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LEVELAND INDIANS 2013 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION CLEVELAND INDIANS (7-10) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (7-11) RHP Justin Masterson (3-1, 1.67) vs. RHP Dylan Axelrod (0-1, 4.70) Game #18/Road #10 » Mon., April 22, 2013 » U.S. Cellular Park » 8:10 p.m. (ET) » SportsTime Ohio/WTAM-WMMS, IRN UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATION Date Opponent Probable Pitchers - Cleveland vs. Opponent First Pitch Radio/TV Tues. April 23 at Chicago-AL RHP Zach McAllister (1-2, 3.12) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (1-0, 2.55) 8:10PM ET WTAM-WMMS, SportsTime Ohio Wed. April 24 at Chicago-AL RHP Corey Kluber (1-0, 1.80) vs. LHP Chris Sale (1-2, 4.50) 2:10PM ET WTAM, SportsTime Ohio WINS AND LOSSES: The Indians hung on for a 5-4 victory over the Astros on THE RINGER MUST NOT LOOK EMPTY: The Indians and White Sox are set Sunday afternoon, using 4 solo home runs to cement a series win over Hous- to meet for the second time in just over a week, as Cleveland took 2 of 3 deci- ton at Minute Maid Park this weekend...with the victory, the Indians improved sions April 12-14 at Progressive Field...the Indians are 80-93 (.462) all-time at to 3-0 in games decided in the 7th inning-or-later this season...Cleveland has U.S. Cellular Field, winning 2 straight and 8 of the last 15 meetings here (4-5 in won 2 straight following a season-high 5-game losing streak, although club 2012)...Cleveland has homered in 12 consecutive games at this ballpark has still lost 5 of 7, 7 of 11 and 10 of its last 15 decisions after beginning the dating back to Sept. 9, 2011 (16 total HR in that span), which stands as the year with back-to-back victories...the Indians are 2-1 to begin an 11-day, 10- 2nd-longest such streak ever for the Indians at U.S. Cellular Field (1991-pres- game road trip through Houston (2-1), Chicago-AL (3 games) and Kansas City ent) behind a 14-game stretch from April 7, 2005-Sept. 7, 2006. (4 games)...taking rainouts on April 10 & 11 into consideration, the Tribe is in the midst of a stretch that has Cleveland scheduled to play 16 of the team’s SWEET HOME CHICAGO: Northbrook native and Chicago-resident JASON first 24 games of the 2013 season on the road through April 29...Cleveland is KIPNIS has hit safely in all 11 of his career games here at U.S. Cellular Field, 4th in the A.L. Central standings, 3.0 games behind first-place Kansas City batting .429 (18-42) with 6 extra-base hits (2-2B, 1-3B, 3-HR), 11 RBI, 6 runs (10-7). and 5 steals in those contests (1.238 OPS)...that is T5th-longest hit streak by an Indians player all-time in this ballpark’s history (1991-present), as Kipnis SERIES STUFF: Sunday marked the Tribe’s first rubber game of 2013, as is chasing Victor Martinez (17 games, June 4, 2005-April 4, 2007) for the top Cleveland moved to 3-3-0 in 6 series played this season...club is 1-2-0 at spot on that list. home and 2-1-0 on the road, looking to win consecutive series for the first time in 2013...Cleveland is 2-4 in series openers this season (1-2 on the road, ALBERS ACTIVATED: The Indians today activated RHP MATT ALBERS from averaging 2.50 runs per game in those 6 lid-lifters, while giving up an average the Restricted List and designated RHP FERNANDO NIEVE for assignment... of 4.33 runs per game. Albers, who has been in Houston for family reasons, flew with the team last night to Chicago. ONE OF THESE NIGHTS: Cleveland edged out the club’s 3rd one-run victory of 2013 yesterday...with a 3-1 record in one-run affairs so far, this season is MYERS UPDATE: RHP BRETT MYERS, who was seen yesterday in Cleve- continuing a recent trend for the Indians, who own the Majors’ 4th-best record land for an exam and imaging, has been diagnosed with right elbow tendonitis in one-run games over the past 5 seasons (2009-13) at 99-81 (.550), 2nd-best and a mild UCL sprain...he will not throw for two weeks and is scheduled to in the A.L...Tribe was 24-12 in one-run games last