INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION [ Indianapolis Indians501 //West Communications Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, _______________________________________ IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Thursday, May 6, 2021 8:08 PM ET Iowa Cubs 1-1 (T-3rd, 1.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Principal Park ♦ Des Moines, IA 1-1 (T-3rd, 1.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Cody Ponce (0-0, 0.00) Game #3 / Road #3 RHP Cory Abbott (0-0, 0.00) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 1-1 2021 @ IND: 0-0 Home 0-0 LAST NIGHT: After seven innings of back-and-forth ball that saw the Indians tie the game twice but never lead, an eighth-inning grand slam off the Road 1-1 2021 @ IOW: 1-1 Place T-3rd bat of Cubs third baseman Abiatal Avelino buried Indy for its first loss of the season, 8-3. The Indians pitching staff surrendered four home runs in Since 1988 @ IND: 50-27 (.649) GA/GB 1.0 GB the defeat, two coming off the bat of right fielder Rafael Ortega, and seven of the Cubs eight runs came via the long ball. Travis Swaggerty, Will Craig Since 1988 @ IOW: 42-39 (.519) Streak L1 Since 1988 Totals: 92-66 (.582) Home Streak -- and Dustin Fowler all drove in runs for Indianapolis, with Fowler hitting his first home run of 2021 to tie the game at three runs apiece in the top of the Road Streak L1 Longest Winning Streak 1 eighth. Nick Mears took the loss after surrendering three walks, a game-winning RBI single and the grand slam by Avelino. 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 1 Indians Cubs Last 5 1-1 Last 10 1-1 STRANDED RUNNERS: The Indians offense left runners in scoring position with two outs six times over the course of last night’s loss to Iowa and .209 BA .206 Home Openings/Lost -- went 2-for-12 as a team with RISP. Following a two-run third inning, the team had three scoring chances over the next four innings with less than two 6 R 8 Home Attendance -- 14 H 13 Avg. Home Attendance -- outs and failed to tie the game before Fowler’s home run. As a team, the Indians left 10 total runners on base compared to Iowa’s nine. 3 2B 0 League Rank (Total/Avg) -- 0 3B 0 2 HR 4 Day Games 0-0 SWAGGERTY’S SPEED: Travis Swaggerty continued to impress at the Triple-A level last night, driving in a game-tying run with a third-inning single. 6 RBI 8 Night Games 1-1 23 TB 25 Before All-Star Break 1-1 He showed off his speed in his second start in the leadoff position, swiping a career-high tying two bases for the fifth time. In 2019, Swaggerty stole 9 BB 8 After All-Star Break 0-0 23 bases in 31 attempts to rank fourth among Pirates minor leaguers. 13 K 27 May 1-1 3 SB 1 June 0-0 0 CS 0 July 0-0 YOUNG BUCS: Second baseman Connor Kaiser, RHP Beau Sulser, LHP Braeden Ogle and RHP Nick Mears all made their Triple-A debuts last night, with .325 OBP .296 August 0-0 .296 SLG .397 September 0-0 Sulser getting the start for Indianapolis on his 27th birthday and Kaiser jumping from Single-A to Triple-A. Their performances last night are listed below: Tuesday 1-0 17.0 IP 18.0 Wednesday 0-1 4.24 ERA 3.00 Thursday 0-0 RHP Beau Sulser: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K 1.24 WHIP 1.28 Friday 0-0 LHP Braeden Ogle: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K 1 SV 0 Saturday 0-0 13 H 14 Sunday 0-0 RHP Nick Mears: L, 0.1 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 K 8 R 6 Scoring First 1-0 INF Connor Kaiser: 1-for-2, 1 2B, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K 8 ER 6 Opponent Scores First 0-1 4 HR 2 Comeback Wins -- 0 HB 2 Opponent Comeback Wins -- FORMER PROSPECTS: Left fielder Dustin Fowler launched his first Indians home run last night to knot the game at 3-3 before the Cubs offensive 8 BB 8 Extra Innings 0-0 boost. Fowler spent the entire 2020 season at Oakland’s Alternate Training Site before being traded to Pittsburgh in February. The 26-year-old was 27 K 13 Shutout Record 1-0 Doubleheaders 0-0 named as a top 10 prospect in both the Yankees and A’s systems from 2016-18, and