INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Thursday, July 1, 2021 7:05 PM ET Iowa Cubs 26-23 (3rd, 6.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 18-29 (7th, 13.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP James Marvel (3-1, 4.40) Game #50 / Home #21 RHP Cory Abbott (1-3, 5.94) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / MyINDYTV 23 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 26-23 2021 @ IND: 1-1 Home 15-5 YESTERDAY: The Indians beat the I-Cubs in walk-off fashion on Wednesday afternoon, their third walk-off in a day game this season, 2-1. Iowa got the Road 11-18 2021 @ IOW: 2-3 Place 3rd scoring started early when the first three batters of the game reached base safely off Indianapolis starter Mitch Keller. Keller escaped the inning with Since 1988 @ IND: 51-28 (.646) GA/GB 6.0 GB just one run allowed on a sacrifice fly by Michael Hermosillo to score Ian Miller, the only Iowa run of the day. The Indians got on the board in the seventh Since 1988 @ IOW: 43-41 (.512) Streak W1 Since 1988 Totals: 94-69 (.577) Home Streak W1 inning thanks to an error and wild pitch to put Wilmer Difo at third base. He was then driven home by T.J. Rivera to knot the game at 1-1. After Keller Road Streak L2 Longest Winning Streak 5 exited the game through four, the Indians bullpen held Iowa to just two hits through the final six innings to preserve the comeback opportunity. 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 Indians I-Cubs Last 5 2-3 Last 10 5-5 WALK IT OFF... AGAIN: Christian Bethancourt’s 10th-inning single yesterday afternoon was his third walk-off at Victory Field this season out of the .226 BA .242 Home Openings/Lost 19/1 208 R 216 Home Attendance 82,142 team’s four total. After Indy stranded Iowa’s automatic runner on second base in the top half of the extra frame, the Indians threatened for the win. 362 H 376 Avg. Home Attendance 4,323 With T.J. Rivera on second base, Taylor Davis placed a perfect bunt between third base and the mound to move the runner over. Bethancourt then 74 2B 78 League Rank (Total/Avg) 13th/8th 8 3B 6 roped a single to right field to score the winning run. With four walk-offs so far this year, the Indians have tied their 2019 season total less than 54 HR 42 Day Games 5-5 192 RBI 206 Night Games 21-18 halfway through the season. Four walk-offs is the most by the team since 2019 when they walked off seven times. 614 TB 592 Before All-Star Break 26-23 197 BB 189 After All-Star Break 0-0 493 K 449 May 11-12 IN A PINCH: Last night’s pinch-hit single by Christian Bethancourt to drive in the game-winning run was his second hit in three pinch-hit at-bats so 27 SB 32 June 15-11 far this season. On 6/20 vs. Memphis, the last game where he singled to set up a walk-off win, Bethancourt originally entered as a pinch hitter and 10 CS 8 July 0-0 .319 OBP .333 August 0-0 launched a two-run home run in that appearance to begin a four-run eighth inning. .383 SLG .382 September 0-0 Tuesday 6-3 429.0 IP 409.2 Wednesday 3-4 TONIGHT: After tying up the series vs. Iowa last night at one game apiece, the Indians will look to take their first lead in a series since their last 3.99 ERA 4.72 Thursday 4-5 homestand vs. Memphis when they won five of six games. RHP James Marvel will take the mound for Indy vs. Iowa’s Cory Abbott, with both starters 1.32 WHIP 1.28 Friday 5-4 10 SV 6 Saturday 5-2 each facing off against the opposing team in the first series of the season. Their lines and the results of those games are listed below: 395 H 371 Sunday 3-5 213 R 246 190 ER 215 Game 1 6-3 May 6, Cory Abbott (Indians won, 5-4): L, 6.0ip, 3h, 4r, 3er, 1hr, 3bb, 8k Game 2 3-6 51 HR 76 Game 3 5-3 May 7, James Marvel (Iowa won, 4-3, in 10 innings): ND, 5.0ip, 5h, 2r, 2er, 1hr, 3bb, 5k 27 HB 24 Game 4 4-4 171 BB 153 Game 5 6-2 459 K 449 Game 6 3-4 MARVELOUS CONSISTENCY: In each of his five appearances (four starts) with Indy this month and all but one of his nine appearances (eight starts) Scoring First 17-6 for the season, James Marvel has tossed at least 5.0 innings. On the