INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Saturday, June 5, 2021 7:05 PM ET Columbus Clippers 14-13 (3rd, 5.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 9-18 (T-6th, 10.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Cody Ponce (0-1, 5.94) Game #28 / Home #11 LHP Scott Moss (0-2, 5.79) LHP Tanner Tully (0-1, 8.38) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / MyINDYTV-23 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 14-13 2021 @ IND: 3-1 Home 8-2 GAME 1: The Indians tied a season-high with 13 hits in the first game of last night’s doubleheader to lead them to a 10-3 win. The night began for Road 6-11 2021 @ COL: 0-0 Place 3rd Indianapolis with three consecutive doubles to take an early 2-0 lead. Anthony Alford extended the lead, 3-1, in the bottom of the third, and a three- Since 1988 @ IND: 112-108 (.509) GA/GB 5.0 GB run fourth put the Indians over the edge thanks to a two-run homer by Joe Hudson. With a 6-2 lead after five, Indy put up four runs in the sixth inning Since 1988 @ COL: 103-127 (.448) Streak W2 Since 1988 Totals: 215-235 (.478) Home Streak W2 after taking four consecutive walks to begin the inning. Steven Wright allowed two runs through 5.2 innings to earn his second win of the season. Road Streak L7 Longest Winning Streak 4 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 GAME 2: Facing a 1-0 deficit entering the third inning, the Indians mounted a comeback 5-2 win to sweep the doubleheader vs. Columbus. T.J. Rivera Indians Clippers Last 5 3-2 Last 10 3-7 homered to tie the game in the third inning and then the offense boomed for a four-run fourth to extend the lead for the win. Christian Bethancourt hit .229 BA .231 Home Openings/Lost 9/1 a long home run to score two and put Indy out of Columbus’ reach, and Rivera and Delay each singled home runs of their own. Reliever Blake Weiman 115 R 109 Home Attendance 26,723 200 H 208 Avg. Home Attendance 2,969 earned his first win of the season in relief of Beau Sulser. 41 2B 52 League Rank (Total/Avg) 18th/13th 5 3B 3 30 HR 31 Day Games 2-3 SULSER’S STRIKEOUTS: Beau Sulser made his sixth start with the Indians last night and struck out a career-high tying seven batters in 4.1 innings. 106 RBI 101 Night Games 12-10 341 TB 359 Before All-Star Break 14-13 The 27-year-old first set the career high on July 31, 2018 at Single-A Columbia. He surrendered two runs on six hits last night and exited the game 111 BB 93 After All-Star Break 0-0 with an Indians lead, but didn’t qualify for his third win of the season. 274 K 273 May 11-12 14 SB 13 June 3-1 7 CS 6 July 0-0 CAPTAIN REDBEARD’S RBI: Colin Moran went 2-for-4 with four RBI in Game 1 last night vs. Columbus. With Chris Sharpe and Troy Stokes Jr. on base .325 OBP .315 August 0-0 .391 SLG .399 September 0-0 and no outs in the first inning, Moran doubled to record his first two RBI on the night. He then followed up with a bases-loaded single in the bottom Tuesday 4-1 of the sixth inning to drive in two more runs. In three rehab games with Indianapolis this week, Moran is hitting .333 (3-for-9) with a double, home 231.2 IP 231.2 Wednesday 1-2 3.65 ERA 5.79 Thursday 2-4 run and six RBI. On Thursday, he hit a two-run home run to drive in Pirates rehabber Phillip Evans for the only two Indians runs in the game. He was 1.26 WHIP 1.58 Friday 4-2 placed on the 10-day injured list on May 9. 7 SV 8 Saturday 2-1 206 H 230 Sunday 1-3 106 R 161 Scoring First 9-5 ALFORD ON A ROLL: Anthony Alford went 4-for-5 with three runs scored, a home run and RBI in both doubleheader games combined last night. He 94 ER 149 Opponent Scores First 5-8 began the night 3-for-3 in the first game with his third home run of the season and two runs scored, and followed up with a single in the second 33 HR 38 Comeback Wins 6 12 HB 17 Opponent Comeback Wins 6 game. Alford’s three hits to begin the night tied a season-high, the first coming on May 18 at St. Paul when he went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two 85 BB 136 Extra Innings 1-1 runs scored. 