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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (25-39) vs. Las Vegas Aviators (35-30) RHP Tim Dillard (4-5, 4.60) vs. RHP Jake Buchanan (3-4, 6.25) Game #65/Home Game #34 • Wednesday, June 12, 2019 • First Tennessee Park • 7:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Thursday June 13 vs. Las Vegas RHP Esmerling Vasquez (1-0, 0.00) LHP Tyler Alexander (2-3, 6.24) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday June 14 vs. Las Vegas RHP Seth Maness (4-1, 3.77) RHP Paul Blackburn (6-1, 4.55) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Saturday June 15 vs. Salt Lake LHP Wes Benjamin (1-5, 7.26) TBD 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday June 16 vs. Salt Lake RHP Pedro Payano (0-1, 4.26) TBD 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds welcome the Las Vegas Aviators for the first of a three-game series. It's the first and only time the two teams will meet during the 2019 season. Tonight, right-hander Tim Dillard starts SOUNDS VS. AVIATORS Series (W-L-T): 2-10-3 for Nashville against right-hander Jake Buchanan for Las Vegas. 2019: 0-0 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 5-11 All-Time: 51-47 at Las Vegas: 0-0 Series Finales: 4-12 Tim Dillard: 35-year-old Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds in the series opener tonight. The right-hander DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-2 is 4-5 with a 4.60 ERA in 17 games (7 starts) in 2019. Dillard's ERA ranks 9th-best among qualifying Pacific 6/12 Nashville Day Games: 7-11 Coast League pitchers. He last pitched on June 7 in a start against Tacoma in which he picked up his 4th win. He allowed 2 earned runs in 6.1 innings and struck out a season-high 7 batters. Dillard is the Nashville 6/13 Nashville Night Games: 18-28 6/14 Nashville vs. RHP: 18-29 Sounds all-time leader in innings pitched (619.1), wins (43), strikeouts (370), runs allowed (344) and walks (212) and is currently second all-time in games (226) and home runs allowed (51). In his career, Dillard has vs. LHP: 7-10 pitched in 73 big league games and 495 minor league games. He signed a minor-league free agent contract April: 8-18 with the Texas Rangers on December 21, 2018. May: 14-15 June: 3-6 Jake Buchanan: 29-year-old Jake Buchanan starts for the Aviators tonight. The right-hander is 3-4 with a July: 0-0 6.25 ERA in 12 starts for Las Vegas in 2019. In 59.0 innings, Buchanan has allowed 76 hits and 25 walks to August: 0-0 go along with 38 strikeouts. The North Carolina native last pitched on June 6 against Round Rock. He was tagged with the loss in Round Rock's 26-11 win at Las Vegas Ballpark. He allowed 5 runs on 6 hits and 2 September: 0-0 walks in 5.0 innings. He walked a pair and gave up a pair of home runs. Buchanan signed with Oakland as a Monday: 5-4 minor league free agent in November of 2018 after spending last year in the Diamondbacks organization. He Tuesday: 3-5 made 26 starts (27 games overall) with Reno and went 11-9 with a 5.17 ERA. Buchanan has Major League Wednesday: 1-7 time with Houston (2014-15), Chicago (2016) and Cincinnati (2017). He was originally drafted by the Hous- Thursday: 1-9 ton Astros in the 8th round of the 2010 MLB Draft out of North Carolina State. Friday: 7-1 Saturday: 2-6 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 61. Sunday: 6-7 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Northern: 9-17 Welcome Back, Old Friends: Las Vegas and Nashville meet for the first time since Oakland and the Sounds Sounds Aviators vs. Am. Southern: 13-18 parted ways this past offseason. Over the four years as Triple-A affiliate of the Athletics, the Sounds posted vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 a 289-276 record with 1 playoff appearance (2016). 