INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION [ Indianapolis Indians501 //West Communications Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, _______________________________________ IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Tuesday, May 4, 2021 7:38 PM ET Iowa Cubs 0-0 (T-1st, -- GB, AAA-E MW) Principal Park ♦ Des Moines, IA 0-0 (T-1st, -- GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Chase De Jong (0-0, 0.00) Game #1 / Road #1 RHP Joe Biagini (0-0, 0.00) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2019 AT A GLANCE indy bits series history Overall 0-0 2021 @ IND: 0-0 Home 0-0 Road 0-0 2020 WAS WEIRD: Following the suspension of spring training operations on March 12, 2020, the Minor League Baseball season was postponed 2021 @ IOW: 0-0 Place -- indefinitely due to the rising COVID-19 pandemic. On June 30, the Indianapolis Indians season was canceled as Major League Baseball moved forward Since 1988 @ IND: 50-27 (.649) GA/GB -- Since 1988 @ IOW: 41-38 (.519) Streak -- with plans for Alternate Training Sites, Pittsburgh’s of which was housed at PNC Field in Altoona, Pa., home of the Double-A Altoona Curve. Multiple Home Streak -- Since 1988 Totals: 91-65 (.583) Road Streak -- members of the 2019 Indians team were split up between Pittsburgh and Altoona for Summer Camp, with a handful cracking the Pirates Opening Day Longest Winning Streak -- roster: RHPs JT Brubaker, Mitch Keller and Dovydas Neverauskas, C Jacob Stallings, INFs Erik Gonzalez, Kevin Newman, Cole Tucker and Jose Osuna, 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak -- Last 5 0-0 and OF Jason Martin. Indians Cubs Last 10 0-0 .253 BA .253 Home Openings/Lost -- 616 R 708 Home Attendance -- OPENING DAY: The Indians enter Opening Day 2021 on a two-game losing streak in season openers. Since 1997, Indianapolis has gone 10-13 in 1170 H 1154 Avg. Home Attendance -- 275 2B 259 League Rank (Total/Avg) -- Opening Day contests, with a 6-6 record at home and 4-7 on the road. Dating back to 1988, the Indians and I-Cubs have met once on Opening Day, 27 3B 25 with the Indians taking the April 6, 1990 contest at Iowa’s Sec Taylor Stadium, 4-2. Indianapolis went on to take the season series, 7-5, but finished 133 HR 177 2021 567 RBI 669 the season with a 61-85 record compared to Iowa’s 72-75. 1898 TB 1994 Day Games 0-0 456 BB 519 Night Games 0-0 1198 K 1209 Before All-Star Break 0-0 ESPO RETURNS: Skipper Brian Esposito returns for his third season as the Indians manager after being tabbed for the role in 2020 but instead 69 SB 79 After All-Star Break 0-0 spending the season in Altoona, Pa. at Pittsburgh’s Alternate Training Site. In his first two seasons in Indianapolis, Esposito owns a 139-141 record 41 CS 45 May 0-0 .327 OBP .334 June 0-0 (.496) with back-to-back T-2nd finishes in the International League West. After leading the Indians to a 73-67 record (.521) in 2018, the team finished July 0-0 .410 SLG .437 August 0-0 sub-.500 for the first time since 2016 with a 66-74 record (.471) in 2019. He is joined by newcomers to Indianapolis’ coaching staff: pitching coach September 0-0 1213.1 IP 1203.1 Joel Hanrahan, hitting coach Jon Nunnally and coach Gustavo Omana. 4.82 ERA 4.67 Monday 0-0 1.44 WHIP 1.42 Tuesday 0-0 Wednesday 0-0 WELCOME TO THE TRIPLE-A EAST: After 22 seasons in the International League, Indianapolis is now a member of the Triple-A East following the 43 SV 37 Thursday 0-0 1214 H 1162 Friday 0-0 reallignment of Minor League Baseball. All 14 International League teams (with the exception of Pawtucket, which moved to Worcester), with the ad- 695 R 688 Saturday 0-0 650 ER 625 Sunday 0-0 dition of the Iowa Cubs (CHI), Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (MIA), Memphis Redbirds (STL), Nashville Sounds (MIL), Omaha Storm Chasers (KC) and St. 158 HR 191 Scoring First 0-0 Paul Saints (MIN), make up the Triple-A East. The Indians will now face Columbus, Iowa, Louisville, Omaha, St. Paul and Toledo as part of the Midwest 64 HB 57 Opponent Scores First 0-0 division, with inter-division play at Nashville (June 8-13) and vs. Memphis (June 15-20). 