Indianapolis and Toledo play a twin bill tonight to kick off a four-game weekend series at Victory Field. The Indians have climbed into a tie for first place with Toledo in the IL West Division, thanks to a 13-3 record in the month of May.
Location: Victory Field
Game 1 First Pitch: 5:30 p.m. ET
Game 2 First Pitch: 30 minutes after the conclusion of Game 1
Games #39 & #40/Home #23 & #24: Indianapolis Indians (20-18) vs. Toledo Mud Hens (20-18)
Game 1 Probables: RHP Clay Holmes (1-1, 3.38) vs. LHP Anthony Vasquez (1-0, 4.50)
Game 2 Probables: RHP Brett McKinney (2-1, 2.25) vs. RHP Victor Alcantara (First career Triple-A start)
Radio: Fox Sports 97.5 and AM 1260
TV: MiLB TV
PROBABLE GAME 1 STARTING LINEUPS
Indianapolis Indians
Toledo Mud Hens
- Alex Presley LF
- Jacoby Jones CF
- Efren Navarro 1B
- Jason Krizan RF
- Omar Infante 2B
- Logan Watkins DH
- Bryan Holaday C
- Argenis Diaz 3B
- Brendan Ryan SS
PROBABLE GAME 2 STARTING LINEUPS
Indianapolis Indians
TRIBE NOTES
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: The Indians continued their success in Columbus, taking the final four games of their five-game set to improve to 6-1 at Huntington Park in 2017. Indy’s three best records in Columbus came in 2000 (6-2) and 2012/2014 (8-3).
THAT WAS CLUTCH: Austin Meadows’ three-run homer in the eighth yesterday turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 advantage for Indy. The homer was his second of 2017, with the other also occuring in the eighth inning on April 14 @ Toledo. He capped the Tribe’s last homestand with a bases-loaded walk-off single in the 11th inning, a 5-4 win over Norfolk.
NEARLY THREE YEARS TO THE DAY: Dan Runzler recorded the save yesterday in place of Edgar Santana who was limited to a single inning after throwing an inning on Wednesday night. Runzler worked a perfect ninth, giving him his first save nearly three years to the date; his last save prior to yesterday came on May 19, 2014 with Triple-A Fresno vs. Las Vegas at Chukchansi Park.
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU: Jason Rogers has found good success against Toledo in his two seasons with Indianapolis, batting a collective .313 (35-for-112) with six doubles, four home runs and 15 RBI in 29 games. This year, Rogers had led Indy’s offense against the Mud Hens, collecting a .344 average (11-for-32) with two doubles, two long balls and five RBI in eight contests.
YEAH, HE’S GOOD: Santana’s 0.39 ERA in second among pitchers in all of professional baseball who have made 15-plus appearances this season. Chicago Cubs closer Wade Davis is the only pitcher with those qualifications and a lower ERA than Santana. Davis has not allowed an earned run in 18 games in which he’s totaled 17.1 innings of work.