2014 MLB Expansion: Starting from the Bottom

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Pittsburgh Pirates at Indianapolis Devils
Apr 22, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (8-8)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
Indianapolis (8-8)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	1
W: Chad Billingsley (3-0, 3.00) L: Justin Wilson (0-3, 3.74) S: Jose Veras (3, 4.26)

Despite allowing a lot of baserunners, the Devils pitching staff only surrendered two runs to the Pirates. Timely hitting benefited Indianapolis, as they scored four runs on only seven hits. Omar Infante had the biggest hit, a two-out, 2 RBI single in the fourth inning.

Pittsburgh Pirates at Indianapolis Devils
Apr 23, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (8-9)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Indianapolis (9-8)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	x	2	7	0
W: Barry Zito (2-0, 1.88) L: Charlie Morton (2-2, 5.04) S: Jose Veras (4, 3.68)

Barry Zito dominated once again, pitching eight scoreless innings, and striking out six Pirates. Gregor Blanco broke the tie in the 6th inning with his 3rd home run of the year, and Alberto Callaspo added more insurance in the next inning with his team-leading 14th RBI of the season.

Pittsburgh Pirates at Indianapolis Devils
Apr 23, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (8-10)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1
Indianapolis (10-8)	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	x	9	13	0
W: John Lannan (1-1, 4.37) L: Jeff Locke (2-1, 3.08)

After falling behind early after a Russell Martin home run, the Devils came roaring back with 9 unanswered runs. Neil Walker had his best game of the season, going 3-5 with 2 homers and 5 RBIs. Indianapolis now improves to 10-8, good for 2nd place in the NL Central. Unfortunately, they are still 4 games behind the red-hot Reds, who lead the MLB with a 14-4 record.

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Devils at Padres |
Apr 25, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Indianapolis (10-9)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0 0 0 0 0	4	10	0
San Diego (7-12)	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0 0 0 0 1	5	11	1
W: Nick Vincent (1-1, 1.65) L: David Hernandez (1-1, 3.38)

It looked like Jeff Niemann would continue his fantastic season with another win, but San Diego tied the game in the 5th. In the 13th inning, Indianapolis nearly took the lead on a base hit to the outfield, but CF Alexi Amarista made a perfect throw to home plate to save the game. Finally, in the 14th inning, the Devils cracked, and allowed the Padres to win.

Indianapolis Devils at San Diego Padres
Apr 26, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Indianapolis (11-9)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	6	14	1
San Diego (7-13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
W: Chris Narveson (1-3, 6.63) L: Cory Luebke (2-2, 4.88)

For the first time this year, Chris Narveson pitched very well, striking out 9 Padres over 7 scoreless innings. The Devils had a very quiet offense until the ninth when they padded their lead with 5 insurance runs.

Indianapolis Devils at San Diego Padres
Apr 27, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Indianapolis (11-10)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	10	0
San Diego (8-13)	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	8	0
W: Jake Odorizzi (1-1, 6.75) L: Matt Reynolds (0-2, 5.00) S: Huston Street (6, 0.00)

The Devils offense finally woke up in the 6th inning, but Matt Reynolds and Francisco Rodriguez could not hold the lead when they replaced Chad Billingsley in the 7th. The two relievers combined to walk 4 batters and give up 3 runs in just one inning.

Austin Jackson will rejoin the team in the next series against the Dodgers. A.J. Pollock has struggled with a .154 average this year, and he will be sent to AAA. With Jackson, the new lineups will look like this:

vs. RHP
1. Suzuki RF
2. Jackson CF
3. Walker 2B
4. Thole C
5. Callaspo 3B
6. Moreland 1B
7. Blanco LF
8. Cozart SS

vs. LHP
1. Jackson CF
2. Suzuki RF
3. Walker 2B
4. Callaspo 3B
5. Sanchez 1B
6. Maldonado C
7. Infante LF
8. Cozart SS

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Los Angeles Dodgers at Indianapolis Devils
Apr 28, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (14-8)	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	8	0
Indianapolis (11-11)	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	8	0
W: Zack Greinke (2-3, 2.19) L: Barry Zito (2-1, 3.72) S: Steve Cishek (1, 3.48)

