Tribe Tips 2018 at a GLANCE Day Games: 5-8 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: After Eight Full Innings, the Indians Trailed 3-0
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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 17, 2018 12:05 p.m. ET Norfolk Tides 19-17 (2nd, -5.5 GB, IL West) Harbor Park Norfolk, VA 20-16 (2nd, -2.0 GB, IL South) ♦ RHP Clay Holmes (1-2, 5.33) Game #37 / Road #18 RHP Jimmy Yacabonis (0-1, 4.95) Radio/TV: FoxSports975.com / iHeart app / MiLB TV UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Friday May 18 @ Durham RHP Joe Musgrove (1-0, 0.00 - MLB rehab) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (MLB rehab) 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Saturday May 19 @ Durham RHP Austin Coley (1-2, 9.26) vs. RHP Forrest Snow (2-1, 2.68) 6:35 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Sunday May 20 @ Durham RHP Alex McRae (0-4, 5.94) vs. TBD 5:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Monday May 21 vs. Louisville RHP J.T. Brubaker (1-0, 2.45) vs. TBD 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 2018 indy bits Tribe Tips 2018 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 5-8 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: After eight full innings, the Indians trailed 3-0. A Renato Nunez double scored a pair for Norfolk in the third inning before Overall 19-17 Night Games: 14-9 Home 11-8 Jaycob Brugman slapped an RBI single in the fourth to build the lead. In the top of the ninth, Kevin Newman and Austin Meadows both reached Before All-Star Break: 19-17 Road 8-9 After All-Star Break: 0-0 via base hits, setting the stage for a monster blast from Jordan Luplow that tied the game, 3-3. Luplow notched his club's only extra-base hit of Place 2nd April: 11-10 GA/GB -5.5 May: 8-7 evening with the ninth inning homer. The Tribe's hopes didn't last long into the bottom of the frame, though. With one out, Nunez answered the Streak L1 June: 0-0 Home Streak W2 July: 0-0 bell with a single to drive in Brugman for the game-winning RBI. Despite the late fight, the loss marks the first one of walk-off variety for Indy August: 0-0 Road Streak L1 September: 0-0 this season. Longest Winning Streak 3 (5/12-15) Longest Losing Streak 2 (4x, mr: 5/6-7) Monday: 2-2 Last 5 3-2 Tuesday: 5-1 Wednesday: 1-6 KEEP IT UP, KEVIN: Kevin Newman extended his season-high hit streak to seven games with another multi-hit performance last night. By Last 10 5-5 Thursday: 3-0 Home Openings 19 Friday: 2-4 adding two more hits, the infielder has now accumulated 16 over his last six games, six more than any other player in the International League, Home Attendance 122,292 Saturday: 4-1 and his 42 total hits this season ranks second in the league. He also extends his streak of multiple hits in a game to six games, a career high Avg. Attendance 6,436 Sunday: 2-3 League Rank (Total/Avg) 5th/5th Scoring First: 16-7 for the 24-year-old. Through 14 games in May, Newman has notched a hit in 13 games and raised his batting average nearly 90 points (.234 on Opponent Scoring First: 3-10 SERIES HISTORY Extra Innings: 0-1 April 30, .321 after May 16). Not to mention he's already surpassed his hit total from last month (18 in April, 24 in May) and recorded a 1.075 Shutout Record: 3-3 2018 at Home: 0-0 Doubleheaders: 0-1-0 OPS midway through this month. 2018 @ Norfolk: 1-1 Commit An Error: 6-9 All-Time at Home (since 1988): 63-53 (.543) Commit No Errors: 13-8 Walk-Off Wins: 1 All-Time @ Norfolk (since 1988): 54-48-1 (.529) Walk-Off Losses: 1 ALL IN THE INFIELD: The regular infielders for Indy (Erich Weiss, Kevin Kramer, Kevin Newman and Pablo Reyes), current leaders in innings at All-Time Totals (since 1988): 117-101-1 (.537) vs. IL West: 10-9 each infield position, combine to lead the league in both hits and average this season. The four have totaled 117 hits to this point in the season, 2018 league leaders vs. IL North: 4-4 matching only Durham's primary infielders for the best mark in the IL. Led by Newman's .321 average and Reyes' clip of .318, the Tribe pace the vs. IL South: 5-4 