INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME INFORMATION 501 West Maryland Street - Indianapolis, IN 46225 ♦ (317) 269-3542 ♦ @IndyIndians ♦ IndyIndians.com/MediaKit Indianapolis Indians Saturday, July 24, 2021 7:05 PM ET Toledo Mud Hens 34-34 (4th, 7.0 GB, AAA-E MW) Victory Field ♦ Indianapolis, IN 38-30 (2nd, 3.0 GB, AAA-E MW) RHP Mitch Keller (1-0, 2.35) Game #69 / Home #35 RHP Logan Shore (2-2, 4.44) Radio/TV: FoxSportsIndy.com / AM 1260 / iHeart app / MiLB TV / MyINDYTV 23 2021 at a glance indy bits series history Overall 34-34 2021 @ IND: 7-3 Home 21-13 LAST NIGHT: Steven Brault (4.0ip, 0h, 0r, 0bb, 6k) and Beau Sulser (W, 5.0ip, 6h, 1r, 1er, 3bb, 5k) limited one of the Triple-A East’s best offenses in Road 13-21 2021 @ TOL: 0-0 Place 4th Toledo to just one run, and Bligh Madris delivered a clutch two-out single in the seventh to score Ethan Paul from second base as Indy evened the Since 1988 @ IND: 142-95 (.599) GA/GB 7.0 GB series at two games apiece with a 2-1 victory. For the first time in the series, the Indians scored the game’s first run thanks to a Chris Sharpe solo Since 1988 @ TOL: 110-111 (.498) Streak W1 Since 1988 Totals: 252-206 (.550) Home Streak W1 home run to left in the bottom of the second. The score remained that way until the sixth when Toledo used a sacrifice fly to plate its only run of the Road Streak W1 Longest Winning Streak 5 night. Paul was the unsung hero for Indy. He stole second base with two outs in the seventh to set up Madris’ go-ahead base hit, and he also snagged 2021 TEAM COMPARISON Longest Losing Streak 7 a line drive off the bat of Christin Stewart in the eighth to start a 4-3 double play. Indians Mud Hens Last 5 3-2 Last 10 5-5 .234 BA .264 Home Openings/Lost 32/2 THAT’LL DO, STEVEN: Steven Brault dazzled over four perfect innings last night as his dominance over the course of his career at Victory Field contin- 300 R 355 Home Attendance 182,251 522 H 589 Avg. Home Attendance 5,695 ued. In 22 career appearances (18 starts) at The Vic, he is 5-8 with a 1.86 ERA (20er/96.2ip) and 93 strikeouts. During his 2017 International League 107 2B 120 League Rank (Total/Avg) 6th/3rd 8 3B 24 Most Valuable Pither campaign, his ERA at home was 0.84 (6er/64.0ip), the best by an Indians pitchers (min: 50.0ip) dating back to 2005. 69 HR 94 Day Games 6-6 277 RBI 338 Night Games 28-28 852 TB 1039 First Half 29-29 START A NEW STREAK: Anthony Alford was back in Indy’s starting lineup last night after going 0-for-5 on Wednesday, a performance that snapped 264 BB 271 Second Half 5-5 his on-base streak at 25 games. Alford wasted little time to start a new streak as he singled off Pedro Payano in the first inning. Alford’s 25-game 662 K 628 Triple-A Final Stretch 0-0 35 SB 33 May 11-12 on-base streak dated from June 1-July 20, and he hit .415 (34-for-82) with six home runs, seven doubles, 17 RBI, 20 runs scored, 21 walks, a .538 13 CS 19 June 15-11 on-base percentage, .720 slugging percentage and 1.258 OPS. .322 OBP .350 July 8-11 .382 SLG .466 August 0-0 September 0-0 CHRIS WITH A CRUSH: Chris Sharpe belted a long home run in the second inning last night, his fourth dinger of the year and first since June 16 vs. 596.1 IP 580.1 October 0-0 Memphis. Three of Sharpe’s home runs have come at Victory Field, with the first coming on May 16 vs. Toledo. The Indians are 4-0 in games when 4.15 ERA 4.23 Tuesday 8-4 1.33 WHIP 1.36 Wednesday 3-7 Sharpe smacks a home run. 11 SV 15 Thursday 7-6 558 H 527 Friday 6-6 306 R 290 Saturday 6-5 CLOSE CALLS: Last night’s 2-1 score was the 17th time in 34 games at Victory Field where the game has been decided by one run. That total match- 275 ER 273 Sunday 4-6 es the number of the one-run games played at The Vic in 2019, and there are still 31 home contests left on the calendar. Indianapolis is 12-5 in those 73 HR 80 37 HB 42 Game 1 8-4 17 one-run games at Victory Field, including a 5-1 mark against Toledo. The Indians have played 25 games decided by one run overall, tied for third Game 2 3-9 233 BB 261 Game 3 8-4 most in the Triple-A East with Memphis (18-7), trailing only Charlotte (9-17) and Louisville (5-21) who have each played 26 one-run affairs. 