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CLEVELAND INDIANS (74-74) at MINNESOTA TWINS (76-73) RHP Danny Salazar (13-8, 3.48) vs. RHP Ervin Santana (5-4, 4.55) Game #149/Road #76 » Tues., Sept. 22, 2015 » Target Field » 8:10p.m. (ET) » SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN LEVELAND INDIANS 2015 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Document Soluons Provider to the Cleveland Indians 4577 Hinckley Industrial Parkway | Cleveland, OH 44109 PHONE: 216.459.8333 | FAX: 216.459.0909 Visit us online! WWW.MERITECHINC.COM Evolving Technology. Powerful Results. LAY DOWN, STAY DOWN » Cleveland concluded the 2015 season series against Chicago-AL with a 6-3 victory over the White Sox on Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field...the ChiSox took 10 of 19 meetings overall, including 6 of 9 played in Cleveland...the victory also capped a rain-shortened, 6-4 homestand against Detroit (2-1), Kansas City (2-2) & Chicago-AL (2-1)...the Indians have won 16 of their last 24, holding a 67-60 record since May 1. » Despite an off day Monday, the Indians lost one half-game in the A.L. Wild Card race with Houston’s 6-3 win over Los Angeles-AL at Min- ute Maid Park on Monday night...Cleveland is 4.5 games back of the second WC spot with 14 games to play. » JOSH TOMLIN turned in 5.2 scoreless frames for his 6th win in 8 starts this season (5.2IP, 4H, 0R, 3BB, 8SO)...matched a season-high with 8 strikeouts, as he has 5+ K’s in 8 straight outings for the first time in his career...CODY ALLEN notched his 31st save. » The Indians held a 6-0 advantage at one point after capitalizing with 3-run rallies in both the 2nd and 6th innings, the former highlighted by a LONNIE CHISENHALL 2-run HR...Chisenhall (3 RBI) added an RBI- double in the 6th and had one of 4 multi-hit efforts by the Tribe along with JASON KIPNIS, YAN GOMES & ABE ALMONTE...FRANCISCO LINDOR drove in a pair of runs with an RBI-single in the 2nd and a sac fly in the 6th. WINS & LOSSES » At 74-74 (.500), Cleveland is one win shy of the club’s high-water mark for 2015 (+1G, 2-1, April 9) & sits 10 losses ahead of club’s low-water mark for 2015 (-10G, 49-59, Aug. 7)...the Indians .500 winning pct. ranks 8th in the A.L....8 of 15 A.L. teams have records of .500-or-better, as Cleveland is 4.5 games behind Texas for the second A.L. Wild Card spot (New York-AL holds first WC with +3.0G lead). » Cleveland has won 16 of 24, 19 of 29 and 25 of the club’s last 40 games...Cleveland has also played 7 games above the .500-mark since May 1 (67-60, .528) - 5th-best in the A.L. & 12th in the Majors. BEST RECORD IN A.L. SINCE MAY 1 Team Win pct. W-L Toronto .591 75-52 Texas .570 73-55 Kansas City .567 72-55 New York-AL .543 69-58 Cleveland .528 67-60 Minnesota .520 66-61 Los Angeles-AL .508 65-63 » Cleveland finished the first half at 42-46 and sits at 32-28 since the All-Star Break (5th/T10th)...the Indians (10-8 in September) finished .500-or-better in back-to-back months, going 16-12 in August after post- ing a 13-13 mark in July...Tribe went 7-14 in April, 17-12 in May & 11- 15 in June...Cleveland has not experienced consecutive losing months since 2012 when club had sub-.500 records from June-October. » Cleveland has allowed just 165 runs in the club’s 74 wins (2.2RPG) - pitching staff has posted a 2.04 ERA (680.1IP, 451H, 165R-154ER, 175BB, 721SO, 59HR) in those 74 wins, but a 5.58 ERA (638.1IP, 737H, 437R-396ER, 215BB, 587SO, 92HR) in club’s 74 losses (5.9RPG). » The Indians longest winning streak is 6 G (2x, May 19-24 & Aug. 25- 31), while the club’s longest losing streak is 6 G (July 23-28)...club is 32-41 following a win; 42-32 bouncing back from a loss...the Indians are 47-14 when scoring first; 27-60 when opponent scores first. A.L. CENTRAL STANDINGS » Cleveland (74-74) holds possession of 3rd place in the A.L. Central standings, 12.5G behind 1st-place Kansas City (87-62)...Minnesota (-11.0G, 76-73) is in 2nd place, Chicago-AL (-15.5G, 72-78) is in 4th place & Detroit (-18.5, 69-81) is in 5th place...the Tribe’s largest deficit of the season is 18.0G (last 8/25) - the club’s largest since finishing the 2012 campaign 20.0G back...the Indians have spent 40 days of the sea- son in 3rd place, 59 days in 4th place and 66 days in 5th place. » Beginning Sept. 4, Cleveland was scheduled to play 27 of the club’s remaining 30 games against A.L. Central opponents, incl. Sept. 12 rainout vs. Detroit to be made up if necessary on Oct. 5 at Progressive Field...the Indians are 28-37 within the division this season after going 44-32 in 2013 and 39-37 in 2014...that said, Cleveland has won 14 of last 23 games against A.L. Central opponents...Indians have a 46-37 record outside the division. SERIES STUFF » In taking 2 of 3 from Chicago-AL over the weekend, the Indians have posted series wins versus 6 of their last 8 opponents, going 6-1-1... Cleveland has gone 19-24-6 thru 49 series played in 2015 (8-12-4 at home; 11-12-2 on road)...the Indians are 10-7-3 in 20 series played since All-Star Break...11 of 19 series wins have come on the road. » Cleveland has gone 22-27 in series openers (14 of those wins on the road), however the Indians have won 8 straight and 12 of their last 13 series openers...in 3-game series, Cleveland owns a 15-18 record in the middle contest...the Indians have gone 27-22 in series finales and 8-14 in rubber matches. » The Indians have lost just one 4-game series in 2015 (club is 5-1-3 with an 22-14 individual game record in those contests) with one 4-game series remaining (Sept. 28-Oct. 1 vs. MIN). HERE I GO AGAIN » Cleveland has posted a 45-27 (.625) record in Sept./Oct. games played since start of 2013, tied for the 2nd-highest such winning pct. in Majors behind Washington (.671, 49-24)...Tribe is 10-8 this month after Sept/Oct records of 21-6 in 2013 and 14-13 in 2014. MAJORS BEST RECORDS IN SEPT/OCT, 2013-15 Team Win pct. W-L Washington .671 49-24 Cleveland .625 45-27 St. Louis .625 45-27 Pittsburgh .581 43-31 Los Angeles-NL .577 41-30 NOW YOU’RE GONE » Beginning tongith, the Indians are set to embark upon their final road trip of the season, a 6-day swing through Minnesota and Kansas City (3 games each)...these were the Tribe’s only 6 scheduled road games beginning Sept. 10, as Progressive Field was scheduled to host 18 of the club’s final 24 games down the stretch. » The Indians have gone 39-36 (.520) on the road overall, tied for the 4th-best road record in the A.L. and 7th-best in the Majors..road record has not fallen below the .500 mark since May 20 (10-11). » Cleveland’s A.L.-low 3.41 road ERA is 2nd-best in the Majors behind St. Louis (3.14)...Indians starters have allowed 3-or-fewer earned runs in 45 of the club’s last 57 road games, posting a 3.21 ERA in that span since May 18 (team is 31-26). » Cleveland has not finished a full season with a higher win pct. on the road than at home since 2005 (.531, 43-38 at home; .617, 50-31 on road)...over prev. 7 seasons (2008-14), Tribe’s only winning season on the road came in 2013 (41-40)...current .520 figure would mark highest road season winning pct. for the club since 2007 (.549). STARMAN » FRANCISCO LINDOR’s .316 batting avg. this season is the high- est qualifying mark by any rookie in Major League Baseball...Lindor also ranks among 2015 A.L. rookie leaders in OPS (3rd, .831), OBP (2nd, .353), multi-hit games (2nd, 34), base hits (3rd, 107), SLG (3rd, .478), doubles (T3rd, 19), RBI (T4th, 44), extra-base hits (5th, 32), total bases (5th, 162), runs (7th, 43) & HR (T8th, 10) - this despite ranking T10th among A.L. rookies with 86 games played. » After connecting for his 10th HR Friday night, Lindor has become just the 5th first-year A.L. rookie under the age of 22 (as of June 30) over the past 33 MLB seasons (1983-2015) to collect 100+ hits and 10+ home runs in a single season, joining Ruben Sierra (1986), Ken Griffey Jr. (1989), Rocco Baldelli (2003) and Eric Hosmer (2011). A.L. ROOKIES (21-OR-YOUNGER) WITH 100+ HITS & 10+HR IN FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON, 1983-2015 Player Team Year Age H HR Ruben Sierra Texas 1986 20 101 16 Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle 1989 19 120 16 Rocco Baldelli Tampa Bay 2003 21 184 11 Eric Hosmer Kansas City 2011 21 153 19 Francisco Lindor Cleveland 2015 21 107 10 » Lindor’s 107 hits are 4th-most in the A.L. (5th in MLB) since his June 14 call-up from AAA Columbus, trailing Xander Bogaerts (120), Jose Altuve (113) & Ian Kinsler (112)...Lindor collected his 100th hit in career game No. 82 Wednesday night, 6th-fastest by any player in Cleveland history dating back to at least 1914 - however, Lindor joins Roy Weatherly (67 G, 1936) as the only Indians player to do so in the same season. BAD BLOOD » The Indians are settled in for what is likely to be their final visit of 2015 to Target Field for a 3-game series with the Minnesota Twins...Min- nesota holds a 7-5 advantage in the 2015 season series, as the Twins have taken 4 of 6 here in Minneapolis, while the two clubs have split 6 meetings at Progressive Field, 3-3. » The Indians are 29-21 against the Twins since the start of 2013, going 14-11 here at Target Field where Cleveland is 25-27 all-time (2010-15). HANG ON TO YOURSELF | MISC. NOTES » Cleveland has alternated wins and losses over each of the club’s last 8 games since a 3-game win streak Sept. 9-13. » Cleveland has reached the .500 mark 5 times in the last 10 days, as club is looking to eclipse that for first time since April 9 (2-1). » While FoxSports1 has selected Thursday night’s game for national broadcast (Twins TV feed), SportsTime Ohio’s coverage remains un- changed in the Cleveland market. CLEVELAND ROCKS | THIS DAY IN MUSIC... » 1972: David Bowie kicked off the North American leg of his Ziggy Stardust tour at the Music Hall in Cleveland...1985: The first Farm Aid concert was held at the University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium in Champagne...1990: Drummer Dave Grohl attended a Nirvana concert in Seattle; he would successfully audition for the band several days later...2001: In the wake of 9/11 attacks, “A Tribute To Heroes” was aired live & commercial-free on most major US networks...2004: Cat Stevens, who had since changed his name to Yusuf Islam, was denied entry to the U.S. following a flight from London. » BORN THIS DAY: (1951) David Coverdale, front man, Deep Purple & Whitesnake; (1956) Richard Fairbrass, lead singer, Right Said Fred; (1960) Joan Jett; (1975) Mystikal; (1983) Will Farquarson, bass- ist, Bastille. vs. AL: Central West East 62-66 28-37 19-14 15-15 vs. NL: Central West East 12-8 12-8 0-0 0-0 In Series: Home Road Total Overall 8-12-4 10-12-2 18-24-6 Openers 8-16 14-11 22-27 Finales 16-8 11-14 27-22 Rubber 2-3 6-11 8-14 Lead after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 29-4 31-2 60-6 7 inn. 31-1 32-2 63-3 8 inn. 33-0 34-2 67-2 Trail after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 1-31 4-29 5-60 7 inn. 0-34 1-30 1-64 8 inn. 0-36 1-30 1-66 Tied after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 5-4 4-4 9-8 7 inn. 4-4 6-3 10-7 8 inn. 2-3 4-3 6-6 Decided... Home Road Total 7th-or-later 8-8 10-8 18-16 Final AB 6-3 6-8 12-11 Extra-Innings 1-0 4-4 5-4 One-run G’s 6-8 9-10 15-18 Walk-offs 2 7 2-7 vs. RH starter 26-23 26-21 52-44 vs. LH starter 9-16 13-14 22-30 Overall Record ............................. 74-74 Standing in AL Central ........ 3rd, -12.5G Days in 1st (2-3-4-5) .......0 (0-40-59-66) Largest 1st-place Lead..................... N/A Largest 1st-place Deficit -18.0G (last 8/25) Most G Above .500........+1G (2-1 on 4/9) Most G Below .500 ...-10G (49-59 on 8/7) Times at .500 ................ 7 (74-74, active) Current Streak .................................. W1 Homestand ....................................... 6-4 Following a Win ............................ 32-41 Following a Loss .......................... 42-32 Last 5 games.................................... 3-2 Last 10 games.................................. 6-4 Last 15 games.................................. 9-6 Last 20 games................................ 12-8 Longest ‘W’ Streak ... 6G (2x, last 8/25-9/1) Longest ‘L’ Streak............... 6G (7/23-28) Come-from-Behind Wins ....................33 Losses After Holding Lead .................20 Team Saves .............. 35-for-46 (76.1%) Record Before All-Star Break ....... 42-46 Record After All-Star Break .......... 32-28 Home Record ............................... 35-38 Road Record ................................ 39-36 Day Games .................................. 25-26 Night Games ................................ 49-48 vs. RH starters ............................. 52-44 vs. LH starters .............................. 22-30 vs. Opp. At-or-Above .500 ............ 43-42 vs. Opp. Below .500 ..................... 31-32 CLE scores first ............................ 47-14 Opp. scores first ........................... 27-60 CLE out-hits Opp.......................... 63-13 Opp. out-hits CLE......................... 10-54 CLE/Opp. hits even .......................... 1-7 CLE 3-or-fewer runs ..................... 16-55 CLE 4-or-more runs ..................... 58-19 CLE 5-or-more runs ....................... 49-8 CLE 5 hits-or-fewer ........................ 3-20 CLE 6-9 hits ................................. 29-42 CLE 10-or-more hits ..................... 42-12 CLE hits home run(s) ................... 55-29 CLE does not homer .................... 19-45 CLE allows home run(s) ............... 43-59 No HR by Opp. ............................. 31-15 CLE charged with error(s) ............ 24-37 CLE no error(s) ............................ 50-37 CLE starter goes 6.0+IP............... 61-38 Players Used (Pitchers) ............. 48 (25) Avg. Time-of-Game (Overall) ..........3:00 .................................. 26,676 min/148 G Avg. Time-of-Game (9.0IP) .............2:58 .................................. 24,701 min/139 G CLE challenges overturned .......13 of 25 indians at a glance tribe by the numbers Mon............. 5-10 Tues............ 9-13 Wed ............ 16-7 Thurs .......... 11-6 Fri ............. 12-11 Sat .............. 9-13 Sun ........... 12-14 April................. 7-14 May ............... 17-12 June .............. 11-15 July ............... 13-13 August........... 16-12 Sept ................ 10-8 UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATION Date Opponent Probable Pitchers - Cleveland vs. Opponent First Pitch Radio/TV Wed., Sept. 23 at Minnesota RHP Corey Kluber (8-14, 3.44) vs. RHP Phil Hughes (10-9, 4.58) 8:10PM ET WTAM/WMMS/IRN, SportsTime Ohio Thurs., Sept. 24 at Minnesota RHP Cody Anderson (5-3, 3.48) vs. RHP Kyle Gibson (10-10, 3.73) 8:10PM ET WTAM/WMMS/IRN, SportsTime Ohio 2015 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD STANDINGS Team GA/GB W-L PCT. New York-AL +3.0 81-67 .550 Houston - 80-71 .530 Minnesota -3.0 76-73 .510 Los Angeles-AL -3.5 76-74 .507 Cleveland -4.5 74-74 .500 Baltimore -6.0 73-76 .490

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  • CLEVELAND INDIANS (74-74) at MINNESOTA TWINS (76-73)RHP Danny Salazar (13-8, 3.48) vs. RHP Ervin Santana (5-4, 4.55)

    Game #149/Road #76 » Tues., Sept. 22, 2015 » Target Field » 8:10p.m. (ET) » SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN

    LEVELAND INDIANS2015 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION

    Document Solutions Provider to the Cleveland Indians4577 Hinckley Industrial Parkway | Cleveland, OH 44109

    PHONE: 216.459.8333 | FAX: 216.459.0909Visit us online! WWW.MERITECHINC.COMEvolving Technology. Powerful Results.

