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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (48-65) at Fresno Grizzlies (54-61) LHP Brock Burke (0-0, ---) vs. RHP Scott Copeland (4-5, 6.62) Game #114/Road Game #52 • Thursday, August 8, 2019 • Chukchansi Park • 9:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Friday August 9 at Fresno LHP Joe Palumbo (1-0, 3.94) RHP Logan Ondrusek (4-5, 7.82) 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Saturday August 10 at Sacramento LHP Wes Benjamin (5-5, 6.15) TBD 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday August 11 at Sacramento RHP Tim Dillard (7-8, 4.86) TBD 3:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday August 12 at Sacramento RHP Seth Maness (7-4, 5.97) RHP Dereck Rodriguez (3-0, 3.64) 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Fresno Grizzlies play game two of a three-game series tonight at Chuk- chansi Park. Nashville took game one last night, 12-3. Tonight, left-hander Brock Burke starts for the Sounds against SOUNDS VS. GRIZZLIES Series (W-L-T): 7-17-6 right-hander Scott Copeland for the Grizzlies. 2019: 1-0 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 12-18 All-Time: 56-44 at Fresno: 1-0 Brock Burke: 23-year-old Brock Burke starts game two for the Sounds tonight. The left-hander is making his Series Finales: 9-19 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 1-4 Triple-A debut after being promoted from Double-A Frisco yesterday. The southpaw went 3-5 with a 3.18 ERA in 9 starts with the Roughriders in 2019. He also made one minor league rehab start with the AZL Rangers (June 17) 8/7 Fresno W, 12-3 Day Games: 7-14 and Single-A Hickory (June 24). Burke's last start was on August 2 on the road in Amarillo. He earned his third win 8/8 Fresno Night Games: 40-52 of the season and went 6.0 innings against the Sod Poodles. He allowed 1 run on 5 hits in Frisco's 5-2 win. Burke 8/9 Fresno vs. RHP: 37-47 didn't walk a batter and struck out 7. Over his last three starts, Burke has allowed only 2 earned runs on 12 hits in vs. LHP: 11-17 16 2/3 innings while recording 20 strikeouts. Burke was acquired in a three-team trade from the Tampa Bay Rays April: 8-18 on December 21, 2018. He spent the 2018 season with Advanced-A Charlotte and Double-A Montgomery where he went 9-6 with a 3.08 ERA in 25 games (22 starts). MLB Pipeline names Burke as the Rangers #7 prospect. Tampa May: 14-15 Bay drafted him in the 3rd round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of Evergreen (CO) High School. June: 13-14 July: 10-15 Scott Copeland: 31-year-old Scott Copeland starts for the Grizzlies in game two of the set. The right-hander is August: 3-3 4-5 with a 6.62 ERA in 26 games (14 starts) with Fresno. In 84.1 innings, he has allowed 99 hits and 46 walks to go along with 79 strikeouts. Pacific Coast League batters are hitting .290 against him. Copeland's last appearance September: 0-0 was a start against San Antonio on August 2. He got a no-decision after tossing 6.0 shutout innings in Fresno's 1-0, Monday: 7-6 extra-inning loss. He scattered 2 hits and 4 walks to go with 9 strikeouts. Copeland spent his 2018 season with the Tuesday: 5-10 New York Mets organization and pitched with 1 game with New York, 8 games with Triple-A Las Vegas and 14 Wednesday: 6-9 games with Double-A Binghamton. He also pitched 5 games with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015. In 225 games (203 Thursday: 4-14 starts) in the minor leagues, he has a career record of 74-75 with a 4.25 ERA. The Nationals signed him to a minor league contract on February 12, 2019. Friday: 12-3 Saturday: 7-10 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division stand- Sunday: 7-13 ings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 30, Fourth: 88. vs. Am. Northern: 15-22 vs. Am. Southern: 23-32 Powerful Words of Wisdom: Patrick Wisdom's monster game last night was his team-leading third multi-homer TONIGHT’S MATCHUP game of the season and the ninth in his career. Wisdom's three-hit game matched his season high and was the Sounds Grizzlies vs. Pac. Northern: 4-4 30th three-hit game of his career. He also matched a season-high with three runs scored, the 10th time he has had vs. Pac. Southern: 6-8 three runs in a game in his career. Wisdom's four RBI was a season-high, just one shy of his career-high five. Since 48-65 Record 54-61 vs. NL Affiliate: 34-44 June 18, Wisdom has hit 16 home runs in 38 games, the second-most in the Pacific Coast League behind only Jared 24-38 Home 25-31 vs. AL Affiliate: 14-21 Walsh of Salt Lake with 18. 