LEVELAND INDIANS 2017 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION

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1 2017 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION LEVELAND INDIANS CLEVELAND INDIANS (71-56) vs. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (64-63) RHP Mike Clevinger (6-5, 3.97) vs. RHP Jason Hammel (6-9, 4.73) Game #128/Home #64» Sat., Aug. 26, 2017» Progressive Field» 7:15 p.m. (ET)» FoxSports1, WTAM/WMMS/IRN FILMS ABOUT GHOSTS A ROYAL BLANKING» Coming off a four-game series split with 1st-place Boston, Cleveland opened a 3-game weekend set with a 4-0 shutout of Kansas City on Friday night at Progressive Field.» Recalled from AAA Columbus to make the start, RYAN MERRITT worked a career-high 6.2 spotless frames for his second career MLB victory (the other coming last Sept. 30 at KC)...the Indians plated a pair of runs in the 3rd inning on RBI-hits from GIOVANNY URSHELA (double) & AUSTIN JACKSON (single)...francisco LINDOR added a 2-run HR in the 5th inning...yan GOMES joined Lindor & Urshela with two-hit games.» The Indians (24-16 since All-Star break), have won 11 of 15 and 23 of their last 34 games. WINS & LOSSES» At (.559), Cleveland s record is 3rd-best in the A.L. and 5th-best in the Majors...the Indians have won 11 of 15, 23 of 34, 40 of 65 and 66 of their last 115 games...eight A.L. teams hold records above the.500 mark: BEST RECORDS IN MAJORS, 2017 Team Win% W-L Los Angeles-NL Houston Washington Boston Cleveland Arizona Colorado » At and 15 games above.500, Cleveland has reached the club s 2017 high-water mark for a third time (+15G, last on Aug. 21), while sitting 17 losses ahead of club s low-water mark (-2G, 2x, last 5-7, April 16).» Cleveland is against the A.L., but just 6-14 against the N.L...the Tribe has rallied for 23 come-from-behind wins, while suffering 24 losses after holding a lead at some point in the contest... club is following a win, after a loss...tribe is in games decided in the 7th inning-or-later...club is 14-9 in August after posting winning records in 3 of first 4 months (April: 14-10, June: 15-12, July: a May ended streak of 7 consecutive months with a.500-or-better record, incl Postseason).» Cleveland s +129 run differential is 2nd-best in the A.L. & 3rdbest in the Majors...the Tribe has a +303 run diff. in the team s 71 wins ( ), but a -158 run diff. in the 56 losses ( ). HIGHEST RUN DIFFERENTIAL IN A.L. Team +/- RS RA Houston Cleveland *489 New York-AL Boston Texas *Indians have allowed 2nd-fewest runs in Majors» Longest winning streak of season is 9 games (July 21-29), the club s longest winning streak since Cleveland won a franchiserecord 14 consecutive games, June 17-July 1, longest losing skid of the season is 4 games, July 9-16 (first skid of 4+ games since July 2015). A.L. CENTRAL STANDINGS» Cleveland (71-56) enters today in sole possession of 1st place in A.L. Central standings (have spent 59 straight and 70 of last 71 days in 1st place), 5.5 games ahead of 2nd-place Minnesota (66-62, -5.5G)...Kansas City (64-63, -7.0G) is in 3rd place, Detroit (55-72, -16.0G) is in 4th place & Chicago-AL (51-76, -20.0G) is in 5th place...the Indians have spent 94 days in 1st place, 40 days in 2nd place, 6 days in 3rd place, 3 days in 4th place and 2 days in 5th place...club s largest 1st-place lead is 6.0 games (Aug. 19), while largest deficit is 3.0 games (last May 27).» The Indians have gone within the A.L. Central, while posting a record outside of the division (19-7 vs. A.L. West)...club went (.653) against A.L. Central opponents in 2016, Tribe s most wins ever within division since 98 realignment.» Cleveland s offense is averaging 4.6 runs-per-game (246R/53G) against A.L. Central teams, while plating 5.0 runsper-game (372R/74G) against all other opponents. SERIES STUFF» Cleveland has gone in 43 series completed in 2017, going at home, on the road...tribe is in series openers, while going in series finales (7-6 in rubber games)... Cleveland has 7 sweeps (April 3-5 at TEX, April at MIN, May at HOU, 4G-June at MIN, July vs. TOR, 1G-July 24 vs. CIN, July vs. LAA) & has been swept five times: 3x in series of 3+G s (April 7-9 at ARI, June vs. MIN, July at OAK) & twice in 2-G series (June 6-7 at COL, Aug at BOS).» Tribe has won 4 of 5 (4-0-1), 8 of 12, 13 of 21, 14 of 23 and 15 of club s last 26 series...longest series win streak of 2017 is 4 straight series victories, done 3 times (April 17-30, July 21-30, Aug ), the club s longest such streaks since 4 consec. series wins June during club s historic 14-game win streak in TIME AND TIME AGAIN SHUTOUTS» Last night marked Cleveland s American League-leading 13th team shutout of 2017, also tied with Los Angeles-NL for most in the Majors...most team SHO s for the Tribe since 2014 (15)...Los Angeles-AL, Minnesota & Seattle are next in the A.L. with 9 each... the Indians registered 11 team shutouts total in 2016.» Was only the third home shutout of 2017, as Cleveland s 10 road SHO s comfortably lead the Majors - the most road shutouts posted by Cleveland in a single season since notching 12 during the 1968 campaign.» Cleveland s pitching staff enters today with a 10.0-inning scoreless streak...longest for Tribe this season was a 23.0-inn. stretch, April ROUND HERE HOMESTAND» Cleveland is 3-2 on this 7-game, 7-day homestand against Boston (2-2) & Kansas City (1-0, two-to-play)...these are scheduled to be the Tribe s only home games in the span of roughly four weeks, as Cleveland is in the midst of a stretch during which the club is scheduled to play 21 of 28 games away from Progressive Field, Aug. 10-Sept. 7 (11-5 record overall; 8-3 on the road).» Cleveland has gone (.540) at Progressive Field this season, just the 6th-best home mark in the A.L. & 12th-best in the Majors...that said, the Tribe has won 13 of 18 (<since All- Star break), 16 of 22 and 19 of the last 28 at Progressive Field since June 26.» Tribe s 3.57 home ERA is 2nd-lowest in the A.L. behind Boston (3.46), also 4th-lowest in the Majors...Cleveland s 4.98 runs-pergame at home rank 5th in the A.L., 11th in Majors (home wins: 7.5 RPG, 2.82 ERA; home losses: 2.1 RPG, 4.47 ERA). PERFECT BLUE BUILDINGS KANSAS CITY SERIES» Cleveland & Kansas City are meeting for the second time in a week after the Tribe ended recent 11-game road trip at Kauffman Stadium (took 2 of 3 from Royals)...the Indians, who hold a narrow 7-6 edge in the 2017 season series, have gone 5-4 at Kauffman, but just 1-2 at Progressive Field, as this marks the first of two remaining trips to Cleveland for the Royals...the Indians have outscored the Royals by a margin...cleveland has won 11 of 15 & 18 of last 27 within division since June 4.» Tribe has gone 5-3 all-time in starts by Jason Hammel, although Tribe has dropped 3 straight against the RH, all this season. RECOVERING THE SATELLITES PITCHING» Cleveland currently leads the A.L. in overall team ERA (3.66, 2nd in MLB), starters ERA (3.99, 4th in MLB) & relief ERA (3.03, 2nd in MLB)...the Indians 1272 strikeouts lead all Major League teams.» Tribe rotation has a 3.02 ERA for the month of August, 3rdlowest in the Majors behind Washington (2.90) & Los Angeles-NL (2.92), while starters (13-4) have recorded the most wins in the Majors this month. AMY HIT THE ATMOSPHERE BRUCE S IMPACT» JAY BRUCE is batting.328 (19-58) with 5 doubles, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 14 runs & a OPS across 16 games since joining the Indians, hitting safely in 13 of his 15 starts for the Tribe...Cleveland is 11-5 since his acquisition...in 15 games since Bruce s first start on Aug. 11, EDWIN ENCARNACION is 12-for-50 (.240) with 7 HR s, 10 RBI and 10 runs scored. CHILDREN IN BLOOM MISC. NOTES» Cleveland is an A.L.