    LAY DOWN, STAY DOWN » Cleveland concluded the 2015 season series against Chicago-AL with a 6-3 victory over the White Sox on Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field...the ChiSox took 10 of 19 meetings overall, including 6 of 9 played in Cleveland...the victory also capped a rain-shortened, 6-4 homestand against Detroit (2-1), Kansas City (2-2) & Chicago-AL (2-1)...the Indians have won 16 of their last 24, holding a 67-60 record since May 1. » Despite an off day Monday, the Indians lost one half-game in the A.L. Wild Card race with Houston’s 6-3 win over Los Angeles-AL at Min-ute Maid Park on Monday night...Cleveland is 4.5 games back of the second WC spot with 14 games to play. » JOSH TOMLIN turned in 5.2 scoreless frames for his 6th win in 8 starts this season (5.2IP, 4H, 0R, 3BB, 8SO)...matched a season-high with 8 strikeouts, as he has 5+ K’s in 8 straight outings for the first time in his career...CODY ALLEN notched his 31st save. » The Indians held a 6-0 advantage at one point after capitalizing with 3-run rallies in both the 2nd and 6th innings, the former highlighted by a LONNIE CHISENHALL 2-run HR...Chisenhall (3 RBI) added an RBI-double in the 6th and had one of 4 multi-hit efforts by the Tribe along with JASON KIPNIS, YAN GOMES & ABE ALMONTE...FRANCISCO LINDOR drove in a pair of runs with an RBI-single in the 2nd and a sac fly in the 6th.

    WINS & LOSSES » At 74-74 (.500), Cleveland is one win shy of the club’s high-water mark for 2015 (+1G, 2-1, April 9) & sits 10 losses ahead of club’s low-water mark for 2015 (-10G, 49-59, Aug. 7)...the Indians .500 winning pct. ranks 8th in the A.L....8 of 15 A.L. teams have records of .500-or-better, as Cleveland is 4.5 games behind Texas for the second A.L. Wild Card spot (New York-AL holds first WC with +3.0G lead). » Cleveland has won 16 of 24, 19 of 29 and 25 of the club’s last 40 games...Cleveland has also played 7 games above the .500-mark since May 1 (67-60, .528) - 5th-best in the A.L. & 12th in the Majors.

    BEST RECORD IN A.L. SINCE MAY 1 Team Win pct. W-L Toronto .591 75-52 Texas .570 73-55 Kansas City .567 72-55 New York-AL .543 69-58 Cleveland .528 67-60 Minnesota .520 66-61 Los Angeles-AL .508 65-63

    » Cleveland finished the first half at 42-46 and sits at 32-28 since the All-Star Break (5th/T10th)...the Indians (10-8 in September) finished .500-or-better in back-to-back months, going 16-12 in August after post-ing a 13-13 mark in July...Tribe went 7-14 in April, 17-12 in May & 11-15 in June...Cleveland has not experienced consecutive losing months since 2012 when club had sub-.500 records from June-October. » Cleveland has allowed just 165 runs in the club’s 74 wins (2.2RPG) - pitching staff has posted a 2.04 ERA (680.1IP, 451H, 165R-154ER, 175BB, 721SO, 59HR) in those 74 wins, but a 5.58 ERA (638.1IP, 737H, 437R-396ER, 215BB, 587SO, 92HR) in club’s 74 losses (5.9RPG). » The Indians longest winning streak is 6 G (2x, May 19-24 & Aug. 25-31), while the club’s longest losing streak is 6 G (July 23-28)...club is 32-41 following a win; 42-32 bouncing back from a loss...the Indians are 47-14 when scoring first; 27-60 when opponent scores first.

    A.L. CENTRAL STANDINGS » Cleveland (74-74) holds possession of 3rd place in the A.L. Central standings, 12.5G behind 1st-place Kansas City (87-62)...Minnesota (-11.0G, 76-73) is in 2nd place, Chicago-AL (-15.5G, 72-78) is in 4th place & Detroit (-18.5, 69-81) is in 5th place...the Tribe’s largest deficit of the season is 18.0G (last 8/25) - the club’s largest since finishing the 2012 campaign 20.0G back...the Indians have spent 40 days of the sea-son in 3rd place, 59 days in 4th place and 66 days in 5th place. » Beginning Sept. 4, Cleveland was scheduled to play 27 of the club’s remaining 30 games against A.L. Central opponents, incl. Sept. 12 rainout vs. Detroit to be made up if necessary on Oct. 5 at Progressive Field...the Indians are 28-37 within the division this season after going 44-32 in 2013 and 39-37 in 2014...that said, Cleveland has won 14 of last 23 games against A.L. Central opponents...Indians have a 46-37 record outside the division.

    SERIES STUFF » In taking 2 of 3 from Chicago-AL over the weekend, the Indians have posted series wins versus 6 of their last 8 opponents, going 6-1-1...Cleveland has gone 19-24-6 thru 49 series played in 2015 (8-12-4 at home; 11-12-2 on road)...the Indians are 10-7-3 in 20 series played since All-Star Break...11 of 19 series wins have come on the road. » Cleveland has gone 22-27 in series openers (14 of those wins on the road), however the Indians have won 8 straight and 12 of their last 13 series openers...in 3-game series, Cleveland owns a 15-18 record in the middle contest...the Indians have gone 27-22 in series finales and 8-14 in rubber matches. » The Indians have lost just one 4-game series in 2015 (club is 5-1-3 with an 22-14 individual game record in those contests) with one 4-game series remaining (Sept. 28-Oct. 1 vs. MIN).

    HERE I GO AGAIN » Cleveland has posted a 45-27 (.625) record in Sept./Oct. games played since start of 2013, tied for the 2nd-highest such winning pct. in Majors behind Washington (.671, 49-24)...Tribe is 10-8 this month after Sept/Oct records of 21-6 in 2013 and 14-13 in 2014.

    MAJORS BEST RECORDS IN SEPT/OCT, 2013-15 Team Win pct. W-L Washington .671 49-24 Cleveland .625 45-27 St. Louis .625 45-27 Pittsburgh .581 43-31 Los Angeles-NL .577 41-30

    NOW YOU’RE GONE » Beginning tongith, the Indians are set to embark upon their final road trip of the season, a 6-day swing through Minnesota and Kansas City (3 games each)...these were the Tribe’s only 6 scheduled road games beginning Sept. 10, as Progressive Field was scheduled to host 18 of the club’s final 24 games down the stretch. » The Indians have gone 39-36 (.520) on the road overall, tied for the 4th-best road record in the A.L. and 7th-best in the Majors..road record has not fallen below the .500 mark since May 20 (10-11). » Cleveland’s A.L.-low 3.41 road ERA is 2nd-best in the Majors behind St. Louis (3.14)...Indians starters have allowed 3-or-fewer earned runs in 45 of the club’s last 57 road games, posting a 3.21 ERA in that span since May 18 (team is 31-26). » Cleveland has not finished a full season with a higher win pct. on the road than at home since 2005 (.531, 43-38 at home; .617, 50-31 on road)...over prev. 7 seasons (2008-14), Tribe’s only winning season on the road came in 2013 (41-40)...current .520 figure would mark highest road season winning pct. for the club since 2007 (.549).

    STARMAN » FRANCISCO LINDOR’s .316 batting avg. this season is the high-est qualifying mark by any rookie in Major League Baseball...Lindor also ranks among 2015 A.L. rookie leaders in OPS (3rd, .831), OBP (2nd, .353), multi-hit games (2nd, 34), base hits (3rd, 107), SLG (3rd, .478), doubles (T3rd, 19), RBI (T4th, 44), extra-base hits (5th, 32), total bases (5th, 162), runs (7th, 43) & HR (T8th, 10) - this despite ranking T10th among A.L. rookies with 86 games played. » After connecting for his 10th HR Friday night, Lindor has become just the 5th first-year A.L. rookie under the age of 22 (as of June 30) over the past 33 MLB seasons (1983-2015) to collect 100+ hits and 10+ home runs in a single season, joining Ruben Sierra (1986), Ken Griffey Jr. (1989), Rocco Baldelli (2003) and Eric Hosmer (2011).

    A.L. ROOKIES (21-OR-YOUNGER) WITH 100+ HITS & 10+HRIN FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON, 1983-2015

    Player Team Year Age H HR Ruben Sierra Texas 1986 20 101 16 Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle 1989 19 120 16 Rocco Baldelli Tampa Bay 2003 21 184 11 Eric Hosmer Kansas City 2011 21 153 19 Francisco Lindor Cleveland 2015 21 107 10

    » Lindor’s 107 hits are 4th-most in the A.L. (5th in MLB) since his June 14 call-up from AAA Columbus, trailing Xander Bogaerts (120), Jose Altuve (113) & Ian Kinsler (112)...Lindor collected his 100th hit in career game No. 82 Wednesday night, 6th-fastest by any player in Cleveland history dating back to at least 1914 - however, Lindor joins Roy Weatherly (67 G, 1936) as the only Indians player to do so in the same season.

    BAD BLOOD » The Indians are settled in for what is likely to be their final visit of 2015 to Target Field for a 3-game series with the Minnesota Twins...Min-nesota holds a 7-5 advantage in the 2015 season series, as the Twins have taken 4 of 6 here in Minneapolis, while the two clubs have split 6 meetings at Progressive Field, 3-3. » The Indians are 29-21 against the Twins since the start of 2013, going 14-11 here at Target Field where Cleveland is 25-27 all-time (2010-15).

    HANG ON TO YOURSELF | MISC. NOTES » Cleveland has alternated wins and losses over each of the club’s last 8 games since a 3-game win streak Sept. 9-13. » Cleveland has reached the .500 mark 5 times in the last 10 days, as club is looking to eclipse that for first time since April 9 (2-1). » While FoxSports1 has selected Thursday night’s game for national broadcast (Twins TV feed), SportsTime Ohio’s coverage remains un-changed in the Cleveland market.

    CLEVELAND ROCKS | THIS DAY IN MUSIC... » 1972: David Bowie kicked off the North American leg of his Ziggy Stardust tour at the Music Hall in Cleveland...1985: The first Farm Aid concert was held at the University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium in Champagne...1990: Drummer Dave Grohl attended a Nirvana concert in Seattle; he would successfully audition for the band several days later...2001: In the wake of 9/11 attacks, “A Tribute To Heroes” was aired live & commercial-free on most major US networks...2004: Cat Stevens, who had since changed his name to Yusuf Islam, was denied entry to the U.S. following a flight from London. » BORN THIS DAY: (1951) David Coverdale, front man, Deep Purple & Whitesnake; (1956) Richard Fairbrass, lead singer, Right Said Fred; (1960) Joan Jett; (1975) Mystikal; (1983) Will Farquarson, bass-ist, Bastille.

    vs. AL: Central West East 62-66 28-37 19-14 15-15 vs. NL: Central West East 12-8 12-8 0-0 0-0 In Series: Home Road Total Overall 8-12-4 10-12-2 18-24-6 Openers 8-16 14-11 22-27 Finales 16-8 11-14 27-22 Rubber 2-3 6-11 8-14 Lead after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 29-4 31-2 60-6 7 inn. 31-1 32-2 63-3 8 inn. 33-0 34-2 67-2 Trail after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 1-31 4-29 5-60 7 inn. 0-34 1-30 1-64 8 inn. 0-36 1-30 1-66 Tied after: Home Road Total 6 inn. 5-4 4-4 9-8 7 inn. 4-4 6-3 10-7 8 inn. 2-3 4-3 6-6 Decided... Home Road Total 7th-or-later 8-8 10-8 18-16 Final AB 6-3 6-8 12-11 Extra-Innings 1-0 4-4 5-4 One-run G’s 6-8 9-10 15-18 Walk-offs 2 7 2-7 vs. RH starter 26-23 26-21 52-44 vs. LH starter 9-16 13-14 22-30

    Overall Record ............................. 74-74 Standing in AL Central ........ 3rd, -12.5G Days in 1st (2-3-4-5) .......0 (0-40-59-66) Largest 1st-place Lead.....................N/A Largest1st-placeDeficit -18.0G (last 8/25) Most G Above .500........+1G (2-1 on 4/9) Most G Below .500 ...-10G (49-59 on 8/7) Times at .500 ................ 7 (74-74, active) Current Streak .................................. W1 Homestand ....................................... 6-4 Following a Win ............................ 32-41 Following a Loss .......................... 42-32 Last 5 games.................................... 3-2 Last 10 games.................................. 6-4 Last 15 games.................................. 9-6 Last 20 games................................ 12-8 Longest ‘W’ Streak ... 6G (2x, last 8/25-9/1) Longest ‘L’ Streak ............... 6G (7/23-28) Come-from-Behind Wins ....................33 Losses After Holding Lead .................20 Team Saves .............. 35-for-46 (76.1%) Record Before All-Star Break ....... 42-46 Record After All-Star Break .......... 32-28 Home Record ............................... 35-38 Road Record ................................ 39-36 Day Games .................................. 25-26 Night Games ................................ 49-48 vs. RH starters ............................. 52-44 vs. LH starters .............................. 22-30 vs. Opp. At-or-Above .500 ............ 43-42 vs. Opp. Below .500 ..................... 31-32 CLEscoresfirst ............................ 47-14 Opp.scoresfirst ........................... 27-60 CLE out-hits Opp.......................... 63-13 Opp. out-hits CLE......................... 10-54 CLE/Opp. hits even .......................... 1-7 CLE 3-or-fewer runs ..................... 16-55 CLE 4-or-more runs ..................... 58-19 CLE 5-or-more runs ....................... 49-8 CLE 5 hits-or-fewer ........................ 3-20 CLE 6-9 hits ................................. 29-42 CLE 10-or-more hits ..................... 42-12 CLE hits home run(s) ................... 55-29 CLE does not homer .................... 19-45 CLE allows home run(s) ............... 43-59 No HR by Opp. ............................. 31-15 CLE charged with error(s) ............ 24-37 CLE no error(s) ............................ 50-37 CLE starter goes 6.0+IP ............... 61-38 Players Used (Pitchers) ............. 48 (25) Avg. Time-of-Game (Overall) ..........3:00 ..................................26,676 min/148 G Avg. Time-of-Game (9.0IP) .............2:58 ..................................24,701 min/139 G CLE challenges overturned .......13 of 25

    indians at a glance

    tribe by the numbers

    Mon.............5-10 Tues ............9-13 Wed ............16-7 Thurs .......... 11-6 Fri ............. 12-11 Sat ..............9-13 Sun ...........12-14

    April.................7-14 May ...............17-12 June .............. 11-15 July ...............13-13 August...........16-12 Sept ................10-8

    UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATIONDate Opponent Probable Pitchers - Cleveland vs. Opponent First Pitch Radio/TVWed., Sept. 23 at Minnesota RHP Corey Kluber (8-14, 3.44) vs. RHP Phil Hughes (10-9, 4.58) 8:10PM ET WTAM/WMMS/IRN, SportsTime OhioThurs., Sept. 24 at Minnesota RHP Cody Anderson (5-3, 3.48) vs. RHP Kyle Gibson (10-10, 3.73) 8:10PM ET WTAM/WMMS/IRN, SportsTime Ohio

    2015 AMERICAN LEAGUEWILD CARD STANDINGS

    Team GA/GB W-L PCT. New York-AL +3.0 81-67 .550 Houston - 80-71 .530 Minnesota -3.0 76-73 .510 Los Angeles-AL -3.5 76-74 .507 Cleveland -4.5 74-74 .500 Baltimore -6.0 73-76 .490

  • PAGE 2 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, september 22, 2015

    Innings: 8.2, July 10 vs. OAK Innings: 9.0, Sept. 3, 2014 vs. DET Hits: 9, May 16 at TEX Hits: 9 May 16, 2015 at TEX Runs: 7, 2x, last June 23 vs. DET Runs: 7, 2x, last June 23, 2015 vs. DET ER: 6, 2x, last Sept. 5 at DET ER: 6, 3x, last Sept. 5, 2015 at DET SO’s: 11, 2x, last May 10 vs. MIN SO’s: 11, 2x, last May 10, 2015 vs. MIN Walks: 5, Aug. 12 vs. NYY Walks: 5, Aug. 12, 2015 vs. NYY HR: 2, 3x, last Sept. 5 at DET HR: 2, 9x, last Sept. 5, 2015 at DET Pitches: 115, 2x, last May 5 at KC Pitches: 118, Sept. 3, 2014 vs. DET CG’s: N/A CG’s: 1, Sept. 3, 2014 vs. DET Low-Hit CG: N/A Low-Hit CG: 8, Sept. 3, 2014 vs. DET CG SHO’s: N/A CG SHO’s: 1, Sept. 3, 2014 vs. DET Win Streak: 3, 2x, last July 31- Aug. 17 Win Streak: 3, 3x, last July 31-Aug. 17, 2015

    TONIGHT’S START » The 25-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 28th start/appearance of the season tonight in the opener of this 3-game series against Minnesota. » Will be pitching on regular 5 days rest after holding the Royals to a single run in a 5-1 victory on Sept. 16 at Progressive Field (7.0IP, 4H, 1R/ER, 2BB, 6SO, 1HR)...matched Carlos Carrasco for the team lead in wins (13). » The right-hander is facing the Twins for the third time this season, as he is now 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA (3ER/13.0IP) across two outings...tossed 7.0 innings of one-run ball in his last outing against Minnesota - an 8-2 win at Progressive Field on May 10 (7.0IP, 1H, 1R/ER, 1HR, 11SO)... has won 3 consecutive games against the Twins, going 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA (4ER/18.0IP) and a .200 average against (13-for-65) over that stretch. » Holds a 7-6 record with a 3.78 ERA (41ER/97.2IP) across 16 outings on the road this season...suffered the loss in his last start away from Cleveland, a 6-0 defeat at Detroit on Sept. 5 (3.2IP, 8H, 6R/ER, 2HR, 1BB, 1SO).

