INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME NOTES

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1 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME NOTES Game #7, Road Game #7 Indianapolis Indians (3-3) at Columbus Clippers (5-2) Thursday, April 12, First 11:35 a.m. EDT Huntington Park -- Columbus, Ohio Indians LHP Jeff Locke ( ERA) vs. Clippers RHP Corey Kluber (1-0, 0.00 ERA) TRIBE TRENDS: The Indianapolis Indians ended a two-game skid with an 8-6 win over Columbus on Wednesday, improving the team s record to 3-3 (.500)... The Indians have now scored exactly eight runs in all three of their wins in C Eric Fryer went 2-for-4 in Wednesday night s win, recording his fourth-straight two-hit game... Fryer has a hit in every game he s played in this season... A day after recording his first career Triple-A hit, INF Jeremy Farrell went 2-for-4 and scored the first two runs of his Triple-A career... INF Brian Friday went hitless for the second consecutive night but drove in his fifth RBI with a sac fly and trails only fellow INF Jordy Mercer (6) for the team lead; Mercer had two RBI in the contest TONIGHT S TRIBE STARTER: LHP Jeff Locke makes his second start of 2012 for the Indians... Locke wound up with a no decision at Toledo, tossing 4.0 innings with eight hits, two earned runs, zero walks and four strikeouts... Locke has never pitched in Columbus... In his only career start against the Clippers, Locke earned a no decision on 8/25 last season in Indianapolis, pitching 5.0 innings and allowing eight hits, an earned run and three walks while recording four strikeouts TONIGHT S CLIPPERS STARTER: Taking the mound for Columbus is RHP Corey Kluber... Kluber is making his second start of 2012 after picking up a win against Louisville in his first start, tossing 5.0 innings and allowing four hits, no runs and three walks while recording 10 strikeouts... Kluber has faced the Indians six times in his career, including picking up a win in his only start against the Tribe in In five 2011 starts against Indianapolis, Kluber went 1-2, including 0-2 in four starts at Huntington Park... Kluber s most recent start against the Indians came in a loss on 8/26 when he tossed 7.0 innings and allowed three hits, two earned runs and two walks while recording seven strikeouts MORNING MATCHUPS: In eight matchups prior to 12:00 p.m. in 2011 the Indians went 2-6 and were outscored The Tribe faced off against Columbus in one morning matchup in 2011, suffering a 5-2 loss on 16 at Victory Field RISKY BUSINESS: Right-handed reliever Bryan Morris had struck out all five batters he had faced in 2012 going into Wednesday night s ninth inning, but gave up a home run to Matt LaPorta (4) with his first pitch... After allowing a walk, Morris gave up another first-pitch homer, this time to Lonnie Chisenhall (3)... After that, Morris settled down and struck out three consecutive Clippers to preserve the 8-6 Indians win... Each out Morris has collected this season has been by the strikeout and the right handed hurler now has eight punchouts in 2.1 innings pitched this season NINTH-INNING ISSUES: Three times this season the Indians have allowed three runs in the ninth inning: 4/7, 4/9 and 4/11... Collectively, the Tribe staff has a ERA in the ninth inning in Indians pitchers have also allowed one earned run in three extra innings this