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Game Information: Indianapolis Indians (35-31) at Columbus Clippers (34-32)

Published on June 17, 2018 under International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


An eight-run sixth inning lifted the Clippers to a 10-4 win over the Tribe last night. The Indians look to avoid being swept while maintaining their grasp on second place in the IL West this afternoon.

Location: Huntington Park

First Pitch: 2:05 p.m. ET

Game #67 / Road #34: Indianapolis Indians (35-31) @ Columbus Clippers (34-32)

Probables: RHP J.T. Brubaker (4-2, 3.13) vs. LHP Matt Whitehouse (0-1, 8.80)

Radio: Fox Sports 97.5 / AM 1260 / iHeart app

TV: MiLB TV

From the Notes

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Tribe led 4-0 midway through the sixth before the wheels came off in a 10-4 loss to the Clippers. Jordan Luplow belted a solo shot in the second, and Kevin Kramer ripped a three-run dinger with two outs in the sixth to make it 4-0, but Columbus rallied for eight runs in the bottom of the sixth to seal the series and set up a potential sweep today. Francisco Mejia hit a game-tying grand slam off Alex McRae to end the Tribe right-hander's night at 5.1 innings pitched, and Johnny Hellweg showed a crack in his armor by allowing four runs (two earned) before the sixth came to a close. Columbus tacked on two more runs in the seventh against Tanner Anderson, who has a 4.70 ERA (4 ER/7.2 IP) over his last six appearances combined. Luplow finished 3-for-3 with a home run, double, walk and two runs scored, elevating his average to .267.

STAY HOT, RYNO: Ryan Lavarnway pushed his hitting streak to a season-high eight games with a single in last night's loss. He owns a tremendous .922 OPS through 26 games and is batting .306 (26-for-85) with three homers, one triple, six doubles and 11 RBI on the season. He is batting .444 (12-for-27) with all three of his home runs this season, one double, six RBI and four runs scored during his hitting streak. He has also reached base safely in 19 of his last 20 games. Lavarnway's career-high hitting streak is 14 games, set from May 6-June 4, 2009 with Single-A Greenville in the South Atlantic League.

HAVE A NIGHT, JORDAN: Jordan Luplow recorded his second three-hit game of the season yesterday, the other coming on June 7 at Rochester (3-for- 5, 1 2B, 1 R). He homered in the second off Shao-Ching Chiang for his sixth of the season, walked in the fourth, singled in the sixth and doubled in the eighth off Ben Taylor. He has doubled in each of his last three games and has 20 this year, tied for second most in the International League. He had 25 doubles in 144 games between Double-A Altoona, Indy and Pittsburgh last year. His career high for two-baggers is 36 across 106 games with High-A Bradenton in 2015.

SURVIVE AND ADVANCE: The 2018 College World Series got underway yesterday with North Carolina defeating Oregon State, 8-6, in a 4-hour, 24-minute, nine-inning marathon. Mississippi State then walked off for a seventh time this season in the nightcap, 1-0 over Washington. The Tar Heels and Bulldogs advancement leaves two 2018 Indians very happy -- catcher Jacob Stallings, currently with the Pirates -- played at UNC and played in the CWS in both 2009 and 2011, and Adam Frazier reached the CWS finals with Mississippi State in 2013. Tribe infielder Erich Weiss' alma mater -- the Texas Longhorns -- plays this afternoon at 2 p.m. ET against Arkansas in round one. Weiss played in the 2011 CWS, but his Texas team went 0-2, getting knocked out by Stallings' Tar Heels, 3-0.

BRUBAKER'S HOMECOMING: J.T. Brubaker, a Tecumseh High School product out of New Carlisle, Ohio, gets the start for Indy this afternoon in his home state. He stayed home for college as well, attending the University of Akron, where he went 5-4 with a 3.63 ERA (36 ER/89.1 IP) in 15 starts as a junior in 2015 before the Pirates took him in the sixth round of the draft. He led the Zips in strikeouts that year with 72. New Carlisle is just 60 minutes west of Columbus.

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