INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION [ Indianapolis Indians501 //West Communications Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, _______________________________________ IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Sunday, May 16, 2021 1:35 PM ET Toledo Mud Hens 6-4 (T-2nd, 0.5 GB, AAA-E MW) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 3-7 (T-6th, 3.5 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Chase De Jong (1-0, 1.64) Game #11 / Home #6 RHP Matt Manning (0-0, 6.55) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / My-INDYTV 23 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 6-4 2021 @ IND: 4-1 Home 4-1 Road 2-3 LAST NIGHT: The Indians won in comeback fashion for the second night over Toledo last night to clinch their first series win of the season. 2021 @ TOL: 0-0 Place T-2nd Trailing 1-0 after the third inning, Dustin Fowler drove in three runs on his second home run of the season in the fifth to give the Indians an Since 1988 @ IND: 139-93 (.599) GA/GB 0.5 GB early lead. Despite a Toledo rally, an RBI double off the bat of Chris Sharpe put the Indians out of reach of the Mud Hens in the 5-4 win. Since 1988 @ TOL: 110-111 (.498) Streak W2 Since 1988 Totals: 249-204 (.550) Home Streak W2 Road Streak L2 Longest Winning Streak 2 FOWLER HITTING FOURTH: Since moving to the cleanup spot in the Indians lineup, Dustin Fowler is hitting .364 (4-for-11) in three games. 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 2 Last night, he went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a triple, home run and three RBI. His three-run home run out to the right field corner gave Indians Mud Hens Last 5 4-1 Last 10 6-4 the Indians the lead, and his two-out triple in the seventh put him on base to score the game-winning run off Chris Sharpe’s seventh-inning .191 BA .225 Home Openings/Lost 5/0 double. Fowler moved to the cleanup spot after Will Craig was selected by Pittsburgh on Thursday. 39 R 40 Home Attendance 13,103 61 H 73 Avg. Home Attendance 2,621 11 2B 15 League Rank (Total/Avg) 12th/12th 3 3B 2 BASHLOR BATTLING: Tyler Bashlor recorded his first save of the season last night when he stranded the bases loaded with back-to-back 14 HR 9 Day Games 1-1 strikeouts of Renato Nunez and Aderlin Rodriguez in the ninth inning. He caught Nunez looking with an 0-2 curveball following a five-pitch 36 RBI 37 Night Games 5-3 120 TB 120 Before All-Star Break 6-4 walk to Christin Stewart, and Rodriguez went down swinging on a 1-2 curveball to end the game. Bashlor, who joined the Indians after being 40 BB 43 After All-Star Break 0-0 designated for assignment by Pittsburgh, has appeared in four games so far with Indianapolis and has yet to allow a hit in 4.1 innings. He 105 K 93 May 6-4 10 SB 5 June 0-0 currently holds a 0.92 WHIP. 5 CS 1 July 0-0 .293 OBP .325 August 0-0 .375 SLG .367 September 0-0 SERIES FINALE: The Indians look to end the six-game series vs. Toledo in dominating fashion today at Victory Field. Last night’s win clinched Tuesday 2-0 the Indians first series victory of the season, and with a finale win against Toledo and a Columbus win over Omaha, the Indians could share 88.2 IP 82.0 Wednesday 1-1 2.94 ERA 5.27 Thursday 1-1 possession of first place in the Triple-A East going into their next matchup at St. Paul. The Indians are sending Chase De Jong to the mound 1.27 WHIP 1.44 Friday 1-1 for the second time this series after he allowed two runs in five innings of work to open the series on Tuesday. 5 SV 3 Saturday 1-0 76 H 79 Sunday 0-1 36 R 53 Scoring First 5-1 COMEBACK WINS: Following the Indians back-to-back comeback wins over Toledo the past two nights, 246 of the team’s 472 regular-season 29 ER 48 Opponent Scores First 1-3 comeback victories dating back to 2005 have come when down just one run. Against Toledo, the Indians have put together three comeback 9 HR 22 Comeback Wins 2 5 HB 5 Opponent Comeback Wins 2 victories of five runs, a high when facing that opponent. Those three games are listed below. 