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 Friday, July 26, 2019 7:05 p.m. ET Rochester Red Wings 52-50 (2nd, -7.0 GB, IL West) Frontier Field ♦ Rochester, NY 50-53 (4th, -10.0 GB, IL North) LHP Cam Vieaux (3-1, 5.21) Game #103 // Road #52 RHP Adam Bray (1-0, 5.40) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / Fox Sports 1260 AM / iHeart app / MiLB TV UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Saturday July 27 at Rochester RHP Mitch Keller (7-4, 3.10) vs. TBA 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Sunday July 28 at Rochester LHP Brandon Waddell (1-2, 8.70) vs. RHP Randy Dobnak (2-1, 1.90) 1:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Monday July 29 vs. Columbus RHP James Marvel (3-0, 1.90) vs. RHP Shao-Ching Chiang (6-7, 5.55) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Tuesday July 30 vs. Columbus TBA vs. RHP Aaron Civale (3-1, 2.29) 7:05 p.m. FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 16-14 Overall 52-50 Night Games: 36-36 LAST NIGHT: Kevin Kramer homered in the fifth and Trayvon Robinson smoked a pinch-hit RBI double in the eighth inning, but the Indians fell short in Home 25-26 their comeback attempt at a series sweep in Syracuse on Thursday night, 3-2. On Robinson's double to right that scored Ke'Bryan Hayes from second, Before All-Star Break: 44-44 Road 27-24 After All-Star Break: 8-6 Will Craig was cut down at the plate on a 9-4-2 relay that kept Syracuse in front by one. Then in the ninth, Steven Baron reached on an infield single but Place 2nd April: 13-11 pinch runner Darnell Sweeney was thrown out at second base trying to advance on a pitch in the dirt. Another out was recorded before Cole Tucker drew GA/GB -7.0 GB May: 18-9 a four-pitch walk to again put the tying run on base. Erik Gonzalez swung at the first pitch he saw from Tim Peterson (S, 7) and hit a shallow fly ball to Streak L1 June: 10-19 Home Streak W2 July: 11-11 center field, where Aaron Altherr made a game-ending diving catch to seal Indy's fate. Sean Keselica (L, 1-5) gave up three runs in 3.2 innings of relief to August: 0-0 Road Streak L1 September: 0-0 suffer the loss. Ervin Santana (W, 2-1) yielded one run on five hits in six innings. Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) Longest Losing Streak 5 (6/26-30) Monday: 6-1 JB SHUCK, THE PITCHER: OF/LHP JB Shuck made his 10th career pitching appearance and first start in professional baseball last night in Syracuse. He Last 5 4-1 Tuesday: 7-8 Last 10 5-5 Wednesday: 7-8 tossed a 1-2-3 first inning and ended the frame with a swinging strikeout of Ruben Tejada. In the second, he allowed a single to Rene Rivera and followed Thursday: 8-8 Home Openings/Lost 49/2 Friday: 9-8 that knock with a pair of walks to load the bases with no outs. Shuck, 32, responded to the big moment by striking out Aaron Altherr, Arismendy Alcantara Home Attendance 399,913 Saturday: 6-10 and Ervin Santana -- all swinging -- to escape the jam. Shuck has held IL opponents scoreless in six of his seven appearances this year (7.2ip), the lone Avg. Home Attendance 8,161 Sunday: 9-7 blemish being a seven-run outing on 7/15 vs. Syracuse (0.1ip). Shuck was a two-way player at Ohio State. League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4th) Scoring First: 35-10 Opponent Scores First: 17-40 SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 24 JB SHUCK, THE HITTER: Shuck doubled in his only at-bat last night to elevate his average to .281 (34-for-121) with three homers, two triples, nine dou- Opponent Comeback Wins: 19 bles and 14 RBI in 45 games. The two-bagger was just his fourth hit in 25 at-bats this month (.160 average); he hit .371 in May and .279 in June for Indy. 2018 at Home: 2-1 Extra Innings: 3-6 2018 @ Rochester: 3-0 Shutout Record: 4-6 Doubleheaders: 3-3 All-Time at Home: 48-44 (.522) Commit An Error: 23-25 JAKE THE GREAT: Jake Elmore went 1-for-3 with a single in last night's