_______________________________________ [ Indianapolis Indians501 // CommunicationsWest Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit[ IndyIndians.com // (317) 269-3524 ] Indianapolis Indians Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Columbus Clippers 18-18 (3rd, IL West) 11:05 a.m. EDT 23-14 (1st, IL West) RHP Tyler Glasnow Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN RHP Mike Clevinger (2-1, 2.13) Game #37, Home #18 ♦ Season Series 4-3 (5-0, 3.03) TRIBE AT A GLANCE Tribe Tips Overall 18-18 Streak L3 Home 10-7 Home Streak L1 THE INDIANS... Shut out Columbus to open their four-game series with the Clippers thanks to seven blank frames from starter Road 8-11 Road Streak L3 Place 3rd Last 5 2-3 Chad Kuhl ... Are now 3-0 in homestand openers ... Enter their 114th season of continuous operation this year since the current G. Ahead/Behind -4.5 Last 10 3-7 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 111,257 Home Openings 17 Avg. Attendance 6,544 League Rank (Total) -- KUHL WHIPPED: The International League's current ERA leader entered last night's matchup with a 1.10 ERA and departed after seven innings with a 0.91 ... Has lowered his WHIP to 0.78 ... Chad Kuhl now leads all of Triple-A (IL, PCL, ML) in both ERA IL STANDINGS and WHIP ... He also extended his active scoreless streak to 17 consecutive innings. WEST NORTH SOUTH Team W-L GB Team W-L GB Team W-L GB STREAK HAVOC: Indianapolis' vaunted rotation has lived up to almost every measure of preseason anticipation it created ... COL 23-14 - SYR 20-16 - CHA 21-18 - LOU 21-16 2.0 SWB 21-18 0.5 GWN 19-20 2.0 Each member of the group has taken control at some point this season ... Here are the longest scoreless streaks for Indians IND 18-18 4.5 ROC 20-18 1.0 DUR 16-23 5.0 starters ... Glasnow, 18 .... Kuhl, 17 ... Boscan, 16 ... Taillon, 12 ... Brault, 11. TOL 16-20 6.5 LHV 19-18 1.5 NOR 14-25 7.0 BUF 18-20 3.0 CLIPPED: Indianapolis' pitching staff entered this series with six strong games against Columbus behind them, holding the PAW 18-20 3.0 Clippers' offense in check with a 2.21 ERA ... Boscan, Glasnow, Kuhl, and Brault had each made starts against the reigning SERIES HISTORY IL Champs, going a combined 1-1 with a combined 2.13 ERA ... Tribe hurlers had struck out 44 Columbus hitters to just 10 Overall At IND At COL walks in 53 innings. 2016 4-3 3-2 1-1 2015 10-11 5-4 5-7 TOP TIER: Three Indians starting pitchers are currently in the International League's top 10 in ERA ... Kuhl (1st, 0.91), Taillon All-Time 164-171 88-78 76-93 (7th, 2.08), and Glasnow (8th, 2.13) ... Wilfredo Boscan leads IL starters in walks issued per nine innings (0.90) ... Kuhl is first TEAM COMPARISONS among the IL's top five starting pitchers in opponent average (.161) ... Indians starters are now 11-9 on the season with an Indians Clippers impressive 1.95 ERA (193.2ip/42er). .246 ......................Batting Avg ..................... .257 133 ...........................Runs ........................... 159 RUNNING A RISK: Indianapolis is tied for second in the International League with Syracuse at 32 stolen bases ... Charlotte 301 ........................... Hits ............................ 309 and Toledo lead with 33 ... However, Tribe baserunners have been caught stealing 28 times ... Charlotte (15), Toledo (12) and 48 ........................ Doubles .......................... 60 Syracuse (2) have been caught significantly fewer times ... Frazier (1st, 7), Bell (T-3rd, 4), and Garcia (T-3rd, 4) are among the 10 ......................... Triples ............................ 7 20 .......................Home Runs ....................... 33 league's most frequently caught stealers. 124 ...........................RBIs ........................... 151 429 .....................Total Bases ...................... 482 MAKING MOVES: The Pirates and Indians made multiple roster changes over the weekend ... INF Cole Figueroa was recalled by 111 ..........................Walks .......................... 123 the Pirates, LHP Cory Luebke ended his ML rehab, and utility-man Alen Hanson joined the Bucs while OF Starling Marte is on 339 .......................Strikeouts ....................... 272 paternity leave ... The Indians added LHP Kyle Lobstein and activated INF Juan Diaz from Extended ST to round out the roster. 32 ......................Stolen Bases ...................... 