game information indianapolis indians _______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Friday, June 28, 2019 7:05 p.m. ET Gwinnett Stripers 41-36 (2nd, -6.5 GB, IL West) Coolray Field ♦ Lawrenceville, GA 43-35 (T-2nd, -4.5 GB, IL South) RHP Yefry Ramirez (1-2, 3.34) Game #78 // Road #39 RHP Kyle Wright (4-4, 6.08) Radio/TV: Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV UPCOMING MATCHUPS DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLES TIME (ET) RADIO/TV Saturday June 29 at Gwinnett RHP Mitch Keller (6-1, 2.89) vs. RHP Mike Foltynewicz (1-1, 6.11) 6:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Sunday June 30 at Gwinnett RHP Eduardo Vera (4-5, 5.66) vs. LHP Kolby Allard (6-3, 3.75) 1:05 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Monday July 1 at Louisville TBA vs. TBA 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV Tuesday July 2 at Louisville RHP Alex McRae (5-4, 5.07) vs. TBA 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV 2019 indy bits Tribe Tips 2019 AT A GLANCE Day Games: 13-11 Overall 41-36 Night Games: 28-25 LAST NIGHT: For a second consecutive night, the Indians had a chance to tie or win the game in their last at-bat but the Tribe fell short in the comeback Home 20-19 attempt, falling 3-2 to the first-place Clippers. Indy scored both of its runs in the drama-filled ninth inning on an Eric Wood double to left-center. Columbus Before All-Star Break: 41-36 Road 21-17 After All-Star Break: 0-0 then replaced Chih-Wei Hu with Neil Ramirez, and the hard-throwing righty retired JB Shuck on a lineout to second and Steven Baron on strikes to end the Place 2nd April: 13-11 game. Alex McRae (L, 5-4) allowed three runs in 4.2 innings pitched with eight strikeouts. He gave up a run-scoring single to Mark Mathias in the fourth GA/GB -6.5 GB May: 18-9 Streak L2 June: 10-16 and a two-run homer to Trayce Thompson in the fifth that made it 3-0. Aaron Civale (W, 2-0) stymied the Indians with seven shutout innings, scattering Home Streak L2 July: 0-0 August: 0-0 four hits with six punchouts. Road Streak W1 September: 0-0 Longest Winning Streak 6 (4/7-13) CRAIG AND THE FUTURES GAME: Tribe first baseman Will Craig was today selected as the Pirates representative for the 2019 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Longest Losing Streak 4 (3x, MR: 6/11-14) Monday: 5-0 Last 5 3-2 Tuesday: 6-6 Game held at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on Sunday, July 7. Craig will suit up for the U.S. team in the seven-inning affair. Craig was selected with Wednesday: 6-6 Last 10 5-5 Thursday: 6-6 the 22nd overall pick in the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Wake Forest University. He is the eighth Indians position player since 2005 to play in the Home Openings/Lost 38/2 Friday: 7-5 Futures Game, joining Jose Bautista (2005), Steve Pearce (2007), Andrew McCutchen (2008), Gregory Polanco (2013), Josh Bell (2015), Elias Diaz (2015) Home Attendance 290,762 Saturday: 4-8 Avg. Home Attendance 7,652 Sunday: 7-5 and Austin Meadows (2016). League Rank (Total/Avg) (4th/4th) Scoring First: 26-7 Opponent Scores First: 15-29 WILL'S WAY: Craig has provided plenty of thump in the Tribe lineup this season, batting .258 (71-for-275) with 12 doubles, 16 homers and 45 RBI. He leads SERIES HISTORY Comeback Wins: 19 Opponent Comeback Wins: 14 the team in both dingers and ribbies, with his home run total already eclipsing Kevin Kramer's team-high 15 blasts from the 2018 campaign. Craig ripped 2019 at Home: 1-2 Extra Innings: 3-4 seven homers in April and eight in May, both team bests. The 24-year-old slugger has had a power outage in June with just one long ball, but he did record 2019 @ Gwinnett: 0-3 Shutout Record: 2-5 Doubleheaders: 1-3 a 14-game hitting streak from May 25-June 8, the longest by any Tribe player this season. All-Time at Home: 24-20 (.545) Commit An Error: 17-18 All-Time @ Gwinnett: 21-28 (.429) Commit No Errors: 24-18 Walk-Off Wins: 2 ANOTHER REHAB: The Indians welcome MLB rehabber No. 15 of the season to their roster this evening for the series