season, the 2nd-best such have clinical exam at that time; if asymptomatic, he will initiate a throwing winning pct. in baseball behind only Baltimore (.763, 29-9). program. BEST ONE-RUN RECORDS IN THE MAJORS, 2009-13 THIS DAY IN TRIBE HISTORY: 1973: Designated hitter Ron Lolich, Mickey’s Team Win% W L cousin, hits the third of his 4 career home runs, a two-out walk-off grand slam San Francisco .5631 116 90 that gave the Indians an 8-7 comeback victory over Boston...the Red Sox had Baltimore .5625 99 77 scored three runs in the top of the ninth to break a 4-4 deadlock......2001: The Philadelphia .551 108 88 Cleveland Indians officially retired the number ‘455’ to honor a sellout streak Cleveland .550 99 81 by fans that began in June of 1995. Atlanta .549 106 87 THIS DAY IN MUSIC: 1957: Elvis Presley had his custom-built ‘Music Gate’ ANOTHER TRIP AROUND THE SUN: Please join the Indians in wishing MGR installed at Graceland in Memphis...1966: “Wild Thing” was released by The TERRY FRANCONA a happy 54th birthday (1959 in Aberdeen, SD)...Tito has Troggs, later reaching No. 1 on the charts...1978: John Belushi and Dan Ayk- won 4 of the last 5 games he has managed on his birthday, going 5-5 overall. royd made their first ever appearance as The Blue Brothers on “SNL”...1991: The Dave Matthews Band played their first live show in Charlottesville, VA for ROAD RULES: The Indians enter this week’s series with the A.L. Central’s Earth Day...Born on this Day: Charles Mingus (1922); Glen Campbell (1936); best road record at 5-4 (.555), winning 2 straight and 3 of the club’s last 4 Peter Frampton (1950): Paul Carrack (1951), lead vocals for Ace, Squeeze away from Progressive Field...Kansas City is the only other team in the divi- and Mike & the Mechanics..(courtesy of ThisDayInMusic.com). sion above the .500 mark on the road at 6-5 (.545)...through 9 games on the road, Cleveland is batting .287 (96-335) - 3rd-highest in the A.L. - incl. .283 w/ RISP (30-106), with 26 2B, one 3B, 17 HR and 54 runs (6.0R/G)...conversely, Mon: 0-1 Tues: 1-2 Wed: 1-1 Thurs: 0-2 Fri: 1-2 Sat: 2-1 Sun: 2-1 Tribe is hitting .207 (53-256) thru 8 home games, incl. .149 (7-47) w/ RISP, April: 7-10 May: 0-0 June: 0-0 July: 0-0 Aug: 0-0 Sept/Oct.: 0-0 Last 5G: 2-3 Last 10G: 4-6 Last 15G: 5-10 Last 20G: 7-10 with 13 2B, one 3B, 8 HR and 26 runs (3.3 R/G)...the club’s 3.76 road ERA Avg Time 9.0IP game: 2:51 (3,087min/18G) 5-R inn: 3, April 20 (2nd inn, 6R) (33 ER/79.0 IP) is also nearly 2.0 full runs lower than 5.63 home ERA (45 High-Water Mark: 2G, last April 3 (2-0) Low-Water Mark: -5G, April 19 (5-10) ER/72.0 IP). Farthest from 1st: -3.5G, 3x, last 4/19 Times at .500: 3, last April 13 (5-5) Days in 1st: 4, April 2-5 Largest Lead: +1.0G, last April 4 DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE DO: The Indians have hit 25 home runs through 17 Starters: 4-10, 5.84 ERA (89.1IP, 88H, 58ER, 15th in AL) games (1.5 HR/G), T2nd-most homers in the A.L. with Baltimore (25 HR/18 G) Relievers: 3-0, 2.92 ERA (61.2IP, 55H, 20ER, 6th in AL) and T4th-most in the Majors behind Atlanta (29 HR/18 G), Colorado (28 HR/18 G) and New York-AL (27 HR/17 G)...13 of the club’s 25 homers have been solo Against AL: Central West East Home: 2-6 vs. LH starter: 4-5 shots - somewhat surprisingly, 6 teams in the Majors have hit more solo hom- 2-1 2-1 3-8 Road: 5-4 vs. RH starter: 3-5 ers, while the Braves and Yankees lead with 18 apiece. In Series: Home Road Total Trip: 2-1 Current Streak: W2 Overall 1-2-0 2-1-0 3-3-0 Long W-Streak: 2 Long L-Streak: 5 Openers 1-2 1-2 2-4 Pre-ASG: 7-10 Extra-innings: 1-0 BULLPENNINGS: Cleveland’s bullpen has logged 14.2 consecutive Finales 0-2 2-1 2-3 Post-ASG: 0-0 One-run G: 3-1 scoreless innings dating back to the 8th inning of the club’s game on April Rubber 0-0 1-0 1-0 Come-from-Behind Wins: 2 18 vs. Boston; Tribe relievers have combined to allow just 4 earned runs (+ 3 Lead after: Home Road Total Losses After Holding Lead: 2 unearned runs) in 33.2 innings over the past 8 games (1.07 ERA), lowering the 6 inn.