INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION [ Indianapolis Indians501 //West Communications Maryland Department Street ] - Indianapolis, _______________________________________ IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Saturday, May 15, 2021 7:05 PM ET Toledo Mud Hens 5-4 (T-3rd, 1.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 3-6 (T-6th, 3.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Steven Wright (0-0, 0.00) Game #10 / Home #5 RHP Rony Garcia (0-0, 4.50) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / My-INDYTV 23 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 5-4 2021 @ IND: 3-1 Home 3-1 Road 2-3 LAST NIGHT: Trailing 2-1 after six, the Indians mounted their first comeback win of the season with a four-run eighth to take a 6-2 win over 2021 @ TOL: 0-0 Place T-3rd Toledo in the fourth game of the series. Andrew Susac hit his second home run of the season into the left field lawn to tie the game in the Since 1988 @ IND: 138-93 (.597) GA/GB 1.0 GB seventh before a game-winning RBI single by Christian Bethancourt sparked Indy’s offensive burst. The Indians were out-hit by the Mud Since 1988 @ TOL: 110-111 (.498) Streak W1 Since 1988 Totals: 248-204 (.549) Home Streak W1 Hens, 11-8, and left eight runners on base after receiving seven walks, but strung together opportunities for the win. Shea Spitzbarth earned Road Streak L2 Longest Winning Streak 2 his first win of the season as part of a scoreless bullpen performance combined with Braeden Ogle and Jandel Gustave. 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 2 Indians Mud Hens Last 5 3-2 Last 10 5-4 TONIGHT: The Indians go for their second consecutive win after beating Toledo in comeback fashion last night. RHP Steven Wright makes his .180 BA .222 Home Openings/Lost 4/0 first start since 2019 after beginning the season in Indianapolis’ bullpen. RHP Rony Garcia is set to face off against the knuckleballer after 34 R 36 Home Attendance 10,007 52 H 64 Avg. Home Attendance 2,502 making his season debut on 5/7 (2) vs. Nashville (4.0ip, 3h, 2r, 2er, 2hr, 3bb, 5k). 9 2B 15 League Rank (Total/Avg) 15th/12th 2 3B 2 13 HR 9 Day Games 1-1 COMEBACK WINS: Following the Indians comeback win over Toledo last night, 245 of the team’s 471 regular-season comeback victories 31 RBI 33 Night Games 4-3 104 TB 110 Before All-Star Break 5-4 dating back to 2005 have come when down just one run. Against Toledo, the Indians have put together three comeback victories of five runs, 37 BB 39 After All-Star Break 0-0 a high when facing that opponent. Those three games are listed below. 97 K 83 May 5-4 10 SB 5 June 0-0 4 CS 1 July 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 .283 OBP .323 August 0-0 .360 SLG .382 September 0-0 five RBI and the Indians won, 9-8. Tuesday 2-0 » 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. 79.2 IP 74.0 Wednesday 1-1 2.94 ERA 5.23 Thursday 1-1 Ronny Paulino hit a one-out grand slam in the seventh and Steve Pearce and Brian Bixler had three hits apiece. 1.26 WHIP 1.43 Friday 1-1 » 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 4 SV 3 Saturday 0-0 67 H 70 Sunday 0-1 Indians batted around in the ninth inning and all runs crossed home plate with two outs. 32 R 48 Scoring First 5-1 26 ER 43 Opponent Scores First 0-3 BATTING AT THE BOTTOM: Seven of the Indians eight hits and all five RBI last night came from four of the bottom five batters in the lineup 9 HR 21 Comeback Wins 1 4 HB 3 Opponent Comeback Wins 2 en route to the win over Toledo. Anthony Alford, Christian Bethancourt and Andrew Susac, hitting sixth through eighth, respectively, each had 33 BB 36 Extra Innings 0-1 two hits and Susac drove in two runs. Bethancourt, after driving in the winning run with a single, is 3-for-9 with two runs, a double, home run 92 K 86 Shutout Record 1-0 