game information indianapolis indians _______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Sunday, August 4, 2019 1:35 p.m. ET Columbus Clippers 56-55 (2nd, -7.0 GB, IL West) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 63-48 (1st, +7.0 GA, IL West) RHP Alex McRae (6-6, 4.96) Game #112 // Home #56 RHP Shao-Ching Chiang (6-7, 5.67) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / Fox Sports 1260 AM / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Monday OFF DAY Tuesday August 6 at Norfolk RHP James Marvel (3-0, 2.12) vs. LHP Keegan Akin (4-5, 4.76) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Wednesday August 7 at Norfolk LHP Cam Vieaux (4-2, 5.49) vs. RHP Chandler Shepherd (1-9, 7.68) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Thursday August 8 at Norfolk RHP Mitch Keller (7-5, 3.56) vs. LHP Bruce Zimmerman (0-1, 6.30) 12:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 16-15 Overall 56-55 Night Games: 40-40 LAST NIGHT: The Indians couldn't hold 3-0 and 5-4 leads in an 8-6 loss to the Clippers on Saturday night. Ka'ai Tom hit a go-ahead, two-run triple Home 26-29 in the sixth inning with two outs to put the visitors on top 6-5. He then scored on a Jake Bauers double. Columbus made it 8-5 on a Mark Mathias Before All-Star Break: 44-44 Road 30-26 After All-Star Break: 12-11 sac fly in the seventh, but Jason Martin brought Indy back within two with a bases-loaded single. The rally stalled in the Tribe seventh, however, as Place 2nd April: 13-11 Steven Baron popped out in foul ground and JB Shuck went down swinging. Indy put two on with no outs in the ninth but a line drive double play GA/GB -7.0 GB May: 18-9 erased the threat. Ke'Bryan Hayes and Will Craig smashed run-scoring singles in the third ahead of a Kevin Kramer sac fly that made it 3-0. After Streak L2 June: 10-19 Home Streak L2 July: 14-14 Columbus scored four times in the fourth, Hunter Owen launched a 426-foot, two-run homer in the fifth that put Indy back on top, 5-4. Brandon August: 1-2 Road Streak W2 September: 0-0 Waddell (L, 1-4) gave up six runs on eight hits in 5.2 innings of work to take the loss. Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-2 Last 5 3-2 Tuesday: 8-8 THE SEASON SERIES: After Indy took 3 of 4 in the first series out of the All-Star break in Columbus, the Clippers have returned the favor at Victory Wednesday: 8-8 Field by winning 3 of 4 games to extend its division lead back to 7.0 games with 29 to play. The Tribe are just 2-7 against the Clippers in the Circle Last 10 4-6 Thursday: 9-8 Home Openings/Lost 53/2 Friday: 9-10 City and 9-12 in the season series with three meetings left. Since 1988, Indy has never lost eight games at home to Columbus in a season. The Home Attendance 442,745 Saturday: 7-11 Tribe haven't won a season series over Columbus since 2014, winning 13 of 21 matchups. Avg. Home Attendance 8,354 Sunday: 9-8 League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4th) Scoring First: 39-12 SINCE JULY 14: Will Craig went 3-for-5 with an RBI, run scored and strikeout last night, marking his sixth three-hit game of the season (first at Opponent Scores First: 17-43 SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 25 Victory Field) and first since May 26 at Columbus. Craig has hit safely in seven of his last eight, nine of his last 11 and 14 of his last 18 games Opponent Comeback Wins: 22 dating back to July 14. Since that date, he's hit .295 (23-for-78) with three homers, four doubles, 11 RBI, four walks and 27 strikeouts. He has eight 2019 at Home: 2-7 Extra Innings: 4-6 2019 @ Columbus: 7-5 Shutout Record: 4-6 multi-hit performances since July 14, as well. Doubleheaders: 3-3 All-Time at Home: 109-104 (.512) Commit An Error: 24-27 MARTIN MASHING: OF Jason Martin has hit safely in six straight games, including multi-hit performances in three of his last five. He has hit .400 All-Time @ Columbus: 103-127 (.448) Commit No Errors: 32-28 All-Time Totals: 212-231 (.479) Walk-Off Wins: 3 (10-for-25) with three doubles, four RBI and three runs scored in his last six games overall. Martin is also riding an 11-game hitting streak at Walk-Off Losses: 3 Victory Field dating back to July 6. It is the longest home hitting streak for a Tribe player this year and the third-longest active streak in the league, 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 31-25 trailing only Norfolk's Mason Williams (17) and Buffalo's Andy Burns (13). He has hit .308 (24-for-78) with two homers, six doubles, 12 RBI, 10 runs vs. IL North: 13-17 Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 12-13 scored and a .360 OBP in his last 11 games at home. 2B Hayes 26 T-9th 3B Robinson 4 T-8th Scoring 4+ Runs: 47-23 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 9-32 BACK ON TRACK: Hunter Owen has hit safely in 10 of his 14 games with Indy this season, including a 2-for-4 showing with a two-run bomb in last W Keller 7 T-7th Outhit Opponent: 42-12 night's loss. the multi-hit game was his third in a Tribe uniform. He started 2-for-16 (.125) through his first four Triple-A games but has bounced L Vera 9 T-3rd Outhit By Opponent: 10-36 ERA Keller 3.56 2nd Teams Tie in Hits: 4-7 back by going 11-for-31 (.355) over his last 10. McRae 4.96 9th Indy Hits HR: 42-31 Indy no HR: 14-24 WHIP Keller 1.24 1st Opp. Hits HR: 36-38 COLE COOLED: Cole Tucker's season-best eight-game hitting streak was snapped last night after he went 0-for-3 with two walks and a run scored McRae 1.38 6th Opp. no HR: 20-17 atop the order. During the stretch he hit .303 (10-for-33) with eight walks and only four strikeouts. Tucker, 23, has been walked 16 times since the GS Vera 21 3rd Lead After 6: 41-3 Trail After 6: 4-42 All-Star break, tied for fifth most in the league. Keller 19 T-6th Tied After 6: 11-10 CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Lead After 7: 48-2 AVG vs. Keller .243 2nd Trail After 7: 5-48 ELMO'S WORLD: Jake Elmore went 1-for-5 last night but came up empty in key situations. He left a total of seven runners on base, including two McRae .278 8th Tied After 7: 3-5 at-bats with the bases loaded. He went 0-for-5 in the series opener as well after tallying five hits in 10 at-bats in the two-game set at Toledo. The Lead After 8: 46-1 IP Vera 114.2 2nd Trail After 8: 3-45 32-year-old is still hitting .346 (92-for-266) with four homers, 24 doubles and 26 RBI. Elmore is narrowly on the outside looking in to qualify among Keller 103.2 8th Tied After 8: 4-5 league leaders (currently at 299 PAs, needs 300 PAs for 111 games currently played to qualify). Indy's last batting champion was Junior Noboa SO Keller 123 1st Vs. LH Starter: 12-13 (.340) in 1989 and they have had just four batting titles since 1969 (also: Bernie Carbo in 1969, Gene Locklear in 1972, Dallas Williams in 1987). GIDP McRae 11 T-6th Vs. RH Starter: 44-42 SV Brentz/DuRapau 8 T-4th Series (W-L-S): 17-17-2 STRIKEOUT CENTRAL: Indy's staff has racked up 1,001 strikeouts through 111 games (9.02 K/game) and are on pace for 1,263 strikeouts for the 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 6-4 season, which would easily exceed the current franchise record of 1,153 set in 2013. Indy's current strikeout total is sixth in the IL. Indians Clippers 2019 IL STANDINGS .256 Batting Avg .258 MORE ON THE PITCHING: The Indians lead the IL in saves converted (36) and batting average against (.255) are have given up the second-fewest 515 Runs 616 WEST home runs in the league (126). The 126 long balls surrendered are the most in a season for Indy since giving up that exact amount in 2010. With 950 Hits 988 Team W-L GB 229 Doubles 215 COL 63-48 - 29 games remaining, the pitching staff is on pace to give up 159 home runs, which would be a franchise record dating back to 1953. The current 20 Triples 29 IND 56-55 7.0 record is 145 homers allowed in 2005.