LEVELAND INDIANS 2013 SPRING TRAINING GAME INFORMATION CLEVELAND INDIANS (16-10-2) at CHICAGO CUBS (15-15-0) RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (2-0 4.91) vs. LHP Chris Rusin (2-0, 2.50) Spring Game #29/Home #15 » Sunday, March 24, 2013 » Goodyear Ballpark » 1:05p.m. (PST) » SportsTime Ohio/MLB Network/WTAM/IRN BROADCAST INFORMATION: This afternoons Indians/Cubs game can be seen live on SportsTime Ohio at 4:05pm ET...the broadcast will be available across the Indians DAYS LEFT UNTIL OPENING DAY Radio Network and on WTAM in the Cleveland market at 4:00PM ET...the game can also be seen on MLB Network on delay...Indians.com will also carry the live webcast April 2, 2013 at Toronto Blue Jays for paid MLB.TV subscribers. 9 Rogers Centre CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cleveland Indians currently have 40 players in major league camp, which includes 10 non-roster invitees; this consists of 19 pitchers (4 INDIANS RECENT SPRING RECORDS 2013 BASEBALL AMERICA non-roster, 2 DL), 5 catchers (2 non-roster), 10 in¿ elders (3 non-roster) and 6 out¿ eld- Year W-L-T AVG ERA CLEVELAND INDIANS ers (1 non-roster)...the Indians had a total of 64 players in major league camp for the 2013 16-10-2 .284 4.75 TOP 10 PROSPECTS start of Cactus League play; which included 24 non-roster invitees in addition to play- 2012 7-22-3 .247 5.42 1. Trevor Bauer, RHP ers on the 40-man roster. 2011 15-14-2 .274 5.19 2. Francisco Lindor, SS 2010 19-9-3 .289 3.96 3. Dorsyss Paulino, SS SATURDAY’S RECAP: The Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners, 10-5, in Peoria 2009 12-20-3 .279 6.00 4. Tyler Naquin, OF as the two teams combined for 34 hits, including 7 hits from the Tribe’s top prospects 2008 15-14-0 .285 4.61 5. Cody Allen, RHP in the form of SS FRANCISCO LINDOR (3-5, 3B, RS, RBI), 2B JOSE RAMIREZ 2007 16-14-1 .260 3.67 6. Mitch Brown, RHP (2-5, RS, RBI), CF TYLER NAQUIN (1-4, RS, RBI) and 3B TONY WOLTERS (1-2)... 2006 20-12-1 .286 4.79 7. Danny Salazar, RHP SCOTT KAZMIR (5.0IP, 13H, 5R/ER, 0BB, 5K, HR) spread around 13 hits in earning 2005 16-13-1 .299 4.98 8. Luigi Rodriguez, OF his ¿ rst win of the spring as the Tribe bullpen combined for 4.0 scoreless innings, in- 2004 18-14-0 .293 4.83 9. Ronny Rodriguez, 2B cluding a 1.0 innings, 3 strikeout outing from VINNIE PESTANO...RF MATT CARSON 2003 19-11-0 .311 4.13 10. Jesus Aguilar, 1B left the game in the 5th inning with a facial laceration and cervical sprain (he is day- 2002 15-17-0 .273 4.89 to-day).CORD PHELPS (2-3) & JASON GIAMBI combined for back-to-back homers in the 3rd inning before the Indians broke the game open with 5 runs in the 6th inning. big league camp and was 12-for-30 (.400)...MARK REYNOLDS (14-40, .350) has col- lected 5 two-baggers, while producing 3 homers...MICHAEL BRANTLEY is 13-for-31 HOSTING THE NORTHSIDERS: The Indians are set to play host to the Chicago (.419) w/ 6 XBH’s this spring (5 2B, 1 HR) despite appearing in just 12 games...CORD Cubs for the third and ¿ nal time this afternoon at Goodyear Ballpark...the Tribe de- PHELPS is 18-for-47 (.383) w/ 8 XBH’s (4 2B,1 3B, 3 HR) and 7 RBI in 22 games... feated the Cubbies twice in six days earlier this spring (March 4 & March 9)...the his .463 OBP ranks 12th in the Majors...YAN GOMES is 10-for-26 (.385) w/ 6 XBH’s (5 Indians sit at 6-4 against the Cubs since joining the Cactus League in 2009...the 2B, 1 HR) and 6 RBI in 14 games. Tribe and Cubs have split 14 meetings during regular season Interleague Play at an even 7-7 with the most recent series occurring in June 2009 in the Windy City...the two TRIBE PITCHING NOTES: Tribe hurlers have combined to post a 4.75 ERA clubs will not meet in 2013. (131ER/248.0 IP) while fanning 202 batters with just 68 walks and a .290 (287-988) av- erage against...Cleveland relievers have a 3.83 mark (67 ER/157.1 IP) with 129SO/42 INDIANS FAN AMONG THE 2013 MLB FAN CAVE DWELLERS: On Thursday, Major BB, while starters have an 6.35 (64 ER/90.2 IP) ¿ gure w/ 73 SO/27 BB...bullpen has League Baseball revealed the list of individuals who will inhabit the MLB Fan Cave recorded a save in 10 of the club’s 15 wins which is tied for most in the Major Leagues for 2013...Cleveland native Alex Justice (@AlexJustice4All on Twitter), 21, is one of (DET/SEA,CHI-NL 10)...Tribe pitchers have issued only 68 free passes which is few- the nine headed to NYC and the ¿ rst Indians fan ever to earn a spot in the MLB Fan est in the majors (OAK-2nd 68)... yesterday’s starter, SCOTT KAZMIR, earned his ¿ rst Cave...she is currently attending Ohio State University, studying English with hopes to of¿ cial spring victory as he logged 5.0 innings and struck out 5 Cubs hitters...enjoyed a teach Special Education, but is temporarily putting those plans on hold to join the MLB successful outing in a simulated Minor League game against the Rangers (March 17), Fan Cave...these fans will watch every single MLB game each