2017 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION LEVELAND INDIANS CLEVELAND INDIANS (29-28) vs. CHICAGO WHITE SOX (25-33) RHP Corey Kluber (4-2, 4.36) vs. RHP Miguel Gonzalez (4-6, 4.83) Game #58/Home #32» Fri., June 9, 2017» Progressive Field» 7:10 p.m. (ET)» SportsTime Ohio, WMMS/IRN TO MAKE A BIG MAN CRY TRIBE SWEPT IN THE ROCKIES» After an 11-3 loss on Tuesday night to open the series, Cleveland dropped an 8-1 decision to Colorado on Wednesday afternoon, as the Indians were out-scored 19-4 (-15) in a two-game sweep at the hands of the Rockies...the defeat capped a brief 1-4 road trip for the Tribe through Kansas City (1-2) & Colorado (0-2)...the Indians had a scheduled off day on Thursday here in Cleveland.» Cleveland s lone run on Wednesday came by way of a solo HR off the bat of JOSE RAMIREZ in the 7th inning...pitching on abbreviated two days rest resulting from a rain-shortened outing in KC on Sunday, TREVOR BAUER was tagged for 4 runs on 5 hits and 5 walks in 3.1 innings...the Rockies plated all 8 runs without the benefit of a home run, though Colorado s offense generated 3 doubles and one triple...tribe has dropped 5 of the club s last 7 decisions. WINS & LOSSES» At 29-28 (.509), Cleveland s record is still 6th-best in the A.L. and 11th-best in the Majors...Indians are 15-18 (.455) over their last 33 games since May 1...despite dropping 2 straight, 4 of 5 and 5 of their last 7, the Indians have still won 24 of their last 45 games...n.l. teams currently hold 4 of the top 6 records in the Majors. BEST RECORDS IN A.L., 2017 Team Win% W-L Houston.705 43-18 New York-AL.596 34-23 Boston.542 32-27 Minnesota.536 30-26 Baltimore.534 31-27 Cleveland.509 29-28» At 29-28, Cleveland is 3 wins shy of matching the club s 2017 high-water mark (+4G, 7x, last 28-24, June 1) & sits 3 losses ahead of the club s low-water mark (-2G, 2x, last 5-7 on April 16).» Cleveland is 28-21 against the A.L., but just 1-7 against the N.L... the Tribe has rallied for 11 come-from-behind wins, while suffering 11 losses after holding a lead at some point in the contest... club is 14-15 following a win, 14-12 after a loss...tribe is 7-3 in games decided in the 7th inning-or-later...club is off to a 2-4 start in June; went 14-10 in April to give Tribe 7 consecutive months with a.500-or-better record (including 2016 Postseason), but then went 13-14 in May to end streak.» Cleveland s +11 run differential is 4th-best in the A.L., also 9thbest in the Majors...the Tribe has a +105 run differential in the team s 29 wins (186-81), but a -94 run differential in the 28 losses (66-160). HIGHEST RUN DIFFERENTIAL IN A.L. Team +/- RS RA Houston +107 337 230 New York-AL +85 315 230 Boston +23 277 254 Cleveland +11 252 *241 Tampa Bay +7 284 277 Seattle +4 288 284 *Indians have allowed 4th-fewest runs in Majors» Longest winning streak of the season is 5 games, April 17-22 - the club s first 5-game win streak since reeling off 6 straight victories, Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2016...longest losing skid of the season is 3 games, done three times (April 7-9, April 12-14, May 24-27)...the Indians have not lost more than 3 games in a row since July 2015. A.L. CENTRAL STANDINGS» Cleveland (29-28) enters today in sole possession of 2nd place in the A.L. Central standings, 1.5 games behind 1st-place Minnesota (30-26, +1.5G)...Detroit (29-30, -2.5G) is in 3rd place, Kansas City (26-33, -5.5G) is in 4th place & Chicago-AL (25-33, -6.0G) is in 5th place...the Indians have spent 25 days in 1st place, 31 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 1.5 games (May 7), while largest deficit is 3.0 games (last May 27).» The Indians have gone 13-14 within the A.L. Central, while posting a 16-14 record outside of the division (13-3 vs. A.L. West)...club went 49-26 (.653) against A.L. Central opponents in 2016, Tribe s most wins ever within division since 98 realignment.» Cleveland s offense is averaging 4.0 runs-per-game (108R/27G) against A.L. Central teams, while plating 4.8 runsper-game (144R/30G) against all other opponents. SERIES STUFF» Cleveland has gone 8-11-1 in 20 series played in 2017, going 3-6-0 at home & 5-5-1 on the road...the Tribe is just 7-13 in series openers, but 11-8 in series finales (3-5 in rubber games)...cleveland has 3 sweeps (April 3-5 at TEX, April 17-20 at MIN, May 19-21 at HOU) & has been swept twice: once in a series of 3+ games (April 7-9 at ARI) & once in a 2-game series (June 6-7 at COL).» Cleveland has gone 3-8-1 over the club s last 12 series (Tribe has dropped 5 of 6 and 7 of last 10 series after winning 5 of the previous 6)...longest series winning streak of 2017 is 4 straight series victories (April 17-30), the club s longest such streak since 4 consecutive series wins from June 17-29 during club s historic 14- game win streak in 2016. LONELY TEARDROPS ROAD TRIP RECAP» On the heels of a 4-4 homestand, Cleveland finished just 1-4 on the club s brief 5-game road trip through Kansas City (1-2) & Colorado (0-2)...Tribe was outscored, 35-17 (-18), in the 5 games (3.4 runs-per-game), batting.239 with a 6.37 ERA and.304 avg. against; club went 6-for-26 (.231) w/risp... Cleveland s 17-14 (.548) road record is still 3rd-best in the A.L. & 6th-best in Majors behind Houston (.742, 23-8), Minnesota (.692, 18-8), Colorado (.688, 22-10), Washington (.636, 21-12) and Milwaukee (.600, 15-10)...Indians just completed a stretch that saw club play 15 of 20 in Cleveland from May 12-June 1, but was set to play 13 of their next 19 games on the road from June 2-22 (1-4 record so far)...cleveland has dropped 5 of the club s last 7 road games. TO BE LOVED HOMESTAND» The Indians are set to begin a brief 6-game, 7-day homestand against Chicago-AL (3 games) & Los Angeles-NL (3 games)...tribe has a scheduled off day on Monday in between series...these are scheduled to be Cleveland s only home games from June 2-22.» Cleveland has gone just 12-14 (.462) at Progressive Field this season, the 2nd-lowest home winning pct. in the A.L and T4th-lowest in the Majors with Atlanta/Philadelphia behind Minnesota (.400, 12-18), New York-NL (.424, 14-19) and San Diego (.448, 13-16).» That said, the Indians have won 4 of their last 5 home games at Progressive Field; have outscored opponents 33-11 in that stretch (6.6 runs-per-game), batting.303 with 11 doubles, 7 HR s, an.856 OPS and.326 avg. w/risp, while registering a 2.00 ERA and.198 avg. against. I DON T NEED YOU AROUND CHICAGO SERIES» Cleveland & Chicago-AL are set to engage in this 3-game weekend series at Progressive Field...the