    LAST START » Salazar held the Royals to a single run in a 5-1 victory on Sept. 16 at Progressive Field (7.0IP, 4H, 1R/ER, 2BB, 6SO, 1HR) to match Carlos Carrasco for the team lead in wins (13)...allowed a solo home run to Mike Moustakas in the 7th inning...retired 7 of the last 8 (Moustakas HR) and 13 of the last 16 batters he faced before exiting the game. » The right-hander has gone 3-1 with a 1.75 ERA (7ER/36.0IP) over his last 5 outings at Progressive Field, holding the opposition to a .203 (26-for-128) average against...the Tribe is now 8-3 this season in games started by Salazar at home.

    VS. MINNESOTA | A.L. CENTRAL » The right-hander is facing the Twins for the third time this season, as he is now 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA (3ER/13.0IP) across two outings...tossed 7.0 innings of one-run ball in his last outing against Minnesota - an 8-2 win at Progressive Field on May 10 (7.0IP, 1H, 1R/ER, 1HR, 11SO)...has won 3 consecutive games against the Twins, going 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA (4ER/18.0IP) and a .200 average against (13-for-65) over that stretch. » Over his career, Salazar is 3-1 with a 3.18 ERA (12ER/34.0IP) over 6 starts against Minnesota, striking out 43 against 12 walks...marks his best ERA against any A.L. Central opponent...the Indians are 5-1 when Salazar takes the mound against the Twins, win-ning 5 straight dating back to 2014. » In 11 outings against A.L. Central clubs this season, the right-hander has gone 6-5 with a 4.01 ERA (33ER/74.0IP), registering a 10.70 K’s per 9.0IP ratio, the 2nd-highest among MLB hurlers that have worked a minimum of 50.0 innings against the division, behind Carlos Carrasco.

    AT TARGET FIELD | ON THE ROAD » Set to make his fourth career start/appearance at Target Field and his second start there this season...earned the win, 4-2, in his last start on April 18, logging 6.0 innings of 2-run ball and striking out 10 (6.0IP, 6H, 2R/ER, 1HR 2BB, 10SO)...has gone 2-1, posting a 3.60 ERA (6ER/15.0IP) in his 3 career starts in Minnesota. » Is making his 17th start/appearance on the road this season, as the right-hander has gone 7-6 with a 3.78 ERA (41ER/97.2IP) away from Progressive Field...suffered a 6-0 loss at Detroit in his last road outing on Sept. 5, allowing 6 runs in just 3.2 innings of work (3.2IP, 8H, 6R/ER, 2HR, 1BB, 1SO). » Has tallied 103 strikeouts against 26 walks away from Progressive Field this season and boasts a 9.49 K’s per 9.0IP ratio, good for 5th among all A.L. hurlers on the road (11th in MLB)...is holding opposing hitters to a .228 (83-for-364) clip away from Cleveland which is good for 10th-lowest among A.L. pitchers.

    KEEP THEM GUESSING » Salazar has held hitters to a career low .224 (140-for-625) clip this season, which is good for 13th-lowest among MLB hurlers this year (6th-lowest in A.L.)...the right-hander has held left-handed hitters to a .234 (70-for-299) average against and right-handed bats to just a .215 (70-for-326) average...his .215 clip against righties is the 7th-lowest among A.L. starters this year.

    K-ZONE » The right-hander has tallied 182 strikeouts (21st in MLB, 8th in the A.L.) against 48 walks in 168.1 innings this season...is 8th in MLB (5th in A.L.) with a 9.73 strikeouts per 9.0IP ratio and holds the 17th-highest swing-and-miss percentage in MLB (25.5%) - 5th-highest in the American League.

    2015 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS » Struck out a career-high 11 batters in his second start on April 24 at Detroit (7.0IP, 6H, 1R-ER, 1HR, 3BB, 115 pitches/74 strikes)...also recorded double-digit K’s in consecutive games for the first time in his career (10 K’s on April 18 at MIN). » Earned the win on May 10 against Minnesota, striking out a career-high 11 batters for the second time (also April 24, 2015 at DET)...marked the third time this season that Salazar has tallied double-digit K’s (also April 18 at MIN, April 24 at DET)...after allowing a leadoff home run to start the game, the right-hander retired 21 straight batters, holding the Twins hitless in 6 consecutive innings...became the first Indians pitcher to go at least 7.0 innings, allowing one hit, no walks and 10-or-more K’s since Josh Tomlin did so on June 28, 2014 at SEA (9.0IP, 1H, 0BB, 11SO). » Salazar picked up a career-high 6th win (also 6 wins in 2014) in a 2-1 Tribe victory on June 6 against Baltimore, registering 7.0 innings and striking out 10 (7.0IP, 6H, 1R/ER, 1HR, 1BB, 10SO)...also marked a career-high 3-game win streak at Progressive Field. » The right-hander struck out 3-or-more batters in his first 43 career starts, snapping the streak on June 30 when he only managed 2 K’s in 7.2 innings of work...since 1914, that streak of 43 consecutive games with 3-or-more K’s to start a career is the 5th-longest behind Texas’ Yu Darvish (83), Chicago-NL’s Mark Prior (50), New York-NL’s Matt Harvey (47) and Washington’s Stephen Strasburg (44). » His 43 consecutive games with 3-or-more K’s is the longest streak in Tribe history (since 1914), as he passed Bob Feller who managed to pull the trick in 42 straight games. » Salazar was sandwiched between starts from Cody Anderson and Carlos Carrasco in which all 3 starters carried perfect game bids deep into each game...according to Elias, this occurence is the only time during the Expansion Era (since 1961) for any Major League team to have starters remain perfect through 5.0 frames in 3 consecutive games. » Salazar earned his 8th win of the season, tossing a season-high 8.2 innings (5H, 1R/0ER, 1BB, 8SO, 113 pitches/78 strikes) in a 5-1 victory against Oakland on July 10... is the 2nd-fastest Indians hurler (since 1914) to reach 300 strikeouts (46 appearances), as Herb Score did so in his 40th career appearance. » August was his best career month to date, as the right-hander went 3-1 with a 2.53 ERA (9ER/34.0IP) and a .214 opponents average (25-for-117) - his best ERA in a single month (min. 2 starts)...over his last two seasons, Sala-zar has put up impressive numbers in August, going 5-3 with a 2.64 ERA (17ER/58.0IP) over 10 career starts/appearances. » With 3 strikeouts on Sept. 10 against Detroit, Salazar eclipsed 175 total K’s on the year...joined Corey Kluber and Carlos Carrasco as the other Indians starters to have 175-or-more K’s this season...marks just the second time in club history that the Indians have had 3-or-more pitchers fan 175+ batters in a single season (also 2000: Dave Burba, Bartolo Colon & Chuck Finley).

    SALAZAR’S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015 13-8 3.48 27 27 168.1 140 73 65 48 182 Career 21-19 3.68 57 57 330.1 301 148 135 98 367

    SALAZAR vs. MINNESOTA W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015 2-0 2.08 2 2 13.0 7 3 3 2 21 Career 3-1 3.18 6 6 34.0 29 12 12 12 43

    SALAZAR at TARGET FIELD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015 1-0 3.00 1 1 6.0 6 2 2 2 10 Career 2-1 3.60 3 3 15.0 15 6 6 8 21

    W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME 6 2 3.06 11/11 70.2 24 ROAD 7 6 3.78 16/16 97.2 41 DAY 3 3 3.61 8/8 47.1 19 NIGHT 10 5 3.42 19/19 121.0 46 GRASS 11 8 3.63 25/25 153.2 62 TURF 2 0 1.84 2/2 14.2 3

    31salazardanny

    (13-8, 3.48 ERA)

    Rhp

    Salazar vs. Minnesota PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO Dozier .533 8 15 2 3 2 3 Escobar .333 2 6 0 0 1 3 Herrmann .000 0 2 0 0 1 1 Hicks .000 0 2 0 0 0 0 Mauer .273 3 11 0 0 0 3 Nunez 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 0 Plouffe .091 1 11 1 2 0 5 Rosario .000 0 2 0 0 0 1 Santana .125 1 8 0 0 0 5 Suzuki .273 3 11 1 1 3 3 Vargas .000 0 3 0 0 0 2

    Santana vs. Cleveland PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO Almonte .667 2 3 0 0 0 1 Aviles .077 1 13 0 1 0 2 Brantley .250 7 28 1 5 1 1 Chisenhall .100 1 10 0 1 1 2 Gomes .250 1 4 1 1 1 2 Johnson .333 1 3 0 0 0 0 Kipnis .250 5 20 0 1 1 6 Perez .000 0 1 0 0 1 0 Raburn .000 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ramirez .800 4 5 0 3 0 0 Santana .286 6 21 1 1 2 5 Urshela .500 1 2 0 1 0 0

    AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT .234 70 299 15 34 19 91 vs. RIGHT .215 70 326 8 27 29 91 TOTALS .224 140 625 23 61 48 182

    W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME 11 6 3.47 25/25 150.1 58 ROAD 10 13 3.85 32/32 180.0 77 DAY 5 6 3.56 18/18 101.0 40 NIGHT 16 13 3.73 39/39 229.1 95 GRASS 19 18 3.75 54/54 311.2 130 TURF 2 1 2.41 3/3 18.2 5

    AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT .234 133 568 20 53 49 177 vs. RIGHT .246 168 682 23 73 49 190 TOTALS .241 301 1250 43 126 98 367

    2015 mlb splits Career mlb splits

    2015 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

    BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPs

    STEAL RATES WHILE PITCHING Year(s) CS SBA CS% 2013-14 2 8 25% 2015 4 7 57.1% TOTAL 6 15 40%

    Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game P/S 4/18 at MIN 4-2 W 3.00 6.0 6 2 2 1 2-0 10 Leading 4-2 105/67 4/24 at DET 13-1 W 2.08 7.0 6 1 1 1 3-0 11 Leading 11-1 115/74 4/29 vs KC 7-5 W 3.32 6.0 6 4 4 1 0-0 7 Leading 6-4 96/65 April Totals 3-0 3.32 19.0 18 7 7 3 5-0 28 5/5 at KC 3-5 L 3.81 7.0 5 4 4 1 0-0 9 Trailing 2-4 115/71 5/10 vs MIN 8-2 W 3.27 7.0 1 1 1 1 0-0 11 Leading 7-0 102/71 5/16 at TEX 10-8 - 4.06 4.2 9 7 5 2 1-0 4 Tied 6-6 81/56 5/21 at CWS 5-2 W 3.50 6.0 5 0 0 0 3-0 8 Leading 5-0 107/75 5/26 vs. TEX 3-4 - 3.83 5.2 6 3 3 1 3-0 6 Tied 3-3 109/70 5/31 at SEA 6-3 - 3.79 5.1 4 3 3 0 4-1 5 Trailing 2-3 98/58 May Totals 2-1 4.04 35.2 30 18 16 5 11-1 43 6/6 vs BAL 2-1 W 3.50 7.0 6 1 1 1 1-0 10 Leading 2-1 109/72 6/12 at DET 0-4 L 3.54 7.0 7 3 3 1 1-0 6 Trailing 0-3 106/71 6/18 vs. CHC 4-3 - 3.56 4.2 6 3 2 1 1-0 4 Tied 3-3 85/53 6/23 vs. DET 3-7 L 4.06 4.1 6 7 6 1 3-0 8 Trailing 1-5 99/56 6/30 at TB 6-2 W 3.80 7.2 2 2 1 0 2-0 2 Leading 6-2 109/64 June Totals 2-2 3.82 30.2 27 16 13 4 8-0 30 7/5 at PIT 3-5 L 4.10 4.2 7 5 5 1 1-0 7 Trailing 3-5 88/59 7/10 vs. OAK 5-1 W 3.74 8.2 5 1 0 0 1-0 8 Leading 5-1 113/78 7/21 at MIL 1-8 L 3.78 6.0 2 3 3 1 3-0 8 Trailing 0-3 91/62 7/26 vs. CWS 1-2 L 3.72 6.2 6 2 2 1 3-0 8 Trailing 0-1 113/75 7/31 at OAK 2-1 W 3.47 8.0 1 1 0 0 1-0 4 Tied 1-1 111/76 July Totals 2-3 2.65 34.0 21 12 10 3 9-0 35 8/5 at LAA 3-4 - 3.38 6.0 3 1 1 1 2-0 7 Leading 3-1 107/71 8/12 vs. NYY 2-1 W 3.26 7.1 4 1 1 1 5-0 8 Leading 2-1 110/66 8/17 at BOS 8-2 W 3.16 7.0 4 1 1 1 1-0 5 Leading 7-1 108/74 8/22 at NYY 2-6 L 3.30 4.2 8 5 4 2 0-0 6 Trailing 1-5 100/68 8/31 at TOR 4-2 W 3.27 7.0 6 2 2 0 1-0 10 Leading 3-2 103/63 August Totals 3-1 2.53 32.0 25 10 9 5 9-0 36 9/5 at DET 0-6 L 3.54 3.2 8 6 6 2 1-0 1 Trailing 0-5 76/45 9/10 vs. DET 7-5 - 3.57 6.1 7 3 3 0 3-0 3 Leading 3-1 94/66 9/16 vs. KC 5-1 W 3.48 7.0 4 1 1 1 2-0 6 Leading 5-1 102/65 September Totals 1-1 5.29 17.0 19 10 10 3 6-0 10 Season Totals 13-8 3.48 168.1 140 73 65 23 48-1 182

    sALAZAR’S 2015 DAY-BY-DAY

    WEDNESDAY’S probable starterRHP COREY KLUBER (8-14, 3.44 ERA) » The 2014 A.L. Cy Young Award winner is scheduled to make his 30th start of the season tomorrow night in the second contest of this 3-game series against Minnesota. » Is scheduled to pitch on 5 days’ rest after suffering his 14th loss of the season, 8-4, against Kansas City on Sept. 17 at Progressive Field...the right-hander worked 4.0 in-nings, surrendering 3 runs (2 earned) on 5 hits (4.0IP, 5H, 3R/2ER, 1HR, 0BB, 5SO). » Will be making his fourth start/appearance against Minnesota this season, as he is 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA (4ER/26.0IP)...in his last outing against the Twins on Aug. 14, Klu-ber tossed a one-hit complete game at Target Field (9.0IP, 1H, 1R/ER, 1HR, 7SO)...has won four straight against Minnesota, logging CG’s in his last two starts. » Has gone 3-7 with a 3.95 ERA (47ER/107.0IP) across 15 outings away from Progres-sive Field in 2015...is making his first road start since a loss at Chicago-NL on Aug. 24.

  • PAGE 3 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES tuesday, sept. 22, 2015

    HITTERS NOTES:

    vs.LHP:.265(463-1744) 38HR,197RBI vs.RHP:.253(827-3265) 89HR,394RBI Home:.275(677-2462) 54HR,327RBI Road:.241(613-2547) 73HR,264RBI CWS series: 34-103,7 2B,9BB,21RBI,21R,4HR,1GS H-Stand:99-337,20 2B,1 3B,38BB,52RBI,54R,10HR,1GS RISP:.248(299-1206) 34HR,458RBI

    ABRAHAM ALMONTE

    #35

    vs.LHP:.245(13-53) 0HR,3RBI vs.RHP:.254(35-138) 4HR,18RBI Home:.283(30-106) 4HR,15RBI Road:.212(18-85) 0HR,6RBI CWS Series: 4-13,1 2B,1R H-Stand:10-36,1 2B,1BB,2RBI,6R,1HR Streak:2G (4-8), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.191(9-47) 2HR,17RBI

    Acquired from San Diego Padres on July 31 for LHP Marc Rzepczynski Appeared in 2 G at Columbus (2-8, 2R)…Recalled on 8/8(already 2nd on club in 3B) Prior to the trade he split the season between San Diego and AAA El Paso, hit .275 (67-244)

    w/18 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 35 RBI, 11SB in 61 G at El Paso…Hit .204 (11-54) w/4RBI in 31 G for SD

    Over last 24G w/CLE: 24-82/.293, 14R, 2 2B, 4 3B, 2HR, 9RBI…Has 37G/36GS in CF(EB hit in 12GS, hit in 23GS)…1st career GS, career-high 4RBI on 8/30 vs. LAA (Weaver)

    Indians debut of 8/8 vs. MIN (4-5, 2 2B, HR, 2RBI, 3R) set new single-game career-bests in H, 2B, R, EB hits…First Indians debut (since 1914) with 4 hits/3 extra base hits.

