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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 Tuesday, August 6, 2019 7:05 p.m. ET Norfolk Tides 56-56 (2nd, -8.0 GB, IL West) Harbor Park ♦ Norfolk, VA 44-68 (4th, -22.0 GB, IL South) RHP James Marvel (3-0, 2.12) Game #113 // Road #57 LHP Keegan Akin (4-5, 4.76) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / Fox Sports 1260 AM / iHeart app / MiLB TV UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Wednesday August 7 at Norfolk LHP Cam Vieaux (4-2, 5.49) vs. LHP Ty Blach (3-4, 5.93) 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. RHP Chandler Shepherd (1-9, 7.68) 12:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / iHeart app / MiLB TV Friday August 9 at Durham LHP Brandon Waddell (1-4, 8.64) vs. TBA 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Saturday August 10 at Durham RHP Alex McRae (6-6, 4.97) vs. TBA 6:35 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 16-16 SUNDAY: For a third time in as many days, the Indians held a lead of two runs or more but couldn't hold off the Clippers in a 3-2 setback on Sunday, giving Overall 56-56 Night Games: 40-40 Home 26-30 Columbus a crucial three-game sweep and 8.0-game division lead with 28 to play. Will Craig put Indy on the board with a two-run homer in the first inning, but Before All-Star Break: 44-44 Road 30-26 After All-Star Break: 12-12 Columbus rallied for two runs in the fourth off Alex McRae to even the score. The Clippers sent eight batters to the plate in that frame, despite recording just one Place 2nd April: 13-11 hit on an RBI single by Dioner Navarro. Jake Bauers drew a bases-loaded walk, as well. The score remained 2-2 until Ka'ai Tom, already with two game-winning GA/GB -8.0 GB May: 18-9 hits vs. Indy during the week, hit a solo homer off Tyler Lyons to open the eighth. The Indians went 1-for-15 with RISP; Columbus was 1-for-11. Streak L3 June: 10-19 Home Streak L3 July: 14-14 Road Streak W2 August: 1-3 NEW CAREER HIGH FOR CRAIG: Will Craig's first-inning homer off Shao-Ching Chiang on Sunday was his 21st of the season, eclipsing his previous career high September: 0-0 Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) of 20 set in 2018 with Double-A Altoona. Craig's 21 long balls are the most by a Tribe player in a single season since Brandon Moss hit 22 in 2010. Craig also Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-2 has a team-leading 63 RBI, which is the most in a season by a Tribe player since Danny Ortiz had 63 in 2017. With another RBI, Craig will have the most RBI in a Last 5 2-3 Tuesday: 8-8 Wednesday: 8-8 season by a Tribe player since Matt Hague had 66 in 2014. Last 10 4-6 Thursday: 9-8 Home Openings/Lost 54/2 Friday: 9-10 WILL CAN HIT: Craig has hit safely in eight of his last nine, 10 of his last 12 and 15 of his last 19 games dating back to July 14. Since that date, he's hit .305 Home Attendance 452,221 Saturday: 7-11 Avg. Home Attendance 8,374 Sunday: 9-9 (25-for-82) with four homers, five doubles, 13 RBI, four walks and 28 strikeouts. Craig has nine multi-hit performances since July 14 and leads the team with 26 League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4th) Scoring First: 39-13 multi-hit games this year, one ahead of Jake Elmore. Opponent Scores First: 17-43 SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 25 Jake Elmore went just 2-for-15 and left a total of 14 runners on base in the three-game series against Columbus after being dubbed the Opponent Comeback Wins: 23 LINE DRIVE ELMORE: 2019 at Home: 2-1 Extra Innings: 4-6 nickname Jake "Line Drive" Elmore. In the two-game set at Toledo prior to the weekend set, he went 5-for-10 at the dish. On the season, the 32-year-old is still 2019 @ Norfolk: 0-0 Shutout Record: 4-6 hitting a league-best .343 (93-for-271) with four homers, 24 doubles and 26 RBI. After tallying five PAs on Sunday, Elmore