LEVELAND INDIANS 2014 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION CLEVELAND INDIANS (60-60) vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (69-50) RHP Corey Kluber (13-6, 2.46) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (12-4, 3.90) Game #121 / Home #59 » Fri., Aug. 15, 2014 » Progressive Field » 7:05 p.m. (ET) » SportsTime Ohio, WTAM-WMMS/IRN TWO SECONDS TOO LATE GIMME SOME LOVIN’ indians at a glance » Cleveland split Wednesday’s doubleheader with Arizona, taking » The Indians are 1-1 to begin a brief 5-game homestand against Ari- Game One 3-2 in walk-off fashion before dropping Game Two 1-0 in zona (1-1) and Baltimore (3 games). vs. AL: Central West East 12 innings...twin bill was necessitated by Tuesday’s rainout following a » Cleveland owns the 3rd-highest home winning pct. in the A.L., 50-50 23-25 12-13 15-12 3-hour, 40-minute delay in the 4th inning. 4th-highest in the Majors at 35-23 (.603), winning 32 of their last 50 vs. NL: Central West East games at Progressive Field following a 3-5 start at home. 10-10 1-3 9-7 0-0 In Series: Home Road Total » worked 8.0 strong innings, holding his » Beginning with the Arizona series, the Indians were set to play 25 Game One: TREVOR BAUER Overall 11-5-3 6-10-4 17-15-7 former team to a pair of runs on just 4 hits without factoring into the deci- of their remaining 44 games here at Progressive Field...entering today, Openers 12-7 5-15 17-22 sion...newcomer ZACH WALTERS hit a walk-off, one-out solo HR in the only 3 teams in the Majors (Minnesota: 55, Chicago-AL/Los Angeles: Finales 11-8 8-12 19-20 bottom of the 9th - his first as a member of the Indians (4th this season). 57 each) have played fewer home games than Cleveland (58) to this Rubber 3-2 4-3 7-5 » Game Two: JOSH TOMLIN kept the DBacks off the board for 5.1 point in season. Lead after: Home Road Total innings on 4 hits and the Indians bullpen followed with 5.2 scoreless 6 inn. 30-2 16-1 46-3 frames of relief...the two teams were a combined 1-for-21 w/ RISP, lone BEST HOME RECORDS IN MAJORS, 2014 7 inn. 27-2 19-0 46-2 hit coming on Tuffy Gosewisch’s RBI-single in the 12th. Team Pct. W-L 8 inn. 28-1 20-0 48-1 Oakland .656 40-21 Trail after: Home Road Total » Wednesday marked the fourth DH for Cleveland already in 2014 - the Los Angeles-AL .641 41-23 6 inn. 2-16 7-31 9-47 second here at Progressive Field and just the third time over the past Pittsburgh .619 39-24 7 inn. 1-18 3-32 4-50 8 inn. 2-19 1-36 3-55 15 years (since 2000) for Cleveland to participate in as many as 4 DH’s Cleveland .603 35-23 Tied after: Home Road Total in a single season (also 2000, 2011)... Washington .586 34-24 over the past 5 seasons (2010- 6 inn. 3-5 2-5 5-10 14), the Indians have gone 21-7 in 14 doubleheaders with 7 sweeps 7 inn. 7-3 3-5 10-8 and 7 splits. » Over previous 14 seasons since 2000, the Indians have finished 8 inn. 5-3 4-1 9-4 above the .600 mark on just two occasions: 2007 (.638, 51-29) and Decided... Home Road Total THIS HAMMER 2013 (.630, 51-30). 7th-or-later 13-7 10-10 23-17 » The Indians were shut out for just the 6th time this season in Game Final AB 10-5 5-8 15-13 Two on Wednesday, T3rd-fewest in the A.L. (Angels-3, Yankees-4) and WHO WILL YOU GET TO DO YOUR DIRTY WORK Extra-Innings 5-4 2-2 7-6 T5th-fewest in the Majors. » Over Cleveland’s last 4 games dating back to Saturday, the Indi- One-run G’s 10-8 7-9 17-17 » Cleveland’s 525 total runs scored this season are 5th-most in the ans starting rotation has posted a 0.74 ERA, surrending just 2 R-ER Walk-offs 8 5 7-5 A.L. and 6th-most in the Majors...Tribe also ranks among A.L. leaders over 24.1 innings across that stretch...staff has 27 strikeouts against vs. RH starter 25-19 20-21 45-40 in runs-per-game (5th, 4.38...6th in MLB), OBP (6th, .323), SLG (7th, just 3 walks, holding opposing batters to a .165 clip (14-85) and just 2 vs. LH starter 10-4 5-16 15-20 .396), OPS (7th, .719), AVG w/RISP (7th, .260) and overall team AVG extra-base hits (both doubles). tribe by the numbers (8th, .255). » Cleveland’s rotation has a 4.31 ERA overall in 2014, 12th in the A.L., however starters have posted a 3.66 figure since the All-Star break (8th Overall Record ............................. 