623 K 596 Game 4 5-7 Game 5 6-5 INDIANS VS. THE AAA-E Game 6 4-5 THIS IS OUR HOUSE: The Indians’ 2-1 win last night guaranteed an above-.500 record against Toledo at Victory Field for the 2021 season. Since Scoring First 20-9 1988, Indy has finished over .500 against the Mud Hens in the Circle City 16 out of 27 seasons. vs. Teams At/Above .500: 10-15 Opponent Scores First 14-25 vs. Teams Below .500: 24-19 Comeback Wins 15 vs. AAA-E Midwest: 26-30 Opponent Comeback Wins 12 TONIGHT: After splitting a six-game set with Omaha, the Indians have now split the first four games of their six-game series with Toledo. With eight vs. AAA-E Southeast: 8-4 Extra Innings 6-3 vs. AAA-E Northeast: no games Shutout Record 1-5 games to play in the season series, Indianapolis has a chance to go up five games (8-3) on the Mud Hens tonight and lengthen their already-clinched Doubleheaders 2-2 winning percentage against the former International League West Division rival at Victory Field. On the bump tonight, RHP Mitch Keller will face off Series (W-L-S): 4-5-2 Commit An Error 15-19 Sweeps: 0-1 Commit No Errors 19-15 against RHP Logan Shore. It will be Keller’s first outing vs. the Mud Hens this season and the second for Shore, who went 4.1 one-run innings on May Walk-Off Wins 6 14. 2021 AAA-E STANDINGS Walk-Off Losses 6 Scoring 4+ Runs 28-10 MIDWEST SLOWING DOWN STARTS: Mitch Keller takes the mound tonight for his sixth start in eight appearances with the Indians in 2021. He faced Omaha Scoring 3 Or Fewer Runs 6-24 Team W-L GB Outhit Opponent 24-6 twice in the last series at Victory Field, registering 14 total strikeouts in 8.1 combined innings. Coming off his two highest strikeout contests in Outhit By Opponent 6-25 OMA 41-27 - Teams Tie in Hits 4-3 Triple-A this season, Keller is no stranger to sitting down Mud Hens batters. On June 7 at Toledo, Keller tossed 5.0 one-hit innings and set a new TOL 38-30 3.0 Indy Hits HR 26-19 career high with 13 strikeouts. STP 36-33 5.5 Indy no HR 8-15 IND 34-34 7.0 Opp. Hits HR 18-25 Opp. no HR 16-9 COL 30-38 11.0 Lead After 6 24-2 WELCOME HOME: Indianapolis native and Cathedral High School grad (2011) Dillon Peters was activated on the Indians roster yesterday after being IOW 28-39 12.5 Trail After 6 5-27 traded from Los Angeles (AL) to Pittsburgh and optioned on July 19. He was a standout prep in the Indianapolis area, registering a 29-2 record, sub- LOU 27-42 14.5 Tied After 6 4-5 Lead After 7 25-1 1.00 ERA (205.1ip) and 344 strikeouts during his first three high school seasons. He was the starting pitcher for Cathedral in both the 2010 and 2011 NORTHEAST Trail After 7 3-28 Indiana High School Athletic Association 4A Baseball State Finals at Victory Field. Peters is expected to pitch in relief during the homestand finale on Tied After 7 5-5 Team W-L GB Lead After 8 25-2 Sunday. SWB 44-22 - Trail After 8 0-25 BUF 42-25 2.5 Tied After 8 6-5 INDY VS. 500: The series vs. Toledo marks the second of three consecutive for the Indians vs. opponents currently with a .500-plus record. Against WOR 37-30 7.5 Vs. LH Starter 10-5 LHV 29-40 16.5 Vs. RH Starter 24-29 teams with a winning record this season, the Indians are 10-15. Their last two matchups against winning teams came at Nashville (June 8-13) and ROC 28-40 17.0 league leaders vs. Omaha (last week); in those 12 games, Indianapolis went 6-6. SYR 23-46 22.5 SOUTHEAST Category Player No. Rank Current homestand BY THE NUMBERS 2B Sharpe 20 T-1st Games 10 ERA 4.81 (46er/86.0ip) Team W-L GB BB Alford 32 T-10th Record 5-5 Starter W-L 1-4 DUR 47-21 - CS Alford 4 T-6th Average .263 (83-for-316) Starter ERA 4.54 (19er/37.2ip) .143 / .319 NAS 41-28 6.5 Runs (Avg/Gm) 49 (4.9) Reliever W-L 4-1 JAX 36-32 11.0 ERA Sulser 3.29 3rd Bligh Madris hit .143 (4-for-28) with one extra-base hit and three RBI through his first 12 SV Gustave* 5 T-5th XBH (Avg/Gm) 27 (2.7) Reliever ERA 5.03 (27er/48.1ip) GWN 35-35 13.0 IP Sulser 65.2 T-5th Home Runs 8 Walks 40 games played at Victory Field.