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 Wednesday, May 29, 2019 7:05 p.m. ET Charlotte Knights 28-20 (1st, +0.5 GA, IL West) Victory Field Indianapolis, IN 28-21 (T-2nd, -2.5 GB, IL South) ♦ RHP Dario Agrazal (2-1, 2.59) Game #49 // Home #25 RHP Dylan Cease (4-1, 3.38) Radio/TV: Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Thursday May 30 vs. Charlotte RHP Pedro Vasquez (0-1, 21.60) vs. RHP Odrisamer Despaigne (3-2, 3.42) 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Friday May 31 vs. Gwinnett RHP Luis Escobar (0-0, 2.89) vs. TBA 7:15 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Saturday June 1 vs. Gwinnett LHP Cam Vieaux (1-0, 3.60) vs. TBA 7:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 Sunday June 2 vs. Gwinnett RHP Eduardo Vera (3-4, 6.41) vs. TBA 1:35 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / Comcast 90 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 10-7 Overall 28-20 Night Games: 18-13 LAST NIGHT: The Indians couldn't overcame an early 3-0 deficit in a 9-4 series-opening loss to the Knights on Tuesday. The defeat was Home 14-10 just the fourth in Indy's last 17 games overall, but the division lead was trimmed to a half game as the loss coincided with a Columbus win. Before All-Star Break: 28-20 Road 14-10 After All-Star Break: 0-0 Eduardo Vera (L, 3-4) was tagged for eight runs (seven earned) on nine hits in 4.1 innings pitched. Knights starter Colton Turner (W, 3-2) Place 1st April: 13-11 gave up three runs in 6.2 innings of work, fanning six against just one walk and five knocks. Two of the hits Turner surrendered cleared the GA/GB +1.5 GA May: 15-9 Streak L1 June: 0-0 wall; Pablo Reyes snuck a 352-foot line drive inside the left field foul pole to make it a 3-2 deficit in the third, and Will Craig cranked his 15th Home Streak L2 July: 0-0 August: 0-0 homer of the year in the seventh that gave the Tribe their third run. Ke'Bryan Hayes added an RBI double in the eighth to cap the Indians Road Streak W2 September: 0-0 offensive output. Daniel Palka and Paulo Orlando went deep for the visitors. Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) Longest Losing Streak 4 (2x, MR: 5/4-8) Monday: 3-0 Last 5 3-2 Tuesday: 4-4 TONIGHT: Right-hander Dario Agrazal (2-1, 2.59) is set to duel with Knights righty Dylan Cease (4-1, 3.38). The Indians faced Cease on Wednesday: 4-3 Last 10 7-3 Thursday: 4-3 April 14 at The Vic and took a 3-0 loss as the White Sox top prospect tossed 5.0 shutout frames, allowing two hits and one walk with four Home Openings 24 Friday: 5-3 strikeouts. He has racked up 29 strikeouts over his last four starts (21.2ip), going 6.0 innings in three of those four outings. Home Attendance 158,916 Saturday: 4-4 Avg. Home Attendance 6,622 Sunday: 4-3 League Rank (Total/Avg) (5th/5th) Scoring First: 17-5 RECORD PACE: Will Craig launched his 15th home run of the season last night, moving him into a tie atop the International League Opponent Scores First: 11-15 leaderboard with Gwinnett's Adam Duvall and Austin Riley. Craig is on pace for 44 home runs, which would break Indianapolis' single-season SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 14 Opponent Comeback Wins: 9 record of 38 set by Rocky Colavito in 1954, when the Tribe were the top affiliate for the Cleveland Indians. The top five single-season HR 2019 at Home: 3-2 Extra Innings: 2-2 totals in franchise history are listed below, with the date and game number in which that player hit his 15th home run: 2019 @ Charlotte: 2-1 Shutout Record: 0-2 Doubleheaders: 0-0 All-Time at Home: 67-40 (.626) Commit An Error: 12-8 All-Time @ Charlotte: 50-60 (.455) Commit No Errors: 16-12 #1 - Rocky Colavito, 38 home runs in 1954 ... 15th HR came on May 20, 33 games into the season. Walk-Off Wins: 2 #2 - Champ Summers, 34 in 1978 ... 15th HR came on July 8, 77 games into the season. All-Time Totals: 117-100 (.539) Walk-Off Losses: 2 #3 - Wally Post, 33 in 1953 ... 15th HR came on June 24, 72 games into the season. 