Indians and White Sox have split 6 meetings thus far in the 2017 season series, with each club taking 2 of 3 decisions on the road...cleveland has held Chicago-AL to 2-or-fewer runs in 4 of the 6 games.» The Indians are just 13-14 against A.L. Central teams this season, dropping 6 of the last 9 games within the division.» Cleveland is just 1-5 in starts all-time by Miguel Gonzalez. HIGHER & HIGHER SANTANA REACHING FRANCHISE MARK» CARLOS SANTANA (3rd, 542 RBI) is closing in on OMAR VIZQUEL (584) for the club career RBI record for a switch-hitter... CARLOS BAERGA is 2nd at 565 & VICTOR MARTINEZ 4th (518). I CAN DO BETTER PITCHING NOTES» The Indians pitching staff has surrendered 31 runs/25 earned runs over the club s last 4 games (6.82 ERA) to raise Cleveland s full-season ERA from 3.83 to 4.03, still the 5th-lowest team ERA in the A.L. and 10th-lowest in the Majors...Cleveland s staff has registered a 2.65 ERA in the club s 29 wins compared to a 5.54 ERA in the club s 28 losses...cleveland s 9.98 strikeouts-per-9.0ip are 2nd-most in the A.L. & Majors behind only Houston (10.09), while the Tribe s 555 K s overall rank 3rd in the A.L. & 5th in the Majors.» Cleveland s starting rotation has posted an A.L.-high 4.87 ERA this season, 5th-highest in the Majors ahead of only Cincinnati (5.81), Philadelphia (5.17), San Diego (5.13) and New York- NL (5.07)...rotation s 323.1 innings are just T10th-most in the A.L.» Cleveland s bullpen is carrying the lowest ERA in the Majors this season at 2.49, although Tribe relievers have given up 17R- 11ER in 19.2 innings (5.03ERA) across the club s last 4 games. REET PETITE BATTING NOTES» While the Indians have allowed the 3rd-fewest number of runs in the A.L. (4th-fewest in Majors), Cleveland s offense has generated the 3rd-fewest runs in the A.L. (252) ahead of only Kansas City (214) and Oakland (247).» The Tribe s.218 average with runners in scoring position is 2ndlowest in the A.L. & Majors ahead of Oakland (.213)...Cleveland is 18-8 in games with 2+ hits w/risp, but just 11-20 when collecting one-or-zero hits w/risp. WHISPERS MISC. NOTES» Cleveland has remained above the.500 mark since April 20 (8-7)...the Indians were 7-7 following an April 18 win at Minnesota.» COREY KLUBER will be making his first since June 1 tonight on extended 7 days rest. CLEVELAND ROCKS THIS DAY IN MUSIC...» 1964: Bob Dylan recorded Mr. Tambourine Man during an evening session at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City...1972: Singer Elvis Presley made entertainment history by performing 4 sold-out shows at New York s Madison Square Garden...1978: The Rolling Stones released Some Girls, their first studio album recorded with Ronnie Wood as a full member...1998: The Ronettes testified in the Supreme Court of New York as part of their lawsuit against Phil Spector, alledging the group had not been paid royalties since 1963...2007: George Michael played the first concert held at London s Wembley Stadium.» BORN ON THIS DAY: (1891) Cole Porter; (1915) Guitarist Les Paul, co-designer of the Gibson Les Paul (w/ Ted McCarty); (1934) Jackie Wilson, Detroit native who played a large role in Berry Gordy s career before Gordy founded Motown Records; (1967) Dean Felber, bassist, Hootie & The Blowfish; (1978) Matt Bellamy, frontman, Muse. indians at a glance vs. AL: Central West East 28-21 13-14 13-3 2-4 vs. NL: Central West East 1-7 1-2 0-5 0-0 In Series: Home Road Total Overall 3-6-0 5-5-1 8-11-1 Openers 3-6 4-7 7-13 Finales 5-4 7-4 12-8 Rubber 2-4 1-1 3-5 Lead after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 10-1 13-0 23-1 7 inn. 11-1 13-0 24-1 8 inn. 11-1 14-0 25-1 Trail after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 1-12 4-13 5-25 7 inn. 0-12 3-13 3-25 8 inn. 0-13 1-13 1-26 Tied after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 1-1 0-1 1-2 7 inn. 1-1 1-1 2-2 8 inn. 1-0 2-1 3-1 Decided... Home Road Total 7th-or-later 2-2 5-1 7-3 Final AB 1-1 3-1 4-2 Extra-Innings 1-0 0-0 1-0 One-run G s 5-4 4-2 9-6 Walk-offs 1 1 1-1 vs. RH starter 10-7 9-8 19-15 vs. LH starter 2-7 8-6 10-13 tribe by the numbers Overall Record... 29-28 Standing in A.L. Central...2nd, -1.5G Days in 1st (2-3-4-5)...25 (31-6-3-2) Largest 1st-place Lead... +1.5G on 5/7 Largest 1st-place Deficit. -3.0G, last 5/27 Most G Above.500...+4G (7x,28-24,6/1) Most G Below.500... -2G, 2x (5-7, 4/16) Times at.500...3, last 7-7 on 4/18 Current Streak...L2 Road Trip... 1-4 Following a Win... 14-15 Following a Loss... 14-13 Last 5 games... 1-4 Last 10 games... 5-5 Last 15 games... 6-9 Last 20 games...9-11 Longest W Streak...5, (4/17-22) Longest L Streak... 3, 4x (5/24-27) Come-from-Behind Wins...11 Losses After Holding Lead...11 Team Saves... 15-for-18 (83.3%) Record Before All-Star Break... 29-28 Record After All-Star Break... 0-0 Home Record... 12-14 Road Record... 17-14 Day Games... 14-8 Night Games... 15-20 vs. RH starters... 19-15 vs. LH starters... 10-13 vs. Opp. At-or-Above.500... 13-12 vs. Opp. Below.500... 16-16 CLE scores first... 19-10 Opp. scores first... 10-18 CLE out-hits Opp... 24-3 Opp. out-hits CLE... 4-23 CLE/Opp. hits even... 1-2 CLE 3-or-fewer runs... 7-21 CLE 4-or-more runs... 22-7 CLE 5-or-more runs... 19-3 CLE 5 hits-or-fewer... 1-6 CLE 6-9 hits... 18-18 CLE 10-or-more hits... 10-4 CLE hits home run(s)... 23-17 CLE does not homer...6-11 CLE allows home run(s)... 17-23 No HR by Opp... 12-5 CLE charged with error(s)... 8-14 CLE no error(s)... 21-13 CLE starter goes 6.0+IP... 21-9 Players Used (Pitchers)... 33 (15) Avg. Time-of-Game (Overall)...3:04...10,488 min/57 G Avg. Time-of-Game (9.0IP)...3:03...10,271 min/56 G CLE challenges overturned...8 of 12 Mon...4-3 Tues...6-4 Wed...3-6 Thurs...3-1 Fri...2-7 Sat...5-4 Sun...6-3 April...14-10 May...13-14 June...2-4 July...0-0 August...0-0 Sept...0-0 UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATION Date Opponent Probable Pitchers - Cleveland vs. Opponent First Pitch Radio/TV Sat., June 10 CHICAGO-AL RHP Josh Tomlin (3-7, 5.54) vs. LHP David Holmberg (0-0, 2.50) 7:15PM ET WTAM/WMMS/IRN, SportsTime Ohio Sun., June 11 CHICAGO-AL RHP Carlos Carrasco (5-3, 3.36) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (2-7, 5.60) 1:10PM ET WTAM/WMMS/IRN, SportsTime Ohio Thurs., June 8 OFF DAY (Cleveland, Ohio)
