 Home 14-9 Jacob Stallings reached by error to score runs and sway the momentum. Charlotte tacked on four runs over the next five innings to take a 4-3 lead Before All-Star Break: 25-22 Road 11-13 After All-Star Break: 0-0 that would stick. The Knights used 10 hits, four of which were doubles, to pile up the runs. J.T. Brubaker was chased after 4.2 innings where he let up Place 2nd April: 11-10 nine hits and three earned runs, receiving his first loss as a result. Kevin Newman reached safely in three of his four plate appearances, slapping two GA/GB -4.5 May: 14-12 Streak L1 June: 0-0 hits and walking once. Casey Gillaspie and Eddy Alvarez combined for five of the Knights' 10 hits and pitched in six of their runs - three RBI and three Home Streak W1 July: 0-0 August: 0-0 runs scored. Road Streak L1 September: 0-0 Longest Winning Streak 3 (2x, mr: 5/20-22) Longest Losing Streak 2 (5x, mr: 5/19-20) Monday: 3-2 Last 5 2-3 Tuesday: 6-1 REMEMBER MEMORIAL DAY: The Indians have played 19 games on Memorial Day in the Victory Field Era, accumulating a 9-10 record. Away from Wednesday: 1-7 home, they have a 6-5 record. Their biggest win on the holiday happened twice, both 8-4 wins on the road - May 29, 2006 at Syracuse and May 25, Last 10 5-5 Thursday: 5-0 Home Openings 23 Friday: 2-6 2015 at Buffalo. Over the last five games, Indy won just one game and has been outscored by 17 runs. Indy played all five of those games against IL Home Attendance 157,964 Saturday: 5-2 North teams. The largest crowd to attend a Memorial Day game in the Victory Field Era was at The Vic in 2016. 10,985 fans saw Rochester drop the Avg. Attendance 6,868 Sunday: 3-4 League Rank (Total/Avg) 5th/4th Tribe 7-0. Scoring First: 20-11 Opponent Scoring First: 5-11 SERIES HISTORY Extra Innings: 0-1 Shutout Record: 5-3 FAMILIAR FACES, NEW PLACE: Both Clay Holmes and Michael Kopech will start on the hill today in the final game of the series. On April 20, the 2018 at Home: 2-1 Doubleheaders: 0-1-0 two pitchers squared off at The Vic in a Friday night showdown, the clubs' first meeting this season. Indy won that game 4-1, giving Kopech his first 2018 @ Charlotte: 1-2 Commit An Error: 7-13 All-Time at Home: 64-38 (.627) Commit No Errors: 18-9 decision of the season - a loss. Kopech's effort did not go unnoticed, however, as he whiffed 10 Indians hitters across his 5.0 innings of work. He only Walk-Off Wins: 1 All-Time @ Charlotte: 47-56 (.456) Walk-Off Losses: 1 walked one, but gave up three earned runs that resulted in the loss. Clay Holmes did not receive a decision as he pitched just 4.0 innings. The Auburn All-Time Totals: 111-94 (.541) vs. IL West: 13-10 product surrendered two hits and struck out three. When the two square off Monday, it will mark the first rematch between a Tribe starter and an 2018 league leaders vs. IL North: 4-4 vs. IL South: 8-8 opposing hurler this season. Category Player No. Rank Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-5 AVG Bostick .329 T-1st Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 5-17 LIGHTING UP THE LEFTIES: Three of the Tribe's regular starters are hitting especially well against left-handed pitchers this season. Jordan Luplow Newman .322 T-5th Out-Hit Opponent: 21-4 Out-Hit By Opponent: 4-17 (13-for 41), Kevin Newman (18-for-51) and Jacob Stallings (14-for-38) are all hitting above .300 against southpaw pitching, and the three combine Hits