241 miles – a three hour and 36 minute drive – separate Victory Field in Indianapolis, Indiana and Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. It’s the distance Indianapolis Indians infielder Matt Hague traveled to make his first appearance of the 2014 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
For the Indianapolis Indians it’s been nothing but an offensive slump as of late. They continue to score runs – there was never a shut out in the four straight losses to the Charlotte Knights – but they just aren’t scoring enough.
Bad things are just getting worse for the Indianapolis Indians with Andrew Lambo acting as a glimmer of hope in what has been an offensively difficult series against the Charlotte Knights.
As the Indianapolis Indians took the field on Tuesday night, it was the perfect day for baseball. The skies were clear, the temperature was 87 degrees and Brandon Cumpton was on the mound to attempt to stop the surging Charlotte Knights.
After the offensive explosion that occurred over the weekend for the Indianapolis Indians their bats were nearly silent in comparison as the Charlotte Knights got to Tribe starter Jay Jackson early and often in the 8-3 loss on Monday night.
After being unable to defeat the Columbus Clippers in a series at home, the Indianapolis Indians closed off the short road trip with their third win of the series. They also pulled two games ahead in the International League West Division standings with their 7-5 victory.
The All-Star break was good for breaking up the long stretch of games the Indianapolis Indians were set to play against the Columbus Clippers. After a four game streak of losses to close out the six games played in four days at Victory Field, the Tribe headed to Columbus ready to no longer share the top spot in the International League West Division. The four losses allowed the Clippers to share the IL West’s No. 1 spot with the Indians.
Is the end ever going to be in sight for the Indianapolis Indians and the number of games they are playing against the Columbus Clippers? Not only has this been a long home stand, but Sunday’s game lasted just under four hours.
For the Indianapolis Indians, this home series seems never-ending. On Saturday night, they hosted the Columbus Clippers for the second doubleheader in three days. It marks games four and five that the two teams will play against each other in a ten game stretch – they have one more game at Victory Field before the All-Star break and then a four game series in Columbus.
After last night’s two games between the Indianapolis Indians and the Columbus Clippers, Friday night featured only one game at Victory Field.
On Thursday night, the Indianapolis Indians hosted the Columbus Clippers for the first two games of what will eventually be 10 straight games played against each other. The first six games will occur in Indianapolis – a four day series featuring two doubleheaders (Thursday and Saturday) to make up games missed due to inclement weather, otherwise known as snow, in April.
Since losing the first two games of the home stand to the Louisville Bats, the Indianapolis Indians have shown up and taken the first three of four games against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. This time, they did so with some late in the game scoring. The Tribe’s four runs were split across three innings, starting with the sixth.
It was another night and another loss for the Indianapolis Indians against the Toledo Mud Hens on Tuesday.
The Indianapolis Indians returned home from a 10-game road trip for just two games against the Toledo Mud Hens, starting on Monday night. The Indians then head back out of the road for two games against the Louisville Bats before returning for 12-games at home in 10 days – thanks to two doubleheaders against the Columbus Clippers.
Much like Nick Kingham’s performance for the Indianapolis Indians on Tuesday against the Durham Bulls, Tribe starter Casey Sadler took the mound in the series finale and showed them what stellar pitching looks like.
The Indianapolis Indians were unable to transfer their success behind the pitching of Nick Kingham on Tuesday night against the Durham Bulls in the next two games as they lost on Wednesday 6-3 and again on Thursday 8-2.
The Durham Bulls are atop of the International League South Division, a position the Indianapolis Indians hold in the International League West Division. On Tuesday night, the two first place teams faced off in Durham and thanks to a dominate performance by The Tribe’s Nick Kingham the Indians won 2-1.
Indianapolis Indians started off their 10 games in 10 days road trip with two wins, before defeating the Norfolk Tides on Sunday in the 12th inning and then losing the series finale on Monday. Tribe starter Casey Sadler was looking to extend his career-high win streak from four to five, but the Tides kept the game close answering run for run until the 12th when the Indians walked away with a 5-4 victory.
Adam Wilk won his third consecutive game for the Indianapolis Indians as he pitched his third straight quality outing against the Norfolk Tides on Saturday evening.
Jake Brigham was reinstated from the disabled list to start for the Indianapolis Indians in their first game of the road trip against the Norfolk Tides. It was a pitcher’s duel as Brigham and Tides’ starter Nick Additon held the other team to no runs until the fourth. It was during that single inning that both pitchers gave up a single run, but both runs were unearned. The game remained tied until the ninth when the Tides’ scored to end the game.