    MIKE AVILES

    #4

    vs.LHP:.243(35-144) 4HR,11RBI vs.RHP:.234(29-124) 1HR,6RBI Home:.215(26-121) 1HR,5RBI Road:.259(38-147) 4HR,12RBI CWS Series: 3-9,2RBI,2R H-Stand:6-16,1 2B,2BB,2RBI,5R Streak:3G (4-11), 0HR, 2RBI RISP:.250(11-44) 0HR,10RBI

    Was on the Family Medical Emergency/Restricted List, 5/8-17, 7/11-16 (missed 10G ) 28G/19GS@LF, 5G/3GS@CF, 11G/9GS@2B, 23G/20GS@SS, 27G/21GS@3B, 1G RF

    23-108w/men on(0-9 PH)…Is 41-160(.256) w/bases empty… 7th career 4H gm, 5/21@cws ...3-hit game on 8/14 @MIN was first 3-hit game since 5/21…last 21G:20-65,11R, HR, 7RBI

    MICHAEL BRANTLEY

    #23

    vs.LHP:.300(63-210) 5HR,35RBI vs.RHP:.325(101-311) 10HR,49RBI Home:.321(81-252) 9HR,39RBI Road:.309(83-269) 6HR,45RBI CWS Series: 5-13,1 2B,3RBI,1R H-Stand:10-37,2 2B,2BB,6RBI,5R,2HR Streak:3G (5-13), 0HR, 3RBI RISP:.326(45-138) 4HR,65RBI

    ’14 AL All-Star (1st time)…Finished 3rd in the 2014 A.L. MVP voting/won Silver Slugger T3rd in A.L. in May RBI w/23…3rd career 2HR game, 8/25vMIL & 4th career, 9/10vDET A.L. leaders: 2B (1st, 45), PA/SO (1st, 11.7), OB% (3rd, .382), AVG( 3rd, .315),EBH( 12th,60),

    RISP(11th,.326),OPS(11th, .870),vRHP(4th,.325), H(10th, 164),times on(T7th,224), RBI (t15th, 84), SLG%(16th, .488), avg w/2K (4th, .266)…season-long 0-fer streak is at 13 snapped Friday

    Has reached base via hit or walk in 114 of 132 starts (hit safely in 104GS) 98G/91GS in LF,28G/24GS in CF, 17GS @DH (missed 6 G 4/8-15 w/back stiffness)…

    career-high 4 H on 4/26@DETand 7/22 at MIL(now has 10 career four-hit games)

    Hitting .333 (82-246) w/ men on base,T6th in AL(career w/men on: .322,410-1272) Since June 24 is 96-for-286(.336, .931 OPS) with 42R, 24 2B, 11HR, 48RBI in 73 G…2nd

    half: 75-for-216 (.347),21 2B, 10HR, 38RBI, 33R, 55 G (.408ob, .992ops)…3rd in the AL in 2nd half AVG, T6th in hits,T15th in RBI, 6th in OPS,T1st in 2B, 4th in OB% (min 225PA)

    Last 39 games: 55-157(.350), 27R, 15 2B, 7HR, 28RBI (since 8/3; hit .406 in August)Last Indian to lead MLB outright in 2B: Boudreau 1947)…4th Indian w/consec 45 2B seasons.

    LONNIE CHISENHALL

    #8

    vs.LHP:.259(14-54) 1HR,9RBI vs.RHP:.252(61-242) 6HR,33RBI Home:.243(36-148) 3HR,26RBI Road:.264(39-148) 4HR,16RBI CWS Series: 2-5,1 2B,1BB,4RBI,2R,1HR H-Stand:7-25,2 2B,4BB,7RBI,5R,1HR Streak:1G (2-4), 1HR, 3RBI RISP:.284(21-74) 2HR,35RBI

    50G/45GS at 3B, 40G/31GS in RF, 1GS @DH …10G hit streak(career-high), 8/16-29 Optioned AAA Columbus 6/7;.209 (37-177) to begin yr w/CLE(8-for-45, 6R Sept, 17G, 9rbi) Since recall (42g):38-119,17R,8 2B, 3HR,23rbi, 14bb, .319/.388/.462/.850(reached last 27/35g)

    37-140(.264) w/men on,hitting .415 (22-53)since return from AAA (12th in AL in 2nd half avg) 0 GIDP in 296 at bats…Recalled on 7/30 (Moss trade STL)…Hit .280(44-157) @AAA with

    13 2B, 3HR, 21 RBI in 40 games…App’d in 32G @3B, 4G in RF (3 OF assists 9/10vDET)YAN

    GOMES #10

    vs.LHP:.196(18-92) 1HR,6RBI vs.RHP:.232(55-237) 10HR,37RBI Home:.256(40-156) 5HR,27RBI Road:.191(33-173) 6HR,16RBI CWS Series: 3-7,2 2B,1RBI,3R H-Stand:8-30,4 2B,4RBI,5R Streak:2G (3-7), 0HR, 1RBI RISP:.157(13-83) 4HR,33RBI

    In 2014 joined Carlos Santana, Victor Martinez, Sandy Alomar & John Romano as only Tribe catchers (at least 60% games at C) w/20+ HR, 60+ R and 70+ RBI in a season.

    New single-game career-high w/5RBI on Aug 29 vLAA (1st career grand slam)…4rbi 8/7vMIN Has two 2HR GMs (3 career; last 9/1@TOR)…Last 8 games: 8-30, 5R, 4 2B, 4 RBI Indians are 45-37 (.549) when he starts; 29-37 (.439) when he does not start/injured

    Was on 15-day DL, 4/12-5/23, w/a sprained MCL in his right knee…Since return(82G): 70-309, .227, 33R, 16 2B, 11HR, 43 RBI, 13BB/87K…runners on: 28-156(.179)

    He appeared in 4 G on a rehab assignment wAAA Columbus beginning on May 18 Second half: 41-182(.225) w/10 2B, 8HR & 33 RBI in 48 G(.696 OPS, 23 runs) 82GS/83G@CA, 4GS at DH this year (hit safely in 53GS)… 17-for-54 in CS/SB this year

    JASON KIPNIS

    #22 vs.LHP:.251(49-195) 3HR,16RBI vs.RHP:.333(109-327) 5HR,33RBI Home:.349(89-255) 6HR,32RBI Road:.258(69-267) 2HR,17RBI CWS Series: 4-8,1 2B,1BB,1R H-Stand:8-35,1 2B,2BB,3RBI,3R,1HR Streak:4G (7-17), 0HR, 2RBI RISP:.293(29-99) 2HR,40RBI

    2015 A.L. All-Star (2nd time, also 2013)…has 17 G of at least 3 hits (2nd in A.L.)AL leaders:Hits( 16th,158), Avg ( 8th,.303), times on(T12th, 221), OB% (7th,.374), 2B (T3rd,

    39), 3B (T13th,6), RS (T17th, 80), multi-hit Gs (T10th,46), lead-off OB%(1st, .387)…2nd half (43G) 46-175(.263), 21R, 12 2B, 2HR, 12RBI, 13bb/.682ops/.316OB pct

    Hitting .298(51-171)w/men on…batting 1st: 112GS,142-456(.311),75RS,39 2B, 8HR, 45RBI, 51BB, .859 OPS…3rd in AL in avg vs. RHP(.333)…Career-high 20G hit streak, 6/3-26 (3rd longest in AL)

    Hit .429(51-119) in May w/30R,15 2B, 3 3B, 4HR, 17RBI in 29 G to win AL POTM (.511/.706/ 1.217) - led AL in AVG/OB/SLG/OPS, R, H, doubles (19H over 7 G, 5/9-16, equaled club record)

    Had 52-game errorless streak dating back to last year snapped on 4/27… 7 E in 495 chances /.986, 5th-best fielding pct in the AL this year

    Prior to DL stint had played all but 15.1IP…16 multi-hit games in May …2 lead-off HR ‘15 115GS at 2B, 12GS at DH (hit safely in 92 of 127GS)…has .902OPS vRHP…Since May 9

    hit in 72 of 102G:127-406, .313, 66R,35 2B, 5HR, 37RBI…2nd in A.L in hm batting avg(.349)Most extra base hits (22) in a single-month by an Indians 2B…51H in May most in club hist. 16th player w/50+H, 30R, 1.200OPS in MLB history…29G home hit streak, 5/1-7/6 15-day DL, 8/2-17, w/R shoulder inflammation(26-117,.222,14R, 8 2B,2HR, 10RBI, 29G)

    FRANCISCO LINDOR

    #12

    vs.LHP:.336(41-122) 3HR,13RBI vs.RHP:.304(66-217) 7HR,31RBI Home:.341(57-167) 6HR,33RBI Road:.291(50-172) 4HR,11RBI CWS series: 4-12,3RBI,2R,1HR H-Stand:14-38,2 2B,1 3B,10RBI,6R,2HR Streak:1G (1-4), 0HR, 2RBI RISP:.358(24-67) 2HR,36RBI

    Promoted from Columbus on 6/14…Spent 2+months in AAA Columbus, hitting .281 (64-228) w/11 2B, 5 3B, 2HR, 22RBI in 58 G (Career-high 4rbi, 7/30 vKC & 9/17 vs. KC)

    Hit safely in 64 of 86G w/ CLE… 1st in A.L. in sac bunts (13), T5th in bunts in play(19) AL rookie leaders: AVG (1st, .316), OB%(2nd, .353), hits( 3rd, 107), RBI(T4th, 44),

    2B(T3,19), OPS (3rd, .831), EB hits ( 5th, 32)… hitting .333 (47-141) w/ men on (T6th in A.L) Hit 1st MLB HR on 6/24vDET(Farmer)…has 34 multi-hit Gs, 2nd among A.L rookies… last

    65G: 90-256, .352, 39R, 18 2B, 9HR, 38RBI since 7/8…10E/334TC /.970 fldg pct

    Made MLB debut 6/14 at DET (PH/DH); collected first hit in the 8th inning (Soria) …Has 85G/84GS at SS…collected first R, RBI, SB at CHI on 6/16 in his first career start.

    2nd Half: 84-236 (.356/.394/.551/.945), 37R,16 2B, 3 3B, 8HR, 35RBI ( 3rd in AL in H,T12th in RS, 1st in avg, 8th in OPS, 6th in OB% -2nd half)… career-high 10G hit streak, 8/4-15

    Hit in 35 of last 43G: MLB-high 63-165(.382, 28 R, 25RBI) and has reached base safely in 39/42 GS since 8/4…Aug: 40-108(.370/.913ops) w/18 R, 8 2B, 2HR, 12RBI in 28 games.

    Indians rookie SS record of 9HR; 6th-fastest Indian to reach 100 career hits (82 G) ROBERTO

    PEREZ #55

    vs.LHP:.255(12-47) 0HR,2RBI vs.RHP:.213(26-122) 5HR,15RBI Home:.238(20-84) 3HR,12RBI Road:.212(18-85) 2HR,5RBI CWS Series: 2-3,2R H-Stand:2-6,1BB,2R Streak:1G (2-3), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.216(8-37) 1HR,13RBI

    Is 5th among A.L. catchers with 33 walks in 2015 (has two 3-walk games this year) Has hit in just 28 of 57 starts but has 9 multi-hit games (career-high 3 walks 2x)

    Has 65G/57GS at C this year…15-for-40 CS/SB as C… Is 11-for-64(.172) w/ runners on base…equaled CH 3H on 4/18@MIN & 4/29 vKC (3RS is CH)....772ops vLHP/.703ops vRH

    RYAN RABURN

    #9

    vs.LHP:.324(47-145) 7HR,24RBI vs.RHP:.143(3-21) 0HR,4RBI Home:.333(29-87) 1HR,14RBI Road:.266(21-79) 6HR,14RBI CWS Series: 3-7,3BB,2R H-Stand:4-9,3BB,1RBI,2R Streak:4G (4-9), 0HR, 1RBI RISP:.298(14-47) 0HR,19RBI

    Made 2nd career pitching app, 6/17 vs CHI (0.2IP, 1H, 2R)…8th career 2HR gm, 9/7 @CWS 8-28 (.286) w/RISP2outs…T2nd in A.L./RBI as PH (8)… 8th in AL in avg vLHP(.324)

    Has 24GS at DH, 16G/11GS in RF, 18G/12GS in LF (6-for-22 w/8 RBI as PH)…since Aug. 1 hitting .424 (14-33, 7R, 3HR, 6RBI, 15G)…23PA vRHP…Is 27-for-85 (.318) w/men on

    JOSE RAMIREZ

    #11

    vs.LHP:.200(16-80) 2HR,6RBI vs.RHP:.214(41-192) 2HR,14RBI Home:.213(27-127) 0HR,10RBI Road:.207(30-145) 4HR,10RBI CWS Series: 0-3,1BB,2R H-Stand:6-19,3 2B,3BB,2RBI,5R Streak:0G (0-5), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.192(10-52) 0HR,15RBI

    43GS/46G @SS, 28G/23GS @2B, 6G/5GS @3B, 2GS in LF (1st career)…1 E in 109TC 2B In 3rd stint w/CLE after 8/3 recall (2nd stint 7/10-13)…30-119, 22R, 5 2B, 2 3B, 3HR, 12RBI,

    15BB in 38G since recall (.252/.336/.403/ .739)… HR in back-to-back games, 9/8-9 Single-game career-high in RBI (3) on 8/8 vs. MIN (equaled CH in H-3, R-3)…

    Optioned first to AAA Columbus on 6/7 and for the year is hitting .293 (51-174) w/29 R, 13 2B, 2 3B, 1HR & 12 RBI in 44 games (has struck out just 9 times in 195 plate appearances while stealing 15 bases in 19 attempts…1st career-PH HR on 9/8 at CWS

    At AAA: 28G at 2B, 10G at SS, 3 G at 3B, 2 G in LF…Since 9/8: 8-24, .333, 7R, 4RBI, 8G JERRY SANDS

    #40

    vs.LHP:.288(17-59) 2HR,10RBI vs.RHP:.157(8-51) 1HR,7RBI Home:.245(13-53) 1HR,9RBI Road:.211(12-57) 2HR,8RBI CWS Series: 0-4 H-Stand:2-9,2BB,1RBI Streak:0G (0-4), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.222(6-27) 1HR,12RBI

    Spent most of year @AAA Columbus, hitting .287 (64-223) w/12 2B, 1 3B, 14HR, 46 RBI in 66 games (.409/.538/.948)…At time of 7/31 promotion was T7th in IL in HR, T6th in walks (45);

    Enjoyed 3 stints w/CLE (4/10-28, 5/28-30, 7/31-current)… 13-for-49 with runners on Career-high tying 4RBI in Indians debut of 4/11 vs. DET (CH 2 2B, 3-for-4 in debut)…

    Has 11G/6GS at 1B, 28G/17GS in RF/6GS in LF and has hit safely in 14 of 29 starts…

    Recalled for 2nd time on 5/28…1GS last recall: 1-1, HR, 2RBI, hit 1st HR since 6/16/14 on 5/30@SEA…Current stint since 7/31: 16-86 (.186), 6R, 2 2B, 3B, 2HR, 11 RBI, 11G/6GS at 1B, 20G/12GS in RF, 4GS in LF (36G)…4-for-11 as a PH w/a HR, 5 RBI

    2nd career grand slam (only GS by CLE batter in ’15) on 8/8 vMIN (3rd career 4RBI game)

    CARLOS SANTANA

    #41

    vs.LHP:.265(48-181) 2HR,18RBI vs.RHP:.220(71-323) 14HR,54RBI Home:.263(69-262) 5HR,41RBI Road:.207(50-242) 11HR,31RBI CWS Series: 2-11,1 2B,2BB,4RBI,1R,1HR,1GS H-Stand:10-35,2 2B,9BB,4RBI,5R,1HR,1GS Streak:0G (0-5), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.250(40-160) 6HR,56RBI

    Current AL leaders: BB ( 2nd, 99),P/PA(2nd, 4.30), on-base%(14th, .362), times on(t12th, 222) 122GS@1B, 18GS@DH (hit in 93GS, reached H/BB in 114 GS)…Grand slam 9/18vCWS 61-265(.230)w/men on/15-67, .224 w/RISP &2outs)…has played 99 str team G since 5/31 1st in club history w/113HR by a switch-hitter (passed Baerga, 104, 6/13 at DET) 2nd career 4BB game May 13 vSTL…last 28G(8/21): 28-101(.277),13R,6 2B, 3HR, 17RBI, 20bb

    2nd among all MLB hitters in walks 2011-15 (493, Votto first/522)…reached all 5 times on May 3 vs. TOR (2-2, 3BB)…Season-high 4RBI on 6/16 at CHI (2B, HR)

    Batting in four-hole: 77GS, 69-274,38RS, 13 2B, 8HR, 42RBI, 61BB (.252/.389/.387/.776) Starts in batting order: 30GS #2; 3GS #3; 77GS in #4 spot; 29GS #5; 1 GS #7 Has 25 RBI last 41 G (18BB last 19 games)…11-G hit streak, 8/23-9/4 (2nd longest of career)

    GIOVANNY URSHELA

    #39

    vs.LHP:.284(19-67) 1HR,4RBI vs.RHP:.200(38-190) 5HR,16RBI Home:.240(31-129) 3HR,11RBI Road:.203(26-128) 3HR,9RBI KC Series: 2-11,1BB,1RBI,2R,1HR H-Stand:4-16,2 2B,3BB,4RBI,2R,1HR Streak:1G (1-3), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.183(11-60) 2HR,15RBI

    Making his debut at the Major League level after June 9 recall from AAA (urr-SHELL-ahh) At AAA Columbus batted .275 (22-80) w/5 2B, 1 3B, 3HR & 9 RBI in 21 G (.301/.475/.776) Season didn’t start until 4/23 after missing all of the spring (also on DL 5/6-20 w/lower back) Career-high 3 hits and game-winning extra-inning HR on 8/4 at LAA

    Made MLB debut on 6/9 vSEA (77G/73GS at 3B)…1st career HR/Hit 6/11 vSEA(2-4, 2R, 2RBI …has hit in 44/73 GS… .973 fldg% at 3B(5e, 185tc)…has 5 RBI his last 9 games.