Newman 55 2nd Teams Tie in Hits: 0-1 for a .346 average (45-for-130). Between them, they've clobbered 17 extra-base hits and racked up 24 RBI against lefties. Not to mention they've Bostick 51 4th Indy Hits HR: 9-8 3B Bostick/Luplow/Weiss 3 T-3rd Indy no HR: 16-14 also drawn 11 walks. Opp. Hits HR: 8-13 2B Bostick/Wood 15 T-3rd Opp. no HR: 17-9 Osuna 12 T-8th Lead After 6: 20-2 Trail After 6: 2-17 DOUBLE THE EFFORT: The Indians have bashed 123 doubles this season, good for the top mark in the league. No other team in the IL has hit 100, the Runs Newman 30 1st Tied After 6: 3-2 XBH Bostick/Wood 20 T-6th Lead After 7: 22-2 closest being Toledo at 99, which ranks second. The Tribe are averaging 2.62 doubles per game, putting them on pace for 366 doubles. The franchise Trail After 7: 1-19 record for doubles in a season is 378, set over a 166-game season in 1931. The Victory Field era record for doubles in a season is 299, accomplished SV Hellweg 9 2nd Tied After 7: 2-0 Holds Anderson 8 1st Lead After 8: 23-0 in both 1998 and 2000. Trail After 8: 1-18 2018 TEAM COMPARISON Tied After 8: 0-1 KEVIN STILL KILLING IT: Kevin Newman has 30 hits since May 8, tied for the most in Triple-A with Toledo's Ronny Rodriguez. The total also places Indians Knights Vs. LH Starter: 10-4 .276 Batting Avg .240 Vs. RH Starter: 15-18 him in a tie for fifth in all of professional baseball. Newman is batting .394 (37-for-94) through 24 games in May, as he tries to become just the fourth 210 Runs 170 Series (W-L-S): 7-4-3 player since 2005 to post an average at or above .400 (min. 75 ABs) for an entire month. He needs just six more knocks to match Josh Bell's record 43 429 Hits 389 hits set in June 2016. 123 Doubles 83 2018 IL STANDINGS 13 Triples 10 WEST 24 Home Runs 28 SETTING THE BAR: The Indians lead the IL in average (.276), doubles (123), OBP (.338). They also rank second in slugging percentage (.419) and 196 RBI 156 Team W-L GB TOL 30-18 - are tied for second in triples (13). Plus, they rank third in fewest strikeouts (351) and fourth in stolen bases (37) and runs scored (210 - 4.5 runs per 650 Total Bases 576 131 Walks 156 IND 25-22 4.5 game). COL 23-25 7.0 351 Strikeouts 449 LOU 16-30 13.0 37 Stolen Bases 39 TERRIFIC TRIO: Johnny Hellweg, Tanner Anderson and Dovydas Neverauskas have dominated IL opposition since April 7. The trio has combined for 11 18 Caught Stealing 16 NORTH .338 OBP .312 Team W-L GB saves and a 0.46 ERA (3 ER/58.1 IP) since that date. They've yielded just 39 hits and 19 walks with 52 strikeouts, posting a 0.99 WHIP along the way. .419 SLG .356 LHV 28-20 - BUF 22-19 2.5 SULTANS OF SAVE: Indy's bullpen overall in May has been spectacular. Thirteen total pitchers have taken the bump for Indy this month, collecting a 400.1 Innings Pitched 427.2 ROC 24-22 3.0 2.23 ERA (24 ER/97.0 IP). Indians relievers have combined for 12 saves, 14 holds and a 2.88 ERA this season. 3.91 ERA 4.44 SYR 23-24 4.5 1.44 WHIP 1.37 SWB 22-26 6.0 THIS ROAD TRIP BY THE NUMBERS 12 Saves 10 PAW 20-27 7.5 Games 3 ERA 1.80 (5 ER/25.0 IP) 405 Hits Allowed 409 Record 1-2 Starter W-L 0-1 SOUTH 8 208 Runs Allowed 237 Average .226 (21-for-93) Starter ERA 4.50 (5 ER/10.0 IP) The number of strikeouts starter Clay Holmes needs to eclipse 400 strikeouts for 174 ER Allowed 211 Team W-L GB Runs (Avg/Gm) 10 (3.3) Reliever W-L 1-1 DUR 28-19 - XBH (Avg/Gm) 5 (1.7) Reliever ERA 0.00 (0 ER/15.0 IP) his career.