season for a 3.00 ERA in bonus frames LET IT FLY: The Tribe pitching staff gave up five home runs in Wednesday night s win... The last time the Indians gave up five home runs in a game was 4/9/2010, also against Columbus and also in a win (14-12)... Interestingly, OF Trevor Crowe hit a home run for the Clippers in both of those games... Indianapolis gave up four home runs in a game twice last season, 7/23 vs. Rochester (L, 12-5) and 8/17 vs. Louisville (L, 8-4) BOGGS BASHING: OF Brandon Boggs hit his team-leading third home run in Wednesday s win... The only other Indians with homers are OF Starling Marte (1) and Mercer (1)... Boggs has five hits this year, four of them for extra bases (three homers and a triple)... He also leads the Indians with six runs and an.800 slugging percentage, is second on the team with 16 total bases (Clement, 17) and is in a tie with Marte for third on the team with four RBI DOUBLE THE PLEASURE, DOUBLE THE FUN: 1B/DH Jeff Clement s only hit in Wednesday s night victory was a double, his sixth of the season, which leads all Triple-A batters... Clement leads all Indians batters in average (.458), on-base percentage (.519), OPS (1.227), hits (11) and total bases (17)... Fryer added his fourth double of the season on Wednesday and ranks second on the team behind Clement TURN TWO: After turning a lone double play in the season s first five games, the Indians turned two in Wednesday night s win... Both twin killings went 6-4-3, Mercer-to-Friday-to-Clement UPCOMING SCHEDULE & PROBABLES Fri., April 13 vs. Toledo -- 7:15 p.m. LHP Andy Oliver vs. RHP Brad Lincoln (IND) Sat., April 14 vs. Toledo -- 7:05 p.m. LHP Casey Crosby vs. RHP Jo-Jo Reyes (IND) Sun., April 15 vs. Toledo -- 1:15 p.m. RHP Thad Weber vs. LHP Rudy Owens (IND) Mon., April 16 vs. Toledo -- 7:05 p.m. LHP Fu-Te Ni vs. LHP Justin Wilson (IND) Tues., April 17 vs. Columbus -- 7:05 p.m. TBA vs. LHP Jeff Locke (IND) 2012 TRIBE AT A GLANCE Overall 3-3 Streak W1 Home 0-0 Home Streak --- Road 3-3 Road Streak W Place T-2nd Last Games Behind 1.5 Last Home Attendance Average Attendance WEST Team W-L GB COL IND TOL LOU Home Openings League Rank INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS NORTH Team W-L GB LHV ROC BUF PAW SYR SWB SOUTH Team W-L GB DUR GWN CHA NOR INDIANAPOLIS VS. COLUMBUS SERIES HISTORY Overall At IND AT COL All-Time (IL Era) TEAM COMPARISONS (LEAGUE RANK) INDIANS COLUMBUS.261 (3rd) Batting Avg.269 (2nd) 32 (T-4th) Runs 35 (T-2nd) 57 (T-4th) Hits 65 (2nd) 15 (T-2nd) Doubles 13 (T-5th) 2 (T-4th) Triples 0 (T-8th) 5 (T-5th) Home Runs 12 (1st) 26 (7th) RBI 34 (2nd) 91 (T-4th) Total Bases 114 (1st) 21 (T-10th) Walks 18 (T-13th) 57 (5th) Strikeouts 59 (4th) 8 (2nd) Stolen Bases 4 (T-9th).327 (8th) On Base %.333 (4th) 4.25 (10th) ERA 3.14 (5th) 55.0 (11th) Innings Pitched 66.0 (3rd) 0 (T-13th) Saves 3 (T-3rd) 56 (T-4th) Hits Allowed 55 (6th) 11 (T-1st) HR Allowed 11 (T-1st) 19 (T-12th) Walks 19 (T-12th) 61 (T-3rd) Strikeouts 70 (2nd) 1.36 (9th) WHIP 1.12 (2nd) 4 (T-2nd) Hit Batters 3 (T-6th) ON THE ROAD TRIP Games 6 ERA 4.25 Record 3-3 Starter W-L 2-1 Average.261 Starter ERA 3.24 Runs Per Game 5.3 Reliever W-L 1-2 Home Runs 5 Reliever ERA 5.81 RISP.302 Save/Opps 0/1 BROADCAST INFORMATION Fans can listen to the Indians on WNDE 1260 AM, WNDE.com and via iheartradio, a mobile application for iphone, Blackberry and Android phones.

