INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION [ Indianapolis Indians501 //West Communications Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, _______________________________________ IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Wednesday, May 19, 2021 8:05 PM ET St. Paul Saints 8-4 (T-1st, -- GB, AAA-E MW) CHS Field ♦ St. Paul, MN 5-8 (5th, 3.5 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Chad Kuhl (MLB Rehab) Game #13 / Road #7 RHP Chandler Shepherd (0-1, 9.82) RHP Cody Ponce (0-0, 5.87) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 8-4 2021 @ IND: 0-0 Home 5-1 LAST NIGHT: Facing a 1-0 deficit following the first inning, the Indians scored four runs in the second and three in the third en route to a decisive 7-3 Road 3-3 2021 @ STP: 1-0 Place T-1st win over St. Paul last night. Seven of the Indians nine starters recorded at least one hit and together the team tallied a season-high 11 base hits. Since 1938 @ IND: 131-116 (.530) GA/GB -- GB RHP Beau Sulser earned his second win of the season after surrendering three runs in 5.0 innings, and the Indians bullpen combined for four shutout Since 1938 @ STP: 110-136 (.447) Streak W4 Since 1938 Totals: 241-252 (.489) Home Streak W3 innings to hold the Saints at bay. Road Streak W1 Longest Winning Streak 4 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 2 DUAL RBI DOUBLES: Anthony Alford and Hunter Owen, batting in the sixth and seventh spots of the Indians lineup respectively, each recorded two- Indians Saints Last 5 4-1 Last 10 7-3 RBI doubles in the win over St. Paul. Following an RBI-single off the bat of Alford, Owen doubled down the left field line to extend the Indians lead to .209 BA .221 Home Openings/Lost 6/0 3-1 with no outs in the second. With two outs in the third inning, Alford repeated Owen’s double down the left field line to score two more, and Owen 52 R 48 Home Attendance 16,188 81 H 92 Avg. Home Attendance 2,686 followed with an RBI infield single to make it 7-1. Both Alford (3-for-4) and Owen (2-for-4) finished the night with three RBI. 14 2B 13 League Rank (Total/Avg) 12th/14th 3 3B 1 17 HR 15 Day Games 2-1 BETHANCOURT ON BASE: After going 2-for-4 last night at St. Paul, catcher turned Indians first baseman Christian Bethancourt has hit safely in his 49 RBI 48 Night Games 6-3 152 TB 152 Before All-Star Break 8-4 first five games with Indianapolis. In an Indians uniform, he is hitting .364 (8-for-22) with three multi-hit games and three RBI. Oddly enough, he 50 BB 52 After All-Star Break 0-0 is no stranger to quick starts with a new team. Of the 12 affiliated teams he has appeared with since being signed as a non-drafted free agent by 126 K 141 May 8-4 11 SB 11 June 0-0 Atlanta in 2008, Bethancourt has hit safely in five-plus games to begin his career with half of them. Those teams and his hitting streaks are listed 5 CS 2 July 0-0 below. .309 OBP .310 August 0-0 .392 SLG .365 September 0-0 Tuesday 3-0 2008 Rookie-league DSL Braves - 6 games 2013 Double-A Mississippi - 7 games 106.2 IP 113.1 Wednesday 1-1 3.12 ERA 4.76 Thursday 1-1 2009 Rookie-Advanced Danville - 6 games 2018 Triple-A Colorado Springs - 5 games 1.28 WHIP 1.52 Friday 1-1 2010 Single-A Rome - 5 games 2021 Indianapolis - 5 games 5 SV 1 Saturday 1-0 96 H 124 Sunday 1-1 44 R 66 Scoring First 5-1 STREAKING WITH WINS: The Indians are on a season-high four-game winning streak and have been victorious in six of their last seven games after 37 ER 60 Opponent Scores First 3-3 dropping three of five games at Iowa to open the season. In the last four games, Indianapolis has outscored its opponents, 24-14, while being outhit, 11 HR 8 Comeback Wins 4 5 HB 9 Opponent Comeback Wins 2 37-40. In the last seven games with a 6-1 record, the Indians are outscoring their opponents 38-26 and have only recorded more than 10 hits (11, last 41 BB 48 Extra Innings 0-1 night) once. In 2019, the team’s longest win streak was six games from April 7-13, and it outscored opponents, 45-23. 