LEVELAND INDIANS 2014 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION

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1 LEVELAND INDIANS 2014 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION CLEVELAND INDIANS (51-50) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (50-50) RHP Corey Kluber (10-6, 2.95) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (5-10, 2.66) Game #102 / Road #54» Thurs., July 23, 2014» Target Field» 8:10 p.m. (ET)» SportsTime Ohio, WTAM-WMMS/IRN WEDNESDAY MORNING, 3AM» Cleveland fell to Minnesota 3-1 in Wednesday afternoon s matinee, as the Indians dropped 2 of 3 in a series loss to the Twins... the Indians cruised to an 8-2 victory in Tuesday s middle installment, but that win was sandwiched between losses in which the club combined to score just 4 runs while going 13-for-65 (.200) with 3 extra-base hits...the Tribe s pitching staff held the Twins to 4 runs-or-fewer in all 3 contests (3.24 ERA).» The Indians began the club s current road trip by taking 3 of 4 from the Tigers in Detroit (have won 7 of 12 meetings in 14), which included Cleveland s first doubleheader sweep in the Motor City since 1966 on Saturday. ONE PIECE AT A TIME» The Indians have lost back-to-back games only once during the month of July (Sunday at Detroit/Monday at Minnesota) and have not dropped consecutive decisions to the same team in roughly 4 weeks since getting swept in a 3-game series by Detroit, June BACK TO BLACK» At 51-50, the Indians sit 2 wins shy of their high-water mark for the 2014 season (+3, on July 19), which was established on Saturday following a doubleheader sweep over Detroit...the club s lowwater mark for season is -6G (last on 5/5). WINS & LOSSES» After entering the All-Star break at (.500-or-better in the first half for a 4th consecutive season), Cleveland has gone 4-3 to start the second half.» Cleveland sits 7 games above the.500 mark since May 1 at (.548), the 6th-best record in the A.L. over that span and T8th-best in the Majors...despite dropping 3 of their last 4 decisions, the Indians have still won 7 of 11, 12 of 19, 27 of 47 and 32 of their last 57 games. BEST RECORDS IN A.L. SINCE MAY 1 Team Pct. W-L Los Angeles-AL Oakland Baltimore Detroit Seattle Cleveland » Cleveland is 12-7 (.632) in July - the 4th-best record in the A.L. and T5th-best in the Majors...the club went in March/April, in May & in June.» The Indians have held a lead at some point in 23 of the team s 50 losses, while posting 27 come-from-behind wins.» Cleveland owns a record vs..500-or-better teams, vs. sub-.500 teams (based on records entering game)...team is in night games; during the day. A.L. CENTRAL STANDINGS / WILD CARD» Cleveland maintains sole possession of 2nd place in the A.L. Central standings, 6.5 games behind first place Detroit (56-42) and just one half-game ahead of 3rd place Kansas City (-7.0G, 50-50)... the club s largest divisional deficit of 2014 is -10.5GB (May 18)...Tribe has spent 2 days in 1st place, 19 days in 2nd place, 49 days in 3rd place, 8 days in 4th place & 37 days in 5th place.» The Indians are vs. A.L. Central opponents this season (went in 2013), while going outside the division...the club is in the midst of a stretch from July 4-27 during which Cleveland is scheduled to play 17 of 21 games within the A.L. Central division, winning 8 of 13 within the divison during that stretch so far.» The Indians sit 2.0 games behind Seattle (53-48) for second A.L. Wild Card spot with New York and Toronto just ahead (-0.5G each)... Los Angeles holds first Wild Card spot w/ a comfortable 7.5-game lead. SERIES STUFF» Cleveland is in 32 series in 2014 ( at home, on road), winning or splitting 13 of last 18 (9-5-4)...Tribe has won 6 of 8 and 9 of last 12 series at home, but just 3 of last 11 road series (3-5-3).» Cleveland owns a record in series openers (9-6 at home, 5-12 on the road), going in all other games of any given series...tribe is in series finales, winning 10 of last 15.» The Indians are 6-4 in rubber games (3-1 at home, 3-3 on road). HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY» The Indians are set to complete their current road trip with a 4-game series against the Kansas City Royals in what marks the club s second visit to Kauffman Stadium this season...tribe got swept in a brief 2-game set back on June that fell in the middle of a 10-game roadie (team was in KC for just over 36 hours).» With that said, Indians have taken 5 of 9 meetings from Royals overall this season after winning 5 of 7 at Progressive Field...Kansas City has actually outscored Cleveland 39-34, as the Tribe has been held to one-or-two runs in 3 of the 4 losses, while scoring 4+ in all 5 wins. INJURY UPDATES» SS ASDRUBAL CABRERA has missed each of the past 2 games with lingering symptoms from lower back spasms that forced his exit on Monday in Minnesota after fielding a 2nd-inning ground ball.» RHP JUSTIN MASTERSON (right knee inflammation) is scheduled to make his second rehab start for Columbus on Friday night vs. Norfolk. UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATION I LL COME FOLLOWING YOU» The Indians pitching staff has posted a competitive 3.15 ERA (21ER/60.0 IP) through 7 games of current road trip, holding opponents to an averaged of 3.0 runs-per-game (Tribe has outscored opponents 33-21)...since May 1 (40-33 team record), Cleveland has registered a 3.76 team ERA (278 ER/664.2 IP) to drop overall season figure from 4.28 at the end of March/April (11-17) to current 3.90 figure, 9th in A.L.» Cleveland s bullpen has registered a 1.83 ERA (4 ER/19.2 IP) through 7 games of Tribe s current road trip, posting 22 strikeouts against just 6 walks.» Cleveland s staff has posted 878 strikeouts, 2nd-most in the A.L. & Majors behind only Tampa Bay (896), while Tribe hurlers lead all staffs with 44 double-digit strikeout games, 7 more than next-closest team (Chicago-NL, 37). A TRIP UPON YOUR MAGIC SWIRLIN SHIP» Cleveland is 4-3 on this 11-game, 10-day road trip thru Detroit (3-1), Minnesota (1-2) & Kansas City (4 games), club s longest of the season in terms of games played.» Club has dropped 3 of 4 following a season-high 5-game road winning streak, however the Indians have still won 10 of 17 and 13 of their last 24 games away from Progressive Field following a 9-20 start on the road...tribe s overall (.415) road record is tied with Texas for 3rd-lowest in A.L. ahead of only Houston (.404, 21-31) & Chicago-AL (.412, 21-30). First 29 road gm (9-20): 4.1 RPG, 4.57 ERA,.976 field pct. (25E/1025TC) Last 24 road gm (13-11): 4.8 RPG, 3.52 ERA,.986 field pct. (12E/887TC)» Concurrently, Cleveland owns the 3rd-best home winning pct. in the A.L. & 4th-best Majors at (.604), trailing Los Angeles-AL (.660, 35-18), Oakland (.660, 33-17) and Pittsburgh (.618, 34-21). CATCH ME IF YOU CAN» Recent newcomer ROBERTO PEREZ cut down both runners attempting to steal in yesterday s game, adding to Cleveland s growing success at controlling the running game...independent of pitching pick-offs/cs s, Indians backstops have thrown out 28 of 88 (31.8%), the 2nd-best pct. in the A.L. and 4th-best in the Majors behind Washington (40%, 22-55), St. Louis (36.7%, 18-49) and New York-AL (34.3%, 24-70).» Kansas City enters this series w/ an AL-high 83 stolen bases, 3rdmost in the Majors behind Los Angeles-NL (91) and Cincinnati (85). HIGHEST CAUGHT-STEALING % IN MAJORS, 2014 CATCHING Team CS% CS ATT SB Washington 40.0% St. Louis 36.7% New York-AL 34.3% Cleveland 31.8% Texas 31.6% ALL SYSTEMS GO» COREY