2 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 INDIANS STARTING PITCHER LHP Jeff Locke #31 HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 180 B/T: L/L EXP: 6 Years BORN: 11/20/1987 (24) in North Conway, N. H. Resides: Center Conway, N. H GAME-BY-GAME (STARTER STATS ONLY) DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO LEFT GM RESULT *With Triple-A Indianapolis 4/7 vs. TOL ND Leading 4-2 after the 4th inning W, 8-7 CAREER STATS YR CLUB W L PCT ERA G GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO 2006 GCL Braves Danville Rome Myrtle Beach Lynchburg Bradenton Altoona Altoona Indianapolis PITTSBURGH Minor League Totals Major League Totals HIGHS CAREER HIGHS IP: 4.0-1x - MR- TOL IP: K s: 4-1x - MR- TOL K s: BB s: BB s: Hits: 8-1x - MR- TOL Hits: Runs: 2-1x - MR- TOL Runs: LOCKE CAREER NOTES - Acquired by Pittsburgh in a 2009 trade with Atlanta along with OF Gorkys Hernandez and RHP Charlie Morton in exchange for OF Nate McLouth. - Named to the 2007 Appalachian League postseason All-Star Team, while with Danville of the Braves org. - Named to the 2010 Florida State League midseason All-Star Team, while with Bradenton - Named to the 2011 Easter League mid-season All- Star Team while with Altoona - Won the 2010 Eastern League championship with Altoona and the 2009 Carolina League championship with Lynchburg. VS. COLUMBUS 2011 vs. COL: 0-0, 1.80 ERA (1 ER in 5.0 IP), 3 BB, 4 K 2011 at COL: N/A 2011 vs. COL (Home): 0-0, 1.80 ERA (1 ER in 5.0 IP), 3 BB, 4 K Last time out against Columbus: In his only career start against Columbus on 25, 2011 at Victory Field, Locke did not figure in the final decision despite allowing just one run on eight hits, while walking three and striking out four over five innings of work. BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS Locke vs. Columbus PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI BB SO Huffman NOTES - Rated by Baseball America as the No. 10 prospect in the Pirates org. prior to the 2012 season NOTES - Went 8-13 with a 4.03 ERA while splitting time across three levels in Began the year at Double-A Altoona, going 7-8 with a 4.03 ERA in 23 games (22 starts) - Racked up a season-high 10 K on 4/25 against Harrisburg - Tossed a career-high 8.0 innings while picking up the win on 7/23 vs. New Britain - Recorded a 2.05 ERA (7 ER in 30.2 IP) in five starts with Altoona after the AS break - Promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis on 15 where he went 1-2 with a 2.22 ERA in five starts - While with Indianapolis struck out 25 batters in 28 IP, while issuing only nine BB - Struck out eight on 8/31 against Toledo and had six-k games on 8/15 and 9/5 - Recalled by Pittsburgh on Sept. 4 - Made Major League debut on Sept. 10 vs. Florida, suffering the loss (3 ER in 5.0 IP) - Had a major-league career-high three K in his last start of the season, on 9/28 against Milwaukee - Finished 2011 season ranked second among all Pirates farmhands with 139 strikeouts Kluber vs. Indianapolis PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI BB SO Clement Durham Friday Fryer Hernandez Mercer