Category Player No. Rank league with a .288 average among infield groups. Defensively, they have put up a .980 fielding percentage between the four of them. AVG Newman .321 5th Scoring 4+ Runs: 15-4 Bostick .307 7th Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 4-13 Out-Hit Opponent: 16-3 3B Bostick/Luplow/Weiss 3 T-1st Out-Hit By Opponent: 3-13 THE GRASS IS GREENER: On a similar note, the primary outfielders (Christopher Bostick, Austin Meadows and Jordan Luplow) have also main- 2B Wood 13 T-2nd Teams Tie in Hits: 0-1 Osuna 12 4th Indy Hits HR: 7-5 tained their strong play as of late. Bostick boasts a .307 batting average that places him seventh in the league in that category and has batted Newman 11 T-5th Indy no HR: 12-12 Stallings 10 T-9th Opp. Hits HR: 6-10 from every spot in the lineup but cleanup. Meadows leads the team in steals with eight and leads all Indy outfielders in putouts by racking up Runs Newman 23 T-2nd Opp. no HR: 13-7 Lead After 6: 15-2 60 so far. With a homer that almost made him last night's hero, Luplow took the team lead for dingers with four. He has also produced four XBH Wood 16 T-3rd Trail After 6: 2-12 Wins Eppler 3 T-8th Tied After 6: 2-2 outfield assists that puts him in a four-way tie for the league lead among outfieders. Each of them has also knocked at least 10 hits for extra SV Hellweg 7 3rd Lead After 7: 16-2 ERA Kingham 2.20 6th Trail After 7: 1-14 bases, led by Bostick with 13 (nine doubles, three triples, one home run). Eppler 2.27 8th Tied After 7: 2-0 Holds Anderson 6 1st Lead After 8: 17-0 Trail After 8: 2-13 2018 TEAM COMPARISON Tied After 8: 0-1 THREE'S COMPANY: Jordan Luplow's homer vaulted him to another three-plus RBI performance, his second of the season. Overall, seven Tribe Indians Tides Vs. LH Starter: 8-4 players have combined to produce 11 three-plus RBI efforts this year. Four of those efforts have come over the last three games; one each from .277 Batting Avg .259 Vs. RH Starter: 11-13 Meadows (3 RBI on May 13), Wood (3 RBI on May 13), Wyatt Mathisen (3 RBI on May 15) and Luplow (3 RBI on May 16). May 13 is one of two 161 Runs 178 Series (W-L-S): 5-3-3 330 Hits 316 instances where multiple Indians drove in three or more RBI, joining the 17-5 rout of Columbus on April 27 where Meadows, Kramer and Jose 94 Doubles 64 2018 IL STANDINGS Osuna each knocked home three. 13 Triples 10 WEST 18 Home Runs 21 149 RBI 163 Team W-L GB TOL 25-12 - TANGLING UP THE TIDES: The Indians have won or split their series at Norfolk in six of the last seven years, the only setback being a 2-0 sweep 504 Total Bases 463 94 Walks 127 IND 19-17 5.5 for the Tides at Harbor Park in 2016. Indy swept Norfolk at Harbor Park in 2013 (4-0), 2015 (3-0) and 2017 (3-0). The Indians are 54-48-1 (.529) COL 18-19 7.0 257 Strikeouts 317 LOU 12-22 11.5 in Norfolk since 1988 and 51-42-1 (.548) all-time at Harbor Park. 28 Stolen Bases 15 12 Caught Stealing 5 NORTH .335 OBP .334 Team W-L GB TIP-TOP TRIBE: The Indians lead the IL in average (.277), doubles (94) and triples (13) and are second in slugging percentage (.424). The Tribe .424 SLG .380 LHV 20-16 - ROC 18-15 0.5 also rank second in fewest strikeouts (257) and OBP (.335), third overall in stolen bases (28) and fourth in runs scored (161 - 4.47 runs per 306.1 Innings Pitched 318.1 SYR 18-18 2.0 game). 4.00 ERA 3.79 SWB 18-19 2.5 1.46 WHIP 1.33 PAW 17-19 3.0 THIS ROAD TRIP BY THE NUMBERS 10 Saves 9 BUF 13-16 3.5 Games 2 ERA 6.23 (12 ER/17.1 IP) 310 Hits Allowed 284 Record 1-1 Starter W-L 0-0 SOUTH 76 161 Runs Allowed 152 Average .232(16-for-69) Starter ERA 7.88 (7 ER/8.0 IP) 136 ER Allowed 134 Team W-L GB Runs (Avg/Gm) 13 (6.5) Reliever W-L 1-1 Current tribe hitters have combined for 76 multi-hit games this season. Kevin DUR 22-14 - XBH (Avg/Gm) 4 (2.0) Reliever ERA 4.82 (5 ER/9.1 IP) Newman leads the way with 12, and three players (Newman, Austin Meadows 20 HR Allowed 33 NOR 20-16 2.0 Home Runs 1 Walks 11 and Jacob Stallings) have each put up a four-hit effort, the most in a single game 15 Hit Batters 12 CHA 15-23 8.0 Stolen Bases 1 Strikeouts 16 among current Indians hitters.