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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 Thursday, May 12, 2016 Syracuse Chiefs 16-15 (3rd, IL West) 6:35 p.m. EDT 19-13 (1st, IL North) RHP Tyler Glasnow NBT Bank Stadium ♦ Syracuse, NY RHP Paolo Espino (2-1, 1.64) Game #32, Road #16 ♦ Season Series 1-2 (1-3, 3.07)) TRIBE AT A GLANCE Tribe Tips Overall 16-15 Streak W1 Home 9-7 Home Streak L1 THE INDIANS... Snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory last night against the Chiefs ... Also ended a four-game Road 7-8 Road Streak W1 Place 3rd Last 5 2-3 road skid ... Enter their 114th season of continuous operation this year since the current franchise was established in 1902 ... G. Ahead/Behind -4.5 Last 10 5-5 The team traces its roots back to 1887, making it 126 years of baseball in the Circle City. Home Attendance 106,090 Home Openings 16 Avg. Attendance 5,952 League Rank (Total) 4th WHIPPED: The Indians starting rotation of Glasnow, Taillon, Kuhl, Boscan, and Brault have gone beyond simply preventing runs from scoring ... Have been dominant in the process ... The five have combined this season to accumulate a WHIP of 1.00 ... With IL STANDINGS Brault temporarily removed due to injury, the remaining four have a staggering combined WHIP of 0.92 ... Only four qualifying WEST NORTH SOUTH MLB pitchers have an individual WHIP lower than 0.92. Team W-L GB Team W-L GB Team W-L GB COL 21-11 - SYR 19-13 - CHA 17-17 - LOU 19-13 2.0 ROC 18-16 2.0 GWN 16-18 1.0 TOP TIER: Four of the five pitchers in the Indians starting rotation are currently in the International League's top 10 in ERA ... IND 16-15 4.5 SWB 17-17 3.0 DUR 15-19 2.0 Kuhl (1st, 1.10), Boscan (5th, 1.59), Glasnow (6th, 1.64), and Taillon (7th, 1.69), ... Glasnow leads all Triple-A starters in TOL 15-16 5.5 PAW 16-17 3.5 NOR 11-23 6.0 strikeouts per nine innings (13.09) ... Wilfredo Boscan leads IL starters in walks issued per nine innings (0.79) ... Three of the LHV 15-17 4.0 IL's top five starting pitchers in opponent average are in the Indianapolis starting rotation (Taillon, Glasnow, Kuhl) ... Indians BUF 15-18 4.5 starters are now 10-7 on the season with an impressive 1.70 ERA (163.2ip/31er). SERIES HISTORY Overall At IND At SYR TWO-OUT MAGIC: Of Indianapolis' 113 RBIs this season, 44 have come with two outs (38.9%), including two in last night's 2016 1-2 0-0 1-2 affair ... Jason Rogers is 4-for-7 with RISP and two away, while eight of Moroff's 10 RBIs have come with two down in the frame 2015 5-1 3-0 2-1 ... Chad Kuhl worked a two-out, bases loaded walk to contribute to the cause last night as well. All-Time 75-70 38-33 37-37 TEAM COMPARISONS QUALITY STUFF: Chad Kuhl recorded his third straight quality start in Wednesday's win ... Indians starting pitchers have al- Indians Chiefs lowed 3+ runs just four times in 31 games this season ... Tribe hurlers have turned in a quality start in 11 of the last 15 games .252 ......................Batting Avg ..................... .253 and seven of the last eight. 120 ...........................Runs ........................... 114 268 ........................... Hits ............................ 263 HEADING NORTH: The Indians are making their first trip to an IL North ballpark this season ... The team enjoyed its highest 43 ........................ Doubles .......................... 56 winning percentage against the North of any division last season, going 26-12 with an even 13-6 record both at home and on 10 ......................... Triples ............................ 5 18 .......................Home Runs ....................... 13 the road ... After tonight's game in Syracuse, the Tribe will travel to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for a three game series. 112 ...........................RBIs ........................... 108 385 .....................Total Bases ...................... 368 BUCS IN INDY: LHP Cory Luebke began rehab assignment with Indianapolis in April ... Has worked 12.1 frames for the Tribe 98 ...........................Walks .......................... 106 after pitching just 7.0 innings combined since 2012 while working back from two Tommy John procedures and most recently 289 .......................Strikeouts ....................... 242 a hamstring injury. 30 ......................Stolen Bases ...................... 28 .317 ........................... OBP........................... .322 284.0 .................Innings Pitched ..................276.2 2.66 ...........................ERA ............................2.80 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 1.17 ...........................WHIP ...........................1.26 RHP Chad Kuhl Current Streak: W2 vs SYR (2016) 0G/0GS 9 ...........................Saves ............................ 