KLUBER enters tonight s outing looking to win 4 consecutive starts for the first time in his career...a victory tonight would match his longest win streak of the season, as he also reeled off 4 straight over 5 starts from May longest win streak of Kluber s career is 5 straight, which came last season over a span of 10 starts from July 12-Sept. 27.» Kluber has limited opponents to 4 ER-or-fewer in each of his last 20 consecutive starts (20 of 21 in 2014), the 2nd-longest such streak in the Majors this season trailing Seattle s Felix Hernandez, who has allowed 4 ER-or-fewer in all 21 of his starts this season...kluber has allowed 2 ER-or-fewer 6 of his last 7 and 13 of 21 starts overall.» Kluber s 4 career wins vs. KC are his most against any opponent. LATE IN THE EVENING» The Indians have scored 21 of their 33 runs (64%) on current road trip in the 7th inning-or-later (16 of 21 in Detroit series)...cleveland leads Majors with 166 runs scored in 7th-or-later overall in more than next-closest teams (TOR-152) - and ranks among A.L. 7th-orlater leaders in AVG (4th,.252), OPS (5th,.708) & HR s (6th, 31). ARROWHEADS» Cleveland s 50th loss of 2013 came on Aug. 5 (62-50) in team game no. 112.» Tribe has won 2 of the 3 games all-time started by Danny Duffy (1-1 in 2011, 1-0 in 2014).» Cleveland s offense is 21-for-65 (.323) w/risp on current trip, going 17-for-45 (.378) in the 4 wins, but just 4-for-20 (.200) in the 3 losses.» Tribe s series loss to Minnesota was their first series loss since dropping 2 of 3 in Seattle June CLEVELAND ROCKS: THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY» 1964: A riot broke out during a Rolling Stones gig at The Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, Lancashire after Keith Richards kicked a fan who was spitting at the group : The Byrds went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of Mr Tambourine Man, which had previously been the first Bob Dylan song to reach No : The Beatles recorded Sun King & Mean Mr. Mustard for forthcoming Abbey Road album : Rev. C.L. Franklin, a well-known minister & father to Aretha, passed away in Detroit at the age of : Bobby Thompson, Ozzy Osbourne s long-time tour manager, passed away in Birmingham, MI at the age of 50.» BORN ON THIS DAY: (1941) Barbara Love, Friends of Distinction; (1957) Pam Tillis; (1961) Gary Cherone, lead singer, Extreme; (1970) Jennifer Lopez. 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 AL Central...2nd, -6.5 G Days in 1st ( )...2 ( ) Largest 1st-place Lead...Tied Largest 1st-place Deficit G Most Games Above G, Most Games Below G, 4x Times at x, last (7/13) Current Streak...L1 Road trip Following a Win Following a Loss Last 5 games Last 10 games Last 15 games Last 20 games Longest W Streak...6 (5/30-6/4) Longest L Streak... 6, 4/25-30 Come-from-Behind Wins...27 Losses After Holding Lead...23 Team Saves for-37 (70.3%) 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) (21) Avg. Time-of-Game (Overall)...3: ,383 min/101 G Avg. Time-of-Game (9.0IP)...3: ,813 min/91 G CLE challenges overturned...11 of 22 Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun March/April May June July August Sept Date Opponent Probable Pitchers - Cleveland vs. Opponent First Pitch Radio/TV Fri. July 25 at Kansas City RHP Josh Tomlin (5-7, 4.43) vs. RHP Yordano Ventura (7-8, 3.59) 8:10PM ET WTAM-WMMS/IRN, SportsTime Ohio Sat. July 26 at Kansas City TBD vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (5-8, 4.56) 7:10PM ET WTAM-WMMS/IRN, FoxSports1 Sun. July 27 at Kansas City RHP Danny Salazar (2-4, 5.12) vs. LHP Bruce Chen (2-2, 5.80) 2:10PM ET WTAM-WMMS/IRN, SportsTime Ohio Evolving Technology. Powerful Results. Document Solutions Provider to the Cleveland Indians 4577 Hinckley Industrial Parkway Cleveland, OH PHONE: FAX: Visit us online!

2 PAGE 2 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES thursday, JUly 24, COREY KLUBER (10-6, 2.95) rhp TONIGHT S START The 27-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 22nd start/appearance of the season in the first game of this 4-game series at Kansas City...also marks the 63rd appearance and 58th start of his career. Will be pitching on regular 4 days rest after earning his 3rd win in as many starts in a 6-2 Tribe win on Saturday at Detroit; marked his 3rd straight victory to start the month of July, one shy of his season-high 4-game win streak from May Kluber has allowed 2 or fewer runs in 6 of his last 7 starts dating back to June 15 at Boston, logging the 2nd-lowest ERA (2.20) among AL starters who have made at least 7 starts over that stretch - Tampa Bay s David Price has gone 6-1 w/a 1.45 ERA over his last 7 starts...kluber also owns 48 K s (T4th in AL) against just 11 walks over that span. Has gone 5-4 with a 2.88 ERA (22 ER/68.2 IP) in 11 road starts this season, limiting opposing clubs to 2 or fewer runs in 4 straight outings, and 7 of his last 8 starts away from Progressive Field in Cleveland. Kluber went a perfect 4-0 with a 2.09 ERA (10 ER/43.0 IP) in 6 starts during the month of May, notching a Major League-best 60 strikeouts over that span (more below). Enters today s start ranked 4th in the American League with 152 strikeouts and is averaging just 2.12 walks per nine innings this season (33 BB/140.1 IP), the lowest rate among all Tribe starters...strikeout:walk ratio (4.61) ranks 7th in the American League. Kluber owns a lifetime 4-1 mark with a 3.33 ERA (19 ER/51.1 IP) in 8 career starts vs. Kansas City, and has gone 2-1 w/a 1.61 ERA (4 ER/22.1 IP, 26 SO, 3 BB) in 3 outings this season. LOOKING AT THE LEADERBOARD Kluber has registered 152 strikeouts through his first 21 starts of the season - 4th in the American League, trailing only David Price (173), Felix Hernandez (163) and Yu Darvish (159) - and currently ranks in the top 20 among all qualified AL hurlers in each of the following statistical categories: wins (10, T10th), ERA ( th), innings (140.1, 4th), strikeouts per nine innings (9.75, 5th), strikeout:walk ratio (4.61, 7th) and pitches per inning (15.2, 8th). LAST START Reeled off his 3rd straight victory to start the month of July, falling one out shy of his second complete game of the season in Game One of a doubleheader on Saturday at Detroit, striking out 10 batters over 8.2 innings in a 6-2 win over the Tigers (W, 8.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R-ER, 1 BB, 10 SO, 114 pitches/79 strikes)...marked his second 10 strikeout/one walk performance over his last 3 starts and his 5th double-digit strikeout performance of the season. VS. KANSAS CITY Set to make his 4th start of the season vs. Kansas City, Kluber has gone 2-1 with a 1.61 ERA (4 ER/22.1 IP) in 3 previous outings vs. the Royals...across those 3 starts, Kluber has registered 26 K s against just 3 walks, and has limited Royals batters to a.173 (14-81) average against. Fell 2 outs shy of a complete game in his last start vs. KC on July 6 at Progressive Field, holding the Royals to just 4 hits (2 infield hits), while notching 10 K s and a walk (W, 8.