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nashville sounds game information www.nashvillesounds.com @NashvilleSounds First Tennessee Park 19 Junior Gilliam Way Nashville, TN 37219 New Orleans Baby Cakes (61-62) at Nashville Sounds (66-58) LHP Dillon Peters (4-7, 6.26) vs. LHP Jesus Luzardo (1-0, 4.32) Game #125/Home Game #65 • Saturday, August 18, 2018 • First Tennessee Park • 7:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • ALT 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Sunday August 19 vs. New Orleans RHP Frankie Montas (4-5, 4.67) RHP Sandy Alcantara (6-3, 3.53) 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Tuesday August 21 at Round Rock RHP Chris Bassitt (5-4, 4.48) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Wednesday August 22 at Round Rock RHP Daniel Mengden (4-1, 3.27) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Thursday August 23 at Round Rock LHP Eric Jokisch (4-10, 4.37) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and New Orleans Baby Cakes play game two of the three- game series tonight at First Tennessee Park. The Baby Cakes won game one of the set last night, 3-2. SOUNDS VS. BABY CAKES Series (W-L-T): 14-12-5 Tonight, left-hander Jesus Luzardo starts for Nashville against left-hander Dillon Peters for New 2018: 4-7 at Nashville: 3-3 Series Openers: 17-14 Orleans. at New Orleans: 1-4 All-Time: 175-148 Series Finales: 17-13 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 4-1 Jesus Luzardo: 20-year-old Jesus Luzardo starts for the Sounds in tonight's game. The left-hander is 4/5 New Orleans W, 11-0 Day Games: 14-10 1-0 with a 4.32 ERA in two starts with Nashville in 2018. Luzardo last pitched on August 12 in Colo- 4/6 New Orleans L, 5-1 Night Games: 52-48 rado Springs and allowed four runs on six hits in 3.1 innings. He began the season with Advanced-A 4/7 New Orleans L, 2-1 vs. RHP: 53-43 Stockton and went 2-1 with a 1.23 ERA in three starts before being transferred to Double-A Midland 4/8 New Orleans L, 4-0 vs. LHP: 13-15 where he went 7-3 with a 2.29 ERA in 16 starts for the RockHounds. Luzardo is ranked as Oakland's 4/9 New Orleans L, 7-4 April: 12-12 top prospect and the #12 overall prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline. Oakland aquired Luzardo from 4/25 Nashville W, 4-2 May: 16-13 the Washington Nationals along with Sheldon Neuse and Blake Treinen in exchange for Ryan Madson 4/26 Nashville W, 7-6 (10) June: 10-16 and Sean Doolittle on July 16, 2017. Luzardo was originally drafted by the Washington Nationals in 4/27 Nashville L, 3-0 July: 15-14 third round of the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Stoneman Douglas (FL) High School. 4/28 Nashville L, 8-6 August: 13-3 4/29 Nashville W, 7-2 September: Dillon Peters: 25-year-old Dillon Peters starts for the Baby Cakes tonight. The left-hander is 4-7 8/17 Nashville L, 3-2 Monday: 8-6 with a 6.26 ERA in 15 starts with New Orleans in 2018. He last started on August 13 in Memphis and 8/18 Nashville earned a win against the Redbirds. Peters allowed two earned runs on eight hits in seven innings. Tuesday: 10-4 8/19 Nashville He didn't walk anybody and struck out seven. Peters made his Major League debut in 2017 when he 8/28 New Orleans Wednesday: 7-8 pitched in six games with the Marlins and went 1-2 with a 5.17 ERA. He has also pitched with Miami Thursday: 13-7 8/29 New Orleans this year and is 2-2 with a 7.16 ERA in seven games (five starts). In his minor league career, Peters is 8/30 New Orleans Friday: 8-11 26-20 with a 3.35 ERA in 63 starts. Miami drafted Peters in the 10th round of the 2014 MLB First-Year Saturday: 8-12 Player Draft out of the University of Texas. Sunday: 12-10 vs. Am. Northern: 37-27 2018 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Southern TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Sounds Baby Cakes vs. Am. Southern: 15-17 Division standings in 2018: First: 1, Second: 89, Third: 42, Fourth: 3. vs. Pac. Northern: 8-5 66-58 Record 61-62 vs. Pac. Southern: 6-9 1,000 K's: Nashville pitchers eclipsed the 1,000 strikeout threshold in last night's loss to New Orleans. 