INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Friday, August 26, 2021 7:05 PM ET Louisville Bats 45-53 (5th, 11.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 41-57 (7th, 15.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Beau Sulser (5-5, 4.55) Game #99 / Home #46 RHP Riley O’Brien (6-6, 4.70) Radio/TV: AM 1260 / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 45-53 Home 23-22 2021 @ IND: 0-3 Road 22-31 LAST NIGHT: Louisville scored first and put up three or more runs in a single inning for the third consecutive game to beat the Indians last night, 2021 @ LOU: 2-4 Place 5th 5-1. The Bats took a 1-0 lead off a TJ Friedl solo home run in the third inning. They tacked onto the lead with three runs in the fifth inning, a frame Since 1998 @ IND: 110-111 (.498) GA/GB 11.0 GB Streak L4 extended on miscues by the Indians defense. Indianapolis countered with one run in the bottom half of the fifth inning when Hunter Owen singled to Since 1998 @ LOU: 112-107 (.511) Home Streak L4 Since 1998 Totals: 222-218 (.505) Road Streak L1 lead off the inning and came around to score on an error. The Louisville offense wasn’t done, however, and scored one more run on an RBI single by Longest Winning Streak 5 (2x) Alfredo Rodriguez in the eighth inning. 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 Last 5 1-4 Indians Bats Last 10 2-8 FEELIN’ GOOD: Shelby Miller extended his scoreless streak to 7.1 innings (five appearances) since returning from the injured list on Aug. 12. In .231 BA .243 Home Openings/Lost 43/2 440 R 396 Home Attendance 248,455 that time span, he has compiled a 0.41 WHIP, .080 average against (2-for-25), with one hit coming in each of his last two appearances, and 14.73 Avg. Home Attendance 5,778 746 H 787 League Rank (Total/Avg) 7th/5th strikeouts per nine innings. Prior to Aug. 12, he allowed at least one run in six of his seven Triple-A appearances between Indianapolis and Iowa, with 161 2B 157 12 3B 17 Day Games 8-9 his lone scoreless outing coming on May 9 when he tossed 3.0 innings in a combined no-hitter against the Indians. Since allowing a season-high 106 HR 69 Night Games 37-44 First Half 29-29 three runs with Indianapolis against his former team on July 4, Miller owns a 2.38 ERA (3er/11.1ip) with a 0.79 WHIP, .167 average against (7-for-42) 409 RBI 375 Second Half 16-24 and 19 strikeouts. 1249 TB 1185 Triple-A Final Stretch 0-0 371 BB 351 May 11-12 934 K 762 June 15-11 53 SB 57 July 10-16 HOWARD ON THE HILL: Sam Howard tossed one scoreless inning again last night, extending his shutout streak to 4.2 innings in four appearances 20 CS 21 August 9-14 of his major league rehab assignment. He was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain on July 13, and since joining Indianapolis .319 OBP .324 September 0-0 .387 SLG .366 October 0-0 on Aug. 17 he has compiled a 0.86 WHIP, .125 average against (2-for-16) and six strikeouts. He appeared in 38 games with the Pirates this season Tuesday 9-8 prior to his injury and went 2-2 with a 5.76 ERA (19er/29.2ip) and 41 strikeouts. Howard is the fifth Pirates pitcher to rehab with Indianapolis this 856.2 IP 859.0 Wednesday 3-13 4.42 ERA 3.82 Thursday 8-10 season and combined they have gone 0-3 with a 2.72 ERA (11er/36.1ip), 21 hits, 12 walks and 36 strikeouts. Howard’s full line from his four rehab 1.38 WHIP 1.25 Friday 9-7 appearances and those of the previous four pitchers are listed below: 17 SV 18 Saturday 10-6 828 H 741 Sunday 6-9 475 R 410 Game 1 9-8 LHP Sam Howard - 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0er/4.2ip), 2h, 2bb, 6k 421 ER 365 Game 2 3-14 106 HR 108 Game 3 8-9 LHP Steven Brault – 0-1, 1.64 ERA (2er/11.0ip), 6h, 1bb, 9k 64 HB 37 Game 4 8-8 LHP Austin Davis – 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0er/5.1ip), 0h, 0bb, 1k 351 BB 336 Game 5 10-6 854 K 964 Game 6 6-8 RHP Chad Kuhl – 0-0, 1.42 ERA (1er/6.1ip), 2h, 3bb, 9k Game 7 1-0 RHP Luis Oviedo – 0-2, 8.00 ERA (8er/9.0ip), 11h, 6bb, 11k Scoring First 29-12 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Opponent Scores First 16-41 Comeback Wins 20 vs. Teams At/Above .500: 17-28 Opponent Comeback Wins 17 TONIGHT: The Indians will look to snap a five-game losing streak against Louisville, their longest losing skid against the Bats since Aug. 14-18, 2011 vs. Teams Below .500: 28-25 Extra Innings 6-5 (five games), tonight at 7:05 PM ET. The Bats currently lead the season series, seven games to two, after going 4-2 over the first six games from June vs. AAA-E Midwest: 37-49 Shutout Record 3-7 Doubleheaders 2-4 22-27. The Indians haven’t finished below .500 against the Bats in the season series since 2016 and will have to win seven of the remaining nine vs. AAA-E Southeast: 8-4 Commit An Error 20-33 vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Commit No Errors 25-20 games between the two teams to continue that streak. RHP Beau Sulser will make his third career start against the Bats today after slinging five Series (W-L-S): 5-8-3 Walk-Off Wins 7 scoreless frames against them on June 27 at Louisville. RHP Riley O’Brien will take the mound for Louisville in his second start vs. Indy this season. Sweeps: 0-1 Walk-Off Losses 8 On June 25, he took the loss after surrendering six runs on eight hits in 4.1 innings. Scoring 4+ Runs 38-16 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 7-37 Outhit Opponent 30-8 Outhit By Opponent 10-40 ON FRIDAYS WE WEAR RED: The Indians have worn their red jerseys six times at Victory Field this season, five of which have come on Fridays. They MIDWEST Teams Tie in Hits 5-5 Indy Hits HR 35-27 did not wear their red jerseys on May 14, the first Friday of the home season, instead donning black and gold Pirates themed threads. Indianapolis Team W-L GB Indy no HR 10-26 went 2-0 in its first two Fridays wearing red, the second win of which came in a doubleheader sweep of Columbus on June 4. The Indians are 1-1 in TOL 56-42 - Opp. Hits HR 23-39 OMA 54-44 2.0 Opp. no HR 22-14 their last two Friday contests at The Vic, beating Toledo on July 23 (2-1) and losing to St. Paul on Aug. 13 (7-5). Lead After 6 31-4 STP 53-46 3.5 Trail After 6 8-44 COL 46-51 9.5 Tied After 6 5-5 HOME: After beginning the season with a 16-5 record at Victory Field this season, the Indians have gone 7-17 and could drop to .500 at home with a IND 45-53 11.0 Lead After 7 33-2 IOW 42-57 14.5 Trail After 7 4-45 loss today to Louisville. They won their first three home series vs. Toledo (five games to one, May 11-16), Columbus (4-2, June 1-6) and Memphis (5-1, Tied After 7 7-6 LOU 41-57 15.0 Lead After 8 35-3 June 15-20) but are at risk of losing their fifth home series in a row this week. Trail After 8 1-39 NORTHEAST Tied After 8 6-7 SWAPPING DUGOUTS: John Nogowski, who has appeared at Victory Field once already this year as a member of the Memphis Redbirds, was Team W-L GB Vs. LH Starter 12-11 designated for assignment by Pittsburgh and outrighted to Indy on Aug. 19. He was traded from St. Louis to Pittsburgh on July 3 in exchange for cash SWB 58-37 - Vs. RH Starter 33-42 BUF 56-39 2.0 and hit .261 (29-for-111) in 33 games with the Pirates. Last night, Nogowski singled for his first hit with the Indians. In Triple-A this season, he owns WOR 52-46 7.5 league leaders a .195 batting average (26-for-133) in 38 games between Memphis and Indy. LHV 43-54 16.0 Category Player No. Rank ROC 42-54 16.5 2B Sharpe 23 T-5th SYR 38-59 21.0 BB Park* 52 2nd SOUTHEAST GS Sulser 17 T-4th current homestand BY THE NUMBERS IP Marvel 94.2 4th Games 3 ERA 4.33 (13er/27.0ip) Team W-L GB Sulser 91.0 T-8th Record 0-3 Starter W-L 0-2 DUR 63-35 - Average .179 (17-for-95) Starter ERA 4.50 (5er/10.0ip) 30 innings GWN 58-41 5.5 Runs (Avg/Gm) 5 (1.7) Reliever W-L 0-1 JAX 56-43 7.5 XBH (Avg/Gm) 3 (1.0) Reliever ERA 4.24 (8er/17.0ip) The Indians haven’t led in a game since the sixth inning on Aug.