INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Wednesday, June 23, 2021 7:00 PM ET Louisville Bats 23-19 (2nd, 6.5 GB, AAA-E MW) Louisville Slugger Field ♦ Louisville, KY 15-27 (7th, 14.5 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Cody Ponce (0-2, 5.46) Game #43 / Road #25 RHP Hunter Greene (0-1, 9.00) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 23-19 2021 @ IND: 0-0 Home 14-4 LAST NIGHT: The Indians overcame a 5-0 deficit to send the game to extras at Louisville last night before losing on a walk-off grand slam by Michael Road 9-15 2021 @ LOU: 0-1 Place 2nd De Leon, 9-5, in the 10th inning. The Bats jumped on top early with three runs in the first inning off Indians starter Beau Sulser. TJ Friedl hit a solo home Since 1998 @ IND: 110-108 (.505) GA/GB 6.5 GB run in the fourth inning and came around to score again in the sixth with errors by Joe Hudson and Anthony Alford on a stolen base attempt. The Indians Since 1998 @ LOU: 110-104 (.514) Streak L1 Since 1998 Totals: 220-212 (.509) Home Streak W2 got on the board in the seventh inning when Hunter Owen hit his fifth home run of the season to cut Louisville’s lead to 5-2. Alford doubled to lead off Road Streak L1 Longest Winning Streak 5 the eighth inning and was driven in by a triple off the bat of Kevin Kramer. Craig followed with a single to score Kramer, and with two outs Wilmer Difo 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 raced in to score the tying run on a passed ball. In extras, the Indians stranded the bases loaded in the top of the 10th to give Louisville the chance for Indians Bats Last 5 3-2 Last 10 7-3 the walk-off. .228 BA .229 Home Openings/Lost 17/1 188 R 173 Home Attendance 69,610 312 H 314 Avg. Home Attendance 4,095 WALK-OFF GRAND SLAMS: After last night’s 10th inning blast by Michael De Leon, the last two walk-off grand slams surrendered by the Indians 65 2B 71 League Rank (Total/Avg) 10th/8th 7 3B 8 have come at Louisville. Yesterday was the first walk-off slam allowed by Indianapolis since Sept. 2, 2013, when Denis Phipps hit a two-out grand 47 HR 28 Day Games 4-4 slam in the bottom of the ninth inning vs. position player Matt Hague. The Indians entered the inning with a 5-2 lead and surrendered five runs in the 173 RBI 160 Night Games 19-15 532 TB 485 Before All-Star Break 23-19 inning for the loss. 180 BB 179 After All-Star Break 0-0 423 K 326 May 11-12 24 SB 25 June 12-7 FIVE-RUN COMEBACKS: The Indians overcame a five-run deficit for their second consecutive game before losing to Louisville in extra innings. It 9 CS 7 July 0-0 was their third such comeback attempt of the season and first that didn’t result in a win. The first two that resulted in wins both came at the hands .326 OBP .325 August 0-0 .389 SLG .353 September 0-0 of Christian Bethancourt, who singled home Travis Swaggerty in the ninth inning on May 16 for a 6-5 win and Anthony Alford on Sunday to score the Tuesday 6-2 tying run and set up a crazy walk-off play that brought Wilmer Difo home for the win in the 11th. Including this season, the Indians have 11 five-run 367.2 IP 364.1 Wednesday 2-3 4.01 ERA 4.67 Thursday 3-5 comebacks dating back to 2005, with the last one prior to this season coming on Aug. 18, 2019 vs. Lehigh Valley when they scored five runs in the 1.31 WHIP 1.39 Friday 4-4 ninth inning and walked off the game in the 10th. 9 SV 7 Saturday 5-1 329 H 339 Sunday 3-4 182 R 206 Game 1 6-2 ALFORD’S AMAZING STRETCH: Anthony Alford extended his hitting streak to a team-high nine games last night with an eighth-inning leadoff double. 164 ER 189 Game 2 2-5 Since the streak began on June 10, he is hitting .464 (13-for-28) with four doubles, two home runs, seven RBI and 11 walks to eight strikeouts. He has 47 HR 53 Game 3 4-3 17 HB 17 Game 4 3-4 reached base safely in all 15 games played in June, good for a .597 on-base percentage and 1.397 OPS. Dating back to May 26, Alford ranks among all 151 BB 167 Game 5 6-1 qualified professional baseball players (MLB included) with a .558 on-base percentage (2nd), .404 average (3rd) and 1.295 OPS (5th). 