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R-ER, 1 BB, 10 SO, 1 HR, 109 pitches/75 strikes). Notched his first career complete game in a 5-1 Tribe victory over the Royals on April 24 in Cleveland, the first CG by an Indians pitcher w/ 11 strikeouts, no walks and no earned runs since LEN BARKER s 3-0 perfect game on May 15, 1981 vs. TOR (9.0 IP, 11 SO); just the 7th such effort by an Indians pitcher dating back to The Indians were undefeated in Kluber s 4 starts against Kansas City in 2013, as he has gone 4-1 with a 3.33 ERA (19 ER/51.1 IP) in 8 career outings. EVERY HAND S A WINNER Kluber finished the month of May a perfect 4-0 with a 2.09 ERA (10 ER/43.0 IP) in 6 starts, posting 60 strikeouts against just 8 walks historic feats accomplished by the right-hander: The 60 strikeouts were the most for an Indians pitcher in any calendar month since Dennis Eckersley registered 60 punchouts in September/October, 1976 (made final start on Oct. 2). Dating back to 1914, Kluber is just the 5th different Indians pitcher to strike out at least 60 batters in a single month the only other Tribe hurlers to pull the trick are: Sam McDowell (8 times), Bob Feller (8 times), Herb Score (once) and Dennis Eckersley (once)...note: March/April & September/October are combined. Kluber joins Yu Darvish (64, Aug. 2013) of the Texas Rangers as just the second pitcher in the Majors over the last 10 seasons ( ) to record 60+ strikeouts in a single month (feat was not accomplished at all over an 8-season span from ). The last Major League pitcher to record 60+ K s in the month of May was Arizona s Curt Schilling (62) in LET IT RIDE Dating back to 1914, Kluber s stretch of 6 consecutive starts w/ at least 8 K s (5/4-5/30) stood as the 3rd longest streak (same season) in club history - Kluber was the first RHP w/ such a streak since Bob Feller ran up a club-record 9-straight games w/ 8+ K s in Kluber became the first pitcher in the Majors this season to accomplish that feat, the first since YU DARVISH from April 12-May 11, Additionally, Kluber s 6-game streak of 8+ K s, 6.2+IP and 2 or fewer walks tied an American League record shared by Toronto s Roger Clemens (1997) and Seattle s Randy Johnson (1995)...Johnson holds the ML record w/ 8 in a row in 2001 as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks. NO WALK IN THE PARK Kluber finished the 2013 season with a 4.12 strikeout:walk rate, a mark that would have been 6th-best in the AL with enough qualifying inning pitched (162.0). Over his 62 career Major League games, Kluber has never walked more than 4 batters in a single outing, and is averaging just 2.21 walks per nine innings (87 BB/355.0 IP) in his career. Issued just 8 free passes across 43.0 innings in the month of May and is averaging 2.12 walks per nine innings on the season (33 BB/140.1 IP) - 15th in the American League. Strung together a career-long streak of 14.1 consecutive frames without issuing a free pass over three starts from April SPLITS Despite allowing a.267 (77-288) opposing average against in 12 starts vs. opponents outside of the AL-Central, Kluber has limited his Central Division foes to a.228 (56-246) average against through 9 starts this season. On the season, opposing batters are hitting.243 (51-210) with runners on base, but just.217 (25-115) with RISP. Batters have gone (.253) with the bases empty, including 5 solo home runs and 20 doubles. Kluber has allowed just 19 hits in the game s first inning and has limited opponents to a.242 average against (43-178) the first time through the lineup. CAREER SNAPSHOT Right-hander is in his fifth season with Cleveland after being acquired from the San Diego Padres on July 31, 2010 in a 3-team trade that sent RHP Jake Westbrook (from Cleveland) and LHP Nicholas Greenwood (from San Diego) to the St. Louis Cardinals and moved OF Ryan Ludwick from St. Louis to San Diego. Made MLB debut w/ 3 relief appearances as a Sept. call-up with Cleveland in 2011; also made 12 starts & 5 relief appearances for the Tribe in Aug./Sept. of Established himself as a solid contributor to the Tribe rotation in 2013 after being inserted in place of Brett Myers who was injured in mid-april. Strung together a career-high 14.2 consecutive scoreless inning streak spanning over his starts from July 12-26, 2013; did not post a losing decision over his final 12 starts to end the 2013 season and won a career-best 5 straight decisions to end the campaign. Was selected by San Diego in the fourth round of the 2007 June draft out of Stetson (FL) University, where he played 3 seasons. The Birmingham, Alabama native attended Coppell (TX) High School, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. KLUBER S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO Career KLUBER VS. KANSAS CITY W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO Career KLUBER AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO Career HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 9.0, April 24 vs. KC Innings: 9.0, April 24, 2014 vs. KC Hits: 9, 3x, last May 9 at TB Hits: 11, 2x, last June 27, 2013 at BAL Runs: 6, June 10 at Kansas City Runs: 8, May 10, 2013 at DET ER: 5, April 2 at OAK ER: 8, May 10, 2013 at DET SO s: 13, May 4 vs. CWS SO s: 13, May 4, 2014 vs. CWS Walks: 4, 2x, last June 15 at BOS Walks: 4, 3x, last June 15, 2014 at BOS HR: 1, 9x, last July 11 vs. CWS HR: 2, 6x, last June 22, 2013 vs. MIN Pitches: 114, 2x, last July 19 at DET Pitches: 114, 3x, last July 19, 2014 at DET CG s: 1, April 24 vs. KC CG s: 1, April 24, 2014 vs. KC Low-Hit CG: 4, April 24 vs. KC Low-Hit CG: 4, April 24, 2014 vs. KC CG SHO s: N/A CG SHO s: N/A Win Streak: 4, May 9-May 30 Win Streak: 5, July 12-September 27, 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 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 Kluber vs. Kansas City Duffy vs. Cleveland PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO Aoki Aviles Butler Bourn Cain Brantley Colon Cabrera Dyson Chisenhall Escobar Gomes Giavotella Kipnis Gordon Murphy Hayes Hosmer Raburn Ibanez Santana Infante Swisher Moustakas Perez Valencia KLUBER S 2014 DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game P/S 4/2 at OAK 1-6 L Trailing /41 4/8 vs. SD 8-6 W Leading /65 4/13 at CWS Trailing /70 4/19 vs. TOR 0-5 L Trailing /74 4/24 vs. KC 5-1 W Leading /73 4/29 at LAA 4-6 L Trailing /54 April Totals /4 vs. CWS Leading /69 5/9 at TB 6-3 W Leading /70 5/14 at TOR 15-4 W Leading /76 5/19 vs. DET Leading /66 5/24 at BAL 9-0 W Leading /69 5/30 vs. COL 5-2 W Leading /74 May Totals /4 vs. BOS Tied /66 6/10 at KC 5-9 L Trailing /52 6/15 at BOS Trailing /60 6/20 vs. DET 4-6 L Trailing /68 6/25 at ARI 6-1 W Leading /72 6/30 at LA 0-1 L Trailing /67 June Totals /6 vs. KC 4-1 W Leading /75 7/11 vs. CWS 7-4 W Leading /71 7/19 at DET 6-2 W Leading /79 July Totals Season Totals STEAL RATES WHILE PITCHING Year(s) CS SBA CS% TOTAL % friday s probable starter RHP JOSH TOMLIN (5-7, 4.43) The 29-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 14th start/15th appearance of the season in the second game of this 4-game weekend series at Kansas City. Will be pitching on regular 4 days rest after allowing 4 runs on 6 hits and shouldering the loss (L, 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R-ER, 1 HR, 1 BB, 3 SO, 81 pitches/57 strikes) in the Tigers 5-1 defeat of the Indians. After being recalled from Triple-A Columbus to make his 2014 season debut on May 6 vs. Minnesota, Tomlin worked into the 7th inning and picked up his first Major League victory since July 5, 2012 vs. Tampa Bay (W, 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R-ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 93 pitches/66 strikes) marked his first ML appearance since a 2.0-inning relief outing on September 3, 2013 at Chicago-AL; his first start since July 27, 2012 at Minnesota. Owns a career 5-3 record and 5.10 ERA (34 ER/60.0 IP) through 9 starts/11 appearances vs. Kansas City...lost his only start of the 2014 campaign, allowing 5 runs in 5.2 innings.

