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Indians Rally in Ninth, Prevail 7-6 in 10 Innings

Published on June 4, 2019 under International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


LOUISVILLE, KY - JB Shuck hit a three-run homer as part of a four-RBI performance off the bench and after losing a 5-1 lead, the Indians rallied for a 7-6 win at Louisville on Monday night. Jason Martin provided the game-winning knock with an RBI double in the extra frame.

Indianapolis (32-22) snapped its brief two-game skid in dramatic fashion. The Tribe fell behind 1-0 after one inning, carried a 5-1 advantage into the bottom of the sixth and trailed 6-5 entering the ninth. Indy tied the game in its final at-bat on a Jake Elmore one-out double to left-center that scored Pablo Reyes, who walked and stole second to open the inning.

Dovydas Neverauskas (W, 1-0) worked around a two-out walk in the bottom half to send the game to extras, where Martin greeted Sal Romano (L, 2-4) with a ringing double into right-center to score Nick Franklin - Indy's automatic baserunner - from second base.

Neverauskas then stranded Louisville's free baserunner in the home half of the 10th, retiring the side to complete 3.0 shutout innings. He surrendered one hit with four punchouts.

The Bats (23-34) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first on a Rob Refsnyder double into the left-field corner. Louisville's Lucas Sims faced the minimum over the first three innings but a lengthy 14-pitch at-bat by Kevin Kramer that resulted in a walk in the fourth ignited Indy's offense. Will Craig followed with a two-out free pass to tee up Shuck's second home run of the season, a bomb to right that put the Tribe on top, 3-1.

Indy added two more in the sixth on consecutive doubles by Ke'Bryan Hayes and Kramer and an RBI single by Shuck. Louisville didn't fade away, scoring four runs of its own in the sixth, two on a game-tying double off the bat of Juan Graterol.

One inning later, Christian Colon launched a two-out solo homer off Tyler Lyons to put the Bats in front, 6-5.

Shuck's four-RBI performance was the sixth of his career and first since Sept. 4, 2017 with Rochester against Pawtucket.

The Indians and Bats continue their three-game set on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. ET. Dario Agrazal (3-1, 2.17) is slated to start for the Tribe.

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