PAGE 2 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES friday, june 9, 2017 28 COREY KLUBER (4-2, 4.36 ERA) TONIGHT S START» The 31-year-old right-hander is slated to make his eighth start of the season tonight in the series opener vs. Chicago-AL...will also be his 142nd start & 147th career appearance.» Will be pitching on an extended seven days rest since making his last start on June 1 vs. Oakland...earned the win in Cleveland s 8-0 victory after working 6.0 scoreless innings...allowed just two hits with one walk and tied a season-high with 10 strikeouts.» Set to make his 17th career appearance (16th start) against the White Sox...has gone 7-4 with a 3.07 ERA (37ER/108.1IP) in his previous 16 games against them.» Has made just three starts at Progressive Field this season, going an undefeated 3-0 with a 4.19 ERA (9ER/19.1IP). LAST TIME OUT» Earned his fourth win of the season on June 1 vs. Oakland after tossing 6.0 shutout innings...allowed just two hits with one walk and matched a season-high 10 strikeouts (also April 27 vs. Houston)...marked Kluber s first start since being placed on the Disabled List on May 3 with a lower back strain.» Was Kluber s 26th career double-digit strikeout game, which is the secondmost in the American League & fourth-most in the Majors since the start of 2013 behind Max Scherzer (45), Chris Sale (39) and Clayton Kershaw (36)...has gone an undefeated 16-0 with a 1.55 ERA (34/198.0IP) in starts with 10-or-more strikeouts. VS. CHICAGO-AL AL CENTRAL» Will be making his 17th career appearance (16th start) against the White Sox, including his second start against them this season...has gone 7-4 with a 3.07 ERA (37ER/108.1IP) in his previous 16 games against them.» Faced Chicago earlier this season on April 21 at Guaranteed Rate Field and earned the win after working his fourth career complete-game shutout...allowed just three hits with two walks and nine strikeouts, which marked a season-high at the time.» Has won seven of his last eight decisions against AL Central opponents dating back to August 16 of last year against Chicago-AL (nine starts total in that span).» Went 9-2 with a 2.37 ERA (23ER/87.1IP) in 13 starts against AL Central opponents last season...made quality starts in nine of those 13 appearances...kluber s 2.37 ERA against the AL Central in 2016 was the third-lowest intra-divisional ERA by any qualified pitcher in MLB last year (min. 70.0 innings) behind Jose Fernandez (2.08 vs. NL East) and Masahiro Tanaka (2.27 vs. AL East). AT PROGRESSIVE FIELD» Has gone 3-0 with a 4.19 ERA (9ER/19.1IP) in three starts at home this season.» Kluber has won 12 of his last 13 decisions at Progressive Field (14 starts) dating back to June 5 of last year...has posted a 2.63 ERA (29ER/99.1IP) in that stretch.» Won seven straight home decisions from June 5-August 31, 2016, posting a 1.59 ERA (10ER/56.2IP), which was the longest home winning streak by an Indians pitcher since Cliff Lee won 10 straight home decisions in 2008.» Kluber has struck out seven-or-more batters in nine consecutive starts at Progressive Field (dating back to August 16 of last year), which is the secondlongest streak for an Indians starter at home in franchise history...sam McDowell owns the longest such streak with 11 straight home starts of seven-plus strikeouts from September 29, 1965-July 6, 1966.» Went 10-5 with a 3.24 ERA (70ER/111.0IP) in 16 home starts last season, the 8th-lowest home ERA in the AL in 2016...held opponents to a.221 clip (85-for-388) at Progressive Field, which was the sixth-best mark among all AL qualifying hurlers.» Has worked at least 6.0 innings in each of his last 18 home starts. AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPION» Dating back his 2014 Cy Young Award Season, Kluber has dominated American League pitching categories... has made a team-high 105 starts in that span, which is also the third-most in the AL in that span...71 of those games have been quality starts (T-4th in AL)...overall, Kluber ranks in the AL top 5 for categories in that time (see chart). SEASON HIGHLIGHTS» Made his third consecutive Opening Day start on April rhp KLUBER S AL RANKINGS 2014-2017 Stat # Rank ERA 3.09 4 IP 716.0 1 K 792 2 AVG.228 5 K/9 9.96 3 WHIP 1.08 3 H/9 7.62 5 HR/9 0.82 5 3 at Texas...did not factor into the decision of the Tribe s 8-5 come-from-behind win after allowing five earned runs, including three homers, on six hits in 6.0 innings.» Worked 6.0-or-more innings in each of his first five starts this season & made quality starts in three of the five.» Tossed a 3-hit complete-game shutout on April 21 at Chicago-AL, allowing just two walks with a then- season-high nine strikeouts...marked his fourth career completegame shutout & his 11th career complete game...since the start of the 2012 season, Kluber s four shutouts are tied for ninth-most in MLB & his 11 complete games are tied for the seventh-most.» Struck out a season-high 10 batters on April 27 vs. Houston...marked Kluber s 25th career start with double-digit strikeouts, the second-most in the AL & fourth-most in MLB since the start of 2013.» Spent 28 days on the Disabled List beginning on May 3 through May 31 with a lower-back strain...marked his second-career stint on the DL.» Tied a season-high with 10 strikeouts on June 1 vs. Oakland, his first start since returning from the Disabled List...did not allow a run over 6.0 innings of work (2H, 1BB). KLUBER S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017 4-2 4.36 7 7 43.1 40 22 21 14 51 Career 62-46 3.38 146 141 930.2 841 383 349 221 987 KLUBER vs. CHICAGO-AL W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017 1-0 0.00 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 2 9 Career 7-4 3.07 16 15 108.1 99 39 37 23 109 KLUBER at PROGRESSIVE FIELD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017 3-0 4.19 3 3 19.1 18 9 9 7 28 Career 34-22 3.04 74 71 479.2 420 174 162 118 505 2017 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 9.0, April 21 at CWS Innings: 9.0, 12x, last April 21, 2017 at CWS Hits: 8, 2x, last April 27 vs. HOU Hits: 13, April 22, 2015 at CWS Runs: 6, April 15 vs. DET Runs: 8, 2x, last June 15, 2016 at KC ER: 6, April 15 vs. DET ER: 8, May 10, 2013 at DET SO s: 10, 2x, last June 1 vs. OAK SO s: 18, May 13, 2015 vs. StL Walks: 4, April 27 vs. HOU Walks: 4, 8x, last April 27, 2017 vs. HOU HR: 3, April 3 at TEX HR: 4, Aug. 19, 2015 at BOS Pitches: 110, April 21 at CWS Pitches: 121, Aug. 24 at CHC CG s: 1, April 21 at CWS CG s: 11, last April 21, 2017 at CWS Low-Hit CG: 3, April 21 at CWS Low-Hit CG: 1, last Aug. 14, 2015 at MIN CG SHO s: 1, April 21 at CWS CG SHO s: 4, last April 21, 2017 at CWS Win Streak: 3, April 15-April 27 Win Streak: 7, July 8-August 31, 2016 2017 mlb splits Career mlb splits W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME 3 0 4.19 3/3 19.1 9 