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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 Friday, April 29, 2016 Norfolk Tides 10-9 (3rd, IL West) 7:15 p.m. EDT 8-13 (4th, IL South) RHP Wilfredo Boscan Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN LHP Odrisamer Despaigne (1-2, 2.65) Game #20, Home #8 ♦ Season Series 0-2 (0-3, 6.63) TRIBE AT A GLANCE Tribe Tips Overall 10-9 Streak L2 Home 4-3 Home Streak W1 THE INDIANS... Suffered a second late rally in as many days to drop the road trip finale at Norfolk, 6-5, yesterday along with Road 6-6 Road Streak L2 Place 3rd Last 5 2-3 the series ... Was the first sweep of the Tribe this season ... Marked the first back-to-back road losses of the year ... Enter their G. Ahead/Behind - 2.5 Last 10 5-5 114th season of continuous operation this year since the current franchise was established in 1902 ... The team traces its roots Home Attendance 47,023 Home Openings 7 back to 1887, making it 126 years of baseball in the Circle City. Avg. Attendance 6,718 League Rank (Total) 4th CHANGE IN SCENERY: The Tribe and Tides are relocating their series for three games in Indianapolis after two days at Norfolk's IL STANDINGS Harbor Park ... The Indians will see the same opponent in different cities back-to-back just one other time this year ... The team WEST NORTH SOUTH will play at Toledo for two days on Aug. 27-28 before returning to face the Mud Hens at home from Aug. 29-31. Team W-L GB Team W-L GB Team W-L GB COL 13-7 - LHV 11-9 - GWN 13-9 - LOU 11-8 1.5 PAW 11-9 - DUR 10-12 3.0 STARTING OFF STRONG: Indianapolis' starting rotation is among the top performing in Minor League Baseball ... Was named IND 10-9 2.5 SYR 10-9 0.5 CHA 9-12 3.5 MiLB's "Most Interesting Rotation" by MiLB.com ... On the most recent road trip, Tribe starters went a combined 4-1 with a 1.45 TOL 7-11 5.0 SWB 10-10 1.0 NOR 8-13 4.5 ERA (44.0ip/7er) ... They surrendered just 29 hits over those 44.0 innings and struck out 59 combined. ROC 9-11 2.0 BUF 9-12 2.5 TRULY STRIKING: Pirates' top prospect Tyler Glasnow punched out a new Triple-A best 11 batters on 4/26 ... He is tied for both the SERIES HISTORY league and Triple-A lead in total strikeouts with 30 (Matt Andriese/DUR) ... Rotation-mate and Pirates' No. 4 prospect Jameson Overall At IND At NOR Taillon has struck out 23 in 23.1 frames while walking only one ... After Steven Brault's career 11-strikeout performance on 2016 0-2 0-0 0-2 4/27, Indians starters last turn rang up 39 batters in 26.0 innings dating back to Taillon on 4/23 ... After no Tribe hurler struck 2015 6-3 3-3 3-0 out 10+ last season, Glasnow and Brault did it back-to-back (4/26-27). All-Time 107-96 57-49 50-47 TEAM COMPARISONS MARVEL-OUS UNIS: The Indians will host their first of seven specialty jersey nights and four MARVEL Super Hero Nights Indians Tides tomorrow ... The team will wear Captain America uniform tops and the game presentation will take on a superhero theme ... .265 ......................Batting Avg ..................... .259 Other heroes scheduled for this season include Iron Man (May 21), The Hulk (June 25), and The Flash (August 6). 90 ............................Runs ............................ 77 176 ........................... Hits ............................ 179 BELL AND THE IL: On Monday, Tribe first baseman Josh Bell was named the International League's Batter of the Week for April 28 ........................ Doubles .......................... 25 18-24 ... Over that span, he hit .400 (12x30), drove in a league-best nine RBIs, and hit for the cycle with a grand slam on 4/22 9 .......................... Triples ............................ 4 16 .......................Home Runs ....................... 11 at LOU ... He has started and reached base in all 19 games this season. 87 ............................RBIs ............................ 72 270 .....................Total Bases ...................... 245 BUCS IN INDY: Infielder Jung Ho Kang, RHP Jared Hughes, and LHP Cory Luebke began rehab assignments with Indianapolis 68 ...........................Walks ........................... 68 last week ... Kang is rehabbing after a devastating knee injury on 9/17/15 ... A veteran of the Korean Baseball Organization, 180 .......................Strikeouts ....................... 146 Kang finished third in NL Rookie of the Year votiing last season after hitting .287 with 15 HR and 58 RBIs ... suffered 19 ......................Stolen Bases ...................... 