_______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Thursday, May 31, 2018 7:05 p.m. ET Gwinnett Stripers 25-25 (2nd, -6.5 GB, IL West) Victory Field Indianapolis, IN 23-27 (3rd, -5.5 GB, IL South) ♦ RHP Alex McRae (1-4, 5.04) Game #51 / Home #26 RHP Luke Jackson (2-1, 2.08) Radio/TV: Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Friday June 1 vs. Scranton/W-B RHP J.T. Brubaker (2-1, 3.32) vs. RHP Chance Adams (1-2, 5.93) 7:15 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 / WNDY 23 Saturday June 2 vs. Scranton/W-B RHP Clay Holmes (2-3, 5.05) vs. LHP Justus Sheffield (0-1, 1.65) 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 / WNDY 23 Sunday June 3 vs. Scranton/W-B RHP Tyler Eppler (4-2, 3.14) vs. LHP Josh Rogers (5-3, 2.48) 1:35 p.m. FoxSports975.com / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Monday OFF DAY 2018 indy bits Tribe Tips 2018 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 8-10 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Gwinnett used a seven-run second inning to bury the Indians, 11-4, Wednesday night at The Vic. The Tribe pitching staff combined to walk Overall 25-25 Night Games: 17-15 11 batters in addition to 12 hits allowed, giving the visitors plenty of opportunities to score. The Stripers capitalized in the second with a three-run homer by Home 14-11 Before All-Star Break: 25-25 Austin Riley that made it 6-0. Carlos Franco tripled and scored on a wild pitch by Casey Sadler that gave Gwinnett its seventh tally. Indy chipped away with one Road 11-14 After All-Star Break: 0-0 in the second and two more in the fourth thanks to back-to-back home runs by Erich Weiss and Pablo Reyes. The Tribe plated another run in the sixth on two-out Place 2nd April: 11-10 RBI single by Weiss, but after a 42-minute rain delay, the Stripers scored four times in their final three trips to the plate to complete the scoring. GA/GB -6.5 May: 14-15 Streak L4 June: 0-0 Home Streak L2 July: 0-0 TOUCHED UP: Southpaw Brandon Waddell had a Triple-A debut to forget in last night's loss against Gwinnett. He recorded just five outs, surrendering five August: 0-0 earned runs on two hits and four walks before handing over to Casey Sadler. Waddell's first eight games (seven starts) of the season were spectacular; he went Road Streak L2 September: 0-0 2-0 with a 1.66 ERA (9 ER/48.2 IP) and 41 strikeouts against 14 walks. In his last two starts, he's 0-2 with a 16.20 ERA (12 ER/6.2 IP) and nine walks against Longest Winning Streak 3 (2x, mr: 5/20-22) just two strikeouts. Longest Losing Streak 4 (5/27-30) Monday: 3-3 Last 5 1-4 Tuesday: 6-2 Wednesday: 1-8 GWINNETT AT THE VIC: With last night's loss the Indians sealed their fate in the head-to-head series at The Vic against Gwinnett, falling to 2-4 this season Last 10 4-6 Thursday: 5-0 against the Stripers in the Circle City with one to play. Indy had won the series over Gwinnett at The Vic five straight seasons, including a four-game sweep in Home Openings 25 Friday: 2-6 2013. The two teams split their four-game sets at The Vic in 2010, 2011 and 2012. The only year Gwinnett won more than lost at The Vic came in its inaugural Home Attendance 168,777 Saturday: 5-2 season in 2009, when they took three of four from the Tribe. Avg. Attendance 6,751 Sunday: 3-4 League Rank (Total/Avg) 6th/4th Scoring First: 20-13 COMMON DENOMINATOR, CHRISTOPHER BOSTICK: Three Indians have 30 or more hits this month. Kevin Newman leads the way with 38 hits, Christopher Opponent Scoring First: 5-12 Bostick has 35 and Jordan Luplow has piled up 31. Last year, there were two different months where the Tribe had three players with 30-plus hits in the same SERIES HISTORY Extra Innings: 0-2 month, doing so in May and August. Bostick contributed to each of those. In May 2017, Austin Meadows (33), Jason Rogers (32) and Bostick (30) accomplished 2018 at Home: 2-4 Shutout Record: 5-3 the feat. Then in August, Bostick (33), Edwin Espinal (31) and Newman (30) did so. Doubleheaders: 0-1-0 2018 @ Gwinnett: 0-0 Commit An