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Game Information: Indianapolis Indians (64-69) vs. Toledo Mud Hens (63-70)

August 27, 2019 - International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


LOCATION: Victory Field

FIRST PITCH: 7:05 p.m. ET

GAME #134 / HOME #66: Indianapolis Indians (64-69) vs. Toledo Mud Hens (63-70)

PROBABLES: RHP Alex McRae (7-7, 5.08) vs. RHP Kyle Funkhouser (3-6, 8.56)

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

TV: MiLB TV / Comcast 90

LAST NIGHT: The Indians were no-hit through five innings and lost for the fourth time in their last five meetings against Toledo last night, 4-1. RHP Cody Ponce made the start for the Tribe and gave up a two-run homer to Chad Sedio in the second to put Toledo on top. An error in the fourth inning - one of four by the Tribe - led to another run. Cole Tucker smoked a triple into the gap to mark the Tribe's first hit in the sixth inning, and came around to score on a double play hit by Jake Elmore. Toledo tacked on one more run off Blake Cederlind, his fourth run surrendered in two Triple-A appearances. The Tribe went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and tallied just five hits off of the Mud Hens bullpen. Jason Martin reached base three times on one hit and two walks. He also stole his ninth base of the year.

DOUBLE-DOSE OF STARDOM: RHP Mitch Keller was named the International League Most Valuable Pitcher today, joining former Indians Fritz Ackley (1963), Ben Hendrickson (2004) and Steven Brault (2017) who also won the award. Keller is currently on the IL leaderboard with 123 strikeouts and led the league with a 3.56 ERA at the time of his latest promotion to Pittsburgh. UTIL Jake Elmore joined him as the IL postseason All-Star team's second baseman, as he currently leads the IL with a .340 batting average (116-for-341). Elmore is also third in OBP (.408) and fifth in doubles (31). Indy went 21 seasons in the IL without a second baseman named to the postseason All-Star team, but now have had a representative at that position each of the last two seaons (Kevin Kramer in 2018).

MOW 'EM DOWN, MONTANA: RHP Montana DuRapau is closing in on Indy's longest scoreless streak for the season. After a two-inning shutout appearance last night, he hasn't allowed a run in his last 15.1 innings of work (11 games), with the Tribe's season long being 16.0 consecutive scoreless innings by James Marvel. During that stretch, DuRapau has fanned 26 and allowed just eight of 54 total batters to reach base, good for a 0.52 WHIP and .098 opposing batting average. On Friday, he nailed down his 10th save in as many opportunities. DuRapau, 27, is now 64-for-70 (91.4 percent) in career save chances and hasn't been charged with a blown save since May 13, 2017 with Double-A Altoona.

MIDDLE INFIELD MISCUES: SS Cole Tucker and 2B Mitchell Tolman combined for four errors last night, the most committed in a game by the Tribe this season. In total, Indy has committed errors in six of its last 10 games but they are still second in the IL in fielding percentage (.9826) behind Columbus (.9829). The Indians have committed two-plus errors in 18 games this season, the high previously standing at three (5/23, 8/3) before last night. Over 41 percent of Indy's errors have come at either second base or shortstop, with Cole Tucker leading the charge with 11, six more than anyone else on the team.

PONCE IN THE ROTATION: RHP Cody Ponce made one Double-A start in 30 games between Altoona and Biloxi before transferring to Indy's rotation full-time. As a bullpen arm, he went 1-3 with a 3.48 ERA (16er/41.1ip) and 48 strikeouts (10.45 K/9). As a starter with the Tribe, he has a 4.15 ERA (6er/13.0ip) and 17 strikeouts (11.77 K/9). On Aug. 21 he fanned a season-high eight batters, beating his previous high of five which he also set in Triple-A.

MANY MARTIN STREAKS: Since June 19, OF Jason Martin has hit safely in 39 of 52 games, with only two stretches of back-to-back games without reaching base. He has hit safely in seven of his last 10 games and 21 of his last 26 with a .326 average (30-for-92), one triple, 10 doubles, 17 RBI and 10 runs scored. He was hitting just .216 (36-for-167) with 15 RBI through June 18 and has since hit .313 (57-for-182) with 31 RBI.

IL LEADERBOARD: UTIL Jake Elmore went 0-for-2 yesterday against Toledo but following a 2-for-4 performance at Louisville on Sunday he regained the lead of the IL batting title race and hasn't given it up. His average currently sits at .340 (116-for-341), four points above Durham's Jake Cronenworth, who is just 1-for-8 in his last two games since returning from the injured list. Elmore has hit safely in 18 of his last 22 and 21 of his last 26 games overall. Indy's last batting champion was Junior Noboa (.340) in 1989 and they have had just four batting titles since 1969 (also: Bernie Carbo in 1969, Gene Locklear in 1972, Dallas Williams in 1987).

TOLEDO TAKEOVER: Since Aug. 1, Indy has gone from 6.0 games back in the IL West to 12.0 games back, compiling a 9-16 record for the month. On the other hand, Toledo has stayed put, going from 13.5 GB to 13.0 with a 15-9 record. Indy leads the season series against the Mud Hens, 12-10, with three games to play. The Tribe haven't finished below .500 against the Mud Hens since 2014 (10-11). They are 34-31 vs. the IL West with seven divisional games to play; Indy has finished over .500 in the division each of the last two years and six of the last seven overall.

WOOD BATS: OF Eric Wood has hit safely in 10 of his last 15 games with a single yesterday. His two-hit day on Sunday marked his fifth multi-hit game since returning to the Tribe lineup from playing for Team Canada in the PanAm games. In August, he is hitting .294 (15-for-51) with two doubles, a home run and four RBI. In 57 games prior to the PanAm Games, he hit just .226 (36-for-159). Wood leads the team with 81 at-bats as a designated hitter and holds a team-high .272 average (22-for-81) among Indy's DHs with more than 20 at-bats.

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