_______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Tuesday, May 1, 2018 6:35 p.m. ET Toledo Mud Hens 11-10 (2nd, IL West) Fifth Third Field Toledo, OH 15-7 (1st, IL West) ♦ RHP Clay Holmes (0-0, 2.45) Game #22 / Road #10 RHP Artie Lewicki (2-1, 5.79) Radio/TV: Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart App / MiLB TV UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Wednesday May 2 @ Toledo RHP Austin Coley (1-1, 10.61) vs. LHP Ryan Carpenter (0-3, 5.40) 10:35 a.m. FoxSports975.com / MiLB TV / iHeart App Thursday May 3 vs. Gwinnett RHP Casey Sadler (0-2, 8.31) vs. LHP Kolby Allard (1-1, 2.57) 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Friday May 4 vs. Gwinnett RHP Alex McRae (0-3, 6.55) vs. RHP Andres Santiago (1-1, 3.63) 7:15 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 / WNDY 23 Saturday May 5 vs. Gwinnett RHP Tyler Eppler (3-1, 2.92) vs. RHP Lucas Sims (1-1, 1.46) 1:35 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 2018 indy bits Tribe Tips 2018 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 4-5 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Indy used a five-run first and four-run fourth to hold off Toledo in the series opener last night, 10-7. The Overall 11-10 Night Games: 7-5 Home 7-5 Before All-Star Break: 11-10 Indians saw eight of their 14 hits go for extra bases in the triumph. Eric Wood led the way with two doubles, one homer and a Road 4-5 After All-Star Break: 0-0 season-high four RBI, and Jose Osuna finished his strong opening month with a 3-for-5 showing, clubbing his team-high third Place 2nd April: 11-10 GA/GB -3.5 May: 0-0 home run in the process. Jacob Stallings also logged a three-hit game to elevate his season average to .364, the third-highest Streak W1 June: 0-0 Home Streak L1 July: 0-0 mark in the IL. Tyler Eppler benefitted from the run support and lasted six innings, scattering seven hits and two walks with five August: 0-0 Road Streak W1 September: 0-0 strikeouts to become one of 10 pitchers in the league with three wins this season. Dovydas Neverauskas cleaned up a messy Longest Winning Streak 2 (4x) (mr: 4/23-24) Longest Losing Streak 2 (3x) (mr: 4/28-29) Monday: 2-1 eighth inning and worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save in as many chances this year. Last 5 2-3 Tuesday: 2-1 Wednesday: 1-3 Last 10 6-4 Thursday: 1-0 Home Openings 12 Friday: 2-2 IL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Third baseman/outfielder Jose Osuna was named as the International League's April Player of the Home Attendance 66,276 Saturday: 2-1 Avg. Attendance 5,523 Sunday: 1-2 Month after ranking among the top five in seven offensive categories. For the month, he finished among IL offensive leaders in League Rank (Total/Avg) 5th/7th Scoring First: 9-3 extra-base hits (1st, 12), slugging percentage (1st, .656), RBI (T-2nd, 16), doubles (T-2nd, 9), total bases (T-2nd, 40), batting Opponent Scoring First: 2-7 SERIES HISTORY Extra Innings: 0-1 average (4th, .361) and home runs (T-4th, 3). He is the third Tribe player since 1998 to earn the award, joining left-handed Shutout Record: 3-3 2018 at Home: 1-2 Doubleheaders: 0-1-0 pitcher Zach Duke (May 2005) and utilityman Alen Hanson (May 2015). 2018 @ Toledo: 1-0 Commit An Error: 5-6 All-Time at Home: 123-81 (.603) Commit No Errors: 6-4 Walk-Off Wins: 0 All-Time @ Toledo: 97-102 (.487) Walk-Off Losses: 0 GAME NO. 200 IN TOLEDO: The Indians and Mud Hens meet tonight for the 404th time since the 1988 season and 200th All-Time Totals (since 1988): 220-183 (.546) vs. IL West: 5-5 overall at Toledo in the last 30 years. At Toledo's old ballpark, Ned Skeldon Stadium, the Tribe owned a 19-24 record from 1988- 2018 league leaders vs. IL North: 4-4 vs. IL South: 2-1 2001. At Fifth Third Field -- which opened in 2002 -- the Indians are an even 78-78 overall. Indy has posted a 