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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 Wednesday, April 17, 2019 1:35 p.m. EDT Toledo Mud Hens 8-4 (1st, +1.0 GA, IL West) Victory Field Indianapolis, IN 5-7 (4th, -3.0 GB, IL West) ♦ RHP Alex McRae (1-1, 3.38) Game #13 // Home #7 LHP Matt Hall (1-0, 2.35) Radio/TV: Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Thursday April 18 vs. Toledo RHP Eduardo Vera (0-0, 3.27) vs. LHP Tyler Alexander (0-1, 8.31) 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Friday April 19 vs. Louisville RHP Rookie Davis (0-1, 6.48) vs. RHP Odrisamer Despaigne (0-0, 4.50) 7:15 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Saturday April 20 vs. Louisville TBA vs. RHP Lucas Sims (0-0, 3.77) 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Sunday April 21 vs. Louisville RHP Mitch Keller (1-0, 3.86) vs. RHP Keury Mella (1-1, 7.53) 1:35 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 2-1 Overall 8-4 Night Games: 6-3 YESTERDAY: The Indians never trailed in yesterday's matinee against the Mud Hens, guaranteeing at least a series split with a 4-3 victory. Toledo out-hit the Tribe 12-9, but Erich Weiss' 3-for-4, three-RBI performance from the No. 9 spot in the Home 5-1 Before All-Star Break: 8-4 Road 3-3 After All-Star Break: 0-0 order proved to be the difference for Indy. Mitch Keller pitched into the sixth inning, allowing one earned run on seven hits in Place 1st April: 8-4 GA/GB +1.0 GA May: 0-0 5.1 innings pitched. He walked four and struck out five. Michael Feliz allowed two hits and a walk in the ninth but managed Streak W2 June: 0-0 to escape for his second save. Montana DuRapau (0.2ip, 0r), Brandon Waddell (1.0ip, 0r) and Brandon Maurer (1.0ip, 2r) Home Streak W2 July: 0-0 August: 0-0 bridged the gap to the final frame. Beau Burrows, rated as Detroit's No. 6 prospect byBaseball America, was charged with Road Streak W3 September: 0-0 Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) the loss after giving up two earned runs on five hits in 3.2 innings of work. Longest Losing Streak 3 (4/4-6) Monday: 1-0 Last 5 4-1 Tuesday: 2-0 Wednesday: 1-0 NICE WEISS: Erich Weiss' three-hit, three-RBI performance were hit first multi-hit and multi-RBI games for the 2019 Last 10 8-2 Thursday: 1-1 Home Openings 6 Friday: 1-1 season. It marked his 12th career game with three-plus RBI and first since Indy's 2018 season finale at Louisville, a game Home Attendance 36,671 Saturday: 1-1 the Tribe won 4-0. It was also just the second game of his career where he homered and tripled in the same contest; the Avg. Attendance 6,112 Sunday: 1-1 other occurrence was Aug. 21, 2016 with Double-A Altoona at New Hampshire, a game in which he collected a career-high League Rank (Total/Avg) (6th/5th) Scoring First: 6-2 Opponent Scores First: 2-2 seven RBI. SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 3 Opponent Comeback Wins: 2 2019 at Home: 2-0 Extra Innings: 0-1 TODAY: Alex McRae (1-1, 3.38) will oppose Mud Hens southpaw Matt Hall (1-0, 2.35) as the Indians seek their ninth win in 2019 @ Toledo: 2-0 Shutout Record: 0-1 Doubleheaders: 0-0 their 10 games overall. The Indians faced Hall twice in 2019, and the lefty surrendered four earned runs on nine hits and six All-Time at Home: 131-86 (.604) Commit An Error: 3-1 All-Time @ Toledo: 105-105 (..500) Commit No Errors: 5-3 walks in 9.1 innings of work (3.86 ERA) in a pair of no-decisions. Both of those outings came at Victory Field. Hall entered Walk-Off Wins: 0 the 2019 season ranked as the Tigers' No. 23 prospect according to Baseball America. All-Time Totals: 236-191 (.553) Walk-Off Losses: 1 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 5-3 vs. IL North: 0-0 McRAE DAY: Alex McRae makes his third start of the season this afternoon against Toledo, a team he's had a great deal of Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 3-1 success against in his career. He made four starts against the Mud