day, chronicle their ex- tossing 5.0 innings while striking out 5 and allowing only 3 ER; including his “B” squad perience via social media while creating videos with MLB players and celebrities, and appearance Wednesday (March 6), has struck out more batters (23) than any other compete with each other along the way for the right to stay in the Fan Cave through Tribe hurler...Friday’s starter, JUSTIN MASTERSON, (5.09 ERA, 17H, 19 SO), shoul- the World Series...supported by MLB Advanced Media, the MLB Fan Cave is a unique dered the loss despite fanning 7 batters and surrendering just a single earned run over event space at 4th Street and Broadway in NYC’s Greenwich Village that mixes base- 5.0 frames; surrendered two, ¿ rst inning homers against Cincinnati on Sunday (March ball with music, popular culture, media, interactive technology and art. 17), but found his groove and allowed no hits over his ¿ nal 3 frames while striking out 6 Reds hitters; tossed 5.0 scoreless frames in TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS Monday’s (March 11) “B” squad game against CLEVELAND INDIANS CHICAGO CUBS AVAILABLE FOR TODAY’S GAME the Angels, holding the Halos to only 2 hits 30 Ubaldo Jimenez RHP 49 Chris Rusin LHP # Player MG Bio while striking out 4; currently ranks second 37 Cody Allen RHP 86 OF Tyler Holt Pg. 267 in the American League with 19 punchouts... 27 Bryan Shaw RHP 88 OF Bryson Myles Pg. 277 89 INF Matt Antonelli Pg. 249 PRESTON GUILMET, (5.1 IP, 1H, 2SO) who 80 Jerry Gil RHP 90 RHP Jose Flores Pg. 263 was reassigned to Minor League camp on 90 Jose Flores* RHP 92 RHP Bryan Price Pg. 281 Monday, had not allowed a base runner in his 92 Bryan Price* RHP last three appearances and retired 13 of the 14 hitters he has faced through 5 of¿ cial spring appearances; holding opposing hitters to a .071 average against...JERRY GIL (10.2 IP, 3H, 6 SO) retired the only two hitters NIGHT MOVES: Thursday morning, the Indians announced the most recent series of he faced and picked up his second victory of the spring in his appearance Monday roster moves impacting the Major League spring training roster, as the club optioned (March 18) against Milwaukee; pitched his fourth consecutive perfect inning Friday LHP SCOTT BARNES, RHP TREVOR BAUER and RHP COREY KLUBER to Triple- (March 15); also pitched a perfect ¿ nal frame Wednesday (March 13) against the A Columbus, while re-assigning non-roster invitee LHP GIOVANNI SOTO to Minor White Sox, earning his second of¿ cial save of the spring; notched a perfect 9th inning League camp. in Friday’s (March 10) “B” squad tilt against the White Sox to record his team leading 3rd save; including that “B” squad appearance, is holding opposing hitters to a team- MAJOR LEAGUE: BACK TO THE MINORS: As is customary each spring, the Indians best .090 average against (3-33); has not allowed a base runner in ¿ ve consecutive will periodically use minor league games to get players in major league camp addi- appearances and has retired 13 straight batters...GUILMET/CAPPS/HAGADONE/ tional work...CHRIS PEREZ, who had been held out of game action since suffering a MARTINEZ (2, T8th MLB)/SHAW/BARNES/GIL(2, T8th in MLB) and BAUER have all right shoulder subscapularis strain in his last Cactus League outing on 2/26 vs. KC, recorded saves for the Tribe. threw 1.0 inning ( 2 H, 1R/ER, 1BB, 1 SO, 30 pitches, 19 strikes) in a High-A Minor League contest yesterday against Los Angeles-NL. ATHLETIC TRAINER’S TABLE: OF MATT CARSON left yesterday’s game in the bot- tom of the 5th inning after crashing into right ¿ eld wall (forehead laceration & cervical TRIBE BATTING NOTES: The Cleveland offense is batting at a .284 clip (280-986) strain); X-ray results came back negative...SS ASDRUBAL CABRERA was scratched through 27 games with 10+ hits in 13 of those, including 18 hits yesterday at Seattle from today’s starting lineup due to mid-back spasms that occurred this morning in the and 20 hits on March 4 at Chicago-NL; club hit .322 (58-180) during 5-game winning batting cages; he is day-to-day...INF JASON KIPNIS has been held out of game ac- streak to start the spring and is hitting .295 (179-606) during their last 15 games (8-5- tion for several days with right elbow soreness, which he began experiencing as the 2)...team hitting .249 (70-281) w/ RISP...Tribe leads majors with 118 walks (OAK-2nd, result of playing long-toss…RHP CHRIS PEREZ (right shoulder subscapularis strain) 110), while ranking T2nd with Cincinnati with 63 doubles (KC -1st, 68)...rank 5th in threw 1.0 inning in a Minor League game yesterday (2 H, 1R-1ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 30 homers (36) and total bases (465), T6th with San Diego in RBI (150) and 7th in runs pitches/19 strikes); he is tentatively scheduled to receive 2 days of rest before pitching (161)...on the bases, squad ranks T5th with Houston and Tampa Bay with 26 stolen in Tuesday’s Cactus League game vs.