LEVELAND INDIANS 2014 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION CLEVELAND INDIANS (74-69) vs. MINNESOTA TWINS (62-82) CLEVELAND INDIANS vs. MINNESOTA TWINS RHP Corey Kluber (14-9, 2.47) vs. RHP Kyle Gibson (11-10, 4.27) LHP TJ House (2-3, 3.71) vs. RHP Ricky Nolasco (5-10, 5.87) Game #145/Home #74 » Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 » Progressive Field Game #146/Home #75 » Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 » Progressive Field » 12:05 p.m. (ET) » SportsTime Ohio/WTAM/Indians Radio Network » TBD (~30 min. after G1) » SportsTime Ohio/WTAM/ Indians Radio Network INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL HELLO, GOODBYE indians at a glance » Last night’s game between the Indians and Twins was postponed » The Indians fell to 4-5 with two-to-play on this 11-game stay here at by rain well in advance of scheduled 7:05PM first pitch...the two clubs Progressive Field against Detroit (1-3), Chicago-AL (3-0), Los Angeles- vs. AL: Central West East will make up the rainout in a traditional doubleheader today beginning AL (0-1) & Minnesota (0-1) - the club’s longest homestand of 2014. 64-59 33-31 14-15 17-13 at 12:05PM ET...Game 2 will begin approximately 30 minutes after the » Cleveland owns 4th-highest home winning pct. in the A.L., 7th- vs. NL: Central West East 10-10 1-3 9-7 0-0 conclusion of Game 1. highest in the Majors at 43-30 (.589), winning 13 of 22, 20 of 34 and 40 In Series: Home Road Total » of their last 65 games at Progressive Field following a 3-5 start. Today marks the fifth doubleheader overall for Cleveland in 2014, Overall 14-7-3 9-10-4 23-17-7 the third traditional DH and the third played here at Progressive Field... » Beginning Sept. 1, Cleveland was scheduled to play 17 of club’s final Openers 14-11 8-15 22-26 the Indians have split 3 (4/2 at OAK, 27 games at home. Finales 13-11 9-13 22-24 4/9 vs. SD, 8/13 vs. ARI) and swept BEST HOME RECORD IN MAJORS, 2014 Rubber 4-2 5-3 9-5 one (July 19 at DET)...over the past 5 Team Pct. W-L Lead after: Home Road Total seasons (2010-14), the Indians have Los Angeles-AL .662 47-24 6 inn. 35-3 22-1 57-4 gone 21-7 in 14 doubleheaders with Oakland .625 45-27 7 inn. 33-3 24-0 57-3 7 sweeps and 7 splits. Washington .622 46-28 8 inn. 33-2 24-0 57-2 » This marks just the second time over the past 17 years (since Pittsburgh .611 44-28 Trail after: Home Road Total 1998) for Cleveland to participate in as many as 5 doubleheaders St. Louis .611 44-28 6 inn. 2-21 7-33 9-54 in a single season, as the Tribe also played 5 DH’s in 2000 (2-Home, Baltimore .606 43-28 7 inn. 1-22 3-34 4-56 8 inn. 2-23 1-38 3-61 3-Road)...that 2000 campaign witnessed a stretch from Sept. 20-25 dur- Cleveland .589 43-30 Tied after: Home Road Total ing which the Indians played 3 DH’s in 6 days, including back-to-back » Over previous 14 seasons since 2000, the Indians have finished at- 6 inn. 6-6 2-5 8-11 DH’s at Fenway Park Sept. 20-21 and a twin bill at Progressive Field on or-above .600 mark at home just twice: 2007 (.638, 51-29) and 2013 7 inn. 9-5 4-5 13-10 Sept. 25 that saw the Indians host the Chicago White Sox in Game 1 (.630, 51-30). 8 inn. 8-5 6-1 14-6 and the Minnesota Twins in Game 2. Decided... Home Road Total THE FOOL ON THE HILL 7th-or-later 17-10 12-11 29-21 MAYBE TOMORROW » Cleveland has posted a 3.02 ERA since the All-Star break, 5th-lowest Final AB 13-8 7-8 20-16 » The Indians fell to the Twins 4-3 on Tuesday night, dropping the in the A.L. and Majors...that includes a 3.00 ERA (100ER/300.0IP) by Extra-Innings 7-5 4-2 11-7 opener of a 3-game series at Progressive Field. the rotation (3rd in A.L./Majors...Seattle: 2.90, Tampa Bay: 2.94) and a One-run G’s 13-9 9-10 22-19 » Cleveland jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning, getting a run- 3.07 ERA (54ER/158.1IP) by the bullpen (7th in A.L./12th in Majors)... Walk-offs 11 5 11-5 scoring groundout from LONNIE CHISENHALL and sac fly from YAN overall 2014 team ERA has fallen from 3.95 at the All-Star break to vs. RH starter 29-24 23-23 52-47 GOMES following consecutive hits by CARLOS SANTANA (single) 3.63 at present, 7th-lowest in the A.L. and 15th in the Majors. vs. LH starter 14-6 8-16 22-22 and JASON KIPNIS (double) to start the frame...Minnesota erased the tribe by the numbers deficit with a 4-run 4th...Gomes made it a one-run game with his 2-out LOWEST TEAM ERA SINCE 2014 ALL-STAR BREAK RBI-single in the 8th. Team ERA IP R-ER Overall Record ............................. 