-best (.676) since July 21, 2nd in Majors behind Los Angeles-NL (.806, 25-6); Boston is next-closest A.L. squad at (.613).» The Indians are in the midst of 23 games in 23 consecutive dates, Aug. 8-30, while the club is 12-6 so far during this stretch.» FRANCISCO LINDOR extended his career-high to 23 home runs last night, now tied for the 3rd-highest single-season HR total by any shortstop in franchise history with Woodie Held (1961) & Jhonny Peralta (2008) behind only Asdrubal Cabrera (25, 2011) and Peralta (24, 2005).» Cleveland currently has nine players combined on the 10- and 60-day DL s; club has had 21 separate DL placements in 2017 compared with 14 in CLEVELAND ROCKS THIS DAY IN MUSIC...» 1965: Sonny & Cher went to No. 1 on the singles chart with I Got You Babe ; Bono was inspired to write the song to capitalize on the popularity of the term babe following Bob Dylan s release of It Ain t Me Babe : During a press conference at University College in Bangor, North Wales, The Beatles announced they had become disciples of guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi & renounced the use of recreational drugs : Allen Woody, bassist for The Allman Brothers Band/Gov t Mule, passed away in Queens, NYC at age 44.» BORN ON THIS DAY: (1948) Valerie Simpson, one half of husband-wife Ashford/Simpson singing/songwriting team; (1960) Branford Marsalis; (1966) Dan Vickrey, Counting Crows; Shirley Manson, Garbage; (1969) Adrian Young, drummer, No Doubt. indians at a glance vs. AL: Central West East vs. NL: Central West East In Series: Home Road Total Overall Openers Finales Rubber Lead after: Home Road Total 6 inn inn inn Trail after: Home Road Total 6 inn inn inn Tied after: Home Road Total 6 inn inn inn Decided... Home Road Total 7th-or-later Final AB Extra-Innings One-run G s Walk-offs vs. RH starter vs. LH starter tribe by the numbers Overall Record Standing in A.L. Central...1st, +5.5G Days in 1st ( )...94 ( ) Largest 1st-place Lead G, 8/19 Largest 1st-place Deficit. -3.0G, last 5/27 Most G Above G, 3x (active) Most G Below G, 2x (5-7, 4/16) Times at , last on 6/14 Current Streak... W2 Homestand Following a Win Following a Loss Last 5 games Last 10 games Last 15 games Last 20 games Longest W Streak...9 (7/21-29) Longest L Streak...4, (7/9-16) Come-from-Behind Wins...23 Losses After Holding Lead...24 Team Saves for-33 (75.8%) Record Before All-Star Break Record After All-Star Break Home Record Road Record Day Games Night Games vs. RH starters vs. LH starters vs. Opp. At-or-Above vs. Opp. Below CLE scores first Opp. scores first CLE out-hits Opp Opp. out-hits CLE CLE/Opp. hits even CLE 3-or-fewer runs CLE 4-or-more runs CLE 5-or-more runs CLE 5 hits-or-fewer CLE 6-9 hits CLE 10-or-more hits CLE hits home run(s) CLE does not homer CLE allows home run(s) No HR by Opp CLE charged with error(s) CLE no error(s) CLE starter goes 6.0+IP Players Used (Pitchers) (18) Avg. Time-of-Game (Overall)...3: ,721 min/127 G Avg. Time-of-Game (9.0IP)...3: ,646 min/122 G CLE challenges overturned...13 of 27 Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun April May June July August Sept UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATION Date Opponent Probable Pitchers - Cleveland vs. Opponent First Pitch Radio/TV Sun., Aug. 27 KANSAS CITY RHP Carlos Carrasco (12-6, 3.95) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (8-8, 3.78) 1:10PM ET SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN Mon., Aug. 28 at New York-AL RHP Corey Kluber (12-4, 2.65) vs. RHP Luis Severino (11-5, 3.10) 7:05PM ET SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN Tues., Aug. 29 at New York-AL RHP Trevor Bauer (13-8, 4.59) vs. LHP Jaime Garcia (1-1, 5.47 in A.L.) 7:05PM ET SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN Wed., Aug. 30 at New York-AL TBD vs. LHP CC Sabathia (10-5, 3.82) 1:05PM ET SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN

2 PAGE 2 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES saturday, August 26, mike clevinger Rhp CLEVINGER S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO Career (6-5, 3.97 ERA) TONIGHT S START» The 26-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 17th start (20th appearance) of the season in the second contest of this three-game series vs. Kansas City...also marks the 37th appearance and 27th start of his two-year MLB career.» Will be pitching on regular four days rest since making his last start on August 21...did not factor into the decision of Cleveland s 5-4 victory after allowing four runs on four hits with four walks, four strikeouts and two homers in 4.1 innings of work.» Clevinger will be making his fourth career start (fifth appearance) against the Royals... has gone 2-0 with a 3.31 ERA (6ER/16.1IP) in his previous four games against them.» Today marks Clevinger s 10th appearance (8th start) at Progressive Field this season, where he has earned a record of 1-2 with a 5.45 ERA (23ER/38.0IP).» Clevinger is one strikeout away from reaching 100 for the season...he will become the fifth Indians hurler to reach 100 strikeouts this season, tying the club s most pitchers reaching the mark in a single season (done five other times, also last season). LAST TIME OUT» Did not factor into the decision of Cleveland s 5-4 victory on August 21 against Boston...allowed four earned runs on four hits with four walks and four strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work...all four runs allowed came via home run, as he surrendered a pair of two-run bombs to Andrew Benintendi (1st inning) and Hanley Ramirez (5th inning)... exited the game after Ramirez s home run.» Has posted a 7.66 ERA over his last six outings (four starts), allowing 19 earned runs across just 22.1 innings of work. VS. KANSAS CITY AL CENTRAL» Clevinger will be making his fourth career start (fifth appearance) against Kansas City, including his third start against them this season...has gone an undefeated 2-0 with a 3.31 ERA (6ER/16.1IP) in his previous four career games against them.» Last faced the Royals on May 26 at Progressive Field...did not factor into the decision of Cleveland s 6-4 loss after allowing four runs on eight hits with one walk, six strikeouts and two home runs in 5.0 innings of work.» Has made seven appearances (six starts) against AL Central opponents this season... has gone 3-2 with a 2.94 ERA (11ER/33.2IP) in his previous seven games against the division this year...overall, owns a career record of 4-4 with a 4.04 ERA (29ER/64.2IP) in 16 games (12 starts) against intradivisional opponents. AT PROGRESSIVE FIELD» Set to make his eighth start (10th appearance) this season at Progressive Field...has gone just 1-2 with a 5.45 ERA (23ER/38.0IP) in his previous nine games at home as opposed to being 5-3 with a 2.86 ERA (16ER/50.1IP) in nine starts (10 games) on the road.» Clevinger has allowed 13 runs (12 earned) across his last three appearances (two starts) at Progressive Field (9.2IP, ERA)...last decision at home came on July 8 vs. Detroit, when he earned his first home win of the season after tossing 6.0 shutout