defeat, extending his hitting streak to 12 games and on-base streak to 14. During All-Time @ Rochester: 42-49 (.462) Commit No Errors: 29-25 the 12-game stretch, the 32-year-old has hit .432 (19-for-44) with a .510 OBP. The 12-game streak is the second longest active streak in the IL behind All-Time Totals: 90-93 (.492) Walk-Off Wins: 2 Norfolk's Mason Williams (13) and the second longest by a Tribe player this season (Will Craig - 14, May 25-June 8). Walk-Off Losses: 3 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 28-22 vs. IL North: 12-15 KRAMER KRUSH: Kevin Kramer launched his sixth home run of the season in the fifth off Ervin Santana last night, his 21st career home run in a Tribe Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 12-13 uniform. Kramer led the Indians with 15 homers in 2018. The long ball last night was Kramer's first since May 25 at Columbus; he had 199 plate appear- 2B Kramer 25 T-5th 3B Robinson 4 T-5th Scoring 4+ Runs: 44-20 ances between home runs No. 5 and 6. W Keller 7 T-4th Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 8-30 Outhit Opponent: 38-12 L Vera 8 T-5th Outhit By Opponent: 10-33 RED-HOT HAYES: 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes has hit safely in six straight, 11 of 12 games out of the All-Star break and 15 of his last 17 games overall, batting ERA Keller 3.10 1st Teams Tie in Hits: 4-5 .310 (22-for-71) with three homers, four doubles, six RBI and 14 runs scored during the 17-game stretch. Over his last 12 contests dating back to July 11, McRae 4.96 10th Indy Hits HR: 38-27 the 22-year-old is hitting .315 (17-for-54). WHIP Keller 1.24 3rd Indy no HR: 14-23 McRae 1.38 10th Opp. Hits HR: 32-35 Opp. no HR: 20-15 GS Vera 20 T-1st Lead After 6: 38-3 THOSE ARE ZEROS: RHP Geoff Hartlieb tossed a scoreless bottom of the eighth last night to extend his scoreless streak to six games (10.1ip). The stretch Keller 17 T-6th Trail After 6: 4-37 is the third longest of his career, trailing a 12.0-inning stretch from May 15-June 9, 2017 with Single-A West Virginia and a 10.2-inning stretch from July CG Marvel 1 T-2nd Tied After 6: 10-10 AVG vs. Keller .238 3rd Lead After 7: 45-2 28-Aug. 20, 2016 with Rookie-Advanced Bristol. He is five outs shy of matching the longest scoreless stretch by a Tribe hurler this year. Trail After 7: 5-43 IP Vera 107.1 1st Tied After 7: 2-5 Keller 93.0 9th Lead After 8: 43-1 BETTER ON THE ROAD: LHP Jake Brentz and LHP Cam Vieaux have fared much better on the road than pitching at Victory Field. Brentz has a 2.40 ERA McRae 89.0 10th Trail After 8: 3-42 (4er/15.0ip) and 20 K's with only seven walks in 11 road outings; at home he owns a 10.66 ERA (15er/12.2ip) with 15 K's and 15 walks in 11 appearances. SO Keller 106 1st Tied After 8: 3-5 Vieaux's home/road splits aren't as drastic as his fellow southpaw Brentz, but they are noticable through 10 Triple-A starts. On the road in four starts, GIDP McRae 11 T-3rd Vs. LH Starter: 11-12 SV DuRapau 8 T-3rd Vs. RH Starter: 41-38 Vieaux is 2-0 with a 3.48 ERA (8er/20.2ip) and .189 average against (18-for-89). In six home starts, he is 1-1 with a 6.51 ERA (20er/27.2ip) and .286 Brentz/Neverauskas 7 T-5th average against (32-for-112). Series (W-L-S): 16-15-1 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 5-4 SAYONARA SYRACUSE: The Indians and Mets concluded their season series with one another yesterday, and Syracuse came out on top in the seven Indians Red Wings 2019 IL STANDINGS games, 4-3. Indy dropped the first three games (outscored by SYR 40-8) before rallying to win three of the last four matchups (outscored SYR 19-10). In .256 Batting Avg .283 467 Runs 593 WEST 26 seasons of playing one another in the regular season dating back to 1988, the Indians have now lost the season series to Syracuse just six times (1989, 868 Hits 990 Team W-L GB 2000, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2019). Indy is 14-6-6 in season sets vs.