VIHUELAS DE NASHVILLE GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Vihuelas de Nashville (8-19) vs. Memphis Musica (15-12) LHP Wes Benjamin (1-3, 7.65) vs. RHP Jake Woodford (2-0, 1.20) Game #28/Home Game #16 • Friday, May 3, 2019 • First Tennessee Park • 6:35 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Saturday May 4 vs. Memphis RHP Richelson Peña (1-3, 4.97) LHP Genesis Cabrera (0-2, 8.10) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday May 5 vs. Memphis RHP Phillips Valdez (0-3, 4.74) RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon (2-1, 3.57) 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday May 6 vs. Memphis RHP Ronald Herrera (0-2, 24.30) RHP Anthony Shew (1-0, 0.00) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday May 7 at Oklahoma City RHP Seth Maness (0-1, 6.00) TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Memphis Redbirds begin a four-game series tonight. As part of SOUNDS VS. REDBIRDS MiLB's Copa de la Diversion initiative, the two teams will play as the Vihuelas de Nashville and the Memphis Series (W-L-T): 0-6-1 Musica for the first three games of the set. It's the first of 16 games between the two teams in 2019. Tonight, left- 2019: at Nashville: Series Openers: 3-4 hander Wes Benjamin starts for the Vihuelas against right-hander Jake Woodford for the Musica. All-Time: 177-155 at Memphis: Series Finales: 1-6 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 Wes Benjamin: 25-year-old Wes Benjamin starts for the Vihuelas tonight. The left-hander is making his 6th 5/3 Nashville Day Games: 3-4 start of the season and is 1-3 with a 7.65 ERA while covering 20.0 innings. Benjamin has yielded 26 hits and 5/4 Nashville Night Games: 5-15 12 walks to go with his 18 strikeouts. He last worked on April 28 in a start against Iowa and picked up his 5/5 Nashville vs. RHP: 7-17 first win of the season. He limited the Cubs to 3 runs on 4 hits and 3 walks in 5.2 innings. Benjamin spent 5/6 Nashville the majority of his 2018 season with Double-A Frisco where he went 5-6 with a 3.62 ERA in 15 starts. The vs. LHP: 1-2 5/11 Memphis southpaw spent nearly two months on the disabled list from June 7-July 31 with a left elbow strain. Despite 5/12 Memphis April: 8-17 missing time, Benjamin led the Frisco staff in wins and ranked among team leaders in strikeouts (3rd), starts May: 0-2 5/13 Memphis (T3rd) and innings (4th). In his minor league career, Benjamin is 22-21 with a 3.95 ERA while covering 5/14 Memphis June: 0-0 67 games (64 starts). The Rangers drafted the Illinois native in the 5th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of 5/21 Nashville July: 0-0 Kansas University. 5/22 Nashville August: 0-0 5/23 Nashville September: 0-0 Jake Woodford: 22-year-old Jake Woodford starts for Memphis in tonight's series opener. The right-hander is 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA in 5 starts in 2019. The Florida native has covered 30.0 innings and has allowed only 15 5/24 Nashville Monday: 2-2 6/25 Memphis Tuesday: 1-2 hits but has issued 15 walks. Woodford has struck out 25 batters while holding the opponent to a .152 batting average. He last pitched on April 28 in a start against the Omaha Storm Chasers in Nebraska. He allowed 1 6/26 Memphis Wednesday: 0-4 run on 4 hits and 3 walks in 6.2 innings. Woodford struck out 6 in his 2nd win of the season. He split his 2018 6/27 Memphis Thursday: 0-4 between Memphis and Double-A Springfield and compiled an 8-13 record with a 4.90 ERA in 28 starts. In 6/28 Memphis Friday: 3-0 145.0 innings, Woodford allowed 158 hits and 62 walks with 101 strikeouts. In his minor league career, he's Saturday: 0-3 23-24 with a 3.59 ERA in 85 games (80 starts). The Cardinals drafted him in the Competitive Balance Round Sunday: 2-4 of the 2015 MLB Draft out of Plant (FL) High School. vs. Am. Northern: 4-10 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 4-9 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division Vihuelas Musica vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 23. 