125 K 124 Shutout Record 1-0 Doubleheaders 0-0 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Commit An Error 3-4 Commit No Errors 5-0 SERIES OPENING VICTORY: With records dating back to 1938 when the Indians and Saints faced each other as members of the American Associ- vs. AAA-E Midwest: 8-4 Walk-Off Wins 1 ation from 1902-60, the Indians trail St. Paul in the first game of a season series, 13-11. Last night’s win was the Indians first series opening win vs. AAA-E Southeast: 0-0 Walk-Off Losses 1 at St. Paul since 1946, when they narrowly edged the Saints, 3-1, in 10 innings. Dating back to 1938, St. Paul owns the head-to-head series record, vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Scoring 4+ Runs 7-1 252-241 (.511) with an edge at home 136-110 (.553). The last time the two teams met, in 1960, St. Paul took the series 15-7. Series (W-L-S): 1-1-0 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 1-3 Sweeps: 0-0 Outhit Opponent 3-1 Outhit By Opponent 4-3 Teams Tie in Hits 1-0 A KUHL REHAB: Tonight, RHP Chad Kuhl makes his first major league rehab start with Indianapolis after being placed on the 10-day injured list on 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Indy Hits HR 7-2 April 22 with right shoulder discomfort. In four starts with the Pirates to open the 2021 season, he went 0-1 with a 6.32 ERA (11er/15.2ip) and 14 Indy no HR 1-2 MIDWEST Opp. Hits HR 3-3 strikeouts. Tonight isn’t the first time Kuhl will appear in an Indians jersey, the 28-year-old’s journey to the big leagues went through the Circle City Opp. no HR 5-1 prior to making his debut in 2016. During that Triple-A campaign in 2016, he went 6-3 with a 2.37 ERA (22er/83.2ip) in 16 games. Team W-L GB Lead After 6 6-1 OMA 8-4 - Trail After 6 2-3 IND 8-4 - Tied After 6 0-0 Lead After 7 6-1 THROWING IT BACK: Chad Kuhl first appeared with the Indians on Sept. 18, 2015 in a win-or-go-home Game 4 of the Governors’ Cup Championship COL 7-5 1.0 Trail After 7 1-3 vs. Columbus. The then-23-year-old excelled in his Triple-A debut, tossing 7.0 one-run innings in a pitchers duel. After exiting the game tied at 1-1, IOW 6-5 1.5 Tied After 7 1-0 STP 5-8 3.5 Lead After 8 7-0 Kuhl took a no-decision when Columbus scored three runs in the top of the eighth. The Indians came back with one run in the bottom half and three in LOU 4-8 4.0 Trail After 8 0-3 the ninth to force a Game 5. Josh Bell, who went 4-for-4 with a home run, drove in the walk-off run with a one-out single. TOL 3-9 5.0 Tied After 8 1-1 Vs. LH Starter 0-1 NORTHEAST Vs. RH Starter 8-3 SCOUTING ST. PAUL: Last night, the Indians pitching staff held Saints catcher and the preseason No. 60/current No. 53 overall prospect (Baseball America) Ryan Jeffers hitless through four at-bats with one strikeout. Jeffers is Minnesota’s No. 4 prospect and has split time so far between the Team W-L GB Twins and Saints. With St. Paul, he is hitting .250 (12-for-48) with three home runs and 10 RBI in 13 games. As a team, St. Paul ranks 15th with SWB 10-3 - league leaders BUF 9-4 1.0 a .221 batting average (92-for-416) and 13th with a 4.76 ERA (60er/113.1ip). The Saints are in fifth place of seven Triple-A East Midwest division LHV 8-5 2.0 Category Player No. Rank teams. WOR 8-5 2.0 CS Alford 2 T-1st ROC 2-11 8.0 Tucker 2 T-1st SYR 2-11 8.0 SO De Jong 22 T-1st SV Gustave 3 T-2nd SOUTHEAST current road trip BY THE NUMBERS Team W-L GB Games 1 ERA 3.00 (3er/9.0ip) GWN 9-4 - Record 1-0 Starter W-L 1-0 JAX 9-4 - Average .314 (11-for-35) Starter ERA 5.40 (3er/5.0ip) 2-0 DUR 8-5 1.0 Runs (Avg/Gm) 7 (7.0) Reliever W-L 0-0 NAS 7-5 1.5 XBH (Avg/Gm) 3 (3.0) Reliever ERA 0.00 (0er/4.0ip) Starter Beau Sulser and reliever Shea Spitzbarth are the only two Indianapolis CLT 6-7 3.0 Home Runs 0 Walks 2 pitchers with two wins so far this season.