Indians struggle in first game against Mud Hens
In his first game back with the Indianapolis Indians, after a long stint on the disabled list, A.J. Morris got roughed up as the Toledo Mud Hens were victorious by a score of 6-1 on Thursday night.
In his first game back with the Indianapolis Indians, after a long stint on the disabled list, A.J. Morris got roughed up as the Toledo Mud Hens were victorious by a score of 6-1 on Thursday night.
After a losing two of three games against the Toledo Mud Hens, the Indianapolis Indians won two games against the Louisville Bats on the road.
The Indianapolis Indians ended their short three-game win streak in an 11-0 loss to the Toledo Mud Hens on Wednesday night. The two teams met up again on Thursday night with similar results. The Tribe fell to the Mud Hens 10-6.
The Indianapolis Indians found their mojo and in a big way in the third game of their series against the Rochester Red Wings. For the first time in four games, the Indians held the opposing team to no runs in the first inning. They then went on to score four runs in the bottom of the second. The first time they had scored first since their walk off victory on August 2 to start the home stand.
Things could only get worse, right? The Indianapolis Indians dropped another game to the Rochester Red Wings on Friday night to lose their fifth straight game.
The Indianapolis Indians had a day off to separate their eight-game home stand. But it did nothing to awaken the Tribe’s offense as they opened the series against the Rochester Red Wings with a 7-0 loss.
After a stellar performance in his first rehab start against the Rochester Red Wings, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitcher Gerrit Cole didn’t have the same stuff when he started for the Indianapolis Indians in the series finale against the Toledo Mud Hens.
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.
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.
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 Indianapolis Indians are seeking the franchise’s first back-to-back-to-back International League (IL) West Division championships and just the second three-peat title in team history. A tall order at first glance, but with 11 wins in their first 16 games, claiming a spot in the record books may not be such a pipe dream.