INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Saturday, June 19, 2021 7:05 PM ET Memphis Redbirds 21-18 (2nd, 7.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 16-24 (6th, 10.5 GB, AAA-E SE) RHP James Marvel (2-1, 3.86) Game #40 / Home #17 LHP Bernardo Flores Jr. (2-2, 5.81) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV/ MyINDYTV 23 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 21-18 2021 @ IND: 3-1 Home 12-4 LAST NIGHT: The Indians pitching staff surrendered 10 runs on a season-high tying 13 hits to lose their first game in regular-season history to the Road 9-14 2021 @ MEM: no games Place 2nd Redbirds, 10-1. Memphis put up two runs in the first inning off an early Lars Nootbaar two-out home run to right field. With two outs and the bases All-Time @ IND: 3-1 (.750) GA/GB 7.0 GB loaded in the second, Kramer Robertson doubled into center field to put Memphis up, 5-0. The Indians took one run back in the bottom of the fifth All-Time @ MEM: no games Streak L1 Regular Season Totals: 3-1 (.750) Home Streak L1 inning with Jason Delay’s second home run of the series, a solo shot to left field, but the Redbirds extended the lead back to five runs in the next half Road Streak W2 Longest Winning Streak 5 inning. A pair of two-run home runs tacked on insurance runs for Memphis in the seventh. 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 Indians Redbirds Last 5 4-1 Last 10 6-4 DELAY’S DINGERS: With a solo home run off the Yuengling Landing roof on Wednesday and another long ball to left field last night, Jason Delay has now .222 BA .226 Home Openings/Lost 15/1 homered in back-to-back games three times in his career. He first launched back-to-back homers from May 15-16, 2018 vs. High-A Daytona Beach and 164 R 163 Home Attendance 56,054 278 H 289 Avg. Home Attendance 3,737 followed with another such stretch during the 2019 campaign on May 15 at Double-A Binghamton and May 17 vs. Harrisburg. Delay has appeared in 12 55 2B 53 League Rank (Total/Avg) 15th/11th 6 3B 11 games so far this season with the Indians and is hitting .242 (8-for-33) with both of his home runs coming in his past two games. 42 HR 41 Day Games 3-4 151 RBI 153 Night Games 18-14 471 TB 487 Before All-Star Break 21-18 ALFORD LEADING OFF: Anthony Alford went 2-for-4 last night to extend his hitting streak to seven games dating back to June 10 and his on-base 160 BB 143 After All-Star Break 0-0 streak to 13 games since the beginning of the month. In the month of June, Alford is hitting .425 (17-for-40) with a .549 on-base percentage and 397 K 355 May 11-12 24 SB 18 June 10-6 1.349 OPS. Since moving to the leadoff spot of the Indians lineup on June 13 at Nashville, five games ago, he is hitting .412 (7-for-17) and has 7 CS 10 July 0-0 reached base safely in over half of his plate appearances. .318 OBP .311 August 0-0 .375 SLG .381 September 0-0 Tuesday 6-1 SPITZBARTH’S SCORELESS STREAK: Shea Spitzbarth tossed 1.2 perfect innings last night to extend his scoreless streak to 11.0 innings dating 338.1 IP 350.1 Wednesday 2-3 3.94 ERA 5.37 Thursday 3-5 back to May 23. In that time frame, he owns a 0.82 WHIP, .111 average against (4-for-36) and has fanned nine batters. In 14 outings this season, 1.29 WHIP 1.51 Friday 4-4 Spitzbarth has never allowed more than one run and has compiled a 2-1 record, 1.10 ERA (2er/16.1ip) and 13 strikeouts. The right-hander is in his 9 SV 3 Saturday 4-1 301 H 350 Sunday 2-4 first season with the Indians after being selected in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 draft from Los Angeles (NL) prior to the 2020 season. 