258 K 241 Shutout Record 1-2 Doubleheaders 2-0 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Commit An Error 4-11 Commit No Errors 10-2 RIVERA HOMERS: T.J. Rivera went 3-for-3 last night with his first home run in affiliated baseball since July 14, 2017 with New York (NL) vs. Colorado. vs. AAA-E Midwest: 14-13 Walk-Off Wins 1 Down 1-0 in the third inning, Rivera led off the bottom half to tie the game and begin the Indians comeback win over Columbus. He also singled home vs. AAA-E Southeast: 0-0 Walk-Off Losses 3 a run during a four-run fourth inning for his first multi-RBI game this season. His three hits set a new season-high and was his second multi-hit game vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Scoring 4+ Runs 13-4 of the season (also: May 23 at St. Paul). Series (W-L-S): 2-2-0 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 1-9 Sweeps: 0-1 Outhit Opponent 7-5 Outhit By Opponent 5-8 Teams Tie in Hits 2-0 BETHANCOURT’S LONG BALL: Christian Bethancourt hit a towering 432-foot home run onto the concourse beyond the left field lawn in the fourth 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Indy Hits HR 11-8 inning of Game 2 last night to give the Indians a 3-1 lead over Columbus, the lead they needed for the win. He has hit safely in three of four games this Indy no HR 3-5 MIDWEST Opp. Hits HR 8-11 month to raise his average to .310 (22-for-71) in 20 games with Indy so far this season. Opp. no HR 6-2 Team W-L GB Lead After 6 11-1 OMA 19-8 - Trail After 6 2-11 PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Reliever Tyler Bashlor was named the Indians May Player of the Month today after he went the entire month (8 games, 9.0 STP 15-13 4.5 Tied After 6 1-1 Lead After 7 11-1 innings) without allowing an earned run. He held opposing batters to a .069 (2-for-29) batting average and paired that dominance with a 0.78 WHIP IND 14-13 5.0 Trail After 7 1-10 and five walks compared to 12 strikeouts. The 28-year-old fanned a season-high four batters in two innings in his final outing of the month on May 29 TOL 12-15 7.0 Tied After 7 2-2 IOW 10-16 8.5 Lead After 8 10-0 at Omaha. COL 9-18 10.0 Trail After 8 0-10 LOU 9-18 10.0 Tied After 8 2-3 TONIGHT: The Indians will go for the series victory vs. Columbus today in a 7:05 pm ET start after sweeping the doubleheader last night. In 2019, Vs. LH Starter 2-4 NORTHEAST Vs. RH Starter 12-9 Columbus took the season series, 15-9, after taking three of the first four games between the two teams. RHP Cody Ponce will take the mound for the Indians after allowing four runs in five innings in each of his last two starts (May 25 vs. Chicago [NL]; May 30 at Omaha). He will face off against a Team W-L GB piggyback start between LHP Scott Moss and LHP Tanner Tully. SWB 18-8 - league leaders WOR 17-11 2.0 BUF 14-12 4.0 Category Player No. Rank ROSTER MOVES: Wil Crowe was optioned to Indianapolis on Thursday as the corresponding move to add Ke’Bryan Hayes back to Pittsburgh’s active LHV 15-13 4.0 2B Sharpe 9 T-1st roster, and will likely proved a boost to the Indians starting pitching staff going forward. The right-hander made eight appearances (seven starts) with SYR 10-18 9.0 3B Tucker 2 T-4th ROC 8-20 11.0 Pittsburgh to begin the season and went 0-4 with a 7.26 ERA (25er/31.0ip) and 28 strikeouts. SOUTHEAST Current homestand BY THE NUMBERS Team W-L GB Games 4 ERA 3.09 (11er/32.0ip) NAS 21-6 - Record 3-1 Starter W-L 2-1 DUR 18-9 3.0 Average .270 (30-for-111) Starter ERA 3.60 (8er/20.0ip) 21 hits JAX 17-11 4.5 Runs (Avg/Gm) 22 (5.5) Reliever W-L 1-0 GWN 15-13 6.5 XBH (Avg/Gm) 10 (2.5) Reliever ERA 2.25 (3er/12.0ip) The Indians offense totalled 21 hits in the doubleheader sweep of Columbus last MEM 12-16 9.5 Home Runs 5 Walks 7 night.