ROAD 1 2 4.50 4/4 24.0 12 DAY 2 1 3.93 3/3 18.1 8 NIGHT 2 1 4.68 4/4 25.0 13 GRASS 4 2 4.36 7/7 43.1 21 TURF 0 0-0/0 0.0 0 AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT.273 21 77 3 10 7 21 vs. RIGHT.218 19 87 4 9 7 30 TOTALS.244 40 164 7 19 14 51 W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME 34 22 3.04 74/71 479.2 162 ROAD 28 24 3.73 72/70 451.0 187 DAY 23 17 3.27 53/52 341.1 124 NIGHT 39 29 3.44 93/89 589.1 225 GRASS 60 44 3.35 141/136 898.0 334 TURF 2 2 4.13 5/5 32.2 15 AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT.257 465 1810 46 182 140 493 vs. RIGHT.222 376 1690 43 150 81 494 TOTALS.240 841 3500 89 332 221 987 BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPs Kluber vs. Chicago-AL Gonzalez vs. Cleveland PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO Abreu.333 12 36 3 7 2 10 Almonte 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 0 Anderson.333 2 6 0 0 1 1 Brantley.333 4 12 1 1 0 1 Cabrera.379 11 29 0 3 0 6 Chisenhall.462 6 13 1 5 0 0 Frazier.048 1 21 0 0 1 9 Encarnacion.219 7 32 3 13 6 3 Garcia.261 6 23 0 0 1 5 Gomes.000 0 2 0 0 0 1 Garcia.167 1 6 0 1 3 1 Guyer.000 0 2 0 0 1 0 Narvaez.250 1 4 0 0 1 2 Jackson.571 4 7 1 1 2 0 Saladino.429 3 7 0 0 0 2 Kipnis.231 3 13 0 1 0 4 Sanchez.143 2 14 0 0 1 6 Soto.000 0 3 0 0 0 1 Lindor.000 0 6 0 1 2 2 Perez.250 1 4 0 1 0 1 Ramirez.429 3 7 1 3 0 0 Santana.231 3 13 0 0 5 4 STRIKEOUT SUCCESS» Since his 2014 Cy Young Season, Kluber has struck out 792 batters, the second-most among AL hurlers & fourth-most in MLB behind Max Scherzer (926), Chris Sale (834) and Clayton Kershaw (813)...has averaged 9.96 strikeoutsper-9.0ip in that span, the seventh-best in MLB (third in the AL).» Kluber has recorded three-or-more strikeouts in 57 consecutive starts, the seventhlongest active streak in MLB...Clayton Kershaw owns the longest streak with 194.» Has recorded double-digit strikeouts in two starts this season (April 27 vs. Houston [10] and June 1 vs. Oakland [10])...his 26 career double-digit strikeout games are the second-most in the American League & fourth-most in the Majors since the start of 2013...has gone an undefeated 16-0 with a 1.55 ERA (34/198.0IP) in starts with 10-or-more strikeouts. KLUBER S 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game P/S 4/3 at TEX 8-5 - 7.50 6.0 6 5 5 3 3-0 6 Trailing 3-5 109/67 4/9 at ARI 2-3 L 3.00 6.0 6 3 2 1 1-0 4 Trailing 0-3 90/61 4/15 vs. DET 13-6 W 8.53 6.1 8 6 6 1 2-0 8 Leading 9-4 107/71 4/21 at CWS 3-0 W 0.00 9.0 3 0 0 0 2-0 9 Leading 3-0 110/73 4/27 vs. HOU 4-3 W 3.86 7.0 8 3 3 1 4-0 10 Trailing 2-3 105/72 April Totals 3-1 4.19 34.1 31 17 16 6 12-0 37 5/2 at DET 2-5 L 15.00 3.0 7 5 5 1 1-0 4 Trailing 1-5 55/38 May Totals 0-1 15.00 3.0 7 5 5 1 1-0 4 6/1 vs. OAK 8-0 W 0.00 6.0 2 0 0 0 1-0 10 Leading 1-0 77/51 June Totals 1-0 0.00 6.0 2 0 0 0 1-0 10 Starter Totals 4-2 4.36 43.1 40 22 21 7 14-0 51 CAREER SNAPSHOT» Kluber is in his eighth season with the Cleveland organization after being acquired from the San Diego Padres on July 31, 2010 in a three-team trade that sent RHP Jake Westbrook (from Cleveland) & LHP Nicholas Greenwood (from San Diego) to the St. Louis Cardinals and moved OF Ryan Ludwick from St. Louis to San Diego.» Signed a five-year contract extension with the Indians through 2019 on April 5, 2015...the deal includes club options for 2020 & 2021.» Won the American League Cy Young Award in 2014 after going 18-9 with a 2.44 ERA (64ER/235.2IP)...his 18 wins and 34 starts were tied for the most in the AL.» Kluber is one of just four pitchers in MLB to have recorded 200-or-more strikeouts & 200+ innings in each of the last three seasons (2014-2016), joining Max Scherzer, Madison Bumgarner & David Price.» Made his first career All-Star appearance at the 2016 All-Star Game in San Diego on July 12...earned the win in the American League s 4-2 victory after working a perfect 2nd inning for the AL with one strikeout.» Made six starts during the 2016 Postseason, going 4-1 with a 1.83 ERA, allowing just seven earned runs across 34.1 innings pitched...posted a 0.89 ERA (3ER/30.1IP) through his first five Postseason starts.» Kluber became just the fifth pitcher in Postseason history to throw at least 6.0 scoreless innings in each of his first two Postseason starts.» Kluber was selected by San Diego in the 4th round of the 2007 June draft out of Stetson (FL) University, where he played three seasons. STEAL RATES WHILE PITCHING Year(s) CS SBA CS% 2011-16 29 78 37.2 2017 3 9 33.3 TOTAL 32 87 36.8 TOMORROW s probable starter RHP JOSH TOMLIN (3-7, 5.54 ERA)» Tomlin is set to make his 12th start of the season tomorrow against Chicago-AL...will also mark his 121st career start & 137th career appearance.» Will be pitching on an extended seven days rest since making his last start on June 2 at Kansas City...was dealt his seventh loss of the season in the Tribe s 4-0 defeat after allowing three runs on seven hits in 7.1 innings of work.» Set to make his 12th career appearance (11th career start) against the White Sox... has gone 4-4 with a 3.88 ERA (25ER/58.0IP) in his previous 11 games against them.» Faced Chicago earlier this season on April 13 at Progressive Field & took the loss after allowing seven runs on eight hits in just 1.2 innings of work.» Has gone 2-4 with a 6.19 ERA (22ER/32.0IP) in six starts at Progressive Field as opposed to being 1-3 with a 4.88 ERA (18ER/31.1IP) in five road starts.
PAGE 3 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES friday, june 9, 2017 HITTERS NOTES: vs.lhp:.239(163-681) 21HR,69RBI vs.rhp:.251(305-1217) 47HR,168RBI Home:.259(223-860) 34HR,118RBI Road:.236(245-1038) 34HR,119RBI COL Series: 14-65,2 2B,2BB,4RBI,4R,3HR Trip:39-163,10 2B,11BB,16RBI,17R,6HR RISP:.218(99-454) 14HR,161RBI MICHAEL BRANTLEY #23 vs.lhp:.279(19-68) 1HR,5RBI vs.rhp:.306(37-121) 4HR,19RBI Home:.316(30-95) 3HR,15RBI Road:.277(26-94) 2HR,9RBI COL Series: 0-8 Trip:4-16,1 2B Streak:0G (0-8), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.234(11-47) 2HR,18RBI 48GS/49G in LF (56-189,10 2B, 5HR, 24RBI), hit or BB in 40 starts 25-for-81(.309)w/men on club is 27-22 when he plays (2-6 when he does not) 15 th in the A.L. in avg (.296) 2016 Season was limited to just 11 games at the Major League level around two stints on DL hitting.267 (24-for-90) with two strikes this season (6th-best in A.L.) LONNIE CHISENHALL #8 Last 23G: 28-for-90 (.311) 7 R, 6 2B, 0HR, 7 RBI 22RBI last 45G May: 27/92 (.293), 9 R, 5 2B, 5 RBI (.717 OPS) hit in 14 straight games, May 15-30 and has hit in 17 of last 20 games (24-78,.308, 7 R, 6 2B, 7 