_______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Saturday, May 7, 2016 Louisville Bats 14-12 (3rd, IL West) 7:05 p.m. EDT 16-10 (2nd, IL West) RHP Tyler Glasnow Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN LHP Cody Reed (2-1, 2.08) Game #27, Home #15 ♦ Season Series 2-2 (2-0, 1.62) TRIBE AT A GLANCE Tribe Tips Overall 14-12 Streak L1 Home 8-6 Home Streak L1 THE INDIANS... Dropped their series opener with Louisville yesterday, 6-1, in 12 innings ... Fell to 2-4 on the season in extra Road 6-6 Road Streak L2 Place 3rd Last 5 3-2 innings ... Enter their 114th season of continuous operation this year since the current franchise was established in 1902 ... G. Ahead/Behind -3.5 Last 10 5-5 The team traces its roots back to 1887, making it 126 years of baseball in the Circle City. Home Attendance 92,256 Home Openings 14 Avg. Attendance 6,589 League Rank (Total) 4th DIAMOND DUEL: Tonight's pitching matchup will make this a ticket stub to keep as this may be a pairing repeated often down the road in the NL Central ... Two of Baseball America's Top 100 will be squaring off in RHP Tyler Glasnow (14th) and LHP Cody IL STANDINGS Reed (34th) ... Tyler Glasnow is the top-rated prospect in the Pirates organization while Reed is second for the Reds ... The WEST NORTH SOUTH Indians are hitting .294 against southpaws this season. Team W-L GB Team W-L GB Team W-L GB COL 18-9 - SYR 17-10 - GWN 15-14 - LOU 16-10 1.5 LHV 14-13 3.0 CHA 12-16 2.5 RYNO: Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg will be on hand tonight for pregame festivities ... Sandberg IND 14-12 3.5 SWB 15-14 3.0 DUR 12-17 3.0 played 2,151 games with the Cubs over 16 seasons after a brief stint with Philadelphia ... Was named NL MVP in 1984 after TOL 11-14 6.0 PAW 13-14 4.0 NOR 11-17 3.5 leading the Cubs to the Postseason for the first time since 1945 ... Led the NL in home runs in 1990 (40) ... Retired in 1997 ROC 13-15 4.5 while holding the all-time record of 123 straight errorless games by a second baseman. BUF 11-17 6.5 SERIES HISTORY GOOSE EGGS: The Indians blanked Durham this week in back-to-back games to record their sixth and seventh shutout victories Overall At IND At LOU of the season ... The team owns a 7-2 record when a shutout is involved ... The Tribe went 13-8 in shutout games last season 2016 2-2 0-1 2-1 ... Indianapolis has recorded each of its last five victories on shutouts and five of the last six overall. 2015 8-8 5-6 13-14 All-Time 171-172 81-91 90-81 ROTATION DOMINATION: Indians starting pitchers have allowed more than two runs on just three occasions this season ... TEAM COMPARISONS Durham's four earned runs against Steven Brault on 5/2 were the most collected by an opponent against a Tribe starter since Indians Bats Tyler Glasnow surrendered four on 4/21 (11 starts) ... Indians starters are now 10-5 on the season with an impressive 1.80 ERA .253 ......................Batting Avg ..................... .256 (134.2ip/27er) ... Three Indians starting pitchers are currently in the International League's ERA top 10 (Taillon, Kuhl, Boscan). 108 ...........................Runs ........................... 102 227 ........................... Hits ............................ 223 GLASNOW'S WEEK: On Monday, the International League announced Tyler Glasnow as the Pitcher of the Week for the period of 40 ........................ Doubles .......................... 37 April 25-May 1 ... He went 2-0 with 11.0 scoreless innings and 18 strikeouts in two starts over that span ... It is the second 10 ......................... Triples ............................ 1 16 .......................Home Runs ........................ 9 consecutive weekly nod for the Tribe after Josh Bell was named the IL's Batter of the Week in the previous cycle. 103 ...........................RBIs ............................ 92 335 .....................Total Bases ...................... 289 BUCS IN INDY: LHP Cory Luebke began rehab assignment with Indianapolis in April ... Has worked 10.0 frames for the Tribe 89 ...........................Walks ........................... 95 after pitching just 7.0 innings combined since 2012 while working back from two Tommy John procedures and most recently 246 .......................Strikeouts ....................... 186 a hamstring injury. 26 ......................Stolen Bases ....................... 