38-26 Home 34-25 vs. NL Affiliate: 45-38 With 1,001 strikeouts on the season, Nashville pitchers have the fifth-most in the Pacific Coast League. 28-32 Road 27-37 vs. AL Affiliate: 21-20 The franchise-record for strikeouts in a single season was set in SOUNDS' RECORD AT Lead After 6: 50-5 2014 when Sounds pitchers racked up 1,236. L3 Streak W1 FIRST TENNESSEE PARK Trail After 6: 9-48 2-3 Last 5 4-1 W L PCT Tied After 6: 7-5 August Arms Race: Despite the three straight losses, the pitching 7-3 Last 10 8-2 2018 38 26 .594 Lead After 7: 52-4 has remained steady. In the month of August, Nashville pitchers 2017 31 38 .449 Trail After 7: 7-49 have a 2.61 ERA (145.0 IP/42 ER) and have racked up 139 strike- .265 (12th) Batting Avg. .266 (11th) 2016 36 36 .500 Tied After 7: 7-5 outs while walking only 39. The 2.61 ERA in second-lowest in the 87 (T-14th) HR 87 (T-14th) 2015 32 40 .444 Lead After 8: 48-1 PCL to only El Paso's 2.48 ERA. Opposing batters are hitting .238 574 (12th) R 596 (10th) TOTAL 137 140 .495 Trail After 8: 4-51 in the month. 81 (9th) SB 82 (8th) Tied After 8: 9-2 1,082 (14th) K (Batting) 878 (3rd) Homerless at Home: The Sounds enter tonight's game without a home run in 108 consecutive at-bats. Scoring First: 44-20 478 (3rd) BB (Batting) 446 (6th) The last home run hit by a Nashville player at First Tennessee Park was when Franklin Barreto hit a 3.98 (3rd) ERA 4.19 (4th) Opp. Scoring First: 22-38 solo blast in the seventh inning of Nashville's 8-4 win on Tuesday. Barreto's homer is the only one 1,001 (5th) K (Pitching) 944 (13th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 52-17 hit in 171 at-bats during the homestand. On the season, the Sounds have hit 33 home runs at First Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 27-45 Tennessee Park and 54 homers on the road. 324 (1st) BB (Pitching) 352 (2nd) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 13-42 Single-Season Triple Leaders 560 (3rd) R Allowed 561 (T-4th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 38-13 It's All in the RISP: During their recent 15-game hitting streak, the 1. Duane Walker, 15 - 1979 96 (4th) HR Allowed 115 (11th) Hit a HR: 36-24 Sounds hit .323 (61-for-189) with runners in scoring position. In 2. Jorge Mateo, 14 - 2018 .977 (15th) Fielding Pct. .980 (11th) Allow a HR 32-36 the last three games, however, all losses, the results have been a little T-2. Ted Wilborn, 14 - 1980 3. Rich Thompson, 13 - 2004 AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 12-5 different. The Sounds are a combined 3-for-34 with runners in scoring W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 4-15 position including a 1-for-7 performance last night. Memphis 76 48 .613 - Outhit Opponent: 39-14 Nashville 66 58 .532 10.0 Tie in Hits: 8-7 Barreto at 20: Infielder Franklin Barreto has reached base safely in each of the last 20 games he has New Orleans 61 62 .496 14.5 played in for Nashville. Since July 5, Barreto is hitting .286 (20-for-70) with 19 runs scored, 18 RBI, 7 Outhit by Opponent: 19-37 Round Rock 55 69 .444 20.0 Record 10+ Hits: 35-13 home runs, 4 doubles and 13 walks. His on-base percentage during the stretch is .411 and his OPS is Allow 10+ Hits: 16-24 1.054. Commit an Error: 35-35 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Powell at 23: Outfielder Boog Powell has reached base safely in all 23 games he has played in with the Commit No Errors: 26-19 Tomorrow is another Military Sunday Family Walk-Off Wins: 8 Sounds. Powell is hitting .258 (23-for-89) with 13 runs, 5 RBI, 1 double and 19 walks. Powell's on-base Funday with pre-game autographs presented Walk-Off Losses: 3 percentage is .389. by Hyundai and post-game kids run the bases Extra-Innings: 8-5 presented by First Tennessee. Rare Defeat: Despite holding Round Rock and New Orleans to only three runs in each of the last Sounds starter 6+IP: 29-22 three nights, the Sounds suffered losses in all three games. Only 13 of Nashville's 58 losses on the Sounds starter 7+ IP: 11-8 season have come when the opponent has scored three or less runs.