RBI) vs.lhp:.286(4-14) 1HR,2RBI vs.rhp:.272(22-81) 6HR,21RBI Home:.279(12-43) 4HR,15RBI Road:.269(14-52) 3HR,8RBI COL Series/Trip: 2-3,1RBI,1R,1HR Streak:1G (2-3), 1HR, 1RBI RISP:.222(6-27) 2HR,14RBI Began the year on the 10-day DL (R shoulder sprain) Also on concussion 7-day DL from 5/23-6/5 19GS in CF, 11G/6GS in RF(26-95, 6 2B, 7HR, 23RBI) 14 EXBH/26 overall hits Average of.304 (68-for-224) at home since the start of 2016 (League Avg:.259) EDWIN ENCARNACION #10 2 nd career career slam/3 rd career PH homer on Apr. 14 vs. Detroit (Rodriguez) HR d in consecutive games, 4/15-16.15-for-46 (.326) w/men on base.2-for-7 as PH, 2B, HR, 4RBI last 9 games: 9-for-28, 9R, 2B, 5HR, 9 RBI vs.lhp:.262(17-65) 2HR,5RBI vs.rhp:.214(28-131) 8HR,17RBI Home:.202(18-89) 3HR,7RBI Road:.252(27-107) 7HR,15RBI COL Series: 0-1 Trip:2-12,1BB,1R Streak:0G (0-4), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.118(6-51) 2HR,11RBI Signed by CLE on 1/15 to 3yr contract 12GS @1B; 42GS @DH(45-196, 4 2B,10HR,22RBI) 21RBI/9HR; last 54 G last 18G: 19-for-65(.292), 11R, 2 2B, 5HR, 10RBI (.897 OPS) Three-time A.L. All-Star (last in 2016) Has hit at least 30 home runs in each of the last five seasons (only MLB player)...first HR w/cle in Progressive Field on 4/27 vs. HOU. First 2HR game w/cle on 5/23@CIN (2-4, 3R, 2HR, 3RBI) 15 th multihr gm since 2014(leads all of MLB) YAN GOMES #7 Is 17-for-91 (.187) with men on base Owns 26 multi-hr games in his career (two 3-HR; 24 2-HR games) T9th in A.L. w/31 walks(reached via hit or walk in 42 of last 48 games) Has at least one K in 40 of 55 G (T15th in A.L. in SO-61) 29 HRs in 424 ABs (14.6 AB/HR) on the road since start of 2016 41 walks in 230PAs (17.8%) vs LHP since start of 2016 May: 27G, 26/99,.263, 14R, 3 2B, 6HR, 13RBI,.829 OPS(13BB) June: 4G, 2-for-12 (.167), R, 0HR, 0 RBI. vs.lhp:.250(9-36) 3HR,6RBI vs.rhp:.233(20-86) 1HR,7RBI Home:.148(8-54) 1HR,3RBI Road:.309(21-68) 3HR,10RBI COL Series: 1-3 Trip:3-10,1 2B Streak:3G (3-10), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.200(6-30) 2HR,10RBI 36GS/38G in C (29-122, 14 R, 9 2B, 4HR, 13 RBI), 12-for-24 (50%) throwing out runners SB/SBA (leads the Majors) 10-for-49 (.204) w/runners on base 8 th career two-walk game on May 7 at KC (drew 9 walks in 264 plate appearances in 2016) 3 rd career 5RBI game, 5/21 at HOU 6th among A.L. catchers in OPS (.731,min 125 PA) Last 31 games since Apr. 17: 27-for-92 (.293) w/11r, 9 2B, 3HR, 12RBI, 9BB (.864 OPS) ERIK GONZÁLEZ #9 Last 10 games: 5-for-32, 2R, 2B, HR, 2RBI hitting.161 (43-for-267) vs. RHP since the start of 2016 (hitting.233 vs. RHP in 2017) Has thrown out 41.5% of runners attempting to steal (22/53) since the start of 2016 (Rank: 8 th ) May: 19G, 17/61 (.279), 8 R, 6 2B, 3HR, 11RBI (.887OPS) vs.lhp:.000(0-5) 0HR,0RBI vs.rhp:.400(4-10) 0HR,0RBI Home:.400(4-10) 0HR,0RBI Road:.000(0-5) 0HR,0RBI KC Series/Trip: 0-1 Streak:0G (0-1), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.000(0-3) 0HR,0RBI Spent the entire season to date at Triple-A Columbus, hitting.269 (36-134) with 4 doubles, 3 triples, 5 home runs and 11 RBI in 32 games before May 14 recall. At time of recall ranked T-7th in the International League in hits (36), 8th in total bases (61) and tied for 10th in home runs (5). AUSTIN JACKSON #26 Defensively, he appeared in 23 games at shortstop, 5 games at second base, 2 games at third base and 4 games in the outfield (3 RF, 1 LF)...Appeared in 3 G/1GS at SS, 1G/GS at 3B and 3G/1GS at second base with Cleveland since 5/14 recall (0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter) Career-high 3 hits, 2 runs on June 1 vs. OAK vs.lhp:.316(12-38) 1HR,3RBI vs.rhp:.227(5-22) 1HR,4RBI Home:.185(5-27) 2HR,6RBI Road:.364(12-33) 0HR,1RBI COL Series: 2-4,1BB Trip:5-13,2 2B,3BB,2R Streak:1G (2-3), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.077(1-13) 0HR,4RBI Non-roster in MLB camp was signed on Jan. 25 15GS in CF; 7G/4GS in RF, 1G in LF (17-60, 7R, 7 2B, 2HR, 7 RBI), 0-for-3 as PH season-high 3 RBI on 5/28 vs KC (most since 10-1-2015) has 5 RBI last 8 games w/a plate appearance (8-for-22, 3 2B, HR, 4 R) Is 3-for-22 w/runners on base Has a.948 OPS vs. LHP this year (6 2B, HR, 5BB) JASON KIPNIS #22 Placed on DL on 5/2 after injuring his left great (big) toe running the bases the night before in Detroit has appeared in 11 games since return on 5/26 (8-for-27, 4R, 3 2B, HR, 5RBI) He appeared in 3 rehab games with Columbus (4-for-10, 2B, HR) beginning on 5/19. Hitting.229 (8/35) with 2 strikes (20 th -best mark in A.L.) vs.lhp:.200(12-60) 3HR,12RBI vs.rhp:.242(24-99) 4HR,10RBI Home:.250(20-80) 4HR,11RBI Road:.203(16-79) 3HR,11RBI COL Series: 1-8 Trip:3-17,2BB,2RBI,3R,1HR Streak:0G (0-6), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.375(12-32) 1HR,16RBI Was limited to two exhibition games in March and began the 2017 season on the 10-day DL w/r shoulder strain Activated from DL on 4/21 (40GS at 2B), 15-for-56 w/runners on Appeared in 7 rehab games between AA Akron & AAA Columbus beginning on 4/9 FRANCISCO LINDOR #12 Equaled single-game career-best w/4 RBI (8 th time) and 2 HR (4 th time) on 5/14 vs. MIN that took his season OPS from.359-.518 batting 1 st : 25/88 (.284), 14R, 5 2B, 7HR, 16RBI, 9BB (last 22 games/starts,.347/.580/.926) Indians are 11-11 when he bats lead off (4/23 last 7G) vs.lhp:.317(26-82) 5HR,6RBI vs.rhp:.237(33-139) 7HR,20RBI Home:.304(28-92) 6HR,11RBI Road:.240(31-129) 6HR,15RBI COL Series: 2-8,1 2B Trip:4-21,2 2B Streak:1G (2-4), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.170(8-47) 1HR,14RBI 2016 A.L. All-Star Hit.370 (10/27) in WBC for Team PR 56GS at SS (59-221, 12HR, 26RBI, 21BB) reached via hit/walk in 49 of 56GS (Leads A.L. SS in HR, 2B, 3rd in 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.332 (195-for-588) at home in his career/start 2015 (Rank: 3 rd ) ROBERTO PÉREZ #55 A.L. leaders: HR (T14th, 12), TB (11 th, 113), R (T10th, 37), 2B (T6th, 16), Ext Base H (T3rd, 29) 18-for-78 (.231) w/runners on Last 9 games since May 29: 6-for-34 (.176), 4 R, 2 2B, HR, 2RBI His 16 extra base hits were most by an Indians hitting in April since 2001 (18; Juan Gonzalez) Has two 12 game hit streaks this year reached safely in 19 of last 22 games (H or BB) vs.lhp:.143(3-21) 0HR,6RBI vs.rhp:.125(6-48) 0HR,2RBI Home:.143(5-35) 0HR,5RBI Road:.118(4-34) 0HR,3RBI COL Series: 0-3 Trip:1-6,1 2B,1BB,2RBI,1R Streak:0G (0-5), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.238(5-21) 0HR,8RBI Member of Team Puerto Rico in the WBC (app d in 2 G) 22G/21GS at C in 2017 (9-69, 2 2B, 8 RBI) 4-for-12 throwing out baserunners is 