INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Saturday, June 26, 2021 7:00 PM ET Louisville Bats 25-20 (2nd, 6.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Louisville Slugger Field ♦ Louisville, KY 16-29 (7th, 15.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Steven Wright (3-2, 5.04) Game #46 / Road #28 RHP Sonny Gray (MLB Rehab) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 25-20 2021 @ IND: 0-0 Home 14-4 LAST NIGHT: The Indians never trailed on their way to a series-levelling victory last night at Louisville. Chris Sharpe opened the scoring in the top of Road 11-16 2021 @ LOU: 2-2 Place 2nd the first with his 15th double of the season to move him into a share for the league lead in two-baggers, and was driven in on a single by Kevin Kramer Since 1998 @ IND: 110-108 (.505) GA/GB 6.0 GB and fielding error by Bats center fielder Mallex Smith. Louisville tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first inning off a fielder’s choice that led to an Since 1998 @ LOU: 112-105 (.516) Streak W2 Since 1998 Totals: 222-213 (.510) Home Streak W2 interference play and allowed a run to score. With two outs and two runners on in the third inning, Will Craig launched his first home run of the evening Road Streak W2 into left-center field to give the Indians a 4-1 lead. Louisville trimmed Indy’s lead to one run in the bottom half of the third and tied the game off James Longest Winning Streak 5 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 Marvel in the fourth with a home run by Michael De Leon. Jared Oliva put the Indians back on top in the fifth with a two-run triple, his second extra-base Indians Bats Last 5 3-2 hit of the game and the season, and Craig extended the lead past the Bats’ reach with a solo homer, 7-4. Louisville attempted another comeback with Last 10 7-3 .231 BA .232 Home Openings/Lost 17/1 two runs in the eighth but fell short for Indy’s win. 201 R 186 Home Attendance 69,610 340 H 342 Avg. Home Attendance 4,095 71 2B 74 League Rank (Total/Avg) 14th/10th DOUBLE DOSE OF DINGERS: Will Craig launched a three-run home run in the third inning and a solo bomb in the seventh last night at Louisville for 8 3B 9 51 HR 30 Day Games 4-4 his third career two-homer game and second this season. Craig, batting in his usual cleanup spot, gave the Indians a 4-1 lead with his first home run 185 RBI 172 Night Games 21-16 and scored the eventual winning Indians run for the 7-6 win. He went 3-for-5 with four RBI and three runs scored in the victory. Craig’s first two-home 580 TB 524 Before All-Star Break 25-20 188 BB 184 After All-Star Break 0-0 run game of the season came on May 11 vs. Toledo, when he went 2-for-3 with a pair of solo home runs in Victory Field’s home opener. Prior to last 451 K 342 May 11-12 night, all four of Craig’s Triple-A home runs this season had come at Victory Field. 26 SB 28 June 14-8 9 CS 7 July 0-0 .325 OBP .324 August 0-0 OLIVE THE EXTRA BASES: Jared Oliva went 2-for-5 with a double and two-run triple – his first extra-base hits and RBI of the season – last night to .393 SLG .355 September 0-0 help boost the Indians offense to a series-tying 7-6 win over Louisville. After doubling in the third inning, Oliva roped a triple on the first pitch thrown by Tuesday 6-2 393.2 IP 391.1 Wednesday 2-4 reliever Braden Shipley to break a 4-4 tie in the fifth and give the Indians their final lead of the evening. He began the season on the injured list with an 4.02 ERA 4.65 Thursday 4-5 oblique injury and was activated off the 7-day IL on June 12. In 11 games with Indianapolis so far this season, Oliva is hitting .235 (8-for-34) with three 1.30 WHIP 1.39 Friday 5-4 10 SV 7 Saturday 5-1 multi-hit games, two of which have come this week at Louisville. 