IL1 Indianapolis Indians

Tribe Blank Toledo in Front of 15,012

Published on August 22, 2014 under International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


INDIANAPOLIS -- Rafael Perez blanked the Toledo Mud Hens (66-68) into the seventh inning and Jose Tabata drove in three to lead the Indianapolis Indians (67-67) to a 5-0 shutout win in front of 15,012 fans on Friday night at Victory Field.

The ballpark's capacity crowd marked the second-largest attendance of the season behind a throng of 15,066 on July 11 vs. Columbus.

Perez began and ended his outing with a strikeout to help pace his seven-whiff performance, the most of the 12-year veteran's career since his personal-best of nine in 2005. The lefty allowed just four hits over his 6 1/3 innings to improve to 3-0 in his last three starts.

Tommy Field singled home two runs with two outs in the second to cash in on a Mud Hens error that extended the inning. Toledo third baseman Wade Gaynor unleashed an errant throw to first with the bases empty and one out to set the stage for the Tribe's uprising.

The red-hot Jose Tabata plated a pair in the fourth with the first of his two doubles to extend the Tribe's lead to 4-0. Tabata has registered two-hit efforts in five of his last six games and eight of the last 13 since Aug. 4.

Vin Mazzaro tossed 1 2/3 scoreless frames and Josh Kineny fanned two in the ninth to complete the shutout.

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