7-for-33 with runners on base. Started all 15 G of the Postseason and hit 2 HR in Game 1 of the World Series. On DL (R thumb fracture/surgery) from 5/1-7/17/2016 1-for-17 when behind in count Walked in 23 of his 179 2016 plate appearances to leave his season on-base pct. at.285 JOSÉ RAMIRÉZ #11 Batting just.130 (15-for-115) at home since the 2016 All-Star Break Signed four-year deal w/2021 & 2022 club options on 4/2 Since 5/1: 3-for-39 (.077) with 4 R, 3RBI has thrown out 41.7% of runners attempting to steal (15/36) since the start of 2016 (Rank: 2nd of 80 in MLB; League Avg: 24.3%) vs.lhp:.256(20-78) 2HR,9RBI vs.rhp:.310(40-129) 6HR,18RBI Home:.368(35-95) 4HR,14RBI Road:.223(25-112) 4HR,13RBI COL Series: 2-8,1RBI,2R,1HR Trip:6-19,1RBI,3R,1HR Streak:4G (6-16), 1HR, 1RBI RISP:.250(10-40) 2HR,18RBI 15GS at 2B, 41GS at 3B (60-207, 31R, 12 2B, 8HR, 27RBI) BB or hit in 45 of 56GS 21- for-85 (.247) w/men on A.L. leaders: 3B (T6 th, 2),avg w/2k (14 th,.240,24/100), H (T18th, 60) 4RBI last 29 games after 23 RBI the first 27 games..353 avg. (134/380) at home since start of 16 (Rank: 3rd) has stolen 3B 10 times since the start of 2016 (T7th in MLB) 2BB last 77 plate apps since 5/15 DANIEL ROBERTSON #99 May 26G: 24-for-93 (.258) w/14r, 6 2B, 2 3B, HR, 5 RBI (10BB, 14K) 1 st career two-hr game & career-high 6 RBI on 4/15 vdet run or RBI in 28 of 56 games. Signed 5-year deal on March 28 w/club options for 2022 & 2023. Last 12 games he is 17-for-45 (.378) with 10 runs, 4 2B, 2HR, 3 RBI vs.lhp:.364(8-22) 0HR,4RBI vs.rhp:.111(2-18) 0HR,0RBI Home:.231(6-26) 0HR,1RBI Road:.286(4-14) 0HR,3RBI COL Series: 1-2,1 2B Trip:3-10,2 2B,3RBI,1R Streak:1G (1-1), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.300(3-10) 0HR,4RBI Signed by Cleveland in offseason as a non-roster player to Major League camp. Appeared in 4 games for Triple-A Columbus this year, spending the first five weeks on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring suffered on March 28 in exhibition play. With Columbus went 7-for-15 (.467) with a double and 1 RBI (4 runs) CARLOS SANTANA #41 Made CLE debut on 5/14 in RF (1-4, 1 RBI, RS) 1GS in CF, 12G/9GS in RF, 3 G/1GS in LF (0/1 as PH) Has an.937 OPS vs. LHP (.391/.545) 1-for-3 as a pinch-hitter Has hit safely in 8 of 11 starts for Cleveland thus far season-high 3 RBI on 6/4 at KC (2 nd career game of at least 3 RBI). vs.lhp:.179(15-84) 2HR,7RBI vs.rhp:.252(35-139) 5HR,27RBI Home:.210(21-100) 4HR,17RBI Road:.236(29-123) 3HR,17RBI COL Series: 1-7,1BB Trip:3-18,1 2B,3BB,3RBI,2R,1HR Streak:0G (0-4), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.293(17-58) 1HR,25RBI 7GS at DH; 45GS at 1B, 5 GS in RF (50-223, 32 R, 16 2B, 7HR, 34RBI, 31BB) Is 29-for- 97 (.299)w/men on RBI in first 4 games June 6G: 4-for-21 (.190), 3 R, 1 2B, 1HR, 4RBI A.L. leaders: RBI(T16th, 34), 2B (T6th, 16), BB ( T9th, 31) 1000 th career game, 5/16 Collected single-season career bests (2016) in HR, EB hits, TB, RBI, hits, OPS & runs Owns single-season (34 in 2016) & career HR marks (158 career) by a switch-hitter is 3 rd in club history in RBI(542) by a switch-hitter behind Vizquel(584) and Baerga (565). BRADLEY ZIMMER #4 last 14 games since May 23: 13-for-52 (.250) with 9 R, 3 2B, 3HR, 12RBI 34 HR were the most by an Major League switch-hitter since Teixeira (39, NYY, 2011) Hit.308 (8/26) in the WBC for the DR squad w/2 2B, 3 RBI in 6 G Carlos Santana has an OBP of.409 (115 PAs) with runners on base this season (Rank: 18th of 211 full-time hitters in MLB; League Avg:.334). 8 th in club history with 669 career walks (Thornton is 7 th at 685) vs.lhp:.154(2-13) 0HR,1RBI vs.rhp:.310(13-42) 4HR,12RBI Home:.300(9-30) 2HR,8RBI Road:.240(6-25) 2HR,5RBI COL Series: 2-8,2RBI,1R,1HR Trip:3-15,1BB,4RBI,3R,2HR Streak:2G (2-8), 1HR, 2RBI RISP:.333(5-15) 1HR,8RBI Top prospect in system entering 2017 (MLB.com) promoted from Columbus on May 16. 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 (18G/14GS CF 3 rd among MLB rookies in OPS (.908) behind Judge/Haniger 9/30 (.300) w/runners on Ranked T-2nd in IL w/18 extra base hits, 5th in both steals (9) and total bases (67) at recall multi-hit games in 3 of his 14 starts (15/55, 8R, 4 2B, 4HR, 13RBI, 3 SB,.344/.564/.908) First MLB hit and first MLB homer (Colome) on May 17 vs. TB (2-4, 2R, 2B, HR, 2RBI) has reached base safely via hit/walk in last 13 starts since MLB debut of 5/16 over his last 15 games since May 21 he is 13-for-43 (.302) with 6 R, 3 2B, 3HR, 11RBI. Career-high 4RBI on 5/30 vs. OAK (2B, HR)on May 17 vs. TB (2-4, 2R, 2B, HR, 2RBI)
PAGE 4 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES friday, june 9, 2017 BULLPEN INFORMATION W L ERA G SV/OPP IR/S 1st Bat/Retired IP H R ER BB SO HR 7 3 2.49 57 15/18 81/31 176/122 177.1 148 62 49 60 206 15 PITCHING BY MONTH PITCHER APRIL MAY JUNE JULY Allen, C. 0-0-6, 0.90 ERA (10IP, 1ER) 0-2-8, 4.22 ERA (10.2IP, 5ER) 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (2IP, 0ER) - Goody, N. 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (7.1IP, 0ER) 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (12IP, 0ER) 0-0-0, 7.36 ERA (3.2IP, 3ER) - Kluber, C. 3-1-0, 4.19 ERA (34.1IP, 16ER) 0-1-0, 15.00 ERA (3IP, 5ER) 1-0-0, 0.00 ERA (6IP, 0ER) - Logan, B. 0-0-0, 1.93 ERA (4.2IP, 1ER) 1-0-0, 3.18 ERA (5.2IP, 2ER) 0-0-0, 6.75 ERA (2.2IP, 2ER) - McAllister, Z. 0-0-0, 2.08 ERA (8.2IP, 2ER) 0-0-0, 2.19 ERA (12.1IP, 3ER) 0-0-0, 9.82 ERA (3.2IP, 4ER) - Miller, A. 1-0-0, 0.00 ERA (11.2IP, 0ER) 2-0-0, 0.61 ERA (14.2IP, 1ER) 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.1IP, 0ER) - Otero, D. 0-0-0, 4.32 ERA (8.1IP, 4ER) 0-0-0, 2.38 ERA (11.1IP, 3ER) 1-0-0, 2.45 ERA (3.2IP, 1ER) - Shaw, B. 1-0-1, 3.27 ERA (11IP, 4ER) 0-1-0, 2.19 ERA (12.1IP, 3ER) 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (3.1IP, 0ER) - PITCHING NOTES: vs.all:.243(458-1887)66hr vs.lh:.267(221-829)34hr vs.rh:.224(237-1058)32hr Home:12-14-5, 3.87ERA (235.0IP,101ER) Road:17-14-10, 4.17ERA (265.2IP,123ER) CODY ALLEN #37 vs.all:.264(24-91)2hr vs.lh:.229(11-48)0hr vs.rh:.302(13-43)2hr Home:0-1-5, 3.86ERA (9.1IP,4ER)9G Road:0-1-9, 1.35ERA (13.1IP,2ER)14G Last Win:9/4/2016 vmia Last Save:5/29/2017 voak 17 of his 23 outings are scoreless this year; batters are 10-for-44 with runners on & 4-for-28 w/risp against 14-for-15 in save conversions & has saved 23 of 24 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 J Mesa (has 106)... first P in MLB history (1969) to record a save & 3+ K s in each of team s first 2 games (13.9 K/9.0IP) T10th in MLB w/35 relievers strikeouts of 101 batters faced (fanned 19 of 52 LH batters