innings against the Tigers (3H, 2BB, 4K).» Has gone 3-3 with a 4.64 ERA (34ER/66.0IP) in 12 career starts (17 appearances) at Progressive Field...has posted quality efforts in just three of his 12 career home starts. RIGHT VS. LEFT» Clevinger has had particular success against right-handed hitters this season, holding them to a.197 average (36-for-183), the 4th-lowest mark among American League pitchers...has struck out 27 percent of righties he s faced (60-for-216), as 60 of his 99 strikeouts this year have been against right-handers.» Over his career, Clevinger has held left-handed hitters to a.219 average (50-for- 228)...just nine of the 21 home runs he s surrendered in his career have been to lefties.» Has not walked a left-handed batter since July 31 at Boston (33 LHH faced since then).» Overall this season, Clevinger has limited all batters to a.218 batting average, the 6th-lowest mark among AL pitchers with at least 80.0 innings pitched (16th in MLB) MINOR LEAGUE NUMBERS» In two stints with Triple-A Columbus this season, Clevinger has gone 3-2 with a 2.65 ERA (10ER/34.0IP) in six starts total.» At the time of his first promotion on May 7, his 1.50 ERA was the sixth-best in the International League & second-best in the Indians organization.» Posted a 0.47 ERA (1ER/19.0IP) through his first three starts of the year.» Was named the International League (AAA) Pitcher of the Week for April SEASON HIGHLIGHTS» Began the season with Triple-A Columbus and made five starts for the Clippers before joining the Major League roster on May 7.» Made his 2017 season debut on May 7 at Kansas City and earned the win in Cleveland s 1-0 victory after tossing 5.2 shutout innings...allowed just one hit, a double by Salvador Perez in the 4th inning...issued four walks and struck out five batters.» Worked a career-high 7.0 innings on May 20 at Houston with a then- career-high eight strikeouts...earned his second win of the season after holding the Astros scoreless with two hits and two walks.» Was optioned to back to Triple-A Columbus on June 7 and made one start for the Clippers before rejoining the Major League club on June 17.» Struck out a career-high nine batters on June 27 vs. Texas, a total he would match on August 12 at Tampa Bay. CAREER SNAPSHOT» Clevinger is in his third season with the Indians organization...was selected in the 4th round (135th overall) by Los Angeles-AL in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft out of Seminole State College of Florida...acquired by the Indians in exchange for reliever Vinnie Pestano on Aug. 7, was added to Cleveland s 40-man roster on November 20, STEAL RATES WHILE PITCHING Year(s) CS SBA CS% % % TOTAL %» Made his Major League debut on May 18, 2016 at Cincinnati...did not factor into the decision after allowing four earned runs on five hits, one home run and one walk with five strikeouts over 5.1 innings of work...allowed two singles and a double to lead off the 6th inning before striking out Brandon Phillips, the final batter he faced on the night.» Earned his first career Major League win on August 13 vs. Los Angeles-AL after holding the Angels to one run on one hit with four walks and three strikeouts over 5.2 innings of work, the longest start of his career...held the Angels hitless through 5.2 innings before surrendering a single to Andrelton Simmons in the 6th inning, the last batter he faced.» Made four relief appearances during the 2016 Postseason...worked a scoreless frame in Game 2 of the World Series at Progressive Field, retiring all three batters he faced on 10 pitches (1K)...also worked a scoreless inning in Game 5 at Wrigley Field.» Named Tribe s organizational Pitcher of the Year in had a breakout season, going 9-8 with a 2.73 ERA in 27 games/26 starts with Akron, tallying the 3rd-most strikeouts, the second-lowest WHIP and the 4th-lowest average against in all of Double-A ball (158.0IP, 127H, 53R/48ER, 8HR, 9HB, 40BB, 145SO,.219 AVG, 1.06 WHIP), also the most strikeouts and 2nd-lowest ERA in the Indians system while finishing in the Top 5 of the Eastern League in ERA (5th), strikeouts (2nd) and WHIP (2nd). CLEVINGER vs. KANSAS CITY W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO Career CLEVINGER AT PROGRESSIVE FIELD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO Career HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 7.0, 2x, last Aug. 12 at TB Innings: 7.0, 2x, last Aug. 12, 2017 at TB Hits: 9, July 25 vs. LAA Hits: 9, July 25, 2017 vs. LAA Runs: 6, July 25 vs. LAA Runs: 6, 2x, last July 25, 2017 vs. LAA ER: 5, 3x, last July 31 at BOS ER: 6, May 23, 2016 at CWS SO: 9, 2x, last Aug. 12 at TB SO s: 9, 2x, last Aug. 12, 2017 at TB Walks: 5, 2x, last July 2 at DET Walks: 5, 2x, last July 2, 2017 at DET HR: 2, 4x, last August 25 vs. BOS HR: 2, 5x, last August 25 vs. BOS Pitches: 108, May 31 vs. OAK Pitches: 108, May 31, 2017 vs. OAK CG s: N/A CG s: N/A Low-Hit CG: N/A Low-Hit CG: N/A CG SHO s: N/A CG SHO s: N/A Win Streak: 3, June 22 - July 8 Win Streak: 3, June 22 - July 8, mlb splits Career mlb splits W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME / ROAD / DAY / NIGHT / GRASS / TURF / AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT vs. RIGHT TOTALS BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPs Clevinger vs. Kansas City Hammel vs. Cleveland PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO Bonifacio Almonte Cabrera Bruce Cain Chisenhall Escobar Encarnacion Gordon Gomes Hosmer Jackson Merrifield Lindor Moss Perez Moustakas Ramirez Perez Santana Urshela Zimmer TOMORROW S probable starter W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME / ROAD / DAY / NIGHT / GRASS / TURF / AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT vs. RIGHT TOTALS CLEVINGER S 2017 MLB DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game P/S 5/7 at KC 1-0 W Leading /50 5/13 vs. MIN 1-4 L Trailing /49 5/16 vs. TB Trailing 4-6 3/3 5/20 at HOU 3-0 W Leading /66 5/26 vs. KC Tied /57 5/31 vs. OAK 1-3 L Trailing /68 May Totals /6 at COL 3-11 L Trailing /45 6/17 at MIN Leading /44 6/22 at BAL 6-3 W Leading /56 6/27 vs. TEX Tied /61 June Totals /2 at DET 11-8 W Leading /60 7/8 vs. DET 4-0 W Leading /54 7/18 at SF Tied /61 7/25 vs. LAA Leading /54 7/31 at BOS 2-6 L Trailing /35 July Totals /6 vs. NYY Trailing /15 8/12 at TB 3-0 W Leading /64 8/17 at MIN 2-4 L Trailing /30 8/21 vs. BOS Trailing /48 August Totals Starter Totals Relief Totals Season Totals RHP CARLOS CARRASCO (12-6, 3.95)» The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 26th start and appearance tomorrow in the finale of this three-game series against Kansas City.» Will be pitching on regular four days rest since making his last start on August 22 against Boston...took the loss after giving up six earned runs on eight hits with one walk and six strikeouts in 6.2 innings of work.» Will be making his 16th career start (21st) appearance) against the Royals..has gone 7-6 with a 3.71 ERA (40ER/97.0IP) in his previous 15 games against them.» Last faced Kansas City on June 3 at Kauffman Stadium and took the loss after allowing five runs on five hits in just 4.1 innings.» Has made 11 starts at Progressive Field this season, going 3-4 with a 5.13 ERA (38ER/66.2IP) in those games.» Currently ranks among American League leaders in wins (12, T-6th), strikeouts (167, T-5th), K-per-9.0IP (10.00, 6th), opponent batting average and (.237, 7th).