74-69 » TREVOR BAUER worked 8.0 complete innings to match a career- Seattle 2.73 454.1 150-138 Standing in AL Central ......... 3rd, -5.5 G high (also 8/13 vs. ARI), but was touched for all 4 runs and all 4 hits Tampa Bay 2.87 452.1 155-144 Days in 1st (2-3-4-5) .......2 (19-98-8-37) during the Twins 4th-inning rally...tossed 7.0 no-hit innings outside of LA Angels 2.99 479.1 169-159 Largest 1st-place Lead....................Tied that frame, facing just one more batter than necessary to record those Kansas City 3.01 457.0 179-153 Largest 1st-place Deficit.............-10.5 G 21 outs (retired 20 of 22 batters faced overall in those 7.0 innings). Cleveland 3.02 458.1 174-154 Most G Above .500.................+7G, (9/7) Most G Below .500 .....................-6G, 4x Times at .500 ....... 18x, last 60-60 (8/13) I WILL FIND A WAY » Dating back to the first Mid-Summer Classic in 1933, the Indians Current Streak ....................................L2 » At 74-69 (+5G), the Indians are 2 wins shy of the club’s 2014 have posted a sub-3.00 ERA in the second half on just 3 occasions: Homestand ....................................... 4-5 high-water mark (+7G, 74-67 on Sept. 7)...the club’s low-water mark 1954 (2.49), 1968 (2.88) and 1972 (2.82). Following a Win ............................ 39-35 for season is -6G (last 13-19 on 5/5). » Club’s 2.39 team ERA in August was the lowest figure in Majors Following a Loss .......................... 34-34 » Cleveland has not been more than 7 games above .500 since finish- for the month (17-9 team record)...included a 2.57 ERA by rotation and Last 5 games.................................... 3-2 ing 2013 season at 92-70 (+22G). a 2.07 ERA by the bullpen - both figures lowest in the Majors...Tribe has Last 10 games.................................. 5-5 a 4.39 ERA (41 ER/84.0 IP) through 9 games of September. Last 15 games.................................. 9-6 WINS & LOSSES » Cleveland’s rotation owns a MLB-low 2.22 ERA (43 ER/174.1 IP) Last 20 games................................ 12-8 » After entering the All-Star break at 47-47 (.500-or-better in the first half over the club’s last 28 games since Aug. 9 (17-10 team record...one Longest ‘W’ Streak ..............6 (5/30-6/4) for a 4th consecutive season), Cleveland has gone 27-22 (.551) in the outcome pending), collecting 180 K’s against 43 BB’s while holding Longest ‘L’ Streak .................. 6, 4/25-30 second half, T5th in the in A.L. and T8th in the Majors. opponents to a .217 clip. Come-from-Behind Wins ....................34 Losses After Holding Lead .................30 » Cleveland sits 11 games above .500 mark since May 1 at 63-52 Team Saves .............. 33-for-52 (63.5%) (.548), the 5th-best record in the A.L. over that span & 9th-best in THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT Record Before All-Star Break ....... 47-47 the Majors...club got off to an 11-17 start thru end of April...the Indians » For just the third time over the past 39 seasons (1976-present), the Record After All-Star Break .......... 27-22 have won 3 of 5, 10 of 16, 17 of 27, 21 of 35, 35 of 61, 50 of 89 and 55 Indians have seen multiple rookies make at least 15 starts each, as TJ Home Record ............................... 43-30 of their last 99 games. HOUSE (15 GS) - today’s Game 2 hurler - and TREVOR BAUER (23 Road Record ................................ 31-39 GS) - Tuesday’s hurler - have both reached that threshold...other two Day Games .................................. 26-24 BEST RECORDS IN A.L. SINCE MAY 1 instances came in 1997 (Bartolo Colon-17, Jaret Wright-16) and 2003 Night Games ................................ 48-45 Team Pct. W-L (Jason Davis-27, Ricardo Rodriguez-15, Billy Traber-18). vs. RH starters ............................. 52-47 Los Angeles-AL .644 76-42 » Bauer’s 23 starts are most by a Tribe rookie since Mitch Talbot took vs.