    Reached base safely (H/BB) in 21 straight, 6/11-7/4 & hit in 13 straight games, 6/20-7/4 Over 9-G hit streak (7/21-30): 11-30 (.367), 3 R, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 3RBI…61/64G w/o E at 3B

  • PAGE 4 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES tuesday, sept. 22, 2015

    BULLPEN INFORMATION

    W L ERA G SV/OPP IR/S 1st Bat/Retired IP H R ER BB SO HR 15 15 3.26 148 35/46 273/81 442/300 416.1 393 182 151 140 407 34

    PITCHING NOTES:

    vs.ALL:.240(1188-4960)151HR vs.LH:.233(550-2356)71HR vs.RH:.245(638-2604)80HR Home:35-38-13, 4.12ERA (664.0IP,304ER) Road:39-36-22, 3.41ERA (654.2IP,248ER)

    ADAMS AUSTIN

    #49 vs.ALL:.271(35-129)1HR vs.LH:.268(15-56)0HR vs.RH:.274(20-73)1HR Home:1-0-0, 3.86ERA (21.0IP,9ER)16G Road:1-0-1, 3.18ERA (11.1IP,4ER)11G Last Win:8/11/2015 vNYY Last Save:5/31/2015 @SEA

    Opened season with MLB club; has split season between AAA Columbus and Cleveland and is in his 5th stint w/the Indians after 6/23 recall…Around his 4 previous stints in Cleveland he has posted 4 saves & a 4.50 ERA in 13 games for the Clippers (12.0IP, 13H, 6R/ER, 7BB, 17K)…2015 debut 4/12 vDET (career-high 2.2IP, 2H, 1R/ER, 1BB, 1K)…First MLB win: 7/22@MIL(1.1IP)

    Has worked at least 1.1IP in 12 of 27 outings (17 scoreless)… Recorded first career SV in 6-3, 12.0IP@SEA(5/31, 1.0IP, 1K)…Since 6/23 return: 21.0IP, 27H, 10R/ER, 9BB, 15K, 20G…last 7 games since Aug. 22: 7.1IP, 7H, 2R/ER, 1BB, 4K (batters are 7 for 29)…

    CODY ALLEN

    #37

    vs.ALL:.227(54-238)2HR vs.LH:.172(20-116)1HR vs.RH:.279(34-122)1HR Home:2-1-11, 2.15ERA (29.1IP,7ER)30G Road:0-3-20, 4.19ERA (34.1IP,16ER)34G Last Win:9/10/2015 vDET Last Save:9/20/2015 vCWS

    Is 31-for-35 (88.6%) in SV chances (T8th in A.L w/31SV; 16 str conversions 4/29-7/10, has saved 28 of last 31 after 7/19 BS @CIN)…Career-high 4ER all’d 4/11 & 4/20 …0ER in 48 of 64 G (29 str G w/a SO from 4/29-7/8)…Last 18G since Aug 7: 20.0IP, 14H, 3R/ER, 6BB, 27K, 1.42ERA (1R/ER last 13 games-14.2IP)…T13th in AL in games (64), 10th in relief IP(63.2IP)

    Last 52 G (5/13): 2.05 ERA, 52.2IP, 38H, 12R/ER, 77K …last 45G (5/26): 45.1IP, 35H, 10ER, 67K, 1.99ERA (last 26G: 26.1IP,26H, 10R/ER, 36K, 3.42 ERA in 2nd half)…Season FIP: 1.87 LHH are 20-116(.172) w/47K’s (batters 29-107(.271) w/men on; 22-75, .293 w/RISP)… Is 2nd in the AL w/94 relief K’s…has 8 saves of more than 1.0IP pitched (last 9/10 vDET-1.2IP),

    which leads all Major League closers. KYLE

    CROCKETT #57

    vs.ALL:.281(16-57)1HR vs.LH:.270(10-37)0HR vs.RH:.300(6-20)1HR Home:0-0-0, 5.40ERA (8.1IP,5ER)14G Road:0-0-0, 3.86ERA (7.0IP,3ER)13G Last Win:9/18/2014 @HOU

    Recalled for 4th time on 8/3 (Roth option)…Spent most of the season at AAA Columbus where he is 3-1 with a 5.97 ERA in 29 games (28.2IP, 42H, 19ER, 11BB, 27K)…In last AAA stint was 1-0 w/a 0.00 in 4G (1.2IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 3K)…Around his tenure in Columbus he has not allowed an ER in 22 of 27 relief app’s over 4 stints w/ CLE (was on opening day roster)

    Stints: 4/5-11, 6/18-20, 7/8-23 (6.0IP, 5H, 2R/ER, 3BB, 5K, .250 avg), August 3-current (18G, 9.1IP, 11H, 7R/6ER, 8K)…Only 4 of 28 inh runners have scored…LHH .641OPS (8 1B, 2 2B) JEFF

    MANSHIP #53

    vs.ALL:.161(18-112)1HR vs.LH:.239(11-46)1HR vs.RH:.106(7-66)0HR Home:1-0-0, 1.29ERA (21.0IP,3ER)15G Road:0-0-0, 0.69ERA (13.0IP,1ER)13G Last Win:8/26/2015 vMIL

    Promoted from AAA Columbus on June 18…Spent the entire season in Columbus where he posted a mark of 0-2-2 & a 1.99 ERA in 23 relief outings (31.2IP, 25H, 7R/ER, 9BB, 31K, .219avg). Signed a FA Minor League contract w/ CLE on 12/30…Made Indians debut on 6/19 vs TB (1.0IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 2K)…Last 23 G since 7/17: 26.0IP, 16H, 3R/ER, 22K, 1.04 ERA Worked 3.0 scoreless innings 6/22 vDET…24 of 28 outings are scoreless, batters are 18-for-112(.161) off him, including an 8-for-47(.170) mark w/men on…1.0 or more IP in 23 of 28G Last 14 games since August 11: 16.2IP, 10H, 1R/ER, 4BB, 16K, 0.54 ERA (has not allowed a run on 4 hits over last 10 outings,11.0IP, batters are 4-for-36)…1st hold, 9/9 at CWS(has

    2 holds this year with Cleveland.)ZACH

    McALLISTER #34

    vs.ALL:.270(68-252)6HR vs.LH:.265(31-117)1HR vs.RH:.274(37-135)5HR Home:1-2-0, 3.79ERA (38.0IP,16ER)29G Road:2-2-1, 2.84ERA (25.1IP,8ER)27G Last Win:8/4/2015 @LAA Last Save:7/19/2015 @CIN

    Made first start of the season on April 10 vs. DET in home opener (4.0+IP, career-high 13H allowed, 5R/ER, 5K, HR)…Had 11.2IP scoreless IP streak, 4/27-5/15. Worked a career-high 3.2IP in relief on 4/14 vs. CWS (3.2IP, 4H, 1ER) in relief of Carrasco…Relief 2015: 2.88 ERA (59.1IP, 55H, 22R/19ER, 20BB, 74K)…last 4G: 2.2IP, 4H, 4R/ER, 4BB Opponents hitting .293 (34-116) w/men on base; .286 (20-70) with RISP …first career MLB save on 7/19 at CIN (0.2IP, 1H, 0R, 2K)…2nd half: 23G,20.1IP, 23H, 9ER, 9BB, 26K, 3.98era Last 34G since 6/9: 2.84 ERA, 31.2IP, 28H, 13R/10ER, 11BB,41K (2nd on team in relief IP at 59.1IP, has 9 holds/3rd on team)… 8th in AL with 73 relief K’s

    BRYAN SHAW

    #27

    vs.ALL:.246(55-224)7HR vs.LH:.233(20-86)2HR vs.RH:.254(35-138)5HR Home:1-1-2, 2.60ERA (27.2IP,8ER)32G Road:2-2-0, 2.90ERA (31.0IP,10ER)36G Last Win:8/29/2015 vLAA Last Save:7/7/2015 vHOU

    Has 22 holds( 7th in A.L., T2nd in the A.L. in games P)…Leads team w/68 app’s…0 ER allowed in 56 of 68 G this year (BS on 4/11 vs. DET; 0.1IP, 3H, 1R/ER)… 17 of 43 IR’s have scored… Batters are 26-for-103(.252) w/ men on … equaled career-high w/4K on 4/30vTOR… 1st SV 6/18vCHI(LHH 20-86, .233,.642ops)…

    Last 58G (4/30): 2.53ERA, 53.1IP, 45H, 18R/15ER, 46K…Last 47G (5/25): 2.43 ERA, 45.0IP, 39H, 14R/13ER, 11BB, 39K…Last 18 G since 8/17: 16.1IP, 18H, 5ER, 4BB, 16K, 2.76ERA as 15 of those 18 outings are scoreless.

    RYAN WEBB

    #54

    vs.ALL:.239(42-176)4HR vs.LH:.207(17-82)1HR vs.RH:.266(25-94)3HR Home:0-0-0, 2.57ERA (28.0IP,8ER)20G Road:1-0-0, 4.12ERA (19.2IP,9ER)17G Last Win:5/15/2015 @TEX

    Signed with Cleveland as a FA on 4/13 after electing free agency after outright that day by the LA Dodgers, who acquired him from O’s 4 days earlier… Appeared in 5 G for AAA Columbus, posting a record of 1-1 w/a 1.13 ERA (8.0IP, 4H, 1R/ER, 5K, .148avg)…Promoted to CLE on 4/29…Since 7/5: 19G. 23.2IP, 22H, 9ER, 3.42ERA 3.0IP in Indians debut was T-2nd-longest of his MLB career (first 3 G/6.0 scoreless IP to begin year; batters are 21-96 (.219) w/bases empty; 21-80 (.263)w/men on, 14-49(.286)

    w/RISP…Worked at least 1.0IP in 33 of 37G(1.1 or more IP in 16/37G)…0 ER allowed in 25 of 37G (LHH 17-82, .207, 7BB, 14K, .270OB, 5 2B, 1 3B, HR, .599OPS) Has allowed runs in 5 of last 8 outings: 9.0IP, 12H, 7R/ER

    PITCHING BY MONTH PITCHER JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER Adams, A. 0-0-0, 2.57 ERA (7IP, 2ER) 1-0-0, 4.70 ERA (7.2IP, 4ER) 1-0-0, 6.00 ERA (6IP, 4ER) 0-0-0, 3.60 ERA (5IP, 2ER) Allen, C. 1-0-3, 0.00 ERA (10.2IP, 0ER) 0-0-7, 3.24 ERA (8.1IP, 3ER) 0-2-7, 3.68 ERA (14.2IP, 6ER) 1-0-3, 1.17 ERA (7.2IP, 1ER) Bauer, T. 2-3-0, 6.26 ERA (27.1IP, 19ER) 2-3-0, 4.59 ERA (33.1IP, 17ER) 2-2-0, 5.01 ERA (32.1IP, 18ER) 1-2-0, 9.49 ERA (12.1IP, 13ER) Crockett, K. 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.1IP, 0ER) 0-0-0, 7.71 ERA (2.1IP, 2ER) 0-0-0, 4.26 ERA (6.1IP, 3ER) 0-0-0, 9.00 ERA (3IP, 3ER) Kluber, C. 0-4-0, 3.97 ERA (34IP, 15ER) 3-2-0, 2.91 ERA (46.1IP, 15ER) 2-2-0, 3.32 ERA (43.1IP, 16ER) 0-1-0, 4.50 ERA (4IP, 2ER) Manship, J. 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (5IP, 0ER) 0-0-0, 1.74 ERA (10.1IP, 2ER) 1-0-0, 1.80 ERA (10IP, 2ER) 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (8.2IP, 0ER) McAllister, Z. 1-0-0, 2.61 ERA (10.1IP, 3ER) 0-1-1, 2.16 ERA (8.1IP, 2ER) 1-1-0, 3.38 ERA (10.2IP, 4ER) 0-0-0, 7.71 ERA (4.2IP, 4ER) Salazar, D. 2-2-0, 3.82 ERA (30.2IP, 13ER) 2-3-0, 2.65 ERA (34IP, 10ER) 3-1-0, 2.53 ERA (32IP, 9ER) 1-1-0, 5.29 ERA (17IP, 10ER) Shaw, B. 0-0-1, 0.93 ERA (9.2IP, 1ER) 1-0-1, 1.00 ERA (9IP, 1ER) 2-1-0, 3.95 ERA (13.2IP, 6ER) 0-1-0, 4.82 ERA (9.1IP, 5ER) Webb, R. 0-0-0, 6.23 ERA (8.2IP, 6ER) 0-0-0, 3.00 ERA (6IP, 2ER) 0-0-0, 2.13 ERA (12.2IP, 3ER) 0-0-0, 7.20 ERA (5IP, 4ER)

    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 Adams, A. 9/19 vs.CWS(3-4) 0.1 1 0/0 - - - ND 27 18 1 1 21 5 Allen, C. 9/20 vs.CWS(6-3) 1.0 - 0/0 - 2 - SV 64 47 31 35 24 4 Armstrong, S. 9/19 vs.CWS(3-4) 0.1 1 1/1 1 - - ND 7 4 - - 2 - Bauer, T. 9/19 vs.CWS(3-4) 1.0 1 0/0 - 2 - ND 1 1 - - - - Crockett, K. 9/20 vs.CWS(6-3) 0.2 - 0/0 - - - ND 27 21 - - 28 4 Floyd, G. 9/17 vs.KC(4-8) 1.2 4 2/2 - 3 - ND 5 3 - - - - Marcum, S. 4/12 vs.DET(5-8) 5.0 3 1/1 3 4 1 ND 1 1 - - - - McAllister, Z. 9/20 vs.CWS(6-3) 0.2 2 2/2 1 2 - ND 55 38 1 2 26 11 Shaw, B. 9/20 vs.CWS(6-3) 1.0 1 1/1 - 1 - ND 68 47 2 5 43 17 Soto, G. 9/19 vs.CWS(3-4) 0.0 1 0/0 - - - ND 5 3 - - 5 - Webb, R. 9/19 vs.CWS(3-4) 0.2 - 0/0 - 1 - ND 37 21 - - 19 9 TEAM 9/20 vs.CWS(6-3) 3.1 3 3/3 1 5 - SV 442 300 35 46 273 81

  • PAGE 5 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES tuesday, SEPT. 22, 2015

    SEPTEMBER ROSTER ADDITIONS (HITTERS)

    CHRIS JOHNSON

    #28

    vs.LHP:.318(27-85) 1HR,8RBI vs.RHP:.234(30-128) 2HR,9RBI Home:.307(31-101) 3HR,11RBI Road:.232(26-112) 0HR,6RBI CWS Series: 2-8,1BB,4RBI,1R,1HR H-Stand:8-21,3BB,6RBI,1R,1HR Streak:4G (5-14), 1HR, 4RBI RISP:.273(15-55) 1HR,15RBI

    Acquired from Atlanta on Aug 7 in exchange for Nick Swisher, Michael Bourn and cash Missed most of May with a fractured left wrist…Batted .235 (36-153) with 7 doubles, 2 home

    runs and 11 RBI in 56 games with ATL, appearing in 23 G at third base, 20 G at 1B Is hitting .318 (27-85) with an OPS of .737 against left-handed pitching this season He owns a career batting average of .312 (208-666) off LHP with a .784 OPS CLE debut on 8/8 vs. MIN (0-1 as a PH), first start at 1B on 8/9 vMIN & matched career-

    high w/4 hits (8x, first since 8/31/2013)… 9GS at 1B, 2GS at 3B, 5GS DH (hit in 12 /16GS)

    College teammate of Corey Kluber at Stetson (hit .176 vs. RHP in NL;14-for-37 w/CLE) Was placed on the 15-day D.L. on August 18 (retro. To 8/15) with a left index finger infection

    after hitting .429 (9-21) with 3 runs and 3 doubles over his first six games with the Indians. Appeared in 2 rehab games (1-for-7, run) with Akron over the weekend (activated 9/1). Has appeared in 12 games (12-39, .308, 2GS at 3B, 4GS at 1B, 5GS at DH) since 9/1 DL

    activation with 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI (.767OPS)…1st CLE HR 9/19 vs CWS (Robertson)

    MICHAEL MARTINEZ

    #1

    vs.LHP:.167(1-6) 0HR,0RBI vs.RHP:.500(4-8) 0HR,1RBI Home:.000(0-5) 0HR,0RBI Road:.556(5-9) 0HR,1RBI CWS Series: 0-0,1R H-Stand:0-5,2R Streak:0G (0-7), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.500(1-2) 0HR,1RBI

    Signed as non-roster invitee to Major League camp on Feb. 13…Promoted from AAA, 9/4. Spent entire 2015 season in AAA Columbus, batting .289 (105-363) w/24 2B, 5 3B, 5HR, 42

    RBI and 53R in 102 G (.344/.424/.768, 11 SB)…At time of promotion was 11th in the IL in avg. Switch-hitter batted .310 (86-277, .809OPS) off RHP, hit .313 (50-160) with runners on & in

    2nd half batted .328 (41-125) w 10 2B, 1 3B, 1HR & 17 RBI over his final 32 games at Triple-A.