528 BB 552 Comeback Wins -- 1244 K 1247 Opponent Comeback Wins -- Extra Innings 0-0 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Shutout Record 0-0 HISTORY VS. IOWA: Indianapolis and Iowa played each other from 1969-1997 as members of the American Association. Since 1988, the Indians are Doubleheaders 0-0 91-65 (.583) against the I-Cubs, with a 50-27 (.649) record at home and 41-38 (.519) record on the road. On 6/23/97, the Indians scored 10 runs vs. AAA-E Midwest: 0-0 Commit An Error 0-0 vs. AAA-E Southeast: 0-0 Commit No Errors 0-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning to set a Victory Field era record for runs in a single inning, and went on to beat Iowa by 16 runs (18-2), the largest vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Walk-Off Wins -- Series (W-L-S): 0-0-0 Walk-Off Losses -- margin of victory for Indianapolis against Iowa since 1988. Sweeps: 0-0 Scoring 4+ Runs 0-0 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 0-0 YA-HOO IS HERE: Right-handed pitcher Miguel Yajure enters the 2021 Triple-A season as Pittsburgh’s highest-ranked prospect (No. 10 BA, No. 12 MLB 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Outhit Opponent 0-0 Outhit By Opponent 0-0 Pipeline) on the Indians Opening Day roster. He was traded to Pittsburgh on Jan. 24, 2021 in a deal that sent former Indians pitcher Jameson Taillon MIDWEST Teams Tie in Hits 0-0 Indy Hits HR 0-0 to the Yankees in exchange for a handful of young farmhands. The 23-year-old made his MLB debut in 2020 without seeing any career time in Triple-A Team W-L GB Indy no HR 0-0 and has made one start with Pittsburgh so far this season (4/21 (2) at Detroit; L, 4.1ip, 4h, 4r, 4er, 2hr, 2bb, 4k). COL 0-0 - Opp. Hits HR 0-0 Opp. no HR 0-0 IND 0-0 - Lead After 6 0-0 OUTFIELD’S GOT SWAG(GERTY): Outfielder and Pittsburgh’s No. 14/9 prospect (Baseball America/MLB Pipeline) Travis Swaggerty makes the jump from IOW 0-0 - Trail After 6 0-0 LOU 0-0 - Tied After 6 0-0 High-A to Triple-A this season after spending all of 2020 at Pittsburgh’s Alternate Training Site. The 23-year-old was named an MiLB.com Organization Lead After 7 0-0 OMA 0-0 - Trail After 7 0-0 All-Star in 2019 after ranking among Pirates minor leaguers in walks (2nd, 57), runs scored (3rd, 79), stolen bases (4th, 23), hits (T-4th, 121) and STP 0-0 - Tied After 7 0-0 TOL 0-0 - Lead After 8 0-0 total bases (10th, 174). Trail After 8 0-0 NORTHEAST Tied After 8 0-0 BACK AGAIN: Returners to the Indians roster include 2019 MiLB Rawlings Gold Glove Award winning first baseman Will Craig, second baseman Kevin Vs. LH Starter 0-0 Team W-L GB Vs. RH Starter 0-0 Kramer, shortstop Cole Tucker, third baseman Hunter Owen and pitchers Matt Eckelman, Geoff Hartlieb, James Marvel, Cody Ponce, Cam Vieaux and BUF 0-0 - Blake Weiman. Craig, Hartlieb, Ponce and Tucker are the only four returners who saw playing time with Pittsburgh in 2020. LHV 0-0 - league leaders ROC 0-0 - SWB 0-0 - Category Player No. Rank VETERAN PRESENCE: Multiple members of the Indians roster have years of big-league experience to complement the top prospects rising through the SYR 0-0 - ranks. Steven Wright (36) and Andrew Susac (31) are the two oldest members of Indy’s roster, with Wright pitching for the 2013 and 2018 World Series WOR 0-0 - Champion Boston Red Sox in the regular season, and Susac owning a World Series ring after helping San Francisco to a title in 2014. Other notable veterans include Chasen Shreve (30), Chase De Jong (27), Anthony Alford (26), and Dustin Fowler (26). SOUTHEAST Team W-L GB CLT 0-0 - CURRENT HOMESTAND BY THE NUMBERS DUR 0-0 - Games 0 ERA 0.00 (0er/0ip) GWN 0-0 - Record 0-0 Starter W-L 0-0 JAX 0-0 - Average .000 (0-for-0) Starter ERA 0.00 (0er/0ip) 19 MEM 0-0 - Runs (Avg/Gm) 0 (0.0) Reliever W-L 0-0 NAS 0-0 - Nineteen members of the Indians’ Opening Day roster did not see official game action in XBH (Avg/Gm) 0 (0.0) Reliever ERA 0.00 (0er/0ip) NOR 0-0 - Home Runs 0 Walks 0 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 19, 12 of those players did not participate in Stolen Bases 0 Strikeouts 0 organized baseball activities at an alternate site. RISP .000 (0-for-0) Save/Opps 0/0 [ Indianapolis Indians // Communications Department ] _______________________________________upcoming pitching matchups DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Wednesday May 5 at Iowa RHP Beau Sulser (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Ben Holmes (0-0, 0.00) 7:38 PM FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Thursday May 6 at Iowa RHP Cody Ponce (0-0, 0.00) vs.