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nashville sounds game information www.nashvillesounds.com @NashvilleSounds First Tennessee Park 19 Junior Gilliam Way Nashville, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (70-64) at New Orleans Baby Cakes (66-67) RHP Carlos Ramirez (2-2, 3.44) vs. LHP Dillon Peters (5-7, 6.02) Game #135/Road Game #69 • Wednesday, August 29, 2018 • Shrine on Airline • 7:00 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • ALT 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Thursday August 30 at New Orleans RHP James Naile (7-10, 4.64) RHP Sandy Alcantara (6-3, 3.76) 7:00 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97. FM Friday August 31 vs. Memphis RHP Chris Bassitt (5-5, 4.35) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Saturday September 1 vs. Memphis TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Sunday September 2 vs. Memphis TBD TBD 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds continue their final road series of the season tonight in New Orleans SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS against the Baby Cakes at Shrine on Airline. The Sounds came out victorious in game one last night with a 7-3 SOUNDS VS. BABY CAKES Series (W-L-T): 14-15-5 win in 10 innings. Tonight, right-hander Carlos Ramirez will start for the Sounds against left-hander Dillon 2018: 6-8 at Nashville: 4-4 Peters for the Baby Cakes. Series Openers: 18-16 at New Orleans: 2-4 All-Time: 177-149 Series Finales: 19-14 Carlos Ramirez: 27-year-old Carlos Ramirez starts for Nashville in tonight's game. The right-hander is DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 4-1 making the first start of his career tonight and is 2-2 with a 3.44 ERA in 25 games with the Sounds this year. 4/5 New Orleans W, 11-0 Day Games: 15-10 He has not allowed a run in his last seven appearances. Ramirez began the season in the Toronto organization 4/6 New Orleans L, 5-1 Night Games: 55-54 and made two appearances for the Blue Jays and seven with Triple-A Buffalo before being claimed off waivers 4/7 New Orleans L, 2-1 vs. RHP: 57-47 by Oakland on May 20. He has appeared in three games for the Athletics. Ramirez was originally signed by 4/8 New Orleans L, 4-0 the Toronto Blue Jays as a minor league free agent on March 5, 2009. vs. LHP: 13-17 4/9 New Orleans L, 7-4 April: 12-12 Dillon Peters: 25-year-old Dillon Peters starts for the Baby Cakes tonight. The left-hander is 5-7 with a 6.02 4/25 Nashville W, 4-2 May: 16-13 ERA in 17 starts with New Orleans in 2018. He last started on August 24 in Round Rock and earned a win 4/26 Nashville W, 7-6 (10) June: 10-16 against the Express. Peters allowed two earned runs on nine hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck 4/27 Nashville L, 3-0 July: 15-14 out six. Peters made his Major League debut in 2017 when he pitched in six games with the Marlins and went 4/28 Nashville L, 8-6 August: 17-9 1-2 with a 5.17 ERA. He has also pitched with Miami this year and is 2-2 with a 7.16 ERA in seven games 4/29 Nashville W, 7-2 (five starts). In his minor league career, Peters is 27-20 with a 3.39 ERA in 65 starts. Miami drafted Peters in 8/17 Nashville L, 3-2 September: the 10th round of the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Texas. Monday: 8-7 8/18 Nashville L, 6-5 Tuesday: 11-5 2018 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Southern Division 8/19 Nashville W, 5-4 Wednesday: 7-9 standings in 2018: First: 1, Second: 99, Third: 42, Fourth: 3. 