3 PAGE 3 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES saturday, AUGUST 26, 2017 HITTERS NOTES: vs.lhp:.259( ) 50HR,201RBI vs.rhp:.257( ) 105HR,387RBI Home:.264( ) 72HR,299RBI Road:.252( ) 83HR,289RBI KC series: 10-33,1 2B,3BB,4RBI,4R,1HR H-Stand:39-160,6 2B,1 3B,19BB,22RBI,24R,6HR RISP:.252( ) 36HR,419RBI JAY BRUCE #32 vs.lhp:.237(32-135) 8HR,22RBI vs.rhp:.277(91-329) 25HR,66RBI Home:.236(52-220) 12HR,31RBI Road:.291(71-244) 21HR,57RBI KC Series: 0-3,1BB H-Stand:4-18,1BB,1RBI,3R,1HR Streak:0G (0-4), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.296(32-108) 10HR,56RBI Acquired from the NY Mets on Aug. 9 for Class-A RHP Ryder Ryan With the Mets he batted.265 ( ) w/20 2B, 29 HR & 75 RBI in 103 games (.324/.524/.847) Combined on the year is hitting.265 ( ) w/25 2B, 33HR, 88 RBI, 45BB, 75R in 119 G (.864OPS) At the time of the trade was T4th-most HR in the N.L.; T12th in RBI, T14th in XBH and 12 th in total bases (211) 5 multi-homer games are tied for 3rd-most in the majors Has 14 go-ahead home runs this season 13HR and 33 RBI over his last 42 games Is T8th in HR (33) & 11th in RBI (88) in all of MLB YANDY DÍAZ #36 Reached 25HR mark for the third straight season and the seventh time in his career.25 multi-hr games in career.91 G RF, 11 G at 1B for NYM (15GS RF for CLE, hit in 13GS; has also app d in 1G at 1B for CLE) career-high 6RBI; 5 th career grand slam ranked 3 rd among N.L RF ers in total zone runs and range factor CLE debut 8/10 3-time N.L all-star; 2 Silver Slugger awards career batting average of.356 (37-104) w/6 2B, 5 HR & 13RBI in 27 G in Progressive Field (.981 OPS) reached in 26 of 65 PA w/cle club is 11-4 in his starts hitting.299(59-197) w/runners on for 2017 (8-for-27 w/cle) vs.lhp:.227(5-22) 0HR,2RBI vs.rhp:.231(12-52) 0HR,3RBI Home:.323(10-31) 0HR,3RBI Road:.163(7-43) 0HR,2RBI BOS series/h-stand: 4-10,2 2B,1 3B,2BB,2RBI,4R Streak:1G (4-4), 0HR, 2RBI RISP:.190(4-21) 0HR,5RBI Made MLB debut on (1-4) first MLB hit (2B, Darvish)on 15GS 3B, 3 GS LF, 2GS DH (4-for-4, 4R, 2 2B, 3B, 2RBI 8/24 vbos) 5/35(.143) w/runners on Hit/BB in 16 of 20GS 1 E in 36 Opened the season on Major League roster Also with CLE, May 8-15 and recalled again on 8/22 0 XBH in 67AB before last night EDWIN ENCARNACION #10 Has batted.350 ( ) in Columbus with 56 R, 17 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR & 33 RBI in 85 G (.454/.460/.914) at time of 8/22 recall led Int l League in on-base pct. (.454) and average and is third in OPS (.914) and tied for sixth in walks (60) batted.371 (33-89) off LHP at AAA At AAA app d in 42G 3B, 21G LF, 9G RF, 1G 2B 4-for-10, 2 2B, 3B, 4R in 3G since return vs.lhp:.232(32-138) 7HR,19RBI vs.rhp:.254(77-303) 22HR,55RBI Home:.254(54-213) 10HR,31RBI Road:.241(55-228) 19HR,43RBI KC Series: 0-3,1BB H-Stand:2-13,7BB,2RBI,2R,1HR Streak:0G (0-5), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.208(27-130) 8HR,45RBI Signed by CLE, 1/15 3yr contract 2B,29HR,74RBI) 52RBI/19HR; last 70G since 6/9 (64-245,11 2B, 49 R) last 86G: 83-for-310(.268), 61R,13 2B, 24HR, 62RBI (.934 OPS) since May 16 3-time all-star; 30HR each season, multi-hr gm since 2014 on (3x in 176, 2nd in MLB) reached 5X, 4 R on 6/15 vs. LA 4 runs, 6/15, 6/19, 7/6vSD 2 nd half ranks: HR(T9 th, 11), RBI(T13 th, 26) A.L Leaders: HR(T7 th,29), times on( 4 th,199),ob%( 5 th,.373), R(T15 th, 74), RBI(T16 th, 74), OPS(19 th,.856) 1000 th career RBI/10 th career GS/6 th career walk-off HR on 7/25 vs. LAA YAN GOMES #7 Is 53-for-223(.238) w/men on Owns 28 multi-hr games in his career (two 3-HR; 26 2-HR games) 2nd in A.L. w/86 walks(reached base safely in 19 straight games; CH BB is 87) 40 HRs in 545 ABs (13.6 AB/HR) on the road since start of 2016 May: 27G, 26/99,.263, 14R, 3 2B, 6HR, 13RBI,.829 OPS(13BB) hitting.116 (5-for-43) vs. LHP since AS break June: 25G, 29-for-90 (.322), 24R, 7HR, 20RBI,1.042 OPS ( 7th-best A.L., T3 rd in A.L. in RS for month) 1500 th career hit 6/19@BAL (10 th DR-born player-300hr/ 1500hits/ 1000 RBI) last 15G is 12-for-50 w/10r 7HR & 10 RBI (on pace for 37 HR,HR in 3 str G,8/13-15) vs.lhp:.250(21-84) 5HR,14RBI vs.rhp:.207(40-193) 3HR,26RBI Home:.176(22-125) 3HR,15RBI Road:.257(39-152) 5HR,25RBI KC Series: 2-4,1R H-Stand:2-11,1R Streak:1G (2-4), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.244(22-90) 4HR,35RBI 80GS/85G in C (61-277, 31 R, 14 2B, 8HR, 40 RBI), 21-for-50 (42%) throwing out runners SB/SBA (leads the Majors) 30-for-132(.227) w/runners on base career-high 3 walks on July 7 vs. Detroit.