_______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Sunday, April 24, 2016 Durham Bulls 8-6 (1st, IL West) 5:05 p.m. EDT 9-8 (2nd, IL South) RHP Wilfredo Boscan Durham Bulls Athletic Park ♦ Durham, NC RHP Jamie Schultz (1-1, 2.77) Game #15, Road #8 ♦ Season Series 0-0 (1-1, 5.06) TRIBE AT A GLANCE Tribe Tips Overall 8-6 Streak W2 Home 4-3 Home Streak W1 THE INDIANS... Departed Louisville with a road series victory after out-hitting the Bats 26-3 in the final two games ... Will face Road 4-3 Road Streak W2 Place 1st Last 5 3-2 their first out-of-division opponent at Durham ... Enter their 114th season of continuous operation this year since the current G. Ahead/Behind -- Last 10 6-4 franchise was established in 1902 ... The team traces its roots back to 1887, making it 126 years of baseball in the Circle City. Home Attendance 47,023 Home Openings 7 Avg. Attendance 6,718 League Rank (Total) 3rd FIRST FEELS GOOD: With the win on 4/22, the Indians moved into sole possession of first place in the IL West for the first time this season ... The Tribe has claimed at least a share of the division crown in three of the last four years. IL STANDINGS WEST NORTH SOUTH ALL TAI'D UP: Jameson Taillon was dominant on Saturday against Louisville, turning in six shutout frames while allowing just Team W-L GB Team W-L GB Team W-L GB one hit with six strikeouts ... The Pirates' fourth-ranked prospect (Baseball America) missed the 2013 and '14 seasons due to IND 8-6 - PAW 10-7 - GWN 10-7 - TOL 7-6 0.5 LHV 9-7 0.5 DUR 9-8 1.0 injury after being Pittsburgh's second overall selection in 2010 ... Taillon did not surrender his first hit until Bats starter Josh COL 8-7 0.5 SWB 8-8 1.5 CHA 7-9 2.5 Smith found a hole with one out in the sixth. LOU 6-8 2.0 SYR 8-8 1.5 NOR 6-10 3.5 BUF 8-9 2.0 UP IN ARMS: Indianapolis currently leads the International League with a 2.28 ERA and 1.13 WHIP as a team ... It has the ROC 6-10 3.5 second fewest walks (36) and third fewest strikeouts (105) in the league ... It's nothing new under pitching coach Stan Kyles, SERIES HISTORY who helped steer the team to a league-best 3.09 ERA in 2015 -- the lowest of any Indianapolis staff since 1989. Overall At IND At DUR 2016 0-0 0-0 0-0 THE BELL TOLLS: Josh Bell has hit in a team-best seven straight games, batting .387 (12x31) over that span ... Hitting .341 2015 6-4 4-2 2-2 with 12 RBIs in his last 10 games ... Currently leads the International League with 14 RBIs and checks in at third in slugging All-Time 95-91 58-36 37-55 percentage (.596) ... The switch hitter is finding success from both sides, hitting .333 vs. left and .297 vs. right ... Ranked TEAM COMPARISONS the third overall Pirates prospect by Baseball America entering 2016, and second position player behind OF Austin Meadows. Indians Bulls .247 ......................Batting Avg ..................... .236 CYCLE WATCH: Josh Bell hit for the cycle on Friday at Louisville with a grand slam ... He doubled and homered both in the third 57 ............................Runs ............................ 64 inning as the Tribe sent 11 to the plate ... It was the first cycle for an Indians hitter since Jeff Clement achieved the feat on 118 ........................... Hits ............................ 130 6/2/12 ... Two cycles included a GS across all levels of Minor League Baseball last year and none in Triple-A (5/15/15 - Tim 22 ........................ Doubles .......................... 28 Roberson, Portland (EL); 7/9/15 - Trent Clark, AZL Brewers) ... The slam was the first for Indianapolis since Gorkys Hernandez 6 .......................... Triples ............................ 4 8 ........................Home Runs ........................ 7 did it on 5/26/15 at BUF. 55 ............................RBIs ............................ 56 176 .....................Total Bases ...................... 187 BUCS IN INDY: Infielder Jung Ho Kang, RHP Jared Hughes, and LHP Cory Luebke began rehab assignments with Indianapolis 50 ...........................Walks ........................... 66 last week ... Kang is rehabbing after a devastating knee injury on 9/17/15 ... A veteran of the Korean Baseball Organization, 123 .......................Strikeouts ....................... 148 Kang finished third in NL Rookie of the Year votiing last season after hitting .287 with 15 HR and 58 RBIs ... suffered 16 ......................Stolen Bases ...................... 