Columbus Clippers Game #25 Game Information Road Game #13 Media Relations Department - 330 Huntington Park Ln., Columbus, OH 43215 - (614)-462-5250 - [email protected] Thursday, June 3 (7:05) - Victory Field Columbus Clippers Indianapolis Indians (Cleveland Indians) vs. (Pittsburgh Pirates) LHP Kirk McCarty (3-0, 4.40) RHP James Marvel (0-0, 3.72) (8-16) (12-12) LAST GAME Upcoming Probables June 1 R H E LOB Friday, June 4 at Indianapolis (5:05): RHP Matt Koch (1-1, 4.76) vs. RHP Steven Wright (1-1, 1.84) Columbus 3 9 2 6 Friday, June 4 at Indianapolis (-): RHP Heath Fillmyer (NR) vs. RHP Beau Sulser (2-2, 5.40) Indianapolis54 0 7 Saturday, June 5 at Indianapolis (7:05): LHP Scott Moss (0-2, 5.79) vs. RHP Cody Ponce (0-1, 5.94) W: Kyle Keller (1-0) Sunday, June 6 at Indianapolis (1:35): RHP Kevin Herget (0-1, 5.40) vs. RHP Max Kranick (0-0, 1.80) L: Kyle Dowdy (1-2) Tonight's Game S: Tyler Bashlor (2) The Clippers will send LHP Kirk McCarty to the mound tonight, looking to avoid the first nine game losing streak since 8/10-8/17/78 HR: Mercado (1), Bradley (8), (worst losing streak in franchise history). Indianapolis will counter with RHP James Marvel. The Clippers are 7-13 (.350) against right Lavarnway (7) handers this year. Marvel has pitched against the Clippers twice in his career, going 0-0 with a 5.90ERA (10.2IP, 9H, 7R, 7ER, 5BB, 8K). Highlights Ryan Lavarnway doubled and vs. the Indians homered for the second straight Columbus was 15-9 against Indy in 2019, despite scoring just 10 more runs on the season, 132-122 (more wins, fewer runs than Indy in game. On the mound, Kevin each of three seasons from 2016-18). Individually, Connor Marabell has hit .321 (9x28) against Indianapolis in eight career games and Herget turned in a quality start Bobby Bradley has hammered 6HR with 13RBI in 21 games (4HR and 7RBI in 14 games at Victory Field). (6.0IP, 3H, 2R, 0ER, 3BB, 2K). Get What You Pay For The Clippers are the only team in the IL that has seen every game played to completion in nine innings, as they are one of two (Toledo) that has not experienced extra innings this year. Detracting from the drama is the fact that the Clippers have played in an IL-low four games decided by a single run (1-3). Tonight's opponent, Indianapolis, is tied for 3rd in the IL with nine 1-run games (4-5). Quite a Slide CLIPPER QUICK FACTS Since starting the season 5-1, the Clippers have been beaten down to the tune of a 3-15 record, getting outscored 128-75 in that time. Current Streak: L8 The last time the Clippers had an 18 game stretch with only three wins was 5/23-6/9/13, going from 28-18 to 31-33 (outscored 136-95). Road Streak: L2 The 2013 Clippers never recovered from that slide, going 40-40 to finish the season at 71-73 (last sub .500 team). Road: 6-6 June: 0-1 Double Time Thursday: 0-4 Ernie Clement had a seven game hit streak (.478, 11x23), in which he had an XBH in every game, from 5/6-5/27 (missed 11 games with Night Games: 8-12 a leg injury). Of his 13 hits on the season, Clement has 8XBH, resulting in a .579SLG. However, not counted among those hits is a vs. West: 8-10 homer, as Clement is the only player in the IL (of 72) with at least 41PA and a .415+SLG that has yet to go deep. Last 10: 1-9 Consecutive days in 6th: 8 Searching for a Hit Scoring at least 4 runs: 6-6 Daniel Johnson enters tonight having gone hitless in his last 17AB (12K), while drawing a pair of walks in that time (.105OBP). After Scoring less than 4 runs: 2-10 consecutive 2-hit games to start his Triple-A season, Johnson is slashing .149/.232/.365 over 18G with just one multi-hit game (5/27 vs. Come from behind wins: 3 Nashville). He has struck out at least once in 19 straight, including seven multi-K games in his last nine (22K, 41PA in last nine). Last at bat wins: 2 Team Batting: .234, 9th The Rock Team Pitching: 5.64, 12th Bobby Bradley will man the cleanup spot for the 24th time in 25G (through 19G, had been the only player in the IL to start every game at Team Defense: .979, 10th cleanup). After a solid Toledo series that saw his average climb to .200 (6x24, 2HR, 4RBI), he went 1x16 with a HR against Nashville, dropping back to .171. When playing first base this year, Bradley has 4HR in 75AB, compared to 4HR in 11AB as a DH. LEAGUE STANDINGS South W - L Pct GB Arias Also in a Funk NAS 19 - 5 .792 - Gabriel Arias started the season by reaching base in each of his first 12G (.429OBP), while cranking the batting average up to .282, but DUR 17 - 8 .680 2.5 has hit just .146 (6x41) with a .205OBP in 11G since. He has drawn only 3BB over his last 11G, compared to 8BB in his first 12G JAX 15 - 10 .600 4.5 (walked in six straight from 5/5-5/12). His double on 6/1 was his first XBH since a HR on 5/14 vs. Omaha (51AB in between). GWN 14 - 11 .560 5.5 MEM 9 - 15 .375 10.0 Swinging Hard NOR 9 - 15.375 10.0 Heading into today, the Clippers have three players among the top seven in the IL in strikeouts, as Nolan Jones leads the league (41K), CHA 8 - 16 .333 11.0 Daniel Johnson ranks 4th (34K) and Bobby Bradley is 7th (32K). Jones ranks 5th in the IL with 16BB and paces the 85 qualified batters with a three true outcome rate of 61.1% (Johnson is 8th, 52.7%; Bradley Zimmer is 11th, 49.3%; Bradley is 13th, 48.0%). West W - L Pct GB OMA 17 - 7 .708 - Cursed at the Top STP 13 - 11 .542 4.0 Clipper leadoff hitters have the worst average in the IL (.204) and have scored the fewest runs (8). Oscar Mercado has started atop the IND 12 12 .500 5.0 order more than any other Clipper (9G) and hit .128/.226/.128 over 47AB from 5/15-5/28 (3x29 at leadoff). Over his last three games, TOL 11 - 12 .478 5.5 Mercado has a pair of multi-hit performances (5/29 vs. Nashville, batting 5th; 6/1 at Indianapolis, batting 7th). IOW 9 -14 .391 7.5 COL 8 - 16 .333 9.0 ORGANIZATION REPORT vs. INDIANAPOLIS LOU 7- 16 .304 9.5 Cleveland (30-24), 2nd place Akron (16-8), 3rd place All-Time June 2 R H E 6/2 vs. Erie, PPD. Home Road Overall League Notes Chicago (AL) x xx 6/3 vs. Erie, 6:35 127-103 106-110 233-213 Cleveland xxx Lake County (11-14), T5th place 2021 PPD., Rain 6/2 vs. Dayton, PPD. Home Road Overall Rescheduled for DH on 9/23 6/3 vs. Dayton, 5:00 (DH) 0-0 0-1 0-1 Lynchburg (15-10), 2nd place 2019 6/2 vs. Salem, lost, 3-2 (11) HomeRoad Overall 6/3 OFF DAY 6/3 vs. Salem, 6:30 5-7 10-2 15-9 Governors' Cup Champions: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2019 IL West Division Champions: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 Columbus Clippers Game Information Thursday, June 3 This Date in Clipper History Huntington (Small) Park 6/3/2005 In each of the first 11 years since the move downtown, Huntington Park has ranked among the top two in the IL in homers per game, Columbus scored eight times in totaling 2.25 per contest (1,763HR, 783 games). In 2019, HP averaged over three per game for the first time ever (seventh time the 5th inning at Buffalo, erasing averaging over a pair), as the Clippers surrendered a record 127HR and just missed out on triple digits themselves (97HR was second a 5-1 deficit on the way to a 10-7 highest team total). Including the postseason, the Clippers have been out-homered over the life of the park (946 to 904). win. The comeback was powered by six home runs, yeargms COL opp total avg rankyear gms COLopp total avg rank year gms COL opp total avg rank including five in the 5th. Wil 2009 71 57 73 130 1.83 2nd 201372 63 72 135 1.88 2nd 2017 71 95 88 183 2.58 1st 2010 72 9083 173 2.40 2nd 2014 7264 85149 2.07 2nd 2018 69 68 76 144 2.09 2nd Nieves started the 5th with a 2011 72 100 77 177 2.46 1st 2015 72 62 64 126 1.75 2nd 2019 69 97 127 224 3.25 2nd solo shot, while Andy Phillips 2012 71 91 88 179 2.52 1st 2016 72 74 69 143 1.99 1st 2021 12 12 25 37 3.08 3rd (3-run HR), Mike Vento (2nd HR of the day), Mitch Jones Record Destruction and Ryan Hankins went back to The Clippers broke the established mark for homers in a season (182 in 1983) on 8/7/19 and finished with a total of 213 (most in the IL).