(drew 9 walks in 264 plate appearances in 2016) 3 rd career 5RBI game, 5/21 at HOU 8 games of at least 2 walks this year (had 0 in 16) Last 77 games since Apr17: 59-for-247(.239) w/28r, 14 2B, 7HR, 39RBI, 27BB(.707OPS) ERIK GONZÁLEZ #9 2 nd half(27g): 19-for-88 (.216),10R, 2 2B, 3HR, 19RBI (had 21 RBI in 60 first half games) hitting.168 (63-for-374) vs. RHP since the start of 2016 (hitting.207 vs. RHP in 2017) Has thrown out 39.2% of runners attempting to steal (31/79) since the start of 2016 Since July 29 hitting.179 (10-56, 2HR, 13RBI, 18G) 6 th among A.L catchers in BB(30), T5th in RBI(40) 2 nd career walk-off HR on 8/8 vs. COL (Holland) vs.lhp:.174(4-23) 1HR,2RBI vs.rhp:.293(17-58) 1HR,4RBI Home:.319(15-47) 1HR,5RBI Road:.176(6-34) 1HR,1RBI BOS Series/H-Stand: 0-1 Streak:0G (0-11), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.167(3-18) 0HR,4RBI Spent half of season to date at AAA Columbus, hitting.256 (41-160) with 4 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR & 13 RBI in 40 games. w/cle from 5/14-8/5, 8/9 and 8/23-current Last 34G w/cle since 6/1: 20-for-70 (.286), 5 2B, 2HR, 6rbi BRANDON GUYER #6 Appeared in 6 G/2GS at SS, 4G/2GS at 3B & 24G/14GS at 2B, 1GS in LF w/cleveland (0- for-1 as a pinch-hitter) Career-high 3 hits, 2 runs on June 1 vs. OAK first career HR on 6/14 vs. LA (Hatcher) vs.lhp:.228(21-92) 2HR,12RBI vs.rhp:.222(10-45) 0HR,5RBI Home:.227(15-66) 0HR,6RBI Road:.225(16-71) 2HR,11RBI KC Series: 1-4 H-Stand:5-16,1 2B,3BB,1RBI,4R Streak:3G (3-11), 0HR, 1RBI RISP:.250(8-32) 0HR,13RBI Acquired from TB Rays on last 8/1 for two Minor League players Signed 2-year deal in offseason 33G/24GS in RF; 26G/13GS in LF (31-137, 19R, 17RBI) 0-for-7 as PH 18-for-64 (.261) w/runners on 62 HBP since 2015 (288 games, 2 nd in MLB to Rizzo 66HB; 440G) Played 21 games in April/May before being DL d with a L wrist sprain, 5/13-6/25. AUSTIN JACKSON #26 Activated off the DL on 6/26 (app d in 38 games, 21-82,.256, 15R, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 12RBI) since activation Appeared in 6 games with Columbus on a rehab assignment, June Led MLB w/31 hit by pitches and has now led the league 3 straight seasons last 26 games he is 17-for-59 (.288) w/12r, HR, 10RBI (3HB, 9BB,.403 OB%) vs.lhp:.326(29-89) 3HR,13RBI vs.rhp:.303(30-99) 2HR,14RBI Home:.256(21-82) 2HR,10RBI Road:.358(38-106) 3HR,17RBI KC Series: 1-4,1RBI H-Stand:3-15,1BB,1RBI Streak:1G (1-4), 0HR, 1RBI RISP:.286(14-49) 1HR,20RBI Non-roster in MLB camp was signed on Jan GS in CF; 18G/12GS in RF,17G/12GS in LF (59-188, 23R, 12 2B, 5HR, 27RBI), 0-for-3 as PH season-high 3 RBI three times on the year Last 33 games:40-for-117, 15R, 5 2B, 3HR, 20RBI to raise avg from.268 to.314 Is 25-for-85 w/runners on base Has a.979 OPS vs. LHP this year (8 2B, 3HR, 14BB) FRANCISCO LINDOR #12-All-Star On DL from 5/2-25 with L great toe injury and from 6/27-7/24 (left quad) Since June 1: 47- for-141, 18R, 7 2B, 3 3B, 3HR, 20RBI,.333, 44 Gs) 6 th in A.L in average (.314, min 200PA) He appeared in 8 rehab games with Columbus over his two DL stints 1000 th career hit, 6/24 vs. MIN (Gibson) hitting.261 (29/111)with 2 strikes (4th in A.L) vs.lhp:.306(56-183) 8HR,17RBI vs.rhp:.246(82-333) 15HR,46RBI Home:.281(68-242) 12HR,33RBI Road:.255(70-274) 11HR,30RBI KC Series: 2-4,2RBI,1R,1HR H-Stand:6-19,2BB,5RBI,4R,3HR Streak:2G (5-9), 2HR, 4RBI RISP:.288(34-118) 4HR,42RBI A.L All-Star Hit.370 (10/27) in WBC for Team PR 125GS at SS ( , 23HR, 63RBI, 42BB) reached via hit/walk in 108 of 125GS ( 1st A.L. SS in HR, 2 nd in R, 4 th OPS) Grand slam (1 st career), 2HR (2 nd career), 5 RBI (career-high) and HR d from both sides of the plate for the first time on 4/5 at TEX 2016 A.L. Rawlings Platinum Glove Winner. has a batting average of.318 (235-for-738) at home in his career/start 2015 ROBERTO PÉREZ #55 A.L. leaders: TB ( 10 th, 245), 2B (T6 th, 34), XBH( 5 th, 59), H ( T9 th, 138) 55-for-189 (.291) w/runners on 2 nd career 4H gm & career-best 3 2B on 7/16@oak(since 8/6: 20for82,.244) Last 45G since 7/5: 58-for-191(.304),25R,11 2B,9HR,25rbi June:.214(24-112), 8R in 26G His 16 extra base hits were most by an Indians hitting in April since 2001 (18; Juan Gonzalez) hit streaks of 13G, 12G, 12G 4 th Indians SS w/at least 20HR in a season(held, Cabrera, Peralta) vs.lhp:.185(10-54) 2HR,16RBI vs.rhp:.200(20-100) 0HR,8RBI Home:.215(17-79) 2HR,17RBI Road:.173(13-75) 0HR,7RBI BOS Series/H-Stand: 4-7,1 2B,1BB,5RBI,1R,1HR Streak:3G (5-11), 1HR, 7RBI RISP:.327(16-49) 1HR,22RBI Member of Team Puerto Rico in the WBC (app d in 2 G) 50G/47GS at C in 2017 (30-154, 9 2B, 24RBI) 9-for-24 throwing out baserunners is 20-for-76 with runners on (.263) Batting just.170 (27-for-159) at home since the 2016 All-Star Break JOSÉ RAMÍREZ #11-All-Star Signed four-year deal w/2021 & 2022 club options on 4/2 last 25G: 18-for-70, 9 R, 7 2B, HR,12RBI to raise avg from.143 to.196(5-for-last-11) has thrown out 41.7% of runners attempting to steal (20/48) since the start of 2016 (Rank: 3rd of 80 in MLB; League Avg: 24.3%) vs.lhp:.295(51-173) 5HR,23RBI vs.rhp:.301(92-306) 13HR,36RBI Home:.303(72-238) 8HR,28RBI Road:.295(71-241) 10HR,31RBI KC Series: 1-4 H-Stand:3-19,1 2B,1BB,1R Streak:2G (3-9), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.266(29-109) 4HR,39RBI 37GS at 2B, 86GS at 3B ( , 40 2B, 18HR, 59RBI) BB or hit in 98 of 123GS (.279)w/men on A.L. leaders: 3B(T3 rd, 5), AVG( 9 th,.299),avg w/2k (11 th,.240, 55/229), H ( 8 th, 143), 2B( 1 st, 40), OPS(16 th,.869), XBH (T2 nd, 63), TB(T8 th, 247), R( 5 th, 81), SLG(15 th,.516), times on (T13 th, 185) AVG vrhp(11 th,.301) 2 XBH streaks of 7G 2 nd in OPS among A.L 3B hitting nd half; 34/151(.609 ops; since 8/5 is 11-for-69).327 avg. (171/523)@home since start of 16 2 hits in 9 str.g, 6/14-21(most since 36) CARLOS SANTANA #41 June 27G: 40-for-109(.367) w/26r, 13 2B, 5HR, 10RBI (1.066OPS) 1 st career two-hr game & career-high 6 RBI on 