11 Hughes .322 ........................... OBP........................... .323 a left lat strain during spring training ... He finished fourth in the NL last season in preventing inherited runners from scoring (16.1%) ... Luebke fired 2.0 scoreless innings on 4/21 after pitching just 7.0 innings combined since 2012 while working back 126.1 .................Innings Pitched ..................148.0 from two Tommy John procedures. 2.28 ...........................ERA ............................3.53 1.13 ...........................WHIP ...........................1.26 5 ...........................Saves ............................ 5 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 107 ..................... Hits Allowed ..................... 146 4 ........................HR Allowed ....................... 13 RHP Wilfredo Boscan Current Streak: L1 vs DUR (2016) 0G/0GS 9 ........................ Hit Batters ........................ 8 W-L-S ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG W-L ERA ER/IP SO/BB 36 ...........................Walks ........................... 40 1-1-0 2.77 2 2 13.0 13 4 4 1 1 9 .277 0-0 N/A 0/0.0 0/0 105 ......................Strikeouts ....................... 163 Boscan is set to make his third start of 2016 ... He went an Indians season-high seven innings against Toledo in his last time Indians AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS out ... Has given up all four of his runs in the fourth inning ... His four runs surrendered on 4/19 matches the team high from a Category Player No. Rank starter to date this season ... Clipped a season-high two batters on 4/19 ... Has faced batters just four times with RISP (2x4) ... RBI Josh Bell ......................14 .....................1st Currently fifth in the International League with a 0.69 walks per nine innings rate ... Turned in arguably the strongest start of Slugging% Josh Bell .......................596 ..................3rd the Tribe rotation's first turn ... Was named Indianapolis' 2015 Starting Pitcher of the Year following a 10-3 campaign ... He was Steals Alen Hanson .................5 .......................T-3rd ninth in the IL in ERA (3.07) last season ... Went unbeated over his final 12 starts of 2015. Triples Alen Hanson .................2 .......................T-2nd BB/9 Jameson Taillon...........0.00 ..................1st BOSCAN START-BY-START Wilfredo Boscan ...........0.69 ..................5th Date Opp Pitcher Dec. Final IP H R ER BB SO HR NP-K Opp Avg Guido Knudson ..............097 ..................3rd 4/14 vs COL Boscan W 5-1 6.0 5 0 0 1 3 0 80-50 Saves Trey Haley ...................4 .......................T-1st 4/19 vs TOL Boscan L 3-5 7.0 8 4 4 0 6 1 87-64 WHIP Jameson Taillon ........... 0.80 .................5th Team ERA Indianapolis ................2.28 ..................1st UPCOMING MATCHUPS ON THIS ROAD TRIP... Day Date Opponent Time Pitching Matchup Games 3 ERA 2.25 (29.1ip/6er) Mon 4/25 at DUR 7:05 pm RHP Chad Kuhl (1-0, 1.86) vs. RHP Austin Pruitt (2-0, 1.89) Record 1-1 Starter W-L 2-0 Average .294 Starter ERA 2.25 (16ip/4er) Tues 4/26 at DUR 1:05 pm RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-1, 3.60) vs. LHP Adam Wilk (0-1, 4.02) Runs (Game) 19 (6.3) Reliever W-L 0-1 Home Runs 2 Reliever ERA 1.35 (13.1ip/2er) Wed 4/27 at NOR 6:35 pm LHP Steven Brault (1-1, 2.63) vs TBA RISP .233 (10x43) Save/Opps 1/1 Indianapolis Indians HITTING STATISTICS INDIANS SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Extras Total Avg Indians 3 7 11 11 7 10 3 3 1 2 57 4.1 Opponents 6 1 7 2 5 1 2 5 2 3 35 2.5 Differential -3 +6 +4 +9 +2 +9 +1 -2 -1 -1 +22 +1.6 INDIANS 2-OUT RBI OUTFIELD ASSISTS BATTING AROUND THE ORDER (9 to plate) Player Total Player Total Player 1st 2nd 3rd Home Total Date Opp. Inning Batters Hits Runs Bell 6 Ortiz 2 Garcia - - 1 1 2 4/20 vs TOL 2nd 9 5 5 Gamache 3 Rogers 5 Ortiz - 1 - - 1 4/22 at LOU 3rd 11 6 8 Garcia 1 Rojas Jr. 1 Richardson - 1 - - 1 Hanson 1 Other 0 Totals 0 2 1 1 4 Moroff 5 TOTAL 25 Ngoepe 1 TEAM LAST AB WINS Date Opp. Batter Game-Winner (Run) Inning Final Date Opp. Batter Game-Winner (Run) Inning Final 4/15 vs COL D. Ortiz Single to right (Moroff) 11th 3-2 - - - - - - DESIGNATED HITTERS PINCH HITTERS Player G Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Player Avg H AB HR RBI Player Avg H AB HR RBI Bell 3 .167 9 3 2 0 0 1 3 3 1 Frazier .000 0 1 0 0 Rojas, Jr. .000 0 1 0 0 Gamache 2 .750 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 4 1 Gamache 1.000 2 2 0 2 Totals: .500 3 6 0 2 Rogers 5 .474 19 2 9 3 0 0 3 1 5 Moroff 1.000 1 1 0 0 Rojas, Jr. 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Ortiz .000 0 1 0 0 Totals: 11 .400 35 6 14 5 0 1 7 9 8 MONTHLY BREAKDOWN HOME-ROAD SPLITS Month G Hits (G) Avg.