Hens in 2018 and went 1-1 with a 3.24 ERA (9er/25.0ip). AVG Robinson .414 4th Elmore .405 6th Scoring 4+ Runs: 8-3 He gave up 25 hits (0 home runs), walked just two and struck out 21 in those starts combined. HR Craig 6 1st Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 0-1 Reynolds 4 T-6th Out-Hit Opponent: 7-1 Out-Hit By Opponent: 1-2 After sweeping a brief two-game set in Toledo last week, the Tribe have picked up two more wins to Runs Tucker 10 T-5th Teams Tie in Hits: 0-1 TOPPLING TOLEDO: RBI Craig 13 T-3rd Indy Hits HR: 7-3 start the current four-game series with their IL West foes. Indy's four consecutive wins over Toledo is its longest streak since OBP Robinson .486 6th Indy no HR: 1-1 SLG Craig .767 3rd Opp. Hits HR: 3-2 winning six straight vs. the Hens in 2018 (June 12-14, June 25-27). Reynolds .698 7th Opp. no HR: 5-2 OPS Craig 1.191 3rd Lead After 6: 8-0 Trail After 6: 0-3 FOUR IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: The Indians have scored four or more runs in 11 of their 12 games so far this season, going Hits Tucker 17 T-2nd Tied After 6: 0-1 Elmore 15 T-9th Lead After 7: 7-1 8-3 in those affairs. Since the beginning of the 2017 season, the Tribe are 137-43 (.761) when scoring four-plus runs and 2B Hayes 6 T-1st Trail After 7: 1-3 23-91 (.202) when scoring three or less. 3B Robinson 2 T-1st Tied After 7: 0-0 XBH Craig 8 4th Lead After 8: 7-0 Trail After 8: 1-3 SB Tucker 4 T-2nd Tied After 8: 0-1 REYNOLDS STREAKING: Bryan Reynolds has reached base safely in all 11 games he's played in so far this season. He TB Craig 33 4th Reynolds 30 T-5th Vs. LH Starter: 3-0 continued to flash power with his fourth homer of the season, a solo shot in the fourth inning Monday night, and delivered a Tucker 28 7th Vs. RH Starter: 5-4 run-scoring single in the first inning yesterday. He is batting .349 (15-for-43) with six extra-base hits, six RBI and nine runs 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Series (W-L-S): 2-1-0 scored overall. He's also played a superb center field, laying out for two fully-extended diving catches on the homestand. Sweeps: 1-0 Indians Mud Hens .290 Batting Avg .251 2019 IL STANDINGS RBI MACHINE: Will Craig contributed a two-run double in the seventh inning Monday night, giving him a team-high five 68 Runs 55 WEST games with two or more RBI. He is tied for third in the IL with 13 RBI with Louisville's Josh VanMeter, trailing only Zack 123 Hits 104 28 Doubles 18 Team W-L GB Collins (Charlotte) and Mike Ford (Scranton/WB) who each have 14. Craig also leads all IL players in home runs with six. 6 Triples 6 IND 8-4 - 18 Home Runs 6 COL 7-5 1.0 63 RBI 48 LOU 6-7 2.5 PROTECT THE VIC: The Indians are off to a 5-1 start at Victory Field. Since opening the park in July 1996, the Tribe have 217 Total Bases 152 TOL 5-7 3.0 finished at or above .500 in 21 of 23 seasons at Victory Field, with the only losing home records coming in 2002 (35-38) and 53 Walks 44 2003 (35-37), when the Indians were the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. In seven of the last nine seasons, the 113 Strikeouts 107 NORTH 15 Stolen Bases 15 Team W-L GB Tribe have finished at or above .500 against Toledo at The Vic, as well. 5 Caught Stealing 4 LHV 8-3 - .373 OBP .331 SWB 8-4 0.5 T-ROB: Tribe OF Trayvon Robinson has reached base safely in 14 of his last 23 plate appearances, recording two triples, two .512 SLG .366 SYR 7-6 2.0 doubles, seven singles and three walks. 107.2 Innings Pitched 109.0 PAW 6-6 2.5 3.85 ERA 4.87 BUF 4-8 4.5 THIS HOMESTAND BY THE NUMBERS 1.44 WHIP 1.50 ROC 3-9 5.5 Games 6 ERA 2.83 (17er/54.0ip) 5 Saves 2 SOUTH Record 5-1 Starter W-L 3-1 96 Hits Allowed 111 Average .338 (67-for-198) Starter ERA 2.05 (9er/30.2ip) 7 52 Runs Allowed 62 Team W-L GB Runs (Avg/Gm) 38 (6.3) Reliever W-L 2-0 The Indians have won seven consecutive Baseball in Education 46 ER Allowed 59 CHA 8-5 - XBH (Avg/Gm) 27 (4.5) Reliever ERA 3.09 (8er/23.1ip) games dating back to May 9, 2017.