7 .322 ........................... OBP........................... .337 241.0 .................Innings Pitched ..................236.0 2.65 ...........................ERA ............................2.97 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 1.17 ...........................WHIP ...........................1.20 RHP Tyler Glasnow Current Streak: W2 vs LOU (2016) 1G/1GS 8 ...........................Saves ............................ 5 202 ..................... Hits Allowed ..................... 192 W-L-S ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG W-L ERA ER/IP SO/BB 0-0 7.20 4/5.0 3/4 10 .......................HR Allowed ....................... 14 2-1-0 2.08 5 5 26.0 17 6 6 1 12 37 .187 13 ....................... Hit Batters ........................ 5 79 ...........................Walks ........................... 92 Glasnow will make his sixth start of the season for Indianapolis ... One of the top strikeout pitchers in Triple-A baseball ... Cur- 224 ......................Strikeouts ....................... 218 rently third in the International League with 37 punchouts ... Leads all Triple-A starting pitchers in K/9 (12.81) ... Working on an 11-inning scoreless streak dating back to 4/26 ... Sitting just outside the IL's top 10 in ERA (10th is 2.05) ... Reigning IL Pitcher Indians AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS of the Week ... Has won two consecutive decisions after not winning in his first three starts ... Threw a season-high 91 pitches Category Player No. Rank in his last start ... Did not allow his first hit until the fifth inning in that outing ... Ranked No. 14 on Baseball America's Top 100 Steals Adam Frazier ................9 .......................3rd prospect list ... Also ranked the top prospect in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization by BA ... MLBPipeline.com listed him as the ERA Jameson Taillon ...........1.19 ..................2nd second-best right-handed pitching prospect in baseball behind Lucas Giolito. Chad Kuhl ....................1.35 ..................3rd Wilfredo Boscan ...........1.61 ..................6th GLASNOW START-BY-START K/9 (starter) Tyler Glasnow ..............12.81 ................1st Date Opp Pitcher Dec. Final IP H R ER BB SO HR NP-K Steven Brault ...............11.41 ................3rd 4/10 at COL Glasnow L 0-1 5.0 3 1 1 3 6 1 81-43 Saves Trey Haley .....................4 .......................T-2nd 4/16 vs COL Glasnow ND 1-2 5.0 4 1 1 0 9 0 83-53 Strikeouts Tyler Glasnow ...............37 .....................3rd 4/21 at LOU Glasnow ND 5-6 5.0 6 4 4 3 4 0 78-47 WHIP Jameson Taillon ...........0.76 ..................2nd 4/26 at DUR Glasnow W 9-0 6.0 2 0 0 1 11 0 87-56 Chad Kuhl ....................0.82 ..................3rd 5/1 vs NOR Glasnow W 4-0 5.0 2 0 0 5 7 0 91-56 Team ERA Indianapolis ................2.65 ..................1st UPCOMING MATCHUPS This homestand Day Date Opponent Time Pitching Matchup Games 7 ERA 2.48 (69.0ip/19er) Sun 5/8 vs LOU 1:35 pm LHP Steven Brault (1-2, 3.04) vs. RHP Josh Smith (2-2, 2.48) Record 4-3 Starter W-L 3-1 Average .218 Starter ERA 1.15 (39.0ip/5r) Mon 5/9 at SYR 6:35 pm RHP Jameson Taillon (2-0, 1.19) vs. RHP Taylor Hill (0-2, 3.81) Runs (Game) 18 (2.6) Reliever W-L 1-3 Home Runs 0 Reliever ERA 4.20 (30.0ip/14er) Tues 5/10 at SYR 6:35 pm RHP Wilfredo Boscan (3-2, 1.61) vs. RHP Austin Voth (1-1, 2.79) RISP .172 (10x58) Save/Opps 3/4 Indianapolis Indians HITTING STATISTICS INDIANS SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Extras Total Avg Indians 4 17 18 15 8 16 10 5 10 6 108 4.2 Opponents 7 3 9 5 9 2 8 11 8 12 75 2.9 Differential -3 +14 +9 +10 -1 +14 +2 -6 +2 -6 +33 +1.3 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 2 Garcia - 2 1 1 4 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 Frazier 1 Rojas Jr. 1 Totals 0 4 1 1 6 Gamache 3 Stallings 3 Garcia 1 Other 0 Hanson 3 TOTAL 38 Moroff 7 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 - - - - - - 5/3 vs DUR A. Frazier Single to left center (Gamache) 12th 1-0 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 6 .286 21 3 6 0 0 1 3 5 2 Figueroa .000 0 1 0 0 Moroff .333 1 3 0 0 Figueroa 3 .500 10 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 Florimon .000 0 1 0 0 Ortiz .000 0 1 0 0 Florimon 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Frazier .000 0 1 0 0 Rojas, Jr.