Doubleheaders 0-0 and two RBI in his first two games with the Indians. Alford has recorded back-to-back multi-hit games and four RBI in his past two games. INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Commit An Error 1-4 Commit No Errors 4-0 vs. AAA-E Midwest: 5-4 Walk-Off Wins -- PITCHING PERFORMS: After holding Toledo to a pair of runs last night, the Indians pitching staff now ranks second in the Triple-A East with vs. AAA-E Southeast: 0-0 Walk-Off Losses 1 a 2.94 ERA (26er/79.2ip). The two runs allowed was the least surrendered by the team since Opening Day at Iowa when Chase De Jong and vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Scoring 4+ Runs 4-1 Series (W-L-S): 0-1-0 Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 1-3 the bullpen combined for a 3-0 shutout. This series, Indy has held Toledo to less than four runs in three of four games and is 3-0 in those Sweeps: 0-0 Outhit Opponent 2-1 contests. After surrendering seven home runs to Iowa in five games to open the season, the Indians have allowed two dingers this series. Outhit By Opponent 3-3 Teams Tie in Hits 0-0 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Indy Hits HR 5-2 WRIGHT RETURNS: RHP Steven Wright makes his first start since June 16, 2019 tonight vs. Toledo. His last start was at Victory Field as a Indy no HR 0-2 MIDWEST Opp. Hits HR 2-3 member of the Pawtucket Red Sox when he tossed 2.0 innings with one run allowed on two hits and two walks. The 36-year-old knuckleballer Opp. no HR 3-1 has battled with injuries for the majority of his past three seasons (2017-19) with the Boston Red Sox. In 2016, he led all qualifying American Team W-L GB Lead After 6 4-1 COL 6-3 - Trail After 6 1-3 League pitchers with a 2.68 ERA (34er/114.0ip) at the All-Star break, as well as ranking among league leaders in complete games (T-1st, 3), OMA 6-4 0.5 Tied After 6 0-0 average against (4th, .225) and wins (T-5th, 10). Lead After 7 4-1 IOW 5-4 1.0 Trail After 7 0-3 IND 5-4 1.0 Tied After 7 1-0 STP 4-6 2.5 Lead After 8 5-0 SWAGGERTY AT THE TOP: Travis Swaggerty, Pittsburgh’s No. 14 prospect by Baseball America, has homered to lead off two games so far TOL 3-6 3.0 Trail After 8 0-3 for the Indians, on Opening Day at Iowa and Victory Field’s home opener. Swaggerty is the first Indians batter to have multiple leadoff bombs LOU 3-6 3.0 Tied After 8 0-1 in the same season since Kevin Newman and Max Moroff in 2018. In 2019, Swaggerty spent 89 games in the first spot of Bradenton’s lineup Vs. LH Starter 0-1 NORTHEAST Vs. RH Starter 5-3 and compiled a .259 batting average (88-for-340) with six home runs and 26 RBI. Leading off for Bradenton, he hit .266 (46-for-173) with six extra-base hits, 21 RBI and 46 runs scored. Team W-L GB SWB 8-2 - league leaders BUF 7-3 1.0 HOME SWEET HOME: The Indians returned to Victory Field Tuesday for the first time in 619 days to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the LHV 6-4 2.0 Category Player No. Rank park opening its gates in 1996. Throughout the past 25 years (beginning on July 11, 1996), the Indians are 927-757 at the corner of West and WOR 5-5 3.0 CS Alford 2 T-1st ROC 2-8 6.0 Tucker 2 T-1st 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 SYR 2-8 6.0 SO De Jong 16 T-2nd record. The worst record came just a season ago, when the Indians went 32-38 with it’s first sub-.500 home record since 2003 (35-37). SV Gustave 3 T-1st SOUTHEAST current homestand BY THE NUMBERS Team W-L GB Games 4 ERA 2.50 (10er/36.0ip) GWN 7-3 - Record 3-1 Starter W-L 1-0 JAX 7-3 - Average .214 (27-for-126) Starter ERA 3.10 (7er/20.1ip) 3:30 DUR 6-4 1.0 Runs (Avg/Gm) 20 (5.0) Reliever W-L 2-1 NAS 5-4 1.5 XBH (Avg/Gm) 13 (3.3) Reliever ERA 1.72 (3er/15.2ip) Last night’s 3.5-hour game was the longest the Indians have played so far this CLT 4-6 3.0 Home Runs 9 Walks 11 season.