4/15 vdet (2 nd career 2HR gm 6/17@MIN-d) Signed 5-year deal on 3/28 w/club options for B d in 7 straight G (club record, 6/14-19) Last 80 games he is 100-for-317(.315) with 60 runs, 32 2B,12HR, 35RBI since 5/26 last 64 games is 81-for-257(.315) w/48r, 27 2B, 3 3B, 10HR, 32RBI to raise avg from (.927OPS) HR from both sides of plate, same game, 2X this year (first player in club history) vs.lhp:.235(40-170) 8HR,23RBI vs.rhp:.260(72-277) 10HR,41RBI Home:.215(46-214) 9HR,28RBI Road:.283(66-233) 9HR,36RBI KC Series: 1-3,1BB H-Stand:1-6,1BB Streak:1G (1-3), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.244(29-119) 2HR,40RBI 7GS at DH; 107GS at 1B, 5 GS in RF ( , 74 R, 29 2B, 18HR, 64RBI, 70BB) Is 58- for-211(.275)w/men on RBI in first 4 games July 22G: 26-for-80(.325), 8 2B, 5HR,14rbi A.L. leaders: 2B (T16 th, 29), BB (t4 th, 70), R (T15 th, 74), times on (12 th, 186), OB pct (17 th,.356) 1000 th career game, 5/16 last 46G (6/26): 49-for-163(.301) w/31r, 13 2B, 9HR, 26 RBI OBP of.384 (250 PAs) with runners on base GIOVANNY URSHELA #39 6 th in club history w/708 career BB (Jack Graney is 5 th at 712).9 th career 2HR gm/ 5 th gm HR both sides of plate;2x this year(last 8/15@MIN) last 32G is 34/115(.296), 25R, 8HR, 16RBI Hit.308 (8/26) in the WBC for the DR squad w/2 2B, 3 RBI in 6 G (4BB on 7/29@CWS) Owns single-season (34 in 2016) & career HR marks (169 career) by a switch-hitter is 2 nd in club history in RBI(572) by a switch-hitter behind Vizquel(584); Baerga (565, 3 rd ) vs.lhp:.220(9-41) 0HR,4RBI vs.rhp:.216(11-51) 0HR,4RBI Home:.214(9-42) 0HR,6RBI Road:.220(11-50) 0HR,2RBI KC Series: 2-4,1 2B,1RBI,2R H-Stand:4-18,1 2B,5RBI,3R Streak:2G (4-9), 0HR, 5RBI RISP:.250(4-16) 0HR,7RBI Recalled on June 17 and July 9 (Kipnis DL) Spent most of 2017 w/aaa Columbus, hitting.266 (79-297) w/12 2B, 6HR and 34 RBI in 76 G (.321/.374/.695) 60 G 3B; 16G SS BRADLEY ZIMMER #4 First appeared w/cle on 6/17 has appeared in 33 games at 3B(24GS), 1G SS reached BB/H in 17 of last 23 GS 2E in 65 chances at 3B career-high 4RBI 8/24 vbos vs.lhp:.250(15-60) 1HR,8RBI vs.rhp:.245(49-200) 7HR,30RBI Home:.264(37-140) 5HR,25RBI Road:.225(27-120) 3HR,13RBI KC Series: 0-0 H-Stand:1-6,1R Streak:1G (1-2), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.243(17-70) 2HR,28RBI Spent first 6 weeks in Columbus, batting.294 (37-126) w/22rs, 9 SB, 11 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR & 14 RBI in 33 G (.371/.532/.902). MLB debut in start in CF on 5/16 vs. TB(84G/64GS CF) 11 th among A.L rookies in OPS (.708, min 200PAs) 32/126(.254) w/runners on Among A.L. rookies: SB(T1st, 15),RBI(7 th, 38),H(9 th, 64) Aug: 5/52(.096), 5R, 1RBI, 0xbh multi-hit games in 16 of his 64 starts (64/260,35R, 12 2B, 8HR, 38RBI, 15SB,.316/.392/.708) First MLB hit homer (Colome) on May 17 vs. TB (2-4, 2R, 2B, HR, 2RBI) went 0-for-37 from 8/1-17 T5th in A.L in OF assists (8), T17 th in SB (15) Batting first: 15/64 (.234) w/13r, 3 2B, 3HR, 12RBI in 16GS 1 st career GS on 7/25 vlaa

4 PAGE 4 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES saturday, AUGUST 26, 2017 BULLPEN INFORMATION W L ERA G SV/OPP IR/S 1st Bat/Retired IP H R ER BB SO HR /33 180/53 380/ PITCHING BY MONTH PITCHER MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST Allen, C , 4.22 ERA (10.2IP, 5ER) 0-2-1, 3.48 ERA (10.1IP, 4ER) 0-1-4, 2.31 ERA (11.2IP, 3ER) 1-1-2, 4.32 ERA (8.1IP, 4ER) Clevinger, M , 3.10 ERA (29IP, 10ER) 1-1-0, 4.26 ERA (19IP, 9ER) 2-1-0, 3.91 ERA (25.1IP, 11ER) 1-1-0, 5.40 ERA (15IP, 9ER) Goody, N , 0.00 ERA (12IP, 0ER) 1-0-0, 3.18 ERA (11.1IP, 4ER) 0-1-0, 6.23 ERA (8.2IP, 6ER) 0-1-0, 7.50 ERA (6IP, 5ER) McAllister, Z , 2.19 ERA (12.1IP, 3ER) 1-0-0, 3.38 ERA (13.1IP, 5ER) 0-0-0, 0.71 ERA (12.2IP, 1ER) 0-2-0, 6.35 ERA (5.2IP, 4ER) Olson, T , 0.00 ERA (1.2IP, 0ER) 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (8.1IP, 0ER) Otero, D , 2.38 ERA (11.1IP, 3ER) 1-0-0, 3.97 ERA (11.1IP, 5ER) 1-0-0, 3.86 ERA (9.1IP, 4ER) 0-0-0, 0.96 ERA (9.1IP, 1ER) Shaw, B , 2.19 ERA (12.1IP, 3ER) 1-1-1, 1.72 ERA (15.2IP, 3ER) 2-3-0, 5.06 ERA (10.2IP, 6ER) 0-0-0, 5.23 ERA (10.1IP, 6ER) Smith, J , 3.12 ERA (8.2IP, 3ER) PITCHING NOTES: vs.all:.240( )140hr vs.lh:.258( )68hr vs.rh:.226( )72hr Home: , 3.57ERA (574.0IP,228ER) Road: , 3.75ERA (551.2IP,230ER) CODY ALLEN #37 vs.all:.226(44-195)6hr vs.lh:.216(19-88)0hr vs.rh:.234(25-107)6hr Home:1-3-7, 3.08ERA (26.1IP,9ER)25G Road:0-3-14, 2.92ERA (24.2IP,8ER)27G Last Win:8/21/2017 vbos Last 39 of 52 outings scoreless; batters are 17-for-87 w/runners on (15th in A.L) & 10-for-48 w/risp against 21-for-24 in save conversions & has saved 30 of 33 chances dating back to 8/18/16 (22 straight; 8/18/16-5/23/17) Now ranks 4th in career saves in Indians history ahead of Mesa (has 113)... first P in MLB history (1969) to record a save & 3+ K s in each of team s first 2 G(12.1 K/9.0IP) Is 1st in club hist w/461 reliever SO, 9th in career games P d (369) 8 th in A.L. in SV(21)..July: 2.31ERA, 12G, 11.2IP, 7H, 3ER (last 8G: 7.2IP, 4H, 1ER, 11K) RH batters are hitting.183 against (42/229) since start of 16 Since 6/24: 24.0IP, 18H, 11ER, 7BB, 32K AL Reliever of Month for April 100 th career MLB save, 5/6 at KC 4 holds CRAIG BRESLOW #40 vs.all:.305(38-124)4hr