    The versatile Martinez appeared in 66 games at second base, 19 games in center field, 13 games at shortstop, 4 games at third base and 3 games in right field.

    Appeared in 188 Major League games with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh from 2011-2014. Appeared in Indians debut on Sept. 4 at Detroit (4G/1GS in left field, 2GS in CF, 1 G at

    3B)…Is 1-for-1 as a pinch-hitter…Made 1st start w/CLE 9/6 @DET (3-4, RS, RBI)Is 4-for-12 w/2RS, 2B, RBI in his 3 starts with Cleveland.

    SEPTEMBER ROSTER ADDITIONS (PITCHERS) SHAWN

    ARMSTRONG #51

    vs.ALL:.167(4-24)0HR vs.LH:.154(2-13)0HR vs.RH:.182(2-11)0HR Home:0-0-0, 1.80ERA (5.0IP,1ER)5G Road:0-0-0, 0.00ERA (2.0IP,0ER)2G

    Recalled on Aug 8 and Sept. 1 from Columbus…Beginning his second stint with the Indians in 2015, working two scoreless appearances from August 8-14 (2.2IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 4K) in his debut at the Major League level…Current stint since 9/1: 5G, 4.1IP, 4H, 1R/ER, 1BB, 4K, 2.08 ERA

    Around his one-week tenure in Cleveland he posted a mark of 1-2 with a 2.36 ERA and 16 saves in 46 relief appearances in AAA Columbus (49.2IP, 37H, 13ER, 0HR, 26BB, 80K, .206 avg.)… At time of 9/1 recall was tied for 5th in games and 4th in saves among International League relief pitchers.

    Over last 26 AAA outings posted ERA of 1.19 in 26 games from 6/8-8/30 (30.1IP, 18H, 4ER, 50K) and did not allow a run over his last 5 outings (4.2IP, 2H, 11K) with Columbus. CLE’s 18th round selection in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft…Made MLB debut on Aug. 8 vs. MIN (1.0IP, 0H, 0R, 2K)…Did not allow a run over his first 6 outings (6.2IP, 3H, 0R,

    1BB, 8K, .136avg) and 6 of his 7 outings this year have been scoreless.

    GAVIN FLOYD

    #26

    vs.ALL:.267(8-30)0HR vs.LH:.167(2-12)0HR vs.RH:.333(6-18)0HR Home:0-0-0, 7.36ERA (3.2IP,3ER)2G Road:0-0-0, 0.00ERA (4.0IP,0ER)3G Last Win:6/19/2014 @WSH

    Activated from 60-day DL on Sept. 1…Making his 2015 Indians debut after spending the entire season to date on the 60-day Disabled List after suffering a re-fracture of his right elbow (olecranon) on March 10 after feeling persistent soreness in the elbow in spring training.

    He underwent surgery to stabilize the fracture on March 16 in Cleveland and rehabbed between Cleveland and Goodyear, Arizona before making three Minor League rehab starts between the Arizona Rookie League Indians and Double-A Akron, beginning on August 19.

    Last Major League appearance prior to 9/2: June 19, 2014 start for Atlanta at Washington (W, 6.0IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 6K)…last MLB relief app before 9/2: 5/28/2011 CWS @TOR (14.0-inning game)

    Made return to the Majors after over 14 months off on Sept. 2 at Toronto with a perfect 7th inning…3 of his 5 outings are scoreless after 2.0IP shutout innings in Detroit in his 2nd outing of Sept. 5…3rd game returned to US Cellular Field w/a scoreless inning at CWS on 9/8…Has allowed runs in each of the last 2 outings (3.2IP, 7H, 3R/ER, 1BB, 4K)

    GIOVANNI SOTO

    #65

    vs.ALL:.300(3-10)0HR vs.LH:.286(2-7)0HR vs.RH:.333(1-3)0HR Home:0-0-0, 0.00ERA (0.2IP,0ER)3G Road:0-0-0, 0.00ERA (1.2IP,0ER)2G

    Promoted from AAA Columbus on Sept. 4 and his making his debut at the Major League level after 7 Minor League seasons…Soto, 24, also spent the entire season at AAA Columbus, posting a mark of 2-1 with 2 saves and a 2.68 ERA in 46 games/1 start (53.2IP, 35H, 16ER, 29BB, 51K, .187avg, 1HR).

    He limited right-handed batters to a .162 (18-111) average against while left-handed Triple-A hitters batted .224 (17-76) off him with 0 home runs allowed…The 6-2, 190lb lefty did not allow a run over his last 9 games beginning on August 12 (8.2IP, 4H, 0R, 4BB, 6K)

    He was acquired by Cleveland from the Detroit Tigers on July 28, 2010 for SS Jhonny Peralta. He owns a 7-year Minor League career ERA of 3.10 in 167 games (465.0IP, 389H, 160ER). Made MLB debut against the team that drafted him on Sept. 5 at Detroit (1 pitch, 0.1IP, 0H, 0R, ground out to first base)…Worked season/career-long 1.1 scoreless innings in his

    2nd Major League outing of Sept. 8 at CWS…All 5 outings are scoreless thus far as lefties are 2-for-7 (2 singles, 0 walks)…3 of 5 outings have been for one hitter.

    2015 vs. MIN Twins Career vs. MIN Twins W-L-S ERA G IP H R/ER BB SO W-L-S ERA IP/ER Adams, Austin 0-0-0 9.00 1 1.0 3 1/1 1 1 0-0-0 9.00 1.0/1 Allen, Cody 0-0-1 3.38 3 2.2 1 1/1 2 6 0-0-3 1.50 24.0/4 Anderson, Cody 0-0-0 20.25 1 2.2 5 6/6 1 2 0-0-0 20.25 2.2/6 Armstrong, Shawn 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 - 0/0 - 2 0-0-0 0.00 1.0/0 Bauer, Trevor 1-1-0 7.15 2 11.1 16 9/9 3 13 1-3-0 6.00 36.0/24 Crockett, Kyle 0-0-0 0.00 2 1.0 - 0/0 - 1 1-1-0 4.91 3.2/2 Floyd, Gavin 0-0-0 0.00 - 0.0 - 0/0 - - 6-11-0 5.49 116.1/71 Kluber, Corey 2-0-0 1.38 3 26.0 7 4/4 3 25 6-2-0 3.22 86.2/31 Manship, Jeffrey 0-0-0 6.75 1 1.1 2 1/1 - - 0-0-0 6.75 1.1/1 McAllister, Zachary 0-0-0 4.76 5 5.2 8 3/3 2 8 2-3-0 3.05 41.1/14 Salazar, Danny 2-0-0 2.08 2 13.0 7 3/3 2 21 3-1-0 3.18 34.0/12 Shaw, Bryan 0-2-0 7.71 5 4.2 6 4/4 3 3 1-3-1 3.05 20.2/7 Soto, Giovanni 0-0-0 0.00 - 0.0 - 0/0 - - 0-0-0 - 0.0/0 Webb, Ryan 0-0-0 4.50 4 4.0 5 2/2 2 1 0-0-0 4.91 7.1/4 INDIANS 5-7-1 4.33 12 106.0 97 54/51 28 109 - - -

  • PAGE 6 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES tuesday, sept. 22, 2015

    GAMES STARTED PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF RF CF DH J. Aguilar - 2 - - - - - - 1 A. Almonte - - - - - - - 36 - M. Aviles - - 9 21 20 19 - 3 - M. Bourn - - - - - - - 80 - M. Brantley - - - - - 91 - 24 17 L. Chisenhall - - - 45 - - 31 - 1 Y. Gomes 82 - - - - - - - 4 B. Hayes 9 - - - - - - - - T. Holt - - - - - 1 1 3 - C. Johnson - 9 - 2 - - - - 5 J. Kipnis - - 115 - - - - - 12 F. Lindor - - - - 84 - - - - M. Martinez - - - - - 1 - 2 - B. Moss - 9 - - - - 77 - 3 D. Murphy - - - - - 15 10 - 28 R. Perez 57 - - - - - - - - R. Raburn - - - - - 12 11 - 23 J. Ramirez - - 23 5 43 2 - - - G. Sands - 6 - - - 6 17 - - C. Santana - 122 - - - - - - 18 N. Swisher - - - - - - 1 - 25 G. Urshela - - - 73 - - - - - Z. Walters - - 1 2 1 1 - - - LINE-UPS USED: 117 in 148 games

    STARTS IN THE ORDER

    PLAYER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J. Aguilar - - - - - 1 1 1 - A. Almonte - - - - 1 9 18 7 1 M. Aviles 2 18 - - - 9 8 4 31 M. Bourn 15 - - - - - 12 33 20 M. Brantley - - 132 - - - - - - L. Chisenhall 1 - - 2 21 19 19 15 - Y. Gomes - - 3 1 20 47 15 - - B. Hayes - - - - - - - 8 1 T. Holt - - - - - - - - 5 C. Johnson - - 1 - 2 4 7 2 - J. Kipnis 112 9 6 - - - - - - F. Lindor 4 80 - - - - - - - M. Martinez - - - - - - - - 3 B. Moss - - - 19 28 20 22 - - D. Murphy - 1 2 19 14 13 4 - - R. Perez - - - - - 1 6 33 17 R. Raburn - - - 30 9 4 3 - - J. Ramirez 14 10 - - - - 4 6 39 G. Sands - - 1 - 5 4 10 7 2 C. Santana - 30 3 77 29 - 1 - - N. Swisher - - - - 17 9 - - - G. Urshela - - - - 1 8 16 30 18 Z. Walters - - - - - - 2 2 1 Pitchers - - - - - - - - 11

    SCORING BY INNING 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th EXTRA TOTAL RUNS Indians 61 61 94 62 74 76 63 75 40 11 617 Opponent 84 66 65 77 63 67 68 55 50 7 602

    Multi-hit Game Multi-RBI GM HR TYPE/LAST HOME RUN PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ ‘15 High Last MH 2 3 4 5+ ’15 High solo 2run 3run GS Last HR A. Almonte 9 - 1 - 4, 8/8 vMIN 9/20 vCWS 2 - 1 - 4, 8/30 vLAA 1 2 - 1 9/10/15 vDET(Simon) M. Aviles 10 3 1 - 4, 5/21 @CWS 9/18 vCWS 3 - - -2,3x, 9/18 vCWS 4 1 - - 9/7/15 @CWS(Sale) M. Brantley 28 13 2 -4,2x, 7/22 @MIL 9/18 vCWS 11 3 2 - 4,2x, 8/25 vMIL 7 6 2 - 9/10/15 vDET(Hardy) L. Chisenhall 12 5 - - 3,5x, 9/14 vKC 9/20 vCWS 4 5 - -3,5x, 9/20 vCWS 4 2 1 - 9/20/15 vCWS(Danks) Y. Gomes 14 2 - -3,2x, 8/13 vNYY 9/20 vCWS 6 3 1 1 5, 8/29 vLAA 5 2 3 1 9/1/15 @TOR(Osuna) C. Johnson 2 2 1 - 4, 8/9 vMIN 9/15 vKC 3 - - -2,5x, 9/19 vCWS - 1 - - 9/19/15 vCWS(Robertson) J. Kipnis 29 14 3 -4,3x, 6/23 vDET 9/20 vCWS 7 1 1 - 4, 4/29 vKC 6 1 1 - 9/14/15 vKC(Volquez) F. Lindor 25 9 - -3,9x, 9/18 vCWS 9/18 vCWS 5 2 2 - 4,2x, 9/16 vKC 8 - 2 - 9/18/15 vCWS(Sale) M. Martinez - 1 - - 3, 9/6 @DET 9/6 @DET - - - - 1, 9/6 @DET - - - - 8/19/12 @MIL(Wolf) B. Moss 16 3 1 - 4, 5/31 @SEA 9/18 @CHI 8 3 - 2 7, 4/24 @DET 8 4 3 - 9/2/15 vWSH(Scherzer) D. Murphy 12 - 2 -4,2x, 6/28 @BAL 9/16 @SEA 6 - - - 4, 8/9 vBAL 3 2 - - 9/16/15 @SEA(Iwakuma) R. Perez 7 2 - - 3,2x, 4/29 vKC 9/18 vCWS 3 1 - - 3, 5/25 vTEX 4 - 1 - 6/22/15 vDET(Soria) R. Raburn 11 1 - - 3, 4/30 vTOR 9/7 @CWS 6 - - -2,5x, 9/7 @CWS 7 - - - 9/7/15 @CWS(Sale) J. Ramirez 11 3 - -3,3x, 8/21 @NYY 9/17 vKC 1 1 - - 3, 8/8 vMIN 4 - - - 9/9/15 @CWS(Samardzija) G. Sands 3 1 - - 3, 4/11 vDET 9/4 @DET 2 - 2 - 4,2x, 8/8 vMIN - 2 - 1 9/4/15 @DET(Lobstein) C. Santana 22 2 - - 3,2x, 9/17 vKC 9/17 vKC 9 3 2 -4,2x, 9/18 vCWS 10 3 2 1 9/18/15 vCWS(Sale) N. Swisher 3 1 1 - 4, 5/9 vMIN 9/5 @WSH - 1 - - 4, 8/22 @CHI 2 - - - 8/22/15 @CHI(Wood) G. Urshela 9 1 - - 3, 8/4 @LAA 9/10 vDET 4 1 - - 3, 6/30 @TB 3 2 1 - 9/14/15 vKC(Volquez)

    INDIANS BATTING BY MONTH HITTER JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER A. Almonte - - .282 (22-78) 3HR, 14RBI, 22G .254 (15-59) HR, 3RBI, 16G M. Aviles .230 (14-61), RBI, 19G .114 (5-44) HR, RBI, 14G .216 (11-51), 4RBI, 18G .400 (10-25) HR, 4RBI, 8G M. Bourn .177 (11-62), 23G .300 (18-60), 5RBI, 21G .286 (4-14), 5G - M. Brantley .297 (27-91), 8RBI, 24G .299 (29-97) 4HR, 18RBI, 26G .406 (39-96) 3HR, 17RBI, 24G .265 (18-68) 4HR, 11RBI, 17G L. Chisenhall .174 (4-23), 6G .429 (3-7), 2G .403 (27-67) 2HR, 14RBI, 23G .178 (8-45) HR, 9RBI, 17G Y. Gomes .230 (17-74) 3HR, 8RBI, 20G .260 (20-77) 2HR, 9RBI, 21G .209 (18-86) 4HR, 18RBI, 22G .226 (12-53) 2HR, 7RBI, 14G C. Johnson - - .429 (9-21), 6G .308 (12-39) HR, 6RBI, 12G J. Kipnis .358 (34-95) HR, 8RBI, 25G .280 (28-100), 6RBI, 25G .241 (13-54) HR, 6RBI, 14G .194 (13-67) HR, 4RBI, 16G F. Lindor .211 (12-57) HR, 5RBI, 15G .295 (31-105) 4HR, 14RBI, 25G .370 (40-108) 2HR, 12RBI, 28G .348 (24-69) 3HR, 13RBI, 18G M. Martinez - - - .357 (5-14), RBI, 7G R. Perez .375 (9-24) HR, 3RBI, 10G .222 (4-18), 2RBI, 8G .185 (5-27), RBI, 9G .333 (4-12), 4G R. Raburn .281 (9-32) HR, 5RBI, 17G .130 (3-23), 2RBI, 11G .421 (8-19) HR, 3RBI, 9G .429 (6-14) 2HR, 3RBI, 6G J. Ramirez .000 (0-6), 4G .000 (0-3), G .241 (21-87) HR, 8RBI, 25G .281 (9-32) 2HR, 4RBI, 12G G. Sands - - .177 (11-62) HR, 8RBI, 23G .208 (5-24) HR, 3RBI, 13G C. Santana .189 (18-95) 3HR, 9RBI, 26G .271 (23-85) 3HR, 10RBI, 26G .248 (27-109) 3HR, 20RBI, 28G .262 (16-61) HR, 6RBI, 18G N. Swisher .091 (2-22), RBI, 7G - - - G. Urshela .271 (16-59) 2HR, 7RBI, 19G .241 (20-83) HR, 3RBI, 25G .179 (15-84) 2HR, 5RBI, 24G .194 (6-31) HR, 5RBI, 10G