11 current Aviators are former Sounds - Paul Blackburn, 25-39 Record 35-30 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 Ben Bracewell, Ryan Dull, Daniel Mengden, Norge Ruiz, J.B. Wendelken, Franklin Barreto, Jorge Mateo, Shel- 10-23 Home 18-17 vs. NL Affiliate: 14-26 don Neuse, Dustin Fowler and Nick Martini. The entire Las Vegas Field Staff, led by Manager Fran Riordan, is 15-16 Road 17-13 the same as in Nashville for the 2018 season. vs. AL Affiliate: 11-13 L1 Streak W1 Lead After 6: 17-4 High-Flying Offense: Nashville pitching will have their hands full with a prolific Las Vegas offense during 3-2 Last 5 2-3 Trail After 6: 4-32 the three-game set. Las Vegas ranks second in the Pacific Coast League in batting average (.290), runs scored Tied After 6: 4-3 (430), doubles (145) while leading the league in triples (29). They have also hit the 6th-most home runs (93) 4-6 Last 10 4-6 Lead After 7: 18-1 in the league and are tied for 6th in stolen bases (47). Trail After 7: 2-33 .247 (14th) Batting Avg. .290 (2nd) Tied After 7: 5-5 Pill Finding His Way as a Hitter: Since joining the team in late May, pitcher-turned-hitter Tyler Pill has hit 75 (T12th) HR 93 (6th) safely in 9 of the 12 games he has played in and has a .289 (13-for-45) average. Pill has hit safely in 5 consecu- 299 (15th) R 430 (2nd) Lead After 8: 19-1 tive games. During the streak he's hitting .368 (7-for-19) with 4 runs scored, 2 RBI and 1 walk. Trail After 8: 2-32 45 (T8th) SB 47 (T6th) Tied After 8: 1-3 Down Home: The Sounds return home to First Tennessee Park for a seven-game homestand. The club has 592 (14th) K (Batting) 584 (13th) Scoring First: 13-16 had its struggles at home with a 10-23 record. In the 33 games, the Sounds have averaged only 3.94 runs per 246 (8th) BB (Batting) 264 (3rd) Opp. Scoring First: 11-23 game (130/33) and owns a team batting average of .231. It's the 2nd-lowest home average in the PCL, ahead 5.49 (10th) ERA 5.55 (11th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 21-18 of only the .227 clip Memphis is hitting at home. Of active Sounds, infielder Andy Ibáñez has the best home 525 (14th) K (Pitching) 531 (13th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 12-35 numbers with a .310 (31-for-100) batting average. 225 (6th) BB (Pitching) 251 (10th) 389 (11th) R Allowed 391 (12th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 4-21 Let's Get It Started: Seth Maness' 5 shutout innings and Pedro Payano's 1 earned run in their respective Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 12-4 starts on the road trip continued the hot start by Nashville starters in June. Through 9 games in June, Nash- 82 (6th) HR Allowed 112 (T14th) Hit a HR: 19-25 ville starters are 3-1 with a 3.27 ERA (41.1 IP/15 ER). They have issued 11 walks with 32 strikeouts and have .980 (5th) Fielding Pct. .978 (7th) Allow a HR 15-30 allowed only 4 home runs. Relievers are 0-5 with a 5.84 ERA (37.0 IP/24 ER). Bullpen arms have issued 25 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION walks with 49 strikeouts and have allowed 6 homers. Hit 2+ HR: 11-12 W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 6-16 17 Straight for Davidson: Matt Davidson collected a hit in the road trip finale on Monday and extended Iowa 35 30 .538 - Outhit Opponent: 17-6 his on-base streak to 17 games - his longest of the season. He's hitting .270 (17-for-63) with 9 runs scored, 4 Omaha 32 33 .492 3.0 Tie in Hits: 2-3 doubles, 3 home runs, 14 RBI and 11 walks with a .403 on-base percentage during the streak. Davidson is tied Memphis 27 38 .415 8.0 Outhit by Opponent: 6-30 with Hunter Cole for the longest on-base streak by a Sound in 2019. El Paso's Ty France has the longest active Nashville 25 39 .391 9.5 Record 10+ Hits: 12-8 streak in the PCL at 23 games. Allow 10+ Hits: 6-23 Commit an Error: 12-17 Davidson on the Cusp of 200 Home Runs: Slugger Matt Davidson drilled his 17th home run of the season UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 13-22 Thursday night, and his 199th as a professional. Davidson has 150 home runs in minor league ball and 49 in the big leagues. Davidson's 17 home runs in 2019 ranks 6th in the Pacific Coast League. The Sounds begin a seven-game homestand Walk-Off Wins: 0 tonight. It's another Winning Wednesday with Walk-Off Losses: 3 Tocci Time: Outfielder Carlos Tocci is swinging it well over his last 10 games to the tune of a .390 (16-for-41) the first 1,000 fans guaranteed a free prize.