season, Marvel is 3-1 with a 4.40 ERA (22er/45.0ip) and has a chance to place INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Opponent Scores First 9-17 Comeback Wins 10 himself back on the league leaderboard in innings pitched with another solid outing, as he is just 0.1 innings shy of currently being tied for 10th vs. Teams At/Above .500: 5-10 Opponent Comeback Wins 8 place in the Triple-A East. Last time out, he earned the win at Louisville with 5.0 innings in his second career relief appearance. His longest outing vs. Teams Below .500: 21-13 Extra Innings 4-2 vs. AAA-E Midwest: 18-19 Shutout Record 1-3 of the season came on June 8 when he tossed 5.2 one-run innings at Nashville to earn his first win of the season. His past three decisions (in four vs. AAA-E Southeast: 8-4 Doubleheaders 2-0 vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Commit An Error 11-17 appearances) have all been in the win column. Commit No Errors 15-6 Series (W-L-S): 4-3-1 Walk-Off Wins 4 Sweeps: 0-1 Walk-Off Losses 5 HISTORY VS. IOWA: Indianapolis and Iowa played each other from 1969-1997 as members of the American Association. On June 23, 1997, the Scoring 4+ Runs 22-6 Indians scored 10 runs 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 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 4-17 runs (18-2), the largest margin of victory for Indianapolis against Iowa since 1988. Outhit Opponent 16-5 MIDWEST Outhit By Opponent 6-17 Teams Tie in Hits 4-1 Team W-L GB Indy Hits HR 21-13 NO THANKS: In the series finale of Opening Week on May 9 in Des Moines, four Iowa Cubs pitchers combined to throw the first no-hitter against the OMA 32-17 - Indy no HR 5-10 Indians since April 18, 2018 (1) at Syracuse (7.0 innings) and the last 9.0-inning no-no since June 10, 2002 against Columbus. Shelby Miller, Tommy TOL 27-22 5.0 Opp. Hits HR 14-16 Nance (W), Brad Wieck and Ryan Meisinger (S) combined with 15 strikeouts and held the Indians to three baserunners (all walks) and only three balls IND 26-23 6.0 Opp. no HR 12-7 COL 23-26 9.0 Lead After 6 19-2 hit to the outfield (Chris Sharpe, Cole Tucker and Kevin Kramer). It was the second no-hitter in the all-time series history between Iowa and Indianap- Trail After 6 4-19 STP 23-26 9.0 Tied After 6 3-2 olis, the first coming when Iowa Oaks’ pitcher Homer Stinson no-hit the Indians on Aug. 25, 1974 (9.0ip, 0r, 5bb, 6k). LOU 19-30 13.0 Lead After 7 19-1 IOW 18-29 13.0 Trail After 7 2-19 Tied After 7 5-3 WELL, THIS IS WEIRD: Yesterday, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced they had signed Shelby Miller as a minor league free agent and assigned him to NORTHEAST Lead After 8 19-1 Trail After 8 0-18 Indianapolis. Most notably, Miller (on a rehab assignment) was the starting pitcher in the I-Cubs combined no-hitter against the Indians on May 9. In Team W-L GB Tied After 8 5-4 that game, Miller went 3.0 innings and paired one walk with five strikeouts. He was designated for assignment and released by Chicago (NL) at the SWB 33-13 - BUF 29-19 5.0 Vs. LH Starter 6-5 end of May before being picked up by Pittsburgh. Miller, St. Louis’ first-round draft pick in 2009, spent 2013-16 as a regular member of the starting Vs. RH Starter 20-18 WOR 29-20 5.5 rotations in St. Louis, Atlanta and Arizona. He is 38-56 in his MLB career with a 4.18 ERA (353er/760.1ip), placed third in 2013 NL ROY voting and LHV 21-29 14.0 league leaders was named an NL All-Star with the Braves in ‘15. ROC 20-29 14.5 SYR 13-35 21.0 Category Player No. Rank OBP Alford .453 2nd CURRENT HOMESTAND BY THE NUMBERS SOUTHEAST OPS Alford .967 6th Games 2 ERA 2.84 (6er/19.0ip) Team W-L GB 2B Sharpe 15 T-2nd BB Alford 28 T-4th Record 1-1 Starter W-L 0-1 DUR 32-17 - CS Alford 4 T-5th Average .185 (12-for-65) Starter ERA 6.75 (5er/6.2ip) 3 HBP NAS 31-17 0.5 Runs (Avg/Gm) 5 (2.5) Reliever W-L 1-0 JAX 27-21 4.5 ERA Sulser 3.86 5th XBH (Avg/Gm) 3 (1.5) Reliever ERA 1.46 (2er/12.1ip) The Indians pitching staff hit a season-high three batters for the second consecutive GWN 23-26 9.0 SV Gustave* 5 T-4th Home Runs 1 Walks 8 night vs.