game information indianapolis indians _______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Sunday, August 18, 2019 1:35 p.m. ET Lehigh Valley IronPigs 60-64 (2nd, -11.0 GB, IL West) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 60-63 (5th, -4.5 GB, IL North) RHP James Marvel (4-0, 1.82) Game #125 // Home #63 LHP Damon Jones (0-1, 8.69) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / Fox Sports 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Monday August 19 at Toledo LHP Brandon Waddell (2-5, 8.88) vs. RHP Tim Adleman (6-4, 3.55) 6:35 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Tuesday August 20 at Toledo RHP Alex McRae (7-7, 5.15) vs. RHP Kyle Funkhouser (3-6, 7.50) 6:35 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Wednesday August 21 at Toledo RHP Dario Agrazal (4-4, 4.78) vs. RHP Beau Burrows (2-6, 5.51) 6:35 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Thursday August 22 at Toledo TBA vs. LHP Tyler Alexander (4-9, 5.63) 6:35 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 18-17 Overall 60-64 Night Games: 42-47 LAST NIGHT: The Indians never led in a 3-2 loss to the IronPigs on Saturday night, their fourth straight defeat to fall a season-low four games under Home 28-33 .500. Lehigh Valley scored two runs in the second off Yefry Ramirez, both coming on a two-out single by former Indian Phil Gosselin. Jose Pirela and Before All-Star Break: 44-44 Road 32-31 After All-Star Break: 16-20 Malquin Canelo scored on the base hit to left. Indy plated its first run in the fourth after Francisco Cervelli was hit by pitch to start the frame. He took Place 2nd April: 13-11 GA/GB -11.0 GB May: 18-9 second on a groundout and third on a Trayvon Robinson single before scoring on a groundout by Jake Elmore. The score remained 2-1 until the ninth. The Streak L4 June: 10-19 Home Streak L3 July: 14-14 visitors added a crucial insurance run off Sean Keselica when Gosselin drew a bases-loaded walk, but Cervelli parked a solo shot to open the bottom August: 5-11 half to bring Indy back within one. Elmore lined a two-out single ahead of a Darnell Sweeney strikeout that ended the game. Road Streak L1 September: 0-0 Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-2 Last 5 1-4 Tuesday: 9-9 EL VARON: Yefry Ramirez tied a season high with nine strikeouts over six innings of two-run ball last night for his first quality start of the season (nine Wednesday: 9-8 starts). He also struck out nine in his last appearance with Triple-A Norfolk on April 25 at Columbus (4.0ip, 5h, 4r, 3er, 3bb, 9k). Ramirez has pitched in Last 10 4-6 Thursday: 10-10 Home Openings/Lost 59/2 Friday: 9-13 23 games this season for four different teams (Norfolk, Baltimore, Indy, Pittsburgh) and his teams have gone just 5-18 in those affairs. Home Attendance 497,207 Saturday: 8-12 Avg. Home Attendance 8,427 Sunday: 9-10 League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4th) ELMO: Jake Elmore has reached base safely in 16 of his last 18 games overall, is hitting a league-best .345 (107-for-310) and ranks third in OBP (.410). Scoring First: 42-15 Opponent Scores First: 18-49 Indy's last batting champion was Junior Noboa (.340) in 1989 and they have had just four batting titles since 1969 (also: Bernie Carbo in 1969, Gene SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 26 Opponent Comeback Wins: 26 Locklear in 1972, Dallas Williams in 1987). Elmore's .345 average for the season would be the highest single-season qualifying average by an Indy 2019 at Home: 0-2 Extra Innings: 4-7 player since Williams hit .357 in 1987. 