161 R 225 Game 1 6-1 148 ER 209 Game 2 2-5 VICTORIES AT THE VIC: With the loss to Memphis last night, the Indians are now 12-4 (.750) at Victory Field for their best start to a home campaign 43 HR 54 Game 3 4-3 16 HB 20 Game 4 3-4 since the 2013 season. In 2013, Indy began the season with a 17-3 (.850) record at home through May 12 and had a 27-11 (.711) overall record in that 134 BB 179 Game 5 5-1 span. The Indians ended that season 41-31 (.569) in the Circle City. The best Victory Field record in a single season came in 1997, the Indians first full 378 K 344 Game 6 2-3 year at the corner of West and Maryland Street, when they went 49-23 (.681). So far in 2021, the Indians haven’t lost back-to-back games at Victory Scoring First 15-5 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Opponent Scores First 6-13 Field. The last time they lost consecutive games at home was from Aug. 29-31, 2019. Comeback Wins 7 vs. Teams At/Above .500: 5-10 Opponent Comeback Wins 7 vs. Teams Below .500: 16-8 Extra Innings 2-1 TONIGHT: The Indians will play for the series victory vs. Memphis tonight in a 7:05 PM ET start at Victory Field. With a fourth win in the series, the vs. AAA-E Midwest: 15-14 Shutout Record 1-2 Indians will have taken series victories in all three of their homestands so far this year, the first two coming against former International League West vs. AAA-E Southeast: 6-4 Doubleheaders 2-0 vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Commit An Error 7-13 Division rivals Toledo (five games to one) and Columbus (four games to two). The last time Memphis faced a three-game deficit in a series was last Commit No Errors 14-5 Series (W-L-S): 3-2-1 Walk-Off Wins 2 week vs. Gwinnett, and the Redbirds came back to split the series with the Stripers. Sweeps: 0-1 Walk-Off Losses 3 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Scoring 4+ Runs 18-6 CAPTAIN MARVEL-OUS: Tonight, RHP James Marvel will don an Indians’ Captain Marvel-themed jersey tonight and go for his third win in consecutive Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 3-13 Outhit Opponent 12-5 starts. After taking his first career Triple-A loss on June 3 vs. Columbus, Marvel tossed 5.2 one-run innings with five strikeouts on June 8 at Nashville MIDWEST Outhit By Opponent 6-12 for his first win of the season. He then clinched a split in the Music City with another winning performance on June 13 as the Indians offense backed Teams Tie in Hits 3-1 Team W-L GB Indy Hits HR 17-9 him with seven runs. OMA 28-11 - Indy no HR 4-9 IND 21-18 7.0 Opp. Hits HR 11-14 TOL 20-19 8.0 Opp. no HR 10-4 SOUTHPAW SUCCESS RATES: Last night began a stretch of three consecutive games in which the Indians will face left-handed starting pitchers, COL 18-21 10.0 Lead After 6 17-2 Trail After 6 2-15 and they enter tonight’s game at 4-5 vs. lefty starters in 2021. Against southpaws this season, Indianapolis as a team is hitting .222 (83-for-374) STP 18-22 10.5 Tied After 6 3-1 with 24 doubles, eight home runs, 41 RBI and 113 strikeouts. Four batters on the Indians active roster are currently hitting above .300 vs. left-handed IOW 14-24 13.5 Lead After 7 16-1 LOU 13-26 15.0 Trail After 7 1-15 pitchers this season, their numbers are listed below: Tied After 7 4-2 NORTHEAST Lead After 8 16-0 Trail After 8 0-15 RHB Anthony Alford: .385 (10-for-26), 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 6 BB, 13 K, 4 SB Team W-L GB Tied After 8 3-3 RHB Jason Delay: .375 (3-for-8), 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K SWB 27-11 - WOR 26-14 2.0 Vs. LH Starter 4-5 LHB Bligh Madris: .333 (7-for-21), 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 8 K Vs. RH Starter 17-13 BUF 20-18 7.0 RHB Joe Hudson: .316 (6-for-19), 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 6 K LHV 19-21 9.0 league leaders ROC 15-25 13.0 SYR 11-29 17.0 Category Player No. Rank OBP Alford .427 3rd current homestand BY THE NUMBERS SOUTHEAST OPS Alford .949 10th Games 4 ERA 3.08 (13er/38.0ip) Team W-L GB 2B Sharpe 11 T-4th 3B Tucker 2 T-7th Record 3-1 Starter W-L 2-1 DUR 26-13 - BB Alford 21 T-7th Average .205 (26-for-127) Starter ERA 2.74 (7er/23.0ip) 11/12 NAS 25-14 1.0 Runs (Avg/Gm) 16 (4.0) Reliever W-L 1-0 JAX 23-16 3.0 ERA Sulser 3.82 9th XBH (Avg/Gm) 8 (2.0) Reliever ERA 3.60 (6er/15.0ip) The Indians have stolen 11 bases in 12 attempts so far in 16 June games.