16 .311 ........................... OBP........................... .331 326.0 .................Innings Pitched ..................318.0 2.79 ...........................ERA ............................3.37 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 1.15 ...........................WHIP ...........................1.27 RHP Tyler Glasnow Current Streak: W2 vs COL (2016) 2G/2GS 11 ..........................Saves ........................... 10 266 ..................... Hits Allowed ..................... 284 W-L-S ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG W-L ERA ER/IP SO/BB 0-1 1.80 2/10.0 15/2 17 .......................HR Allowed ....................... 24 2-1-0 2.13 7 7 38.0 27 9 9 1 18 49 .205 14 ....................... Hit Batters ....................... 10 109 ..........................Walks .......................... 119 Glasnow will make his eighth start of the season for Indianapolis ... Today's game will be a rematch of the weather-shortened 308 ......................Strikeouts ....................... 264 season opener that saw Glasnow and Clevinger duel for five innings in Columbus on 4/10 ... A solo home run from Jesus Aguilar was the difference as both struck out six over those five frames ... It was the only losing decision for Glasnow in seven starts Indians AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS to date ... Is currently eighth in the International League in ERA ... Second in the IL in strikeouts behind Jaime Schultz (DUR) ... Category Player No. Rank Second in K/9 for IL starting pitchers (11.61) behind Blake Snell (12.09) ... Owns Indy's longest consecutive scoreless inning Steals Adam Frazier ................10 .....................4th streak at 18 ... Rated the Pirates' top prospect entering the 2016 season by Baseball America ... Considered the 14th-ranked prospect by Baseball America on its annual top 100 list ... Selected by PIT in the 5th Rd of the 2011 FYPD. BB/9 (starter) Wilfredo Boscan .........0.90 ..................1st Jameson Taillon ...........1.04 ..................2nd GLASNOW START-BY-START ERA Chad Kuhl ....................0.91 ..................1st Date Opp Pitcher Dec. Final IP H R ER BB SO HR NP-K Jameson Taillon ...........2.08 ..................7th 4/10 at COL Glasnow L 0-1 5.0 3 1 1 3 6 1 81-43 Tyler Glasnow ...............2.13 ..................8th 4/16 vs COL Glasnow ND 1-2 5.0 4 1 1 0 9 0 83-53 Innings Pitched Jameson Taillon ...........43.1 ..................5th 4/21 at LOU Glasnow ND 5-6 5.0 6 4 4 3 4 0 78-47 K/9 (starter) Tyler Glasnow ...............11.61 ................2nd 4/26 at DUR Glasnow W 9-0 6.0 2 0 0 1 11 0 87-56 Strikeouts Tyler Glasnow ...............49 .....................2nd WHIP Chad Kuhl ....................0.78 ..................1st 5/1 vs NOR Glasnow W 4-0 5.0 2 0 0 5 7 0 91-56 Jameson Taillon ...........0.81 ..................2nd 5/7 vs LOU Glasnow ND 2-1 7.0 4 0 0 1 11 0 95-65 5/12 at SYR Glasnow ND 6-3 5.0 6 3 3 5 1 0 98-50 Team ERA Indianapolis ................2.79 ..................1st UPCOMING MATCHUPS THIS HOMESTAND Day Date Opponent Time Pitching Matchup Games 1 ERA 0.00 (9.0ip/0er) Wed 5/18 vs COL 1:35 pm RHP Frank Duncan (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Ross Detwiler (0-1, 1.80) Record 1-0 Starter W-L 1-0 Average .142 (4x28) Starter ERA 0.00 (7.0ip/0er) Thurs 5/19 vs COL 11:05 am RHP Jameson Taillon (2-2, 2.08) vs. LHP TJ House (3-2, 5.93) Runs (Game) 2 (2.0) Reliever W-L 0-0 Home Runs 0 Reliever ERA 0.00 (2.0ip/0er) Fri 5/20 vs SWB 7:15 pm RHP Wilfredo Boscan (3-4, 2.48) vs. TBA RISP .125 (1x8) 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 6 17 21 19 8 19 10 10 18 6 133 3.7 Opponents 9 5 9 13 11 5 13 16 11 12 105 2.9 Differential -3 +12 +12 +6 -3 +14 -3 -6 +7 -6 +28 +0.8 INDIANS 2-OUT RBI OUTFIELD ASSISTS BATTING AROUND THE ORDER (10 to plate) Player Total Player Total Player 1st 2nd 3rd Home Total Date Opp. Inning Batters Hits Runs Bell 6 Moroff 8 Garcia - 2 1 2 5 4/22 at LOU 3rd 11 6 8 Figueroa 4 Ngoepe 3 Ortiz - 1 - 1 2 4/26 at DUR 9th 10 6 7 Florimon 2 Ortiz 2 Richardson - 1 - - 1 Frazier 2 Rogers 8 Totals 0 4 1 3 8 Gamache 3 Rojas Jr. 1 Garcia 2 Stallings 3 Hanson 3 Other 0 Kuhl 1 TOTAL 48 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 - - - - - - 5/3 vs DUR A. Frazier Single to left center (Gamache) 12th 1-0 5/7 vs LOU D. Ortiz Double to right (Bell) 9th 2-1 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 7 .280 25 3 7 0 0 1 4 5 3 Bell .000 0 1 0 0 Kang .000 0 1 0 1 Figueroa 3 .500 10 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 Figueroa .000 0 1 0 0 Moroff .200 1 5 0 0 Florimon 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Florimon .000 0 1 0 0 Ortiz .333 1 3 0 1 Gamache 5 .455 15 1 5 2 0 0 2 4 8 Frazier .000 0 2 0 0 Rojas, Jr.