56-43 record at Category Player No. Rank AVG Stallings .364 3rd Scoring 4+ Runs: 9-2 Toledo's home park since 2009. Osuna .361 4th Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 2-8 Out-Hit Opponent: 9-0 Bostick .322 7th Out-Hit By Opponent: 2-9 Meadows .311 10th Teams Tie in Hits: 0-1 SIX DINGERS: Despite belting two homers yesterday and five in total on the current road trip, the Indians still finished the SLG Osuna .656 1st Indy Hits HR: 3-0 3B Bostick 3 1st Indy no HR: 8-10 month of April with a total of six home runs in 21 games, their lowest monthly mark since 2005. The previous monthly low for Weiss 2 T-2nd Opp. Hits HR: 2-8 2B Wood 10 1st Opp. no HR: 9-2 long balls was eight, set in April 2015. Osuna 9 T-2nd Lead After 6: 9-1 Trail After 6: 1-9 Stallings 8 T-4th Tied After 6: 1-0 XBH Osuna 12 1st Lead After 7: 10-1 CLOSING COMMITTEE: Through seven appearances, Indians reliever Johnny Hellweg still has a perfect 0.00 ERA on the season. Wins Eppler 3 T-1st Trail After 7: 0-9 ERA Kingham 1.59 8th Tied After 7: 1-0 He has recorded three saves in as many tries and has allowed just four hits and four walks with seven strikeouts in nine innings SV Hellweg 3 T-4th Lead After 8: 10-0 Trail After 8: 0-7 pitched, good for a 0.89 WHIP and .138 (4-for-29) batting average against. Dovydas Neverauskas, who joined the Tribe on April 2018 TEAM COMPARISON Tied After 8: 0-1 20, has yet to allow a hit in 7.1 innings pitched, recording two saves with five walks and 10 strikeouts. Indians Mud Hens Vs. LH Starter: 4-2 .268 Batting Avg .266 Vs. RH Starter: 7-8 89 Runs 106 Series (W-L-S): 3-3-1 CLAY'S 100TH START: Tonight's starter, Clay Holmes, will be making the 100th regular-season start of his professional 183 Hits 199 career. Now in his sixth pro season (missed all of 2014 due to Tommy John surgery), Holmes owns a lifetime record of 31-25 58 Doubles 48 2018 IL STANDINGS 9 Triples 7 WEST and a 3.56 ERA. After being named as Indy's Rookie of the Year in 2017, Holmes is off to a strong start with the Tribe again 6 Home Runs 18 82 RBI 98 Team W-L GB this year (0-0, 2.45 ERA), riding a 10-inning scoreless streak into tonight's outing. TOL 15-7 - 277 Total Bases 315 IND 11-10 3.5 55 Walks 74 149 Strikeouts 185 COL 10-12 5.0 THEY'RE NOT AVERAGE: Four Indians rank among the IL's top 10 in batting average this season, led by Jacob Stallings' .364 LOU 9-11 5.0 9 Stolen Bases 14 mark that ranks third. Osuna is fourth at .361, Christopher Bostick is seventh (.322) and Austin Meadows in 10th (.311). 8 Caught Stealing 3 NORTH .327 OBP .334 Team W-L GB .406 SLG .421 SYR 13-8 - KEYS TO SUCCESS: Indianapolis remains perfect in games this season where they out-hit its opponent (9-0) and hit a PAW 11-10 2.0 179.0 Innings Pitched 192.0 LHV 11-11 2.5 home run (3-0). Last night's result improved Indy to 2-8 when its opponent hits a homer. 4.17 ERA 3.52 ROC 9-10 3.0 1.57 WHIP 1.20 BUF 7-8 3.0 THIS ROAD TRIP BY THE NUMBERS 6 Saves 10 SWB 10-13 4.0 Games 4 ERA 6.09 (23 ER/34.0 IP) 191 Hits Allowed 169 Record 2-2 Starter W-L 1-2 SOUTH 11-10 101 Runs Allowed 85 Average .320 (47-for-147) Starter ERA 7.71 (16 ER/18.2 IP) The Indians finished the month of April with an 11-10 record, marking 83 ER Allowed 75 Team W-L GB Runs (Avg/Gm) 29 (7.3) Reliever W-L 1-0 the sixth time in the last seven years where Indy finished above .500 DUR 12-10 - XBH (Avg/Gm) 22 (5.5) Reliever ERA 4.11 (7 ER/15.1 IP) 13 HR Allowed 12 NOR 11-10 0.5 Home Runs 5 Walks 23 in the opening month of the season. The only year where the Tribe 9 Hit Batters 11 CHA 10-13 2.5 Stolen Bases 0 Strikeouts 26 finished below .500 was in April 2017 when they posted a 7-15 record, 90 Walks 61 GWN 8-14 4.0 RISP .360 (18-for-50) Save/Opps 1/1 only to win the division by eight games. 164 Strikeouts 189 clay holmes HT/WT: 6'5” / 230 B/T: R/R BORN: March 27, 1993 (25) BIRTHPLACE: Dothan, Ala.