Indians win third game in a row
It has been no easy feat for the Indianapolis Indians to get back on track after struggling to start the month of August.
It has been no easy feat for the Indianapolis Indians to get back on track after struggling to start the month of August.
The Indianapolis Indians carried their momentum from Saturday night’s 14-5 victory into Sunday afternoon’s series finale against the Rochester Red Wings.
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.
The Indianapolis Indians had a rough road trip – winning only two of the eight games, but won their first game in an eight-game home stand on Saturday night against the Toledo Mud Hens.
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.