12 Hughes .336 ........................... OBP........................... .324 a left lat strain during spring training ... He finished fourth in the NL last season in preventing inherited runners from scoring (16.1%) ... Luebke fired 2.0 scoreless innings on 4/21 after pitching just 7.0 innings combined since 2012 while working back 172.0 .................Innings Pitched ..................185.0 from two Tommy John procedures. 2.72 ...........................ERA ............................4.82 1.18 ...........................WHIP ...........................1.49 5 ...........................Saves ............................ 5 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 149 ..................... Hits Allowed ..................... 209 8 ........................HR Allowed ....................... 13 RHP Wilfredo Boscan Current Streak: L2 vs NOR (2016) 0G/0GS 9 ........................ Hit Batters ....................... 10 W-L-S ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG W-L ERA ER/IP SO/BB 54 ...........................Walks ........................... 66 1-2-0 2.65 3 3 17.0 18 5 5 1 3 14 .281 0-0 N/A 0/0.0 0/0 162 ......................Strikeouts ....................... 176 Boscan will make his fourth start of the season for Indianapolis ... Was outdueled by Durham's Jamie Schultz who collected Indians AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS 12 strikeouts in Boscan's last start ... Pitched an Indy season-best 7.0 innings in his second start ... Has surrendered all five Category Player No. Rank of his runs in the third inning ... Limiting left-handed hitters to a .208 average (5x24) ... Has not allowed an extra-base hit to Batting Average Alen Hanson ................. .328 .................10th HR/AB Max Moroff ...................18.67 ................4th date ... Has received a loss in each of his last two starts ... Career 3.02 ERA in 28 starts for Indianapolis (2015-16) ... Reigning RBI Josh Bell ......................16 .....................T-2nd Indianapolis Starting Pitcher of the Year after at 2015 campaign that saw him go 10-3 with a 3.07 ERA ... That ERA checked in Steals Adam Frazier ................7 .......................T-2nd at ninth in the International League ... He went unbeaten in his final 12 starts of the year ... Acquired by PIT via free agency on 12/23/14 ... Originally signed by TEX as non-drafted free agent on 7/10/06. ERA Jameson Taillon ...........1.54 ..................10th K/9 Tyler Glasnow ..............12.86 ................1st BOSCAN START-BY-START Steven Brault ...............11.44 ................5th Opp Avg Guido Knudson ............. .100 .................2nd Date Opp Pitcher Dec. Final IP H R ER BB SO HR NP-K Saves Trey Haley .....................4 .......................2nd 4/14 vs COL Boscan W 5-1 6.0 5 0 0 1 3 0 80-50 Strikeouts Tyler Glasnow ..............30 .....................T-1st 4/19 vs TOL Boscan L 3-5 7.0 8 4 4 0 6 1 87-64 WHIP Jameson Taillon ...........0.86 ..................5th 4/24 at DUR Boscan L 1-6 4.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 85-53 UPCOMING MATCHUPS Team ERA Indianapolis ................2.72 ..................1st Last ROAD TRIP... Day Date Opponent Time Pitching Matchup Games 8 ERA 2.69 (75.0ip/26er) Sat 4/30 vs NOR 7:05 pm RHP Chad Kuhl (2-0, 1.84) vs. LHP Nick Additon (1-2, 2.74) Record 4-4 Starter W-L 4-1 Average .304 Starter ERA 1.45 (44.0ip/7r) Sun 5/1 vs NOR 1:35 pm RHP Tyler Glasnow (1-1, 2.57) vs. TBA Runs (Game) 56 (7) Reliever W-L 0-3 Home Runs 10 Reliever ERA 3.60 (31.0ip/17er) Mon 5/2 vs DUR 7:05 pm LHP Steven Brault (1-1, 1.83) vs. LHP Adam Wilk (0-2, 3.22) RISP .274 (26x95) Save/Opps 1/5 Indianapolis Indians HITTING STATISTICS INDIANS SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Extras Total Avg Indians 3 15 15 15 8 14 3 3 10 5 90 4.7 Opponents 6 2 9 2 7 1 8 10 2 7 55 2.9 Differential -3 +13 +6 +13 +1 +13 -5 -7 +8 -2 +35 +1.8 INDIANS 2-OUT RBI OUTFIELD ASSISTS BATTING AROUND THE ORDER (10 to plate) Player Total Player Total Player 1st 2nd 3rd Home Total Date Opp. Inning Batters Hits Runs Bell 6 Ngoepe 1 Garcia - - 1 1 2 4/22 at LOU 3rd 11 6 8 Figueroa 3 Ortiz 2 Ortiz - 1 - - 1 4/26 at DUR 9th 10 6 7 Florimon 1 Rogers 5 Richardson - 1 - - 1 Gamache 3 Rojas Jr. 1 Totals 0 2 1 1 4 Garcia 1 Stallings 1 Hanson 3 Other 0 Moroff 7 TOTAL 34 TEAM LAST AB WINS Date Opp. Batter Game-Winner (Run) Inning Final Date Opp. Batter Game-Winner (Run) Inning Final 4/15 vs COL D. Ortiz Single to right (Moroff) 11th 3-2 - - - - - - DESIGNATED HITTERS PINCH HITTERS Player G Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Player Avg H AB HR RBI Player Avg H AB HR RBI Bell 5 .188 16 3 3 0 0 1 3 5 1 Figueroa .000 0 1 0 0 Ortiz .000 0 1 0 0 Figueroa 1 .500 6 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 Frazier .000 0 1 0 0 Rojas, Jr.