was rated the No. 88 overall prospect by Baseball America prior INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Commit An Error 0-1 Commit No Errors 1-0 to the 2018 campaign. Fowler is joined in the Indians outfield by another former top prospect, Anthony Alford, who was ranked as Toronto’s No. 1 vs. AAA-E Midwest: 1-1 Walk-Off Wins -- prospect and No. 25 overall by Baseball America in 2016. vs. AAA-E Southeast: 0-0 Walk-Off Losses -- vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Scoring 4+ Runs 0-0 PONCE ON THE HILL: Cody Ponce is the first returning member of the Indians 2019 roster to make a pitch start so far this season. He, along with Will Series (W-L-S): 0-0-0 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 1-1 Sweeps: 0-0 Outhit Opponent 1-0 Craig, Geoff Hartlieb and Cole Tucker, are the only returners out of nine to see official game time with Pittsburgh during the 2020 season. Those four Outhit By Opponent 0-1 Teams Tie in Hits 0-0 are joined on Indy’s roster by returning infielder Kevin Kramer and pitchers Matt Eckelman, James Marvel, Cam Vieaux and Blake Weiman. 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Indy Hits HR 1-1 Indy no HR 0-0 MIDWEST Opp. Hits HR 0-1 OWEN’S DEBUT: After being selected to Pittsburgh’s big-league roster for the injured Gregory Polanco on May 4, former Indians utilityman Hunter Opp. no HR 1-0 Owen made his major league debut last night in right field at San Diego. He went 0-for-2, but was hit in the hand by a pitch in his third plate appear- Team W-L GB Lead After 6 1-0 COL 2-0 - Trail After 6 0-1 ance and was later removed. During the Evansville, Ind. native’s Victory Field debut in 2019, he was also hit on the hand with a pitch and missed three TOL 2-0 - Tied After 6 0-0 Lead After 7 1-0 weeks on the injured list. Prior to his promotion to Indy on June 20, 2019, Owen led the Eastern League with a .295 average, 70 hits, 15 home runs, a IND 1-1 1.0 Trail After 7 0-1 .565 slugging percentage, 134 total bases and 45 runs scored. OMA 1-1 1.0 Tied After 7 0-0 IOW 1-1 1.0 Lead After 8 1-0 STP 1-1 1.0 Trail After 8 0-1 SIX-GAMERS: Last night marked the Indians’ second of six consecutive games at Iowa following a restructuring of the schedule for 2021. Indianapolis LOU 0-2 2.0 Tied After 8 0-0 will now play 20 six-game series against its opponents, a provision implemented to limit travel and prevent the spread of COVID-19 between multiple Vs. LH Starter 0-1 NORTHEAST Vs. RH Starter 1-0 teams. All series for the season run Tuesday through Sunday, with no games scheduled for Mondays. Team W-L GB After 22 seasons in the International League, Indianapolis is now a member of the Triple-A East following the BUF 2-0 - league leaders WELCOME TO THE TRIPLE-A EAST: LHV 2-0 - reallignment of Minor League Baseball. All 14 International League teams (with the exception of Pawtucket, which moved to Worcester), with the ad- SYR 1-1 1.0 Category Player No. Rank dition of the Iowa Cubs (CHI), Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (MIA), Memphis Redbirds (STL), Nashville Sounds (MIL), Omaha Storm Chasers (KC) and St. SWB 1-1 1.0 HR Swaggerty 1 T-5th Paul Saints (MIN), make up the Triple-A East. The Indians will now face Columbus, Iowa, Louisville, Omaha, St. Paul and Toledo as part of the Midwest ROC 0-2 2.0 SB Swaggerty 2 T-1st WOR 0-2 2.0 ERA De Jong 0.00 T-1st division, with inter-division play at Nashville (June 8-13) and vs. Memphis (June 15-20). W De Jong 1 T-1st SOUTHEAST SO De Jong 10 1st CURRENT RoAD TRIP BY THE NUMBERS SV Gustave 1 T-1st Team W-L GB IP De Jong 6.0 T-1st Games 2 ERA 4.24 (8er/17.0ip) DUR 2-0 - WPCT De Jong 1.000 T-1st Record 1-1 Starter W-L 1-0 JAX 2-0 - Average .209 (14-for-67) Starter ERA 2.08 (2er/8.2ip) .429 GWN 1-1 1.0 Runs (Avg/Gm) 6 (3.0) Reliever W-L 0-1 CLT 1-1 1.0 XBH (Avg/Gm) 5 (2.5) Reliever ERA 6.48 (6er/8.1ip) The four position players on Indy’s roster that made the jump from High-A or lower this MEM 0-1 2.0 Home Runs 2 Walks 8 season are hitting a combined .429 (6-for-14) through the first two games of the season.