3 PAGE 3 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES thursday, july 24, 2014 HITTERS NOTES: vs.lhp:.243( ) 20HR,123RBI vs.rhp:.261( ) 77HR,310RBI Home:.266( ) 49HR,207RBI Road:.247( ) 48HR,226RBI MIN Series: ,7 2B,7BB,12RBI,12R,1HR Trip:62-239,17 2B,26BB,33RBI,33R,7HR RISP:.258( ) 26HR,330RBI MIKE AVILES #4 vs.lhp:.273(24-88) 1HR,7RBI vs.rhp:.250(32-128) 2HR,17RBI Home:.302(29-96) 1HR,9RBI Road:.225(27-120) 2HR,15RBI MIN Series: 0-8,1RBI,1R Trip:2-16,1RBI,1R Streak:0G (0-9), 0HR, 1RBI RISP:.190(12-63) 2HR,22RBI 19GS/21G at 2B, 24G/18GS at 3B, 16G/10GS in LF, 8G/7GS at SS, 2G/1GS in CF this year 3 E in 194 TC HR Since 5/1: (.265), 17RS, 8 2B, 2HR, 19RBI (51G) MICHAEL BRANTLEY #23 9th on the team with 24RBI 35-for-114(.307) w/bases empty 3rd on team w/9 SB (9-for-12) 13RBI, 11RS, 4 2B, HR last 26 starts (27-for-102,.265) T2nd in AL in sac bunts (6) hitting.248 (25-101) w/2 strikes ( 18 th in AL) vs.lhp:.263(31-118) 4HR,17RBI vs.rhp:.347(90-259) 11HR,46RBI Home:.361(66-183) 9HR,39RBI Road:.284(55-194) 6HR,24RBI MIN Series: 1-9,1 2B,1BB,1R Trip:8-26,3 2B,3BB,4R Streak:0G (0-8), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.337(32-95) 2HR,48RBI 2014 AL All-Star (1 st ever selection) Had a club-high 15G hit streak (May 14-31) has hit in 59 of last 71 G, (.344), 54RS, 21 2B, 3B, 11HR, 44RBI (since 4/29) E on 4/2(N) snapped club record of 247 consecutive errorless games 1E last 340G Has 71G/70GS in LF, 30G/24GS in CF, (hit safely in 75 of 95GS) 5 th careergame least 4RBI,4/17@DET RBI in 40 of 97 G (has 7 games of at least 3RBI) Hitting.344 (53-154, 5th in AL) w/men on 32-for-95(.337, 6th in AL) w/risp 6-for-10 w/bases loaded, 17 RBI Owns a.774 OPS vs. LHP in 14 ASDRUBAL CABRERA #13 Leads team/ranks among AL leaders in: RBI ( 12th, 63), OPS ( 7th,.894), slg% ( 9th,.512), Avg (5th,.321), avg vrhp (2nd,.347), RS ( 3rd, 67), hits (T4th,121), OB% (7th..382), 2B(T9th, 25), TB ( 7th,193) 3rd in MLB/AL in OF asst(10) 2nd hardest batter in AL to K Since May 14 he is hitting.348 (81-233)w/47RS,17 2B, 8HR, 33RBI in 59G Equaled single-game club record for runs (5RS, 3-3, HR, RBI, 2BB) on 6/9 at TEX, first Indians hitter to score 5 runs in a game since Joe Carter in Sept 1986 AL player of the week (6/9-15) July:.346 (27-78), 6 2B, 3HR, 10RBI, 19 games (.919OPS) 0RBI last 8 G vs.lhp:.235(28-119) 2HR,15RBI vs.rhp:.252(62-246) 7HR,24RBI Home:.269(49-182) 5HR,25RBI Road:.224(41-183) 4HR,14RBI MIN Series: 0-1 Trip:2-14,1BB,2RBI,2R,1HR Streak:0G (0-4), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.183(17-93) 2HR,27RBI Ranked 2nd among AL shortstops in HR (14) and 5th in RBI (60) in Made his 7 th straight Opening Day start (2008) on 3/31 -longest tenured member of current club (2007) T3rd in AL in errors (14) to Donaldson s 18. 2nd on team w/52 runs (Brantley-67),2nd w/22 2B s (Brantley-25) leads AL SS s in homers, runs(t2nd) & is 2nd in OPS SS) missed 2G (lower back spasms) LONNIE CHISENHALL #8 89GS at SS, 2GS at DH 14E in 376 total chances season-high 4 hits on 5/8 vmin (3 XBH s, 3RBI) 200 th career 2B, 3 rd career walk-off HR on 6/4 vs. BOS (Mujica) July:.254 (17-67), 6RS, 3 2B, 3B, 6RBI, 17 G (.669OPS) Last 61 G since 5/7 is (.266) w/39rs, 16 2B, 8HR,32RBI (avg from ) Is (.269) w/none on, 3-for-43 RISP-2outs Has 25 multi-hit G 1E last 25 G vs.lhp:.333(20-60) 1HR,7RBI vs.rhp:.313(70-224) 8HR,34RBI Home:.299(41-137) 3HR,17RBI Road:.333(49-147) 6HR,24RBI MIN Series: 1-11,1R Trip:4-22,4BB,3R Streak:0G (0-10) 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.349(22-63) 4HR,32RBI 4 th player in MLB history w/5h, 3HR, at least 9RBI in a gm, done (Fred Lynn 1975, Gil Hodges 1950, Walker Cooper 1949) first career 3HR gm/2 nd career 2HR gm 57GS/60G at 3B/14GS at DH, 11G/5GS at 1B in 2014 (hit safely in 52 of 76GS) 43-for- 124 (.347) w/runners on base (5th in AL) 9PA s as PH: 3-9, HR, 2RBI Ranks among AL leaders in average (6 th,.317), on-base pct (6th,.388), slg pct (13 th,.489), RISP (4th,.349), avg vs. RHP (7th,.313), OPS (10th,.877), batting avg w/2k s ( 16th,.252, ) & batting avg 7 th inn-on(12 th,.306, 30/98) CHRIS DICKERSON #38 1 st career PH HR on 5/22 at BAL (only 14 Indians PH HR) Since April 29 he is hitting.307 (74-241, 70G) w/36rs,14 2B, 9HR, 40RBI, 25BB Since May 14 he is hitting.314 (65-207) w/12 2B, 9HR & 38 RBI in 59 G Career high 9-G hit streak 6/2-11 since 6/13 is hitting.207 (24-116) w/9rbi in 33G Career-high tying 5 hits on 5/14 at TOR (5-for-6) 4-hit game 4/17 at DET