    2015 vs. MIN Twins G. AB R H HR RBI AVG A. Almonte 5 20 6 7 2 5 .350 M. Aviles 6 12 1 4 - 3 .333 M. Brantley 9 38 7 15 1 7 .395 L. Chisenhall 11 39 2 13 1 8 .333 Y. Gomes 6 22 4 5 1 6 .227 C. Johnson 3 9 2 4 - - .444 J. Kipnis 6 26 4 10 - 3 .385 F. Lindor 6 21 5 10 - 4 .476 M. Martinez - - - - - - .000 R. Perez 7 23 7 6 1 2 .261 R. Raburn 5 6 1 2 - - .333 J. Ramirez 11 45 4 9 - 5 .200 G. Sands 6 16 2 4 1 4 .250 C. Santana 12 47 6 9 1 9 .191 G. Urshela 6 22 6 6 1 3 .273 INDIANS 12 429 65 126 11 63 .294

    Career vs. MIN Twins AVG AB H HR RBI A. Almonte .350 20 7 2 5 M. Aviles .304 253 77 6 35 M. Brantley .293 351 103 4 44 L. Chisenhall .286 182 52 5 22 Y. Gomes .281 121 34 9 31 C. Johnson .500 12 6 - 1 J. Kipnis .300 243 73 5 44 F. Lindor .476 21 10 - 4 M. Martinez .250 12 3 - 1 R. Perez .244 45 11 1 3 R. Raburn .228 219 50 5 22 J. Ramirez .250 84 21 - 8 G. Sands .250 16 4 1 4 C. Santana .233 313 73 16 47 G. Urshela .273 22 6 1 3

  • PAGE 7 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES tuesDAY, sept. 22, 20152015 HIGHS & LOWS

    CLEVELAND TEAM BATTINGRuns, Game ................................. 17 August 8 vs. MINRuns, Inning ................................. 8 May 27 vs. TEX (3rd inning)Most Hits, Game (9 inn.) ............... 19 August 8 vs. MINMost Hits, Game (Extras) ............. 18 May 31 at SEA (12.0IP)Fewest Hits, Game ....................... 2 July 12 vs. OAKHits, Inning .................................... 7 May 27 vs. TEX (3rd inning)Doubles ........................................ 5 ve times, August 30 vs. LAATriples ........................................... 2 Sept. 6 at DETHome Runs ................................... 4 July 29 vs. KCHome Runs, Both Clubs ............... 6 August 25 vs. MILConsecutive Games w/HR ........... 7 May 3-10Consecutive Games 0HR ............. 5 two times, June 17-21 Consecutive Scoreless Innings .... 19.0 June 26-28 at BAL Extra-Base Hits ............................. 7 six times, last Sept. 14 vs. KCFewest Extra-Base Hits ................ 0 12 times, last Sept. 13 vs. DET (G2)Total Bases ................................... 33 July 29 vs. KCStolen Bases ................................ 6 July 28 vs. KCWalks (9 inn.) ................................ 10 August 23 at NYYWalks (Extras) .............................. 10 July 19 at CINStrikeouts (9 inn.) ......................... 14 three times, last August 3 at LAAStrikeouts (Extras) ........................ 14 August 11 vs. NYY (16.0IP)Left On Base (9 inn.) .................... 13 two times, May 24 vs. CINLeft On Base (Extras) ................... 18 July 19 at CIN (11.0IP)

    CLEVELAND INDIVIDUAL BATTINGHits ............................................... 4 13 times, last Johnson, August 9 vs. MINRuns ............................................. 3 severalDoubles ........................................ 2 many times, last Urshela, Sept. 10 vs. DETTriples ........................................... 1 many timesHome Runs ................................... 2 six times, last Brantley, Sept. 10 vs. DETConsecutive Games w/HR ........... 2 three times, last by Ramirez, Sept. 8-9Extra-Base Hits ............................. 3 Moss, 4/24 at DET & Almonte, 8/8 vs. MINTotal Bases ................................... 10 Moss, April 24 at DETRBI ................................................ 7 Moss, April 24 at DETStolen Bases ................................ 3 Bourn, 7/28 vs. KC & Lindor, 8/26 vs. MILWalks ............................................ 4 Santana, May 13 vs. STLStrikeouts ...................................... 4 three times, last Moss, July 7 vs. HOUHit Streak ...................................... 20 Kipnis, 6/3-26 (career-high) Errors ............................................ 2 two times, last Chisenhall, June 7 vs. BAL

    CLEVELAND TEAM PITCHINGStrikeouts, 9.0 IP .......................... 19 May 13 vs. STL(club record for 9.0IP)Strikeouts, Extra IP ....................... 19 July 2 at Tampa BayWalks, 9.0IP .................................. 7 four times, last June 10 vs. SEAWalks, Extra IP ............................. 6 May 31 at SEA (12.0IP)Fewest Walks ............................... 0 13 times, last Sept. 15 vs. KCMost Runs Allowed, Game ........... 17 June 17 vs. CHIMost Runs Allowed, Inning ........... 7 9th inning, June 17 vs. CHIFewest Hits Allowed, Game .......... 1 ve times, last August 14 at MINMost Hits Allowed, 9.0IP Game .... 18 three times, last June 17 vs. CHIMost Hits Allowed, Extras ............. 10 July 19 at CINMost Hits Allowed, Inning ............. 6 ve times, last 3rd innning, 8/7 vs. MINStolen Bases Allowed ................... 5 April 25 at DETHome Runs ................................... 4 four times, last August 25 vs. MILConsec. Scoreless IP (team) ........ 17.0 three times, last August 3-5 at LAA

    CLEVELAND INDIVIDUAL PITCHINGInnings, Starter ............................. 9.0 9 times, last Tomlin, Sept. 15 vs. KCFewest Innings, Starter ................. 0.0 Carrasco, April 14 vs. CWS (injury)Innings, Reliever ........................... 5.0 Marcum, April 12 vs. DETConsec. Scoreless IP(starter) ....... 22.0 Carrasco, July 30-Aug 11Consec. Scoreless IP (relief) ........ 19.0 Allen, 5/26-7/10 Consec. Scoreless Apps (relief) ...... 19 Allen 5/26-7/10 Winning Streak, Starter ................... 5 Tomlin, 8/20-9/9 Winning Streak, Reliever ................. 2 3x, last by Shaw, 8/23-29 Losing Streak ................................. 5 Kluber, 4/6-5/7 Strikeouts, Starter ......................... 18 Kluber, May 13 vs. STLStrikeouts, Reliever ...................... 4 four times, last McAllister, June 17 vs. CHIWalks, Starter ............................... 6 Bauer, August 23 at NYYWalks, Reliever ............................. 3 three times, McAllister, Sept. 13 vs. DET(1)Runs Allowed, Starter ................... 7 ve times, last Anderson, July 27 vs. KCEarned Runs Allowed, Starter ...... 7 three times, last Anderson, July 27 vs. KCHits Allowed, Starter ..................... 13 two times, last Kluber, April 22 at CWSHome Runs Allowed, Starter ........ 4 Kluber, August 19 at BOSPitches .......................................... 124 Carrasco, July 1 at TBConsec. Save Conversions .......... 16 Allen, 4/29-7/10

    CLEVELAND MISCELLANEOUSWinning Streak ............................. 6 2 times, May 19-24 & August 25-31Losing Streak ................................ 6 July 23-28 Longest Game, Innings ................ 16.0 August 11 vs. NYY (16.0IP)Longest Game, Time, 9 IP ............ 4:16 April 11 vs. DETLongest Game, Time, Xtra............ 5:04 August 11 vs. NYY (16.0IP)Shortest Game, Time.................... 2:06 July 4 at PITLargest Crowd, Home ................... 35,789 April 10 vs. DETLargest Crowd, Road .................... 47,031 August 22 at NYYWinning Margin ............................. 13 August 8 vs. MIN (17-4)Losing Margin ............................... 17 June 17 vs. CHI (0-17)Largest De cit Overcome in Win ....... 5 May 3 vs. TOR (1-6)Largest Lead Blown in Loss ......... 3 four times, last August 3 at LAA (3-0)Team Errors .................................. 3 April 27 vs. KCDouble Plays Turned (team), 9IP .....5 June 20 vs. TBDouble Plays Turned (team), extra ...2 May 18 at CWS Double Plays Hit Into (team), 9IP . 4 four times, last August 24 at CHIDouble Plays Hit Into (team),extra 3 several times

    CLEVELAND TEAM BATTING/PITCHING/FIELDINGShutout, Offensive (11 in 2015) ............Sept. 15, 2015 vs. Kansas City Consecutive Team Shutouts .................June 28, 2015 at Baltimore (day/night DH)Triple Play Turned ................................July 1, 2014 at Los Angeles-NL (LF-C-2B, 32nd all-time)Hit Into Triple Play ................................Sept 1, 2000 vs. Baltimore (Alomar, 26th all-time)Twenty Hits, One Game .......................May 14, 2014 at Toronto (22)Twenty Runs, One Game .....................April 18, 2009 at New York-ALFive (or more) Runs, One IP (11 in ‘15) ...Sept. 18, 2015 vs. Chicago-AL (8th inn)Ten Runs, One Inning ...........................Sept 30, 2012 vs. KC (5th inning)Ten Runs Allowed, One Inning .............August 6, 2012 vs. Minnesota (2nd inning)Ten Hits, One Inning .............................April 8, 2011 at Seattle (4th)Seven Home Runs, One Game ............April 30, 2013 vs. PhiladelphiaNo-Hitter, Against ..................................Ervin Santana, July 27, 2011 vs. LA AngelsPerfect Game, Against ..........................NeverOne Hitter Against, Team ......................June 30, 2014 at LA Dodgers CG/SHO One Hitter, Against ................Dan Haren, April 12, 2011 at LA AngelsComplete Game/SHO, Against .............Jose Quintana, July 24, 2015 vs. Chicago-AL

    CLEVELAND INDIVIDUAL BATTINGSix Hits, One Game ..............................Omar Vizquel, August 31, 2004 at New York-ALNine RBI, One Game ............................Lonnie Chisenhall, June 9, 2014 at TexasFive Runs, One Game ..........................Michael Brantley, June 9, 2014 at TexasLast Cycle .............................................Travis Hafner, August 14, 2003 at MinnesotaLast Cycle, Opponent ...........................Mark Teixeira, August 17, 2004 at TexasThree Home Runs ................................Lonnie Chisenhall, June 9, 2014 at TexasThree Home Runs, Opponent ..............Dan Johnson, Oct 3, 2012 vs. Chicago-AL Grand Slam Home Run (4 in 2015) ......Carlos Santana, Sept. 18, 2015 vs. Chicago-ALLead-off Home Run (3 in 2015) ............Jason Kipnis, Sept. 14, 2015 vs. KC (Volquez)Walk-off Home Run (0 in 2015) ............Mike Aviles, August 15, 2014 vs. BaltimorePinch-Hit Home Run (5 in 2015) ...........Jose Ramirez, Sept. 8, 2015 at Chicago-ALPinch-Hit Grand Slam (1 in 2015) .........Jerry Sands, August 8, 2015 vs. Minnesota Inside-the-Park HR ...............................Carlos Santana, August 31, 2013 at DetroitHome Run, both sides of plate .............Carlos Santana, July 27, 2014 at Kansas CityFour Doubles, One Game ....................Sandy Alomar, June 6, 1997 at Boston Steal of Home .......................................David Dellucci, May 27, 2008 vs. Chicago-AL

    CLEVELAND TEAM PITCHINGShutout, Defensive (8 in 2015) .............September 6, 2015 at Detroit Consecutive Shutouts, Team ................July 27-28, 2013 vs. TexasConsecutive scoreless IP, starters ........44.1IP, May 10-14, 200819 strikeouts, Team (9.0IP) ...................May 13, 2015 vs. St. Louis (club record, 9.0IP)19 strikeouts, Team (Extras) .................July 2, 2015 at Tampa BaySix Home Runs Allowed, game ............August 1, 2003 at Texas (7 allowed)Inside-the-Park HR, allowed .................Jeff Baker, June 17, 2008 at ColoradoGrand Slam, allowed (3 in 2015) ..........Kris Bryant, June 17, 2015 vs. Chicago-NL(Murphy)Walk-off HR, allowed (3 in 2015) ..........Ryan Goins, Sept. 1, 2015 at Toronto (Shaw)Lead-off HR, allowed (5 in 2015) ..........Alex Gordon, Sept. 14, 2015 vs. KC (Carrasco)20 runs, allowed ...................................June 4, 2002 at Minnesota (23 runs)20 hits, allowed .....................................September 1, 2014 vs. Detroit

    CLEVELAND INDIVIDUAL PITCHINGNo-Hitter/Perfect Game ........................Len Barker, May 15, 1981 vs. TorontoComplete Game ...................................Josh Tomlin, Sept. 15, 2015 vs. Kansas City CG, Shutout ..........................................Carlos Carrasco, September 17, 2014 at Houston(2H)CG, One-Hitter ......................................Corey Kluber, August 14, 2015 at Minnesota18 Strikeouts, One Game .....................Corey Kluber, May 13, 2015 vs. St. LouisFour Strikeouts, One Inning ..................Justin Masterson, August 4, 2011 at BostonConsecutive Ind. Shutouts ....................Jeremy Sowers, July 22-28, 2006Two Consecutive Complete Gms .........Corey Kluber, August 9-14, 2015 vs. MinnesotaConsecutive Indiv CGs, Team Games ..July 28-29-30, 2015 (Bauer/Kluber/Carrasco)Position Player Pitching ........................Ryan Raburn & David Murphy, June 17, 2015 vs. CHIFour Home Runs, Allowed ....................Corey Kluber, August 19, 2015 at Boston

    CLEVELAND MISCELLANEOUSTen-Game Winning Streak ...................Sept 19-29, 2013 (ended season)Ten-Game Losing Streak ......................July 27-August 7, 2012 (11 games)Sweep of Opponent in Series (5) .........August 28-30, 2015 vs. LA AngelsSwept by Opponent in Series (4) ..........7/23-26/15 vs. CWS (4 games); 8/24/15@CHC(1G)Victory when Trailing after 8.0IP (1)......May 16, 2015 at Texas Loss when Winning after 8.0IP (2) .......August 5, 2015 at Los Angeles-AL1-0 win/1-0 loss ....................................W-June 21, 2015 vTB / L-July 4, 2015 at PIT

    LAST TIME IT HAPPENDED

    G/GS Record cERA IP ER CS SBA CS% PBGOMES 83/82 45-37 3.58 730.0 290 17 54 31.5% 6HAYES 14/9 5-4 4.96 85.1 47 1 8 12.5% -PEREZ 65/57 24-33 3.81 503.1 213 15 40 37.5% 4

    CATCHER PROFILES

    Aviles .........................1 Bourn ..................... 4Brantley .....................8 Raburn ................... 1Sands ........................1 Moss ...................... 6Chisenhall ..................5 Almonte ................. 1

    OUTFIELD ASSISTS (27)

    Date/Opp Batter/Pitcher Inning8/8 vs. MIN Sands/Boyer 5th8/29 vs. LAA Gomes/Smith 8th8/30 vs. LAA Almonte/Weaver 5th9/18 vs. CWS Santana/Sale 3rd

    INDIANS 2015 GRAND SLAMS (4)

    Date/Opp Batter/Pitcher Inning4/26 at DET Murphy/Soria 9th 5/9 vs. MIN Murphy/Hughes 7th6/22 vs. DET Muprhy/Chamberlain 8th8/8 vs. MIN Sands/Boyer 5th9/8 at CWS Ramirez/Duke 9th

    INDIANS 2015 PINCH-HIT HR (5)

    Date/Opp Batter/Pitcher Inning INDIANS 2015 WALK-OFF HR (0)

    Date/Opp Batter/Situation Inning6/21 vs. TB Murphy/Sac Fly (1-0) 9th8/11 vs. NYY Brantley/Single (5-4) 16th

    INDIANS 2015 WALK-OFF WINS/NON-HR (2)

    Date/Opp Batters (career#)4/24 at DET Brandon Moss (7)6/9 vs. SEA Yan Gomes (2)8/26 vs. MIL Michael Brantley (3)9/1 at TOR Yan Gomes (3)9/7 at CWS Ryan Raburn (8)9/10 vs. DET Michael Brantley (4)

    2015 MULTI-HR GAMES (6)

    Date/Opp Batter/Pitcher5/1 vs. TOR Kipnis (3rd)/Buehrle5/26 vs. TEX Kipnis (4th)/Rodriguez9/14 vs. KC Kipnis (5th)/Volquez

    2015 LEAD-OFF HR (3)

    Date/Opp Batters/Inning5/21 at CWS Swisher/Aviles (1st)7/29 vs. KC Lindor/Brantley (6th)

    BACK-TO-BACK HR (2)

    Jesus Aguilar .........7G, 9/6/14 vs CWSAbraham Almonte 52G, 09/17/14 vs PHIMike Aviles .......... 1G, 9/18/15 vs. CWSMichael Brantley ...16G, 8/29/15 vs. LAALonnie Chisenhall .22G, 8/22/15 at NYYYan Gomes ..........20G, 8/23/15 at NYYTyler Holt ................................ 44G, n/aChris Johnson ....17G, 07/24/15 @ STLJason Kipnis ...........5G, 9/9/15 at CWSFrancisco Lindor . 1G, 9/19/15 vs. CWSMichael Martinez.8G, 8/14/2014 at DETRoberto Perez .........3G, 9/5/15 at DETRyan Raburn ...... 5G, 7/26/15 vs. CWSJose Ramirez .......18G, 8/22/15 at NYYJerry Sands ...........................111G, n/aCarlos Santana ..... 30G, 8/1/15 at OAKGiovanny Urshela ... 0G,9/17/15 vs. KCZach Walters.......... 5G, 5/15/15 at TEX

