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nashville honky tonks game information www.nashvillesounds.com @NashvilleSounds First Tennessee Park 19 Junior Gilliam Way Nashville, TN 37219 Nashville Honky Tonks (27-25) at Round Rock Dance Halls (22-32) RHP Ben Bracewell (0-0, --) vs. LHP Yohander Mendez (0-5, 5.18) Game #54/Away Game #25 • Friday, June 1, 2018 • Dell Diamond • 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 Saturday June 2 at Round Rock RHP Chris Bassitt (2-2, 5.77) RHP Yovani Gallardo (1-1, 4.54) 7:05 p.m. ALT 97.5 FM Sunday June 3 at Round Rock TBD RHP Tyler Wagner (0-3, 4.07) 1:05 p.m. ALT 97.5 FM Monday June 4 OFF DAY Tuesday June 5 vs. Reno TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. ALT 97.5 FM Tonight's Game: The Nashville Honky Tonks and Round Rock Dance Halls continue their five-game SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS HONKY TONKS VS. DANCE HALLS series tonight at Dell Diamond as part of the Battle for the Boot. The Dance Halls and Honky Tonks Series (W-L-T): 7-4-2 have split the first two games of the series. Tonight, right-hander Ben Bracewell starts for the Honky 2018: 1-1 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 7-7 Tonks against left-hander Yohander Mendez for the Dance Halls. at Round Rock: 1-1 All-Time: 106-105 Series Finales: 6-6 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: Ben Bracewell: 27-year-old Ben Bracewell starts for the Honky Tonks in tonight's game. The right- 5/30 Round Rock L, 8-1 Day Games: 9-7 hander is making his first start of the season for Nashville after beginning the season with Double-A 5/31 Round Rock W, 8-6 Night Games: 18-18 Midland. Bracewell went 3-5 with a 3.60 ERA in nine starts for Midland this season. Bracewell made 6/1 Round Rock vs. RHP: 20-20 13 appearances (12 starts) for Nashville in 2017 and went 5-2 with a 4.60 ERA. The right-hander has 6/2 Round Rock vs. LHP: 7-5 a career minor league record of 25-14 with a 3.74 ERA. The Birmingham, Alabama native signed a 6/3 Round Rock April: 12-12 minor league contract with Oakland on July 24, 2014. 6/21 Nashville May: 15-13 6/22 Nashville June: Yohander Mendez: 23-year-old Yohander Mendez starts for Round Rock tonight. The left-hander is 6/23 Nashville Jully: 0-5 with a 5.18 ERA in eight starts for Round Rock this season. He has also made one appearance for 6/24 Nashville August: the Texas Rangers and allowed one hit in 0.2 innings. Mendez last pitched on May 26 against Omaha 8/13 Nashville September: and took a tough-luck loss after allowing just two runs on seven hits in 7.0 innings. He has a career 8/14 Nashville Monday: 4-4 minor league record of 28-23 with a 3.08 ERA in 109 games (91 starts). Mendez is ranked by Baseball 8/15 Nashville America as Texas' #5 prospect and #6 by MLB Pipeline. The Valencia, Venezuela native signed with the Tuesday: 4-2 8/16 Nashville Texas Rangers as an international free agent on July 2, 2011. Wednesday: 3-3 8/21 Round Rock Thursday: 5-3 8/22 Round Rock 2018 Standings: The Honky Tonks have spent the following amount of days in the American South- 8/23 Round Rock Friday: 3-4 ern Division standings in 2018: First: 1, Second: 37, Third: 17, Fourth: 0. Saturday: 3-5 Sunday: 5-4 To the Left, to the Left: The Honky Tonks are facing another left-handed starter tonight, the third TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Northern: 16-16 straight southpaw the Dance Halls have gone to in the series. It is just the second time this season Honky Tonks Dance Halls vs. Am. Southern: 11-9 Nashville has played against two southpaw starters in the same series and first time they have faced a 27-25 Record 22-32 vs. Pac. Northern: left-hander in three straight games. Oklahoma City sent Caleb Ferguson and Manny Banuelos to the 18-10 Home 10-16 vs. Pac. Southern: mound on May 26-27. Nashville is 7-5 against left-handed starters this season. 