8/28 New Orleans W, 7-3 (10) Thursday: 14-7 8/29 New Orleans Late Homers: Anthony Garcia's game-tying home run in the ninth inning of last night's game was his second 8/30 New Orleans Friday: 8-12 ninth inning home run this season. Five of his team-leading 23 home runs this season have come in the Saturday: 8-14 seventh inning or later. Like last night's ninth inning home run, which tied the game at 3-3, Garcia's only Sunday: 14-10 other ninth inning home run on April 12 against Iowa did the same thing. The Sounds fell in that game 6-3 vs. Am. Northern: 37-27 in 11 innings. TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 19-23 Sounds Baby Cakes Down But Never Out: The Sounds entered the ninth inning of last night's game down a run to the Baby vs. Pac. Northern: 8-5 70-64 Record 66-67 Cakes and came out victorious in 10 innings. It was Nashville's fifth win this season when trailing after eight 39-27 Home 36-27 vs. Pac. Southern: 6-9 innings. The five wins are tied with Fresno for the most in the PCL in vs. NL Affiliate: 48-42 that situation. SOUNDS' RECORD AT 31-37 Road 30-40 vs. AL Affiliate: 22-22 FIRST TENNESSEE PARK Lead After 6: 52-7 Quality Stuff: Eric Jokisch spun his 10th quality start of the season W L PCT W1 Streak L3 last night, which matched James Naile for the team lead. Each of his 2018 39 27 .591 2-3 Last 5 2-3 Trail After 6: 10-51 last four starts have been quality starts. He also has now compiled Tied After 6: 8-6 141 2/3 innings pitched on the season, which is the most by a Sounds 2017 31 38 .449 4-6 Last 10 5-5 Lead After 7: 54-5 pitcher since Willy Peralta accumulated 146 2/3 in 2012. 2016 36 36 .500 Trail After 7: 8-54 2015 32 40 .444 .261 (13th) Batting Avg. .266 (11th) Tied After 7: 8-5 For Starters: Carlos Ramirez starts for the Sounds tonight and will be TOTAL 138 141 .495 99 (13th) HR 94 (15th) the second Nashville pitcher to make his first career start in the past 612 (12th) R 641 (10th) Lead After 8: 51-2 four days. Danny Coulombe did so on August 26. Ramirez will also be the 22nd different pitcher to start a Trail After 8: 5-56 game for the Sounds this season, which is tied with Las Vegas for the most in the PCL. Fresno has used the 86 (T-8th) SB 90 (6th) Tied After 8: 9-2 fewest starting pitchers with 11. The Sounds had 23 different starting pitchers in 2017. 1,173 (13th) K (Batting) 971 (4th) Scoring First: 47-23 498 (4th) BB (Batting) 489 (5th) Opp. Scoring First: 23-41 1,500 Acheived: Last night's victory for the Sounds was their 1,500th since they joined the Pacific Coast 3.98 (3rd) ERA 4.15 (4th) League in 1998. Nashville reached another milestone on August 3 when they defeated Fresno for their 3,000th 1,082 (7th) K (Pitching) 1,030 (12th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 56-19 win in franchise history. In the PCL era the Sounds are 1,500-1,489, which is a winning percentage of .502. Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 28-49 358 (1st) BB (Pitching) 369 (2nd) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 13-46 Fowler's 11-Game Streak: Outfielder Dustin Fowler has hit safely in 11 straight games for the Sounds. 602 (T-3rd) R Allowed 602 (T3rd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 41-15 During his 11-game streak that started on August 17, Fowler is hitting .267 (12-for-45) with 3 runs scored, 102 (T-3rd) HR Allowed 128 (11th) Hit a HR: 39-27 6 RBI, 3 doubles, 1 home run and 1 triple. Prior to his 0-for-4 performance on August 15, Fowler had hit in .977 (15th) Fielding Pct. .981 (12th) seven straight games. Since rejoining Nashville on August 3, he has hit safely in 21 of 23 games. Allow a HR 33-39 AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 15-6 Against New Orleans: The Sounds and Baby Cakes have played 14 games W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 5-16 in 2018 with the final two coming in the present series. New Orleans leads Single-Season Triple Leaders 1. Jorge Mateo, 15 - 2018 Memphis 80 54 .597 - Outhit Opponent: 41-16 the season series, 8-6. Franklin Barreto has led the way for current Sounds, hitting .472 (17-for-36) in eight games against New Orleans. T-1. Duane Walker, 15 - 1979 Nashville 70 64 .522 10.0 Tie in Hits: 8-7 3. Ted Wilborn, 14 - 1980 New Orleans 66 67 .496 13.5 Outhit by Opponent: 21-41 Driving Them In: Anthony Garcia drove in two more runs last night to 4. Rich Thompson, 13 - 2004 Round Rock 62 72 .463 18.0 Record 10+ Hits: 37-14 bring his season total to 87, which is a career-high. His 87 RBI are the sec- Allow 10+ Hits: 16-27 ond most by any player in Oakland's organization behind only Khris Davis who has driven in 103 this season Commit an Error: 37-39 for the Athletics.