3 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME NOTES PAGE 3 INDIANS PITCHING STATISTICS & POSITIONAL/LINEUP RECORD BREAKDOWN PITCHING STAFF Month Record ERA ER/IP Save/Save Opp. April (10th) 26/55.0 0/1 TOTALS /55.0 0/1 BULLPEN NUMBERS Saves Save Opp Holds Inherited Runners IR Scored Jose Diaz Shairon Martis 2 0 Daniel McCutchen Bryan Morris Daniel Moskos Doug Slaten 3 1 Tim Wood STARTERS Month Record ERA ER/IP Average IP April / TOTALS / BULLPEN Month Record ERA ER/IP Save/Save Opp. April /21.2 0/1 TOTALS /21.2 0/1 TOTALS SAVE SITUATIONS Saves Opp IP ERA H/AB Avg. R XBH RBI BB SO Tim Wood / STARTER RECORDS BY POSITION / LINEUP Name Starts P C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH Brandon Boggs Jeff Clement Chase d Arnaud Nick Evans Jeremy Farrell Eric Fryer Gorkys Hernandez Starling Marte Jordy Mercer Miles Durham Kris Watts Justin Wilson Jeff Locke Brad Lincoln Brian Friday Charlie Morton Rudy Owens

4 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME NOTES PAGE 4 INDIANS RECORD & HIGH/LOW ANALYSIS INDIANS RECORD BREAKDOWN Total Home Road Overall Record vs. Columbus vs. Louisville vs. Toledo vs. West Division vs. Buffalo vs. Lehigh Valley vs. Pawtucket vs. Rochester vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre vs. Syracuse vs. North Division vs. Charlotte vs. Durham vs. Gwinnett vs. Norfolk vs. South Division vs Right-Handed Starter vs. Left-Handed Starter Leading after Leading after Leading after Tied after Tied after Tied after Trailing after Trailing after Trailing after Indians Scores First Opp Scores First When failing to score Score 1 Run Score 2 Runs Score 3 Runs Score 4 Runs Score 5 Runs Score 6 Runs Score 7 Runs Score 8 Runs Score 9 Runs Score 10+ Runs Games Decided By 1 Run Games Decided By 2 Runs Games Decided By 3 Runs Games Decided By 3+ Runs When Collecting 0-3 Hits When Collecting 4-6 Hits When Collecting 7-9 Hits When Collecting Hits When Collecting Hits When Collecting 16+ Hits Extra Innings Series Indians Outhit Opponent Opponent Outhits Indians When Teams Tie In Hits Indians Hit A HR Indians Do Not Hit A HR Indians Allow A HR Indians Do Not Allow A HR Day Games Night Games April Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday INDIANS CATEGORY OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL HITTING x: MR -- Starling Marte, COL Most At Bats x: MR -- Carrera, LaPorta, Canzler, COL x: MR -- Brandon Boggs, TOL Most Runs x: MR -- Trevor Crowe, COL x: MR -- Jeff Clement, COL Most Hits x: MR -- Chisenhall & Carlin, COL x: MR -- Jeff Clement, TOL Most Extra-Base Hits x: MR -- Ryan Strieby & Brad Eldred, TOL x: MR -- Jeff Clement, TOL Most Doubles x: MR -- Ryan Strieby, TOL x: MR -- Brandon Boggs, TOL Most Triples x: MR -- Omir Santos, TOL x: MR - Brandon Boggs & Jordy Mercer, COL Most Home Runs x: MR -- Brad Eldred, TOL x: MR -- Brandon Boggs, TOL Most Total Bases x: MR -- Brad Eldred, TOL x: MR -- Jordy Mercer, COL Most RBI x: MR -- Lonnie Chisenhall, COL x: MR -- Brian Friday, COL Most Walks x: MR -- Eric Patterson, TOL x: MR -- Miles Durham, COL Most Strikeouts x: MR -- Matt Pagnozzi & Beau Mills, COL x: MR -- Starling Marte, COL Most Stolen Bases x: MR -- Quintin Berry, TOL 6 games -- 1x: MR -- Starling Marte, 4/6-4/11 Longest Hitting Streak games -- 3x: MR -- Marte, Boggs, Hernandez, 4/6-4/11 Longest On-Base Streak game -- 5x: MR -- Boggs & Mercer, 4/11 Longest HR Streak games -- 1x: MR -- Jeff Clement 4/7-4/9 Longest RBI Streak --- INDIVIDUAL PITCHING x: MR -- Charlie Morton, COL Most Innings Pitched (Starter) x: MR -- Kevin Slowey, COL x: MR -- Daniel McCutchen, COL Most Innings Pitched (Reliever) x: MR -- Rob Waite, TOL x: MR -- Jeff Locke, TOL Most Hits Allowed (Starter) x: MR -- Kevin Slowey, COL x: MR -- Tim Wood, COL Most Hits Allowed (Reliever) x: MR -- Jose De La Torre, COL x: MR -- Rudy Owens, COL Most Runs Allowed (Starter) x: MR -- Kevin Slowey, COL x: MR -- Bryan Morris, COL Most Runs Allowed (Reliever) x: MR -- Jose De La Torre, COL x: MR -- Rudy Owens, COL Most Earned Runs Allowed (Starter) x: MR -- Kevin Slowey, COL x: MR -- Bryan Morris, COL Most Earned Runs Allowed (Reliever) x: MR -- Jose De La Torre, COL x: MR -- Rudy Owens, COL Most Home Runs Allowed (Starter) x: MR -- Kevin Slowey, COL x: MR -- Shairon Martis & Bryan Morris, COL Most Home Runs Allowed (Reliever) x: MR -- Justin Wilson, TOL Most Walks (Starter) x: MR -- Andrew Oliver, TOL x: MR -- Daniel Moskos, TOL Most Walks (Reliever) x: MR -- Fu-Te Ni, TOL x: MR -- Brad Lincon, TOL Most HBPs (Starter) x: MR -- Kevin Slowey, COL x: MR -- Daniel McCutchen, COL Most HBP s (Reliever) x: MR -- Brooks Brown & Luke Putkonen, TOL x: MR -- Charlie Morton, COL Most Strikeouts (Starter) x: MR -- Zach McAllister, COL x: MR -- Bryan Morris, TOL Most Strikeouts (Reliever) x: MR -- Ambriz & Accardo, COL x: MR -- Bryan Morris, TOL Most Wild Pitches x: MR -- Slowey & De La Torre, COL x: MR -- Charlie Morton, COL Longest Scoreless Streak TEAM HITTING x: MR -- COL Most Runs / Game x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- TOL Most Hits / Game x: MR -- COL x: MR -- TOL Fewest Runs x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- TOL Fewest Hits x: MR -- TOL 4 (5th) -- 1x: MR -- COL Most Runs / Inning 3 (9th) -- 3x: MR -- COL 4 (9th) -- 2x: MR -- COL Most Hits / Inning 3 (7th) -- 5x: MR -- COL x: MR -- TOL Most Doubles x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- TOL Most Triples x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- COL Most Home Runs x: MR -- COL 1 (4th & 5th) -- 5x: MR -- COL Most Home Runs / Inning 2 (8th & 9th) -- 2x: MR -- COL 1 game -- 2x: MR -- 4/9 Most Consecutive Games W/ A HR x: MR -- 4/6-4/ x: MR -- TOL Most Extra-Base Hits x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- TOL Most RBI x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- TOL Most Walks x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- TOL Most HBPs x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- COL Most Strikeouts x: MR -- COL x: MR -- COL Most Stolen Bases x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- TOL Most Runners Left On Base x: MR -- TOL TEAM PITCHING x: MR -- COL Most Innings Pitched x: MR -- COL x: MR -- TOL Most Runs Allowed x: MR -- COL 3 (9th) -- 3x: MR -- COL Most Runs Allowed / Inning 4 (5th) -- 1x: MR -- COL x: MR -- COL Most Hits Allowed x: MR -- TOL 3 (7th) -- 5x: MR -- COL Most Hits Allowed / Inning 4 (9th) -- 2x: MR -- COL x: MR -- TOL Fewest Runs Allowed x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- TOL Fewest Hits Allowed x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- COL