9-15 Road 12-16 vs. NL Affiliate: 22-21 vs. AL Affiliate: 5-4 FORE!: Nashville matched a season-high by belting four home runs last night. They also slugged four W1 Streak L1 Lead After 6: 20-1 on May 3 at Colorado Springs. Jake Smolinski became the fifth Nashville player to hit two home runs 3-2 Last 5 2-3 Trail After 6: 2-24 in a game this season. For Smolinki it was his second career multi-homer game. 6-4 Last 10 4-6 Tied After 6: 5-0 Lead After 7: 22-0 Offense Leading the Way: Last night for just the second time this season Nashville won a game in .243 (16th) Batting Avg. .253 (14th) Trail After 7: 0-24 which its starting pitcher allowed at least five runs. James Naile yielded six runs, five earned last night 36 (13th) HR 49 (T-9th) Tied After 7: 5-1 but the Honky Tonks won the game 8-6. On May 10 Daniel Gossett allowed five runs, four earned, in 221 (15th) R 237 (13th) Lead After 8: 21-0 seven innings and defeated Colorado Springs 12-7. On May 3 Naile surrendered five runs, all earned 43 (T-4th) SB 23 (15th) Trail After 8: 0-25 against Colorado Springs. That game was suspended after eight innings with Nashville on top 14-6. 472 (13th) K (Batting) 406 (5th) Nashville is now 2-10 when its starting pitcher allows at least five runs. Tied After 8: 5-0 202 (3rd) BB (Batting) 149 (13th) 3.92 (3rd) ERA 4.51 (7th) Scoring First: 19-7 Yea, They Want it Back to Back: Jake Smolinski and Anthony Garcia belted back-to-back home runs Opp. Scoring First: 8-18 last night in the seventh inning, becoming the first Nashville hitters to go back-to-back this season. 431 (T-10th) K (Pitching) 402 (14th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-4 Nashville clubbed back-to-back home runs seven times in 2017. 144 (1st) BB (Pitching) 171 (5th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 10-21 239 (4th) R Allowed 279 (T-9th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 7-22 Whiffing in May: Nashville batters struck out 291 times in May, the most of any single month since 33 (2nd) HR Allowed 43 (7th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 17-4 2005. The previous high was 259 in May 2017 and May 2008. The 291 strikeouts in May were the most .975 (15th) Fielding Pct. .979 (13th) Hit a HR: 13-10 in the Pacific Coast League, ahead of Sacramento's 290 and El Paso's 285. Allow a HR 9-16 AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION W L PCT GB Hit 2+ HR: 5-1 Two is Company, Not the Good Kind: Last night the Honky Tonks surrendered two home runs but Memphis 34 21 .618 - Allow 2+ HR: 1-5 still won the game. It was Nashville's first win when allowing at least two home runs and are now 1-5 Nashville 27 25 .519 5.5 Outhit Opponent: 15-3 when doing so. New Orleans 25 29 .463 8.5 Tie in Hits: 4-3 Round Rock 22 32 .407 11.5 Outhit by Opponent: 8-19 Against Round Rock: Tonight is the third of 16 meetings between these two American Southern Di- Record 10+ Hits: 12-3 vision rivals. Nashville took the season-series against Round Rock in 2017 by winning nine of the 17 Allow 10+ Hits: 5-10 games. Since Round Rock was awarded a franchise in 2005 the two ball clubs have nearly split the 211 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit an Error: 13-17 games they have played against each other with Nashville winning 106 to Round Rock's 105. Nashville The Honky Tonks return home as the Sounds Commit No Errors: 14-8 is 47-60 all-time against Round Rock at Dell Diamond. for a seven-game homestand on Tuesday, June Walk-Off Wins: 5 5 against the Reno Aces and Tacoma Rainiers. Walk-Off Losses: Battle for the Boot: For the second straight season the Honky Tonks and Dance Halls will square off The homestand opener will be a Takeover Tues- in the Battle for the Boot series. Last season the Dance Halls won both games in the series to claim the Extra-Innings: 3-1 day with special guest, Craig Wayne Boyd. Boot Trophy but this year the series is nine-games, five in Round Rock from May 30-June 3 and four Sounds starter 6+IP: 10-8 in Nashville from June 21-24. Sounds starter 7+ IP: 3-3 THIS DATE IN HISTORY Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-1 Martini Extends Franchise Mark: With a single in the first inning last night, Nick Martini extended On June 1, 2017 with Nashville trailing 2-1 with Longest Win Streak: 5 his consecutive on-base streak to 39 games. The mark is the longest streak by a Nashville Sounds play- two outs in the ninth inning Franklin Barreto Longest Losing Streak: 4 er in the Pacific Coast League era (1998-present).