opener at Gwinnett, shortstop Erik All-Time Totals: 45-48 (.484) Walk-Off Losses: 3 Gonzalez. Indy had 11 total players rehab for them over the 2017 and 2018 seasons combined. The 27-year-old Gonzalez was acquired by Pittsburgh from 2019 league leaders vs. IL West: 22-16 Cleveland on Nov. 14, 2018 with right-handed pitching prospects Dante Mendoza and Tahnaj Thomas in exchange for outfielder Jordan Luplow and utilit- vs. IL North: 9-11 Category Player No. Rank vs. IL South: 10-9 yman Max Moroff. Gonzalez was Pittsburgh's Opening Day shortstop and hit .216 (11-for-51) with two doubles, one triple and two RBI in 16 games before HR Craig 16 T-9th fracturing his left clavicle in a collision with center fielder Starling Marte. The injury landed Gonzalez on the 60-day injured list on April 20. Scoring 4+ Runs: 36-16 RBI Craig 45 T-10th Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs: 5-20 2B Hayes/Kramer 20 T-4th Outhit Opponent: 29-9 MAKE IT A DOZEN: Indy's pitching staff has allowed at least one home run in 12 consecutive games dating back to Game 1 of a doubleheader against Outhit By Opponent: 8-24 3B Martin/Robinson 3 T-9th Teams Tie in Hits: 4-3 Pawtucket on June 16. It's the longest home run streak for opponents against Indy since the start of the 2012 season (Indy's media guides do not go back W Keller 6 T-2nd Indy Hits HR: 30-21 Indy no HR: 11-15 any further on this statistic). Earlier this season, the Tribe homered in 12 consecutive games (April 23-May 4), the longest stretch since 2012 as well. ERA Keller 2.89 1st Opp. Hits HR: 26-26 WHIP Keller 1.26 3rd Opp. no HR: 15-10 Lead After 6: 32-2 NAIL-BITERS: Indianapolis is 15-11 in one-run games this year, tied with Columbus (15-4), Durham (15-7) and Charlotte (15-9) for the most one-run McRae 1.34 6th Trail After 6: 2-25 victories in the IL. The Tribe went 14-24 in one-run ballgames last year. Twenty of Indy's 26 games this month have been decided by three runs or less (76.9 GS Vera 15 T-1st Tied After 6: 7-9 Lead After 7: 36-2 percent). On the season, Indy has played 56 of its 77 games (72.7 percent) within three runs after playing only 60 percent (84-of-140) in 2018. McRae 1.31 4th Trail After 7: 3-30 Tied After 7: 2-4 AVG vs. Keller .238 T-3rd Lead After 8: 35-1 THE ALL-STARS: The International League announced its 2019 All-Stars yesterday and for the eighth consecutive season, Indianapolis had at least three IP Vera 84.1 2nd Trail After 8: 2-30 Tied After 8: 3-3 players named to the squad. Right-handed starting pitcher Mitch Keller was elected to the team (fans, media and manager ballots) while right-handed SO Keller 80 T-5th relievers Montana DuRapau and Dovydas Neverauskas were selected as reserves. The All-Star honor is the sixth of Keller's career, second for DuRapau and GIDP McRae 9 T-5th Vs. LH Starter: 9-9 Vs. RH Starter: 32-27 third for Neverauskas, and it's also the second straight year Neverauskas has been selected to the IL All-Star team. SV Brentz/DuRapau/Neverauskas 6 T-4th Series (W-L-S): 13-11-1 2019 TEAM COMPARISON Sweeps: 5-3 MONTANA'S MOUND: RHP Montana DuRapau extended his scoreless streak to seven games (7.0ip) by recording one out in Wednesday's contest. The 27-year-old has surrendered a run in just three of his 21 appearances with Indy this year and owns a remarkable 1.11 ERA (3er/24.1ip). IL opponents are Indians Stripers 2019 IL STANDINGS .259 Batting Avg .267 batting just .093 (7-for-75) with 26 strikeouts against him, and he's held right-handed batters to an .044 average (2-for-45). 357 Runs 442 WEST 666 Hits 711 Team W-L GB TUCKERED OUT: Cole Tucker has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games and 13 of 16 since his return from Pittsburgh on June 11. He is batting .372 (16-for- 172 Doubles 149 COL 48-30 - 18 Triples 17 IND 41-36 6.5 43) with three homers, three doubles, six RBI and six runs scored during the 10-game stretch. 80 Home Runs 122 TOL 35-43 13.0 328 RBI 414 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE: The Indians are one of two teams in the IL with a winning record and a negative run differential.