37 BB 39 Extra Innings 0-1 102 K 94 Shutout Record 1-0 Doubleheaders 0-0 » 6/25/10 vs. TOL: Trailed 5-0 through the top of the third and scored six runs on five hits in the sixth inning. Jeff Clement went 2-for-5 with INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Commit An Error 2-4 Commit No Errors 4-0 five RBI and the Indians won, 9-8. vs. AAA-E Midwest: 6-4 Walk-Off Wins -- » 6/12/08 at TOL: Trailed 6-1 through six innings and scored five runs in the seventh, one in the eighth and one in the ninth for an 8-6 win. vs. AAA-E Southeast: 0-0 Walk-Off Losses 1 Ronny Paulino hit a one-out grand slam in the seventh and Steve Pearce and Brian Bixler had three hits apiece. vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Scoring 4+ Runs 5-1 Series (W-L-S): 0-1-0 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 1-3 » 7/2/06 at TOL: Trailed 5-0 entering the eighth inning, scored six runs on three walks and four hits in the ninth inning for a 7-6 win. The Sweeps: 0-0 Outhit Opponent 2-1 Indians batted around in the ninth inning and all runs crossed home plate with two outs. Outhit By Opponent 3-3 Teams Tie in Hits 1-0 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Indy Hits HR 6-2 THE HOME RUNS ARE HELPING: The Indians now have homered in five consecutive games, and the daily offensive surge has helped lead Indy no HR 0-2 MIDWEST Opp. Hits HR 2-3 them to the series win over Toledo. Of the 25 runs scored this week, 15 have been scored via the long ball. The most home runs the Indians Opp. no HR 4-1 hit in a single homestand in 2019 was eight compared to the 10 they have through the first five games of the homestand vs. Toledo. This Team W-L GB Lead After 6 5-1 OMA 7-4 - Trail After 6 1-3 homestand is the first time dating back through the 2016 season that the Indians hit at least 10 team home runs during a stretch of games COL 6-4 0.5 Tied After 6 0-0 Lead After 7 5-1 at Victory Field. IND 6-4 0.5 Trail After 7 0-3 IOW 5-5 1.5 Tied After 7 1-0 STP 5-6 2.0 Lead After 8 6-0 COLLECTING SAVES: Following Tyler Bashlor’s converted save last night, the Indians are now tied for the Triple-A East lead with five saves, TOL 3-7 3.5 Trail After 8 0-3 and stands alone atop the league with eight save opportunities. Along with saves, the bullpen has also collected a league-leading 13 holds LOU 3-7 3.5 Tied After 8 0-1 compared to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s eight, which ranks second. Indians closer Jandel Gustave is tied for first in the league with three saves Vs. LH Starter 0-1 NORTHEAST Vs. RH Starter 6-3 of his own, with Bashlor and Braeden Ogle adding to the team total. Team W-L GB SWB 8-3 - league leaders HOME SWEET HOME: The Indians returned to Victory Field Tuesday for the first time in 619 days to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the BUF 8-3 - park opening its gates in 1996. Throughout the past 25 years (beginning on July 11, 1996), the Indians are 928-757 at the corner of West and LHV 7-4 1.0 Category Player No. Rank Maryland Street. The team’s best home record during that time came in the first full season at the new ballpark, when it compiled a 49-23 WOR 6-5 2.0 CS Alford 2 T-1st ROC 2-9 6.0 Tucker 2 T-1st record. The worst record came just a season ago, when the Indians went 32-38 with its first sub-.500 home record since 2003 (35-37). SYR 2-9 6.0 SO De Jong 16 T-3rd SV Gustave 3 T-1st SOUTHEAST current homestand BY THE NUMBERS Team W-L GB Games 5 ERA 2.60 (13er/45.0ip) GWN 8-3 - Record 4-1 Starter W-L 2-0 JAX 7-4 1.0 Average .229 (36-for-157) Starter ERA 2.84 (8er/25.1ip) 3 games DUR 7-4 1.0 Runs (Avg/Gm) 25 (5.0) Reliever W-L 2-1 NAS 6-4 1.5 XBH (Avg/Gm) 17 (3.4) Reliever ERA 2.29 (5er/19.2ip) With a single last night, Christian Bethancourt is currently on a three-game CLT 5-6 3.0 Home Runs 10 Walks 15 hitting streak. It is the longest hitting streak by an Indians player this season.