vs.lhp:.250(1-4) 0HR,1RBI vs.rhp:.379(11-29) 2HR,5RBI Home:.471(8-17) 0HR,1RBI Road:.250(4-16) 2HR,5RBI MIN Series: 2-9,3BB,3RBI,2R Trip:4-16,4BB,5RBI,4R,2HR Streak:0G (0-1), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.400(2-5) 0HR,4RBI Acquired from PIT 7/7 for a PTBNL/cash & added to roster. Spring invitee after signing w/pit this past January. Spent early bulk of season w/ AAA Indianapolis, hitting.309 (73-236) with 15 2B, 2 2B, 7HR, 30 RBI and 12 steals in 65 games (.407/.479/.886) YAN GOMES #10 At time of trade ranked 3rd in the International League in on-base pct (.407), 5th in OPS (.886) and 8th in batting average (.309) reached safely in 12 of 22 plate apps w/cle Has 9GS/11G in LF, 1G in CF for Cleveland (.364, 12-33, 8RS, 2B, 2HR, 6 RBI, hit in 8 of 11G w/ AB) 2nd career multi-hr gm 7/19-G2 at DET (also 5/21/13 vs. NYY) vs.lhp:.358(34-95) 4HR,13RBI vs.rhp:.238(50-210) 9HR,26RBI Home:.284(38-134) 6HR,15RBI Road:.269(46-171) 7HR,24RBI MIN Series: 3-8,2 2B,1BB,2RBI,1R Trip:9-18,4 2B,2BB,3RBI,5R,1HR Streak:0G (0-1), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.241(19-79) 2HR,24RBI 2nd among AL catchers in HR (13), 1st in RBI (38) 21RBI last 53 G Has made 2GS at DH, 81GS/83G at CA (39-42 in C starts, hit safely in 55 of 83GS).952 OPS vlhp 3rd in AL in CA CS/SB%(21/66, 31.8%), CS 11 of last 24 JASON KIPNIS #22 1 st among AL Cs w/12 E (3E last 57 G) season-high 8G hit streak 4/19-28 July:.327 (18-55), 7 2B, 4HR, 11RBI, 17G (16RBI since 6/24 are 1st on club over that span) Since May 1, hitting.285 (63-221) w/33rs, 13 2B, 10HR & 31 RBI (62G) vs.lhp:.235(23-98) 1HR,8RBI vs.rhp:.264(51-193) 4HR,22RBI Home:.250(33-132) 2HR,12RBI Road:.258(41-159) 3HR,18RBI MIN Series: 2-13,1BB,1R Trip:7-28,5BB,6RBI,4R,2HR Streak:1G (1-4), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.215(17-79) 3HR,26RBI 1 st AL All-Star team in 13 1 st CLE 2B since 48 to lead the team in RBI (Gordon) On 15-day DL from 4/30-5/27 (2 nd time career) with strained R oblique, which he injured batting on April 29 at LAA Spent 3 G (1-9, HR, 3RBI) on a rehab assign at AAA At the time of his injury was hitting.234 (22-94) w/ 12R, 6 2B, 3HR, 12RBI in 27 G (.354OB/.394SLG/.748OPS, T6th in the A.L. in BB w/17) DAVID MURPHY #7 Hitting.278 (22-79) in July (19G, 14R, 2B,2 HR, 8RBI) &.239 (16-67, 9RS) in 16 starts leading off season-high 10G streak, 6/2-12: (.333), 2B, 7R, 9RBI 3 errors in 328TC Since 6/24 (25G): hitting.280 (29-104) to raise avg. from.241 to.254 (5 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 16 R,.757 OPS) 2nd career multi-hr game 7/18 at DET (4 RBI), first HR s since 4/21 1GS@DH (since DL ret: (.264) 26R, 8 2B, 2HR, 18RBI, 17BB, 48G vs.lhp:.254(18-71) 1HR,15RBI vs.rhp:.238(57-239) 5HR,33RBI Home:.259(38-147) 4HR,23RBI Road:.227(37-163) 2HR,25RBI MIN Series: 2-7,2RBI,1R Trip:4-18,2BB,4RBI,2R Streak:2G (2-7), 0HR, 2RBI RISP:.373(28-75) 2HR,43RBI Member of Texas Rangers, st rd selection by BOS in 03 draft (17th overall) Has 84GS/92G in RF (hit safely in 50 of 84GS) Has four games of at least 4RBI Tied career-bests in hits (5), doubles (3), RBI (5) on 5/14 at TOR (all 3 rd time) Career.294 (65-221) hitter in Progressive Field (7HR, 38RBI, 65G) ROBERTO PEREZ #55 Is 19th in AL in avg w/2 K.243 (33-136) hitting.241 (13-54)w/10RBI in July (17G) Hitting.341 (42-123) w/ men on (7th in AL) 2nd in AL in avg w/risp (.373, 28-75) 15 for last 103 since 6/11 (1HR last 50G) take avg from Hit.185 (15-81) in June (6RS, 4 2B, 7RBI,.501 OPS, 24G) vs.lhp:.000(0-3) 0HR,0RBI vs.rhp:.400(4-10) 1HR,3RBI Home:.667(2-3) 1HR,2RBI Road:.200(2-10) 0HR,1RBI MIN Series: 1-6,1RBI Trip:2-10,1 2B,1RBI Streak:0G (0-2), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.667(2-3) 1HR,3RBI Had spent all of 2014 with AAA Columbus, hitting.305 (53-174) w/11 2B, 1 3B, 8HR & 43RBI in 53 G (.405/.517/.922) Was 11th in IL in RBI (6th most in org) at time Missed over two weeks in mid-may with a strained left hamstring Had 16 RBI over last 13 G from 6/21-7/7 Promoted from AAA on July 8 RYAN RABURN #9 MLB debut (4 GS at C) 7/10vNYY, notching 1 st hit/rbi/hr (2-3, 2R, HR, 2RBI) CLE s 33rd rd pick (#1011l) in 2008 draft hit safely in 3 of his 4 starts vs.lhp:.198(20-101) 2HR,12RBI vs.rhp:.206(13-63) 0HR,6RBI Home:.159(11-69) 0HR,3RBI Road:.232(22-95) 2HR,15RBI MIN Series: 1-3 Trip:3-13,2 2B,1RBI,1R Streak:1G (1-3), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.227(10-44) 0HR,15RBI Has made 17GS at DH, 11GS/15G in LF, 13GS/17G