vs.lh:.200(7-35)0hr vs.rh:.348(31-89)4hr Home:0-1-0, 4.37ERA (22.2IP, 11ER)21G Road:1-0-0, 7.56ERA (8.1IP,7ER)9G Last Last Signed by Cleveland as free agent on Aug. 4 (assigned to AAA Columbus) & promoted on Aug. 26 Split the season between Cleveland and Minnesota Twins organizations Signed with the Twins on Feb. 9 as Minor League invite He began the season with Minnesota, appearing in 30 games around a stint on the disabled list with rib cage soreness (June 28-July 17) before being designated for assignment on July 24 and later released Limited LH hitters to a.200 (7-35) average with the Twins Spent first half of the 2008 season in the Indians organization, With AAA Columbus he posted a 3.86 EWA in 7 outings (2ER, 4.2IP), limited left-handed batters to a.083 (1-12) average against and didn t allow a run over his last 6 games (3.2IP). NICK GOODY #44 vs.all:.201(33-164)6hr vs.lh:.200(12-60)3hr vs.rh:.202(21-104)3hr Home:0-1-0, 2.66ERA (23.2IP,7ER)22G Road:1-1-0, 3.32ERA (21.2IP,8ER)22G Last Began the year in Columbus, posting 4.1 scoreless IP over 3 relief outings at AAA (4.1IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 10SO,.133 avg) fanned 10 of the 17 batters faced at AAA and RH hitters are hitless in 8 at bats Indians MLB debut on 4/14 vs DET (2.0IP, 1H, 0R) has 35 outings w/0 ER allowed to date with Indians since 4/14 recall, batters are 33-for-164 with 63 strikeouts, including a mark of 18-for- 75 with runners on base (RHH batters are 21-for-104 w/13bb, 41K) at least 1.1IP in 10 of 44 outings batters are 10-for-66 when behind in the count first MLB win, 6/17 at MIN(n) Has 3 holds Acquired in Dec. from NYY First 17G, 20.1IP w0er all d Since 7/1 (16G): 14.2 IP, 15H, 13R/11ER, 6BB, 29K (career-best 5K on last 4 games: 4.0IP, 2H, 2ER, 8K(16 th in A.L in avg) ZACH McALLISTER #34 vs.all:.236(45-191)7hr vs.lh:.289(24-83)4hr vs.rh:.194(21-108)3hr Home:0-2-0, 2.49ERA (25.1IP,7ER)20G Road:1-0-0, 2.63ERA (27.1IP,8ER)21G Last Last club season-high 3.0IP, 7/31@BOS 32 of 41 outings are scoreless (52.2IP), RH batters are 21-for-108 w/37k, 9BB batters are 17-for-73 w/runners on (.229); 10-for-73 (.137) when he is ahead in count Last 23 games since June 7: 28.1IP, 26H, 6R/ER, 6BB, 26SO 9.7 strikeouts per 9.0IP 15 th in the A.L. in relief ERA (2.56) Right-handed batters are hitting.194 (30-for-155) as a reliever since 16 All-Star Break last 37 games: 47.1IP, 41H, 13ER,53K 1 hold 10 outings of 2.0IP this year(t12 th in the A.L) TYLER OLSON #49 vs.all:.237(9-38)0hr vs.lh:.174(4-23)0hr vs.rh:.333(5-15)0hr Home:0-0-0, 0.00ERA (4.0IP,0ER)9G Road:0-0-0, 0.00ERA (6.0IP,0ER)6G Last Contract purchased from Columbus on July 21 (Logan DL).; recalled on 7/31 (Tomlin DL) Spent most of season w/clippers, posting 2 saves and a 3.21 ERA in 34 relief outings (42.0IP, 28H, 15ER, 12BB, 54SO,.189 avg, 11.6K/9.0IP) CLE debut on 7/21 vtor (0.0IP, HB) all 15 outings scoreless; LHH 4-for-23, 8K, batters are 1-for-22 with men on base; 11.7 SO per 9.0IP For the season he limited Triple-A LH batters to a.127 (9-71) average against and an overall mark of.170 (8-47) average against with runners on base claimed off waivers by CLE last July DAN OTERO #61 vs.all:.274(54-197)6hr vs.lh:.313(25-80)3hr vs.rh:.248(29-117)3hr Home:1-0-0, 3.09ERA (23.1IP,8ER)21G Road:1-0-0, 3.08ERA (26.1IP,9ER)22G Last Win:7/25/2017 vlaa Last All d a run in 13 of 43 outings in 2017 (49.2IP) Batters are 26-for-88(.295) w/runners on (16/53 w/risp) 4 of 9 walks this year are intentional 2 BB vs. RHH last 115 plate app s last 20 games since 6/14: 25.0IP, 26H, 7R/ER, 4BB, 16K.Since July 30: 8 games, 10.2IP, 7H, 1R/ER, 1BB, 8SO ERA of 1.76 (13ER, 66.1 IP) in Progressive Field in his career (55 games) 16 outings of last least 1.1IP.walked 19 of 477 batters (4.0%, 5iBB) since the start of 2016 (Rank: 3 rd ) JOE SMITH #38 vs.all:.217(35-161)3hr vs.lh:.250(16-64)2hr vs.rh:.196(19-97)1hr Home:3-0-0, 5.16ERA (22.2IP,13ER)24G Road:0-0-0, 1.25ERA (21.2IP,3ER)22G Last Win:6/14/2017 vtb Last Acquired by Cleveland on July 31 from Toronto for two Minor League players Pitched for 5 seasons with the Indians, , posting a combined ERA of 2.76 in 303 relief outings over the span (83ER/271.0IP) Seventh among active MLB pitchers in games (685) On 10-day DL, 6/19-7/21 (right shoulder) 2 nd half: 12.2IP, 7H, 4ER, 2BB, 13K, 2.84 ERA since activation(12g) Posted a mark of 3-0 with a 3.28 ERA in 38 outings w/toronto in 2017 after signing a one-year contract as a free agent in Feb.