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8.13.23 Game Information: Nashville Sounds (60-51, 20-17) vs. Indianapolis Indians (51-60, 18-19)

August 13, 2023 - International League (IL)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


LOCATION: Victory Field

FIRST PITCH: 1:35 PM ET

GAME #112 / HOME #56: Nashville Sounds (60-51, 20-17) vs. Indianapolis Indians (51-60, 18-19)

PROBABLES: RHP Caleb Boushley (7-5, 4.70) vs. RHP Beau Sulser (0-1, 30.86)

RADIO: FoxSportsIndy.com / Fox Sports 1260 / iHeart app

TV: Bally Live app / MiLB TV

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Domingo Leyba launched his second home run in as many days as the Indianapolis Indians broke their six-game losing skid with a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Sounds on Saturday night at Victory Field. With one out and Canaan Smith-Njigba on second base, Leyba sparked the scoring early with his fourth home run with Indianapolis. One inning later, Indy's July Player of the Month Miguel Andújar roped a two-out single to score Vinny Capra as the eventual game-winning run. Nashville plated its lone run against Luis Ortiz on a Patrick Dorrian solo homer in the top of the fourth inning, the Sounds first hit of the game. Ortiz exited after the fifth, surrendering just three hits with no walks and three strikeouts. The two teams were then held scoreless until the ninth inning when the Sounds attempted a comeback. With runners at the corners and two outs, Cam Devanney doubled off Travis MacGregor to cut the deficit to one run. Brian Navarreto stranded the winning run at second base with a pop up to first baseman Malcom Nuñez.

DOMINGONE, PT. 2: Domingo Leyba left the yard for the second consecutive night as he notched another multi-hit night. Leyba has been on a torrid stretch since joining Indianapolis on July 26. He is 5-for-7 with three runs scored, a triple, two home runs and four RBI in his last two games. In 12 total games, he is hitting .410 (16-for-39) with two doubles, a triple and four home runs. The switch-hitter has flourished since being assigned to Indianapolis, hitting safely in nine of 12 games - including six multi-hit games. Leyba spent the majority of the season with Altoona where he hit .343 (35-for-102) with six doubles and three home runs in 30 games played. Pittsburgh signed him as a minor league free agent on March 8, 2023.

SLUGGING FOR EXTRAS: The Indians offense slugged a pair of extra-base hits in Saturday night's win over Nashville, affectively extending the team's extra-base hit streak to 28 games. The streak is tied with Memphis for the longest active in the International League. Since July 7, the Indians have hit 47 doubles, six triples and 38 home runs for a total of 91 XBH's. Vinny Capra, Canaan Smith-Njigba and Ryan Vilade each are tied with a team-high five doubles. Chris Owings leads the team with two triples and Miguel Andújar leads the club with six home runs.

MIGGY KEEPS ON HITTING: After going hitless in back-to-back games for the first time since April 19-20, Miguel Andújar got back on track on Saturday night with his 125th hit of the season. His third-inning single scored Vinny Capra for his 80th RBI of the season. He was named the Indians July Player of the Month after logging an International League-leading 38 hits. He Is the first Indian in Victory Field history to earn Indians Player of the Month Awards in consecutive months and the second to be given the honor twice in a season, following Roberto Petagine in 1998. Andújar, 28, hit his way to one of the best months by an Indians position player dating back to 2005, tying for the fifth-most RBI (26) and sixth-highest batting average in a single month (.380). He currently is tied for the IL lead with 125 hits in 87 games and ranks among full-season qualifiers in batting average (2nd, .355), RBI (2nd, 80), OPS (5th, .986), slugging percentage (6th, .568), on-base percentage (7th, .418), total bases (7th, 200) and doubles (T-10th, 26).

PITCHING STAFF SHINES: Luis Ortiz, Wil Crowe, Yerry De Los Santos and Travis MacGregor combined to hold Nashville to two runs on six hits with six strikeouts compared to just one walk. Ortiz set the tone with 5.0 one-run innings, his only blemish coming on a Patrick Dorrian solo home run in the fourth. Ortiz exited after the fifth, handing the ball over to the bullpen. Wil Crowe and Yerry De Los Santos each tossed hitless frames before MacGregor came in to earn a six-out save.

NO FREE PASSES: For the first time this season, the Indians offense did not reach base via base on balls. Saturday night snapped the team's 110-game streak (3/31-8/11) with at least one walk - which is the longest streak in professional baseball this season. Ryan Vilade led the team with 54 walks during the streak, followed by Aaron Shackelford (50) and Nick Gonzales (41).

ORTIZ DEALS: Right-hander Luis Ortiz was excellent on Saturday night, earning his fourth win of the season and second in as many starts. He held the Sounds offense to just one run on three hits with three strikeouts in 5.0 innings. In his last two outings, he is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA (2er/10.0ip), 11 strikeouts, 1.10 WHIP and .211 batting average against.

TODAY: The Indians and Sounds conclude their six-game series on Sunday afternoon at 1:35 PM ET at Victory Field. Indy snapped its six-game losing streak with a 3-2 win on Saturday night. Today, in a rematch of Tuesday's pitching matchup, RHP Beau Sulser (0-1, 30.86) will take the hill for Indianapolis against Nashville's RHP Caleb Boushley (7-5, 4.70). Boushley earned the win on Tuesday night, tossing 5.1 innings with six runs (three earned) on five hits, three walks and six strikeouts. Sulser was on the losing end of Tuesday night's matchup, surrendering eight runs in 2.1 innings in his first Triple-A start of 2023.

BEAU ON THE BUMP: Beau Sulser will make his second Triple-A start of the season and second of the week against Nashville this afternoon. On Tuesday night, he took the loss after surrendering eight runs in 2.1 innings pitched. Prior to being assigned to Indianapolis on July 5, he went 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA (6er/14.0ip) in four starts with Double-A Altoona. Sulser has spent parts of three seasons with Indianapolis. He spent the entire 2021 season with Indy and went 7-9 with a 5.65 ERA (77er/122.2ip) in 26 games (24 starts). He began the season with the KT Wiz in the Korean Baseball Organization. In nine starts for the Wiz this year, he went 1-7 with a 5.62 ERA (31er/49.2ip). He was then signed to a minor league contract by the Pirates on June 29 and reported to Double-A Altoona where he made four starts, going 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA (6er/14.0ip).

THIS DATE IN 1964: Dave DeBusschere, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983, hit a second-inning grand slam off Fergie Jenkins to lift the Indians to a 7-2 win over Arkansas at old Victory Field. Jenkins was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. DeBusschere earned his 12th win of the season after throwing 6.0 innings and yielding only two runs with five strikeouts. Marv Staehle, Ramon Conde and Jim Koranda registered multi-hit performances in the victory.

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