357 H 367 Sunday 3-4 195 R 219 Game 1 6-2 DIFFERENCE MAKER: With a 2-for-4 performance last night at Louisville, Wilmer Difo has hit safely in five consecutive games and six of seven since 176 ER 202 Game 2 2-6 49 HR 57 Game 3 5-3 his first game with the Indians on June 17. In that time span, he is hitting .296 (8-for-27) with four walks to four strikeouts and five runs scored. The 20 HB 17 Game 4 4-4 Indians are 5-2 in games that Difo starts, with both walk-off wins at Victory Field vs. Memphis last series coming either off his bat or his quick thinking 156 BB 175 Game 5 6-1 429 K 455 Game 6 3-3 on the basepaths. Scoring First 17-5 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Opponent Scores First 8-15 MARVELOUS RELIEF: James Marvel piggybacked off Mitch Keller’s first Triple-A start of 2021 with five relief innings last night to earn his third win of Comeback Wins 9 vs. Teams At/Above .500: 5-10 Opponent Comeback Wins 7 the season. Marvel entered in the fourth inning and allowed three runs with five strikeouts. It was Marvel’s second career relief appearance compared to vs. Teams Below .500: 20-10 Extra Innings 3-2 99 starts and his first since April 18, 2018 vs. High-A Palm Beach when he surrendered five runs in as many innings to take a loss. This season, Marvel vs. AAA-E Midwest: 17-16 Shutout Record 1-3 is 3-1 with a 4.40 ERA (22er/45.0ip) and 25 strikeouts. vs. AAA-E Southeast: 8-4 Doubleheaders 2-0 vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Commit An Error 10-14 Commit No Errors 15-6 Series (W-L-S): 4-2-1 Walk-Off Wins 3 TONIGHT: The Indians will look to take the series lead with their third straight win after dropping the first two games tonight in a 7:00 PM first pitch Sweeps: 0-1 Walk-Off Losses 4 at Louisville Slugger Field. RHP Steven Wright will get the start coming off a no-decision vs. Memphis in which he gave up five runs in 3.2 innings. For Scoring 4+ Runs 22-7 the Bats, RHP Sonny Gray will make a rehab start after being scratched from Thursday’s contest. 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 3-14 Outhit Opponent 16-5 MIDWEST Outhit By Opponent 6-14 NO SPIN HERE: Knuckleballer Steven Wright will make his seventh start in nine appearances with the Indians tonight vs. Louisville. Wright is 3-2 on Teams Tie in Hits 3-1 Team W-L GB Indy Hits HR 21-10 the season with a 5.04 ERA (17er/30.1ip) and 28 strikeouts. His last win came on June 15 vs. Memphis when he held the Redbirds to one run on two OMA 31-14 - Indy no HR 4-10 hits with a season-high six strikeouts in five innings. The 36-year-old veteran right hander has given up less than three runs in four of his six starts so IND 25-20 6.0 Opp. Hits HR 14-15 far this season to go along with two relief appearances without an earned run. TOL 24-21 7.0 Opp. no HR 11-6 COL 22-23 9.0 Lead After 6 19-2 Trail After 6 3-17 STP 20-25 11.0 Tied After 6 3-1 SCOUTING SONNY: Two-time All-Star and Cy Young contender (3rd, AL 2015; 7th, NL 2019) Sonny Gray will be making a rehab start with Louisville IOW 16-27 14.0 Lead After 7 19-1 tonight vs. the Indians. Gray was placed on the 10-day injured list for the second time this season on June 9 with a right groin strain. After coming off LOU 16-29 15.0 Trail After 7 2-17 Tied After 7 4-2 the IL for the first time on April 17, he made 10 starts with Cincinnati and went 1-4 with a 3.42 ERA (19er/50.0ip) and 65 strikeouts. NORTHEAST Lead After 8 19-0 Trail After 8 0-16 Team W-L GB Tied After 8 4-4 WALK-OFF GRAND SLAMS: After Tuesday’s 10th inning blast by Michael De Leon, the last two walk-off grand slams surrendered by the Indians have SWB 30-13 - Vs. LH Starter 6-5 come at Louisville. Tuesday was the first walk-off slam allowed by Indianapolis since Sept. 2, 2013, when Denis Phipps hit a two-out grand slam in WOR 29-17 2.5 Vs. RH Starter 19-15 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 inning BUF 25-19 5.5 LHV 21-25 10.5 league leaders for the loss.