Most Home Runs Allowed x: MR -- COL 2 (8th & 9th) -- 2x: MR -- COL Most Home Runs Allowed / Inning 1 (4th) -- 1x: MR -- TOL 2 games -- 1x: MR -- 4/6-4/7 Most Consec. Games Allowing A HR x: MR -- 4/ x: MR -- TOL Most Walks x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- COL Most HBPs x: MR -- TOL x: MR -- COL Most Strikeouts x: MR -- COL Most Balks x: MR -- TOL Most Wild Pitches x: MR -- COL TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Current Overall Streak Won /11 Largest Margin Of Victory 6 runs -- 1x: MR -- TOL Current Home Streak Largest Margin Of Defeat 4 runs -- 1x: MR -- TOL Current Road Streak Won /11 Walk Off Wins (Indians) Longest Overall Winning Streak 2 games -- 1x: MR -- 4/7-4/8 Walk Off Wins (Opponents) 2x: MR -- COL Longest Home Winning Streak Largest Home Crowd Longest Road Winning Streak 2 games -- 1x: MR -- 4/7-4/8 Largest Road Crowd 13,227 TOL, 4/6 Longest Overall Losing Streak 2 games -- 1x: MR -- 4/9-4/10 Longest Game (Innings) x: MR -- COL Longest Home Losing Streak Longest Game (Duration) 3: x: MR -- TOL Longest Road Losing Streak 2 games -- 1x: MR -- 4/9-4/10 Shortest Game (Duration) 2: x: MR -- TOL

5 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME NOTES PAGE 5 HITTING STATISTICS HOME RUNS MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES Player Solo 2R 3R GS Total MR Total MR Total MR Brandon Boggs Solo - COL TOL TOL Jeff Clement COL Chase d Arnaud Miles Durham TOL Nick Evans Jeremy Farrell COL Brian Friday TOL Eric Fryer COL Anderson Hernandez Gorkys Hernandez COL Starling Marte Solo - COL COL COL Jordy Mercer Solo - COL TOL COL Kris Watts TOL TOTAL DESIGNATED HITTERS Player Games H/AB Avg R HR RBI K BB Jeff Clement 2 4/ Jeremy Farrell 2 0/ Miles Durham 2 1/ PINCH HITTERS Player Games H/AB Avg R HR RBI K BB TOTALS 6 5/ TOTALS MONTHLY BREAKDOWN Month Avg. HR RBI Runs/Avg Per Game SB/CS April /5.3 8/5 TOTALS /5.3 8/5 RUNS BY INNING Total Indians: Opponents: HOME VS. ROAD Home Road Overall Record 3-3 Batting Average.261 Runs/Game 5.3 Hits/Game 9.5 Extra-Base Hits 22 Doubles 15 Triples 2 Home Runs 5 RBI 26 Stolen Bases 8 Walks 21 Strikeouts 57 BASERUNNING Player SB CS PO Steal 3rd Brandon Boggs Miles Durham Brian Friday Anderson Hernandez Gorkys Hernandez Starling Marte Jordy Mercer TOTALS

6 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME NOTES PAGE 6 INDIANS DAY-BY-DAY Date Opponent W/L Score Inn. Record Pos. GB Pitcher (W/L) Pitcher Save Time Game Att. Home Att. April 6 at Toledo L th 1.0 Wilson (0-1) :41 13,227 April 7 at Toledo W T-2nd 0.5 Slaten (1-0) :57 6,571 April 8 at Toledo W nd 0.5 Lincoln (1-0) :55 3,811 April 9 at Columbus L nd 1.5 Wood (0-1) :44 7,507 April 10 at Columbus L nd 2.5 Wood (0-2) :33 4,245 April 11 at Columbus W nd 1.5 Wilson (1-1) :48 4,640 April 12 at Columbus

7 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS GAME NOTES PAGE 7 INDIANS TRANSACTIONS Date Transaction(s) April 6 INF Jake Fox placed on the disabled list (24), INF Jeremy Farrell acquired from Double-A Altoona (25). April 9 RHP Charlie Morton begins Major League rehabilitation assignment with Indianapolis (25). April 10 INF Nick Evans placed on the temporarily inactive list (24), INF Greg Picart acquired from Double-A Altoona (25).