(35.2IP, 30H, 13ER, 10BB, 51SO, 3HR,.229 AVG, 1.12 WHIP, 2.31FIP).12.2 SO per 9.0IP & 6.0 strikeout-to-walk ratio are highest marks of career; 16 holds are T13th in A.L w/cle 8.2IP, 5H, 3ER, 7 of 8 outings with CLE are scoreless (8/1 debut, 5-for-30, 1 2B) 7-for-39(.179) w/ RISP for 2017 BRYAN SHAW #27 vs.all:.249(55-221)4hr vs.lh:.234(18-77)0hr vs.rh:.257(37-144)4hr Home:4-1-0, 2.35ERA (30.2IP,8ER)31G Road:0-4-2, 4.30ERA (29.1IP,14ER)30G Last Win:7/26/2017 vlaa Last First Indians reliever in club history to amass at least 70 appearances in four seasons (Shaw and Mark Melancon only MLB pitchers with at least 70 outings each of those seasons since 2013) 400 th career outing & the win in home opener, 4/11 vcws has an ERA of 1.94 (65.0IP, 14ER) at home since start of 2016 T15 th in A.L. w/15 holds, T2 nd in games (61), T7th in relief IP (60.0) 4 th career game of 4K on (=CH) last 51G since 4/27: 51.0IP, 44H, 18ER, 3.18ERA since July 1 (21.0IP, 25H, 14R/12ER, 15K) last 9 games: 9.0IP, 7H,2ER, 12K 1st in MLB for most relief outings (360) since start of outings w/0er alld/15 holds/2sv/4w on the 2017 season over his 61 outings batters are 32-for-117 w/runners on 2017 vs. KC Royals Career vs. KC Royals W-L-S ERA G IP H R/ER BB SO W-L-S ERA IP/ER Allen, Cody / /8 Breslow, Craig /7 Carrasco, Carlos / /40 Clevinger, Mike / /6 Goody, Nick / /1 McAllister, Zach / /19 Olson, Tyler / /0 Otero, Danny / /6 Shaw, Bryan / /14 Smith, Joe / /8 INDIANS / RELIEF EFFECTIVENESS Last Appearance First Batter Saves Inherited Runners Pitcher Date OPP(score) IP H R/ER BB SO HR DEC Faced Retired SV Chances IR Scored Allen, C. 8/25 vs.kc(4-0) 1.1-0/0-2 - ND Breslow, Craig 7/23 vsdet ND Goody, N. 8/24 vs.bos(13-6) / ND McAllister, Z. 8/22 vs.bos(1-9) / ND Olson, T. 8/25 vs.kc(4-0) / ND Otero, D. 8/24 vs.bos(13-6) 1.0-0/0-1 - ND Shaw, B. 8/24 vs.bos(13-6) / ND Smith, J. 8/25 vs.kc(4-0) 1.0-0/ ND TEAM 8/25 vs.kc(4-0) /0-2 - ND

5 PAGE 5 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES saturday, AUGUST 26, 2017 STARTS IN THE ORDER PLAYER A. Almonte M. Brantley J. Bruce L. Chisenhall Y. Diaz E. Encarnacion Y. Gomes E. Gonzalez B. Guyer A. Jackson J. Kipnis F. Lindor M. Martinez T. Naquin R. Perez J. Ramirez D. Robertson C. Santana G. Urshela B. Zimmer Pitchers GAMES STARTED PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF RF CF DH A. Almonte M. Brantley J. Bruce L. Chisenhall Y. Diaz E. Encarnacion Y. Gomes E. Gonzalez B. Guyer A. Jackson J. Kipnis F. Lindor M. Martinez T. Naquin R. Perez J. Ramirez D. Robertson C. Santana G. Urshela B. Zimmer LINE-UPS USED:098 in 127 games SCORING BY INNING 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th EXTRA TOTAL RUNS Indians Opponent Multi-hit Game Multi-RBI GM HR TYPE/LAST HOME RUN PLAYER High Last MH High solo 2run 3run GS Last HR A. Almonte ,3x, 7/21 vtor 8/9 vcol , 7/21 vtor /21/17 vtor(beliveau) M. Brantley ,2x, 8/5 vnyy , 7/7 vdet /6/17 vnyy(severino) J. Bruce ,9x, 8/24 vbos , /24/17 vbos(workman) L. Chisenhall ,3x, 6/26 vtex 7/7 vdet ,2x, /7/17 vdet(zimmermann) Y. Diaz , 8/24 vbos 8/24 vbos , 8/24 vbos E. Encarnacion , 7/6 vsd , /23/17 vbos(reed) Y. Gomes , 8/25 vkc , E. Gonzalez ,2x, 7/26 vlaa , 7/26 vlaa B. Guyer ,8x, 8/21 vbos 8/21 vbos ,2x, 7/23 vtor A. Jackson ,3x, 8/21 vbos ,4x, J. Kipnis ,2x, 5/28 vkc , 5/14 vmin F. Lindor , 8/25 vkc , /25/17 vkc(vargas) T. Naquin , /19/16 vtor(osuna) R. Perez ,2x, 8/24 vbos 8/24 vbos ,2x, 8/21 vbos /21/17 vbos(rodriguez) J. Ramirez ,2x, vbos , 4/15 vdet 10 5 D. Robertson ,4x, 6/15 vla 6/15 vla ,2x, 6/13 vla /13/17 vla(hatcher) C. Santana ,8x, , 4/15 vdet G. Urshela ,5x, 8/25 vkc 8/25 vkc , 8/24 vbos /14/15 vkc(volquez) B. Zimmer ,2x, 7/25 vlaa ,3x, 7/25 vlaa INDIANS BATTING BY MONTH HITTER MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST A. Almonte.069 (2-29), 11G (11-37) 2HR, 4RBI, 11G.095 (2-21), 9G M. Brantley.293 (27-92), 5RBI, 24G.326 (15-46), 8RBI, 13G.286 (28-98) 3HR, 19RBI, 25G.286 (6-21) HR, 3RBI, 6G J. Bruce (19-58) 4HR, 13RBI, 16G L. Chisenhall.224 (11-49) 4HR, 10RBI, 18G.373 (25-67) 4HR, 21RBI, 22G.286 (8-28) 2HR, 8RBI, 9G - Y. Diaz.000 (0-9), RBI, 3G (4-10), 2RBI, 3G E. Encarnacion.263 (26-99) 6HR, 13RBI, 27G.322 (29-90) 7HR, 20RBI, 25G.222 (20-90) 4HR, 18RBI, 26G.221 (17-77) 8HR, 14RBI, 23G Y. Gomes.279 (17-61) 3HR, 11RBI, 19G.200 (11-55), 6RBI, 15G.233 (14-60) 2HR, 9RBI, 20G.200 (10-50) 2HR, 12RBI, 15G E. Gonzalez.100 (1-10), 5G.345 (10-29) 2HR, 3RBI, 12G.263 (10-38), 3RBI, 19G.000 (0-4), 3G B. Guyer.238 (5-21), 3RBI, 8G.333 (2-6), RBI, 2G.250 (8-32), 7RBI, 19G.250 (11-44) HR, 4RBI, 17G A. Jackson.235 (4-17) HR, 5RBI, 6G.345 (19-55) HR, 8RBI, 20G.458 (11-24), 2RBI, 7G.274 (17-62) 2HR, 10RBI, 17G J. Kipnis.248 (27-109) 6HR, 19RBI, 26G.244 (22-90) 2HR, 5RBI, 23G.208 (5-24), RBI, 8G.204 (10-49) 3HR, 4RBI, 13G F. Lindor.245 (25-102) 5HR, 8RBI, 26G.214 (24-112) 2HR, 13RBI, 26G.318 (35-110) 2HR, 11RBI, 26G.255 (25-98) 7HR, 14RBI, 23G T. Naquin (1-8), 3G - R. Perez.069 (2-29), RBI, 10G.238 (10-42) HR, 9RBI, 12G.200 (5-25), RBI, 11G.250 (7-28) HR, 8RBI, 9G J. Ramirez.258 (24-93) HR, 5RBI, 26G.367 (40-109) 5HR, 10RBI, 27G.317 (33-104) 6HR, 19RBI, 26G.195 (16-82), 4RBI, 21G D. Robertson.231 (6-26), RBI, 11G.222 (12-54) HR, 6RBI, 20G - - C. Santana.231 (24-104) 4HR, 14RBI, 27G.219 (21-96) 3HR, 11RBI, 27G.325 (26-80) 5HR, 14RBI, 22G.275 (19-69) 4HR, 9RBI, 20G G. Urshela (0-4), G.216 (8-37), 2RBI, 14G.235 (12-51), 6RBI, 19G B. Zimmer.306 (11-36) 2HR, 8RBI, 14G.282 (22-78) 2HR, 14RBI, 26G.277 (26-94) 4HR, 15RBI, 26G.096 (5-52), RBI, 22G 2017 vs. KC Royals G AB R H HR RBI AVG A. Almonte M. Brantley J. Bruce L. Chisenhall Y. Diaz E. Encarnacion Y. Gomes E. Gonzalez B. Guyer A. Jackson J. Kipnis F. Lindor R. Perez J. Ramirez D. Robertson C. Santana G. Urshela B. Zimmer INDIANS Career vs. KC Royals AVG AB H HR RBI J. Bruce Y. Diaz E. Encarnacion Y. Gomes E. Gonzalez B. Guyer A. Jackson F. Lindor R. Perez J. Ramirez C. Santana G. Urshela B. Zimmer