in RF, 1G at 1B Hitting.201, , 14R, 6 2B, 2HR, 18RBI) 2-14 w/2rbi as a PH Since 4/13 is hitting.183 (24-131)w/5 2B, 2HR, 14RBI (49G) JOSE RAMIREZ #11 vs.lhp:.000(0-6) 0HR,0RBI vs.rhp:.182(4-22) 0HR,2RBI Home:.053(1-19) 0HR,0RBI Road:.333(3-9) 0HR,2RBI MIN Series/Trip: 2-3,1 2B,1RBI Streak:1G (2-3), 0HR, 1RBI RISP:.250(2-8) 0HR,2RBI Spent most of 2014 w/aaa Columbus where he has batted.302 (74-245) w/15 2B, 2 3B, 5HR & 29 RBI in 60 G (team-high 19 SB, T6th in IL), 4th-most among in PD system. Ramirez appeared in 11 games for the Indians earlier this season from May 2-19 (2-25, 1 RBI, 4 RS) has made 6 starts(9g) at second base & 1 start at SS (2G) CARLOS SANTANA #41 vs.lhp:.250(28-112) 4HR,12RBI vs.rhp:.196(42-214) 11HR,30RBI Home:.178(27-152) 7HR,13RBI Road:.247(43-174) 8HR,29RBI MIN Series: 6-13,2 2B,2RBI,2R,1HR Trip:8-27,3 2B,4BB,5RBI,3R,1HR Streak:3G (6-13), 1HR, 2RBI RISP:.218(17-78) 3HR,23RBI 2 nd among all MLB hitters in walks (348, Votto first with 386) Has made 26GS at 3B, 39G/38GS at 1B, 11G/10GS at CA, 16GS at DH.265 (40-151) w/men on 45G since 5/22: (.284) , 24R, 10HR, 29RBI, 30BB Hit.169 (14-83) in May June:.308(24-78),10R, 4 2B, 6hr,15rbi in 22 G (1.015OPS) NICK SWISHER #33 1st in AL in BB (67) despite missing 9 G on 7-day concussion DL, 5/26-6/4 Has walked in 48 of 91 G 4th in AL in pitches per PA (4.44) Last G at 3B was 5/22 last 24g since 6/25: (.216), 9R, 4 2B, 4HR, 11RBI (last 4G is 7-for-21 w/3 2B, HR, 5RBI) vs.lhp:.163(15-92) 0HR,5RBI vs.rhp:.233(50-215) 8HR,35RBI Home:.227(37-163) 6HR,25RBI Road:.194(28-144) 2HR,15RBI MIN Series: 3-11,1 2B,1BB,2R Trip:7-28,3 2B,1BB,4RBI,4R Streak:0G (0-4), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.250(18-72) 3HR,31RBI Has reached base via BB/H in 59/78GS 3 rd in MLB (717) in walks since Hitting.236 (30-127) w/men on base On 15-day DL, 5/27-6/11, w/l knee hyperextension Has 52GS at 1B, 25GS at DH, 1GS in RF this year Hitting in #6-spot in order: 21GS,.253 (22-87), 12R, 18RBI 8th in the AL in pitches/plateapp (4.14) hit safely in 13 of last 19 G (season-high 7str G, 7/5-11) 34G since DL return: (.213), 13RS, 7 2B, 5HR, 21 RBI, 5BB, 45K Hit his 9 th career grand slam and 4 th career walk-off homer on 6/19 vs LAA (1 st career game-ending slam) July (19G): (.274), 10RS, 4 2B, 3HR, 15RBI, 3BB (.755OPS)

4 PAGE 4 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES thursday, JULY 24, 2014 PITCHING NOTES: vs.all:.258( )92hr vs.lh:.259( )43hr vs.rh:.257( )49hr Home: , 3.76ERA (448.0IP,187ER) Road: , 4.08ERA (458.2IP,208ER) BULLPEN INFORMATION W L ERA G SV/OPP IR/S 1st Bat/Retired IP H R ER BB SO HR /38 199/42 357/ PITCHING BY MONTH PITCHER APRIL MAY JUNE JULY Allen, C , 2.53 ERA (10.2IP, 3ER) 0-0-3, 3.55 ERA (12.2IP, 5ER) 1-1-4, 1.59 ERA (11.1IP, 2ER) 0-0-6, 0.00 ERA (9.1IP, 0ER) Atchison, S , 2.31 ERA (11.2IP, 3ER) 1-0-1, 2.84 ERA (12.2IP, 4ER) 2-0-0, 4.22 ERA (10.2IP, 5ER) 0-0-0, 3.12 ERA (8.2IP, 3ER) Axford, J , 2.53 ERA (10.2IP, 3ER) 1-2-1, 4.91 ERA (11IP, 6ER) 1-0-0, 3.60 ERA (10IP, 4ER) 0-0-0, 1.29 ERA (7IP, 1ER) Carrasco, C , 6.46 ERA (23.2IP, 17ER) 0-0-0, 2.92 ERA (12.1IP, 4ER) 1-0-1, 1.26 ERA (14.1IP, 2ER) 2-0-0, 0.00 ERA (8IP, 0ER) Crockett, K , 2.08 ERA (4.1IP, 1ER) 1-0-0, 3.00 ERA (6IP, 2ER) 1-0-0, 0.00 ERA (4.2IP, 0ER) Hagadone, N , 6.00 ERA (3IP, 2ER) 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (3IP, 0ER) Kluber, C , 4.14 ERA (37IP, 17ER) 4-0-0, 2.09 ERA (43IP, 10ER) 1-3-0, 2.89 ERA (37.1IP, 12ER) 3-0-0, 2.74 ERA (23IP, 7ER) Rzepczynski, M , 2.53 ERA (10.2IP, 3ER) 0-0-0, 4.00 ERA (9IP, 4ER) 0-1-0, 5.59 ERA (9.2IP, 6ER) 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (4.2IP, 0ER) Shaw, B , 1.98 ERA (13.2IP, 3ER) 1-1-2, 0.71 ERA (12.2IP, 1ER) 0-0-0, 6.52 ERA (9.2IP, 7ER) 2-1-0, 2.79 ERA (9.2IP, 3ER) Tomlin, J , 3.04 ERA (26.2IP, 9ER) 2-3-0, 4.30 ERA (37.2IP, 18ER) 0-2-0, 6.88 ERA (17IP, 13ER) 2014 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 / /6 Atchison, Scott / /3 Axford, John / /5 Carrasco, Carlos / /22 Crockett, Kyle / /0 Hagadone, Nicholas / /5 Kluber, Corey / /19 Rzepczynski, Marc / /8 Shaw, Bryan / /5 Tomlin, Joshua / /34 INDIANS / CODY ALLEN #37 vs.all:.201(31-154)3hr vs.lh:.120(9-75)0hr vs.rh:.278(22-79)3hr Home:0-1-8, 1.93ERA (23.1IP,5ER)26G Road:3-1-5, 2.18ERA (20.2IP,5ER)23G Last Last Last 23G: 12-for-12 in save opp s, 0.79ERA (22.2 IP, 2 ER, 6 BB, 32 SO,.137 avg, 10-74) has active 11.2-inning scoreless strk last 13G (7 H, 3 BB, 18 SO) Ranks among AL relief leaders in G s (T1st, 