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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (42-57) vs. Iowa Cubs (55-45) RHP Kyle Dowdy (1-1, 6.00) vs. RHP Trevor Clifton (3-8, 5.59) Game #100/Home Game #52 • Sunday, July 21, 2019 • First Tennessee Park • 6:15 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Monday July 22 OFF DAY Tuesday July 23 vs. Oklahoma City RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (0-2, 5.30) RHP Dustin May (1-0, 3.52) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday July 24 vs. Oklahoma City LHP Wes Benjamin (4-5, 6.37) RHP Brock Stewart (4-7, 7.91) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday July 25 vs. Oklahoma City RHP Seth Maness (5-3, 5.55) RHP Daniel Corcino (7-4, 4.29) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Iowa Cubs play the series finale of a three-game set tonight at First Tennessee Park. Nashville has won the first two games of the series and look to complete the three-game sweep SOUNDS VS. CUBS Series (W-L-T): 6-14-4 against the American North Division leader. Tonight, right-hander Pedro Payano starts for the Sounds against 2019: 5-7 at Nashville: 3-4 Series Openers: 10-15 right-hander Trevor Clifton for the Cubs. Series Finales: 8-16 All-Time: 168-146 at Iowa: 2-3 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 1-4 Kyle Dowdy: 26-year-old Kyle Dowdy is making a spot-start for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is 1-1 Day Games: 7-14 with a 6.00 ERA in 7 relief appearances for Nashville in 2019. Dowdy started the season with Texas, going 4/4 Nashville L, 5-4 Night Games: 35-43 2-1 with a 7.25 ERA in 13 games. He was placed on the 10-day injured list on June 4 due to a right elbow 4/5 Nashville W, 8-2 vs. RHP: 34-40 impingement. He is currently on a MLB rehab assignment, pitching in the Arizona League, Double-A Frisco 4/6 Nashville L, 10-4 vs. LHP: 8-16 and Nashville. He's combined for a 1-1 record and a 4.91 ERA in 9 games (1 start). His only other start was on 4/7 Nashville L, 5-3 April: 8-18 his first rehab game with the AZL Rangers on June 27. His last outing with Nashville came in relief on July 18 4/8 Nashville L, 6-5 May: 14-15 at San Antonio, where he was tagged with the loss. He allowed 2 runs (both earned) on 4 hits in 0.2 innings. 4/24 Iowa L, 6-4 June: 13-14 Dowdy was claimed off waivers from the New York Mets by Texas on March 26. The California native is 28-28 4/25 Iowa L, 8-4 in his minor league career with a 4.01 ERA while covering 87 games (59 starts). He was originally drafted by July: 7-10 4/26 Iowa W, 2-1 Detroit in the 12th round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of the University of Houston. August: 0-0 4/27 Iowa PPD 4/28 Gm. 1 Iowa W, 7-3 September: 0-0 Trevor Clifton: 24-year-old Trevor Clifton starts for the Cubs in tonight's series finale. The right-hander is 4/28 Gm. 2 Iowa L, 19-5 Monday: 7-5 making his 19th appearance (18th start) for Iowa. He is 3-8 with a 5.59 ERA in 2019. His last start came on Tuesday: 5-8 July 16 versus Oklahoma City, where he earned the loss. He went 3.0 innings, allowing a season-high 8 runs 7/19 Nashville W, 6-5 Wednesday: 4-8 (7 earned) on 7 hits (3 home runs) and 4 walks. He struck out 4 in the 13-4 loss. The Maryville, Tennessee 7/20 Nashville W, 7-4 Thursday: 3-13 native spent the 2018 season splitting his time between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa. In 26 games 7/21 Nashville Friday: 11-3 (22 starts), he went 7-7 with a 3.43 ERA. Rea covered 126.0 innings and yielded 106 hits and 52 walks to go 8/23 Iowa Saturday: 6-8 along with 101 strikeouts. In his minor league career, Clifton is 34-42 with a 4.05 ERA in 132 games (121 8/24 Iowa Sunday: 6-12 starts). Rea was drafted by the Cubs in the 12th round of the 2013 MLB Draft. 