2019 @ Lehigh Valley: 2-1 Shutout Record: 4-7 Doubleheaders: 4-6 All-Time at Home: 22-20 (.524) Commit An Error: 24-32 T-ROB: In 15 games since July 25, Robinson is hitting .360 (18-for-50) with three homers, two doubles, 10 RBI and four runs scored. The 31-year-old's All-Time @ Lehigh Valley: 21-24 (.467) Commit No Errors: 36-32 All-Time Totals: 43-44 (.494) Walk-Off Wins: 3 average rests at .318 and has been above .300 for all but a six-day stretch (April 5-10). He has hit safely in seven straight and nine of his last 10 overall. Walk-Off Losses: 3 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 31-26 vs. IL North: 15-21 J-MART: Over Jason Martin's last 19 games (hit safely in 15 of them), the Tribe outfielder has hit .324 (23-for-71) with one triple, six doubles, 10 RBI and Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 14-17 six runs scored. He is batting .298 (42-for-141) with three homers, one triple, nine doubles and 21 RBI in 39 games since the beginning of July. AVG Elmore .345 1st Scoring 4+ Runs: 49-25 OBP Elmore .410 3rd Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 11-39 2B Elmore 30 4th Outhit Opponent: 45-13 WOODY: UTIL Eric Wood ripped his 36th career home run with the Tribe Tuesday night (16 in 2017, 11 in 2018, 9 in 2019), tied for fourth most by an Indy Outhit By Opponent: 10-43 L Vera 9 T-4th Teams Tie in Hits: 5-8 player in the Victory Field era (1996-present). Wood is tied with Neil Walker (2007-10, 2013) for fourth and trails Steve Pearce (37, 2007-11), Matt Hague ERA Keller 3.56 1st Indy Hits HR: 44-34 (38, 2011-14) and Guillermo Garcia (39, 1996-99) on the leaderboard. McRae 5.15 9th Indy no HR: 16-30 Opp. Hits HR: 39-43 WHIP Keller 1.24 2nd Opp. no HR: 21-21 GS Vera 22 4th Lead After 6: 45-3 RECORDS IN JEOPARDY: Indy's pitching staff has piled up 1,106 strikeouts through 124 games (8.92 K/game), 47 strikeouts shy of tying the franchise Trail After 6: 4-49 record 1,153 set in 2013 (records for this stat go back to 1902 when the franchise was founded). The Tribe are on pace to record 1,249 punchouts this Keller 19 T-9th Tied After 6: 11-12 CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Lead After 7: 52-2 season. The Indians are also on pace to surrender a franchise record 155 home runs, which would break the current record of 145 HR allowed in 2005. Trail After 7: 5-56 SHO Marvel 1 T-1st Tied After 7: 3-6 AVG vs. Keller .243 2nd Lead After 8: 49-1 Trail After 8: 3-52 PLAYOFF SITUATION: The Indians saw their elimination number shrink to seven with last night's loss. Indy is in danger of missing the postseason for IP Vera 118.2 T-5th Tied After 8: 4-5 a second straight campaign, which would be the first time that's happened since a five-year drought from 2007-11. From 2012-17, the Indians reached SO Keller 123 1st Vs. LH Starter: 13-17 the Governors' Cup playoffs four times. GIDP McRae 13 T-4th Vs. RH Starter: 47-47 SV DuRapau/Neverauskas 9 T-2nd Series (W-L-S): 18-20-2 HOME WOES: The Indians are 28-33 at home this year and are in danger of having a sub-.500 record for the first time since 2002 (35-38) and 2003 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 6-5 (35-37). Indy began the season 6-1 at home and were seven games over .500 at home on May 31 (17-10), but they've gone 11-22 in their last 33 home Indians IronPigs 2019 IL STANDINGS games. With nine home games remaining, the Tribe would need to go 7-2 to reach a .500 home record. .255 Batting Avg .271 553 Runs 631 WEST 1050 Hits 1126 Team W-L GB IT'S AN IL WEST THING: Indy isn't alone in the IL West when it comes to having a losing record at home. Division-leading Columbus is 30-33 at Hun- 250 Doubles 224 COL 71-53 - 22 Triples 24 IND 60-64 11.0 tington Park, Toledo is 28-34 at Fifth Third Field and Louisville is 26-36 at Louisville Slugger Field. Only Pawtucket (22-38) and Norfolk (28-33), both in 125 Home Runs 143 TOL 56-68 15.0 last place in their respective divisions, have losing home records outside of the quartet of IL West teams. 506 RBI 596 1719 Total Bases 1827 LOU 53-71 18.0 400 Walks 453 NORTH THEY THE NORTH: The Tribe are 15-21 against IL North opponents this year -- including a 6-12 mark at Victory Field -- with only today's game remain- 1047 Strikeouts 1174 66 Stolen Bases 64 Team W-L GB ing. Since becoming Pittsburgh's Triple-A affiliate in 2005, the Tribe have finished over .500 against the IL North 11 times (2005-07, 2009-13, 2015, 38 Caught Stealing 35 SWB 65-59 - 2017-18), right at .500 once (2014) and under .500 three times now, with the 2019 campaign joining 2008 and 2016.