49), relief K s (T7th, 59), relief batting avg (18th,.201), IRS% (4th, 3/24), Saves (12th,13) relief ERA (15 th, 2.06), 1 st batters faced (16th,.163) batters 17-for-72 (.236) w/runners on & 8-for-48 (.167) w/risp lefties are 9-for-75 (.120, 39K) 1 st blown sv, 5/19vDET 2 games of 3R/ER (2 four-out saves) Indians when appears; 0ER in 43 of 49 G Is 13-for-13 in 9 th inning SV chances 0ER allowed in first 11 G (9.1IP) prior to HR by Hicks on 4/27@SF. SCOTT ATCHISON #48 vs.all:.219(35-160)4hr vs.lh:.232(13-56)2hr vs.rh:.212(22-104)2hr Home:2-0-0, 3.72ERA (19.1IP,8ER)19G Road:1-0-1, 2.59ERA (24.1IP,7ER)23G Last Last Last 11 G: 2.19 ERA (12.1 IP, 9 H, 3 ER) batters 35-for-160(.219) overall, 13-for-67 (.194) w/runners on Since 5/31: 2-0, 5.03ERA, 19.2IP, 21H, 11R/ER, 16K 0.1IP, 3H, 3R/ER on May 31 vs. COL took ERA from 1.50 to 2.59 has 3 relief wins spent 2013 season with NYMs (non-roster invitee) 31 of his 42 outings 0ER allowed Just 3 of 21 IR s have scored (5th in AL) righties have.577 OPS off him (4BB/17K, 5 2B, 3B, 2HR) 2 nd career SV, JOHN AXFORD #44 vs.all:.213(30-141)4hr vs.lh:.197(14-71)1hr vs.rh:.229(16-70)3hr Home:1-2-6, 5.29ERA (17.0IP,10ER)20G Road:1-1-3, 1.66ERA (21.2IP,4ER)23G Last Last Save:5/3/2014 vcws Has 9 SV s (last SV 5/3vCWS) 9-12 in save opps: 7-for-8 w/2run leads; 2-for-4 w/a 1-run lead (5 str saves, 4/16-5/3) Two BS s vcws 34 of 43G scoreless 9 of 16 runs allowed via HR(4) batters.206 (14-68)w/men on,.190 (8-42) w/risp 2nd career walk-off HR to A Ramirez Season/career-high tying 2.0IP Since 5/10 closer removal: 26G, 2.25 ERA, 24.0IP,17H, 8R/6ER,13BB, 32K last 10G: 0.96ERA, 9.1IP, 4H, 2R/1ER, 4BB, 13K Save on was his 1st since 10/2/2012 CARLOS CARRASCO #59 vs.all:.225(48-213)4hr vs.lh:.265(27-102)1hr vs.rh:.189(21-111)3hr Home:2-1-1, 3.19ERA (31.0IP,11ER)12G Road:1-2-0, 3.95ERA (27.1IP,12ER)14G Last Last Save:6/16/2014 vlaa Opened yr in rotation Went 0-3 w/a 6.95 ERA in 4 April GS (22.0IP/17ER) Shifted to pen, 4/29 (22G, 1.49ERA, 36.1IP, 24H, 6ER in 14; last 17G: 0.67ERA, 27.0IP, 14H, 2ER, 26K) Relief avg.146 (7-48) w/runners on, 7th in the A.L. 3-22,.136 wrisp as relief 12 th in AL in relief BA (.186), 4 th in relief ERA (1.49) 1st career sv 6/16 vlaa 2013 relief:1.32 ERA, 8G Over his last 12G since 6/10, owns 0.47 ERA (19.1IP, 11H, 1R/ER, 4BB, 17K, 11/65,.169) (0 runs in last 11.2 innings dating back to 6/22 outing) KYLE CROCKETT #57 vs.all:.245(13-53)1hr vs.lh:.206(7-34)0hr vs.rh:.316(6-19)1hr Home:1-0-0, 2.25ERA (8.0IP,2ER)10G Road:1-0-0, 1.29ERA (7.0IP,1ER)8G Last 1st promoted 5/16 from AA Akron where he posted 0.57 ERA and 6SV in 15 games (15.2IP, 8H, 1R/ER, 3BB, 17K,.145AVG) LH hit.118 (2-17) at AA MLB debut w/ CLE on 5/16 vs. OAK (1.1IP, 2H, 1R/ER) was w/indians 5/16-21 (3G) Optioned to AAA Columbus 5/22-6/12 (6G: 1.04 ERA, 8.2 IP, 7H, 4R-1ER, 0BB, 6SO, LH 1-for-14) recalled by CLE 6/13 & has worked 10.2 IP, 11H, 2ER in 15G since...last 17G w/cle: 1.32 ERA, 13.2IP, 11H, 2ER,10K LH are 7-for-34 (.206) batters 7-for-39 (.179)w/ men on base (3-for-25,.120, w/risp) last 8G: 5.2IP, 4H, 0R Club s 4 th rd selection in 2013 First-Year Player Draft (111th overall) out of Univ. of Virginia; 1st member of 2013 draft class to reach MLB Pg. 266 of MG 1 st MLB win, 6/19 vlaa (Swish) NICK HAGADONE #50 vs.all:.238(5-21)1hr vs.lh:.231(3-13)1hr vs.rh:.250(2-8)0hr Home:1-0-0, 0.00ERA (3.1IP,0ER)4G Road:0-0-0, 6.75ERA (2.2IP,2ER)6G Last Win:6/3/2014 vbos Last Save:5/7/2012 vcws Pronounced hag-ah-donn In 4 th stint w/cle (5/3, 6/2-12, 6/25-28, 7/8), going 1-0 w/a 3.00 ERA in 10 outings to date (6.0IP, 5H, 2R/ER, 2BB, 6K) Around stints in CLE has gone w/a 3.77ERA in 23 G at AAA (28.2IP, 26H, 12ER, 12BB, 41K, 12.9K/9.0IP); limited LHH to.205 (9-44, 24K, 2 2B) avg Last 5G w/cle: 3.2IP, 1H, 0R, 1/10ba batters 2-for-14 w/runners on. MARC RZEPCZYNSKI #35 vs.all:.260(33-127)1hr vs.lh:.178(13-73)0hr vs.rh:.370(20-54)1hr Home:0-1-0, 2.25ERA (16.0IP,4ER)23G Road:0-1-0, 4.50ERA (18.0IP,9ER)25G Last 1st 8 outings this year were scoreless (first 6.2IP) 2.1IP on T2nd longest of career (longest since 8/13/11) batters are 15-for-67 (.224) off him w/ men on base (6-33,.182 w/ RISP) LHH are 13-for-73 w/20so (.446OPS, 2 2B, 11 1B, 5BB) BS on 4/18 vs TOR Last 30 G: (4.29 ERA) 21.0IP, 23H, 14R/10ER, 9BB, 18K since May 11 Has not allowed a run in 37 of his 48 G this year Acquired from St. Louis last July 30 Scoreless outings in 61 of 75 w/cle since being acquired (51 IR s, 9 scored in that span, 18%, 