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Game Information: Indianapolis Indians (41-33) at Toledo Mud Hens (44-31)

June 26, 2018 - International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


The Indians won a wild series opener in Toledo last night, 5-4, scoring three times in the ninth for their third win when trailing after eight full innings already this season.

Location: Fifth Third Field

First Pitch: 12:05 p.m. ET

Game #75 / Road #36: Indianapolis Indians (41-33) @ Toledo Mud Hens (44-31)

Probables: RHP Tyler Eppler (7-3, 3.41) vs. RHP A.J. Ladwig (5-3, 5.74)

Radio: FoxSports975.com / iHeart app

TV: MiLB TV

From the Notes

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Indians recent late-inning drama continued with three runs in the ninth last night, giving them a 5-4 comeback win over division-lead-ing Toledo. Junichi Tazawa walked three in the frame to set up a two-run single by Jordan Luplow. The throw home skipped away from Jarrod Saltalamacchia, prompting Luplow to take second base. The throw there led to Christopher Bostick racing home and the tag was late, giving Indy its first lead of the night. Tanner Anderson worked around a hit batter and single in the ninth with a 6-4-3 double play and deep flyout to right-center to nail down his first save. Nick Kingham gave up a pair of solo homers over 5.2 innings, allowing just three hits and two walks with nine punchouts. Enny Romero delivered his third scoreless inning in as many outings for the Tribe to earn the win. Kevin Kramer tripled and scored on a Wyatt Mathisen single in the fourth. Two innings later, he doubled to set up a run-scoring single off the bat of Max Moroff. Dovydas Neverauskas had a wild appearance, walking a career-high tying five batters and yielding two runs in one inning of work.

PROTOTYPE LEADOFF MAN: When batting leadoff and in his first at-bat of the game, Kevin Newman is batting .367 (22-for-60) with one home run, seven doubles and four walks this season for the Tribe. He has hit safely in 12 straight games thanks to another base hit last night, his fifth straight game with exactly one knock and ninth in his last 10 overall. His career-high hitting streak is 16, set from June 21-July 9, 2016 with Double-A Altoona. During his current stretch, he's hit .356 (17-for-50) to raise his average from .297 to .305, tied for the sixth-best mark in the IL. He is first in the IL with 43 runs scored and 18 stolen bases and second in hits (82). He has been a better hitter when behind in the count this season, owning a .340 average (34-for-100) in those situations, compared to a .254 clip (17-for-67) when ahead in the count. He has struck out in just 10.5 percent of his plate appearances this season (31 K/294 PA), the second-lowest percentage in the IL.

EXTRA EFFORT: Kevin Kramer tripled and doubled in last night's game, giving him 32 extra-base hits for the season, third most in the International League. He has 11 home runs, three triples and 18 doubles through 69 games. After batting just .238 (25-for-105) with 10 XBH (4 HR, 1 3B, 5 2B) in 28 May games, Kramer has heated up with a .321 average (26-for-81) and 17 XBH (6 HR, 2 3B, 9 2B) in 22 June contests. He is the only player in Minor League Baseball with 17 XBH since the calendar flipped to June. Minnesota's Eduardo Escobar (20) and Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt (17) are the lone big leaguers with that many XBH in June.

JUST SAYIN': On top of his .321 average and 17 XBH this month, Kramer leads all International League qualifiers in June with 57 total bases, a .704 slugging percentage and 1.067 OPS. He is second in home runs (6) and tied for second in RBI (19) this month, as well. He has hit safely in 15 of his 22 games this month, with a team-high 10 multi-hit performances during that span (Jordan Luplow is second with six multi-hit games in June).

IMPACT BAT: Jordan Luplow has hit safely in 17 of his last 20 overall. He is batting .429 (15-for-35) with one homer, five doubles, five RBI, six runs scored and eight walks against just five strikeouts over his last 11 games. His bases-loaded single in the ninth made him 2-for-6 in those situations this season.

RYAN ROLLING: Indy catcher Ryan Lavarnway is riding a season-high 12-game hitting streak into today's game. He is batting .364 (16-for-44) during his streak with all four of his home runs coming since June 3. He has reached base safely in 17 straight and 23 of his last 24 games overall dating back to May 2.

GREAT JUNE: The Indians' win last night made them 16-7 in June with five games remaining this month. Since 2010 (nine seasons), the Indians will have -- at the minimum -- finished at least four games over .500 in eight of the seasons. The June record breakdown since 2010 is below:

June 2010: 18-11 June 2013: 18-11 June 2016: 17-13

June 2011: 18-11 June 2014: 14-15 June 2017: 17-12 OVERALL JUNE RECORD SINCE 2010: 155-100 (.608)

June 2012: 20-9 June 2015: 17-11 June 2018: 16-7

BY THE NUMBERS - 3-28/3-104: Last night's win marked Indy's third of the season when trailing a ballgame entering the ninth inning. The Indians' most recent win when trailing going into the ninth was on Satur-day at The Vic against Durham when the Tribe used one in the ninth and one in the 10th to prevail, 7-6. Indy went just 1-49 in those situations in 2017 and 2-55 in 2016, making them a combined 3-104 over the last two seasons when facing a deficit headed to the ninth.

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