413 K 427 Game 6 3-3 Scoring First 15-5 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Opponent Scores First 8-14 CRAIG CLEANING UP: Will Craig went 2-for-4 last night to raise his batting average to .333 (15-for-45) in the month of June. It was his sixth multi-hit Comeback Wins 9 vs. Teams At/Above .500: 5-10 Opponent Comeback Wins 7 game of the month and eighth overall in 18 total contests with Indianapolis. Craig is hitting .296 (21-for-71) with six doubles, four home runs and 16 RBI vs. Teams Below .500: 18-9 Extra Innings 3-2 in Triple-A this season while splitting time between Indy and Pittsburgh. vs. AAA-E Midwest: 15-15 Shutout Record 1-2 vs. AAA-E Southeast: 8-4 Doubleheaders 2-0 vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Commit An Error 8-14 TONIGHT: The Indians will look to tie the series at 1-1 tonight after dropping just their second series opener of the season last night at Louisville. The Commit No Errors 15-5 Series (W-L-S): 4-2-1 Walk-Off Wins 3 Indians’ only previous series-opening loss came at Omaha when they were swept in six games. Louisville has only won one series this season (6/1-6 Sweeps: 0-1 Walk-Off Losses 4 vs. St. Paul, 4-2) despite taking an early 1-0 lead in five of them. RHP Cody Ponce will take the mound for the Indians coming off a gem in his last 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Scoring 4+ Runs 20-7 start, and he will face off against prospect RHP Hunter Greene. Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 3-13 Outhit Opponent 14-5 MIDWEST Outhit By Opponent 6-13 PONCE PERFORMING: Cody Ponce tossed seven one-run innings last Friday for his first quality start of the season. He fanned a season-high nine Teams Tie in Hits 3-1 Team W-L GB Indy Hits HR 19-10 batters in the outing, his most since recording a career-high 12 strikeouts on July 9, 2016 at High-A Bradenton. His lone run allowed came on a leadoff OMA 29-12 - Indy no HR 4-9 homer to Kramer Robertson, and he surrendered six hits in the outing with no walks. He exited the game in a 1-1 tie and took the no-decision as the IND 23-19 6.5 Opp. Hits HR 12-15 TOL 22-20 7.5 Opp. no HR 10-5 Indians improved to 2-1 in extra innings. Ponce is still looking for his first win this season and is currently 0-2 with a 5.49 ERA (19er/31.1ip) and 25 STP 20-22 9.5 Lead After 6 18-2 Trail After 6 3-16 strikeouts in seven games (six starts) with Indianapolis. COL 19-23 10.5 Tied After 6 3-1 IOW 14-25 14.0 Lead After 7 17-1 LOU 15-27 14.5 Trail After 7 2-16 HUNTER THROWS HEAT: Cincinnati’s No. 5 preseason prospect according to Baseball America, Hunter Greene, will make his second Triple-A start Tied After 7 4-2 tonight vs. the Indians. In his Triple-A debut on June 17 at Omaha, Greene topped out at 104 MPH on his fastball to strike out three Storm Chasers in the NORTHEAST Lead After 8 17-0 Trail After 8 0-15 first inning. He fanned eight total batters but also surrendered four hits – all home runs – in his 4.0-inning outing to take the loss. Team W-L GB Tied After 8 4-4 SWB 29-11 - WOR 29-14 1.5 Vs. LH Starter 6-5 MATINEE MARATHON: The four hour, 19 minute marathon between Indianapolis and Memphis on Sunday is tied for the sixth-longest game in Victory Vs. RH Starter 17-14 BUF 22-18 7.0 Field history and the longest in only 11 innings. It was the longest game since Aug. 1, 2015 when the Indians went for just as long in 13 innings vs. LHV 19-24 11.5 league leaders Charlotte. The longest game in Victory Field history came on June 9, 2013 when Indy and Norfolk played 13 innings in four hours and 42 minutes. ROC 15-28 15.5 SYR 11-30 18.5 Category Player No. Rank OBP Alford .461 2nd current road trip BY THE NUMBERS SOUTHEAST OPS Alford .996 5th Games 1 ERA 5.79 (6er/9.1ip) Team W-L GB 2B Sharpe 13 T-1st 3B Tucker 2 T-7th Record 0-1 Starter W-L 0-0 DUR 29-13 - BB Alford 27 T-1st Average .250 (9-for-36) Starter ERA 9.00 (4er/4.0ip) 3 GIDP NAS 27-14 1.5 Kramer 23 T-7th Runs (Avg/Gm) 5 (5.0) Reliever W-L 0-1 JAX 23-18 5.5 CS Alford 4 T-3rd XBH (Avg/Gm) 4 (4.0) Reliever ERA 3.38 (2er/5.1ip) The Indians grounded into three double plays last night at Louisville to tie a GWN 21-20 7.5 Home Runs 1 Walks 5 single-game season high for 2021.