faced) T5th in A.L. in saves(14), 18 th in relief ERA(2.38) RH batters are hitting.182 against (30/165) since start of 2016.last 10G: 9.2IP, 13H, 7R/5ER, 4BB, 11 K AL Reliever of Month for April 100 th career MLB save, 5/6 at KC KYLE CROCKETT #57 vs.all:.500(1-2)0hr vs.lh:.500(1-2)0hr vs.rh:.000(0-0)0hr Home:0-0-0, 0.00ERA (0.0IP,0ER)0G Road:0-0-0, 27.00ERA (0.1IP,1ER)1G Last Win:9/18/2014 @HOU Recalled from AAA Columbus on 6/7 (Clevinger optioned) Spent first two months of the 2017 season in AAA Columbus, posting a mark of 1-0 w/a 1.85 ERA in 21 relief outings for the Clippers (24.1IP, 16H, 5R/ER, 8BB, 28SO,.190 avg, 10.36 SO per 9.0IP Did not allow a run over his last 5 outings (5.2IP, 3H, 6SO); limited LH AAA batters to a.150 (6-40) average Made 2017 MLB debut on June 7 at Colorado (0.1IP, 1 H, 1ER, 1SO) NICK GOODY #44 vs.all:.152(12-79)2hr vs.lh:.200(4-20)0hr vs.rh:.136(8-59)2hr Home:0-0-0, 0.00ERA (13.0IP,0ER)10G Road:0-0-0, 2.70ERA (10.0IP,3ER)10G Began the year in Columbus, posting 4.1 scoreless innings over three relief appearance for the Clippers (4.1IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 10SO,.133 avg) fanned 10 of the 17 batters he faced at Triple-A and right-handed hitters are hitless in 8 at bats Indians MLB debut on 4/14 vs DET (2.0IP, 1H, 0R) has 18 outings w/0 ER allowed to date with Indians since 4/14 recall, batters are 12-for-79 with 25 strikeouts, including a mark of 8-for-34 with runners on base (RHH batters are 8-for-59 w/3 BB, 20K) at least 1.1IP in 7 of 20 outings batters are 3-for-27 when behind in the count. Acquired in Dec. from NYY Owns the 5 th -lowest A.L. relief average against (.152), 3 rd -lowest relief ERA (1.17) First 17G, 20.1IP w0er all d Last 3 G: 2.2 IP, 3H, 3R/ER, 1BB, 3SO, 2HR BOONE LOGAN #48 vs.all:.260(13-50)0hr vs.lh:.250(8-32)0hr vs.rh:.278(5-18)0hr Home:1-0-0, 0.00ERA (6.2IP,0ER)11G Road:0-0-0, 7.11ERA (6.1IP,5ER)16G Last Win:5/15/2017 vtb Last Save:6/12/2016 vsd Owns 608 career appearances (all in relief), 13th among active pitchers and most among active left-handed pitchers (SF Javier Lopez) owns 21 scoreless outings over 27 appearances in 2017 (13.0IP, 1 hold;batters are 13-for-50 w/a 2B) has had 9 outings without recording an out last 14G: 7.0IP, 5H, 3ER, 4BB, 6 SO batters are 6-for-18 w/runners on (4/9 with RISP) Opponents are hitting.188 against Boone Logan (40-for-213) since the start of 2016 (Rank: 16th of 240 qualified RPs) 600 th career appearance, May 17 vs. TB(T-9 th in A.L. in Gs) ZACH McALLISTER #34 vs.all:.222(20-90)3hr vs.lh:.333(13-39)1hr vs.rh:.137(7-51)2hr Home:0-0-0, 1.42ERA (12.2IP,2ER)9G Road:0-0-0, 5.25ERA (12.0IP,7ER)10G Last Win:8/29/2016 vmin Last Save:7/19/2015 @CIN 2017 debut on 4/5 at Texas (1.0IP, 0H, 0R) 15 of his 19 outings are scoreless (23.2IP), RH batters are 7-for-51 with 18SO (5BB) batters are 6-for-35 w/runners on (17 th -lowest in A.L.); 5/41 when he is ahead in the count Last 7 games since May 21 at HOU: 7.0IP, 11H, 7R/ER, 3BB, 6SO Right-handed batters are hitting.163 (16-for-98) as a reliever since 16 All-Star Break 6 extra-base hits all d this year (2 HR on 5/21 at HOU) last 15 games: 19.1IP, 16H, 7ER,10BB, 27K ANDREW MILLER #24 vs.all:.135(13-96)0hr vs.lh:.172(5-29)0hr vs.rh:.119(8-67)0hr Home:0-0-0, 0.73ERA (12.1IP,1ER)11G Road:3-0-0, 0.00ERA (15.1IP,0ER)14G Last Win:5/23/2017 @CIN Last Save:8/30/2016 vmin Pitched for WBC champion Team USA 22 scoreless outings in 2017 (27.1IP, 40SO,3W, 13 holds, batters are 13-for-95/40K) batters are 9-for-47 w/runners on, RHH are 8-for-67 w/31k A.L. relief leaders: holds ( 2 nd, 13), relief average ( 3 rd,.135), relief IP (T13th, 27.2), relief ERA (1 st, 0.33), relief SO( 7 th, 40) Acquired from the NY Yankees on 7/31/16 for four Minor League players scoreless IP streak ended at 18.0 IP to start the season on 5/15 vtb longest streak by an Indians pitcher to begin a season since Doug Jones (20.0 innings in 1990) snapped 26 str. scoreless outings back to 9/5/2016 (30.1IP) 1 extra-base hit in last 24.0 IP (28.2IP w/o a homer) batters are 4-for-50 when they are behind in the count this year (13/127 last year). ERA of 1.48 (27ER/163.2 IP) since start of 2015 (MLB Rank: 3rd) batters hitting.154 against (55/358), 0BB of 74 batters (0.0%) with RISP & strikeout rate of 43.0% (163/379) since the start of 2016 (Rank: 1 st ; MLB Avg: 22.8%) club is 20-5 when he appears(52-9 over 61 G including 2016 postseason since 7/31/16; 43-8 in reg season) 75K over first 50IP w/cle are a franchise record. 2016 A.L. All-Star fanned 14.9 (123 of 275 batters faced; 44.7%) on 2016 (2 nd in MLB in relief SO-123) On the year he posted a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 13.67:1 (123/9) Combined on the season his ERA was 1.45 (74.1IP, 42H, 12ER) in 70 relief appearances. becoming 1 st pitcher in 10 years w/at least 10 wins/10sv (no pitcher until Miller had ever amassed 10 W, 10 SV and 20 holds w/in same season DAN OTERO #61 vs.all:.274(26-95)4hr vs.lh:.300(12-40)2hr vs.rh:.255(14-55)2hr Home:0-0-0, 1.93ERA (9.1IP,2ER)8G Road:1-0-0, 3.86ERA (14.0IP,6ER)13G Last Win:6/4/2017 @KC Last Save:5/18/2016 @CIN All d a run in 7 of 21 outings in 2017 (23.1IP) Batters are 15-for-45(.333) off him w/runners on (11/28 w/risp) Led the team in 16 relief IP (70.2IP, T13th in the A.L.) & finished among A.L. relief leaders in ERA (1.53, 3rd) and average (.211, 14th) Walked just 1.3 batters per 9.0IP and in career has BBd only 1.4 batters per 9.0IP 0 BB vs. RHH last 51 plate app s ERA of 1.20 (7ER, 52.1 IP) in Progressive Field in his career (42 games) has walked 3 of 198 RHH (1.5%) since the start of 2016 (Rank: 1 st ) BRYAN SHAW #27 vs.all:.240(23-96)1hr vs.lh:.242(8-33)0hr vs.rh:.238(15-63)1hr Home:1-1-0, 2.92ERA (12.1IP,4ER)13G Road:0-0-1, 1.88ERA (14.1IP,3ER)14G Last Win:4/11/2017 vcws Last Save:4/5/2017 @TEX 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 appearance and recorded the win in home opener, 4/11 vs CWS has an ERA of 1.97 (45.2IP, 10ER) at home since start of 2016 T11th in A.L. w/9holds, T-9th in games (27), T21st in relief IP(26.2), 16 th in relief ERA(2.36) last 21G: 20.2IP, 15H, 7R/3ER, 21K 4 th career game of 4 SO on 5/7 at KC (tied CH) last 17G since 4/27: 17.2IP, 12H, 3ER 1st in MLB for most relief outings (326) since start of 2013 22 outings w/0er alld/9 holds/1sv/1 win on the 2017 season over his 27 outings batters are 14-for-46 w/runners on 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. 