is back among league qualifiers in Doubleheaders: 3-3 All-Time at Home: 68-54 (.557) Commit An Error: 24-28 average (1st) and on-base percentage (4th, .405). Indy's last batting champion was Junior Noboa (.340) in 1989 and they have had just four batting titles since All-Time @ Norfolk: 55-48-1 (.448) Commit No Errors: 32-28 1969 (also: Bernie Carbo in 1969, Gene Locklear in 1972, Dallas Williams in 1987). Walk-Off Wins: 3 All-Time Totals: 123-102-1 (.547) Walk-Off Losses: 3 J-MART STREAKING: Jason Martin has hit safely in seven straight games, batting .379 (11-for-29) with four doubles, four RBI and three runs scored during the 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 31-26 vs. IL North: 13-17 stretch. Martin is also riding a 12-game hitting streak at Victory Field dating back to July 6. It is the longest home hitting streak for a Tribe player this year and Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 12-13 longest since Kevin Newman had a 12-game home hitting streak from April 23-May 24, 2018. Martin has hit .305 (25-for-82) with two homers, seven doubles, AVG Elmore .343 1st OBP Elmore .405 4th Scoring 4+ Runs: 47-23 12 RBI, 10 runs scored and a .356 OBP in his last 12 games at home. 2B Kramer 27 T-7th Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 9-33 Hayes 26 T-10th Outhit Opponent: 42-13 EXTRA, EXTRA: Kevin Kramer doubled, tripled and recorded his first career outfield assist in left field on Sunday, throwing out Dioner Navarro who tried to 3B Robinson 4 T-8th Outhit By Opponent: 10-36 W Keller 7 T-8th Teams Tie in Hits: 4-7 tag up from second to third in the sixth inning. Kramer has recorded at least one extra-base hit in five of his last six games and Sunday's two extra-base hit L Vera 9 T-3rd Indy Hits HR: 42-32 performance was his fifth of the season, the last being a two-double game on July 13 at Columbus. All five of his games with two extra-base hits this season ERA Keller 3.56 2nd Indy no HR: 14-24 McRae 4.97 9th Opp. Hits HR: 36-39 have come against IL West opponents, with the only other occurrence at Victory Field coming on May 3 vs. Louisville. Since the All-Star break, Kramer is hitting WHIP Keller 1.24 1st Opp. no HR: 20-17 .231 (18-for-78) after hitting .270 (70-for-259) in the first half. His second-half OPS is .816 compared to .761 in the first half, however. McRae 1.42 9th Lead After 6: 41-3 Trail After 6: 4-42 GS Vera 21 T-3rd Tied After 6: 11-11 NO GUARANTEES: Indy squandered multi-run leads in every game over the weekend vs. Columbus. A breakdown of the weekend series and the last time the Keller 19 T-6th Lead After 7: 48-2 CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Trail After 7: 5-48 Tribe lost three straight games when having leads of two or more is below: SHO Marvel 1 T-1st Tied After 7: 3-6 AVG vs. Keller .243 2nd Lead After 8: 46-1 McRae .272 T-6th Trail After 8: 3-46 Aug. 2, 2019 vs. COL: led 2-0, lost 5-3 Aug. 11, 2018 vs. PAW: led 2-0, lost 3-2 IP Vera 114.2 2nd Tied After 8: 4-5 Aug. 3, 2019 vs. COL: led 3-0, lost 8-6 Aug. 12, 2018 vs. PAW: led 5-0, lost 9-5 Keller 103.2 9th Aug. 4, 2019 vs. COL: led 2-0, lost 3-2 Aug. 14, 2018 at SWB: led 3-0, lost 7-3 SO Keller 123 1st Vs. LH Starter: 12-13 GIDP McRae 11 T-6th Vs. RH Starter: 44-43 SV Brentz/DuRapau 8 T-4th NOT IDEAL: After getting swept over the weekend, Indy is now just 2-8 against the Clippers in the Circle City and 9-13 in the season series with two meetings Series (W-L-S): 17-17-2 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 6-5 left. Since 1988, Indy had never lost eight games at home to Columbus in a season before doing so this year. The Tribe also haven't won a season series over Columbus since 2014, when they won 13 of 21 matchups. Indians Tides 2019 IL STANDINGS .256 Batting Avg .267 517 Runs 557 WEST STRUGGLES AT HOME: The Indians are just 26-30 at Victory Field with 14 home games remaining.