Error: 7-14 All-Time at Home: 23-17 (.575) Commit No Errors: 18-11 BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS: Erich Weiss and Pablo Reyes homered in consecutive at-bats with two outs in the fourth against left-hander Michael Mader last Walk-Off Wins: 1 night, marking the first back-to-back homers hit by the Tribe in 2018. Last year Indy went back-to-back four times, and Weiss had a role in the two most recent All-Time @ Gwinnett: 20-22 (.476) Walk-Off Losses: 1 occurrences, both at Victory Field. He followed an Eric Wood fourth-inning home run with one of his own on June 28 against Durham, and he blasted another on All-Time Totals: 43-39 (.524) vs. IL West: 13-10 the heels of a Jacob Stallings dinger on Aug. 21 against Louisville. 2018 league leaders vs. IL North: 4-4 vs. IL South: 8-11 SILVER LINING: Three Indians have found success vs. Gwinnett, despite a team average of just .241 (45-for-187) against the Stripers. Jordan Luplow is 7-for-13 Category Player No. Rank (.538), Pablo Reyes has collected five hits in 12 at-bats (.417) and Jose Osuna has hit .389 (7-for-18). AVG Bostick .320 3rd Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-7 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 5-18 Newman .309 10th Out-Hit Opponent: 21-4 TAKE TWO: The Indians have bashed 132 doubles this season, good for the top mark in the league. Toledo (106) and Syracuse (105) have both eclipsed the Hits Newman 56 3rd Out-Hit By Opponent: 4-19 century mark in two-baggers this year, as well. The Tribe are averaging 2.64 doubles per game, putting them on pace for 370 doubles. The franchise record for Bostick 54 4th Teams Tie in Hits: 0-2 doubles in a season is 378, set over a 166-game season in 1931. The Victory Field era record for doubles in a season is 299, accomplished in both 1998 and 3B Bostick/Luplow/Weiss 3 T-3rd Indy Hits HR: 9-10 2000. Indy also led the IL in doubles in 2017 with 279. Indy no HR: 16-15 2B Bostick 17 2nd Opp. Hits HR: 8-15 Wood 16 3rd Opp. no HR: 17-10 TWO MORE FOR 40: Kevin Newman is batting .365 (38-for-104) through 27 games in May. Since 2005, his current May hit total of 38 is currently tied for eighth Runs Newman 30 T-3rd Lead After 6: 20-2 with Gregory Polanco, who had that amount of hits for the Tribe in April 2014. The monthly hits leaderboard for Tribe players since 2005 is below: XBH Bostick 22 4th Trail After 6: 2-19 Luplow/Wood 21 T-5th Tied After 6: 3-3 1. Josh Bell - 43 (June 2016) T-6. Starling Marte - 39 (June 2012) Lead After 7: 22-2 ERA Eppler 3.14 8th Trail After 7: 1-21 2. Alen Hanson - 42 (May 2015) T-6. Chris Duffy - 39 (June 2005) SV Hellweg 9 2nd Tied After 7: 2-1 3. Brock Holt - 41 (Aug. 2012) T-8. Kevin Newman - 38 (May 2018) Holds Anderson 8 1st Lead After 8: 23-0 T-4. Alex Presley - 40 (May 2011) T-8. Gregory Polanco - 38 (April 2014) Trail After 8: 1-20 T-4. Rajai Davis - 40 (May 2007) T-10. Josh Harrison - 37 (June 2013) ... five others tied with 37 2018 TEAM COMPARISON Tied After 8: 0-2 Indians Stripers .365 AVERAGE IN MAY: Newman's .365 average (38-for-104) this month is also comfortably among the top 10 highest monthly averages by a Tribe player since Vs. LH Starter: 10-5 .272 Batting Avg .239 Vs. RH Starter: 15-20 2005, among players with a minimum of 75 at-bats in a single month. His .365 clip currently ranks fifth. The top 10 individual average leaderboard for a single month is below: 221 Runs 212 Series (W-L-S): 7-6-3 452 Hits 398 1. Brock Holt - .432 (Aug. 2012) T-6. Josh Bell - .364 (June 2016) 132 Doubles 93 2018 IL STANDINGS 2. Matt Hague - .402 (June 2011) T-6. Chris Dickerson - .364 (May 2014) 13 Triples 13 WEST 3. Gregory Polanco - .400 (April 2014) T-6. Brandon Boggs - .364 (June 2012) 27 Home Runs 40 207 RBI 203 Team W-L GB 4. Steve Pearce - .367 (April 2010) T-9. Alen Hanson - .362 (May 2015) T-9. Ronny Paulino - .362 (July 2005) TOL 32-19 - 5. Kevin Newman - .365 (May 2018) 691 Total Bases 637 IND 25-25 6.5 139 Walks 150 OFFENSE ON: The Indians lead the IL in average (.272) and doubles (132).