    CURRENT ERRORLESS GMS

    Michael Brantley 100 career steals (has 93)Carlos Carrasco 500 career strikeout Sept 19 vs. CWSCarlos Carrasco 200th season strikeout (has 196)Jason Kipnis 100 career steals (has 99)Corey Kluber 100 career starts (has 99)

    UPCOMING MILESTONES

    2015 DISABLED LISTPLAYER (2015) INJURY DATES(Days/Games)RHP Gavin Floyd(60D) Right elbow fracture April 4-8/31 (150/130)RHP Josh Tomlin(60D) Right shoulder surgery March 29-July 30(117/101)INF Zach Walters Right oblique strain March 27-April 23 (27/14)OF Nick Swisher Rehab, knee surgeries April 2-May 4 (33/24)C Yan Gomes Right knee sprain April 12-May 23 (42/37)LHP TJ House Left shoulder in ammation May 1-remainder(141/126)RHP Scott Atchison Left ankle sprain May 28-June 12 (16/14)OF/DH Nick Swisher Left knee in ammation June 14-Aug. 6 (54/46)LHP Nick Hagadone Lower back/left elbow July 7-remainder(90/80)INF Jason Kipnis R Shoulder in ammation August 2-17 (16/14)RHP Cody Anderson left oblique strain August 8-25 (18/17)INF Chris Johnson left index nger, infection August 15-31 (17/16)RHP Carlos Carrasco R shoulder in ammation August 22-Sept 7 (17/15)

  • W/L WINNING LOSING HOME HOME GAME DATE OPP. SCORE PITCHER PITCHER SAVE TOG W-L POS GB/A ATTEND DATE TOTAL 1 4/6 @HOU L, 0-2 Keuchel (1-0) Kluber (0-1) Gregorson (1) 2:30 0-1 T3rd -1.0 43,753 1 4/7 OFF DAY 0-1 T3rd -1.0 2 4/8 @HOU W, 2-0 Carrasco (1-0) Feldman (0-1) Allen (1) 2:40 1-1 3rd -1.0 23,078 3 4/9 @HOU W, 5-1 Bauer (1-0) Wojciechowski (0-1) 3:08 2-1 3rd -1.0 22,593 3 89,424 4 4/10 vDET L, 4-8 Simon (1-0) McAllister (0-1) Soria (1) 3:35 2-2 3rd -2.0 35,789 1 35,789 5 4/11 vDET L, 6-9 r-Krol (1-0) r-Allen (0-1) 4:16 2-3 3rd -3.0 23,161 2 58,950 6 4/12 vDET L, 5-8 Lobstein (1-0) House (0-1) Soria (2) 3:13 2-4 T3rd -4.0 19,555 3 78,505 6 4/13 OFF DAY 2-4 T3rd -4.5 7 4/14 vCWS L, 1-4 Quintana (1-0) Carrasco (1-1) Robertson (2) 3:01 2-5 4th -5.0 10,642 4 89,147 8 4/15 vCWS W, 4-2 Bauer (2-0) Danks (0-2) Allen (2) 2:58 3-5 T3rd -4.5 11,042 5 100,189 8 4/16 OFF DAY 3-5 T3rd -4.5 9 4/17 @MIN L, 2-3 (11) r-Boyer (1-1) r-Shaw (0-1) 3:38 3-6 T4th -5.5 21,307 10 4/18 @MIN W, 4-2 Salazar (1-0) Hughes (0-3) Allen (3) 2:33 4-6 T3rd -4.5 23,949 11 4/19 @MIN L, 2-7 May (1-1) House (0-2) 2:45 4-7 T4th -5.5 17,923 12 4/20 @CWS L, 3-4 r-Robertson (1-0) r-Allen (0-2) 2:53 4-8 5th -6.5 13,055 13 4/21 @CWS W, 6-2 Carrasco (2-1) Noesi (0-2) 3:07 5-8 T3rd -5.5 14,032 14 4/22 @CWS L, 0-6 Samardzija (1-1) Kluber (0-2) 2:56 5-9 5th -5.5 14,429 14 4/23 OFF DAY 5-9 5th -6.0 15 4/24 @DET W, 13-1 Salazar (2-0) Greene (3-1) 2:52 6-9 T3rd -5.5 28,192 16 4/25 @DET L, 1-4 Simon (4-0) House (0-3) Soria (6) 2:58 6-10 5th -6.0 35,473 17 4/26 @DET L, 6-8 Lobstein (2-1) Carrasco (2-2) Soria (7) 3:01 6-11 5th -6.0 30,698 12 288,482 18 4/27 vKC L, 2-6 Vargas (2-1) Kluber (0-3) 3:22 6-12 5th -7.0 9,668 6 109,857 19 4/28 vKC L, 5-11 r-Finnegan (1-0) r-Atchison (0-1) 3:13 6-13 5th -7.5 10,698 7 120.555 20 4/29 vKC W, 7-5 Salazar (3-0) Ventura (2-2) Allen (4) 2:41 7-13 5th -7.0 10,284 8 130,839 21 4/30 vTOR L, 1-5 r-Francis (1-0) House (0-4) 2:46 7-14 5th -7.5 9,798 9 140,637 APRIL: 7-14, 5th place, -7.5 games back .238 (168-706), .302 OB%, 79RS (3.8 RS/G) 4.54 ERA (184.1IP, 93ER) 22 5/1 vTOR W, 9-4 Carrasco (3-2) Buehrle (3-2) 2:37 8-14 5th -7.5 15,088 10 155,725 23 5/2 vTOR L, 4-11 Sanchez (2-2) Kluber (0-4) 3:23 8-15 5th -7.5 18,008 11 173,733 24 5/3 vTOR W, 10-7 r-Rzepczynski (1-0) r-Francis J (1-1) 3:06 9-15 4th -7.0 16,128 12 189,861 24 5/4 OFF DAY 9-15 4th -7.0 25 5/5 @KC L, 3-5 Vargas (3-1) Salazar (3-1) Davis (6) 2:26 9-16 5th -7.5 29,099 26 5/6 @KC W, 10-3 Carrasco (4-2) Duffy (2-1) 3:04 10-16 5th -6.5 23,316 27 5/7 @KC L, 4-7 r-Morales (3-0) Kluber (0-5) Holland (5) 3:13 10-17 5th -7.5 38,271 15 379,168 28 5/8 vMIN L, 3-9 Pelfrey (3-0) Bauer (2-1) 2:47 10-18 5th -8.0 19,102 13 208,963 29 5/9 vMIN L, 4-7 Hughes (2-4) Chen (0-1) Perkins (11) 3:02 10-19 5th -8.5 16,199 14 225,162 30 5/10 vMIN W, 8-2 Salazar (4-1) May (2-3) 2:37 11-19 5th -8.5 13,769 15 238,931 30 5/11 OFF DAY 11-19 5th -8.0 31 5/12 vSTL L, 3-8 Lynn (2-3) Carrasco (4-3) 3:31 11-20 5th -9.0 12,615 16 251,546 32 5/13 vSTL W, 2-0 Kluber (1-5) Lackey (2-2) Allen (5) 2:47 12-20 5th -8.0 12,313 17 263,859 33 5/14 vSTL L, 1-2 r-Siegrist (2-0) r-Rzepczynski(1-1) Rosenthal (12) 3:12 12-21 5th -9.0 15,865 18 279,724 34 5/15 @TEX W, 8-3 r-Webb (1-0) Rodriguez (1-2) 3:17 13-21 5th -9.0 29,524 35 5/16 @TEX W, 10-8 r-Atchison (1-1) r-Feliz (1-2) Allen (6) 3:37 14-21 5th -8.0 31,045 36 5/17 @TEX L, 1-5 Martinez (3-0) CARRASCO (4-4) 2:49 14-22 5th -9.0 32,189 37 5/18 @CWS L, 1-2 (10) r-Duke (2-2) r-McAllister (0-2) 2:34 14-23 5th -9.5 17,712 38 5/19 @CWS W, 3-1 Bauer (3-1) Quintana (2-4) Allen (7) 2:57 15-23 5th -9.5 15,681 39 5/20 @CWS W, 4-3 Marcum (1-0) r-Jennings (0-1) Allen (8) 2:56 16-23 5th -9.5 15,146 40 5/21 @CWS W, 5-2 Salazar (5-1) Danks (2-4) 3:04 17-23 5th -9.0 18,321 22 538,786 41 5/22 vCIN W, 7-3 Carrasco (5-4) Leake (2-3) 2:56 18-23 5th -9.0 23,617 19 303,341 42 5/23 vCIN W, 2-1 Kluber (2-5) r-Cingrani (0-1) Allen (9) 2:33 19-23 5th -9.0 27,315 20 330,656 43 5/24 vCIN W, 5-2 Bauer (4-1) Iglesias (1-1) 3:07 20-23 T4th -8.0 23,882 21 354,538 44 5/25 vTEX L, 8-10 r-Scheppers (1-0) r-Rzepczynski (1-2) Tolleson (4) 3:32 20-24 T4th -8.0 13,614 22 368,152 45 5/26 vTEX L, 3-4 r-Kela (4-1) r-Hagadone (0-1) Tolleson (5) 3:06 20-25 T4th -8.0 11,352 23 379,504 46 5/27 vTEX W, 12-3 Carrasco (6-4) Lewis (4-3) 2:47 21-25 T4th -7.0 15,956 24 395,460 47 5/28 @SEA W, 5-3 Kluber (3-5) Paxton (3-3) Allen (10) 2:50 22-25 4th -6.5 19,449 48 5/29 @SEA L, 1-2 Walker (2-5) Bauer (4-2) Rodney (14) 2:24 22-26 5th -7.5 32,454 49 5/30 @SEA W, 4-3 Marcum (2-0) Elias (2-2) Allen (11) 3:04 23-26 4th -7.0 32,287 50 5/31 @SEA W, 6-3 (12) r-McAllister (1-2) r-Leone (0-4) Adams (1) 4:36 24-26 4th -6.5 32,112 MAY: 17-12, 4th place, -6.5 game back .265 (262-989), .351 OB%, 146RS (5.0 RS/G) 3.66 ERA (260.2IP, 106ER) 50 6/1 OFF DAY 24-26 4th -6.5 51 6/2 @KC W, 2-1 Carrasco (7-4) r-Davis (2-1) Allen (12) 3:16 25-26 4th -5.5 52 6/3 @KC L, 2-4 Vargas (4-2) KLUBER (3-6) Holland (8) 2:33 25-27 4th -6.0 53 6/4 @KC W, 6-2 (8) Bauer (5-2) Young (4-2) 2:38 26-27 4th -6.0 29,552 54 6/5 vBAL L, 2-5 Tillman (3-7) Marcum (2-1) Britton (15) 2:48 26-28 4th -6.0 26,070 25 421,530 55 6/6 vBAL W, 2-1 Salazar (6-1) r-Brach (3-2) Allen (13) 2:44 27-28 4th -5.0 24,939 26 446,469 56 6/7 vBAL L, 3-7 Norris (2-4) Carrasco (7-5) 3:33 27-29 4th -6.0 18,151 27 464,620 56 6/8 OFF DAY 27-29 4th -5.5 57 6/9 vSEA L, 2-3 Elias (3-3) Kluber (3-7) Smith (2) 3:03 27-30 T4th -6.5 11,425 28 476,045 58 6/10 vSEA L, 3-9 Walker (3-6) Bauer (5-3) 3:04 27-31 5th -7.5 12,305 29 488,350 59 6/11 vSEA W, 6-0 Marcum (3-1) Happ (3-2) 2:40 28-31 5th -7.0 15,316 30 503,666 60 6/12 @DET L, 0-4 PRICE (6-2) Salazar (6-2) 2:25 28-32 5th -7.0 35,379 61 6/13 @DET W, 5-4 Carrasco (8-5) r-Hardy (2-1) Allen (14) 3:34 29-32 4th -6.0 41,620 62 6/14 @DET L, 1-8 Simon (7-3) Kluber (3-8) 2:46 29-33 4th -6.5 36,994 63 6/15 @CHI PPD. RAIN (made-up August 24 at 2:05PM ET) 29-33 4th -7.0 63 6/16 @CHI W, 6-0 Bauer (6-3) Arrieta (6-5) 3:08 30-33 4th -7.0 35,914 33 894,807 64 6/17 vCHI L, 0-17 Wada (1-1) Marcum (3-2) 3:06 30-34 4th -8.0 15,572 31 519,238 65 6/18 vCHI W, 4-3 r-McAllister (2-2) r-Wood (3-3) Shaw (1) 3:01 31-34 4th -8.0 15,891 32 535,129 66 6/19 vTB L, 1-4 Karns (4-3) Carrasco (8-6) Boxberger (17) 3:01 31-35 4th -8.0 22,811 33 557,940 67 6/20 vTB L, 1-4 r-Cedeno (1-0) Kluber (3-9) Boxberger (18) 3:07 31-36 4th -9.0 24,670 34 582,610 68 6/21 vTB W, 1-0 r-Allen (1-2) r-Jepsen (1-5) 2:36 32-36 4th -8.0 20,847 35 603,457 69 6/22 vDET L, 5-8 r-Hardy (3-1) Bauer (6-4) 3:27 32-37 4th -9.0 15,746 36 619,203 70 6/23 vDET L, 3-7 Price (7-2) Salazar (6-3) 3:28 32-38 4th -9.0 19,156 37 638,359 71 6/24 vDET W, 8-2 Carrasco (9-6) Farmer (0-2) 3:06 33-38 4th -9.0 20,780 38 659,139 71 6/25 OFF DAY 33-38 4th -9.0 72 6/26 @BAL L, 3-4 r-O’Day (5-0) r-Rzepczynski (1-3) Britton (22) 2:47 33-39 4th -10.0 31,112 72 6/27 @BAL PPD. RAIN (made-up 6/28 at 7:05PM ET) 33-39 4th -10.5 73 6/28 @BAL(D) L, 0-4 Jimenez (7-3) Bauer (6-5) 2:21 33-40 4th -11.0 45,675 74 6/28 @BAL(N) L, 0-8 Tillman (6-7) Murata (0-1) 2:46 33-41 4th -12.0 40,006 75 6/29 @TB W, 7-1 Anderson (1-0) Karns (4-4) 2:45 34-41 4th -11.0 11,802 76 6/30 @TB W, 6-2 Salazar (7-3) Ramirez (6-3) 2:42 35-41 4th -10.0 10,437 JUNE: 11-15, 4th place, -10.0 games back .249 (215-862), .313 OB%, 79RS (3.0 RS/G) 3.90 ERA (226.1IP, 98ER) 77 7/1 @TB W, 8-1 Carrasco (10-6) Colome (3-4) 2:44 36-41 4th -9.0 11,394 78 7/2 @TB W, 5-4(10) r-Shaw (1-1) r-Cedeno (1-1) Allen (15) 3:01 37-41 4th -8.0 16,353 79 7/3 @PIT W, 5-2 Bauer (7-5) Morton (6-2) Allen (16) 3:11 38-41 4th -8.0 38,840 80 7/4 @PIT L, 0-1 Locke (5-4) ANDERSON (1-1) Melancon (26) 2:06 38-42 4th -8.0 37,928 81 7/5 @PIT L, 3-5 Cole (12-3) Salazar (7-4) Melancon (27) 2:51 38-43 4th -9.0 36,812 43 1,175,166 (xx) - extra inning game r - relief decision PITCHER IN CAPS - complete game

    2015 INDIANS DAY-BY-DAY PAGE 8 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES tuesDAY, sept. 22, 2015

    2015 TRANSACTIONSMARCH 27 Optioned RHP DANNY SALAZAR to AAA Columbus.MARCH 29 Optioned RHP JOSH TOMLIN to AAA Columbus.MARCH 29 Optioned OF TYLER HOLT to AAA Columbus....Released LHP SCOTT DOWNS.APRIL 2 Optioned INF JESUS AGUILAR to AAA Columbus.APRIL 5 Purchased the contract of RHP ANTHONY SWARZAK from AAA Columbus ...Placed RHP JOSH TOMLIN (R shoulder surgery/retro 3/29) on 15-day DL/rescinded his 3/29 option to Colum-bus...Placed OF NICK SWISHER (rehab, bi-lateral knee surgery/retro 2-Apr) and INF ZACH WALTERS (R oblique strain/retro 3/27) on the 15-day DL...Placed RHP GAVIN FLOYD (R elbow fracture/sur-gery) on the 60-day DL...Reassigned LHP BRUCE CHEN, C BRETT HAYES, RHP JEFF MANSHIP, RHP SHAUN MARCUM, INF MICHAEL MARTINEZ, INF RYAN ROHLINGER and 1B/OF JERRY SANDS to the AAA Columbus roster... Signed RHP COREY KLUBER to a ve-year Major League contract thru the 2019 season