9 236 ..................... Hits Allowed ..................... 258 W-L-S ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG W-L ERA ER/IP SO/BB 0-0 N/A 0/0.0 0/0 13 .......................HR Allowed ....................... 17 2-1-0 1.64 6 6 33.0 21 6 6 1 13 48 .184 14 ....................... Hit Batters ........................ 4 96 ...........................Walks ........................... 90 Glasnow will make his seventh start of the season for Indianapolis ... Has worked 18 consecutive scoreless innings entering 270 ......................Strikeouts ....................... 233 today's game ... Leads Triple-A with 13.09 strikeouts per nine innings ... Currently 6th in the International League in ERA ... Tied for third in the IL in opponent batting average ... Struck out a team season high 11 batters twice this season ... Worked a season Indians AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS high seven innings in his last start ... Was named IL Pitcher of the Week for period of April 25-May 1 ... Ranked the Pirates top Category Player No. Rank prospect by Baseball America entering the season ... Listed as the No. 14 prospect on BA's top 100 list ... Called the second-best Steals Adam Frazier ................10 .....................T-3rd right-handed pitching prospect by MLBPipeline.com ... Acquired with the 152nd overall pick (5th Rd) in the 2011 draft. BB/9 (starter) Wilfredo Boscan .........0.79 ..................1st ERA Chad Kuhl ....................1.10 ..................1st GLASNOW START-BY-START Wilfredo Boscan ...........1.59 ..................5th Date Opp Pitcher Dec. Final IP H R ER BB SO HR NP-K Tyler Glasnow ...............1.64 ..................6th 4/10 at COL Glasnow L 0-1 5.0 3 1 1 3 6 1 81-43 Jameson Taillon ...........1.69 ..................7th 4/16 vs COL Glasnow ND 1-2 5.0 4 1 1 0 9 0 83-53 K/9 (starter) Tyler Glasnow ..............13.09 ................1st 4/21 at LOU Glasnow ND 5-6 5.0 6 4 4 3 4 0 78-47 Saves Trey Haley .....................4 .......................T-3rd 4/26 at DUR Glasnow W 9-0 6.0 2 0 0 1 11 0 87-56 Strikeouts Tyler Glasnow ..............48 .....................1st WHIP Jameson Taillon...........0.78 ..................1st 5/1 vs NOR Glasnow W 4-0 5.0 2 0 0 5 7 0 91-56 Chad Kuhl ....................0.89 ..................3rd 5/7 vs LOU Glasnow ND 2-1 7.0 4 0 0 1 11 0 95-65 Team ERA Indianapolis ................2.66 ..................1st UPCOMING MATCHUPS This road trip Day Date Opponent Time Pitching Matchup Games 3 ERA 2.52 (25.0ip/7er) Fri 5/13 at SWB 6:35 pm RHP Frank Duncan (Triple-A Debut) vs. RHP Luis Cessa (0-1, 4.91) Record 1-2 Starter W-L 0-2 Average .238 (24x101) Starter ERA 1.89 (19.0ip/4er) Sat 5/14 at SWB 4:05 pm RHP Jameson Taillon (2-1, 1.69) vs. RHP Chad Green (2-3, 1.22) Runs (Game) 6 (2.0) Reliever W-L 1-0 Home Runs 2 Reliever ERA 4.50 (6.0ip/3er) Sun 5/15 at SWB 1:05 pm RHP Wilfredo Boscan (3-3, 1.59) vs. RHP Kyle Haynes (1-1, 3.57) RISP .121 (4x33) Save/Opps 1/1 Indianapolis Indians HITTING STATISTICS INDIANS SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Extras Total Avg Indians 4 17 18 18 8 16 10 9 15 6 120 3.9 Opponents 7 4 9 6 11 4 11 12 11 12 88 2.8 Differential -3 +13 +9 +12 -3 +12 -1 -3 +4 -6 +32 +1.1 INDIANS 2-OUT RBI OUTFIELD ASSISTS BATTING AROUND THE ORDER (10 to plate) Player Total Player Total Player 1st 2nd 3rd Home Total Date Opp. Inning Batters Hits Runs Bell 6 Moroff 8 Garcia - 2 1 1 4 4/22 at LOU 3rd 11 6 8 Figueroa 4 Ngoepe 3 Ortiz - 1 - 1 2 4/26 at DUR 9th 10 6 7 Florimon 1 Ortiz 2 Richardson - 1 - - 1 Frazier 1 Rogers 7 Totals 0 4 1 2 7 Gamache 3 Rojas Jr. 1 Garcia 1 Stallings 3 Hanson 3 Other 0 Kuhl 1 TOTAL 44 TEAM LAST AB WINS Date Opp. Batter Game-Winner (Run) Inning Final Date Opp. Batter Game-Winner (Run) Inning Final 4/15 vs COL D. Ortiz Single to right (Moroff) 11th 3-2 - - - - - - 5/3 vs DUR A. Frazier Single to left center (Gamache) 12th 1-0 5/7 vs LOU D. Ortiz Double to right (Bell) 9th 2-1 DESIGNATED HITTERS PINCH HITTERS Player G Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Player Avg H AB HR RBI Player Avg H AB HR RBI Bell 6 .286 21 3 6 0 0 1 3 5 2 Figueroa .000 0 1 0 0 Kang .000 0 1 0 1 Figueroa 3 .500 10 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 Florimon .000 0 1 0 0 Moroff .333 1 3 0 0 Florimon 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Frazier .000 0 2 0 0 Ortiz .500 1 2 0 1 Gamache 4 .455 11 1 5 2 0 0 2 4 5 Gamache .500 2 4 0 2 Rojas, Jr.