Barry Zito was tagged for 5 runs in the first inning, and although the Devils made the game close with a 4-4 performance from Neil Walker, the bad first inning was too much to overcome.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Indianapolis Devils
Apr 29, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (15-8)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	8	0
Indianapolis (11-12)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	7	0
W: Matt Garza (3-1, 3.21) L: Jon Rauch (0-1, 1.74) S: Kenley Jansen (1, 2.08)

John Lannan was nearly perfect until the 6th, when Hanley Ramirez gave the Dodgers the lead with a 2-run home run. Indianapolis would take the lead on an RBI single by Ichiro, but Jon Rauch allowed a costly homer to Matt Kemp in the next inning, allowing L.A. to win the game.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Indianapolis Devils
Apr 30, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (15-9)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
Indianapolis (12-12)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	x	4	7	0
W: Chris Leroux (2-0, 1.29) L: Ronald Belisario (0-1, 4.05) S: Jose Veras (5, 2.61)

The Devils and Dodgers played another very tight game, but this time, the home team came out on top. The Devils found themselves behind in the 8th inning, but Alberto Callaspo ended his slump at the plate with a go-ahead home run. Jose Veras easily closed the game, and Indianapolis avoided being swept.

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Stats as of April 30th

2014 Indianapolis Devils Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
Ichiro Suzuki	98	17	33	6	1	0	8	7	14	8	0	.337	.391	.418
Neil Walker	89	15	29	5	0	5	19	13	20	0	1	.326	.408	.551
Zack Cozart	88	11	23	8	1	4	10	5	24	0	0	.261	.301	.511
Alberto Callaspo	87	11	26	7	1	2	19	7	12	0	0	.299	.344	.471
Mitch Moreland	74	9	16	4	1	2	11	4	15	0	0	.216	.253	.378
Josh Thole	72	5	19	3	1	1	5	5	12	0	0	.264	.312	.375
Gerardo Parra	67	5	11	1	1	1	4	2	24	3	0	.164	.183	.254
Gregor Blanco	63	7	16	3	0	3	9	5	15	2	0	.254	.309	.444
Omar Infante	49	6	15	2	0	0	4	2	4	1	0	.306	.333	.347
Gaby Sanchez	32	1	4	1	0	0	2	3	10	0	0	.125	.216	.156
Martin Maldonado	31	3	7	3	0	2	3	1	6	0	0	.226	.250	.516
A.J. Pollock	26	2	4	0	1	0	0	3	6	0	0	.154	.290	.231
Austin Jackson	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	.091	.231	.091

2014 Indianapolis Devils Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
Barry Zito	5	5	2	1	0	2	0	29.0	29	12	4	10	27	1.34	3.72
John Lannan	5	5	1	1	0	3	0	28.2	23	13	2	9	22	1.12	4.08
Chad Billingsley	5	5	3	0	0	2	0	27.0	24	8	2	14	19	1.41	2.67
Jeff Niemann	5	5	2	0	0	3	0	25.0	25	9	1	8	21	1.32	3.24
Chris Narveson	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	19.0	24	14	3	9	19	1.74	6.63
Chris Leroux	11	0	2	0	0	0	3	14.0	5	2	0	5	11	0.71	1.29
David Hernandez	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	12.2	9	4	3	3	11	0.95	2.84
Jim Henderson	11	0	0	1	0	0	4	11.0	4	1	0	2	12	0.55	0.82
Jose Veras	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	10.1	7	3	1	4	12	1.06	2.61
Jon Rauch	11	0	0	1	0	0	4	10.1	5	2	1	3	14	0.77	1.74
Matt Reynolds	13	0	0	2	1	0	4	10.0	11	5	1	1	22	1.20	4.50
Francisco Rodriguez	10	0	0	1	1	0	3	9.1	6	1	0	7	5	1.39	0.96
Jake McGee	13	0	0	0	0	0	7	9.0	3	0	0	3	11	0.67	0.00

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