8/25 Iowa vs. Am. Northern: 15-21 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division vs. Am. Southern: 21-28 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 26, Fourth: 76. vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 Sounds Cubs 42-57 Record 55-45 vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 Nashville vs. Clifton: Trevor Clifton has two appearances against Nashville in 2019 - a start on April 8 at First 20-31 Home 23-26 vs. NL Affiliate: 28-36 Tennessee Park (ND, 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K) and his lone relief appearance of the season on April vs. AL Affiliate: 14-21 26 at Principal Park (ND, 3.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K). The following active Sounds have hit against Clifton this 22-26 Road 32-19 Lead After 6: 31-4 year: Jett Bandy: 1-2, 1 K; Willie Calhoun: 0-4, K; Matt Davidson: 0-3, 2 K; Zack Granite: 0-2; Andy Ibáñez: Trail After 6: 6-46 2-2, 2B, 2 BB; Carlos Tocci: 0-3; Jose Trevino: 2-2, 2 2B; Eli White: 1-2, 2B. W2 Streak L3 Tied After 6: 5-7 2-3 Last 5 1-4 Lead After 7: 32-4 Never Solak-ing Off: Infielder Nick Solak continued his good start with Nashville Saturday night, going 4-6 Last 10 3-7 Trail After 7: 4-47 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in the 6th inning. He is 6-for-23 (.261) with 1 double, 3 home runs and 6 RBI. Tied After 7: 6-6 Last night's home run was his 20th of the season in Triple-A, giving him the second-most dingers among .256 (15th) Batting Avg. .255 (16th) second basemen at this level (Isan Díaz, 24). Lead After 8: 34-1 120 (14th) HR 132 (12th) 483 (16th) R 517 (14th) Trail After 8: 3-48 Montero Money: Reliever Rafael Montero made his Nashville Sounds debut last night and earned the win af- 70 (6th) SB 55 (11th) Tied After 8: 2-3 ter retiring all seven batters he faced. He entered the game with 2 outs and the bases loaded in the 6th inning. Scoring First: 26-19 He was able to escape the jam, and would strike out 4-of-6 batters throughout the remaining two innings. It 878 (10th) K (Batting) 849 (4th) Opp. Scoring First: 15-38 was Montero's first Triple-A game since June 11, 2017 with Las Vegas at Tacoma. 361 (10th) BB (Batting) 382 (7th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 33-28 5.60 (10th) ERA 4.47 (2nd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 22-51 Walking Willie: Outfielder Willie Calhoun went 0-for-1 with 3 walks in last night's win. The 3 walks matched 823 (13th) K (Pitching) 870 (8th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 9-29 his season-high, dating back to game 2 of the season versus Iowa on April 5. Calhoun has now stretched his 355 (6th) BB (Pitching) 369 (8th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 19-6 on-base streak to 21 games, setting the new team-high. He has an on-base percentage of .494 dating back to 602 (11th) R Allowed 477 (2nd) Hit a HR: 33-35 April 22. He is hitting .353 (24-for-68) with 13 runs scored, 5 doubles, 5 home runs, 19 RBI and 18 walks. The 128 (3rd) HR Allowed 135 (6th) Allow a HR 28-42 streak is tied for the longest active in the Pacific Coast League with Oklahoma City's DJ Peters. .979 (9th) Fielding Pct. .984 (2nd) Hit 2+ HR: 20-16 Wisdom Isn't Bleak: Infielder Patrick Wisdom hit another home run in last night's win, his 17th of the sea- AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Allow 2+ HR: 11-26 son. It was his 11th home run in his past 25 games (since game 2 of June 18 versus Salt Lake). In that span, he W L PCT GB Outhit Opponent: 26-9 ranks 2nd among PCL hitters behind Sacramento's Zach Green (12). In the 25 games, Wisdom is hitting .260 Iowa 55 45 .550 - Tie in Hits: 6-3 (25-for-96) with 21 runs, 5 doubles, 11 home runs, 17 RBI and 8 walks. Omaha 46 54 .460 9.0 Outhit by Opponent: 10-45 Nashville 42 57 .424 12.5 Record 10+ Hits: 21-12 The Top Closer: Reliever David Carpenter recorded yet another save, his league-leading 16th of the season. Memphis 40 60 .400 15.0 Allow 10+ Hits: 12-37 He is also the league-leader in all of Triple-A baseball and is tied-for-9th in all of minor league baseball.