6/7 @COL(1-8) 1.0 1 2/0 1 1 - ND 23 14 14 15 1 - Crockett, K. 6/7 @COL(1-8) 0.1 1 1/1-1 - ND 1 1 - - - - Goody, N. 6/7 @COL(1-8) 1.0-0/0 1 1 - ND 20 14 - - 18 6 Logan, B. 6/7 @COL(1-8) 1.0 2 1/1 1 1 - ND 27 17-1 13 2 McAllister, Z. 6/7 @COL(1-8) 0.1 1 0/0 - - - ND 19 12 - - 6 4 Miller, A. 6/7 @COL(1-8) 0.1-0/0 - - - ND 25 22 - - 13 4 Otero, D. 6/6 @COL(3-11) 1.0 2 0/0 1 - - ND 21 15 - - 11 6 Shaw, B. 6/7 @COL(1-8) 0.2 1 0/0 1 - - ND 27 19 1 2 12 4 TEAM 6/7 @COL(1-8) 4.2 6 4/2 4 4 - ND 176 122 15 18 81 31 2017 vs. CWS White Sox Career vs. CWS White Sox W-L-S ERA G IP H R/ER BB SO W-L-S ERA IP/ER Allen, Cody 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0-0/0-3 1-2-12 4.60 31.1/16 Goody, Nicholas 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 1 0/0-2 0-0-0 1.69 5.1/1 Kluber, Corey 1-0-0 0.00 1 9.0 3 0/0 2 9 7-4-0 3.07 108.1/37 Logan, Boone 0-0-0 0.00 4 2.0-1/0 1-1-1-0 2.25 8.0/2 McAllister, Zach 0-0-0 4.50 3 4.0 2 2/2 1 5 3-3-0 3.16 68.1/24 Miller, Andrew 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 2 0/0-1 2-1-2 3.94 32.0/14 Otero, Danny 0-0-0 2.70 3 3.1 4 1/1-3 1-0-0 1.03 26.1/3 Salazar, Danny 0-2-0 4.91 2 11.0 11 6/6 5 20 5-4-0 3.98 54.1/24 Shaw, Bryan 1-0-0 0.00 2 1.2 1 1/0 1 3 6-3-0 4.58 35.1/18 Tomlin, Josh 0-1-0 37.80 1 1.2 8 7/7 1-4-4-0 3.88 58.0/25 INDIANS 3-3-0 2.89 6 53.0 40 19/17 14 66 - - -
PAGE 5 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES friday, june 9, 2017 STARTS IN THE ORDER PLAYER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A. Almonte - - - - - - 2 16 8 M. Brantley - - 48 - - - - - - L. Chisenhall - - - - - 8 15 2 - Y. Diaz - - - - - 6 10 2 - E Encarnacion- - - 36 18 - - - - Y. Gomes - - - - - 1 10 13 12 E. Gonzalez - - - - - - - - 3 B. Guyer - - 5 - - 5 5-1 A. Jackson - - - - - 2 6 5 6 J. Kipnis 22-3 - 2 13 - - - F. Lindor - 55 1 - - - - - - M. Martinez - - - - - - - - 2 T. Naquin - - - - - - 4 - - R. Perez - - - - - - - 11 10 J. Ramirez - - - - 36 20 - - - D. Robertson - 2 - - - - 2 1 6 C. Santana 35 - - 21 1 - - - - B. Zimmer - - - - - 2 3 7 2 Pitchers - - - - - - - - 8 GAMES STARTED PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF RF CF DH A. Almonte - - - - - - 22 4 - M. Brantley - - - - - 48 - - - L. Chisenhall - - - - - - 6 19 - Y. Diaz - - - 15-3 - - - E Encarnacion- 12 - - - - - - 42 Y. Gomes 36 - - - - - - - - E. Gonzalez - - 1 1 1 - - - - B. Guyer - - - - - 5 11 - - A. Jackson - - - - - - 4 15 - J. Kipnis - - 39 - - - - - 1 F. Lindor - - - - 56 - - - - M. Martinez - - 2 - - - - - - T. Naquin - - - - - - - 4 - R. Perez 21 - - - - - - - - J. Ramirez - - 15 41 - - - - - D. Robertson - - - - - 1 9 1 - C. Santana - 45 - - - - 5-7 B. Zimmer - - - - - - - 14 - LINE-UPS USED:043 in 57 games SCORING BY INNING 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th EXTRA TOTAL RUNS Indians 31 24 50 32 26 20 21 22 25 1 252 Opponent 27 33 24 33 37 27 23 24 13-241 Multi-hit Game Multi-RBI GM HR TYPE/LAST HOME RUN PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ 16 High Last MH 2 3 4 5+ 16 High solo 2run 3run GS Last HR A. Almonte 4 1 - - 3, 4/30 vsea 4/30 vsea 1 - - - 2, 4/30 vsea 1 - - - 4/27/17 vhou(fiers) M. Brantley 14 2 - - 3,2x, 6/2 @KC 6/2 @KC 4 1 - - 3, 4/26 vhou 3 2 - - 4/30/17 vsea(fien) L. Chisenhall 4 1 - - 3, 4/15 vdet 6/6 @COL 4 1 1-4, 4/14 vdet 3 2 1 1 6/6/17 @COL(Senzatela) Y. Diaz 2 - - -2,2x, 4/13 vcws 4/13 vcws - - - -1,3x, 5/9 @TOR - - - - - E. Encarnacion12 - - -2,12x, 5/30 voak 5/30 voak 3 2 - -3,2x, 5/23 @CIN 5 5 - - 5/29/17 voak(mengden) Y. Gomes 6 - - -2,6x, 5/21 @HOU5/21 @HOU - 1-1 5, 5/21 @HOU 2-2 - 5/23/17 @CIN(Garrett) E. Gonzalez - 1 - - 3, 6/1 voak 6/1 voak - - - - - - - - - - B. Guyer 3 - - -2,3x, 5/10 @TOR5/10 @TOR 1 1 - - 3, 5/10 @TOR - 1 - - 4/21/17 @CWS(Quintana) A. Jackson 4 - - -2,4x, 6/7 @COL 6/7 @COL 1 1 - - 3, 5/28 vkc 2 - - - 5/29/17 voak(mengden) J. Kipnis 7-2 - 4,2x, 5/28 vkc 5/28 vkc 2 1 1-4, 5/14 vmin 6-1 - 6/4/17 @KC(Young) F. Lindor 14 2 - -3,2x, 4/15 vdet 6/7 @COL 2 1-1 5, 4/5 @TEX 10 1-1 5/31/17 voak(manaea) M. Martinez 1 - - - 2, 5/10 @TOR 5/10 @TOR - - - - - - - - - 6/15/16 @KC(Kennedy) T. Naquin 1 - - - 2, 4/7 @ARI 4/7 @ARI - - - - - - - - - 8/19/16 vtor(osuna) R. Perez - 1 - - 3, 4/30 vsea 4/30 vsea 1 1 - - 3, 4/30 vsea - - - - 9/26/16 @DET(Wilson) J. Ramirez 8 5 1-4, 4/15 vdet 6/4 @KC 5 - - 1 6, 4/15 vdet 4 2 2-6/7/17 @COL(Freeland) D. Robertson 2 - - - 2,2x, 6/4 @KC 6/4 @KC - 1 - - 3, 6/4 @KC - - - - - C. Santana 8 5 - - 3,5x, 5/28 vkc 6/3 @KC 5 2 1-4, 4/15 vdet 5 2 - - 6/3/17 @KC(Hammel) B. Zimmer 3 - - -2,3x, 5/30 voak 5/30 voak 3-1 - 4, 5/30 voak 1 3 - - 6/6/17 @COL(Senzatela) INDIANS BATTING BY MONTH HITTER APRIL MAY JUNE JULY A. Almonte.298 (17-57) HR, 6RBI, 21G.069 (2-29), 11G - - M. Brantley.308 (24-78) 5HR, 17RBI, 20G.293 (27-92), 5RBI, 24G.263 (5-19), 2RBI, 5G - L. Chisenhall.302 (13-43) 2HR, 12RBI, 15G.224 (11-49) 4HR, 10RBI, 18G.667 (2-3) HR, RBI, G - Y. Diaz.236 (13-55), 2RBI, 15G.000 (0-9), RBI, 3G - - E. Encarnacion.200 (17-85) 4HR, 9RBI, 24G.263 (26-99) 6HR, 13RBI, 27G.167 (2-12), 4G - Y. Gomes.176 (9-51) HR, 2RBI, 18G.279 (17-61) 3HR, 11RBI, 19G.300 (3-10), 3G - E. Gonzalez -.100 (1-10), 5G.600 (3-5), 3G - B. Guyer.147 (5-34) HR, 2RBI, 13G.238 (5-21), 3RBI, 8G - - A. Jackson.267 (8-30) HR, 2RBI, 11G.235 (4-17) HR, 5RBI, 6G.385 (5-13), 6G - J. Kipnis.161 (5-31), RBI, 9G.248 (27-109) 6HR, 19RBI, 26G.211 (4-19) HR, 2RBI, 6G - F. Lindor.309 (29-94) 7HR, 17RBI, 24G.245 (25-102) 5HR, 8RBI, 26G.200 (5-25), RBI, 6G - M. Martinez.200 (1-5), 11G.500 (3-6), 3G - - T. Naquin.235 (4-17), 6G - - - R. Perez.200 (6-30), 5RBI, 9G.069 (2-29), RBI, 10G.100 (1-10), 2RBI, 3G - J. Ramirez.330 (30-91) 6HR, 21RBI, 24G.258 (24-93) HR, 5RBI, 26G.261 (6-23) HR, RBI, 6G - D. Robertson -.231 (6-26), RBI, 11G.286 (4-14), 3RBI, 6G - C. Santana.224 (22-98) 2HR, 16RBI, 24G.231 (24-104) 4HR, 14RBI, 27G.190 (4-21) HR, 4RBI, 6G - B. Zimmer -.306 (11-36) 2HR, 8RBI, 14G.211 (4-19) 2HR, 5RBI, 5G - 2017 vs. CWS White Sox G AB R H HR RBI AVG M. Brantley 5 21 3 7 2 5.333 L. Chisenhall 4 11 1 3-1.273 E. Encarnacion6 20 1 2 1 2.100 Y. Gomes 5 14 2 3 1 1.214 E. Gonzalez - - - - - -.000 A. Jackson 3 8 1 3 - -.375 J. Kipnis 3 7 1 1 - -.143 F. Lindor 6 22 4 7 2 3.318 R. Perez 2 6 - - - -.000 J. Ramirez 6 23 2 6 1 2.261 D. Robertson - - - - - -.000 C. Santana 6 22 2 2-1.091 B. Zimmer - - - - - -.000 INDIANS 6 194 19 41 8 17.211 Career vs. CWS White Sox AVG AB H HR RBI M. Brantley.270 352 95 7 49 L. Chisenhall.256 199 51 6 27 E. Encarnacion.271 155 42 7 24 Y. Gomes.241 158 38 4 20 E. Gonzalez.000 2 - - - A. Jackson.302 387 117 10 42 J. Kipnis.249 338 84 6 38 F. Lindor.308 120 37 4 14 R. Perez.247 73 18-2 J. Ramirez.280 168 47 6 22 D. Robertson.385 13 5-3 C. Santana.223 381 85 9 44 B. Zimmer.000 - - - -