20/3 in th in AL in 2014) T3rd in AL in games (48), 15th in 1 st batter faced avg (.159, 7-44) has 9 holds July 7G: 4.2IP, 3 H, 0R/ER, 5K BRYAN SHAW #27 vs.all:.234(40-171)3hr vs.lh:.361(22-61)1hr vs.rh:.164(18-110)2hr Home:3-0-1, 2.38ERA (22.2IP,6ER)25G Road:1-2-1, 3.13ERA (23.0IP,8ER)23G Last Win:7/13/2014 vcws Last 0ER in 40 of 48 G Tribe when he appears ranks among AL relief leaders in games (T3rd, 48), holds (T9th, 13), innings ( T16th, 45.2) avg ing just 2.56BB/9.0IP RHH hitting just.164 (18-110) w/27k (.473OPS) and batters are 21-for-81 (.259) w/men on base (13-for-50,.260 w/ RISP) first batters just 6-for-45 (.133, 8 th best in AL). Last 15G (6/14): 3.21ERA,14.0IP,13H, 5R/ER,13K May (14G): 0.71 ERA, 12.2IP/1ER July: 10G, 9.2IP, 9H,3ER Has worked on consec. days 15x this year T6th in relief wins(4) RELIEF EFFECTIVENESS Last Appearance First Batter Saves Inhted Runners Pitcher Date OPP(score) IP H R/ER BB SO HR DEC Faced Retired SV Chances IR Scored Allen, C /0-1 - ND Atchison, S /1-2 1 ND Axford, J /0-1 - ND Carrasco, C / ND Crockett, K /0-1 - ND Hagadone, N / ND Rzepczynski, M / ND Shaw, B /1-1 1 L TEAM / ND

5 PAGE 5 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES thursday, JULY 24, 2014 STARTS IN THE ORDER PLAYER J. Aguilar M. Aviles M. Bourn M. Brantley A. Cabrera L. Chisenhall C. Dickerson J. Giambi Y. Gomes E. Johnson J. Kipnis G. Kottaras N. Morgan D. Murphy R. Perez R. Raburn J. Ramirez C. Santana J. Sellers N. Swisher Pitchers GAMES STARTED PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF RF CF DH J. Aguilar M. Aviles M. Bourn M. Brantley A. Cabrera L. Chisenhall C. Dickerson J. Giambi Y. Gomes E. Johnson J. Kipnis G. Kottaras N. Morgan D. Murphy R. Perez R. Raburn J. Ramirez C. Santana J. Sellers N. Swisher LINE-UPS USED: 82 in 101 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 J. Aguilar ,3x, 5/31 vcol , 5/19 vdet M. Aviles ,4x, 5/31 vcol 7/13 vcws , 5/31 vcol /31/14 vcol(morales) M. Bourn ,4x, 6/3 vbos /5/14 vkc(guthrie) M. Brantley , /12/14 vcws(surkamp) A. Cabrera , 5/8 vmin 7/11 vcws ,4x, 7/10 vnyy 5 2 L. Chisenhall ,2x, , 3 4 C. Dickerson , 7/10 vnyy ,2x, J. Giambi ,6x, , Y. Gomes ,4x, ,4x, 7/13 vcws 8 3 J. Kipnis ,5x, 7/10 vnyy ,2x, 2 2 G. Kottaras ,2x, ,2x, N. Morgan ,2x, ,2x, D. Murphy , , /11/14 vcws(noesi) R. Perez , 7/10 vnyy 7/10 vnyy , 7/10 vnyy /10/14 vnyy(miller) R. Raburn ,4x, J. Ramirez , ,2x, C. Santana ,2x, ,3x, 6 8 N. Swisher , , 6/19 vlaa /11/14 vcws(noesi) INDIANS BATTING BY MONTH HITTER APRIL MAY JUNE JULY M. Aviles.240 (12-50) HR, 5RBI, 18G.301 (28-93) 2HR, 16RBI, 25G.195 (8-41), 14G.250 (8-32), 3RBI, 12G M. Bourn.263 (15-57), 3RBI, 13G.303 (30-99) HR, 9RBI, 23G.250 (29-116) HR, 8RBI, 26G.154 (2-13) HR, RBI, 4G M. Brantley.255 (25-98) 4HR, 20RBI, 27G.345 (38-110) 5HR, 19RBI, 27G.341 (31-91) 3HR, 14RBI, 24G.346 (27-78) 3HR, 10RBI, 19G A. Cabrera.220 (22-100) HR, 7RBI, 28G.274 (26-95) 3HR, 9RBI, 25G.243 (25-103) 4HR, 17RBI, 24G.254 (17-67) HR, 6RBI, 17G L. Chisenhall.362 (17-47), RBI, 17G.373 (31-83) 3HR, 14RBI, 26G.311 (28-90) 5HR, 21RBI, 24G.219 (14-64) HR, 5RBI, 19G C. Dickerson (12-33) 2HR, 6RBI, 12G J. Giambi.000 (0-8), 3G.222 (4-18) 2HR, 4RBI, 6G.095 (2-21), RBI, 6G - Y. Gomes.250 (21-84) 3HR, 8RBI, 25G.282 (24-85) 3HR, 11RBI, 23G.259 (21-81) 3HR, 9RBI, 22G.327 (18-55) 4HR, 11RBI, 17G T. Holt (0-0), G E. Johnson.133 (2-15), 6G.000 (0-4), G - - J. Kipnis.234 (22-94) 3HR, 12RBI, 27G.250 (2-8), 3G.255 (28-110), 10RBI, 26G.278 (22-79) 2HR, 8RBI, 19G N. Morgan.348 (8-23), 4RBI, 9G.333 (6-18) HR, 2RBI, 6G - - D. Murphy.282 (22-78) 2HR, 18RBI, 26G.258 (25-97) 3HR, 13RBI, 26G.185 (15-81), 7RBI, 24G.241 (13-54) HR, 10RBI, 17G R. Perez (4-13) HR, 3RBI, 4G R. Raburn.164 (9-55), 4RBI, 18G.260 (13-50) HR, 8RBI, 18G.182 (6-33), 3RBI, 13G.192 (5-26) HR, 3RBI, 10G J. Ramirez (2-25), RBI, 11G (2-3), RBI, G C. Santana.151 (14-93) 3HR, 9RBI, 27G.169 (14-83) 3HR, 8RBI, 23G.308 (24-78) 6HR, 15RBI, 22G.250 (18-72) 3HR, 10RBI, 19G N. Swisher.211 (23-109) 2HR, 10RBI, 28G.211 (16-76) HR, 9RBI, 21G.122 (6-49) 2HR, 6RBI, 15G.274 (20-73) 3HR, 15RBI, 19G 2014 vs. KC Royals G. AB R H HR RBI AVG M. Aviles M. Bourn M. Brantley A. Cabrera L. Chisenhall C. Dickerson J. Giambi Y. Gomes J. Kipnis D. Murphy R. Perez R. Raburn J. Ramirez C. Santana N. Swisher INDIANS Career vs. KC Royals AVG AB H HR RBI M. Aviles M. Bourn M. Brantley A. Cabrera L. Chisenhall C. Dickerson J. Giambi Y. Gomes J. Kipnis D. Murphy R. Perez R. Raburn J,Ramirez C. Santana N. Swisher