60-60 KEEP ON RUNNING in the A.L.). Standing in AL Central ......... 3rd, -6.0 G » At 60-60, the Indians have landed on the .500 mark for the 18th » Leading the way is tonight’s starter, COREY KLUBER, who owns Days in 1st (2-3-4-5) .......2 (19-71-8-37) time this season and sit 4 wins shy of matching the club’s high- the A.L.’s 3rd-lowest ERA overall (2.46, 7th in MLB) and the lowest Largest 1st-place Lead....................Tied water mark for the 2014 season (+3, 50-47 on July 19), which was 2nd-half ERA of any pitcher in the Majors at 0.68 (5 starts: 40.0 IP, 22 Largest 1st-place Deficit.............-10.5 G established following a July 19 doubleheader sweep over Detroit...the H, 4 R/3 ER, 0 HR, 4 BB, 45 SO). Most Games Above .500 .... +3 G, 50-47 club’s low-water mark for season is -6G (last 13-19 on 5/5). LOWEST 2ND-HALF ERA’s, 2014 Most Games Below .500 ............-6G, 4x » Tribe has not been more than 2 games over or fewer than 2 games Pitcher Team ERA ER IP GS Times at .500 ... 18x, last 60-60 (current) under the .500 mark for 26 straight days beginning July 20. Corey Kluber CLE 0.68 3 40.0 5 Current Streak ....................................L1 Homestand ....................................... 1-1 Cole Hamels PHI 0.73 3 37.0 5 Following a Win ............................ 31-29 WINS & LOSSES Kyle Hendricks ChC 1.01 4 35.2 5 Following a Loss .......................... 28-31 » After entering the All-Star break at 47-47 (.500-or-better in the first half Doug Fister WSH 1.06 4 34.0 5 Last 5 games.................................... 3-2 for a 4th consecutive season), Cleveland has gone 13-13 to start the Felix Hernandez SEA 1.25 5 36.0 5 Last 10 games.................................. 5-5 second half (won 3 straight out of break...lost 8 of 11...won 4 straight... Last 15 games.................................. 8-7 lost 5 of last 8)...the Tribe is 7-5 to begin the month of August, as club is » Kluber’s 2.46 ERA overall would be the lowest figure by an Indians Last 20 games.................................9-11 seeking 4th straight month to finish .500-or-better. hurler (min. 1.0 IP per team G) since Gaylord Perry posted a 1.92 ERA Longest ‘W’ Streak ..............6 (5/30-6/4) » Cleveland sits 6 games above .500 mark since May 1 at 49-43 during his 1972 Cy Young season (STATS LLC). Longest ‘L’ Streak .................. 6, 4/25-30 (.533), 7th-best record in the A.L. over that span & 11th-best in the Come-from-Behind Wins ....................30 Majors...club got off to an 11-17 start thru end of April...despite dropping A BALTIMORE LOVE THING Losses After Holding Lead .................26 5 of 8 and 13 of the club’s last 23 decisions, the Indians have still won 7 » Cleveland and Baltimore have split 4 meetings thus far in the 2014 Team Saves .............. 29-for-41 (70.7%) of 12, 21 of 38, 36 of 66 and 41 of their last 76 games. season series, all at Camden Yards back in late May. Record Before All-Star Break ....... 47-47 » The Indians have gone 23-16 against the Orioles since the start of Record After All-Star Break .......... 13-13 Home Record ............................... 35-23 BEST RECORDS IN A.L. SINCE MAY 1 the 2009 campaign, winning 22 of 27 games during that stretch in which Road Record ................................ 25-37 Team Pct. W-L they have plated at least 4 runs against the O’s. Day Games .................................. 24-20 Los Angeles-AL .609 56-36 » The Indians have gone 53-24 (.688) all-time against Baltimore Night Games ................................ 36-40 Baltimore .600 57-38 here at Progressive Field (1994-present), Cleveland’s best record vs. RH starters ............................. 45-40 Oakland .591 55-38 against any strictly A.L. team in the history of this ballpark. vs. LH starters .............................. 15-20 Seattle .568 54-41 vs. Opp. At-or-Above .500 ............ 37-39 Kansas City .553 52-42 FINAL VINYL vs. Opp. Below .500 ..................... 23-21 Toronto .537 51-44 » Just prior to Rock N’ Blast fireworks shows tonight & Saturday, Cleve- CLE scores first ............................ 39-19 Cleveland .533 49-43 land-based band WELSHLY ARMS will perform a 15-20 minute post- Opp.