24-27 Road 29-30 Lead After 6: 36-5 18 Knocks: Last night's 18-hit barrage matched Nashville's single-game high in 2019. They also had 18 hits on June Trail After 6: 6-51 25 at Memphis and June 22 at New Orleans. W1 Streak L2 Tied After 6: 6-9 3-2 Last 5 1-4 Lead After 7: 37-5 Triple Double: Leadoff man Zack Granite placed his name in the record book last night with a pair of triples. 5-5 Last 10 1-9 Trail After 7: 4-54 Granite is the 14th player to have two triples in a game for the Sounds, and first since Jorge Mateo accomplished the feat on July 24, 2018 at Las Vegas. Tied After 7: 7-6 .259 (15th) Batting Avg. .287 (3rd) Lead After 8: 39-1 Granite's 4x4 Night: Zack Granite notched his team-high fourth 4-hit game of the season last night. His four 4-hit 139 (14th) HR 167 (10th) Trail After 8: 3-55 games represent over half of Nashville's seven individual 4-hit games. Granite scored 4 runs for the second time 556 (16th) R 678 (8th) Tied After 8: 3-4 this year and is the only Sounds player to do so in 2019. 78 (6th) SB 63 (t10th) 984 (t5th) K (Batting) 984 (t5th) Scoring First: 30-23 Pacific Conference Parks: Last night was Nashville's eighth game of the season in a Pacific Conference Park. The Opp. Scoring First: 17-42 Sounds had a seven-game road trip to Reno and Tacoma from June 4-10. In the eight games, they have scored 50 400 (13th) BB (Batting) 399 (14th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 39-34 runs on 86 hits with 28 extra-base hits. They are averaging 6.25 runs per game and 10.75 hits per game. 5.68 (10th) ERA 6.00 (12th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 25-59 938 (13th) K (Pitching) 947 (12th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 9-31 On the Road Again: Nashville continues a span in which they are playing 19 road games in 23 days. To date, the 412 (5th) BB (Pitching) 427 (7th) Sounds have played the fewest road games in the Pacific Coast League with 51. Nashville is 24-27 on the road com- Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 22-6 pared to 24-38 at First Tennessee Park. Zack Granite has been the team's best hitter on the road with a .344 average 698 (11th) R Allowed 744 (12th) Hit a HR: 39-42 (63-for-183) with 30 runs, 6 doubles, 5 triples, 2 home runs and 16 RBI. 146 (t2nd) HR Allowed 181 (10th) Allow a HR 32-48 .979 (8th) Fielding Pct. .977 (11th) Davidson's Turnaround: Infielder Matt Davidson has reached safely in 25 straight games, but his hot hitting Hit 2+ HR: 23-17 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Allow 2+ HR: 12-30 started long before. In 49 games since June 1, Davidson is hitting .304 (58-for-191) with 28 runs scored, 12 doubles, 10 home runs and 40 RBI. In 53 games prior to June 1, Davidson was hitting .209 W L PCT GB Outhit Opponent: 31-10 (40-for-191) with 32 runs scored, 8 doubles, 16 home runs and 38 RBI. Closing Time Iowa 61 54 .530 - Tie in Hits: 6-3 Closer David Carpenter has entered Memphis 51 64 .443 10.0 Outhit by Opponent: 11-52 We're Going up the Quad and to the Gymnasium: Six Nashville Sounds have hit the Top-10 for Nashville's all-time single-season saves record. He Omaha 50 65 .435 12.0 Record 10+ Hits: 25-14 safely in at least four consecutive games. Christian Lopes and Patrick Wisdom have 4-game hitting streaks, Matt Davidson has hit in 5 straight, Andy Ibáñez currently ranked tied for 9th. Nashville 48 65 .425 12.0 Allow 10+ Hits: 14-42 and Eli White have 7-game streaks and Nick Solak has hit safely in 8 consecutive 1.