8-19 Record 15-12 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 3-12 Home 6-5 He's Back Big Willie Style: Outfielder Willie Calhoun returned to the lineup last night with some thump vs. NL Affiliate: 6-12 5-7 Road 9-7 after missing the previous 5 games with a strained intercostal muscle. Calhoun hit his 6th home run of the vs. AL Affiliate: 2-7 season and has hit safely in 5 consecutive games. In 22 games this year, Calhoun is hitting .268 (22-for-82) Lead After 6: 7-2 with 12 runs scored, 5 doubles, 6 home runs, 15 RBI and 12 walks. Calhoun sports a .362 on-base percentage L3 Streak W2 Trail After 6: 1-15 and a .910 OPS. 1-4 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 6: 0-2 3-7 Last 10 6-4 Lead After 7: 5-1 Wisdom Finding His Way: Despite not the slow start in the hit column this year, Nashville infielder Patrick Trail After 7: 1-18 Wisdom is finding his way on base. Wisdom has reached safely in all 7 games he has played in for Nashville .221 (16th) Batting Avg. .263 (12th) and has an on-base percentage of 140 points higher than his batting average (.300 to .160). Wisdom has Tied After 7: 2-0 32 (11th) HR 30 (12th) drawn 4 walks and has been hit by a pitch in his 7 games. Lead After 8: 5-0 106 (15th) R 145 (9th) 16 (9th) SB 20 (5th) Trail After 8: 0-17 The Dreaded Big Inning: A large part of Nashville's tough start can be attributed to allowing the big inning. Tied After 8: 1-0 Sounds' opponents have manufactured 21 innings of 3 or more runs in the first 27 games of the season. Nash- 238 (10th) K (Batting) 216 (4th) Scoring First: 4-7 ville pitching has allowed 10 3-run innings, 6 4-run innings, 2 5-run innings, 1 6-run inning, 1 7-run inning 96 (14th) BB (Batting) 112 (6th) Opp. Scoring First: 4-12 and the 15-run 1st inning by Iowa on April 28. On the other side, Nashville hitters have produced only 9 in- 5.38 (10th) ERA 4.68 (5th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 5-10 nings of at least 3 runs. The offensive high was the 7 runs scored in the 8th inning on April 12 at San Antonio. 226 (10th) K (Pitching) 212 (16th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 2-19 105 (7th) BB (Pitching) 108 (9th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-9 Swipe Left: Nashville matched a season-high with 3 stolen bases last night. Eli White, Patrick Wisdom and 159 (10th) R Allowed 129 (5th) Zack Granite all swiped a base in the 1st inning last night. Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 6-0 28 (3rd) HR Allowed 34 (T7th) Hit a HR: 8-12 Nine Straight With a Home Run: The 6th inning solo home run hit by Willie Calhoun last night marked the .981 (3rd) Fielding Pct. .981 (4th) Allow a HR 5-13 9th consecutive game Nashville has homered in. Since April 24, they have hit at least one home run in each AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 3-6 game and have 14 overall in that timeframe. W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 1-6 Iowa 17 10 .630 - A Defensive Chance: Through the first 27 games of the season, Nashville's defensive numbers are near the Outhit Opponent: 6-3 Memphis 15 12 .556 2.0 Tie in Hits: 0-1 top of the Pacific Coast League with a team fielding percentage of .981 - third-best in the league. In games the Sounds have committed at least one error, they are 1-10. In errorless games in 2019, Nashville is 7-9. Omaha 13 14 .481 4.0 Outhit by Opponent: 2-15 Nashville 8 19 .296 9.0 Record 10+ Hits: 4-1 Carpenter Stays Clean: Nashville reliever David Carpenter turned in his 6th-consecutive scoreless outing Allow 10+ Hits: 1-9 since joining the club on April 12 his last time out. The right-hander has tossed 1.0 inning in each of his 6 Commit an Error: 1-10 appearances and has allowed only 3 hits while collecting 4 strikeouts. Opponents are hitting .158 against him UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 7-9 and he has yet to issue a walk. Nashville welcomes Memphis for a four-game Walk-Off Wins: 0 series with the Copa de la Diversion participation Walk-Off Losses: 1 In the Pipeline: Three current Sounds are listed among MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Texas Rangers prospects.