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 16-10 #4 - Arturo DeFreites, 32 in 1978 ... 15th HR came on June 25, 65 games into the season. vs. IL North: 5-3 Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 7-7 #5 - Cliff Cook, 32 in 1961 ... 15th HR came on July 7, 85 games into the season. HR Craig 15 T-1st #??? - Will Craig, 15 in 2019 ... 15th HR came on May 28, 48 games into the season. RBI Craig 38 T-3rd Scoring 4+ Runs: 26-12 2B Hayes 19 1st Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 2-8 Outhit Opponent: 19-5 Kramer 14 T-5th Outhit By Opponent: 6-13 RBI MACHINE: Will Craig tallied has at least one RBI in four straight, seven of his last eight and nine of his last 12 games overall. He has 3B Robinson 3 T-5th Teams Tie in Hits: 3-2 13 RBI in his last 12 contests to push his season total to 38, tied for third most with Gwinnett's Adam Duvall in the IL. Craig is hitting .328 TB Craig 99 7th Indy Hits HR: 22-16 WINS Keller 5 T-1st Indy no HR: 6-4 (19-for-58) with six homers, four doubles and 14 RBI over his last 15 games dating back to May 11. Opp. Hits HR: 16-13 McRae 4 T-3rd Opp. no HR: 12-7 ERA Keller 3.45 5th Lead After 6: 24-1 MIGHTY PABLO: Pablo Reyes enters play tonight with home runs in each of his last two games. Reyes entered the four-game series in IP Vera 53.1 2nd Trail After 6: 1-14 Columbus with just four hits in 42 at-bats (.095) and proceeded to hit .500 (9-for-18) with one homer, two doubles, five RBI and four runs McRae 48.2 T-10th Tied After 6: 3-5 Lead After 7: 24-2 scored in the series. He is hitting .455 (10-for-22) with two homers and seven RBI over his last five games. SO Keller 56 5th Trail After 7: 2-16 GIDP McRae 8 T-1st Tied After 7: 2-2 Agrazal 6 T-6th Lead After 8: 25-1 JB'S WORLD: JB Shuck has reached base safely in 10 of the 11 games he's played in with Indy, recording a .393 average (11-for-28) with one SAVES Neverauskas 4 T-8th Trail After 8: 1-16 Tied After 8: 2-3 homer, six doubles, two RBI, five walks and two stolen bases. Brentz 4 T-8th HOLDS Waddell 6 T-1st Vs. LH Starter: 7-4 Liranzo 4 T-5th Vs. RH Starter: 21-16 ROSTER FLUCTUATIONS: The Indians are currently at 73 total roster moves (29 in April, 44 in May) with three days left this month. Last year, the Tribe had 42 total transactions in April (15) and May (27) combined. From May 25-28 this year, Indy had 18 total transactions. The 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Series (W-L-S): 9-5-1 Sweeps: 4-1 Tribe have also had 10 different players on major league rehab assignments this year after having six all of last year. Lastly, Indy has sent six Indians Knights 2019 IL STANDINGS players to Pittsburgh already for their MLB debuts (Jason Martin, Cole Tucker, Bryan Reynolds, Montana DuRapau, Geoff Hartlieb and Mitch .265 Batting Avg .270 Keller) after sending nine for their MLB debuts in 2018. 253 Runs 304 WEST 432 Hits 445 118 Doubles 96 Team W-L GB LONG KANG: Kang's two-run shot in the seventh off Chih-Wei Hu on Monday cleared the grass berm in left-center field at Huntington Park. 11 Triples 10 IND 28-20 - 62 Home Runs 77 COL 28-21 0.5 The dinger was his fifth of the season; he hit four in 31 games with the Buccos before suffering a left side strain and landing on the 10-day 231 RBI 286 TOL 19-29 9.0 injured list. The blast was his third overall with Indianapolis, the other two coming in 2016 during a rehab assignment. Kang, 32, now has 758 Total Bases 792 LOU 20-31 9.5 185 career home runs. He has 40 in the big leagues with Pittsburgh since 2015, six in the minors and 139 from 2006-14 in the Korean 180 Walks 210 Baseball Organization. 415 Strikeouts 424 NORTH 37 Stolen Bases 31 Team W-L GB 16 Caught Stealing 6 SWB 26-20 - TOUGH OUT: Kevin Kramer has hit safely in six consecutive games and is batting .342 (25-for-73) with four homers, nine doubles and 19 RBI .344 OBP .355 LHV 26-21 0.5 in May after hitting just .211 (12-for-57) with one homer, five doubles and four RBI in April.